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Photography in the Age of AI, with Stephen Shankland

How much can you edit a photo before it stops becoming true? That?s the question CNET tech reporter Stephen Shankland recently asked in the opening lines of his story, How Close is that Photo to the Truth: What to Know in the Age of AI.

 

The article, which examines digital photography and advanced smartphone image processing in the era of AI, reaches beyond the polarizing visual minefield of generative AI by delving into aspects of this technologythat?s been quietly pre-baked into most every camera on the market these days.

 

The sophisticated processing under the hood of your digital camera is our jumping off point for a wide-ranging discussion with Shankland that touches on many aspects of the digital workflow, before scaling the slippery slopes of generative AI.

 

A few of the many points we cover include: Comparing the three primary generative AI platforms and discussing their differences, an assessment of AI manipulations and deepfakes, the ways in which a proliferation of camera phones can serve as a buttress against fakery, and the factor of a social contract in weighing the veracity of an image.

 

Today?s AI landscape seems to be morphing by the minute, a reality that?s reflected here with bonus content! Barely a week after our original discussion, Open AI?s new text to video application, Sora, was released to a tidal wave of interest, so we got Shankland back on mic. Stay to the end to hear our first impressions of this new technology and listen closely to discover how an AI bot got the last word in our chat.

 

Guest: Stephen Shankland

Top shot © Allan Weitz, https://www.allanweitzdesign.com

 

Episode Timeline:

 

2:22: How much can a photo be edited before it stops ?becoming? true? Plus, the digital processing that goes on under the hood of your digital camera.

 

7:06: The sophisticated processing in your camera phone and how the resulting images compare to pictures made with a 35mm digital camera.

 

13:02: How much digital editing is too much and what?s the least amount of image adjustments possible before a photograph stops ?being true.?

 

18:22: The matter of generative AI manipulations and deepfakes, the democratization of altering images, and how the proliferation of camera phones can serve as a buttress against fakery.

 

23:24: Comparing the three big generative AI platforms Stephen has worked with?Open AI?s Dall-E, Google?s ImageFX, and Adobe?s Firefly?and discussing how they differ, plus Allan?s impressions about working with Adobe Firefly, and how much of an AI-generated image is truly one?s own.

 

31:58: Prompt engineering, the bias of training data, the role of having fun when assessing the creative aspects of generative AI, and the factor of a social contract into reading the veracity of an image.

 

40:22: Episode Break

 

41:30: The potential for career opportunities in prompt engineering, new educational programs to arise from these new technologies, plus reasons why illustration is the creative area most threatened by AI.

 

48:27: The democratization of creative tasks due to computer technology, and the value of having a unique style or vision to creative success, plus the advantages of AI for stylistic

 

52:08: Ethical considerations, intellectual property rights, and copyright concerns in relation to AI generation.

 

57:03: In-camera authentication, content credentialing, and following the provenance of an image to be assured of its trustworthiness, plus whether this technology will ever show up in camera phones.

 

1:04:24: Episode bonus: Stephen?s first impressions of Open AI?s new text to video application, Sora.

 

 

Guest Bio: Stephen Shankland has covered technology, computing, and digital imaging as a principal writer and reporter for CNET since 1998. He?s also a professional photographer who?s particularly intrigued by new trends in AI. Stephen stumbled into journalism as a fledgling science reporter covering the Los Alamos National Laboratory. His first, and biggest, scoop was about radioactive kitty litter discovered at the town dump.

 

 

Stay Connected:

Stephen Shankland?s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stshank/

Stephen Shankland?s Twitter: https://twitter.com/stshank/

Stephen Shankland?s Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Shankland/

Stephen Shankland?s Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/shankrad/

Stephen Shankland?s MuckRack:

https://muckrack.com/stshank

Stephen Shankland?s CNET profile:

https://www.cnet.com/profiles/shankland/

Stephen Shankland?s CNET article on AI: https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/features/how-close-is-that-photo-to-the-truth-what-to-know-in-the-age-of-ai/ 

Open AI?s Chat GPT: https://chat.openai.com/

Open AI?s Dall-E: https://openai.com/dall-e-2

Open AI?s Sora: https://openai.com/sora

Panasonic Lumix Cameras: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/panasonic-lumix-mirrorless-cameras/ci/39961

2024-02-29
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B&H Podcast: Chat with Inventor of the CMOS Chip, Professor Eric Fossum

How did a space-age invention become ubiquitous in today?s digital imaging landscape? Learn all about it here in our latest podcast, featuring pioneers of photography and digital imaging.

 

In 1993, noted physicist and engineer Eric Fossum led the invention of the CMOS active-pixel image sensor as part of his work for NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Then, as part of JPL?s mandate to seek commercial and consumer applications for emerging technologies, he was active in the transfer of the CMOS sensor?s ?camera-on-a-chip? technology to industry.

 

In our informative conversation with Professor Fossum, he makes distinctions between solid state CCDs and his more efficient CMOS sensor that would come to dominate the marketplace. To transform high-level science into layman?s terms, he uses the analogy of a bucket brigade collecting rain on a football field.

 

In a similar down-to-earth fashion, we touch on metaphysical issues like wave particle duality, and how this is demonstrated every time light enters a camera and you take a picture with your phone.

 

Join us to marvel at the wonders of science amid fun food references?from the way deep space radiation degrades CCD chips so they start to act like Swiss cheese, to the synergies between high-level scientific measurements and delicatessen lunch meats, both marks of a creative scientist and visionary educator.

Guest: Eric Fossum

Above photograph © John Sherman Photography, https://jshermanphoto.com/

 

Episode Timeline:

 

2:31: Eric Fossum?s beginnings in hands-on science explorations, computer programming, and his love for launching model rockets, plus the role photography has played in his life.

 

9:26: Fossum?s early research in CCD sensor technologies, his interest in trying to marry cameras to artificial intelligence, and his invitation to join NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1990.

 

14:00: The differences between CCD and CMOS sensors, and a description of how they work using the analogy of a bucket brigade to collect rain on a football field.

 

23:35: A history of active pixel sensor devices, an explanation about two kinds of image noise, the metaphysics of photons, plus how the wave particle duality from quantum mechanics is demonstrated every time you take a picture with your phone.

 

33:10: Fossum?s role in the transfer of CMOS sensor technology to US industry, co-founding his company Photobit, and negotiations for licensing the technology with CalTech.

 

43:23: Episode Break

 

44:36: The sale of Photobit to Micron, Fossum?s move to New Hampshire, consulting work on 3-D imaging sensors for Samsung TVs, and the beginnings of his teaching career at Dartmouth.

 

50:00: A book chapter on the future of image sensors, and the evolution of this idea to a university project, which led to Fossum co-founding the start-up company, Gigajot, with his PhD students.

 

52:30: Explaining the difference between the operation of CMOS and Quanta image sensors.

 

54:03: The resulting applications of CMOS image sensor technology, and the positive use of CMOS image sensors for social justice purposes.

 

57:22: Fossum?s thoughts about STEM education, and connections between academia and applications in the wider world.

 

1:01:32: Parting thoughts about AI and the ability to authenticate images at the source, plus Fossum?s newest award: The Trinity College President?s Medal for Science & Innovation.

 

Guest Bio:

 

Eric Fossum, a Queen Elizabeth Prize Laureate and recipient of a 2021 Emmy Award, is one of the world's experts in solid-state image sensors. He developed the CMOS active pixel image sensor while working at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Today, this ?camera-on-a-chip? technology is used in almost all cell-phone cameras, webcams, many digital-still cameras and in medical imaging, among other applications.

 

A serial entrepreneur, with a career that has spanned academic and government research, and entrepreneurial leadership, Fossum is currently the John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies at Dartmouth?s Thayer School of Engineering, where he teaches, performs image sensor research, and directs the School?s Ph.D. Innovation Program. He also serves as Dartmouth?s Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer. 

 

 

Stay Connected:

Eric Fossum Website: https://ericfossum.com/

Eric Fossum Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fossum

Eric Fossum at the National Inventor?s Hall of Fame: https://www.invent.org/inductees/eric-r-fossum

Eric Fossum at Dartmouth Engineering: https://engineering.dartmouth.edu/community/faculty/eric-fossum

Eric Fossum bio from the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering: https://qeprize.org/winners/eric-fossum

Eric Fossum?s 2021 Emmy Award in Tech and Engineering https://www.nhbr.com/dartmouth-professor-wins-emmy-award-for-image-sensor-technology/

Logitech: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/Logitech/ci/13968/N/4232861614

2024-02-16
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Picturing World Cultures: Joshua Irwandi - Indonesia

While Joshua Irwandi was born and raised in Indonesia, the early pictures he made during his first visit to the region of Asmat, in the province of West Papua, were less than satisfying to him. Yet his fascination with the people and the place stuck, inspiring him to embark on the long-term project Not a Blank Canvas.

In this third installment of our monthly series, Picturing World Cultures, we speak with Irwandi about his experiences documenting the people and landscape of Asmat, which offers a window into long-held traditions and the sweeping changes he?s observed there over the past 10 years.

Listen in as Irwandi describes how tapping into the region?s rich history through museum collections holding Asmat art proved an important part of his background research. We also discuss the connections he forged with the local Catholic church, and how the many years an American missionary spent learning about and embracing local ways led to a blending of Catholic celebrations and iconography with traditional Asmat feasts.
Contrary to western holidays, Asmat feasts are celebrated for months on end, and Joshua sheds light on their mystical origins through dreams, and the performative rituals that he was privileged to witness and photograph. 

In equal measure, he touches on the changing roles of a people who are essentially subsistence hunter gatherers within contemporary society, and the recent effects of transmigration and gentrification on the region?s native inhabitants, which also forms a part of his documentation.

Self-described as a naturally shy person, Irwandi?s approach to making pictures for this project is to play the long game, while planning for longer visits that allow him to be a ?constant observer,? as he describes it.  

?I don?t pretend I have all the knowledge,? he says. ?But I guess it?s easier to come and connect with the locals when you walk in like a new blank piece of book, wanting to learn, rather than assume that you know about them already.?

If you haven?t already heard them, prior episodes of our podcast series Picturing World Cultures can be accessed at the links below: 
Wayne Quilliam discussing Australia?s indigenous communities: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-wayne-quilliam-australiatasmania 
Kiana Hayeri reflecting on her work in Iran and Afghanistan: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-kiana-hayeri-iran-afghanistan

Guest: Joshua Irwandi

Above photograph © Joshua Irwandi

For more information on our guest and the gear he uses, see:
https://blogd7.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-joshua-irwandi-indonesia

Stay Connected:
Joshua Irwandi Website: https://www.joshuairwandi.com/
Joshua Irwandi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshirwandi/
Joshua Irwandi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joshua.irwandi/
Joshua Irwandi X: https://twitter.com/joshirwandi/
Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress: https://asmatmuseum.org/en/
Joshua Irwandi National Geographic Explorers Page: https://explorer-directory.nationalgeographic.org/joshua-irwandi
Joshua Irwandi?s story for The Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-how-to-move-a-capital-city-an-exclusive-look-at-indonesias-plan-to/
Pulitzer Prize page for Irwandi?s Photo The Human Cost of COVID-19: 
https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/joshua-irwandi-freelance-photographer-national-geographic

2024-02-01
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Holding to Truth: Radio Encryption & the Press, with Todd Maisel & Lloyd Mitchell

Press photographers have faced tough workplace challenges for quite some time. Yet, according to recent headlines, their job is about to get even tougher, due to current plans by many law enforcement agencies?particularly the NYPD?to encrypt radio calls, making live transmissions of breaking news inaccessible to common citizens and members of the press. 

Besides being a devastating blow to meddling old biddies and law enforcement buffs, this change has huge implications for photojournalists and news outlets, who depend on such communications as part of their workflow.

Joining us to shed light on this matter, as well as to provide a general update on newspaper photojournalism today, are two generations of accredited newspaper photographers, Todd Maisel and Lloyd Mitchell. As a current board member and past vice president of the New York Press Photographers Association, Maisel has worked tirelessly to investigate and mediate the NYPD?s encryption plans.

Among the many topics raised in our discussion are a shift in press accreditation from the NYPD to the Mayor?s Office of Media & Entertainment, competing interests within news organizations that prevent broadcasters from taking law enforcement to task, distinctions between police and fire departments when it comes to radio encryption, details about radio encryption rollouts in other US cities, and much more.

Towards the end of our chat, Todd Maisel offers a compelling insight into his mission as a photojournalist, which speaks to the high stakes involving the matter at hand. ?What I?m doing as a journalist is a sacred obligation. It?s a God-given right to do it, and to continue to do it, and to do a great job at it. And so, I made a promise to protect it, to protect freedom of the press.? 
 
Guests: Todd Maisel and Lloyd Mitchell

Above photograph © Todd Maisel

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:
https://blogd7.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/holding-to-truth-radio-encryption-the-press-with-todd-maisel-lloyd-mitchell

Stay Connected:
Todd Maisel Website: https://www.toddmaiselvisualjournalism.com/
Todd Maisel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toddmaisel/
Todd Maisel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
Todd Maisel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ToddMaisel

Lloyd Mitchell Website: https://lloydmitchell43.photoshelter.com/
Lloyd Mitchell on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lloydmitchellphotography/
https://www.instagram.com/urbanfirefightingportfolio/
Lloyd Mitchell on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/randymitchellwritesandphotographs/
Lloyd Mitchell on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lloydphoto
NYPPA Website: https:// www.nyppa.org
Todd Maisel on the Deadline for Newspaper Photojournalism Episode: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/podcast-a-deadline-for-newspaper-photojournalism

2024-01-18
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Picturing World Cultures: Kiana Hayeri: Iran / Afghanistan

Kiana Hayeri was born in Iran, and this was where she launched her career as a photojournalist and visual storyteller. Yet after traveling to Afghanistan for a 2014 assignment, she decided to relocate, spending the next eight years covering both the frontlines of conflict and everyday lives of the Afghan people.

In this second installment of our monthly series, Picturing World Cultures, we speak with Hayeri about her experiences living and working in a region mired in cultural upheaval, failing infrastructure, and rife with political violence.

Listen in as Hayeri shares insights about her early work documenting youth culture in both Iran and Afghanistan, while revealing subtle differences in how each society approaches a division between public and private life.

