045: Jeven Dovey | Life’s an Adventure: Travelling for Cheap & Being an Influencer (While Running a Business)

Jeven Dovey is an adventure filmmaker and world traveler who also runs a production company (FitLife Productions) with his wife. I’ve been following Jeven for a little while online and this guy obviously understands the Work Hard Play Hard philosophy. If you check out his Instagram (@jevendovey), you’ll see this is the kind of life that most people dream about – and today we’re going to figure out how he makes it happen.

In This Conversation We Cover:

• [1:55] Jeven’s childhood
• [3:50] The crazy story about how Jeven got together with his wife
• [6:45] How Jeven found himself filming a weed reality show
• [8:00] Why Jeven and his wife started FitLife Productions & what they do
• [9:50] Balancing a business with a passion for nonstop travel
• [16:25] Being a world traveler with kids
• [19:25] What people pay too little attention to & too much attention to while they’re travelling
• [24:25] How Jeven gained more than 130,000 Instagram followers in less than six months
• [29:05]
• [31:15] Is there a significant difference between using a nice digital recorder and your smartphone?
• [33:50] Editing in Final Cut Pro (and why Jeven almost always edits video on his computer)
• [38:25] How living with a camera has affected Jeven’s personal life
• [41:50] When Jeven’s drone got confiscated (and the various issues that surround travelling with a drone)
• [49:20] Jeven’s trick for capturing a sunset
• [50:45] Why sharing pictures of food while you travel is a good idea

Resources:

• Learn more at jevendovey.com
• Instagram: @jevendovey
• YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCFIRm1Fv1VC4DZxmYyvNOTQ
• Check out Jeven’s gear: kit.com/JevenDovey
• Take one of Jeven’s online courses: wanderworx.thinkific.com/collections