Gareth Pon believes that everyone should have at least one ridiculous dream they believe can come true and since he can remember, his has been to go to space. Growing up, he maintained his dream of space travel and avoided it becoming a career, he opted out of becoming an astronaut and chose to be a film maker and photographer instead.

Gareth was named Africa's top Instagrammer of 2014, 2015 & 2016 by the African Blogger Awards and is the founder of the South African Instagramers Community, a South African Instagram community with international relationship and recognition. In combination with his knowledge of film, photography, community and brief dabbling in fashion and architecture, his experience serves to give a unique approach to creative innovative ideas.

Gareth Pon, traditionally a filmmaker, who then ventured into taking stills, which then progressed into growing a large following on Instagram over the last few years. As a result, because he understood a lot of the culture and inner workings of this new era of Instagram and digital content, Gareth also does creative consultation for brands and agencies in the form of workshops and direct consults to their visual presence online - this is often paired with content creation for these brands/agencies and furthermore consulting on the style and visual aesthetic of a brand.

In this episode you will learn:

• How ridiculously dreaming enables your ambition.
• Releasing the technical crutch cripple creativity
• Mentors can only teach someone who's an open book
• Flipping between mindsets to stay present in the space wherever you are.
• What people enjoy most on social media and how to present it.

Links & People mentioned in this episode:

Gareth's thought on Adapting & Falling in Love with the Undefined

Gareth's Creative Mornings Talk

Craig Rodney from Cerebra

Gavin Rooke - The Rooke Gallery

Get in touch with Gareth Pon

• GarethPon.com
• Gareth's Instagram
• Catch Gareth on Facebook
• Tweet at him here...

Thanks for listening and a huge thank you to Gareth for joining me on this episode!

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