Breaking Barriers with Houston Vandergriff | Running a Photography Business with Down’s Syndrome

06/09/2022 35 min
Breaking Barriers with Houston Vandergriff | Running a Photography Business with Down’s Syndrome

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Episode Synopsis

"Today I’m with my good friend, Mr. Houston, who is an award winning travel photographer that has been all over the world and I’m excited to share with you his experiences, what makes him tick, and what motivates and inspires him to do what he does. Houston’s nature makes it easy to connect with people and make friends because to him, everyone is a friend, so he often is able to quickly break that barrier between himself and the people he’s working with, which really helps in the world of photography. Regardless of intellectual ability, nobody does very well when they’re alone, but when you have a whole team and people with whom you can work together, that’s when you’ll see true success. How much time he spends taking pictures 1:50Someone who inspires him 3:50Growing skills and networking 8:16Have you ever wanted to quit? 14:37Turning a hobby into a business 19:09Persistence 26:16“It’s easy to take a spectacular picture of the Eiffel Tower, but it’s a little trickier when you’re confined to your own backyard, but Houston’s had a really good experience of being able to spend time. Here we life in Tennessee, and so we’ve got the Great Smoky Mountains, and we spent quite a bit of time there, and so he’s been able to hone his skills literally in our backyard.” 3:25https://www.downsandtowns.com/@downsandtowns"If you'd like to donate to the Abby Lou Foundation to help continue to enrich the lives of the intellectually disabled, follow this link: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/form/aoZ_jg?vid=v60hb Thank you for listening!

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