When it comes to making pictures, Hayeri?s first concern is for the latent potential of her photographs to endanger the lives of her subjects. She elaborates on making conscious calculations in her head related to every small detail to mitigate this risk.

Working as a woman within a patriarchal society involves great challenges, and we broach this subject, as well as the advantages she has when photographing culturally sensitive subjects.

While Hayeri has little problem maintaining focus on the frontlines while immersed in her work, we also discuss the tolls of making pictures in traumatic situations, and the importance of taking breaks to reestablish a sense of normalcy and maintain health and sanity.

Hayeri has worked with an extensive network of local contacts to arrange access for the stories she tells. She avoids using the term ?fixer? for these essential collaborators, pointing out, ?The credit for a lot of the stories that we work on goes to our local colleagues, because they are the ones who put themselves on the front of everything. It?s their reputation, their lives that they risk. I have a lot of respect for that.?

Check out the first episode of our new podcast series Picturing World Cultures, featuring my interview with Australian photographer Wayne Quilliam, here:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-wayne-quilliam-australiatasmania

Above photograph © Kiana Hayeri
Guest: Kiana Hayeri

For more information on our guest and the gear she uses, see:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-kiana-hayeri-iran-afghanistan

Stay Connected:
Kiana Hayeri Website: https://www.kianahayeri.com/
Kiana Hayeri Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kianahayeri/ 
Kiana Hayeri Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kianahj
Kiana Hayeri Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/speakers/kiana_hayeri

2024-01-04
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2023 Photo Gear of the Year with Kevin Rickert

2023 has certainly come and gone in a flash, meaning it?s time once again for us to reflect on new photo offerings in our ninth annual Cameras of the Year episode, now renamed Photo Gear of the Year. We?ll be talking with B&H Camera and Lighting Senior Sales Trainer Kevin Rickert. Featured in our discussion are 25 new releases from Canon, FUJIFILM, Leica, Nikon, Panasonic, Ricoh Pentax, Polaroid, and Sony.

In addition to insights about each camera on our list, we also examine broader topics, such as manufacturers? attempts to regain market share lost to smart phones through a growing crop of cameras geared toward content creation. 

Instant cameras are a popular trend, leading us to diverge from alphabetical order when discussing this growing product category. And with two monochrome models among this year?s offerings, we zoom in on the visual differences between pictures shot with these specialty cameras and those made by converting from color files. 

For listeners who enjoy a good debate, whet your appetite for the main course as we consider this year?s most touted technological advance?the global shutter.

Finally, as an antidote to overindulgence that?s so common during this time of year, Rickert offers some practical advice about avoiding GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) with the tip ?You date your cameras, marry your lenses.?

Guest: Kevin Rickert

For more information on our guest and the gear he uses, see:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/2023-photo-gear-of-the-year-with-kevin-rickert

Stay Connected:

B&H Photo Video Website: https://www.bhphotovideo.com

B&H Photo Video Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhphoto

B& Photo Video Twitter: https://twitter.com/bhphoto

B&H Photo Video YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BandH

B&H Event Space YouTube: https://bhpho.to/BHEventSpaceYT

B&H Photo Video Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bhphoto

B&H Photography Podcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001107823418353

2023-12-28
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Adobe's First Evangelist: Russell Preston Brown

It?s likely that everyone reading this has used, or at the very least heard of Adobe?s ubiquitous piece of software called Photoshop. But are you familiar with the very first?and perhaps the most eccentric?of the evangelists working behind that magic curtain?

 

Well, you?re about to meet him today, in our latest podcast featuring pioneers of photography and imaging. As Adobe employee number 38, graphic designer Russell Preston Brown was in the room when brothers Thomas and John Knoll showed up to demonstrate a new piece of software, in 1988. Suitably impressed with what he saw, Russell made a beeline to Adobe co-founder John Warnock and uttered the imperative ?Buy it! Now!?

 

Thirty-five years later, Brown has not lost an ounce of passion for concocting magic with digital imaging tools, and for sharing his knowledge with other users during his outlandish workshops and events.

 

Join us for a rollicking chat with this shapeshifting impresario in cowboy attire. From Brown?s earliest training in darkroom photography to his current digital workflow syncing a mobile phone with Profoto lighting gear, we cover a lot of ground.

 

Throughout our discussion, we reflect on the revolutionary effects of technological advances, plus Brown?s uncanny luck to be there in the middle of the zeitgeist, which led him to a telling analogy:

 

?Yes, I was in the right place at the right time. I made my fair share of contributions, but it all comes back to?what if the Knoll brothers had not decided to make Photoshop? I want to see that Jimmy Stewart episode of ?A Wonderful Life,? where Photoshop didn?t appear. Would we be using Letrasets?...?

 

Guest: Russell Preston Brown

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:

https://blogd7.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/adobes-first-evangelist-russell-preston-brown

Above photograph © Russell Preston Brown

Episode Timeline:

2:47: A peak behind the scenes of Brown?s early experiences at Adobe and what constituted working as a graphic designer back in 1985. 

10:24: Brown?s early training in darkroom photography, the type of photos he made and the tech transitions to the mobile phones that he works with today. 

15:55: Thomas Knoll calls the iPhone a hallucination of what you are seeing in terms of colors, dynamic range, and quality of light. It gives us what we want to remember from that moment.

19:45: Brown?s workflow for shooting with an iPhone synched to Profoto strobes and other lighting modifiers, and his ability to carry everything around in one bag. 

24:12: Comparing image captures from different brands of mobile phones: iPhone, Google Pixel 7 and Samsung 23. Plus, make sure to use a solar filter over the lens when photographing the eclipse.

31:27: Brown?s experiences working directly with programmers in the development of Photoshop, plus working one-on-one with a programmer to develop actions, scripts, and panels for his own Photoshop tools. 

36:06: Episode Break

36:39: Brown reflects on his rapport with photographic purists during early presentations about Photoshop?from a photojournalism conference in Perpignan, France, to an early discussion about digital with Greg Gorman. 

42:39: Adobe?s earliest dreams and goals about prepress and processing images to create CMYK output for print publication, and the subsequent ability to access Raw data.

47:15: Differentiating between generations of Adobe users and how they employ the software, plus distinguishing between Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Desktop.

51:46: Applications that have kept all the original tool sets, offering many routes to similar results, to serve the full range and successive generations of its user base. 

54:00: The question of AI and differences between typing text and using AI prompts, or taking one?s original photographs and supplementing them with AI through Photoshop?s Generative Fill.

1:03:39: The dangers of using creative tools incorrectly, and Brown?s predictions about creative trends to come. 

Guest Bio:

Russell Preston Brown is the Senior Creative Director at Adobe Systems Incorporated, as well as an Emmy Award-winning instructor. His ability to bring together the world of design and software development is a perfect match for Adobe products. In Brown 's 38 years of creative experience at Adobe, he has contributed to the evolution of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator with feature enhancements, and advanced scripts. Most recently he has started to travel the world with a mobile phone camera to capture his adventures from a whole new creative perspective. This new age of mobile photography has sparked his creativity and has inspired a variety of new imaging directions. 

Brown also specializes in inspirational hands-on training at Adobe MAX, where he shows users how to work and play with Adobe software. He shares his delight in testing the creative limits of his tools as a prolific creator of an entertaining collection of Photoshop tips and tricks. His in-depth design knowledge and zany presentation style have won him a regular following among beginning, intermediate, and advanced Photoshop users alike. A live performance of the Russell Brown Show is not to be missed. 

Stay Connected:

Russell Preston Brown Website: https://russellbrown.com/

Russell Preston Brown on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_brown/

Russell Preston Brown on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/russellprestonbrown/

Russell Preston Brown on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/therussellbrownshow/videos

Russell Preston Brown on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user6594224

Russell Preston Brown at the Photoshop Hall of Fame:
https://www.photoshophalloffame.com/russell-brown

Adobe Max: https://www.adobe.com/max.html

2023-12-21
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Picturing World Cultures: Wayne Quilliam - Australia/Tasmania

?The eye should learn to listen before it looks.? ? Robert Frank

Australian photographer Wayne Quilliam used to consider his camera as a tool, but today it?s become his ?companion.? This is just one of the inspiring takeaways from our chat for the new monthly podcast series, ?Picturing World Cultures.?

Listen in as Quilliam describes his journey?from growing up on the island state of Tasmania knowing little about his indigenous roots, to gaining a fascination with culture while traveling with the Royal Australian Navy, to his current roles as a leading indigenous imagemaker and cultural ambassador. 

When it comes to making pictures, Quilliam differentiates between an older approach of maintaining photographic objectivity and more contemporary methods for immersing yourself in a story to have a stronger sense of connection with subjects, and a better understanding of what that story will become. 

We also discuss aboriginal cultural protocols, and Quilliam offers surprising insights into the unique relationship between culture and skin color in Australia?s indigenous communities.  

Stay to the end for tips about photographing culturally sensitive subjects by listening for images rather than seeing them, and Quilliam?s following parting advice.

?    Know who you are as a person and what your role is within the journey.
?    Make sure you?re as informed as possible about your subject and the who, what, how, why, when, and where of the story and end goal.
?    And most important, offer total respect to both the land and people as part of your photographic process.

Above photograph © Wayne Quilliam

Guests: Wayne Quilliam

For more information on our guest and the gear he uses, see:
https://blogd7.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-wayne-quilliam-australiatasmania

Stay Connected:
Wayne Quilliam Website: https://aboriginal.photography/
Wayne Quilliam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waynequilliam/
Wayne Quilliam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AustralianAboriginalPhotography/
Wayne Quilliam Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/waynequilliamphotography/#
Wayne Quilliam book Culture is Life: https://www.hardiegrant.com/au/publishing/bookfinder/book/wayne-quilliam_-culture-is-life-2nd-edition-by-wayne-quilliam/9781741178760
Wayne Quilliam interactive exhibit ?Connection?: https://www.thelumemelbourne.com/connection

2023-12-07
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Lee Miller: Combat Photographer, Fashion Model & Muse, with Antony Penrose

Lee Miller may have been best known in life as a beautiful muse of the legendary Surrealist Man Ray yet, shortly after her passing, a lucky accident led her family to an attic treasure trove, which made her a photography legend in her own right. During this week?s podcast, we unpack the details of this extraordinary tale, and hear many other anecdotes from Miller?s adventurous life, in a chat with her son and biographer, Antony Penrose.

From her swift ascent as a ?20s-era Vogue fashion model?and the ad campaign that sidelined her appeal?to her audacious exploits as an accredited war correspondent for the very same magazine, Penrose sheds light on a woman who lived many lives, as exemplified in the title of his first book.

Miller?s remarkable bravery as a World War II combat photographer was recently immortalized in the feature film ?Lee,? starring Kate Winslet, which is another facet of our chat. Penrose describes what it was like to work with the actress as she plumbed Miller?s archive for her character development, how she mastered the operation of a custom-made Rolleiflex, and how the camera became a personality in itself as part of the film.

Penrose had a troubled relationship with his mother during much of her life, as she struggled with PTSD and the enduring effects wartime atrocities had on her psyche. His reflections on her struggles and her accomplishments reveal the very human core of a creative powerhouse who lived in the moment, in true Surrealist fashion.

?This person who I had dismissed as being a useless drunk, now had other dimensions to her, which I was totally astonished by,? recounts Penrose about the treasures she left behind in the attic. ?? it had never occurred to me that her career was so distinguished, and so varied, and so absolutely groundbreaking in terms of being a woman war correspondent. And so, that?s how it began.? 

So, pop in your earbuds and listen in? this is an episode you won?t want to miss!

Above photograph © 2023 Lee Miller Archives, England. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk

Guests: Antony Penrose

For more information on our guest and the gear he uses, see:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/lee-miller-combat-photographer-fashion-model-muse-with-antony-penrose

Stay Connected:

Lee Miller Archives at Farleys House: https://www.leemiller.co.uk/
Lee Miller: Photographs book: 
https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/lee-miller-photographs-hardcover
The Lives of Lee Miller biography: 
https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/the-lives-of-lee-miller-softcover
The film ?Lee? on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5112584/
?Surrealist Lee Miller?? exhibit in Melbourne, Australia: https://www.heide.com.au/exhibitions/surrealist-lee-miller/
?Lee Miller in Print? exhibit in Rotterdam: https://www.boijmans.nl/en/exhibitions/lee-miller-in-print
?Seeing is Believing: Lee Miller & Friends? exhibit at Gagosian Gallery: https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2023/seeing-is-believing-lee-miller-and-friends/

2023-11-30
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A History of Hip-Hop Photography: Encore Episode from November 2017

This episode of the B&H Photography Podcast was originally released on November 10, 2017. We revisit it today in honor of Hip-Hop?s 50th anniversary, and the holiday of Thanksgiving. 

With great thanks to Vikki Tobak and the Contact High Project, we welcome three photographers to our studio who are responsible for some of the most iconic images from the history of hip-hop. Janette Beckman, Eric Johnson, and Danny Hastings join us to tell the stories behind their photos of RUN-DMC, Wu Tang Clan, Lauryn Hill, and many others. We also speak about issues important to photographers, from on-set technique, to artistic collaboration and influence, to gear, to networking and, of course, copyright and image licensing. For us, this was a highly anticipated recording, and it did not disappoint. Whether you are a hip-hop fan interested in behind-the-scenes stories or a photographer looking for insight, join podcast host Allan Weitz, founding creative producer John Harris, and sound engineer Jason Tables for this epic chat.

Above photograph © Janette Beckman

Guests: Janette Beckman, Danny Hastings, Eric Johnson, and Vikki Tobak

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/a-history-of-hip-hop-photography-encore-episode-from-november-2017

Stay Connected:
Janette Beckman Website: https://janettebeckman.com/
Janette Beckman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janettephoto/
Danny Hastings Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dannyhastings/
Upstairs at Eric?s: https://upstairsaterics.org/
Eric Johnson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/upstairsaterics/
Vikki Tobak Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vikkitobak/
Vikki Tobak Contact High Project: https://www.contacthighproject.com/
Contact High Exhibition: https://www.mopop.org/exhibitions-plus-events/exhibitions/contact-high/

2023-11-23
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1950s America as Seen by Robert Frank & Todd Webb, with Lisa Volpe & Bill Shapiro

1950s America proved fertile ground for photographers Robert Frank and Todd Webb, who both received Guggenheim Foundation grants to traverse the country in 1955 and record their respective visions. While Frank?s resulting book, The Americans, eventually made him a legend, Webb?s photographs remained unpublished, and were all but lost to history due to a 1970s-era business deal gone bad.

