He started by DMing Sunday league teams offering to shoot them for free. Three weeks later, he was on the sidelines at a League 1 club and now he's working in the Championship as a Professional Sports Photographer.

No connections. No agent. Just a camera and a willingness to work for nothing until somebody said yes.

Ace has built a name for himself as one of the most-watched sports photographers online right now, with his content regularly going viral. But the story of how he actually got into the game, and how fast he climbed, is one most of his followers have never heard.

We discuss:

* Why he started by shooting Sunday league teams for free

* How he went from grassroots football to League 1 in under a month

* Going from League 1 to working in the Championship as a professional* What changed the moment people started taking him seriously

* Why his videos keep going viral, and what he thinks actually drives that

* His process for turning a single match day into content across multiple platforms* The reality of building a personal brand as a sports photographer* Dealing with rejection

This episode is about proving yourself before anyone owes you anything, and what happens when you say yes to the unglamorous work nobody else wants.

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