Man the ending hit hard for me. I think a lot of us dream of a life where the majority of it can be spent with family. So cool to see that you are getting there. So much respect for the amount of work you put in to everything you do. Thanks for the inspiration.
YEEEEEEESSSSSSSS OMG!!!! 👏👏👏👏 As someone in almost the exact same situation as you (4 kids, educator, TH-camr, wedding photographer) I always LOVE these videos and honestly they make me SOOOOOO excited. Congrats on hitting half a mill and on really honing in on what the future looks like for you and your family. This videos really give me so much excitement and makes me try harder every year. Keep it up. And again congrats!
I’m happy for you man, you can’t fake authenticity and you have that. Your calmness and delivery in your content is appreciated in addition to the value you provide us viewers. You’re the dream and we need more down to earth success stories like you instead of the extreme examples we sometimes are overexposed to. There seems to be a healthy work/life balance in your spirit and I’m genuinely happy for that. Keep on changing lives bro
Dude CONGRATS! You're an inspiration to all of us out here chasing the dream. 2022 allowed me and my business partner to go full time with filmmaking, and now the goal is to scale it similarly to what you've been able to do. Thanks Eric. Much love from East Tennessee🙏🏼
Congrats man! So encouraging to see all of your success. I can honestly say there is no one I've learned more from in filmmaking and getting my business off the ground. So grateful for you and genuinely joyful to see you crushing it!
Congratulations, brother. You deserve to feel the feels. The fact that you're so invested in your family's well being and happiness and being present in their lives is something this country needs more of. Yes, the financial part enables you that freedom, but the heart behind it is what counts. Salute.
Incredibly proud of you, and equally thankful for how you continue to bring us along with you in your growth and accomplishments. This year will be the best one yet.
Wow, so inspiring and well deserved! Love watching your growth throughout the years. I share the same sentiment with you at the end about being able to provide but also being able to spend more time with family. That's definitely the goal.
Been watching you since you started and I’m proud of what you’ve accomplished so far. You’re really an inspiration to upcoming filmmakers and photographers. Thank you❤️
Congrats man! You crushed it for sure. I'm glad you're getting to the point of being able to give more of your time to the family and still grow the business. Thank you for sharing all this knowledge, and I'm glad I was able to snap a pic of you last year at the NYC Marathon.
Thanks Eric for this video It’s amazing that you have a supportive family. And now you’re giving time back for all those years you’ve spent growing this business. Truly amazing to see this journey ❤
Very well deserved! I've purchased a few photography courses (and also work at a community college) and your course was truly some of the best educational content I've ever seen, TH-cam or college or otherwise. Congrats, and thanks for sharing this!
I appreciate your transparency with everything, as I start to put myself out there for wedding shoots on the weekends (my VERY first shoot is on the 14th of this month, wish me luck) it can be hard to imagine I could ever make a dime doing something creative after the last decade of working a 9-5. Watching you and your peers here on TH-cam has been such a huge inspiration, thanks for everything you do to help your fellow creatives.
Well deserved, it's incredible to see the tangible results of years of hard work. Thank you for continually making these kind of videos, as a small creator in the filmmaking space it is inspiring to see where a camera can take you. I feel like most of us are chasing the same dream, to have the freedom to be able to spend our time how we want. To see you getting there is more impactful than you might know. All the best in 2023!
Dude! This was very inspiring and motivating! I just can imagine the amount of work you’ve done and so I must say; super well deserved! Wishing you and your family all the best for 2023 🎉 (that’s a weird mic, but it sounds awesome 😂) Thanks for sharing this!
Congrats Eric!!!! I’ve recently stumbled across your videos a few months back and you’ve given me a lot of confidence for the future knowing that there’s always opportunity for me when it comes to videography and photography
dude these are literally my favorite videos you make! thank you so much for your transparency and honesty in these. huge congratulations to you for this success my man, you totally deserve it!
This is extremely inspiring Eric. Someone else here said this best "you can't fake authenticity and you have that." Keep up the wonderful work and really enjoying the creative work you put out in the world!
I love your work and your gratitude and humility and because of that is why I continue to support you and always will be my biggest inspo. I hope to enroll 2023! You deserve everything
Wow congrats man! Such a inspiring video! Wishing you the best for years to come! Spending time and making memories with family is what it’s all about my man!