The saga of Webb?s unaccounted-for archive and its eventual recovery is one of the juicier tidbits from today?s show, which focuses on the long-awaited opportunity to compare, contrast, and rediscover Frank and Webb?s respective visions from their travels in the exhibition America and Other Myths.

Joining us in this discussion are Lisa Volpe, photography curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Bill Shapiro, former Life magazine editor-in-chief.

Journey back to the Nifty Fifties astride these two photographers as we examine how two distinct proposals to discover America at mid-century evolved along the open road and in the context of the era?s social tenure. 

In the words of Lisa Volpe, ?They both saw the same social ills playing out in American culture, they just talked about them differently.?

Above photograph © The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Guests: Lisa Volpe & Bill Shapiro

For more information on our guests and they gear they use, see:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/1950s-america-as-seen-by-robert-frank-todd-webb-with-lisa-volpe-bill-shapiro

Stay Connected:
America and Other Myths Exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: https://www.mfah.org/exhibitions/robert-frank-todd-webb-across-america-1955
America and Other Myths exhibition catalog: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300270891/america-and-other-myths/
Robert Frank Archive at the MFAH: https://www.mfah.org/films/robert-frank-collection
June Leaf & Robert Frank Foundation Website: https://leaffrankfoundation.org/
Todd Webb Archive: https://www.toddwebbarchive.com/news-events
Blind Magazine articles by Bill Shapiro: 
https://www.blind-magazine.com/stories/on-the-road/
https://www.blind-magazine.com/stories/youre-wrong-about-robert-frank/
https://www.blind-magazine.com/stories/treasure-and-junk/
Robert Frank film footage from Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/stories/exclusive-never-before-seen-video-of-robert-frank/
Bill Shapiro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billshapiro/
Todd Webb in Africa episode on the B&H Photography Podcast: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/podcast-todd-webb-in-africa%E2%80%94rediscovered-color-photographs

2023-11-16
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Connecting the Creator Community: B&H Bild Ambush Interviews

B&H recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary, hosting a spectacular two-day celebration for the creator community, Bild Expo 2023, at New York?s Jacob Javits Center. The podcast?s past three episodes have featured in-depth interviews with a few of the esteemed speakers gracing Bild?s four presenter stages. If you haven?t already done so, please give them a listen, and then?hold on to your hats?in this episode we?re trying something different!

To prepare for some fun during the show, we assembled a mobile studio and cooked up a three-question Bild Creator Quiz to spring on imagemakers who crossed our path. Once at Javits, we went on the prowl for subjects willing to be ambushed. Our resulting interviews feature a select group of attendees, expo vendors, Bild speakers, and B&H staff members. Ever since the show wrapped, we?ve been hard at work, combining the short clips we captured live with a narrated story line to take listeners on a virtual stroll through most aspects of the show. We hope you enjoy this taste of the intense, intoxicating, creative camaraderie that permeated the Bild experience.

Happy Anniversary B&H?here?s to another 50 years of creativity and growth!

Above photograph courtesy of B&H Photo

Guests: Menashe Horowitz, Cliff Hausner, Mason Resnick, Michael Yamashita, Matt Hill, Nicolas Roman, Elizabeth Krist, Scott Kelby, Christian Domecq, John Harris, Ron Magill, Michael Mansfield, Patricia Beary, Linda Hacker, Erica Price, Brandon Remler, Dana Glidden, Ami Vitale, David Brommer

For more information on our guests and they gear they use, see:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/connecting-the-creator-community-bh-bild-ambush-interviews

Stay Connected:
B&H Photo Instagram Feed: https://www.instagram.com/bhphoto/
Cliff Hausner: https://www.instagram.com/cliffhausner/
Mason Resnick: https://www.instagram.com/mason_resnick/
Michael Yamashita: https://www.instagram.com/yamashitaphoto/

Matt Hill: https://www.instagram.com/matthillart/

Elizabeth Krist: https://www.visualthinkingcollective.com/elizabeth-cheng-krist

Scott Kelby: https://www.instagram.com/scottkelby/

John Harris: https://www.instagram.com/jrockfoto/

Ron Magill: https://www.instagram.com/ronmagillwildlife/

Michael Mansfield/Maine Media Workshops: https://www.instagram.com/mainemedia/

Soho Photo Gallery: https://www.instagram.com/sohophotogallery/

Erica Price: https://www.instagram.com/eternalpixny/

Brandon Remler: https://www.instagram.com/brandonremler/

Dana Glidden: https://www.instagram.com/danadigital/

Ami Vitale: https://www.instagram.com/amivitale/

David Brommer: https://www.instagram.com/suspectphotography/

2023-11-02
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Communicating Visually: Expert Tips from Photo Editor Sarah Leen at Bild

 

Have you ever struggled with editing your images to present in a portfolio or as a story pitch? If so, our conversation in this podcast might be of some help.

We recently had the great fortune to speak with one of the finest picture editors in the business, former National Geographic photographer, photo editor, and director of photography, Sarah Leen, who we interviewed as part of our coverage of B&H?s 50th Anniversary Bild Expo 2023.

Sarah has worked all sides of the table, starting in the field with a camera in hand, then transitioning to a photo editor, and ultimately being tapped to lead National Geographic as Director of Photography in 2013?the first woman ever selected for this role.

Among the topics covered in this chat are Sarah?s shift from picture maker to photo editor and how she gained the credentials to take on such a role. We make the important distinction between editing the work of others vs. a photographer editing his or her own images, emphasizing the added difficulty of disconnecting from personal experience to make objective decisions, and how the guidance of a skilled photo editor can help.

Turning to her career trajectory, Sarah explains the differences between a photo editor and the director of photography, which is a managerial role. And, when it comes to the recent organizational changes at National Geographic?not to mention within the industry at large?Sarah clarifies that, despite ceasing newsstand sales, the magazine will still be widely available in print, yet by subscription only.

We end our chat with details about Sarah?s current work as an independent photo editor and educator, her founding of the Visual Thinking Collective with three former colleagues, and the upcoming release of her latest book project Ukraine: A War Crime, featuring work by 93 photographers.

Above photograph © Sarah Leen

Guest: Sarah Leen

For more information on our guest and the gear she uses, see:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/communicating-visually-expert-tips-from-photo-editor-sarah-leen-at-bild

Stay Connected:
Sarah Leen Website: https://www.sarahleen.com
Sarah Leen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roseleen
Sarah Leen X: https://twitter.com/sleen3
Sarah Leen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarah.leen.92
Visual Thinking Collective Website: https://www.visualthinkingcollective.com
FotoEvidence Website and the book Ukraine: A War Crime: https://fotoevidence.com/books/ukraine-a-war-crime-by-ninety-three-photojournalists

2023-10-26
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Taking Chances on Stories to Tell: Photojournalist Deanne Fitzmaurice at Bild

As Deanne Fitzmaurice describes it, a photojournalist?s job is part sociology and part archeology, but most important, it?s being on the cutting edge of what?s happening, telling stories about people. It?s this combination of varied disciplines, connecting with subjects, and learning something new every day that has held her fascination from her very beginnings at the San Francisco Chronicle through to the rich tapestry she?s woven as a visual storyteller today. We recently sat down with Fitzmaurice to gain insights into the many facets of her career as part of our coverage of B&H?s 50th Anniversary Bild Expo 2023. 

During our chat, Fitzmaurice regales us with details from some of her most impactful projects, including the challenging mix of sensitivity and perseverance needed to tell the story of Saleh, a seriously injured Iraqi boy. After explaining how this assignment morphed from a one-day news story into a Pulitzer-prize-winning long-term project, we take a deep dive into how image selection and sequencing were key to this award-winning series. 

Never one to shy away from a challenge, Fitzmaurice also describes confronting baseball great Barry Bonds about his problem with photographers, which shattered his impenetrable armor and resulted in her gaining exclusive access to photograph him both on and off the field. 

When discussing essential rules of journalistic ethics and credibility in documenting an unfolding scene, Fitzmaurice points to the category of portraiture as a rare opportunity to shift out of fly on the wall mode to direct the subject and build rapport. We conclude our chat with insights about the role luck has played in her career, and how she puts herself in a position for synchronicity to unfold. 

Above photograph © Deanne Fitzmaurice

Guest: Deanne Fitzmaurice

For more information on our guest and the gear she uses, see:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/taking-chances-on-stories-to-tell-photojournalist-deanne-fitzmaurice-at-bild

Stay Connected:
Deanne Fitzmaurice Website: https://www.deannefitzmaurice.com/
Deanne Fitzmaurice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deannefitzmaurice/
Deanne Fitzmaurice X: https://twitter.com/deanne_fitz
Deanne Fitzmaurice Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeanneFitzmauricePhotography
Think-tank: https://www.thinktankphoto.com/

2023-10-19
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Why Oceans Matter: Underwater Photographer Brian Skerry at Bild

Water is essential to life on Earth. The health of our oceans?and its inhabitants?is equally crucial to maintaining Earth?s delicate balance. This is an apt takeaway from our exclusive chat with renowned underwater photographer and filmmaker Brian Skerry, as part of our coverage of B&H?s 50th Anniversary Bild Expo 2023.

Above photograph © Brian Skerry

We sat down with Skerry shortly before his presentation on the Bild Expo Main Stage to get the full scoop on his career arc, from a youthful fantasy of being an ocean explorer in the mold of Indiana Jones to his more recent work interpreting the culture of whales and other inhabitants of the deep.

We also delve into sobering concerns about the extreme geologic change Skerry has witnessed in the oceans over time. 

With such facts in mind, he describes the responsibility he feels to combine scientific research and powerful storytelling, so that we may better understand our relationship to nature, and to change our behaviors for the better.

Guest: Brian Skerry

For more information on our guest and the gear he uses, see:  https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/why-oceans-matter-underwater-photographer-brian-skerry-at-bild

Stay Connected:
Brian Skerry Website: https://brianskerry.com/
Brian Skerry Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianskerry/
Brian Skerry X: https://www.twitter.com/brian_skerry/
Brian Skerry Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brian.skerry/
Brian Skerry - Secrets of the Whales: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/shows/secrets-of-the-whales 
Brian Skerry - The Sentient Sea Exhibit, Siena, Italy: https://festival.sienawards.com/en/brian-skerry-2/
Brian Skerry - Ocean Odyssey Exhibit, Paris, France: https://www.atelier-lumieres.com/en/ocean-odyssey

2023-10-12
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Fake Memories, Promptography, and Generative AI, with Boris Eldagsen

Artificial intelligence is a polarizing topic, and its rapid evolution within content creation has set our once familiar world on edge. To help demystify this gargantuan subject and add clarity to important concerns, we?re turning to an artist positioned at the very center of the debate between photography and AI imagery.

Above photograph © Boris Eldagsen

German media artist Boris Eldagsen made global headlines after entering his AI-generated image, ?The Electrician,? in the Sony World Photography Awards. He won a top prize, and then ultimately declined the award due to a lack of open discussion about the need to categorize photographs and AI-generated imagery differently. 

Join us for this frank and informative discussion about generative AI. Some of the diverse topics we cover include ways creativity is shared between man and machine, the effects of different languages (and even phrasing) when creating text prompts, inherent biases in AI training data and ways to counter this, the emergence of AI agencies, the newly created job title of Prompt Engineer, and much, much more.

And for those listeners who fear AI as a threat to their photo careers, our discussion ends on an upbeat note, with the classification of generative AI as a knowledge accelerator, being most beneficial to practitioners with a solid background in traditional photography and the visual arts. To quote Eldagsen, ?For the first time in history, the older generation has an advantage...? We?ll let you listen to hear the end.

Guests: Boris Eldagsen

For more information on our guest and the gear he uses, see: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/fake-memories-promptography-and-generative-ai-with-boris-eldagsen

Stay Connected:
Boris Eldagsen Website: https://www.eldagsen.com/
Boris Eldagsen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boriseldagsen/
Boris Eldagsen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boriseldagsen
Boris Eldagsen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EldagsenBoris/
Boris Eldagsen Workshops: https://www.eldagsen.com/lecturingworkshops/
Boris Eldagsen Panama Exhibition: https://www.eldagsen.com/pseudomnesia3/

2023-09-28
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Photographer-Driven Projects, with Ashok Sinha and Anabel DFlux

Above photograph © Ashok Sinha

How central is your personal drive and unique creative vision to the pictures you make? If these characteristics strike a chord or are traits to which you aspire, then you won?t want to miss our inspiring chats with photographers Ashok Sinha and Anabel DFlux. We caught up with both of these accomplished creatives earlier this year at B&H?s?2023 Depth of Field Conference.

We begin with architectural photographer Ashok Sinha, whose personal project to document iconic mid-century structures and classic cars in Southern California resulted in the crowd-pleasing monograph Gas & Glamour, now in its second printing. Sinha offers valuable insights about how channeling his passions and not overthinking the details allowed him to bring his photography career to new heights?resulting in his work being displayed as a massive billboard in downtown LA, released as limited-edition NFTs, and featured in gallery exhibitions in collaboration with an international fashion brand.

After the break, professional animal photographer Anabel DFlux describes how she fashioned a personal penchant for pets into a sustainable career path while still a teen. Yet, despite her clear passion for and talent with pets, DFlux reaches beyond a single photographic specialty to cultivate work across multiple niches?including the heady realm of rock and roll.

Check out these real-life career examples and walk away with an equal measure of inspiration and practical tips.

