Aerospace Engineer Uses Photography to have a Fulfilling and Profitable Retirement with Bassam Sabbagh
The Portrait System Podcast
Sue Bryce Education
4.9 • 659 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In this week's episode, meet photographer Bassam Sabbagh who retired after a successful career in aerospace engineering to follow his dream of exploring the arts. Following the Sue Bryce model, he started his own portrait photography business and, with perseverance and hard work, found success. Listen in as Bassam shares with us all the ups and downs of his journey, from the first steps of his business to building his studio while battling cancer and so much more. Bassam tells it all in this incredible and personal interview, and if you are looking for inspiration, this is the episode for you!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Nikki Klosser, and I want to let you know about an awesome free giveaway for people on our email list. |
| 0:05.6 | If you haven't already, click the link in our podcast description or go to the PortraitSystem.com |
| 0:10.1 | slash sign up to get on the list. |
| 0:12.1 | If you sign up, you'll get a free posing 101 PDF to jumpstart things. |
| 0:16.2 | It's an epic PDF, so you'll definitely want to get this. Also, just by being in our email community, |
| 0:22.0 | you'll get deals, sales, and information about any of our upcoming events and activities. |
| 0:26.5 | So head over to the portrait system.com slash sign up and sign up today. |
| 0:32.1 | You're listening to The Portrait System podcast. And I realized that while I was doing my work for 30 years, |
| 0:39.4 | what gave me joy is not necessarily the obvious thing. It wasn't my job. It wasn't my position. |
| 0:44.4 | It wasn't my title. At the end of the day, what made me feel good is when I felt like I had a |
| 0:49.2 | positive impact on someone, on the employees, on a colleague, and what the important thing is, photography |
| 0:55.4 | gave me that same feeling. |
| 1:00.4 | This is the Portrait System podcast, a show that helps portrait photographers and people |
| 1:04.8 | hoping to become one, navigate the world of photography, business, money, and so much more. |
| 1:09.9 | We totally keep it real. We share |
| 1:11.5 | stories about the incredible ups and the very difficult downs when running a photography business. |
| 1:16.2 | I'm your host, Nikki Klosser, and the point of this podcast is for you to learn actionable |
| 1:20.1 | steps that you can take to grow your own business, and also to feel inspired and empowered |
| 1:24.7 | by the stories you hear. Today's guest is Basam Sabag, and his brand is called Curious Photo and Curious Boudoir, |
| 1:31.4 | and that's actually curious with a K. |
| 1:33.4 | So Basam was a top executive in the aerospace industry for many, many years. |
| 1:37.4 | And when he was handed the opportunity to retire a little early, he totally jumped at it. |
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