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014 - Spencer McPherson: Corporate Finance to Professional Photographer
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A conversation about Spencer’s life. If one thing rings out from Spencer's story it's the amount of hard graft he always put in. Join me to hear how he managed to turn an overheard conversation whilst serving customers in Cafe Rouge into a corporate job offer in London and, later, how a chance encounter with stylist Stuart Weir - and Stuart’s death thereafter - dramatically changed his life and set him on the road to becoming a photographer, founding and running his own production company, Still Moving Media. We hear tales of having one pressurised minute to get a perfect portrait of Hillary Clinton, nearly being decapitated whilst shooting an elite snowboarder on top of a mountain and how despite his obvious success he still battles with regular doubts and fears in trying to grow his business.
Episode overview:
2.17-17.30 Recent assignment with Phil Vickery's fashion brand, parents, upbringing and deciding on Law at Swansea
17.30-49.09 The importance of his time at Cafe Rouge, conversation there leads to job at Lloyds in London, cut-throat environment, leaves Lloyds and London for St James Place Wealth Management, tells us about tax and trusts work, EIS etc
49.09-1.05.24 Transition to photography, nightclub photography, meeting stylist Stuart Weir, Stuart's death and the profound effect he had on Spencer's journey
1.05.24-1.39.52 An orderly withdrawal from finance to set up his own production company, juggling many major life events, highlights from career including shooting Hillary Clinton and more, plus the doubts and fears he still contends with despite outward appearance of success
Guest: Spencer McPherson
Host and producer: Donal Gallery
Recorded using Zoom between North London and Cheltenham
Artwork by Anna Obert https://www.instagram.com/annaobertillustration/
Music by Donal Gallery
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