[EP16]Together Journal, Founder
Escaping the Ordinary Podcast – Greta Kenyon [Ep. 17]
Greta Kenyon’s 3 implementable tasks that you can do to level up your game:
Have a look at your business and to think about ways you can diversify.
Pair up with a florist and a stylist – then shoot something. Keep the content coming.
Keep reaching out to your friends in the industry and support each other.
Today’s guest is someone who constantly challenges herself to get out of her comfort zone. Greta Kenyon has already been a wedding photographer for 10 years. Based in Auckland, she is also the founder of Together Journal.
With Greta’s idea to share different love stories, she took the publishing and wedding industry to the next level when she published Together Journal. Together Journal showcases different weddings and lifestyles for inspiration and they have already published 19 issues!, with issue 20 due to hit shelves this September!
In this episode, Greta shared her insights in developing Together Journal, what’s next for her business, and what the future holds in the wedding industry. You’ll surely learn how to level up your photography so make sure to listen until the end of it!
Key Takeaways
The catalyst on starting Together Journal
How her photography career started
Challenges on establishing a magazine publishing company
Why mentors are important for your growth
How her business has escalated throughout the years
Different features of Together Journal
How the audience connects with her magazine
The next step for Together Journal
Importance of color branding
How the pandemic could affect the wedding industry
What photographers can do amidst COVID-19
Quotes
“That’s really the whole motivation behind it – to show people they don’t have to do traditional things.”
“When you’re starting to plan a wedding, you first need to know what your color palette is - and everything will come from there.”
We need to have a media platform that represents more on the type of work that we do.”
“We didn’t want something that could just be downloaded, we wanted an environment that people could go into and experience, one that looks and feels like a magazine.”
“I think a lot of wedding photographers don’t realize how adept and skilled they are.”
Links
The Icehouse https://www.theicehouse.co.nz
Together Journal Website - https://togetherjournal.com
Together Journal Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/togetherjournal