1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,600 So I just want to ask you your first name, last name, and the business. 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:10,220 Yeah, so my name is Junaid, like lemonade, last name Ahmed, and my business is Humble 3 00:00:10,220 --> 00:00:13,540 Zone and I'm a home studio architect. 4 00:00:13,540 --> 00:00:15,680 Tell me what that means. 5 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:22,920 Home studio architect is somebody who helps figure out the space and all the things that 6 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:27,660 you need so that you can show up professionally on video camera. 7 00:00:27,660 --> 00:00:34,160 For example, I am in my own home studio and it kind of, you know, so this is what I teach 8 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:38,580 people where to set the lighting, where to set the microphone. 9 00:00:38,580 --> 00:00:45,840 So every time you're creating content, it's usable, it's repurposable, and it looks professional. 10 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:50,160 Oh wow, that's why it looks so good behind you, huh? 11 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:52,160 Yes, yes, yes. 12 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:54,360 Wow, how did you get into that? 13 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,160 How did you start this? 14 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:03,360 So I've been a podcaster for about seven years, but I've been a photographer and filmmaker 15 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,520 for even longer. 16 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:12,080 I got my first camera when I was 11 years old and I've been behind camera ever since. 17 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:21,040 So when the pandemic hit, I was already podcasting, I was already filmmaking for several years, 18 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:28,080 and when the pandemic hit, we were all stuck at home and I was like, well, got to figure 19 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,120 this thing out. 20 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:37,880 So I brought all my experience in technology and video and camera into play, put it all 21 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:44,160 together here for my own space so that I can show up professionally in my setup. 22 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,120 Wow, how did you find out that that was a need? 23 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:55,200 Well, I don't know if it was a need, but it was a need that I solved for myself. 24 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:04,120 I needed to show up on camera because I was creating a course on iPhone video production 25 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:11,640 and I set up the cameras in my basement just how I would for other people when I'm shooting 26 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:13,560 for other people's content. 27 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:20,440 But when I stepped in front of the camera, I was like, okay, how do I start? 28 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,240 What's the first thing that I say? 29 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:27,720 And I think the pandemic kind of helped because this was end of 2018, I was trying to create 30 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:34,000 this course and in 2019, I just worked on my own self, worked on, hey, how do I even 31 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 tell stories? 32 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:40,440 So I started bringing people, guests on my own podcast and like, hey, come talk to me. 33 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,120 How did you take your passion to profit? 34 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:50,040 So my podcast Hacks and Hobbies, that's what I interviewed people on. 35 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,360 And it just made sense. 36 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:59,760 So as I'm going through this myself, I was like, oh my God, this is amazing. 37 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:00,760 I need to do this. 38 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:01,760 I need to fix this. 39 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:07,960 And I was watching Pat Flynn create daily content on YouTube. 40 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:12,600 He's live streaming and he's like, hey, here's the gear that I'm using. 41 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:17,440 And I'm looking at the gear list on his blog post. 42 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:22,000 And I'm like, wait, I have all the gear that he's talking about. 43 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:26,480 So that inspired me to say, okay, let me start putting this together. 44 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:33,160 And I spent a lot of time in front of the camera hanging out in Zoom rooms, talking 45 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:40,840 to other people, talking to, you know, going deeper into my own story, getting comfortable 46 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,560 in front of the camera, doing 30 day video challenges. 47 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:49,880 So all of those things, as I'm putting these together, people started asking me, hey, can 48 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:51,200 you help us? 49 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:52,200 Can you help me? 50 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,440 Why does your video look so good? 51 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,640 Why does your image quality so high? 52 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:02,360 So I started teaching, I started consulting in that space. 53 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:07,560 And that's basically how we got started. 54 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:12,440 I keep saying, wow, because I'm like, I didn't even know stuff like this existed. 55 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,520 But I still look at you, right? 56 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:20,880 And I know that this can go unsaid, but your face and the lighting and everything. 57 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:26,320 And so now I'm looking at my lighting, a mirror reflection going on here. 58 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:31,840 And, you know, it's interesting because I just fell into the business of podcasting, 59 00:04:31,840 --> 00:04:32,840 right? 60 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:33,840 Yeah. 61 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:34,840 See it all the time. 62 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:39,920 There is no one, Junet, that tells you how to set that up. 63 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,960 You know, you go on Amazon, you just start buying stuff. 64 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,720 You never really know what it truly is you need. 65 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,760 You never know what you look like. 66 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,880 The video is done. 67 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,280 And then you're like, well, I could have done something different. 68 00:04:54,280 --> 00:05:01,220 So when you do the home zone or you're the architect at home and try to help other people, 69 00:05:01,220 --> 00:05:03,520 is that just something you do through Zoom as well? 70 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,320 Yes, I do through Zoom. 71 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,080 I also have tutorials and videos. 72 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,960 And I even wrote a book called Seven Stages of Home Studio Evolution. 73 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,720 It walks you through, hey, what kind of gear do you already have? 74 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:24,480 How can you utilize and maximize that gear to really bring out the true you on camera? 75 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:30,160 So with our Zoom consults, I have them send pictures of their room. 76 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:36,280 I have them send dimensions of their room to me so that I can plug it into a software 77 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:40,440 that I use similar to software that HGTV people use. 78 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,760 I'm like, hey, this is how your home would run away to. 79 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,240 This is what it's going to look like. 80 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:53,000 So that's something that I also do to help my clients, to help my family set up their 81 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:58,800 rooms, maximizing the gear that they already have so that they can show up professionally. 