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When it comes to having a commercial photographic business, you might have heard the old mantra about a brick and mortar business of location, location, location.

Though that's not completely apropos in the digital age. The idea persists that if you want to have a

successful and lucrative commercial business, you have to be in a mega city if you have any hope

of landing a big client. But the truth of the digital age is also that clients and photographers

can connect in a way that just wasn't possible two decades

ago. The possibility of fitting a client's needs with the specific talents and skills of a given

photographer is increasingly possible even when they aren't working in the same city.

Matt Odom is an Alabama-based commercial photographer

who has used this to his advantage, taking his career to levels that many photographers might not have

considered possible just a few years ago. Well, Matthew, welcome to the Candid Frame. It's a pleasure

to have you on the show, brother. Glad to be here, my man.

I want to get some of your backstory. I certainly want to talk to you about your photography,

but I was reading a little bit about you. It looks like you had a variety of different roles

in terms of a professional career. I've kind of been around the block, man. I've done just about

everything you can name. And I was telling, it around the block, man. I've done just about everything you can name.

And I was telling, it's funny we bring this up because Friday I was on vacation and my girlfriend,

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