316. Behind The Camera: Em Johnson Talks Capturing The Top Women In Sport & Self-Belief As Her Strongest Tool
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
It's the confidence in this episode for me. Meet Em Johnson: A proud, multi-hyphenate content creator who has been behind the camera working with some of the top female athletes in sport. In this week's episode, she talks about how she got her start while playing college basketball, channeling her effort into something creative when she wasn't getting the playing time she deserved. The Brooklyn-based creative shares what it was like to be employee No. 2 at TOGETHXR, what it was like for her to transition into working for herself, and how she navigated extreme anxiety and mental health struggles and came out on the other side better. Plus: Her feelings on the lack of other female photographers on popular sidelines, what it's like to work with Breanna Stewart, and what she's looking forward to most in the next few years.
IN THIS EPISODE
How Em first got into photography (4:40)
How Em feels about being a stand alone or othered in her career path (5:52)
The disadvantage in sport that actually helped Em get started in photography (7:50)
What Em did when she got to college and wasn’t getting playing time on the basketball team (10:00)
Em opens up about dealing with anxiety and panic attacks, how she navigated that in college (13:46)
The tools that Em used to deal with her depression (17:50)
What the “Bet on Yourself” era looks like for Em (18:30)
How Em got involved with building TOGETHXR as employee No. 2 (32:00)
How to deal with repetitive No's, and what kept Em knocking on doors when it didn’t click (36:16)
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| 0:00.0 | I will |
| 0:02.0 | I don't mind being a woman in a male-dominated space |
| 0:06.0 | because I know that I will earn the respect |
| 0:10.0 | prove that my existence is valid there. What's going on on everyone? |
| 0:27.0 | What's going on everyone? Emily Abbadi here. |
| 0:29.0 | You are listening to episode 316 of Hurtlele, a wellness focused podcast where I talk to |
| 0:35.6 | inspirational people about everything from their highest ties and toughest |
| 0:38.8 | moments to essential tips on how to live a healthier, happier, more motivated life. |
| 0:45.1 | We all go through our fair share of hurdles. |
| 0:48.0 | My goal through these discussions is to empower you to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can stride |
| 0:54.8 | toward your own big potential and of course have some fun along the way. |
| 0:59.7 | For today's episode I am talking to my good friend, M Johnson. |
| 1:03.7 | She's an independent creative specializing in photography, |
| 1:07.2 | videography, and creative direction, a multi-hipe in it. |
| 1:11.6 | It's something I can get on board with. I love this conversation and it is super |
| 1:16.5 | interesting to hear about how M picked up a camera and really followed her passions when it came to creating content making it her |
| 1:25.6 | full-time career. We chat about her role in building together a media and |
| 1:31.6 | commerce company that many of us know in love all about |
| 1:34.9 | supporting and uplifting women in sport and she gives some details into what she's doing |
| 1:40.1 | today involving capturing content for one of the best to ever do it, Brianna Stewart. |
| 1:46.0 | Emma and I talk about the importance about getting more female photographers covering sport out on the sidelines, |
| 1:52.2 | advice she'd offer her younger self just getting into the mix, |
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