To be honest, it's a crazy mess of a story. About a decade ago, we bought a camera off of eBay to bring home some of our memories. (At that point we were doing DIY, sleep-in-airport trips that could be paid for with a tax refund and some travel points hacking). That camera ended up helping us land some cool images, that then got us in touch with a really talented filmmaker (our Belize video has the full story). That then led to us to dreaming up fishing films produced by ourselves (still, hacking travel costs, staying in $30 a night ecolodges, etc) which honestly? busted. We got rejected all over the place. We then re-calibrated, and focused on stories that we cared about. And there is where we started to get a little bit of traction. A photography gig here, a social media spot there. But still was a trickle and we just kept trying new things. For the next 5 years, we'd take one trip a year that we all could afford, but started to be able offset some travel (airfare) with some of the video/photo work we were doing. It truly wasn't until this project here, when we were able to leverage our talents to go and experience a full fly fishing lodge. It was a dream come true for us and we're extremely blessed and humbled by opportunities like this. But it hasn't been overnight. It's been an iterative 10 year process, with an unreal amount of setbacks.
Wow that place is beautiful! Looks like you guys had a great start of the trip. Looking forward to the next episode.
Thanks! We’re going to keep cooking em up- tons and tons to come!
GOOD STUFF!
Thanks! 🤙
Genuine question. What do yall do to be able to go and do this? It’s a dream of mine.
To be honest, it's a crazy mess of a story. About a decade ago, we bought a camera off of eBay to bring home some of our memories. (At that point we were doing DIY, sleep-in-airport trips that could be paid for with a tax refund and some travel points hacking). That camera ended up helping us land some cool images, that then got us in touch with a really talented filmmaker (our Belize video has the full story). That then led to us to dreaming up fishing films produced by ourselves (still, hacking travel costs, staying in $30 a night ecolodges, etc) which honestly? busted. We got rejected all over the place.
We then re-calibrated, and focused on stories that we cared about. And there is where we started to get a little bit of traction. A photography gig here, a social media spot there. But still was a trickle and we just kept trying new things.
For the next 5 years, we'd take one trip a year that we all could afford, but started to be able offset some travel (airfare) with some of the video/photo work we were doing.
It truly wasn't until this project here, when we were able to leverage our talents to go and experience a full fly fishing lodge. It was a dream come true for us and we're extremely blessed and humbled by opportunities like this. But it hasn't been overnight. It's been an iterative 10 year process, with an unreal amount of setbacks.
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