A Roadmap to Success in a Time of Rapid Change & Uncertainty

July 11, 2025

Accomplished still photographer-turned-post-production professional shares his career journey and how to use his learned lessons, today.


From photochemical to digital post-production, sharing lessons learned

The changes in the video production industry are huge, ongoing, and disruptive. So, how do any of us cope or plan through this mess? I’ve been through this before. I know the drill, and my business survived while many of my peers failed.

How did we survive? It’s an old tale of business acumen. Change is always going to come. We should always study where paid work is being done today, as that constantly changes. From our study, we learn how to plan—to grow our skills for that work environment and choose the gear and software we need to do that work.

Studying and planning…right!

It’s not always fun, and personally, I never like doing this. But it is an absolutely required skillset in and of itself!

But this isn’t a theoretical process. It’s a very practical step-by-step thing to do. Do this properly, and from the results of this study and the plan process, you can create both a short-term priority list and a longer-term “road map” of where you wish to…become.

You create it anew by making all your decisions based on those plans. Remember, for long-term success, you will need to do this over and over throughout your working life.

Let’s learn how to create your own path forward!


Key takeaways from this Insight

By the end of this Insight, you should understand:

  • How to create the thought patterns used to create both short-term and long-term goals and plans.
  • Why you need to study the current business of content creation and the skills that are still being paid for.
  • How to evaluate the “sellability” of your skillsets and gear in any “current time.”
  • How to determine what new skillsets you might need, including how to decide what factors to take into account.
  • And why this will be a life-long process you will use over and over again.

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