This was such an insightful and wholesome video, thank you for sharing not only your personal income breakdown but the reasoning behind your motivation. I’m trying to make TH-cam work for me this year and this was a great inspiration for what can be achieved with hard work. I wish you even more success for 2023!
Dude, I got a kid in 2022 and it (already) has such an impact on how I look at my business for this year. The theme for the coming years. Thanks a ton!
Congrats man! Online courses is where it is at for sure. Big money there compared to Adsense and selling digital products (I do all of those things and online courses always multiple x anything else I try). I would focus on evergreen courses. This is what I am doing as keeping courses updated or live is just really been tough. I have 3 kids myself and really want to do things now to be as passive as possible so I am not stuck on this huge content wheel forever and having to slave away on social media to boost sales. I am past that level of burnout and hiring an editor to do my video editing is one step closer to getting my life back and doing evergreen. Those little ones grow up so fast so enjoy those times now!
Bro, so incredibly proud of you and building your brand. You're killing it. I'm currently a teacher but want to someday move away from that. Keep inspiring and keep growing my man!
Thats phenomenal. My company did about half that but your foray into education and training really hit the spot. You inspired me to start building that.
BEAST MODE!!!!! You can keep it as humble as you’d like BUT from a genuine fan’s standpoint (myself) IM GOING TO GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS NOWWWW!! Congrats my guy. Wishing you more success this year. Especially if family time is major factor. Nothing but love for that mindset. Appreciate all of your work 🙏 😊
Eric, once again thank you so much for making videos like this. You continuously inspire me to grow my business in different ways and showcase a little bit of what is possible to make as a creator. You’re the best!
Everything you do is for your family, you’re humble and down to earth but also you share your knowledge without being like other in your face, shouty entrepreneurs with their get rich quick schemes. THAT is why people subscribe to you. What an inspiration. 🤘🏼
As an Elementary school teacher, this is when I say, “give yourself a pat on the back.” Yes, you can celebrate with humility. Well done! Gah, I got the goose bumps.
This is so incredibly motivating… I work a 9-5 and then do TH-cam/Tiktok/Insta and Weddings on all the off time I get - very close to making it sustainable but videos like this keep me going!
I'm nowhere close to what I wanna do in my life right now. But I'm sure that I'm gonna put in the needed efforts to make my way through and also try my best to add value to others around me in the process. I thank God for you and your family. And specially for what you're doing, for just being yourself and putting yourself out there sharing what you know best. I'm yet to invest in a few courses that I'm really interested to have for myself(which I'll soon do, you're the best educator out there) but trust me man, just to see you share your experience and talk with such honesty about your business and life, is more than enough to feel ignited and inspired! Keep doing what you're doing. A sincere THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. ❤🙏🏽
Awesome to see someone being successful as a photographer and sharing that success but even more powerful to know you took the leap from a teacher to head out on your own and how well that has worked out. Amazing story. 👏
I love these videos dude! Honestly, thank you for being willing to open up and talk about your finances. It's super inspiring and helps me even set my own goals and dreams. Thanks Eric! Love your work.
Love your story and thanks for sharing this video. With 3 kids of my own (with an 8 year old as my oldest as well) and potentially adopting one more child, many of our business aspirations are centered around freeing up time with the family.
Loved this breakdown Eric. Appreciate the transparency especially around your portfolio diversification and the utilization of youtube. It's great to see numbers associated with such a fantastic channel and what it takes to achieve success. As creative people our ideas tend to stretch the gamut with inspiration so our income shouldn't solely by funneled into one specific category either! Love love that the education component has BLOWN UP! Here's to more endeavors in 2023!
Massive congrats on all of your success for 2022! Those numbers are significant, but given all your hard work towards your business, you deserve it 👏🫡 Congrats 🎉
Man this is amazing! Seeing the real side of this is so powerful for me. I've been working in photo/video for a long time now through high school and my time in the military. I'm going to be finally be out in the "real world" of working in the industry soon and this gives me so much motivation and a better way to plan for how I'm going to succeed. Thank you!
Eric.. your videos are so whole hearted… this has truly inspired me… I am in a hard time for being a provider as head of my house hold but this pushes me towards hard goals that are achievable
All my respect goes out to you Eric, being able to share this is very unique, thank you for everything that you are doing! Keep up the amazing work and do not ever change. 😃
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Man the ending hit hard for me. I think a lot of us dream of a life where the majority of it can be spent with family. So cool to see that you are getting there. So much respect for the amount of work you put in to everything you do. Thanks for the inspiration.
congrats on the success. happy new year!
