Vulnerability in Filmmaking: How Iz La Motte Brought her Dream Career to Life

This week on Creatives in the Wild, hear from adventure photographer and filmmaker Iz La Motte.

Her work has been seen in marketing campaigns across the ski industry, in print publications such as Freeskier and Backcountry Magazine, and in the film festival circuit at Mountainfilm and Banff Film Festival.

We talk about:

• Iz's career dream at 12 years old (that turned into reality)
• building a career in film, from "Fuel" to "Advice For Girls"
• being able to choose whose opinions matter most in your work
• using risk-taking and feedback for growth and development
• the importance of money talks, both with clients and with peers in your industry
• how pricing secrecy can hinder a whole industry
• balancing paid work with doing your craft for fun, including having days just for personal enjoyment
• the pressures of seasonality in photography and filmmaking
• there's no one way to have a creative career, and you can make it fun
• living in the woods and making it work without wifi or cell service

and more.

This episode will remind you that vulnerability matters, that you can choose whose opinions matter, and that having fun matters, too.

Freelancer Boot Camp returns in March, and you get first dibs!

As a freelancer, you have the power to choose your clients, your rates, your services and when and how you work. But figuring out all that alone can feel like being lost in the wilderness without a map.

​Bring intentional action into your business through this coaching community program, which includes:

• Two 1:1 coaching sessions to dive deeper into your unique challenges
• 12 weeks of 90-minute group coaching sessions
• Weekly assignments to apply what we’re discovering in session
• Built in accountability to keep you moving forward and get sh*t done
• Private Slack Channel to promote open and vulnerable group conversations
• 4 quarterly alumni meet-ups with your cohort after Boot Camp ends
• Special access to Basecamp Outdoor’s highly-anticipated freelancer resources
• First to know about the Just a Wild Thought Retreat (more info coming soon!)

This 12-week program starts March 28, so if you're ready to outline your business vision, reshape your mindset, and get into the nitty gritty to turn your creative pursuit into a fully functioning business...

Until next time,

PS: Curious about what we cover in the 12 weeks of Boot Camp? It's all listed here!​

From Pricing to Positioning and from Energy to Systems, this is THE program for both aspiring and established freelancers to grow a sustainable, values-driven business.

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