I am super excited to announce that I will be co-hosting season three of the Occupation Wild Podcast with Courtney Condy. The season has already kicked off with a question and answer session around photography, van life, how to make money while living on the road, and so much more! Below is the link to the first episode.
Podcast Link:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-81-season-3-q-a/id1470422711?i=1000566320935
more below…
Living on the road increases your opportunity and access to nature, like backpacking in the Eastern Sierra. Photograph by Dalton Johnson
Questions Courtney and I attempted to answer:
What was your guys biggest inspirations for living life this way? Living non traditional lives?
How did you pick a new cohost? Was this a job that you were hiring for?
How do you pick which location to work? There are so many and it seems overwhelming on the site
How do you get hired as a photographer?
What are your favorite outdoor docs or books?
Do you think majoring in photography helps? Or does college not matter?
Getting started when you are over 40!
You should put yoga jobs on here!!
Why don’t you work with brands? Is there a reason?
How to go about retirement/ savings, etc money and insurance with this lifestyle
How hard is it to get a working visa for the US (i’m from Australia)
For Dalton: Do you pick locations? Do brands tell you where to go or do you decide?
Do you recommend traveling sola or traveling with a friend or significant other?
I just realized you don’t live in the mountains? Why is that? I feel like that’s unusual for the outdoor industry
What is the shortest amount of time companies have? My other job doesn’t give me much time off
How do you start as a creative? How do you find confidence to put yourself out there
I’ve been following OW from the start! How have you been able to grow it so fast?
What camera do you use?
Fav part about traveling or adventuring?
Tips about starting your own business?
What would you do if you just graduated from college?
What do brands look for when hiring photographers?
Why don’t all the jobs come with housing?
Living this type of life with kids?
All of these questions came from you all, so thank you very much for submitting your questions. If you have any more questions, or want to learn more, please shoot me a direct message on Instagram.