Ash Murrell

Josh Taylor isn't making content. He's making you feel something you might never experience yourself.

That's been his "why" since the beginning.
A crappy Olympus on a climbing trip.
A solo drive to Wyoming.
A camera and a question: how do I make someone feel what I feel out here?

Five years later, he's still answering it.

Amplified episode up now.

Six hours of driving. A few days on the deadliest mountain in North America. Hours of footage in brutal cold with a big red camera.
And it all became five minutes of film.
That's the job. Not just capturing everything, but knowing what to keep.
Josh lives in that tension and somehow makes it look effortless.

Full episode with Josh Taylor on Amplified.

Josh Taylor doesn't just show up and point a camera.
He builds references, scouts locations, and treats every environment like a character in the story.

His process is deliberate, even when the crew is just him.
That's what separates a montage of pretty shots from something that actually makes you feel something.

Episode on Amplified now.

Josh didn't have a film school network or a mentor handing him a roadmap. He had a camera, a willingness to fail, and enough curiosity to keep going.
That self-taught mentality shows up in how he shoots, how he edits, and how he keeps raising his own bar.

Some people learn from classrooms. Josh learned from doing it wrong until he got it right.

Full episode with Josh Taylor on Amplified.

Law school wasn't in the cards. Turns out that was the best thing that could've happened.
Josh Taylor went from pre-law to DP, taught himself everything, and built a career doing work that actually means something to him.
His story is a good reminder that the detour is sometimes the direction.

Full episode on Amplified now.