Stephen Wayda started off his career as a writer, and is ending his career as possibly one of the luckiest men in the world. He is a Playboy photographer, and not just any photographer. Stephen has the most published photographs in Playboy magazines and more of his shots have made the cover than any other Playboy photographer. Stephen has been with Playboy for over twenty years, and has photographed the likes of Pamela Anderson, Stacy Dash, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, among many others.
Stephen attributes his success to three things… Attitude, Attitude and Attitude! He also stressed the importance of communication in his profession. Stephen said that communication is important to make the subjects feel comfortable. He explained that the best way this can be done is to find out what their expectations are compared to the his own expectations.
On a side note, when asked about the barrier of entry into his position, Stephen said, “it’s impossible, so don’t get any ideas fellas!”