Re-release: Choosing a creative life, with Viola Virtamo

Eat Capture Share - a podcast for food bloggers

In today’s re-release episode (81) of The EAT, CAPTURE, SHARE Podcast, I’m talking to Viola Virtamo, photographer, graphic designer, videographer, cookbook author, visual artist and director of Dream Cozy, a publishing company based in Finland. We chat about how to establish a successful career as a photographer, how to find your style, how to curate your Instagram feed and so much more. Here’s what else you can expect from today’s episode …

• I share more about the advanced food photography retreat I’m teaching with Viola this summer!

• Viola introduces herself.

• Viola chats about what she’s been cooking in quarantine and how the current situation has positively affected her cooking skills.

• Viola outlines how she started her photography career and how she established her creative business.

• Viola describes when and how she fell in love with food and food photography.

• Viola shares her top food photography tips.

• Viola explains how she found her own unique style and how she’s allowed it to continuously evolve.

• We discuss what makes a great creative.

• Viola shares where she found the courage to pursue her dream of working in a creative field.

• Viola talks openly how she deals with creative set backs and rejections.

• Viola notes why it’s been so important to obtain inspiration from a variety of different sources and explore different visual mediums.

• Viola shares what her great sources of inspiration are.

• Viola spills the beans on how she approaches the curation of her Instagram grid.

• Viola outlines what her creative process is and how she tackles client projects.

• We discuss how best to plan a shoot.

LINKS MENTIONED:

• My book, Creative Food Photography is available HERE! It’s for food photographers who want to find their own unique style and up level their photography.

• Find out more about the advanced food photography and videography retreat

• Connect with Viola on Instagram or via her blog, Nordic Violet

• Find Viola’s latest book here and her publishing company, Dream Cozy, here

• Linda Lomelino

• Pinterest

• Film Noir

• Planoly