Lemonada.

If you've ever been to a job fair, especially a university, college university, young graduates job fair, you might see a familiar scene.

There are rows of nervous students, a shocking number of

dorm room selfies on their resumes. And today's storytellers spotted that problem while freelancing

as an events photographer. Career Services, the Department of Career Services, kept begging him to

shoot quick LinkedIn headshots, but these budget-friendly slots vanished in minutes,

and the queue stretched down the hallway. So he built a self-serve alternative. He'll tell you how

he did it in this story. Welcome to side hustle school. My name's Chris Gillebo. This story is part

of our first $1,000 segment where we get to hear from a side hustler about how they got an

idea, how they made that idea

happened, and how that idea earned at least $1,000. Usually it goes on to earn a good bit more than

that, but we are interested in the genesis of the idea and helping you, our listener, take some

practical steps so that you have your own stories of getting to $1,000 and well beyond.

So this story about an event photographer who gets

a little bit creative makes a DIY headshot station. Let's set the timer. Let's turn it over to him.

Pass the microphone. And I'll be back at the end with a few words of wrap up.

I've been photographing campus events for years, convocations, hackathons, the occasional wedding.

At every spring career fair, students begged me for just one quick headshot.

I loved helping, but once you hold up the flow for a five-minute shot, it's hard to recover.

I kept thinking there has to be a self-service version of this.

So, one Saturday, I laid my gear on the living room floor and asked,

what's the minimum viable studio?

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