Josh Rossi - Fearless for Success - episode 132

Published: Jan. 29, 2016, 8:30 a.m.

Josh Rossi - Fearless for Success

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Today\\u2019s featured guest is Josh Rossi

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Josh is a\\xa0Los Angeles based photographer. He\'s done work for clients such as Adobe, Mountain Dew, advanced Photoshop magazine, Lindsey Stirling, and the piano guys just to name a few. What started as an obsession with art has turned into a full time commercial and advertising photography career. And Photo World, you may know of Josh from his podcast The Full Time Photographer.

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Note from Rob: I have to say that Josh is one of the most down to earth people I have ever met and as we dissect\\xa0his journey through his photography career he unfolds a ton of value for you Photo World!

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When I was a young boy I was obsessed with art. I was born in Florence,Italy where I lived for 7 years.\\xa0When I hit high school I saw no need to pursue art\\xa0and so I dropped it and got into other things. After\\xa0high school I got an internship with a film production company and started getting more into film.\\xa0When I was 22 I realized that I wasn\'t satisfied with what I was doing so I needed a change. I decided\\xa0that advertising was a lot more exciting and chose to go to Miami Ad School and that\'s where my passion\\xa0for photography came in. At school I had to rely on my own skills to produce print ads and online media.\\xa0I had to convey a message and I didn\'t want to just snap one shot and be done. I wanted to include a lot\\xa0of different elements that told a story. That\'s when I started getting into compositing.\\xa0I realized that I\\xa0could\\xa0actually create the images that were inside my head. I never thought that was possible before. I became literally obsessed with\\xa0ad photography.\\xa0I would stay up every night until 2 or 3 studying my favorite photographers. I would study every single detail and try to recreate\\xa0what I saw. It took\\xa0me a year and a half before I decided to put my style out there to the public. Once I put my work out there for people to see I got\\xa0a surprising response.\\xa0People loved it! I dropped my 9 to 5 job and have been working full time doing what I love ever since. Whenever I create an\\xa0image I try to think of a\\xa0story behind it. I want my viewer to get into the picture and imagine a whole scenario. What brings me joy is when I can\\xa0inspire others to do bigger\\xa0and greater things. I am currently located in Los Angeles where I specialize in Commercial and Advertising photography\\xa0and drive a bus that says\\xa0"Escape from ordinary photography" on it.

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My work can be seen on...

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Lurzer\'s Archive 200 Best Digital Artists Worldwide 2014-2015,
Good Morning America, People Magazine, The Wall Street Journal,
The Huffington Post, The cover of Advanced Photoshop Magazine,
Ad Week, MSN NOW and Mashable

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Client List...

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Adobe, Acura, Champion USA, Wacom, Glenn Beck, Daymond John,
Mt Dew (Devin SuperTramp), Lindsey Stirling, SurfAir Airlines,
Advanced Photoshop Magazine, John Lee Dumas (Entrepreneur on Fire),
Twinlab, The Color Run, The Piano Guys and H&S Performance

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Recommended Resource:

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Full Time Photographer

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Book:

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Persuasion Skills Black Book

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W: joshrossi.com

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Blog: fulltimephotographer.com/blog