82 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:04,280 They can show off the things that they have in their rooms as well. 83 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:08,360 And so I look past my laptop and I'm looking at my room. 84 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:13,560 And I tell you, being a podcaster, you learn so much. 85 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,920 A lot of people think, and I'm sure for yourself, that we're the know-it-alls or we're the 86 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,040 professionals in it. 87 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,080 I don't think that I've ever had a show where I did not learn. 88 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:28,640 So I'm just going to say in advance, thank you, Janaye, for teaching me so much. 89 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:29,640 Absolutely. 90 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:35,840 So in this book, The Seven Stages of Home Studio Evolution, am I correct? 91 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:36,840 Yes. 92 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:41,760 Is it pretty much based off of your experience as well? 93 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:45,120 Do you tell your story in there and how you get to where you are now? 94 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,120 There's a little bit of my story in there. 95 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,800 In the book, it talks about the seven different stages. 96 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:55,560 There's a little questionnaire in the beginning of it as well to self-select, okay, which 97 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,000 stage am I falling in, what gear am I already using? 98 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,760 And based on that, what gear or what do I need to do to get to that next stage? 99 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:09,680 So again, as human beings, as people who've gone through schooling and gotten our degrees, 100 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:15,760 blah, blah, blah, we go through different stages and we continually add on the information 101 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:16,760 that we acquire. 102 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:24,640 So I was like, how about you start with what we all have in our hands, our smartphones? 103 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,920 These are thousand dollar cameras. 104 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:28,680 People are already using them. 105 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:34,920 Like, Apple is using this camera to shoot their full-on production level stuff. 106 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,280 So why not us? 107 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:42,160 So there's a lot of things that go around and I hear my son woke up. 108 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:43,160 It's okay. 109 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:44,160 No worries. 110 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:45,160 How old? 111 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:52,980 So I have a few kids, about four kids, but two of them, nine and two-year-old, are by 112 00:07:52,980 --> 00:07:58,320 my door right now because it's nine o'clock, he woke up early. 113 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:05,960 But it's the thing that we do as parents, right, to make sure that they're all settled 114 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:06,960 as well. 115 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:12,120 And I'm sure definitely the place that you're in in your life right now and the things that 116 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:17,000 you've created for yourself, I say kudos to you because it allows you to be present. 117 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:22,240 Yes, you're on camera with me, but there's a big, big, big part of being present. 118 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,120 I too have four children. 119 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:29,200 I have some super old ones, I say they're super old, 29 and 24. 120 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:33,080 And then I have a 14 and a 10-year-old. 121 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:34,080 So I'm with you there. 122 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,080 They're sound asleep. 123 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,840 I bet they probably didn't go to bed until about 1 a.m. 124 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:39,840 Probably not. 125 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,880 But the two-year-old, you know, doesn't matter what time they go to sleep, they're always 126 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:43,880 up early. 127 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:44,880 Yes, yes. 128 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:49,240 It's like they have their own time clock or something. 129 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:50,240 That is awesome. 130 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,560 But no, it's definitely okay. 131 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:59,160 And as you continue the work that you do, tell me the vision that you had in all of 132 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:00,160 this. 133 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:05,680 What was the vision and where are you going with that vision? 134 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:14,160 You know, the vision for Home Studio Mastery is to provide the tools, provide the resources 135 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:19,840 that any entrepreneur can pick up and utilize so that they can show up more authentically 136 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,960 because here's the cool part. 137 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:29,400 A lot of people grew up going to school or going to work in person. 138 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:38,400 But we are in a place now, post-2024, that everybody who is looking to do business, they 139 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,640 have to appear on camera. 140 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:46,680 And when you appear on camera, you might not have all the utilities, all the tools. 141 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:55,880 Now, there are some cool resources available and education being provided or, you know, 142 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:59,760 tools being added to our systems or to our devices. 143 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:04,640 For example, Apple keeps making the phones better and better with camera. 144 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,800 So does the other technologies. 145 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:12,360 But then they've also integrated into the software, the Mac OS, that you can connect 146 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:13,880 your camera with your phone. 147 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:19,680 So my vision is to teach people, like, hey, these things are already available for you. 148 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:22,720 But if you want to go a level up, here's what you need to do. 149 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:24,040 Here's where you need to go. 150 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:30,320 So when everyone's educated, then we all can show up more authentically, more confident 151 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,280 because that's what it's right. 152 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:39,920 When you mentioned earlier, I wish I did something better with my video post production. 153 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:41,160 And that's the thing, right? 154 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:45,280 The more you practice, the more you are educated about it, the better you're going to show 155 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:46,280 up. 156 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:51,600 And it's a step-by-step process. 