YEEEEEEESSSSSSSS OMG!!!! 👏👏👏👏 As someone in almost the exact same situation as you (4 kids, educator, TH-camr, wedding photographer) I always LOVE these videos and honestly they make me SOOOOOO excited. Congrats on hitting half a mill and on really honing in on what the future looks like for you and your family. This videos really give me so much excitement and makes me try harder every year. Keep it up. And again congrats!
Wow! Beautiful seeing other people enjoying their blessing that’s amazing
I’m happy for you man, you can’t fake authenticity and you have that. Your calmness and delivery in your content is appreciated in addition to the value you provide us viewers. You’re the dream and we need more down to earth success stories like you instead of the extreme examples we sometimes are overexposed to. There seems to be a healthy work/life balance in your spirit and I’m genuinely happy for that.
Keep on changing lives bro
I think he’s awkward as fuck.
Dude CONGRATS! You're an inspiration to all of us out here chasing the dream. 2022 allowed me and my business partner to go full time with filmmaking, and now the goal is to scale it similarly to what you've been able to do. Thanks Eric. Much love from East Tennessee🙏🏼
Congrats man! So encouraging to see all of your success. I can honestly say there is no one I've learned more from in filmmaking and getting my business off the ground. So grateful for you and genuinely joyful to see you crushing it!
Congratulations, brother. You deserve to feel the feels. The fact that you're so invested in your family's well being and happiness and being present in their lives is something this country needs more of. Yes, the financial part enables you that freedom, but the heart behind it is what counts.
Salute.
Incredibly proud of you, and equally thankful for how you continue to bring us along with you in your growth and accomplishments. This year will be the best one yet.
Congrats Eric. Such a blessing to find what you love to do and find a way to earn a living doing it. Keep creating and growing!
Wow, so inspiring and well deserved! Love watching your growth throughout the years. I share the same sentiment with you at the end about being able to provide but also being able to spend more time with family. That's definitely the goal.
Been watching you since you started and I’m proud of what you’ve accomplished so far. You’re really an inspiration to upcoming filmmakers and photographers. Thank you❤️
Congrats man! You crushed it for sure. I'm glad you're getting to the point of being able to give more of your time to the family and still grow the business. Thank you for sharing all this knowledge, and I'm glad I was able to snap a pic of you last year at the NYC Marathon.
Thanks Eric for this video
It’s amazing that you have a supportive family. And now you’re giving time back for all those years you’ve spent growing this business.
Truly amazing to see this journey ❤
Very well deserved! I've purchased a few photography courses (and also work at a community college) and your course was truly some of the best educational content I've ever seen, TH-cam or college or otherwise. Congrats, and thanks for sharing this!
I appreciate your transparency with everything, as I start to put myself out there for wedding shoots on the weekends (my VERY first shoot is on the 14th of this month, wish me luck) it can be hard to imagine I could ever make a dime doing something creative after the last decade of working a 9-5. Watching you and your peers here on TH-cam has been such a huge inspiration, thanks for everything you do to help your fellow creatives.
just found your channels and socials and man, you're already inspiring me. praying for so much more to come from this!
Well deserved, it's incredible to see the tangible results of years of hard work. Thank you for continually making these kind of videos, as a small creator in the filmmaking space it is inspiring to see where a camera can take you. I feel like most of us are chasing the same dream, to have the freedom to be able to spend our time how we want. To see you getting there is more impactful than you might know. All the best in 2023!
Thanks for sharing Eric. Happy New Year!
Dude! This was very inspiring and motivating! I just can imagine the amount of work you’ve done and so I must say; super well deserved! Wishing you and your family all the best for 2023 🎉 (that’s a weird mic, but it sounds awesome 😂) Thanks for sharing this!
Yooo CONGRATS ERIC! Always feel the authenticity coming from you. Thanks for the inspiration.
Congrats Eric!!!! I’ve recently stumbled across your videos a few months back and you’ve given me a lot of confidence for the future knowing that there’s always opportunity for me when it comes to videography and photography
Beautiful video man! I'm super happy for you. Family is certainly always number one! All the best to you!
Let's go Eric! Thank you for making these videos every year man. It's been huge for the community.
