The Wrong Advice Podcast

YoureTerrific is Evan. He’s best known for his YouTube channel and Instagram account where he discusses and reviews watches. That’s right, wristwatches. He’s a self-taught videographer and photographer who’s found an audience by using his own irreverent and authentic style, often by poking fun at the irrational world of watch collecting. This was such an awesome moment for me getting Evan on the p...

Gary Lashmar is a London based photographer who shoots across a multitude of genres including portraits, musicians, fashion , editorial and street photography. He has created features for British Vogue, Pro Photography Magazine and the NME and has worked on campaigns for alternative brands such as Brooklyn Brewery and James Clay in the UK and Germany., the Netherlands and Belgium. He recently work...

Madeline Derujinksky is a queer, Los Angeles based photographer who exists to create meaningful imagery. She uses both digital and analog mediums to create authentically telling images whether that be at a fashion shoot or within her product work. Website: www.derujinsky.com Instagram www.instagram.com/derujinsky.jpeg Twitter: www.twitter.com/derujinskyjpeg

Johnny Liu aka Johnny Homemovies is an LA based photographer. For about 5-years now Johnny has been documenting his life mostly on film. Getting an opportunity to have one of my OG Instagram inspirations on the pod was a dream come true. Johnny and I got deep on what it's like to have a mega-viral photo on social media and what makes him want to create work. The conversation runs the gamut from hi...

Adam Bernard is a music industry veteran who has been working in media since 2000. He's old-school enough to have written a newspaper column, been one of the original music bloggers, and penned 14 national magazine cover stories along the way. If you live in the NYC area, you've probably seen him at a show. Also a cancer survivor, and a 5th degree black belt in Kempo, Adam released a memoir, ChemB...

Venus Celia Ra is an empowering visionary leader who has the tools to heal and activate your powers. Energy recalibration for creative biz, wealth frequency and womb care are just a few of Venus's many skills. We had a wonderful conversation about life and all that goes into creating the path that works best for your soul. The many ups and downs that inevitably land you in the place where you're s...

James Wolfe is back on the pod for his second go around. Big life changes and big life discussions abound as we get deep on the special timing of events in life. Instagram.com/jamesxwolfe

Calina Hiriza, was born in Cluj, Romania Before moving her home studio to Millburn, NJ in 2020, Calina has spent 20 years in New York City, 2 in Italy, and 17 in her native Romania. Driven by an innate inquisitive nature, Calina’s work has evolved over the years into the abstract. Where the figurative could not answer, raw materials began to speak for themselves, asking for a life lived by a diffe...

Candice Cooper is an entrepreneur of the Arts with extensive experience in the beauty and modeling world. Always expanding and growing in unique ways, she is a business owner and strives to make a positive difference in the world. Candice and I had a great discussion about her experience as a young model and how that shaped her life. We had a really great conversation about her work on OnlyFans an...

Raaj Shah is a Data Scientist from New Jersey. He is a lover of sports, music, and nature. Raaj goes into the intricacies of sports-betting, as well as speaking on challenges from his past.  We had an honest, beautiful, and emotional conversation about life. Raaj and I have been friends for over a year now and during the podcast we got vulnerable and deep about life and its many ups and...

For episode #100 of the podcast I chat with neighbor and friend Ben Rizzo for the second time. We got into the ins and outs of what to do as an artist and entrepreneur navigating the business space as best you can. It was a really honest and frank discussion about what it means to be on your own in an artistic career. We talked all things money, commissions, jobs we hate, and everything in between...

Lluvia de Milagros is the Founder/CEO of Bruja PR (In English translates to “Witch PR”). As a published poet her roots are planted in always advocating for authentic expression and spaces that champion self reclamation. As a visionary and multicultural storyteller, her passion lies in diversifying and injecting purposeful storytelling opportunities that amplify voices of artists and musicians pion...