Guests: Ashok Sinha and Anabel DFlux

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:
blogd7.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podca?-anabel-dflux

Stay Connected:

Ashok Sinha Website: https://ashoksinha.com
Ashok Sinha Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashoksinhaphoto
Ashok Sinha Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashok.sinha.3720
Ashok Sinha Twitter: https://twitter.com/ashoksinhaphoto
Ashok Sinha YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ashoksinha2167
Ashok Sinha Gas and Glamour book: https://ashoksinha.com/BOOK/1

Anabel DFlux Website: https://www.deliquesceflux.com
Anabel DFlux Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anabeldflux
Anabel DFlux Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeliquesceFlux
Anabel DFlux YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/anabeldflux
Anabel DFlux at Sigma: https://blog.sigmaphoto.com/author/anabel-dflux

Pelican Cases Link: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/Pelican/ci/4457/N/4232860887

2023-09-14
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Rodney Smith?s Leap of Faith: An Intimate Chat with Leslie Smolan & Terence Falk

Rodney Smith was a photographic visionary, with an allegiance to the image above all else. Long acclaimed for his iconic black-and-white pictures?not to forget his later jewel-like color scenes?Smith captured enchanted worlds full of subtle magic and lighthearted humor. Using only analog film and the aesthetics of natural light, his dream-like photographs are matched in quality by the craft and physical beauty of his prints.

Smith died in 2016, yet the enduring precision, elegance, and whimsy of his world view is nowhere more evident than in our conversation with Leslie Smolan, his widow and executive director of his estate; and his long-time assistant, master printer Terence Falk.

Listen in as Smolan discusses key aspects of Smith?s career development and describes her recent collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum on the book, Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith. And Falk provides firsthand anecdotes about the unique experience of working on a Rodney Smith shoot?an experience that led one powerful New York executive to call his secretary from a midtown pay phone and exclaim, ?I feel like I?m in Ferris Bueller?s Day Off!?

As New York Fashion Week ushers in the fall season, we?re looking back on the career of one of the most distinctive photographers to infuse business and fashion with a timeless sense of style and grace.

Guests: Leslie Smolan and Terence Falk

For more information on our guests and their gear they use, see:
The Estate of Rodney Smith Website: rodneysmith.com/
The Estate of Rodney Smith Facebook: www.facebook.com/rodneysmithphotography/
The Estate of Rodney Smith Instagram: www.instagram.com/_rodneysmith/
The Estate of Rodney Smith Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/rodneysmithpics/
Rodney Smith Lecture at the B&H Event Space: www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photog?mith-1970-2016
Conversation about Rodney Smith at FIT Amphitheater: www.fitnyc.edu/museum/events/index.php
Rodney Smith Exhibition at Staley Wise Gallery in New York: www.staleywise.com/exhibitions/rodney-smith2
Rodney Smith: A Remembrance with Dr Rebecca Senf: santafeworkshops.com/creativity-con?-rebecca-senf/
Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith book: shop.getty.edu/products/rodney-s?th-978-1606068465

2023-09-06
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Finger-Lickin' Food Photography, with Mica McCook, the Austin Food Guide

According to food photographer Mica McCook, the secret sauce is more than simply visual appeal, it?s connecting to how the images make you feel. As McCook likes to say, she creates cravings, one photo at a time. 
McCook?s photos are dramatic like telenovelas, embracing the magic of a chef's palate, and delighting in the vibrant flavors that bring dishes to life. Her approach is theatrical and bold, akin to setting the stage for a grand performance. Each element, from the decadent chocolate drizzle to the vibrant pop of a fresh herb, contributes to the culinary drama. For McCook, food is not just about sustenance, it's an experience. 
In a world where fast food and quick meals are often the norm, McCook is here to remind us of the richness and pleasure of a well-composed dish, and to celebrate the chefs who create, the farmers who cultivate, and the diners who savor. As an extension of her photography business, McCook launched her biweekly podcast, The Savory Shot, in June 2022, because she is perpetually curious about the food industry and those who dwell within it.  

Listen in to hear how a life-altering trip to the Reading Terminal Market, in Pennsylvania, laid the groundwork for McCook?s career transition from people to food, and even inspired her unique business name of Austin Food Guide. We also discuss how her background in theater influences her flavorful photographic approach, the dramatic lighting she favors, as well as her collaborative, community-oriented outlook. McCook was recently accepted into an innovative mentorship program for BIPOC photographers led by Apostrophe Reps. Don?t miss the juicy details about how to apply!

Above photograph © Mica McCook

Guest: Mica McCook of The Austin Food Guide

For more information on our guest and the gear she uses, see: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/finger-lickin-food-photography-with-mica-mccook-the-austin-food-guide

Stay Connected:

Mica McCook Website: https://micamccook.com
Mica McCook Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mica.mccook
Mica McCook LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micamccook
Austin Food Guide Website: https://austinfoodguide.com
Austin Food Guide Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinfoodguide
Austin Food Guide Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/austinfoodguide
Austin Food Guide Twitter: https://twitter.com/ austinfoodguide
Austin Food Guide TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@austinfoodguide
The Savory Shot Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/savory-shot/id1618801583

2023-08-31
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A Closer Look at Bruce Gilden: Depth of Field 2023

Bruce Gilden is a street-photography icon. With summer in full swing and International Street Photography Day (otherwise known as Henry Cartier-Bresson?s birthday) looming on the horizon, what better time to feature a lively chat with the master himself, recorded at B&H?s?2023 Depth of Field Conference, just before the Magnum photographer?s keynote lecture.

Gilden?s emotionally fraught depictions of real people up close are an acquired taste, and we address this aspect of his work during our chat, with Allan admitting that Gilden?s work has terrified him in the past. We also touch on a somewhat surprising facet of Gilden?s career?fashion photography?as he discusses making pictures for high-end clients such as Balenciaga, Dolce & Gabana, and Diesel. From the influence of early 20th-century mugshots on Gilden?s aesthetic to the importance of making, and living with, visual choices to keep the photography fresh, our discussion covers a lot of ground. Stay to the end to learn about Gilden?s long held photographic wish?photographing murder in a beautiful way.

And for anyone who?s ever fantasized about a taking workshop with Gilden, check out the link below to his upcoming street photography workshop in New York!

Above photograph © Bruce Gilden

Guest: Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden

For more information on our guest and the gear he uses, see:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/closer-look-bruce-gilden

Stay Connected:
Bruce Gilden Website: https://www.brucegilden.com
Bruce Gilden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BruceGilden
Bruce Gilden Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bruce_gilden
Bruce Gilden Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/brucegilden
Bruce Gilden?s Magnum page: https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/bruce-gilden/
Bruce Gilden?s Upcoming New York Workshop: miamistreetphotographyfestival.org/bruce-gilden

2023-08-17
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Adobe Software and AI: Scott Kelby & Kristina Sherk at Depth of Field 2023

The integration of AI technologies with Adobe software has set the creative world on its head. To get a read on this hot-button, rapidly evolving field, we tapped two generations of tech wizardry?Scott Kelby, the original Photoshop Guy, and retouching powerhouse Kristina Sherk. We sat down with both of these experts at B&H?s?2023 Depth of Field Conference in February 2023.

Our first guest is Scott Kelby, the original Photoshop guy, who discusses the good and the bad of AI technology, from how it helps create workflow efficiencies to the potential for costing some photographers a job. Kelby envisions a future comprising high-end pros and serious iPhoneographers. With this in mind, we delve into the growing advantages of capturing images on a mobile device, while also identifying subjects that still require more robust gear.

After a break, Kristina Sherk shares details about the powerful AI selection tools integrated into the Classic and Mobile versions of Adobe Lightroom, which are disruptive in a good way. Stay to the end for her story about saving the day for a wedding photographer whose sharp focus was disrupted by a rogue officiant, who stepped in front of the lens just before a couple?s first kiss.

Guests: Scott Kelby & Kristina Sherk

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/adobe-software-and-ai-scott-kelby-kristina-sherk-at-depth-of-field-2023

Above photograph © Kristina Sherk

Stay Connected:
Scott Kelby Website: https://scottkelby.com
Scott Kelby Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottkelby
Scott Kelby Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SKelby
Scott Kelby YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/kelbymediagroup
Scott Kelby Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/skelby01


Kristina Sherk / Shark Pixel Website: https://www.sharkpixel.com
Kristina Sherk / Shark Pixel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shark_pixel
Kristina Sherk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharkpixel
Kristina Sherk / Shark Pixel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SharkPixel

2023-08-03
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Legal Matters for Photographers, with Rachel Brenke, TheLawTog®

Do you have questions about establishing your photography business and legally protecting yourself and your images? From setting up a business entity to drafting client contracts to key terms in a model release, we cover these points and much, much more, during an in-depth discussion with intellectual property attorney Rachel Brenke.

Listen in and learn about the value of contracts as the center point in any sort of business transaction. You?ll also discover how the legal tripod of a business entity, attorney-drafted contracts, and liability insurance can create a powerful force field of protection. During the show?s second half we explore various infringement scenarios, and even take the plunge into potential legal implications in the wake of AI technology and other current trends.
Guest: Rachel Brenke
For more information on our guest and the gear she uses, see:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/legal-matters-for-photographers-with-rachel-brenke-thelawtog

Stay Connected:
Rachel Brenke Website: https://rachelbrenke.com
TheLawTog® Website: https://www.thelawtog.com
Eden Law Website: https://eden-law.com
Rachel Brenke Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelbrenke
TheLawTog® Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelawtog
TheLawTog® Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thelawtog
TheLawTog® Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/thelawtog
Audio-Technica Link: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/Audio-Technica/ci/15748/N/4232861079

2023-07-20
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Lighting Whisperers: Eric Stoner & Joe McNally at Depth of Field 2023

Like good acting?and skilled retouching?masterful lighting is an accomplished skill that should remain mostly unseen. This is the takeaway from our conversations with two great lighting whisperers, Canon technical advisor Eric Stoner and Nikon Ambassador Joe McNally. We sat down with both of these experts earlier this year at B&H?s?2023 Depth of Field Conference.

 

Our first guest is Eric Stoner, a Canon technical advisor who specializes in creating portraits with Speedlites and colored gels. He offers insights about the high degree of control these tools provide, describing how adding colored gels boosts creative improvisation and heightens impact. We also discuss the technological advances of the past 20 years, while reflecting on how great photography still hinges on learning the craft and connecting with your subjects.

 

After a break, Nikon Ambassador Joe McNally discusses his mission to light photographs in a way that provides an unfettered experience for the viewer. In addition, we explore his long and successful career as a working professional, from his formative years as a LIFE magazine staff photographer to the recent exhibition of those very same images in a fine art gallery. Stay to the end to learn about his latest book The Real Deal, which he wrote during COVID, and hear about his busy schedule of international workshops.

 Guests: Eric Stoner & Joe McNally

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/lighting-whisperers

Above photograph © Joe McNally

Stay Connected:
Eric Stoner Website: https://www.mystonegallery.net/
Eric Stoner Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericstonerphoto

Joe McNally Website: https://joemcnally.com
Joe McNally Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joemcnallyphoto
Joe McNally Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joemcnallyphoto
Joe McNally YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/joemcnallyphoto
Joe McNally Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeMcNallyPhoto
Joe McNally Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/joemcnallyphoto

2023-07-06
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Photographic Innovation: Steve Sasson's Invention of the Digital Camera

?To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.? There is no better role model for this Thomas Edison quote than Steve Sasson, the electrical engineer fresh out of grad school who was hired to work in a Kodak research lab, in 1973. With a passion for scavenging parts and a penchant for invention, he developed the world?s first self-contained digital camera just two years after his arrival in the lab.

In honor of National Camera Day, we invited Sasson to the podcast for an in-depth discussion about his invention of this revolutionary device. Listen in to hear about the surprising reception Sasson?s prototype received from Kodak executives during early demonstrations of its use, the complicated mix of cultural and business factors confronting a company in the throes of innovation, the many years that elapsed before Sasson was allowed to speak publicly about the camera, and much, much more.
 
In addition to being a storyline worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster, our conversation offers rare insight into the inner workings of a long-established, successful company that knows a lot about the problem but doesn?t like the answer. Stay to the end to hear Sasson make a comparison to a groundbreaking technological development in the corporate world today.

Guest: Steve Sasson

For more information on our guest and the gear he uses, see:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/invention-of-digital-camera

Above photograph © Courtesy of the George Eastman MuseumStay Connected

Steve Sasson Profile at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: https://eng.rpi.edu/about/alumni-achievements/steven-j-sasson
Steve Sasson at the National Inventor?s Hall of Fame: https://www.invent.org/inductees/steven-sasson
Steve Sasson at the National Science & Technology Medals Foundation: https://nationalmedals.org/laureate/steven-sasson/
The George Eastman Museum: https://www.eastman.org

2023-06-22
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The Business of Family Portraits: Michele Celentano & Monica Sigmon at Depth of Field 2023

Family portraits have come a long way since the heyday of department-store setups. In this episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we examine business and creative factors at work in this constantly evolving field, recorded on location at B&H?s?2023 Depth of Field Conference. Listen in for fresh insights on family portraiture from two specialists serving very different market segments.

Above photograph © Monica Sigmon, Sigmon Taylor Photography

Our first guest is Michele Celentano, a serial entrepreneur who?s shifted from weddings to families to her latest focus on the big business of school and sports portraits. After getting the scoop on her career trajectory, Celentano describes how she?s modernizing and redefining this very lucrative market. 

After a break, we chat with Monica Sigmon about the central role that formal family portraits can play in establishing a visual legacy and building self-worth among your clients, while she also elaborates on the complex economic factors involved in pricing your work.

Guests: Michele Celentano & Monica Sigmon

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:
https://blogd7.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/business-family-portraits-michele-celentano-monica-sigmon

Top shot © Monica Sigmon, Sigmon Taylor Photography

Episode Timeline:

3:37: Celentano?s early mentors, professional groups that helped coach her in business, and early advice she received.

9:55: Reinventing yourself, from weddings to portraits to school and sports photography.

14:25: Adapting a business to the volume market for school sports portraits.

16:52: Differentiating between school sports portraits and senior portrait styles and modernizing the approach to deliver a clean contemporary look.

19:28: Believing in the work you do to manifest a value-based experience for your clients.

24:58: Episode Break

26:14: The power of a family portrait to change the way that children and families see themselves, and the value of formal printed portraits that lock in time as part of family history.

34:14: The shrinking of the family portrait specialty as a full-time career.

36:00: Sigmon?s Black Label portrait series as a premium style of formal portrait.

37:42: Explaining a family portrait shoot to kids to get them on board with the concept, while minimizing studio clutter and props to keep the focus on the portrait session.

44:25: The importance of taking control of the shoot and the experience. You are hired for being an expert in what you do.

