In this in person episode of the podcast, Seoung Lee joins to talk about how he's combined his love for food and photography into a successful business using social media. Seoung's Instagram page @ChowDownDetroit has grown to over 100k documenting his local food adventures, and he's able to work with restaurants and people to make a full time living creating content around food and dining.
TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 4:50 Getting Into Photography Before Social Media 7:00 Why he doesn't call himself a food critic 15:00 Working at GM, Advertising Agency, & Lay-Offs 23:40 The Power of Social Media 29:50 Starting ChowDownDetroit 37:10 Taking the Risk to go Full Time 46:50 Food Photo Trends 54:00 Growing on Instagram 1:00:00 Sticking in the city of Detroit 1:18:55 Being an early adapter 1:21:00 Outro
Check out Seoung's Channels https://www.youtube.com/chowdowndetroit https://www.instagram.com/chowdowndetroit/