From small-town graduate, to Youtube star, to professional photographer, this man has surprised us all with his ability to go from such a quiet student to someone who could stand in front of the camera and talk for hours.
He graduated from Potosi High School in 2011 and started his photography business, Saturn Photography, just a couple weeks before graduation. He has taken pictures for countless occasions such as weddings, engagements, graduations, and prom.
In 2012, Ryan Kuster started How Farms Work, a Youtube channel that specializes in everyday life on the Kuster farm and teaches viewers about what really goes on behind the scenes of big farming operations. Ryan’s brother and father occasionally star in videos that have to do with a big project on the farm.
When Ryan started his channel, these were his thoughts: “When I started, Youtube was a new and big thing and I noticed there weren’t many videos about farming, so I started doing informational videos around the farm.” Little did he know he was about to make a big difference in some people's lives.
After he graduated from Potosi, Ryan went on to UW-Platteville to study agribusiness. Farming is a huge passion for Ryan because he doesn’t feel pressured to do it. Some children who grew up on a farm feel the need to continue farming just because that is what their parents want them to do. This wasn’t the case with the Kuster family. They raised their children to know that their parents were not going to pressure them into doing anything they didn’t want to do.
Recently, Ryan published a video titled “My Town” which highlights our very own small town. He worked for almost a year to find the small things that make Potosi the great town that it is. The hard work and time he puts into his work really shows; he is very passionate about his channel and his career.
Ryan makes money from running his Youtube channel by having ads in his videos. It's called monetizing, which means that a company will pay an amount of money, depending on how long the ad is. You're not confined to having just one ad, you can put as many ads as you want in a video, you just have to make sure not to have so many that your viewers get bored. You can also have multiple ads from the same company or from different companies.
Here is Ryan’s advice to anyone who wants to start a Youtube channel sometime in the future: “I get this one a lot. I always tell people to find a subject that matters to them, and that is unique. If you like what the subject is about, it makes it easier to talk about. I recommend something that is unique because there may be others out there that are interested in it.”
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