Episode 98 brings my dear friend and mentor Taylor Ballantyne onto the pod for the 3rd time. On today's episode we discuss what happens to creatives and solo entrepreneurs when they get sick, or are injured and unable to work. I was just getting over being sick with covid and Taylor had just broken her leg and what came out of those circumstances were an honest discussion about life, work, money,...

Mark Cersosimo is a writer, director, cinematographer, editor and sometimes photographer living and breathing in New York City. He can't really figure out what to do with his arms when he's walking down stairs. He'll write extra sentences like this one to fill out his biography because he's really bad at describing himself and finds it too self indulgent. http://markcersosimo.com http://insta...

After surviving a Thirty-Five foot fall with his close friend August 16th, 2016. Four surgeries and a year of rehab later; Mansa Obi has emerged from the ashes to finish his life's work. Known for his creation of Authentic Bounce (not to be confused with "Classic" Bounce) seductive melodies, blunt--commentary and creation of the bass-less genre. Mansa hopes to continue to push the cultures forward...

Brooke, is a 22 year old who's about to graduate with a Bachelors in Art with an emphasis in photography this December. Brooke and I became friends over the last year and watching her grow as an artist has been a real treat. She's a wonderful human who deserves all the good things coming to her in life!  https://twitter.com/qweenbl00d NFTs

Lynnette Blanche comes by for her second time on the podcast! 

Randall Patrick is a fine art film photographer creating cinematic stills of daily, ordinary life. Randall is an adventurer always looking for new things to experience, new things to see. Randall can’t sit still, and neither can his imagination. As an avid daydreamer, with his camera he gets to make those daydreams tangible. Whether it be landscapes, interiors, people, products- you can always fin...

Niikai (Kai) Wells born in Kew Gardens, NY. Father of five, Marines Corps vet. Fell in love with the art of photography a little over 4 years ago. NY is my playground, the streets are my canvas #SmileMF https://www.instagram.com/niikaiwells/ http://niikaiwells.com/

Jaclyn Paris is someone I've known since I was a little kid! Jaclyn has held various Senior Producer roles in Los Angeles including at Lost Planet, Rabbit Content, Liquid VFX in addition to working as a Line Producer with brands such as Nestle, Intuit, Absolut, Target, Jaguar and Bose Audio. In addition she served as Executive Producer of Deluxe Entertainment Services at their...

Castro Frank is a Los Angeles based visual artist who has translated his personal experiences of growing up in the San Fernando Valley into a signature journalistic and candid approach to photography. Through captured moments that reveal the overlooked details of everyday life, to double exposures that force a viewer to question their perceptions, and now diving into the realm of abstraction to ev...

Chazz Gold is a Photographer, DJ, addiction counselor, GAN artist, NFT creator, and collector.  Chazz often pushes the boundaries of photography by adding motion, animation, and music that he creates himself to some of his NFTs. Chazz also creates very unique themed portraiture. Chazz creates static collage art as well as animated and video collage pieces. Chazz likes to say that he's a jack...

Ashten  is a Toronto Based photographer. He's spent the last five years building and developing creative digital assets for clients. As a photographer and art director at his production studio, they wanted to provide high-quality services with custom pricing. His work has early influences from photographers such as Davide Sorrenti, Helmut Newton, and Andy Warhol. These moments captured in fra...

Live from The Lower Draw in Manhattan, Brian and John sat down for an in person live podcast recording. For Brian photography is an escape, a way to explore the world, studying every detail of the simple things. It gives him an opportunity to find beauty in unexpected places and in all walks of life. It forces him to challenge and push the bounds of his comfort zone, enabling him to grow as a...

Aaron Ferguson is an Ottawa-based photographer and scanographer living with colour blindness (colour vision deficiency) and type 1 diabetes. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of New Brunswick and a Certificate in Photography Techniques from Algonquin College. Through minimalist still life imagery, portraiture and street photography, his work resists the conformity of popu...