Guest Bios:

Michele Celentano has enjoyed a professional photography career of more than 30-years, from her start photographing weddings in New York City, through a shift to newborn, children, and family portraiture to her recent focus on the school and sports portrait market. Widely known as the "Queen of Group Posing,? Celentano has a passion for teaching and giving back to the photographic community. Her artwork has been published in numerous books and in a wide range of professional photography magazines.  

Monica Sigmon is on a mission to revitalize family portraiture. After opening her Williamsburg, Virginia, photography studio, in 2000, she quickly built a successful business with a reputation for excellence and cutting-edge imagery. The recipient of two prestigious degrees from the Professional Photographers of America, she is a popular speaker, traveling nationwide to offer entertaining programs on marketing, building your brand and running a luxury studio with authenticity. Sigmon is also co-host of The f-Stops Here podcast.

Stay Connected:

Michele Celentano Website: https://www.michelecelentano.com/

Michele Celentano Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelecelentanophotographer/

Michele Celentano Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MicheleCelentano.photographer/

Michele Celentano Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/michcelentano/

 

Monica Sigmon Website: https://www.sigmontaylor.com/

Monica Sigmon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sigmontaylor/

Monica Sigmon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SigmonTaylorPhotography

Monica Sigmon Twitter: https://twitter.com/monicaandmike

Monica Sigmon Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/monica_sigmon/

2023-06-08
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#Kittens & Picturing Pets, with Karen Hoglund & Nancy Borowick

Humans and pets have shared a deep bond for centuries, yet our animal companions are now considered more a part of the family than ever. So, it?s no surprise that pet photography is a blossoming niche, and a perfect subject for this week?s podcast?especially since it?s National Pet Month!

Above photograph © Nancy Borowick

We start by chatting with pet photographer Karen Hoglund, who alerted us to her work in response to Allan?s musing about using the hashtag ?kittens? to generate traffic on social media. After noting that #kittens only yields a 20 percent bump over #photographer, Hoglund offers advice on the dos and don?ts of posing pets, and picking up on their non-verbal signs of anxiety or stress.

After a break, we switch gears from posed pet portraits to learn about Sony Artisan Nancy Borowick?s candid editorial-style coverage of the Westminster Dog Show, and her long-term project, ?Part of the Pack.? Primarily known for telling intimate stories about people, Nancy explains how an invitation to photograph the dog show helped her process the loss of both her parents to cancer. She talks about the challenges of covering the show?s frenetic atmosphere, describing how she maintains focus by seeking out telling details. 

As we all agree, pets are truly a gift in our daily lives, and learning how to capture their unique personalities in pictures can only deepen this bond and enrich our experience.

Guests: Karen Hoglund & Nancy Borowick

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:
https://blogd7.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/kittens-picturing-pets-karen-hoglund-nancy-borowick

Top shot © Nancy Borowick

Episode Timeline:

 2:06: Does #Kittens or pictures of cute pets help to drive traffic on social media? 

4:28: How to recognize signs of stress and anxiety in pets, and tips for posing pets during a photo session.

7:48: Giving treats to a pet so they?ll behave during a photo shoot and behavior differences to keep in mind when photographing dogs or cats.

16:06: Tips for photographing groups of pets and people, plus advice for photographing darker-colored pets.

21:32: Hoglund?s pet photography gear bag and her thoughts on using mirrorless cameras and lenses.

25:57: Episode Break

27:04: Nancy Borowick?s love of the Westminster Dog show and the challenges of working in such a fast-paced, frenetic environment.

36:11: Difficult breeds to photograph, the benefits of real-time eye autofocus for animals in Sony lenses, and Borowick?s favorite dog breed.

39:25: Borowick?s love for close-up details as storytelling tools, and her favorite lens: a Sony G series 85mm f/1.4.

42:30: Evolution from photographing at the dog show to Borowick?s long-term project ?Part of the Pack,? and the differences between dogs and owners at a top competition setting and in a home environment

54:30: Final thoughts from Borowick and Hoglund about owning pets today.

Guest Bios:

Karen Hoglund started out as a graphic designer, art-directing photo shoots for ad agencies and commercial clients. After honing her camera skills by photographing children and families, she shifted focus to her true love?dogs and cats. After starting a pet photography business in 2012, she hasn?t looked back, working from her home base in Denver, Colorado with a squeaky toy in one hand, a camera in the other, and fur all over her clothes.

Nancy Borowick is an internationally renowned photographer, author, teacher, and speaker. A graduate of the International Center of Photography, she is a Sony Artisan of Imagery and a Kickstarter Thought Leader. Working regularly with the New York Times since 2013, Borowick has told intimate stories of people, places, and pets from every corner of the globe. Her break-out project about her two parents in parallel treatment for stage-four cancer has received major accolades and awards such as The Arnold Newman Prize and the Humanitarian Award from the organization Women That Soar. This project was published in 2018 as the monograph The Family Imprint. Borowick currently resides on the island of St. John, USVI with her husband, two sons, and her dog, Einstein.

Stay Connected:

Karen Hoglund Website: https://karenhoglundphotography.com

Karen Hoglund Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenhoglundphoto

Karen Hoglund Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KarenHoglundPhotography

Karen Hoglund Twitter: https://twitter.com/khoglund_photo

Karen Hoglund Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/khoglund/

Karen Hoglund YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@karenhoglundphotography/

Karen Hoglund TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@karenhoglundphoto

 

Nancy Borowick Website: https://www.nancyborowick.com

Nancy Borowick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nancyborowick/

Nancy Borowick Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nancy.borowick/

Nancy Borowick Twitter: https://twitter.com/nancyborowick

2023-05-25
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Confronting Algorithms and AI: Tati Bruening & Anya Anti at Depth of Field 2023

Tati Bruening and Anya Anti are two rising stars at the confluence of photography, digital assets, and social influence. In this week?s episode of the?B&H Photography Podcast, we get the lowdown on their burgeoning careers in fashion / beauty and conceptual / fine art portraits in part two of our chats from B&H?s?2023 Depth of Field Conference.

Above photograph © Tati Bruening

We start with Tati Bruening, who shares how her plea to ?Make Instagram Instagram Again? became a global meme, ultimately prompting a response from the platform?s head. Learn how she spent the pandemic focused on daily DIY shoots with friends, allowing her to quickly master her Canon 5D Mark IV inside and out. Today, Bruening is supported by a powerhouse management team. Hear how she made these essential connections, get tips on working with a manager, and learn which pitfalls to avoid.

After a break, we shift gears to Anya Anti, who fills us in on the intricate set design and attentive compositing work behind her whimsical portraits, which seamlessly bridge fantasy and real life. She distinguishes between shooting self-portraits for a more personal approach and posing models as alter egos for more control behind the camera. We also tackle the elephant in the room?artificial intelligence in photographic creation?with Anti weighing in on both the significant ethical issues posed by AI and its positive aspects as incorporated in Adobe?s smart selection tools.

Guests: Tati Bruening and Anya Anti

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/confronting-algorithms-and-ai-tati-bruening-anya-anti-at-depth-of-field-2023

Top shot © Tati Bruening

Episode Timeline:

2:38: Tati Bruening?s offhand Instagram post that turned into an international viral movement, emphasizing the value of stills over video. 

6:13: Bruening?s preferences for lighting tools, modifiers, and lenses.

11:52: Making an initial connection to a manager and assembling a wider team.

14:04: Bruening?s 5-year plan to stop being controlled by social media algorithms.

15:33: Bruening?s tips for seeking and working with a manager and pitfalls to avoid.

18:50: Episode Break

20:44: Anya Anti?s approach to self-portraits vs. photographing other people to use as alter egos in her pictures.

25:20: Concept development and preproduction process for Anti?s portraits.

28:27: Concerns about AI technology and its related ethical issues.

32:31: The beneficial aspects of AI and using Adobe smart selection tools.

34:22: Upcoming projects, a series of editing tutorials, and animation pieces.

Guest Bios:

Tati Bruening rose to fame by making personal portraits of some of TikTok's most recognizable stars, celebrating the individuality of her subjects. She made headlines in 2021 by posting a simple request to ?Make Instagram, Instagram Again? and the rest of the world echoed her sentiment by adding over 300,000 signatures on her Change.org petition. She consults on Gen Z with various companies and has been a featured speaker on photography and social media at events such as VidCon 2022, among many other conferences.

Anya Anti specializes in on-location fine art and conceptual portraiture. An internationally published, award-winning photo artist, Anti strives to go beyond traditional portraiture to tell imaginative stories through her art and share her passion for beauty and a craving for everyday enchantment. An international speaker and workshop instructor for companies such as Broncolor, Adobe, and Nikon, Anti has been a featured presenter at events like Adobe MAX, Adobe Live, PPE, WPPI, CES, among others.

Stay Connected:

Tati Bruening Website: https://www.illumitati.com/

Tati Bruening Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/illumitati/

Tati Bruening Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tati.tutu.5/

Tati Bruening Twitter: https://twitter.com/illumitatiana

Tati Bruening TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/discover/tati-bruening

Anya Anti Website: https://anya-anti.com/

Anya Anti Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anya_anti_art/

Anya Anti Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnyaAntiArt

Anya Anti YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaAnti

Anya Anti Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnyaAnti

Anya Anti Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/anya_anti/

Anya Anti TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@anya_anti

2023-05-11
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Photographic Craft & Connections: Sam Hurd & Dixie Dixon at Depth of Field 2023

Sam Hurd and Dixie Dixon may target different photo markets, yet they both prioritize craft and emphasize a human connection to their subjects. In this week?s episode of the?B&H Photography Podcast, we get the lowdown on their respective careers in wedding photography and fashion/lifestyle assignment work as part of our coverage of B&H?s?2023 Depth of Field Conference.

Above photograph © Dixie Dixon

We start with Sam Hurd, who shares the story behind his decision to shift from photographic storyteller to craftsman. He also describes how switching to mirrorless cameras has changed his process. Sam?s superpower is his inventive Ring of Fire technique for creative flare, and we discuss this in depth, while also touching on everything from image quality and lens design to the promise of AI-generating tools and the elements that get lost in the exchange.

After a break, we chat with Nikon Ambassador Dixie Dixon, who describes how making a connection with your subjects begins with detailed research well before the shoot day. She regales us with tales from major advertising projects, including how her efforts to get a release for a Ford Mustang led her to the company?s CEO. Get a first alert on her next book project and hear how her recent forays into video and directing tv commercials earned her a coveted advertising award.

For more information on our guests and their photos, see:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/photographic-craft-connections-sam-hurd-dixie-dixon

 

2023-04-27
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Notable Lens Releases of 2022 & 23, with Kevin Rickert

?Do I really replace lenses or just buy more of them? That?s the major question,? says Kevin Rickert, B&H Photo?s Senior Sales Trainer for cameras and lighting, in the heat of discussion for our Notable Lens Releases of 2022 and 2023 episode.

Listen in as we assess the latest crop of optics from Canon, FUJIFILM, Hasselblad, Nikon, OM SYSTEM, Sigma, Sony, and Tamron. The full list makes for a lot of glass, so we?ve narrowed things down to a focused selection of primes and zooms spanning medium format, full frame, cropped sensor, and Micro Four Thirds formats.

As in our annual Cameras of the Year show from December, we mix up the tech talk with practical anecdotes to help match lenses and customers based on user experience. Among the many threads of our chat, we commend the release of some new and different focal lengths?from Nikon?s 26mm pancake to Sony?s 20-70mm f/4 G-series zoom to Tamron?s 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 telephoto. ?Maybe the 26mm will be the new 28, which is great,? says Rickert. ?We like choices, and a lot of brands are going this route with their lens offerings.?

Guest: Kevin Rickert

Episode Timeline 1:45: Canon RF 135mm f/1.8L IS USM lens and its unique cat-eye bokeh. 6:32: Four new Canon RF-S lenses for APS-C cameras, plus RF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM and RF 1200mm f/8L IS USM super-telephotos for wildlife and sports. 9:20: FUJIFILM XF 56mm f/1.2 R WR for portraits, XF 150-600mm f/5.6-8 R LM OIS WR for wildlife and sports, XF 18-120mm f/4 LM PZ WR for everyday use, XF 30mm f/2.8 R LM WR, and FUJIFILM GF 20-35mm f/4 R WR lens for medium format. 12:42: Hasselblad XCD 38mm f/2.5 V, XCD 55mm f/2.5 V, and XCD 90mm f/2.5 V lenses. 18:49: Nikon Z 26mm f/2.8 pancake lens, Z 85mm f/1.2 S for portraits, 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S, and Z 600mm f/4 TC VR SZ super telephotos for wildlife and sports. 25:06: Episode break 25:58: OM SYSTEM 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS Pro lens, and the benefit of IP53 weather sealing. 31:43: Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG DN Art for L-mount and E-mount systems, plus rerelease of lenses for X-mount and Z-mount systems. 36:06: Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM, FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G, FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II, FE 20-70mm f/4 G lenses. 43:58: Tamron 20-40mm f/2.8 Di III VXD, 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD lenses. Guest Bio:

Kevin Rickert is B&H Photo?s Senior Sales Trainer for Cameras and Lighting. It?s Rickert?s job to collaborate with camera and lens manufacturers to create curriculum for training B&H?s world-renowned sales staff. He knows his stuff! Born and raised in New York and self-described as a ballpark journeyman, Rickert has traveled to?and photographed?all Major League baseball stadiums in the United States since 2008. Earlier this year, he helped to represent the B&H Sales Team, in Nashville, at Imaging USA 2023?where he discovered how hot Nashville hot chicken, really is!

Stay Connected:

B&H Photo Video Website: https://www.bhphotovideo.com
B&H Photo Video Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhphoto
B& Photo Video Twitter: https://twitter.com/bhphoto
B&H Photo Video YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BandH
B&H Event Space YouTube: https://bhpho.to/BHEventSpaceYT
B&H Photo Video Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bhphoto
B&H Photography Podcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001107823418353

2023-04-14
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The Business of Luxury Wedding Photography with James x Schulze

No matter how you slice it, wedding photography is a fancy business. On this week?s podcast, we take that fancy up a notch in a conversation about luxury wedding photography with James Christianson and Otto Schulze. These former competitors took a giant leap to reinvent themselves as the collaborative partnership James x Schulze, while also adapting their sales strategy to a marketplace where the driving force is want rather than means.

Listen in as they describe how they balanced economic risk with the creative freedom to chase small moments and beautiful light. You?ll also gain insight into how a luxury client?s buying psychology differs from the norm, and the essential importance of taking a client-first approach to projects.

