TCF Ep. 358 - Ursula Tocik

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Cameras, Art, Photoshop, Visual Arts, Career, Interviews, Photographers, Arts, Photography, Photo, Digital

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Ursula Tocik is natural light portrait photographer based in Helderkruin Hill, Johannesburg, South Africa. She has been a professional photographer since 2008, starting out in the wedding industry, however a health crisis led her to a career as a studio-based portrait photographer. After surviving a severe stroke in 2012, which made wedding photography physically impossible she left the wedding industry and began a career in portrait photography where she specializes in boudoir, maternity, couples, glamour and corporate headshots. Resources: Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Click here to download for Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

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0:00.0	The Candid Frame is supported by donations by listeners just like you.
0:05.1	Help us to bring you great conversations with great photographers.
0:09.7	Support the show today with your monthly contribution through our Patreon effort at patreon.com
0:16.3	or click on the link in the show notes or the website at the candid frame.com.
0:25.9	Thank you.
0:34.7	This is your buddy and X and this is the candid frame. When you choose to lead a creative life, you can face a lot of
0:42.3	obstacles. There's always the issue of time, of course, as well as the occasional struggle with
0:47.3	inspiration. There never seems to be a shortage of things that stand between where you are right now
0:53.4	and where you want to be.
0:55.7	But hopefully, we each find a way to surmount obstacles and get back to producing the work
1:01.7	and doing what we love. But what happens when that obstacle is your own body? That was the question
1:09.4	that South African wedding photographer
1:11.4	Urshala Tosik faced when in 2012 she suffered a stroke that left her partially paralyzed.
1:18.6	Suddenly she was faced not only with difficult physical rehabilitation, but the question
1:24.4	of how she would continue earning a living as a photographer.
1:28.3	Despite not regaining full use of her body, she reinvented herself as a portrait photographer,
1:35.3	which not only allowed her to continue earning a living,
1:38.3	but provided her the impetus to live a life that is still full of creativity, challenges, and joy.
1:45.7	She provides all of us great perspective when we ask ourselves the question, what's holding me back?
1:57.7	Well, Ursula, welcome to the Candid Frame.
2:00.6	It's a real pleasure to have you on the show.
2:02.9	Thank you for having you.
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