Episode 32: Isaac Johnston

Isaac Johnston is a photographer, film director and filmmaker from Montana. He works in the worlds of commercial photography and filmmaking, but he also has a YouTube channel which is increasingly focused on motorcycle content. 

(Note: the main interview in this episode was recorded in late March 2025.) 

Check out Isaac's website, YouTube channel and Instagram account: 

• Website:     https://www.isaacjohnston.co
• YouTube:    https://www.youtube.com/@IsaacJohnston
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isaacsjohnston

Isaac made reference to the following films, filmmakers and photographers in this episode:

• Alex Strohl (https://www.alexstrohl.com)
• Brake Magazine's film "100 Kicks in the Desert" (https://www.youtube.com/@BrakeMagazine)
• Beau Miles (https://www.youtube.com/@BeauMiles)
• Casey Neistat (https://www.youtube.com/@casey)
• RevZilla CTXP (https://www.youtube.com/@RevZilla)

In this episode, we also talked briefly about Isaac's "How to Become a Freelance Photographer" workshop on the Creative Live platform. At the time of writing (mid April 2025) Creative Live had just announced some changes. For details about those changes, please check out www.creativelive.com.

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