 

?Confidence is the currency of the successful,? explains Christianson about the necessary shift in mindset. ?If you can bring confidence in who you are and what your skills are?whether that?s with a camera, or skills with people, or both?that will take you a long way in being able to move through any room.?

Guests: James Christianson and Otto Schulze

Top shot © James x Schulze

Episode Timeline

 

2:55: The logistics of and locations for the luxury wedding photography market.

 

6:38: Balancing the economics of a collaborative business with the creative freedom and flow of chasing small moments and beautiful light.

 

10:42: Shaking the middle-class sales mentality and adapting to the buying psychology of luxury clients.

 

14:45: Put your client first by asking open-ended questions and taking a genuine interest in connecting to best identify their wants.

 

17:56: The logistics of working with wedding planners in the high-end photography market.

 

21:40: Destination weddings in a post-COVID world, and the luxury client as a recession proof market for wedding photography.

 

26:10: James X Shulze?s go-to camera gear?from the medium format FUJIFILM GFX to the Leica Q?yet always being mindful of the special atmosphere of the venue.

 

31:27: Episode break

 

32:32: Introducing James X Schulze?s education brand Sage. Tap into the mindset and confidence needed to cultivate luxury wedding photography clients.

 

37:14: Distinguishing between premium and luxury wedding clients, and the relative budgets for each

40:10: Develop the story the client wants to tell with their wedding, rather than approaching the wedding as just a photo shoot. 

45:14: James and Otto?s approach to education involves more than great photographs. Equally important is being a better business owner, and consistency in putting in the work.

Guest Bios:

James Christianson started his career as an educator and entrepreneur. He has more than 20 years of photography experience under his belt combined with a business and education background that brings a distinctively clear voice to his work.

Otto Schulze traveled the globe as a documentary photographer, spending the past 20 years in pursuit of the ?decisive moment.? His ability to see outside the box makes him an inspirational and visionary imagemaker and educator.

Working together, James x Schulze have achieved world-class brand recognition as luxury wedding photographers, combining editorial, documentary, and fine-art styles. Named as one of the world?s top 50 wedding photographers by Harpers Bazaar, they are hyper-focused on communicating each client?s unique story through a final portfolio of unparalleled images. Most recently, they launched the online education platform Sage, and the online course ?The Business of Luxury Weddings? to inspire other wedding professionals seeking to take their business to the next level.

Stay Connected:

James x Schulze?s Wedding Website: https://www.jamesandschulze.com

James x Schulze?s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesandschulze

James x Schulze?s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesandschulze

James x Schulze?s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamesandschulze

James x Schulze?s Education Website: https://www.sagejourney.co

Business of Luxury Weddings Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebusinessofluxuryweddings

Sage Journey Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sagejourney.co

2023-03-23
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A World History of Women Photographers with Luce Lebart and Pauline Vermare

Women photographers take center stage in this week?s show, in celebration of International Women?s Day and Women?s History Month. We reveal the blind spot of photo history in a chat about the book A World History of Women Photographers, with photo historian and co-author Luce Lebart and contributing writer Pauline Vermare.

Gracing the pages of this book?s 500-page heft are images and stories behind 300 women photographers, spanning both photo history and geographic reach. Listen in to learn about the exhaustive process Lebart and co-author Marie Robert undertook to find this range of talent and then commission essays from 160 women writers and curators. We also discuss how the position of women within photography has changed over time and across cultures. There are fresh discoveries to be made by even the most ardent photography devotees, as illustrated by the many photographer names and related resources we mention during the episode, also listed below in our show notes. 

Guests: Luce Lebart and Pauline Vermare

Top shot © The National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik

Episode Timeline

 

4:17: Luce Lebart describes the editorial statement behind the book A World History of Women Photographers as a manifesto to complete a history that already exists.

 

10:14: Back stories about women working as picture editors, art directors, designers, and art buyers in photo industry trenches, with male photographers as hunter gathers in the field. 


13:32: The international network behind the research for this book. Which came first?the contributing writers or featured photographers?

 

21:21: The matter of women photographers who stayed in the shadow of a master or did not receive equal recognition as her spouse.

 

26:45: Avoiding the pitfall of a western centered approach in the geographical representation of photographers selected for the book

 

30:56: Additional book projects and databases of women photographers.

 

33:44: Episode break

 

34:38: Pauline Vermare describes differences between France and America in their respective approaches to photography.

 

38:36: Pauline discusses the Japanese women photographers she wrote about for the book.

 

45:00: American photographer Nancy Burson?s stature as a forerunner of current trends for AI generated photographs.

49:40: How A World History of Women Photographers encourages questions of readers, inspiring Pauline to create a forthcoming book on Japanese women photographers.

Guest Bios:

Luce Lebart is co-author, with Marie Robert, of A World History of Women Photographers. A photography historian and curator currently based in Paris, she is a researcher for the Archive of Modern Conflict, a collection and publishing house based between London and Toronto. Luce served as director of the Canadian Institute of Photography from 2016 to 2018, after spending five years directing the collections of the French Society of Photography in Paris.

Pauline Vermare is a French photography curator and historian based in New York. A contributing writer to A World History of Women Photographers, she was formerly the cultural director of Magnum Photos in New York, a curator at the International Center of Photography and the Museum of Modern Art. From 2002 to 2009, she worked at the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, in Paris. 

Stay Connected:

A World History of Women Photographers English language edition: https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/a-world-history-of-women-photographers-hardcover

A World History of Women Photographers French edition: https://www.editionstextuel.com/livre/une-histoire-mondiale-des-femmes-photographes

Luce Lebart Website: https://lucelebart.org/

Luce Lebart Facebook: ?

Luce Lebart Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucelebart

Luce Lebart Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucelebart?lang=en

Mauvaises Herbes (Weeds) exhibit: https://www.cpif.net/

Photo Europea Photo Festival: https://www.fotografiaeuropea.it/fe2023/en/concept-2023/

Pauline Vermare curated Kunie Sugiura Exhibit at Alison Bradley Projects: https://www.alisonbradleyprojects.com/kunie-sugiura-show/

Recently curated exhibition of Northern Ireland photos by women photographers: https://photomuseumireland.ie/pauline-vermare-protest

Co-curated exhibition of 10 contemporary Japanese women photographers: https://matterport.com/discover/space/LQT8wCUrWuE

Recent interview on Pauline?s Japanese women photographers project: https://www.truthinphotography.org/japanese-women-photographers.html

Women Photographers mentioned in the podcast:

Anna Atkins - United Kingdom, 1799 - 1871

Amilie Guillot-Saguez -1810, France ? 1864, Algeria

Constance Talbot - United Kingdom, 1811 - 1880

Julia Margaret Cameron - 1815, India ? 1879, Sri Lanka

Alice Seeley Harris ? United Kingdom, 1870 - 1970

Clara Sipprell - 1885, Canada ? 1975, United States

Tsuneko Sasamoto ? Japan, b. 1914

Tokyo Tokiwa ? Japan, b. 1930

Claudia Andujar - Switzerland, b. 1931

Yildiz Moran - Turkey, 1932 - 1995

Sara Facio - Argentina, b. 1932

Hilla Becher - Germany, 1934 - 2015

Abigail Heyman - United States, 1942 ? 2013

Nancy Burson - United States, b. 1948

Lesley Lawson ? South Africa, b. 1952

Marilyn Nance - United States, b. 1953

Pushpamela N. - India, b. 1956

Pior Arke - Greenland, 1958 - 2007

Angele Etourdi Essamba - Cameroon, b. 1962

Dina Templeton - United States, b. 1969

Zanele Muholi ? South Africa, b. 1972 

Databases featuring Women Photographers:

WOPHA, Women Photographers International Archive: https://wopha.org/

Women Photograph database (and new book): https://www.womenphotograph.com/

10x10 Photobooks: https://10x10photobooks.org/

Fast Forward: https://fastforward.photography/

2023-03-08
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Building and Maintaining Your Web Presence with Alex Vita and Ben Von Wong

When was the last time you updated your website? Despite the popularity and traction of social media sites, having a stand-alone website to promote your work and build your brand is key to connecting with your given audience. In this week?s podcast, we explore the dynamics of building and maintaining a professional caliber website with insights from both sides of the coin. 

We start by chatting with website designer Alex Vita, who shares pet peeves as well as the best practices he?s honed over more than 13 years of work with photo industry clients. All will benefit from Alex?s insights on building a client-focused website as a way to build trust. After a break we get the artist?s perspective from the illustrious photographer, environmental activist, and creative whirlwind Benjamin Von Wong, who also happens to be one of Alex?s clients. Listen in as Ben and Alex discuss his web strategy and take a deep dive into the challenges of staying relevant and getting noticed in an oversaturated creative climate. We also dip into thoughts about how the evolution of AI is likely to change the future of the visual world, to make photographs the starting point for a conversation rather than its final purpose.

Guests: Alex Vita and Benjamin Von Wong

Top shot © Benjamin Von Wong

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, click here.

Episode Timeline

 

3:55: What role do stand-alone photography websites play in a world of viral social media sites?

 

12:16: Alex?s pet peeves in photography websites. Two general categories: poor content and poor user experience.

 

20:55: Bounce rates, Google analytics reports, and how to determine the success of your website.

 

26:17: What are the most important considerations for good SEO and how have best practices for SEO changed over time?

 

31:59: Alex?s recommendations for image size and compression for fast performance and readability on a wide range of devices?from mobile to retina screens.

 

35:55: Episode break

 

36:56: The varied roles that Ben Von Wong?s websites and web presence play in communicating his environmental message.

41:40: How Ben?s various microsites and social media presence helps with virality in marketing his work.

47:25: Ben?s position as an environmentalist in a world full of advertising and boosted content?Ethics and principals come first.

52:30: How the evolution of AI and integration with Chat GPT is about to change the future of the visual world.

1:02:33: Ben?s recommendations for what to look for when seeking to work with a web designer.

Guest Bios:

Alex Vita is a professional website designer, specialized in crafting sites for photographers and photo agencies. Working from his home base in Bucharest, Romania, Alex?s super-power is thinking outside the box to grasp the big picture, helping photographers to structure their web presence by prioritizing maximum impact.

Ben Von Wong is a Canadian artist, photographer, social influencer, and activist, best known for his hyper-realistic style, bridging photography and fantasy. His storytelling targets environmental issues such as ocean plastics, fashion pollution, and electronic waste, fueled by an extensive viral component that has generated more than 100 million views to date.  

Stay Connected:

Alex Vita?s Website: https://www.foregroundweb.com/

Alex Vita?s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foregroundweb

Alex Vita?s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foregroundweb/

Alex Vita?s Twitter: https://twitter.com/foregroundweb

Alex Vita?s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@foregroundweb

 

Benjamin Von Wong?s Website: https://www.vonwong.com

Benjamin Von Wong?s Blog: https://blog.vonwong.com

Benjamin Von Wong?s Case Studies: https://unforgettablelabs.com

Benjamin Von Wong?s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thevonwong

Benjamin Von Wong?s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vonwong

Benjamin Von Wong?s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thevonwong

Alex Vita?s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Vonwong%20

2023-02-23
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Flora Photographica A Potpourri of Pictures with Danae Panchaud and Abe Morell

We?re all about flower power on this week?s podcast, in celebration of Valentine?s Day. Joining us in discussion are photography curator Danae Panchaud, co-author of the recent book Flora Photographica, along with contributing photographer and audience favorite Abelardo Morell.

After describing the book?s genesis and scope, Danae delves into the extensive research process she and co-author William Ewing employed to sift through many thousands of photographs celebrating this wide-ranging subject. From sumptuous floral still lives to delicate blooms photographed in service of an activist cause to conceptual treatments depicting flowers as imposters of real life and beyond?this magnificent book offers fertile ground for consideration and debate.

After a break we continue the conversation with photographer Abelardo Morell, whose featured images from the series Flowers for Lisa evolved from a single photograph created as a gift for his wife to encompass a wide-ranging exploration of and homage to great artists of the past. 

As an alternative to a floral bouquet, we invite you to consider the enduring value in the gift of a photograph?or better yet an entire book of floral photography?to make a photoholic?s heart flutter.

Guests: Danae Panchaud and Abelardo Morell

Top shot © Abelardo Morell

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:

www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts

Episode Timeline

 

4:52: Danae Panchaud explains the research process for Flora Photographica and describes the joy in discovering the innovative methods photographers have used to explore this wide-ranging subject.

 

10:16: Distinctions between the new edition of Flora Photographica and an earlier volume by William Ewing sharing the same title, published in the 1990s.


13:53: The effects of digital tools and technologies on both the images themselves, and the research methods used to source images for the book.

 

16:31: Insights about Flora Photographica?s nine intriguing chapter titles: Roots, In Situ, Enquiry, Arrangement, Essence, Imposters, Hybrids, Fugue, and Reverie.

 

21:00: Incorporating floral pictures with political themes and conceptual work on floral subjects, and the use of captions to help convey these messages.

 

23:55: Using the element of surprise in picture selection and sequencing to highlight unexpected images and allow readers to discover new artists.

 

32:50: Episode break

 

34:20: Abe Morell?s first flower photograph was a double gift: A birthday gift for his wife and a gift for Abe to embark on a new challenge.

 

38:19: The benefits of working at home in the studio to use as a breeding ground for new ideas.

 

39:55: The incorporation of painting with photography, and Abe?s efforts to reinterpret and transform past works from art history.

42:34: How work on this photo series enhanced Abe?s perception of flowers as a common object.

Guest Bios:

Danae Panchaud is a photography curator, lecturer, and museum professional based in Switzerland. After studying photography at the widely acclaimed Vevey School of the Arts, she turned to curatorial practices at Geneva University of Art and Design. She has since held positions in the fields of contemporary art, design, and science at several Swiss institutions. From 2018 to 2021, she served as director and curator of Photoforum Pasquart in Biel. She was appointed director of the Centre de la Photographie Genève in 2021, where she explores the medium as a tool for constructing knowledge through both contemporary and historical photographs. Danae is actively involved in a number of Swiss associations for photography and the arts, currently serving as president of Spectrum ? Photography in Switzerland.

