Manual Focus: Recent Episodes
Alicja Colon
Alicja vulnerably shares the 3 most creative-crippling lies and how they’ve impacted her through stories. She reveals the main ways she has waged war against the lies and took back her creativity.
Show Notes:
- Craig Groeshcel’s “Words to Live By” video message
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Book Recommendations
- Grit by Angela Duckworth
- Mindset by Carol Dwek
- Switch On Your Brain by Caroline Leaf
An image created during the turning point of my mental war.
Born in Jamaica and immigrated to the US as a child, Darold saw opportunity abound before him. He shares a few tough spots were faith in that opportunity dimmed. It was the body of Christ that supported Darold during those trying times. He shares with us those struggles, helps guide us to see red flags in our spiritual walks, and provides tips on how to be a supportive friend to get them moving forward again.
Jeremy and Becky share stories of God's provision through owning a small agency which changed to freelance then a 2-person shop.
Alicja sets out to answer, “When do we get to make the decision and when does God make that decision for us?” Sure, it’s a loaded question - the good news, there’s also a loaded answer.
Show notes:
- theló: Greek for will, desire
What do we do when we are praised for our creative work? Or how do we handle the desire to create for the attention? Dan Lee, hand letterer and creative manager at Flood Marketing, shares his insights.
More about Dan:
- Dribbble
Matt shares personal stories of struggle and breakthrough as he illustrates lessons God has taught him.
In this episode, Alicja chats with Emily Carlton a designer, illustrator, and sketch note artist based out of Nashville. Emily shares a lesson that God taught her which made Emily go completely against her plan, logic, and comfort.
More about Emily:
- Website
Alicja shares the original vision of Manual Focus, how it got off track, and where's it headed in the future
A vulnerable episode on how Social Media sunk it's teeth into me. I share hurtful thought patterns, what happened during my social sabbatical, and what I learned.
I share how photography styles came about in Focus Lab, what they consist of, how I create one, and examples of the thought behind specific client's styles.
I share my candid story of the high and lows of UnSplash, and how it can be used in a positive way.
Alicja sits down with her CreativeSouth 16 roomies to share their thoughts on the conference. Though Alicja has been 3 times, Melissa and Tara both had their inaugural experience.
I share my personal projects: when, why, and what happened - to you'd learn what to do, not do, and expect.
Started as a print designer and ended up as a commercial photographer, I share the story of how that happened and tidbits to help you.
I chat with Justin Mezzell about why we should ditch trying to impress with our strengths, and how to go about it.
I share how I discovered Stocksy, what it is, how I was accepted, what I learned, and that I'm bad at ending an episode :P
Leading a shoot, while not being a jerk is hard - but it's possible. I share 6 foundational points of how.
Understanding the 4 inherent qualities of light is the foundation of learning how to modify it.
Well after 2 blunders, Alicja (somehow) is still in the good graces of Paige, Found in Kind's founder.
A shoot that's the largest of it's kind, grows to have more meaning than just the images. Alicja shares how it escalated and what she did about it.
Alicja interviews Will Straughn, Focus Lab's new business guy. He lays some heavy sales wisdom that's only the tip of the iceberg.