157 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,120 So we take baby steps. 158 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:57,760 We take the little pieces that we know to continue to grow and move forward. 159 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,920 So that's my vision to teach people, like, hey, this is possible. 160 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,040 You can show up with more powerful images. 161 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:06,040 Absolutely. 162 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,040 And I love it. 163 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,040 No, no, no worries. 164 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,040 Here's the little boy. 165 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,040 Hello. 166 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:15,040 Hi. 167 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,040 Can you please take him? 168 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,040 I'm done recording. 169 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:21,040 Okay. 170 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:24,040 Can you check mama? 171 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,040 She's already awake. 172 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,040 No, she's sleeping. 173 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,040 She's in the bathroom. 174 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,040 Sorry, you might have to edit this. 175 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:34,040 Oh, yeah. 176 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,040 It's going to take care of it. 177 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:37,040 All right. 178 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:38,040 Cool, cool. 179 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:45,040 So my goal and my vision when I come on here to speak with people is I truly don't dive 180 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,040 into your social media or anything. 181 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:52,040 My goal is to come on here and get to know the person, right? 182 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,040 And you said it perfectly. 183 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,040 And I get goosebumps. 184 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,040 It's to show up confidently and authentically, right? 185 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:05,040 And so because I don't have the perfect lighting or the perfect anything, I have to use what's 186 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:06,040 innate in me, right? 187 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:10,040 Which is to show up and being authentic and going with the flow. 188 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:17,040 And I love the fact that you were my first guest today because that's what authentic 189 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:19,040 and genuine is. 190 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:23,040 And when we look into people's businesses and we look on their website and read all 191 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:28,040 this about me, those are words until you meet the person. 192 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:33,040 I definitely want to meet the person first and then dive into that. 193 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:41,040 So I'm meeting you and I appreciate this definitely because I know the person behind what I'm 194 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,040 going to read once I get done. 195 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:50,040 But your vision is what a lot of people want to do is be more confident. 196 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:55,040 And since we are on video, I have this thought, though. 197 00:12:55,040 --> 00:13:06,040 I think that they hide behind a lot of filters and utilizing a lot of other people's things. 198 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:11,040 Do you believe that that has something to do with their confidence as well? 199 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:18,040 We're not used to looking at our faces all the time, right? 200 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:22,040 When we're in person, we're looking at other people's faces, right? 201 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,040 We barely ever see our own faces. 202 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:30,040 So when you're in front of a camera and you're in front of a software like StreamYard and 203 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:36,040 Zoom and whatnot, you're looking at yourself more times than not. 204 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:39,040 You're looking at yourself, how you're reacting, what you're saying. 205 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,040 And that's what people are scared of. 206 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:45,040 Like, I didn't know I looked like this, right? 207 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,040 So it's a big alarm. 208 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:54,040 It's a big thing that you just have to get past that. 209 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,040 And that takes practice. 210 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:03,040 And what's important for us to get past that is to find the right community that's going to help us elevate. 211 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:09,040 When I wanted to become a beekeeper, I had to go find a beekeeping community. 212 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:14,040 When I wanted to really go into cycling, I had to find a community of cyclists that would encourage me, 213 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,040 that would motivate me, that would bring me on. 214 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:22,040 Like, hey, Junaid, today we're going, tomorrow we're going, the day after we're going. 215 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:26,040 Like, every day they're reminding you, like, hey, let's go, let's do this. 216 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:33,040 So when you find communities that are helping you elevate your messaging, helping you elevate how you show up on camera, 217 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:40,040 those are the places when you're given a chance to flourish and grow. 218 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:46,040 And that reminds me of when you're planting a garden, you're going to make sure that the plants have enough space 219 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:57,040 and they tell you if you're putting a tomato plant in, you need about 18 to 20 inches of space around them between the two plants 220 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:01,040 because they know how much growth they're going to have. 221 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:06,040 And sometimes you might have plants showing up from nowhere, like weeds, 222 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:13,040 and they might stint the growth of the plant that you really want to focus on. 223 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:17,040 So again, those are the things that sometimes we need to eliminate things 224 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:22,040 and then give the resources to the plant, to the talent that we want to grow. 225 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,040 So again, we just have to look at all the different aspects. 226 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:29,040 Hey, where, what's my vision, where am I trying to go? 227 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:34,040 And then based on that, how do I reverse engineer it? Which community do I need to find? 228 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:38,040 Thank you for being here today. I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 229 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:43,040 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes continue to move forward. 230 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:47,040 This is going to get more and more fun. We'll have more and more engagement as well. 231 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:51,040 We'll invite people to participate in the show. And thank you for giving us your time and attention. 232 00:15:51,040 --> 00:16:09,040 Have an excellent time building out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.