OVERVIEW

The Tallawah podcast is the product of many musings on the perception of success. How success is typically defined within societies can vary greatly from how an individual perceives success. Tallawah is a venture led by Latoya Wakefield (IG: @latoyawakefield) and Yanique Taylor (IG: @taylored.consulting), entrepreneurs pursuing their own version of success. As Jamaicans, Tallawah is a word used in our culture that means strength or fearlessness. The phrase, "wi likkle but wi tallawah" is used often to acknowledge our fellow Jamaicans locally and internationally who are achieving greatness, especially through their passions. This greatness across many domains is what we are featuring through Tallawah, with the goal to inspire others to seek out and achieve their own passion-fuelled success. We are seeking to help change lives one ear at a time (Shout out to Charles Hyatt, II for the tagline!)

GUEST

Shauntel Walters is a photographer, film producer and 3rd year anthropology student at the University of the West Indies. She is also a travel enthusiast. Her foundations in early personal development programmes, such as music, sports and activities within the creative industries, has led to her love for business and the arts, and one product of that, is Shauntel Media House, a company she started in 2018 that aims to offer professional film and photography services for brands through storytelling. When she is not glued to her screen editing, you can find her, cooking, learning new languages, or hanging out or chatting with family and friends. She is currently working on her 2nd short film.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Shauntel describes her company, Shauntel Media House, as a mixture of entrepreneurship and a passion for creativity.
• Offering professional photography and filming services with a twist of storytelling, Shauntel Media House wants to offer brands the opportunity to tell stories for their products, magazines or anything similar.
• As a formally registered business since 2018, Shauntel’s company has facilitated projects with influencers for their blogs and personal pages as well as released her first short film in January 2020, Caterpillar Heart (View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB8Ctv5SJhg).
• “Keeping that creative part of me ignited when I do my work in Shauntel Media House, whether it’s photography or film, is really important to me and Shauntel Media House has facilitated that really well.”
• With no formal training in photography or filmmaking, Shauntel shares that she attracts clients by volunteering to offer some free work to help market her skills, especially if she wants to get a project in a genre that is not already a part of her portfolio. She also credits networking in helping to get her business out into the mainstream.
• About what success means to her, “I would define success as achieving this acceptable satisfaction within yourself.”

RESOURCES

IG: @shauntelmediahouse

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://jm.linkedin.com/in/shauntel-a-8a1679a5

BE A TALLAWAH TEAMMATE

Thank you for listening! Feel free to email us at [email protected] with your feedback or questions. We appreciate your support, so do let us know how we can ensure your Tallawah experience is “100”. If you know a Jamaican who is dominating, let us know and they may be our next guest!