
I lost everything almost overnight and had to rebuild from zero. I’m Scott Proposki, a former National Geographic and White House event photographer.
I built a seven-figure photography company, led 52 team members, and generated over $25 million in lifetime sales.
If you’d like to book Scott Proposki as a guest on your podcast, he’d be honored to share his story of photography, reinvention, ADHD, business, and rebuilding from zero.
Scott brings real-world experience, honest lessons, and practical insight your audience can use to think differently about creativity, money, mindset, and building a business that lasts. To schedule an interview, book a time using the calendar link below.
Podcast Topic: What If ADHD Is the Advantage Creative Entrepreneurs Have Been Ignoring?
Your audience is full of creative people, business owners, and dreamers who know they are capable of more — but may feel stuck, scattered, underpaid, or unsure how to turn their talent into a real business.
That’s where Scott Proposki’s story connects.
Scott photographed for National Geographic, covered events at the White House, built a seven-figure photography company, led a team of 52 people, and generated more than $25 million in lifetime sales.
Then 2020 hit, and almost overnight, the business he spent decades building disappeared.
Rebuilding from zero forced Scott to rethink everything: identity, money, mindset, ADHD, and the way creative people build businesses.
What he discovered changed everything.
ADHD was not the thing holding him back. It was the advantage he had ignored for years.
Today, through Camera Focus and the Camera Focus Method™, Scott helps photographers and creative entrepreneurs turn the way their brain works into a business advantage — so they can attract better clients, charge with confidence, create predictable income, and escape the feast-or-famine cycle.
This conversation would give your audience a real story of loss, reinvention, ADHD, and business growth — with practical takeaways they can use to stop seeing their creativity as a problem and start using it as their greatest business asset.

In this podcast, you’ll learn how to attract more customers, increase profits, and build more financial freedom by mastering the business side of your art. We’ll cover practical topics like selling your work, marketing yourself with confidence, pricing your services, and turning your creative talent into a business that can grow.
What happens when a seven-figure photography business disappears overnight? This week on The Raw Files, we sit down with Scott Proposki — former National Geographic and White House photographer - Veness Joy
Scott breaks down what he learned losing it all and rebuilding from scratch, why most business owners are chasing revenue when they should be chasing profit, and the small 1% to 3% incremental changes
Scott Proposki spent 28 years photographing the White House, National Geographic shoots, and celebrities like Sylvester Stallone and Robin Williams. Then COVID hit, and a 28-year career disappeared in 24 hours.
Jason Marc Campbell speaks with Scott Proposki on pivoting from photography to business coaching after 2020 disruptions.
Whether you're a creative entrepreneur struggling with feast-or-famine income cycles, unsure how to price your services, or looking to land higher-paying corporate clients
What if a $250,000 business at 80% profit margins beats a million-dollar one at 7%? Scott and host Samantha Brown make the case for intentionally running a small business: keeping your team lean, staying close to your clients, and choosing profit and peace over chaos and headcount.
Brittni sits down with photographer and author Scott Proposki to talk about building a creative business that lasts. His book Camera Focus, and creating systems that allowed him to scale a seven-figure photography company. This episode is a deep dive into mindset, resilience, and practical strategies creatives can use to build sustainable success.
On this week's episode, we speak to two entrepreneurs who left stable, secure jobs in the visual journalism industry to try to strike out on their own. Mike Fahey built Fahey Communications, a PR agency, and Scott Proposki became a consultant and educator after building his own seven-figure business. Learn about these two men and what drove their ambition and success.
If you’re a photographer who feels stuck, overwhelmed, burnt out, or just unsure of what the next step should be, this episode is such an encouraging reminder that your story, your experience, and your perspective actually matter more than you think. This one is full of mindset shifts, practical wisdom, and a lot of “oh wow, I needed that” moments.
We get into why talent alone isn’t enough, how most artists hold themselves back without realizing it, and what actually helps you get consistent work. From outreach to positioning to thinking differently, this is a practical breakdown of what works.
What happens when a successful photography business disappears overnight? In this episode of the Camera Shake Podcast, photographer Scott Proposki shares his honest and powerful story of losing a seven-figure photography business during the pandemic — and how that collapse forced a complete reset.
The Power of Hyper-Focus: Scott discusses how his camera acted as a "superpower," allowing him to achieve elite professional success through intense focus. The Dangers of "The Stop": Why high-energy entrepreneurs with ADHD often thrive in chaos but can struggle with depression when professional momentum suddenly halts.
Scott shares how he rebuilt from the ground up, turning setbacks into opportunities, and why he now dedicates his work to helping photographers with ADHD build successful, sustainable careers. It’s an honest, inspiring conversation about resilience, reinvention, and finding purpose after everything changes. Check out Scott's work here; ➡️ https://scottproposki.com/
One of my favorite parts of our conversation centered around the importance of sharing our stories. In a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence, Scott reminded us that technology can process information, but it can never replace lived experience. AI can't feel heartbreak. It can't overcome addiction, loss, trauma, or failure. It can't inspire hope through scars that have healed. Our stories, our voices, and our experiences are what truly connect us and give others permission to believe their own healing is possible.
Scott shares how he rebuilt from the ground up, turning setbacks into opportunities, and why he now dedicates his work to helping photographers with ADHD build successful, sustainable careers. It’s an honest, inspiring conversation about resilience, reinvention, and finding purpose after everything changes. Check out Scott's work here; ➡️ https://scottproposki.com/
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