316. Behind The Camera: Em Johnson Talks Capturing The Top Women In Sport & Self-Belief As Her Strongest Tool

It's the confidence in this episode for me. Meet Em Johnson: A proud, multi-hyphenate content creator who has been behind the camera working with some of the top female athletes in sport. In this week's episode, she talks about how she got her start while playing college basketball, channeling her effort into something creative when she wasn't getting the playing time she deserved. The Brooklyn-based creative shares what it was like to be employee No. 2 at TOGETHXR, what it was like for her to transition into working for herself, and how she navigated extreme anxiety and mental health struggles and came out on the other side better. Plus: Her feelings on the lack of other female photographers on popular sidelines, what it's like to work with Breanna Stewart, and what she's looking forward to most in the next few years.

IN THIS EPISODE

How Em first got into photography (4:40)

How Em feels about being a stand alone or othered in her career path (5:52)

The disadvantage in sport that actually helped Em get started in photography (7:50)

What Em did when she got to college and wasn’t getting playing time on the basketball team (10:00)

Em opens up about dealing with anxiety and panic attacks, how she navigated that in college (13:46)

The tools that Em used to deal with her depression (17:50)

What the “Bet on Yourself” era looks like for Em (18:30)

How Em got involved with building TOGETHXR as employee No. 2 (32:00)

How to deal with repetitive No's, and what kept Em knocking on doors when it didn’t click (36:16)