Stills of Life
Actors, producers, models, and other artists share, encourage, and reveal their professional experiences, failures, accomplishments and authentic selves.
Episodes
February 26, 2024 • 41 mins
Part 2. Isaac talks about photography, his father/son trip, and what his perfect day would be.
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February 19, 2024 • 61 mins
Model with two college degrees, Maci Ryder, rocks her name, removes the book cover, and opens up about her journey to becoming a model, the sacrifices and guts, her surprising willingness to fly to Istanbul and why, how to protect yourself as a young model, her view on OnlyFans, and her ongoing hindrance of scoliosis, but nothing will stand in her way.
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February 12, 2024 • 58 mins
Man of mystery, Isaac Yi, opens up about his discovery of mechanical engineering, his crucial decision to become Christian at UC Berkeley, the values and compassion to serve on a mission’s trip to Thailand, his emotional chapter of losing his mother in 2015, and sharing his thoughts and perspectives of the challenges of Christian dating.
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February 5, 2024 • 68 mins
Established fashion stylist, Carlee Wallace, reveals a glimpse into her cosmopolitan background on fashion design, taking positive risks, sacrifices, gutsy decisions, her take on artists' fear, and a surprise twist on what car she drives for a 6 ft. tall woman.
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January 22, 2024 • 74 mins
Model turned actor, Isabella Brenza, reveals her creative passion of narrative storytelling, love of badass characters, the endless hustle, the question of committment, sacrifices, her favorite film, her decision for being nude in ‘Euphoria,’ the differences between modeling and Onlyfans, and her wonderful time on ‘Rebel Moon.’
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January 15, 2024 • 55 mins
Fashion stylist, Amia Serrano, recounts her journey from an admin lab job for the government in New York to achieving her blissful passion for the fashion industry. She shares what it takes, how to become a stylist, how to resolve conflict, and why sincere relationships are important to her.
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January 8, 2024 • 61 mins
From Mexico to Los Angeles, Michelle Reyes chased her dream as a creative digital artist for multiple clients, brands, managing expectations, always learning new lessons, challenging skills, and planning her future empire of creative domination.
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January 1, 2024 • 66 mins
Fashion photographer and director, Michele Laurita, relives, shares, and educates her incredible, cosmopolitan life of being an artist, the importance of business terms, love of Profoto, professional expectations on set, and some wonderful stories of shooting high talent!
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July 10, 2023 • 54 mins
Ukrainian model, Solomia, emotionally reveals her horrifying experience of waking up to the Russian invasion, the distant bombings, sirens, fleeing to safety to her friends’ basement, saying goodbye to her husband who became a soldier that same day, and her voluntary efforts to help her home country, Ukraine.
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June 26, 2023 • 26 mins
The ongoing journey continues as Frankie opens up about the future challenges and humble blessings of another mission trip, financial aid, his legacy or none, and his ambitious hospitality project goals.
Stay tuned for the post-credit’s scene where Frankie surprises me with a thoughtful gift from Thailand.
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June 19, 2023 • 37 mins
Location manager, Jeff Shepherd, expresses the crucial significance of being a location manager for films and television. From Michigan to UCLA to Hollywood, Jeff shares some memorable stories like surviving the LA riots, the big quake, and the art of dealmaking and negotiating property owners for securing settings for films and television.
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June 12, 2023 • 40 mins
Ever wonder what it’s like to be an agent in a talent agency like CAA? Creative artist, Lingie Park, shares some great anecdotal stories about working in the fast-paced, tremendous world at Creative Arts Agency for many years, his accomplishments, what kept him up, challenges, the partnerships, and his next chapter of his journey into creating stories of his own.
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June 5, 2023 • 45 mins
From hospitality management to sommelier to all around chef, Frankie Rodono knew early in his life that he had a servant’s heart which led him to his calling to fly to Thailand to serve, teach, cook, and guide dozens of underprivileged but enthusiastic kids and teenagers for 11 months.
We also share our love and sadness for Anthony Bourdain who had a major impact on our lives. Towards the end of the episode, we discuss our emotio...
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November 21, 2022 • 64 mins
Film director, Jason Nguyen, is a creative director for Westbrook Media who has directed social content for Will Smith, Alicia Keys, and many others. Jason opens up about his lifelong passion of genre films, guilty pleasure movie, his review of ‘Emancipation,’ newfound superpower of Muay Thai boxing, and his ambitious goal for 2023.
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November 14, 2022 • 58 mins
Still photographer and car enthusiast, Eddy Chen, openly shares a glimpse of his journey of his highlights, difficult obstacles, negotiating, the true value of stills for marketing, importance of usage rights, and a touching story of working with The Weeknd for HBO’s ‘The Idol.’
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November 7, 2022 • 56 mins
LA Model, Ezenwa Ilabor, opens up about being bullied while growing up, working in the corporate advertising world, living in multiple places as a sense of adventure like Ghana and Oregon, and her newlyfound passion for modeling.
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October 24, 2022 • 63 mins
When I met Jaelynn for a photo shoot, I thought she was Kate Bosworth’s double or decoy or both. We had an animated chat about her life as a model, transitioning to Los Angeles from Indiana, the MeToo movement, her long-term plans, and potential acting goals!
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September 12, 2022 • 68 mins
Producer and writer, John Trefry, divulges the significance of a film producer, his philosophy on diligence vs. luck, how to pitch scripts to executives, working with his sister, how to resolve conflict with difficult people, and the thriving nature of fatherhood and making movies.
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September 5, 2022 • 74 mins
Filmmaker turned clothing designer, Jason Poon, opens up on losing both his parents at a young age, what it’s like growing up without them, his resurgence to film directing, love of street photography, connecting with artists, finding romance, and he may launch his own podcast.
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July 18, 2022 • 6 mins
Billy and Palonia gush, nerd, and geek out on 'Stranger Things' and how they dream to be part of season 5. Spoilers included so beware.
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