How to Handle Your Critics & Naysayers with Erin Hogue

Erin Hogue is a professional photographer who lives in Whistler, BC who's work has been featured in Snowboarder Magazine, Transworld Snowboarding, Transworld Snowboarding, The Ski Journal and Pleasure to list a few. In this episode we cover Erin's journey into sports photography and how she's been able to turn her passion into a career.

This episode certainly has an unintentional theme... Erin has had to learn to silence her critics. By following her own intuition and passion, Erin has turned her life into a constant adventure. She consistently gets to ride up mountains on her snowmobile, explore beautiful terrain and photographs some of the world's best skiers and snowboarders.

We start the podcast by digging into why Erin chose photography. At the midway point, we jump into resourcefulness and what Erin has done to make her photo career work. Near the end, we get into the day to day life of a photographer through her trip to Alaska and wrap up by getting back into silencing your critics.

Notable Sections in this Podcast

1:10 - At what point did you know you wanted to get into photography?

6:10 - Erin on handling your critics... "I just had to ignore it... No one ever told me that being a photographer was a good idea, no one ever said, you should do this, this is a great idea. I think you just kind of get used to it, and just expect people to be like no you can't do that. You get used to it, that you don't even notice it."

10:02 - Girls don't sled.

14:50 - "You just have to make something out of nothing sometimes."

18:50 - Erin goes to Alaska.

22:51 - A typical day in the life of a snowboard and skiing photographer (Alaska style).

27:23 - The Devil's Garage

30:20 - "Don't listen to anyone that tells you can't do it. If you want to do something just do it. It's not going to be easy. No part of it is easy but it ends up being worth it. I can't picture my life any other way even though it's not easy."

Erin can be found on Instagram @erinhogue or check out her new website at www.erinhogue.com.