Today we’d like to introduce you to Madisyn Welborn.
Hi Madisyn, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstories.
Because of family vacations, traveling and photography entered my life at a fairly young age. Snapshots of beaches and mountains on holiday trips turned to the hobby of taking artsy photos and has since evolved into my greatest passion.
I’m currently attending Savannah College of Art and Design for a BFA in Photography with a Documentary Photography Concentration. Nowadays, I’m inspired by the belief that no matter what I see, there’s always more to explore!
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I truly believe that there’s no such thing as a smooth road for aspiring artists. I’ve struggled with many things, but the hardest obstacle I’ve ever had to overcome was self-doubt/imposter syndrome. It took me a long time to be able to confidently trust that I’m good enough to be a “professional photographer”.
Because it’s not enough for your family and peers to believe in you, the most important thing is that you believe in yourself.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
More than anything else, I identify as a landscape and travel photographer. I love photographing anywhere and everywhere whether it’s the beach, the city, the woods, etc., and capturing whatever that location has to share. I’m heavily inspired by the natural beauty of our earth, but I find the way we’ve built a relationship with nature through architecture just as exciting to capture.
Unlike a lot of photographers, I’ve met and observed, my goal is to provide diversity in my work by photographing in every way I can. I enjoy handheld digital photography, but I also explore capturing images through shooting film, drone, and go-pro underwater photography. It’s important to me that I capture the world in ways we don’t see on a daily basis.
How do you think about luck?
Photography, especially outdoors, is never something you’re 100% sure of in terms of what to expect. Weather conditions have been a source of good and bad luck for me, but it’s just something I’ve gotten used to preparing for. I do think everything happens for a reason though, and as long as I keep working, I’ll get to where I plan to be.
Contact Info:
- Email: madisynwphotography@gmail.com
- Website: madisynwphotography.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madi.lenss/?hl=en
