Ep31 - Courtney Victoria: Finding A Safe Creative Space Through Photography and YouTube

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Join Kim as she speaks with British landscape photographer and KZfaqr Courtney Victoria. She shares her creative story and how she felt when she discovered the world of photography and video. She also talk about her time living in South Korea and how KZfaq has given her a safe space to be herself. Courtney also has a very deep connection to nature and her local area, allowing her to share some ideas and exercises for you to try in your own local locations.
Journey into photography
Trying different creative outlets
Why she fell in love with photography
Moving to South Korea and how this inspired her photography
Enjoying the process of experimenting with photography
Her fine art background
The subjectivity of art and photography
Enjoying the journey
How KZfaq is her safe space allowing her to be herself
Going through a personal journey off camera
Why she started her KZfaq channel
Her video making process
Her love for music and dance
Being an introvert and struggling to be herself
Her KZfaq allows her to be herself
Her connection to nature growing up
How nature connection has helped her with her mental health
Embarking on her own spiritual journey
Her love for woodland and waterfalls
Why she loves to revisit the same locations
Seeing beauty in the smallest of things
Her love for her local area
Her macro photography has helped deepen her connection to the forest
Taking the time to develop a connection to the woodland
Exercises to help us hone in and see things
How she approaches her photography
How our mindset can effect our creative process
Reconnecting with our inner child
Enjoying the experience of life
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@CourtneyVictoria 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for inviting me onto the podcast! It was a wonderful experienced and I enjoyed our chat immensely :)

@Usiris23 8 ай бұрын

You’re absolutely adorable 😍

@PhotographicConnections 8 ай бұрын

You are very welcome Courtney! It was a pleasure to speak with you.

@wildfotoz 6 күн бұрын

I recently stumbled across your channel with the recent Laowa Ultra Macro lens and I started watching a few other videos and I, like others, really enjoy your videos. I find it really crazy the amount of things I can relate to you with and that's probably why I continue to watch your older stuff. I was in South Korea as well but long time ago, back in the '80s. I watched a couple of your videos to see if it still smelled really bad in the summer time but you didn't mention anything about it so I'm guessing that has changed. It used to smell of poo because that's what they fertilized the rice patties with and it would so strong it would gag you. My uncle had a dairy farm growing up and it was 10x worse than that. I've watched a couple interviews of you mainly wanting to see if you would talk about the advances in AI in the last year and if that is altering your photography in any way. One last thing, you mentioned struggling with the thumbnails, you might want to check out Matt Wolfe's channel on YT. He covers AI stuff and I know he's done a couple videos on thumbnail generation.

@notapplicable6644 12 күн бұрын

Thank You for interviewing Courtney. I love her Channel and the way she sees the world through her leises. And especially her Dance Performances. 😮 Greetings from Germany!

@barryhiggott9458 8 ай бұрын

Courtney is one of the amazing photographers that I follow on KZfaq so it’s been really interesting to hear her story, so many thanks Kim for inviting her to share the story.

@PhotographicConnections 8 ай бұрын

She certainly is great! You're welcome

@joncothranphotography9375 8 ай бұрын

I do enjoy watching Courtney play in the woods. She is so much fun. Thanks for having her on.

@TheWitchboard 8 ай бұрын

Kim thank you for having Victoria on your Podcast, Both of you give so much to everyone who watches your channels, Really enjoyed this video, Both of you are so humble it was a pleasure to watch.

@PhotographicConnections 8 ай бұрын

You are very welcome and thank you for the kind words

@christopherberry8519 6 ай бұрын

A beautiful grounded person - wonderful role model for my daughters!

@marycarron5118 8 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this conversation with Courtney. She has such a beautiful soul. It was so good to hear her story. I always follow her adventures in the woodland and I love her fun approach. It gives me great hope to see young people like yourselves having such a love of nature.

@madgegie2824 8 ай бұрын

Being of the older generation it's enlightening to hear through your channel how photography and nature can have such an impact on our well being. We have all experience of such journeys as you and your guests. There is so much beauty in nature to see if we can only slow down and actually see what is around us. Often I am on my knees taking a photo of a tiny insect, passers by will often ask what am I doing, when I point to the insect and they look closely their first reaction is Wow how did you see that. Thank you Kim for creating Photographic Connections, so many wise words spoken in the episodes I have watched so far.

@PhotographicConnections 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much both for your kind words and for sharing. It's lovely to hear that you too see so much beauty in nature and notice all the beauty that surrounds you

@mattpyfe 8 ай бұрын

Two of my favorite photographers on KZfaq!!! Awesome!

@davidmill7289 8 ай бұрын

Another enjoyable and interesting podcast Kim and great to hear Courtney’s story. You’re building up a really useful library of photographic knowledge with these!

@PhotographicConnections 8 ай бұрын

Thank you David! Glad you enjoyed it :)

@daniellegrandpa 8 ай бұрын

Great podcast, I have been following Courtney for a long time, I enjoy all that she does, but I also enjoy her dancing, I find personal shows of emotion mean more to me, than material things. Thanks Kim, and Courtney.

@briannicholson2971 8 ай бұрын

Great interview and love Courtney's enthusiastic spirit..,I was watching it thinking I have seen her before then it came to me. Another great guest Kim.

@dougkolb3706 8 ай бұрын

I follow both of you on KZfaq. I recently retired and enjoy getting out. I have Nikon Z7ii, 14-30 f4, 24-120 f4, 100-400 and 105 macro. Kim, nothing wrong with D750, D500 and D850, but we need the get Courtney to "Dance" through the forest mirrorless.