 

Abelardo Morell is a repeat visitor to the podcast, having previously appeared in the show Abelardo Morell: Alchemist of Photography in 2022. Born in Havana, Cuba, Morell immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of 14. After earning a BFA from Bowdoin College and an MFA from Yale, he had a distinguished career as a photography professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design from 1983 to 2010. Morell has received many awards and accolades for his work, including a Guggenheim fellowship in 1994, an ICP Infinity Award in 2011, and a Lucie Award for achievement in fine art in 2017. He is the author of 8 books, including Flowers for Lisa, the subject of today?s discussion, and his photographs have been exhibited and collected by galleries, institutions, and museums worldwide.

Stay Connected:

Flora Photographica book: https://thamesandhudson.com/flora-photographica-the-flower-in-contemporary-photography-9780500024584

Danae Panchaud Website: https://danaepanchaud.net/

Danae Panchaud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danae.panchaud/

Danae Panchaud Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danaepanchaud/

Danae Panchaud Medium: https://medium.com/@danaep

Centre de la Photographie Genève Website: https://www.centrephotogeneve.ch/

Abelardo Morell Website: https://www.abelardomorell.net/

Abe Morell?s Flowers for Lisa book: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/flowers-for-lisa_9781419732331/

Abe Morell?s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/abelardomorell/

Abe Morell?s Twitter: https://twitter.com/abelardomorell

 

2023-02-09
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Visual Narratives for the 21st Century with Mike Davis

"Selecting photos is a different skill than making them,? explains renowned picture editor Mike Davis in this week?s podcast. This essential understanding forms the core of Davis?s new book Creating Visual Narratives Through Photography: A Fresh Approach to Making a Living as a Photographer.

Davis approaches this topic with a mix of clarity and candor, to offer deeply engaged yet highly accessible insights about making photos?and making sense of those photos?while also discussing the elusive art of selecting and sequencing pictures and other ways to create visual narratives.

Some of the key points covered in our chat include the visual vocabulary Davis assigns to photographs, his ideas about elevating pictures beyond simply informational content, how making multiple passes through a photo edit can help a photographer remove themselves from the experience of making the work, and his three different approaches to image sequencing.

Listeners will also gain a fresh understanding of ways in which both the art of creating visual narratives and the photo industry itself have evolved over time, to raise the bar on creative expression. In presenting this book, Davis?s goal echoes the response he has received from hundreds of photographers he?s helped to tell stories with their pictures, ?I never would have thought of things that way, had we not had this engagement.?

Guests: Mike Davis

Photos © Mike Davis

Episode Timeline

3:26: Photography as a visual vocabulary, and distinctions between, nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.

6:25: What are informational photographs and how to make photos that rise above this basic level.

9:08: Davis?s definition of composition: the full realization of light, and color, and distance in conveying a 3-dimensional space.

18:33: How the photo industry and relationships between photographers and photo editors have changed over time.

30:42: Davis discusses his photos published in the book and shares thoughts about photographing with intention.

39:34: Episode break

44:18: Three approaches to image sequencing and how they work within the full spectrum ofrafting a narrative

46:17: Mike Davis?s most visually successful book project and a general timeframe for image sequencing.

48:06: Davis?s approach to working with photographers on sequencing a book.  

51:46: Davis describes his picture editing process using multiple passes through a set of photographs.

56:40: The primary audience and Davis?s ultimate goal in writing Creating Visual Narratives Through Photography: A Fresh Approach to Making a Living as a Photographer.

Guest Bio:

Mike Davis is a visual consultant, editor, author, photographer, and professor emeritus.

He has worked independently with hundreds of photographers as well as in staff positions for organizations as diverse as National Geographic, The White House, and several of America?s visually powerful newspapers.

Mike was twice named newspaper picture editor of the year, and he received The Sprague Award from The National Press Photographers Association, its highest honor.

He has edited more than 40 books as an independent consultant, judged a wide range of photography competitions and grant programs, lectured widely, and served as a member of various workshop and review faculty.

Most recently, Mike spent eight years as an endowed faculty member at Syracuse University?s Newhouse School, where he taught visual storytelling courses and directed The Alexia Grants.

Stay Connected:

Mike Davis website: https://www.michaelddavis.com/

Mike Davis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikedavis_mnpls/

Creating Visual Narratives Book: https://www.routledge.com/Creating-Visual-Narratives-Through-Photography-A-Fresh-Approach-to-Making/Davis/p/book/9781032262857

 

 

 

2023-01-26
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Filling the Access Gap with ASMP?s Photography Mentorship Program, The Bridge

Creating and sustaining a successful photo career is no easy feat. To help aspiring young imagemakers acquire the needed creative concepts and business skills, two New York-based organizations?ASMP NY and BKC?have teamed up to offer the innovative mentorship, education, and industry immersion program The Bridge. Open to individuals from 18- to 26-years-old, The Bridge embraces diversity and offers opportunity to underserved communities, regardless of formal photography experience. Best of all, this four-month, real world program is free to accepted students.

We first learned about The Bridge during a chat with program co-founder Liam Alexander for the show ASMP-NY and the Future of Photo Trade Organizations in February 2022. Since the program?s second year recently wrapped with a gallery exhibition in Brooklyn, and plans are in the works to expand The Bridge to other ASMP chapters in 2023, we wanted to learn more about this valuable initiative in advance of the next application window this spring.

For this week?s podcast, we?re joined by Alexander, who sheds light on The Bridge program?s inner workings and educational goals during the first half of the show. After a break, we speak with 2022 Bridge graduate Eli Edwards, who describes what he learned through the program, and the resulting shift in the pictures he makes, as well as in his creative point of view. To discover how to futureproof your career and learn how to apply for this free program, make sure to listen in!

Guests: Liam Alexander and Eli Edwards

ASMP Bridge Program photo © Saad El Amin

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/celebrating-asmp-nys-mentorship-program-the-bridge

Episode Timeline

3:50: Application and selection process for The Bridge Mentorship, a program designed to fill the gap in existing educational models.

9:27: Introduction to The Bridge program partner BKC, and program co-founder Justin Lin.

17:13: The Bridge Program coursework: Developing Your Creative Point of View.

20:52: Bridge Mentorship Program Core Supporters: The ASMP Foundation, Sony, and Freelancers Union, and a widening network of additional supporters.

25:17: A five-year vision for the program: Producing the future of the photo industry every summer.

26:50: Episode break

27:24: 2022 Bridge Program participant Eli Edwards and his easy application through Instagram.

32:42: Effects of the program on Eli?s pictures and his new confidence in making project-based work.

36:40: Is YouTube University an effective tool for learning the ropes of photography?

40:56: How Eli?s shift from social media to photography changed his creative point of view, and some social media tips.

46:38: Ways to support The Bridge program and application window for the 2023 Bridge program mentorship.

Guest Bios:

Liam Alexander is a fine artist and creative director who seeks to catalyze social change through artistic expression. As the current president of ASMP New York, he co-founded the ASMP NY Bridge program in 2020 with Justin Lin of BKC. He has also been instrumental in building other community focused creative projects designed to educate and inspire, such as IThou at NYU?s Kimmel Galleries, The Exchange at Rush Arts, and #StrokeofGenius. Liam?s own work has been featured in gallery exhibitions and art fairs throughout the US, and at the second annual Toolkit Festival in Venice, Italy. His work has been published in magazines including Nylon and Rolling Stone, and he creates projects with major brands like Wix.com, Samsung, SAP, Renaissance Hotels, and the city of New York.

Eli Edwards is a photographer, videographer, writer, producer, and director. Born in Los Angeles, Eli currently resides in New York City, where he works as a freelance videographer and photographer for brands, events, and musical artists. He was a 2022 participant in the ASMP Bridge program, where he produced the photo series ?A Community of Hoops?, which is about the dedicated group that frequents New York?s iconic West 4th Street basketball court. Eli is a 2019 graduate of NYU?s Steinhart School, receiving a bachelor of arts degree in Media, Culture, and Communication. After college, he worked as a social media editor for Turner Sports in Atlanta as part of the Emmy-Award winning NBA on TNT team, doing content creation work with the NBA.

Stay Connected:

The Bridge Program: https://www.wearebkc.com/bridge

Donate to the Bridge: https://asmpfoundation.betterworld.org/campaigns/bridge-program

ASMP National website: https://www.asmp.org/

ASMP New York website: https://www.asmp.org/newyork/

ASMP New York Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asmpny

ASMP New York Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmpny/

ASMP New York Twitter: https://twitter.com/asmpny

Bridge Program partner BKC website: https://www.wearebkc.com/

BKC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearebkc/

BKC Twitter: https://twitter.com/wearebkc

Eli Edwards Website: https://www.eliedwardscreative.com/

Eli Edwards Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edwards_eli/

Eli Edwards Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZenGeeks

Eli Edwards TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nbathoughtseli

Liam Alexander Website: https://www.liam-alexander.com/

Liam Alexander Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liam.alexander.rules

Liam Alexander Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeumrulez/

Liam Alexander Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiamAlexander0

 

2023-01-12
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Fire & Lights and Wild Nights: Jill Waterman?s New Year's Eve Project: The B&H Photography Podcast

In some locales, the period between Christmas and the New Year is known as the Wild Nights, where mischief reigns in the darkest days of the northern hemisphere. We?re digging into this theme for our last show of 2022, in a chat with photographer and producer of this very podcast, Jill Waterman, who has been documenting New Year?s Eve traditions and exploits around the globe for the past 38 years. We first spoke with Jill about this project in the two-part show Legacy and Commitment in January 2022. Since she?s now a full-fledged member of the podcast team, we thought we?d investigate some of her more memorable experiences a bit further.

Jill is still shooting this series primarily with film, so our conversation ranges from the whys and wherefores of making that choice, to how the growth of the Internet became an essential research tool in the lead up to the Millennium and beyond. We also shed light on the elusive Austrian Perchten and Bulgarian Kukeri, and discuss parading Philadelphia Mummers, Bahamian Junkanoo figures, and Cape Town, South Africa?s legendary Minstrel Parade. To learn about the most rewarding aspect of Jill?s project and find out where she?ll be ringing in New Year?s Eve 2023, pull up a seat, pop some bubbly and listen in!

Guest: Jill Waterman

Photos © Jill Waterman

Episode Timeline

2:35: The beginnings of the New Year?s Eve Project

4:28: Evolution of the project and approach over time

5:34: Shooting black and white film instead of monochrome digital captures

8:12: Opportunities of the Millennium

9:04: The growth of the Internet as a research tool and discovering locations for New Year?s Eve rituals

10:00: Documenting ?Perchtenlaufs? in Austria during the Wild Nights

10:59: Common themes in different cultures: Mummer?s Parade in Philadelphia; Junkanoo in Nassau, Bahamas; and the Minstrel Parade in Cape Town, South Africa

14:48: The spread of oral New Year?s traditions and rituals: Burning Effigies and New Year?s Widows in Quito, Ecuador

16:32: Bulgarian Kukeri and New Year?s parade to scare away evil spirits in Razlog

17:28: Advance planning before arrival and proceeding with boots on the ground

18:46: The value of spontaneity and capturing action in the moment

19:58: Working through anxiety, emotional spikes, and physical challenges

21:09: Assessing coverage and reviewing images after the fact

22:12: Underwhelming celebrations, and New Year?s Eve during COVID lockdown

25:50: Episode break

26:35: Jill?s analog camera kit: Nikon F3 HP, a 35-70 mm f/2.8 zoom and 24 mm f/2.8 prime lenses

27:45: Black and white films used?Ilford HP5, Delta 400, FP4, Delta 100?and diluted development to minimize contrast

29:23: The most rewarding aspect of the New Year?s Eve Project

30:41: Working through language differences and being open to communication

32:15: Experiencing the Pied Piper syndrome

32:45: Big crowds and safety issues on New Year?s Eve

35:36: This year?s destination, recent New York Foundation for the Arts award, and project links

Guest Bio: Born and raised in Massachusetts, Jill Waterman has been based in New York since 1985. Her personal work is centered in long-term photo projects, such as the ongoing New Year?s Eve Project and other aspects of her focus on night photography. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally and widely featured in press and media. Highlights include a 1997 arts documentary for Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin, Germany; a 2003 Today Show interview with Katie Couric; and a 2015 documentary for the web TV show Culture Connect. Waterman?s first book, the technical volume Night and Low Light Photography, was released by Amphoto books in August 2008. Her professional background includes a past career in image licensing, editorial positions in custom publishing, and her current role as creative producer for the B&H Photography Podcast.

Stay Connected:

New Year?s Eve Project Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLqZ_PIEugA

New Year?s Project Silvester Stories NFT: https://opensea.io/collection/silvester-stories

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightpix/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jill.waterman

 

2022-12-29
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2022 Cameras of the Year: The B&H Photography Podcast

For anyone seeking a new camera to gift or to hold this holiday season, we present the eighth annual installment of our Cameras of the Year episode! Featured in our discussion are 16 new cameras from Canon, FUJIFILM, Hasselblad, Leica, Nikon, OM SYSTEM, Panasonic, and Sony?presented in alphabetical order.

In addition to a detailed review of each camera on our list, we also discuss trends such as the shift from separate cameras for photo and video to a single camera geared to content creation, recent advances in high resolution EVFs, the benefits to cameras with internal memory, an increasing prevalence of AI technologies, the continued relevance of Micro 4/3rds and APS-C models when full frame cameras are shrinking in size and weight, and much more. Along the way, we even come up with some new terminology?Exit Level Cameras! Tune in for yourself and find out what it means.

Guest: Kevin Rickert

Episode Timeline

3:30: Canon EOS R6 Mark II Mirrorless Camera

4:29: From separate cameras for photo and video to one camera for content creation

5:30: Canon EOS R7 Mirrorless Camera

6:42: A question about image stabilization

7:58: The increasing use of dual card slots

8:50: Newer Canon cameras have a different hotshoe

11:18: Canon EOS R10 Mirrorless Camera

12:25: The legacy of the Canon Rebel series name

14:25: Canon R5 C Mirrorless Cinema Camera

15:43: What constitutes a Netflix-approved cinema camera

17:08: FUJIFILM X-H2S Mirrorless Camera

18:12: FUJIFILM X-H2 Mirrorless Camera

18:20: FUJIFILM X-T5 Mirrorless Camera

19:43: Recent advances in high resolution EVFs

20:55: New FUJIFILM lenses mean faster full-time autofocus

22:15: Hasselblad X2D 100C Medium Format Mirrorless Camera

2400: The benefits to cameras with internal memory

24:38: Medium format 16-bit color gives you more crayons to play with in the box

26:02: Episode break

27:13: Leica M 11 Rangefinder Camera

30:24: US-B Type C connection allows downloading pictures to a phone

30:59: What is pixel binning and why is it useful?

