Podcast

The Terrible Creative

Author: Patrick Fore
Feed episode count: 77
Official site: https://www.terriblephotographer.com/the-podcast
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Summary

The Terrible Creative is a storytelling podcast for photographers, designers, and creative professionals working through the parts of the creative process no gear review or business course ever covers. Each episode is 30 to 40 minutes. Solo. Story-driven. Built around mental health, artistic identity, and what honest work costs in a career rewarding performance over truth. This is not a photography podcast about cameras, presets, or client strategy. This is a podcast about the inner experience of being a creative professional, made for the mid-career photographer or designer who has mastered the technical side but lost the thread. Hosted by Patrick Fore, commercial photographer, author, and former lead photographer and brand designer for Taylor Guitars. His work has appeared globally for clients like Nike, Petco, and Verizon. He built this show because none of the podcasts he found addressed the real problem. If you are a photographer or creative professional who feels competent on the outside and quietly lost on the inside, you are a Terrible Creative. This is your podcast.

Episodes

Jul 21, 2026 · not_requested

Good Faith - The Small Decisions That Destroy Photography Careers

Duration seconds: 3659
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Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

The Imposter Filter - What If Confidence Was Never the Requirement For Success?

Duration seconds: 1667
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Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested

The Missing Map - How To Become A Commercial Photographer in 2026

Duration seconds: 2524
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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

Let's Talk Money (Again) - A Terrible Conversation with Shelly Waldman

Duration seconds: 6345
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Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested

Money Talks - Audiobook Preview: The psychology of undercharging and how financial stability creates true creative freedom.

Duration seconds: 2598
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Jun 16, 2026 · not_requested

We’ll See - The quiet anxiety of marketing

Duration seconds: 2390
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Jun 9, 2026 · not_requested

Playing Hurt - How Professional Creatives Perform at Full Capacity When Everything Goes Wrong

Duration seconds: 2391
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Jun 2, 2026 · not_requested

Death Grip - Google AI Just Changed How Clients Find You. Here's What It Can't Replace.

Duration seconds: 1503
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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

Mute - You've Spent Years Getting Good. Do You Have Anything Left to Say?

Duration seconds: 2656
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May 19, 2026 · not_requested

Clown Nose - What the Creator Economy Actually Costs a Working Creative

Duration seconds: 2628
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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

Terrible Conversations - Tom Wright - Tom Wright on Creative Work and Photography

Duration seconds: 4028
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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

Stop Being A Tool - Why Creatives Were Never Just Useful

Duration seconds: 2415
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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

The Cost of Getting Good - The Cost of Getting Good - How Success Becomes a Creative Trap for Creatives

Duration seconds: 1861
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Apr 28, 2026 · not_requested

Subterranean - On Obsession, Part II

Duration seconds: 2557
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Apr 21, 2026 · not_requested

Obsessed - Finding Your Creative Voice When the Algorithm Rewards Everyone Else's

Duration seconds: 2455
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Apr 14, 2026 · not_requested

The Unknown - The Version of Yourself Nobody Has Seen Yet

Duration seconds: 2579
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Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested

The Facade - The Gap Between What You Show and What's Actually Driving the Work

Duration seconds: 2758
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Mar 31, 2026 · not_requested

The Tell — Self-Handicapping, and What Everyone Around You Already Knows

Duration seconds: 2644
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Mar 24, 2026 · not_requested

The Glass House - Visibility, the Johari Window, and Why Being Seen Isn't the Same as Being Known

Duration seconds: 2016
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Mar 17, 2026 · not_requested

The Audit - Was Your Work Already Replaceable Before AI Arrived?

Duration seconds: 3297
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Mar 15, 2026 · not_requested

Widening The Frame - Welcome to the Terrible Creative

Duration seconds: 1727
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Mar 10, 2026 · not_requested

Cosmic Cruelty - Freelancing, Isolation & Why the Universe Feels Like It’s Against You.

Duration seconds: 2539
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Mar 3, 2026 · not_requested

The Cliff - Why Freelancing Has No Floor

Duration seconds: 1917
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Feb 24, 2026 · not_requested

The Mask - The Hidden Cost of Performing Expertise You Actually Have

Duration seconds: 3250
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Feb 17, 2026 · not_requested

Heresies - The Hyde - How Photography Is Used for Sexual Exploitation

Duration seconds: 3819
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Feb 10, 2026 · not_requested

Heresies - The Corpse - How Instagram Trained Photographers to Be Perfect, Then Called It Boring

Duration seconds: 3301
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Feb 3, 2026 · not_requested

Heresies - The Oracle - Why Photography Influencers Are Modern Televangelists

Duration seconds: 4019
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Jan 27, 2026 · not_requested

Heresies - The Cult Member - Why Your Camera Brand Doesn't Care If You're a Good Photographer

Duration seconds: 2878
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Jan 22, 2026 · not_requested

Basics, Deconstructed - Editing is Violence - How to Choose What Matters When Everything Looks Good

Duration seconds: 1491
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Jan 20, 2026 · not_requested

Heresies - The Proxy - Why Listening to Your Clients Might Be A Bad Idea

Duration seconds: 2948
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Jan 13, 2026 · not_requested

Amature - Why I Envy Photographers Who Don't Get Paid

Duration seconds: 2445
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Jan 6, 2026 · not_requested

The Fresh Start Fallacy - Are You Building a Boat or Just Floating in a Tube?

Duration seconds: 2464
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