@jimadams6159 8 ай бұрын

Courtney Victoria is a lovely person, I really enjoy her channel. Great interview, so good to hear about Courtney's background. Thank you both.

@GG-ko9gg 8 ай бұрын

My 2 favourite lady photographers who I constantly watch and learn from all the time thank you ❤

@mikegarthwaite8925 8 ай бұрын

Courtney is great to watch and I think what your doing Kim is so worthwhile. I will be watching for all episodes

@asokag-m8112 6 ай бұрын

Yaaayyy Courtney!!!

@RobbC. 2 ай бұрын

Happy that the youtube rabbit hole bought me here, after being a fan of Courtney for a long time. Very interesting backstory. Hitting the subscribe right now. Thanks for sharing :)

@paulvladianu6605 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Kim for making this wonderful channel where we can discover intimate details of our favorite photographers and discover new ones, Courtney Victoria and Sean Tucker are some of my favorite photographers, and would love to see you interview Jonna Jinton from Sweeden and Markus from MarkusPix channel on youtube USA. and i am looking forward to the new photographers that i have an not discovered yet, i think it may help if they could post some of there photos at the beginning of the video it would help us decide what video to watch, there is so many videos today we simply cant watch all of them. i enjoy watching your videos from another channel and seeing you on other photographers channel as well, keep up the good work Kim. I a nature macro photographer mostly but not exclusively, i live next to Niagara Falls in Canada, love seeing videos and photos form other countries that i have never been to :)

@TessLowe 8 ай бұрын

Another lovely podcast discussion. I like to think I’m attentive when I’m out walking, but I definitely don’t walk into a room and observe all the colours! What a helpful discipline. I do enjoy Courtney’s videos. Interesting to hear she’s also into fantasy stories. I can see that there’s a lot of crossover with photography - the focus on wonder and going to new places without preconceptions.

@PhotographicConnections 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Tess and Courtney's words resonated with you

@made_by_marga 8 ай бұрын

I’m just loving these podcast series and in this one especially the parts where you talked about macro photography. I’ve been following Courtney’s videos for some time now and love her forest mushroom series.

@PhotographicConnections 8 ай бұрын

Delighted you are loving them Marga!

@rogerplested9484 8 ай бұрын

Excellent interview

@craigwilliams4161 8 ай бұрын

Courtney is a super photographer rhar recirds the power and beauty of South Wales. her story is amazing journey

@greglarUK 8 ай бұрын

Literally only found Courtney's KZfaq channel last week and having subscribed, what a treat that you put this interview on the channel this week! Perfect, thank you Kim, thank you Courtney!

@keithratcliffe5576 8 ай бұрын

This is the first of your podcasts that I have listened to but I will now go and look for more. Thanks for this lovely interview and to your interviewee.

@liftpitcher 8 ай бұрын

What a great conversation.. congratulations to you both.. think you should go on a road trip together… that’s a series I would enjoy seeing.. you compliment each other so well…

@mikeg2916 5 ай бұрын

Courtney, You touched on everything I have challenged with, especially having people liking me. I struggle with depression and anxiety for a long time and I try to use going out with my camera as therapy. I wish you all the best and I will continue to follow you on KZfaq.

@terryosborn 8 ай бұрын

Another great podcast Kim, Courtney brings fun to her videos as well as being inspirational, love her (you too)!

@PhotographicConnections 8 ай бұрын

She certainly is great!

@dennisrogers4665 7 ай бұрын

Such a lovely and authentic conversation. Thank you to both of you for making it happen.

@missionlook 4 ай бұрын

Great interview with a lovely, fascinating lady. Thank you for sharing!

@lachietod3918 8 ай бұрын

My two favourite KZfaq photographers. Great Podcast, good chat.

@trevorfinnis9111 8 ай бұрын

Kim I just wanted to say how much I’m really enjoying your podcasts. I love it because you not only talk about the photography you get to bottom of why we love photography and the benefits of having this amazing hobby as a source of therapy for our wellbeing and using it as a way of connecting with nature is ju brilliant. I’m a full time carer too my amazing wife who has Alzheimer’s dementia so to me getting out with the camera in nature is so beneficial to my own mental health I can just lose my self in it and take in the wonderful world which we have privilege of calling home and being able to capture that is just the best thing. I love Courtney she is so easy to watch and brings a very relaxed feel and makes me laugh. Kim I have been following you since the beginning of my photography journey you’re love of your beautiful country and passion for photography is contagious. Keep up the good work. Trev

@PhotographicConnections 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so very much for your kind words Trev. It means a lot to know you are enjoying the podcasts and finding real benefit in listening to them. Thank you also for sharing your story too. It's great to hear how photography and nature connection benefits you so positively

@ilpoheikkila4773 7 ай бұрын

Great video! I’ve been watching Courtney Victoria’s awesome videos for a year or so now. I love them!

@RoyJenkinsPacker 8 ай бұрын

Terrific podcast, Very inspiring.

@ravenfallsphotography6254 6 ай бұрын

Yes! My two favorite U.K. photographers on the same video!

@mayhamilton6652 8 ай бұрын

That was really interesting. Brilliant podcast ❤

@ka-maxim 8 ай бұрын

Hi, Kim and Victoria! It's so pleasant to see you all here! I happened to be a subscriber to the KZfaq channels of both of you.

@jbferreira-mindsetfoto5833 7 ай бұрын

I love them both and their style of photography. Congratulations!

@jasoneldridgephotography 8 ай бұрын

Having had both of you on my show I can attest to how awesome it is seeing you together. Thanks for doing what you do. You help so many people not only become better photographers but also find an escape on KZfaq, if for only a little while.

@PhotographicConnections 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!