WELL DESERVED! Thank you for sharing your wisdom + sharing your heart with us! A continued inspiration to us
You’re such a blessing and an encouragement! May God continue to bless you and your family!
Massive congrats Eric! I know how much time and work it all costs, fully deserved it all! All the best for you and your family 🙌
This is the video I needed to watch to truly get started and stay motivated in 2023 with my business !!
Thank you !
Thanks for sharing dude. It's such an inspiration to see what's possible, and where to go.
dude these are literally my favorite videos you make! thank you so much for your transparency and honesty in these. huge congratulations to you for this success my man, you totally deserve it!
This is extremely inspiring Eric. Someone else here said this best "you can't fake authenticity and you have that." Keep up the wonderful work and really enjoying the creative work you put out in the world!
BOOM! Good for you bro. 👍 You deserve it!
Thanks for honesty! Keep crushing it in 2023. ✌
I love your work and your gratitude and humility and because of that is why I continue to support you and always will be my biggest inspo. I hope to enroll 2023! You deserve everything
Wow congrats man! Such a inspiring video! Wishing you the best for years to come! Spending time and making memories with family is what it’s all about my man!
i like these updates and how you just talk about the finance part of the business :)
This was such an insightful and wholesome video, thank you for sharing not only your personal income breakdown but the reasoning behind your motivation. I’m trying to make TH-cam work for me this year and this was a great inspiration for what can be achieved with hard work. I wish you even more success for 2023!
You just seem like such a solid and great dude. I hope the best for you and your family. Keep doin you!
My face at 8:25 😮congrats bro !!
Dude, I got a kid in 2022 and it (already) has such an impact on how I look at my business for this year. The theme for the coming years. Thanks a ton!
Thanks for sharing another year and congrats! Your transparency on these videos is unmatched - Thank you.
Congrats man! Online courses is where it is at for sure. Big money there compared to Adsense and selling digital products (I do all of those things and online courses always multiple x anything else I try). I would focus on evergreen courses. This is what I am doing as keeping courses updated or live is just really been tough. I have 3 kids myself and really want to do things now to be as passive as possible so I am not stuck on this huge content wheel forever and having to slave away on social media to boost sales. I am past that level of burnout and hiring an editor to do my video editing is one step closer to getting my life back and doing evergreen. Those little ones grow up so fast so enjoy those times now!
Huge congratulations Eric! Very well deserved.
Bro, so incredibly proud of you and building your brand. You're killing it. I'm currently a teacher but want to someday move away from that. Keep inspiring and keep growing my man!
Thats phenomenal. My company did about half that but your foray into education and training really hit the spot. You inspired me to start building that.
BEAST MODE!!!!! You can keep it as humble as you’d like BUT from a genuine fan’s standpoint (myself) IM GOING TO GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS NOWWWW!! Congrats my guy. Wishing you more success this year. Especially if family time is major factor. Nothing but love for that mindset. Appreciate all of your work 🙏 😊
Thank you for sharing! Congrats on your year and inspiring to hear about it 👏
Thanks for the value you bring us, you definitely deserve every dollar 🙌
Crushed it, congrats on the accomplishments, excited to see what this year has in store for you!
You the man, Eric! Congrats on your hard work. Family time trumps and being present is with any amount of money when it comes to your kids.
Eric, once again thank you so much for making videos like this. You continuously inspire me to grow my business in different ways and showcase a little bit of what is possible to make as a creator. You’re the best!
I love these videos! You are one of my business role models! Love seeing what can be possible in this industry!
Thanks for making these videos every year. Cheering you on Eric!
Everything you do is for your family, you’re humble and down to earth but also you share your knowledge without being like other in your face, shouty entrepreneurs with their get rich quick schemes. THAT is why people subscribe to you.
What an inspiration. 🤘🏼
Congrats on the success. I continue to be inspired :)
Congratulations! Well deserved, keep it up!
Love it man! You deserve the success
As an Elementary school teacher, this is when I say, “give yourself a pat on the back.” Yes, you can celebrate with humility. Well done! Gah, I got the goose bumps.
This is so incredibly motivating… I work a 9-5 and then do TH-cam/Tiktok/Insta and Weddings on all the off time I get - very close to making it sustainable but videos like this keep me going!
