Russell James, Victoria’s Secret & Vogue photographer on creative discipline, persistence, adapting and mentors

Episode #34 is now up! I interviewed an award-winning, highly-acclaimed photographer who has been a big part of the photography world for over 20 years. A renowned Vogue cover photographer (amongst many other magazine) and the main photographer for Victoria’s Secret, he has worked with the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Bill Clinton, Halle Berry, Rihanna, Tyra Banks, Giselle Bündchen, Naomi Campbell, Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, and more! Some of the topics we spoke about include: How he stayed in-front and relevant as an originally film-based photographer when the digital age exploded Photographing Tyra Banks as the first African American woman on the cover of Sports Illustrated And why crafting your own version of “turning up” is the secret to achieving anything. Introducing, the incredibly talented and humble … Mr Russell James! More on Russell can be found via the links below: Website: http://russelljames.com Instagram: @RussellJames Twitter: @NomadRJ Subscribe to The Giant Thinkers Podcast on iTunes. Do you hate having that awkward conversation with your clients about pending payments they need to make? I highly recommend you checkout Freshbooks. The #1 cloud-based, invoicing software for small businesses. Especially if you’re a freelancer. 5 million people already use FreshBooks to painlessly send invoices & estimates, track time and capture expense receipts. Thankfully, they automates late payment email reminders too, so you can spend less time chasing payments and more time working your magic. Tina Roth-Eisenberg, Founder of Creative mornings, aka swiss-miss, said “it saves me a huge amount of time.” Forbes said it is “Incredibly user friendly”. FreshBooks is offering a month of unrestricted use to all Giant Thinkers listeners, totally free right now. To claim your free month, go to FreshBooks.com/Giant and enter Giant Thinkers in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section.