Please welcome our guest for episode 18, John Armytage!
John is the founder and former executive chairman of the Focus Seascape and Landscape Photography community, which started out as a small sunrise meetup group on Sydney's northern beaches a decade ago and grew to become one of the largest and most valuable communities for Australia-based photographers.
The annual FOCUS awards has grown to become one of Australias leading amateur photography competitions, and is a testament to the incredible work John has put in to build this community, and to the community itself who continue to grow together and support one another.
Resources & Links
John Armytage Photography - visit John's website to learn more about his services and tours
FOCUS Community - join the main FOCUS community hub on Facebook
FOCUS Sponsors - Check out the FOCUS communities sponsors with links to special member-only offers
Talking Points
- How the Focus community started and what it has evolved into
- How forming a committee enabled the Focus community to grow
- John's passion for helping and what that can lead to in others
- The pride in seeing other peoples' progress
- How Focus members have gone on to great things
- John's philosophy for improving your photography
- Why it's so important to get people out of doing life alone
- The joy of teaching others
- How John has started to grow his own photography business since stepping down as executive charmain of Focus earlier this year