I'm nowhere close to what I wanna do in my life right now. But I'm sure that I'm gonna put in the needed efforts to make my way through and also try my best to add value to others around me in the process. I thank God for you and your family. And specially for what you're doing, for just being yourself and putting yourself out there sharing what you know best. I'm yet to invest in a few courses that I'm really interested to have for myself(which I'll soon do, you're the best educator out there) but trust me man, just to see you share your experience and talk with such honesty about your business and life, is more than enough to feel ignited and inspired! Keep doing what you're doing. A sincere THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. ❤🙏🏽
always appreciative of this video every year. like you said, encourages. 2023 is going to be amazing. thanks again dad
Well deserved my dude. It's been cool to watch your growth over the past 5-6 years!
YEA! Good for you! Thanks for sharing this intimate information with us. We are grateful that you shared this!
Awesome to see someone being successful as a photographer and sharing that success but even more powerful to know you took the leap from a teacher to head out on your own and how well that has worked out. Amazing story. 👏
You deserve every penny man. Extremely motivational watching this video and I appreciate the transparency 👊🏻
It's all earned! So much value has been given to us that you deserve everything.
Dude, congrats on a great year, and thank you for always showing the passion for things that really matter. 🎩
Oooph that ending hits home. Love this. Congrats on all your success.
I love these videos dude! Honestly, thank you for being willing to open up and talk about your finances. It's super inspiring and helps me even set my own goals and dreams. Thanks Eric! Love your work.
Love your story and thanks for sharing this video. With 3 kids of my own (with an 8 year old as my oldest as well) and potentially adopting one more child, many of our business aspirations are centered around freeing up time with the family.
Honestly, Eric. You inspire me constantly.
Thank you for taking us on this journey with you! It's incredible to see all of the hard work and intention behind it!
Your work is stupendous, Eric! I really enjoy it, and I hope you keep doing it. Love it, love it!!!
Loved this breakdown Eric. Appreciate the transparency especially around your portfolio diversification and the utilization of youtube. It's great to see numbers associated with such a fantastic channel and what it takes to achieve success. As creative people our ideas tend to stretch the gamut with inspiration so our income shouldn't solely by funneled into one specific category either! Love love that the education component has BLOWN UP! Here's to more endeavors in 2023!
Love this. Thank you so much for sharing, this was very inspiring and congrats on a thriving endeavor! :)
Amazing! So happy for you and everything you have going on.
Thank you for leading the way and showing us what’s possible!
That’s awesome. Thanks for this video!
Congratz mate you've really earned this. Thank you for all the incredible and inspiring content every year!
So happy for you Eric! You are an inspiration to all of us!
Love the transparency. Thank you for sharing.
Massive congrats on all of your success for 2022! Those numbers are significant, but given all your hard work towards your business, you deserve it 👏🫡 Congrats 🎉
Don't know of anyone more deserving of the success than you! Incredible job brother.
Nice work man, congrats on the success! It's going to be a great year!
Brilliant. Thank you for sharing in such detail and you totally deserve it!
Man this is amazing! Seeing the real side of this is so powerful for me. I've been working in photo/video for a long time now through high school and my time in the military. I'm going to be finally be out in the "real world" of working in the industry soon and this gives me so much motivation and a better way to plan for how I'm going to succeed. Thank you!
Love to see the hustle Eric! This is the only channel I come onto youtube consistently to look for content!
I just love your channel and honesty
Eric you are the man and you deserve it all! Congratulations and enjoy the time with your family
Congratulations!!! Well worked !!
Just found this channel. Definitely an inspiring video as a newer video guy. Thank you for making this video!
Eric.. your videos are so whole hearted… this has truly inspired me… I am in a hard time for being a provider as head of my house hold but this pushes me towards hard goals that are achievable
Crazy! Been watching you for a while now and you’ve grown so much, keep going! Very inspiring and I hope to be there some day!
All my respect goes out to you Eric, being able to share this is very unique, thank you for everything that you are doing! Keep up the amazing work and do not ever change. 😃
Let it flat out ! - Spend it on your family Eric !! ❤
Let's go bro! Such an inspiration. Your work is incredible. keep it up!
Insane dude! Thanks for sharing such personal info. Incredible results from your hustle and hard work. Keep rockin 🤘🏻
You’re the best, man!
Dreams! Thanks for the transparency and congrats on finding a work/life balance.
Congrats and thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you for sharing this! Definitely learn a lot from this and helped motivated me to where I want to go as well.