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The PodcastEPISODE #5 - Photographers Gone Wild: Jared & Trish McMillen - Part 1
If you understand anything about creating art, this couple seems to defy logic. Jared and Trish McMillen are fine-art photographers who seem to share a brain. They’re making an incredible living doing what they do, while so many others struggle. They shoot stunning landscapes with a large-format view camera, and they do it together. They run a successful gallery in a competitive town. But before this all happened, they were each established independent commercial photographers. Somehow they’ve put ego aside for artistic cooperation. They’ve also recently had a kid—which has not slowed them down, but they think it’s better for their business. CLICK HERE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF PLACES TO HEAR THIS SHOW FOR ITUNES, CLICK HERE FOR SOUNDLCOUD, CLICK HERE DOWNLOAD THE MP3 BY RIGHT-CLICKING HERE AND SELECTING "SAVE AS" |
THE SHOW NOTES
LOGLINE: Two professional photographer entrepreneurs run a business, get married, learn how to put aside ego, run a gallery in a high-end tourist destination, and maintain their active outdoor lifestyle--even with a toddler.
They both met when she was trying to hire him to shoot the Grammy Awards 03:49
She invited him over and made him dinner because she’s Italian. He though she was coming on to him. 04:19
After they started dating, they were totally inseparable, and on their third date they almost burned down a cabin—taking it as a sign that they can solve anything together 06:13
They both realize, “If you can’t work with this person, who can you work with?” 07:52
Started working together and running a business before they were ever married 08:06
Her Sicilian father came over, saw how they were running things, and made them get a commercial space 08:22
Dad was an entrepreneur and pushed them along 08:48
Several businesses before they were even married 09:12
Their work as photography purists 11:00
The way the work with film forces them to slow down 12:13
Together, they can study the same scenes indefinitely before they ever take one photograph 12:56
She bought him his first digital camera, and they felt even more married than now 13:36
The move from Las Vegas to Park City and opening a gallery was big 13:58
Nature is what they do. It’s their church. 14:17
She would be the model in their commercial work they shot for Patagonia 14:30
They’d always been moving towards something bigger 14:46
He hated Las Vegas and they had to make a move 14:57
They always knew they could make things work 16:07
Both influenced by Tim Ferriss and The Four-Hour Work Week 16:11
Learned to enjoy their lives more 16:25
They started taking back their lives together 16:57
They had honeymooned in Park City and loved it, and decided to live there 17:15
He pounded the pavement like crazy to find business space for them in Park City 17:43
People who say, “Oh, I could never work with my spouse.” 18:57
They dynamic and the magic of how they work together 19:06
The value of having a partner with a different perspective 19:53
They’ve worked out how to communicate their way through things, and there’s less ego involved 20:29
You have someone on your team 24 hours a day and they’re always on your side 20:51
Without a team, a CoupleCo isn’t possible 21:32
People always say, “I could never work with my spouse.” But have you tried? It takes cooperation. 21:37
Their end goals together are much bigger than their personal goals 21:52
Make it a point to eat together every night and talk 22:05
Talking is important when you’re together all day doing the same job. Started taking a walk at night with the dogs just to unwind 22:36
The business was growing so exponentially that it was taking things over, and they had no time for themselves 23:01
Love to cook, and they made sure their home life was as important as their working life 23:57
A positive change was taking the offices out of the home 24:25
Time management: They run a gallery and also find time to create the work 25:01
How adding a child affects the dynamic of work and balance 26:46
Having a child has refocused them and given them new goals 27:10
The kid travels with them in the RV when they go on photo expeditions and she loves it 27:24
The value of good baby sitters 27:37
Park City is a lifestyle choice, it’s very active and the child is very adventurous 28:58
They made a decision that having a child was not going to change their lifestyle 29:37
How the business is affecting the child 30:10
