Think it. Speak it. Be it. By Ty Pleas At TEDxBaltimore Adventure, Sept 30, 2013

1. Think it. Speak it.
Be it.
By:Ty Pleas

2. TheSecret
} There is no secret!!”
} Failure IS an option!!”

3. What is your destiny?

4. Hardships
• Self teaching• Trial and error• Rejection• Money

5. Motivation What motivates you?

6. A- ACTION
If the ideas are not flowing, get
up and do something!!

7. R- RESEARCH
Google is a wonderful tool…USE
IT!!
Don’t be afraid to do the leg work.

8. T-TEST
What good does it do you to
take in all that stimulation from
your actions and your research
if you are not going to use it?

9. Howtobalancelife
• Set your working hours
• Schedule days off
• Seek understanding ppl
• Make friends• Find helpful people

10. Failures You failed….so what!

11. Failures
• My subconscious image
often eludes me
• I overexpose/underexposed
• I lost client images
• I missed the shot
• I have lost money

12. Successes
• Vibevixen.com
• Essere magazine
• Maxim.com
• J.P. Morgan newsletter
• Fashion shoot with
Rodney Epperson
• One Model Management
• Red Model Management
• Fenton Moon Model Mgmt.
• MSShoe Designs contract

13. Helpful Tips
º Create a web presence
(if people can’t find you, how can they buy you)
500px, Flickr, 4ormat,Wix
Follow the C.Y.C.L.E.

14. Helpful Tips
ºYou need it, buy it
Tutorials, equipment, online storage, marketing
materials.
Follow the C.Y.C.L.E.

15. Helpful Tips
º Charge for your services
Time is IMPORTANT! If you’re good enough to
ask, you’re good enough to get paid! Don’t let
people fool you!! If they VALUE your work, they
will pay!
Follow the C.Y.C.L.E.

16. Helpful Tips
º LOVE what you do
Can’t stress this enough!! If you don’t LOVE it,
you won’t last.
Follow the C.Y.C.L.E.

17. Helpful Tips
º Educate yourself
Google,Youtube, Creative Live, Lynda.com
Follow the C.Y.C.L.E.

18. creativelive.com

19. MyWork

41. Models:
Lorriet
Obeng
(Splash
VA)
Danielle
Vines
Alexandra
Cunningham
Michelle
Dantas
(Red
NYC,
Elite
MIA)
Tara
Lynn
Sonnie
Marie
Victoria
Foster
(Elite
MIA)
Xaviera
(Fenton
Moon
NYC)
Rachel
Faulkner
(Wright,
Stevenson)
Nadia
Emmert
(Splash
VA)
Gabi
Kniery
(
Fenton
Moon)
Iara
Ezquiaga
(One
Model
Management)
Caroline
Oladipo
Make
Up
ArLsts:
KirsLe
Woods-­‐Fals
Bailey
Renée
Brazil
Amír
Wardrobe:
Rodney
Epperson
Joyce
Lewis-­‐MarLn
Ty
Pleas
Tara
Lynn
CREDITS

42. www.typleasfotographie.com