32:12: Nikon Z 30 Mirrorless Camera

35:44: OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mirrorless Camera

37:08: The continued relevance of Micro 4/3rds and APS-C sensors when full frame cameras are shrinking in size and weight

39:54: OM SYSTEM OM-5 Mirrorless Camera

41:29: Panasonic Lumix GH6 Mirrorless Camera

43:15: The value of dual image stabilization

44:14: Sony ZV-1F Vlogging Camera

46:51: Sony FX30 Digital Cinema Camera

48:42: What is a BSI sensor?

49:08: Sony a7R V Mirrorless Camera

49:52: The higher the resolution, the better your lenses need to be

50:52: The increasing prevalence of AI technologies in the photo world

54:40: Sony a7R V updated screen design and menu tweaks

Guest Bio:

Kevin Rickert is B&H Photo?s Senior Sales Trainer for Cameras and Lighting. It?s Kevin?s job to collaborate with camera and lens manufacturers to create curriculum for training B&H?s world-renowned sales staff. He knows his stuff! Born & raised in New York and self-described as a ball-park journeyman, Kevin has traveled to?and photographed?all* Major League Baseball Stadiums in the United States since 2008. He also recently travelled to South Korea for food, drink, and photography in October.

Stay Connected:

B&H Photo Video Website: https://www.bhphotovideo.com

B&H Photo Video Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhphoto

B& Photo Video Twitter: https://twitter.com/bhphoto

B&H Photo Video YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BandH

B&H Event Space YouTube: https://bhpho.to/BHEventSpaceYT

B&H Photo Video Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bhphoto

B&H Photography Podcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001107823418353

2022-12-15
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Master Blaster - Charles Daniels Reveals his Unseen 60s Era Photo Archive: The B&H Photography Podcast

In an era brimming with instant gratification, some things are worth the wait. This is an apt takeaway from our chat with photographer Charles Daniels about his long-outdated film from the legendary Boston Tea Party and other 60s-era music venues, rarely processed until recently. Joining Daniels in conversation is his long-time partner Susan Berstler, and Gerald Freyer from Film Rescue International, the unique image processing and digitization specialists entrusted with his mother lode of 4,000 plus rolls.

Listen in as Daniels tells of his rise from club denizen to emcee to cultural ambassador, introducing 60s-era British invasion rockers to America, with a Leica, two Nikons and a mic in hand. Berstler describes how the unprocessed rolls stockpiled in their home became a COVID project, which then went viral after the launch of a Go-Fund-Me campaign.

After a break, Freyer explains how Film Rescue International?s unique processing and scanning technologies can breathe new life into lost and found film, saving untold stories from oblivion. Freyer also recounts his epic drive from Saskatchewan to Somerville (and back!) to safely collect the film for processing, without risking x-rays or other shipping hazards.

As Daniels notes during the show, ?For years, I never really developed any film, but I was shooting all the time. It was just there, and then at some point I realized that I needed to bring some of this older stuff to light.?

With a nod to Daniels?s 80th birthday on November 30th, the pictures may have been a long time coming?but what a fabulous gift to photographers and music aficionados alike!

Guests: Charles Daniels, Susan Berstler, Gerald Freyer

Photographs © Charles Daniels

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/master-blaster-charles-daniels-reveals-his-unseen-60s-era-photo-archive

Guest Bios:

Charles Daniels was born in segregated Alabama, where his parents ran a late-night speakeasy after farming cotton all day; maybe that?s how outlaw music got into his blood. After moving to Boston?s Roxbury neighborhood with his family in the 1950s and teaching himself photography with a camera he found in his parent?s closet, Charles began capturing whatever caught his eye on city streets and in the era?s legendary music venues. Soon he was serving as emcee for the bands, which provided unique access and strong friendships. This led to Lear Jets and tours with the likes of Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, and the Rolling Stones. Since his start in rock-and-roll, Charles has expanded his photography to embrace a wide range of subjects from music and fashion to dance, performance, and everything in between.

Susan Berstler has a long history as a visual artist, curator, and arts producer, deeply immersed in the vibrant arts scene of Somerville, Massachusetts. One of her primary interests is transformative events and media, especially within public art. Her passion for this medium is further enhanced by her work as an Emerging Technology Specialist for Creative Technologies at Harvard University?s Cabot Science Library. After a small grant from the Somerville Arts Council allowed her to begin developing Charles?s treasure trove of film, the Go-Fund-Me campaign set up by a friend quickly went viral, raising more than $70,000 to date. Susan was referred to the company Film Rescue International, which became an ideal solution for film processing and creating high-resolution archival files from the negatives. At present, she is also in discussions with publishers and university archives to identify a final home for this unique image collection.

Gerald Freyer is a technically trained photographer who also studied folklore, monument preservation and cultural history at the University of Bamberg in Germany. After working as a research assistant in museums, he became a consultant for digital imaging pioneer Phase One. Since 2007, Gerald has trained museum and archive staff in the use of high-end digitization systems, completing both archival and 360-degree photography projects for international museums and cultural institutions. In 2021, he joined Film Rescue International to work on digitization projects for its clients.

Stay Connected:

Charles Daniels Go-Fund-Me Website: https://www.gofundme.com/f/2500-rolls-Charles-Daniels

Charles Daniels Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088252000625

Film Rescue International Website: https://www.filmrescue.com

Film Rescue International Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmrescueinternational/

Episode Timeline

4:15: Charles Daniels?s start as a music emcee and his most productive years for photography: 1967 ? 1969

6:36: A friendship with J. Geils Band front man Peter Wolf and coming up with his Woofa Goofa nickname

8:20: Hanging out with the bands during the day provided easy access and authentic pictures

10:07: Daniels?s most enjoyable Rock & Roll subject and co-photographer mate: Alvin Lee from 10 Years After

13:26: How far to push black and white film for best results with concert pictures in low light  

14:32: Using a handheld light meter, and shooting with Nikons and Leicas for best results

15:10: Daniels?s go-to lens: a 21 mm wide-angle for a different look

15:41: The challenge of pushing black and white film and not labeling it with the ISO

18:34: Daniels?s shooting strategy as emcee: a microphone in one hand and a camera in the other

20:53: Finding Charles?s undeveloped film became a COVID project  

21:55: Unprocessed color film includes several rolls of Kodachrome, which was developed as black and white

22:16: Juggling an active Go Fund Me campaign with Charles?s recent health issues

24:30: Connecting with the lab Film Rescue International after developing initial rolls locally

25:35: Episode break

26:43: The back story to Canadian lab Film Rescue International in processing lost and found film

27:45: Effects to undeveloped film over time is based on cold storage and other environmental factors

28:46: A two-step process for developing old color film, including Kodachrome

30:35: The first step in Film Rescue?s development process with lost and found film

33:34: Proprietary chemistry for film development, plus years of experience

34:22: Processing and scanning movie film, 16mm, and Kodachrome Super-8 with high end laser graphic film scanner

35:10: Do certain types of film hold up better over time than others?

36:05: The importance of scanning old transparencies to maintain color integrity and save the image

37:46: Digital scanning of slides and negatives can offer more detail and better quality than the original photo

39:50: Film Rescue International?s workflow and time distribution between film development and scanning

41:14: Gerald Freyer?s epic 7-day trip from Saskatchewan and Somerville to pick up Charles?s film

43:08: Safety issues when shipping film and the risk of x-rays

45:59: Gerald?s favorite picture from Charles?s film: Joe Cocker

46:36: An update on Charles?s project and the potential for a book and documentary

48:04: Susan?s favorite roll of Charles?s film: Jeff Beck Group on the tarmac

49:09: The thousands of stories Film Rescue discovers in its work, and how to reach them

50:54: Contact details for Charles Daniels and the project?s Go-Fund-Me page

2022-12-01
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Festive Food Photography with Joanie Simon

Food, glorious food?there?s no better time than the holiday season for a bountiful exploration of food photography?a fan favorite. For this episode of the podcast, we?re delighted to connect with food blogger, educator, and content creator extraordinaire Joanie Simon. Listen in as she discusses the magic behind her aspirational, achievable shooting style. Besides examining the limits to reality when shooting fake food, Simon describes her collaborations with a dedicated crew, offers advice about a photographer?s responsibilities when working remotely, and describes her personal evolution through camera brands and models to arrive at the Nikon Z mirrorless system she shoots with today. Discover all these things and much, much more?including a secret recipe for fake ice cream!

Guests: Joanie Simon

Photograph © Joanie Simon

Guest Bio: Instead of an apron, Joanie Simon wears many hats. She?s a food photographer, published author, educator, and content queen, and her daily life is a bouillabaisse of camera gear and culinary delights. In just a baker?s dozen year?that?s 13 for the inexperienced cooks?Simon has built her brand into a powerhouse of creative content and learning.

In addition to shooting commercial and editorial assignments, Joanie teaches food photography through her online platform, The Bite Shot. Her food photo adventures on YouTube and Instagram can be found at @thebiteshot and on Tik Tok @joaniesimonsays, and you learn tons more from the many tutorials in her 2021 book, Picture Perfect Food.

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/festive-food-photography-with-joanie-simon

Stay Connected:

Website: https://joaniesimon.com

Education Website: https://thebiteshot.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebiteshot

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/joaniesimonmedia

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joaniesimonsays

Episode Timeline

3:56: Joanie Simon?s favorite holiday and seasonal foods to photograph

4:34: Cultivating aspirational, achievable food content

6:11: Images created with high quality gear requires exact timing

6:58: How far can you push reality and tricks to making food look good.

8:38: Editorial shooting - an opportunity to run wild, get creative, and shoot conceptually

9:48: A secret recipe for fake ice cream.

12:18: The hero of the shot vs the crash test dummy

13:12: The ratio between single shot pictures and food items that need a test run

15:18: How many team members are on set during a food shoot?

17:37: The evolution of Joanie Simon?s food photography career

19:16: Discovery of remote work and creating digital content from home

21:26: The need to take responsibility for communications when working remotely

23:10: What?s Joanie?s preference: mouth-watering stills or toe tapping videos and stop motion content?

27:18: Software for stills, video, and animation content: Capture One, Dragonframe, and Premiere Pro

29:44: The benefits to and workflow behind shooting tethered

31:09: Joanie Simon?s art background and her hesitation about studying art in school  

33:10: Episode break

33:58: Thoughts on using gear in a controlled environment:

35:38: Joanie?s personal evolution through camera brands: from Nikon to Sony mirrorless to Canon and back to Nikon

40:04: The benefits to working in manual mode, and when to use auto focus

42:14: Joanie?s go-to lighting tool: the Godox AD 600 Pro strobe

43:52:  Advantages to flash over working with continuous light LEDs

45:44: Drag your shutter when shooting with flash to control the ambient light

46:33: Joanie?s primary light modelling tool: Westcott 4?x4? Scrim Jim Cineframe

48:36: Lens preferences: Primes or zooms and Joanie?s go-to lenses: 24 ? 70 f/2.8 for flexibility and 105 macro lens for background compression

51:02: Food photography with a phone: wipe off the lenses and it all comes down to the light

52:30: Key elements to a food photograph: Texture, highlights, and getting close up to the food

53:36: Tips for transitioning from a phone to a more formalized camera: Look to the mirrorless world and get a camera in your hands to test

54:50: When photographing people around a holiday table: Stage the magic and direct your subjects.

56:54: Joanie?s free workshop about building a food photography business

57:34: Connect with Joanie at thebiteshot.com for links to TicToc, Instagram, YouTube, and blog

 

2022-11-17
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Vintage Cameras and a Fondness for Film: The B&H Photography Podcast

Vintage cameras and analog film have grown to be unprecedented media darlings within our crowded digital landscape. With a superstar status fueled by insatiable demand amid a limited supply, in this week?s podcast we investigate both the beauty and quirks of these trending tools. Joining us in conversation are photographer / vintage camera buff Bill Bain, and expert camera technician / repair wizard Shlomo Weinberger from B&H Photo?s Used Department. Whether you cut your teeth on old school tech or you?re an analog adopter in the digital age, there?s a topic of interest for everyone, plus plenty of DYI tips to be had, including our favorite?liquid electrical tape! How many of you dedicated camera buffs knew about that?

Guests: Bill Bain and Shlomo Weinberger

Top Shot © Jill Waterman

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/vintage-cameras-with-bill-bain-and-shlomo-weinberger

Guest Bios: Bill Bain has loved photography since his teenage years, when all his earnings went towards buying gear and paying for film and development. During a long career as an engineer, photography was a constant thread?particularly documenting his family and their extensive travels. Now living a post-corporate life in the Canadian Rockies, Bain devotes much of his time to photography. In addition to being fully immersed in digital imaging, he continues to make good use of his extensive collection of vintage cameras, many dating from the early 1900s. Bain?s analog and digital fine-art images have been featured in Black & White magazine, and his photos of Olympic-style wrestlers have been published internationally.

Shlomo Weinberger is a gifted technician who developed a specialty in repairing vintage cameras and lenses over nearly 25 years at B&H Photo. After learning his trade from an old-world technician steeped in the analog age, Weinberger currently operates a special repair shop within B&H Photo?s Used Department, where he patiently inspects, calibrates, lubricates, and otherwise assesses the condition of the cameras and lenses that pass through his hands before they are offered to customers.

Stay Connected:

Bill Bain?s Website: https://www.bainphotos.com/Film-Photography-page

Bill Bain?s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bainphotos/

B&H Photo Used Department: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/Used-Equipment/ci/2870/N/4294247188

B&H Photo Vintage Film Equipment: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/Cameras-Photo-Gear/ci/2871/N/4294247179

Episode Timeline

2:47: Bill Bain?s tips when shopping for a vintage camera

3:30: Inspect the lens for mildew or mold and actuate the shutter

4:45: Making use of vintage lens fungus for creative portraits

6:53: Bain?s preferred vintage camera formats: Folding bellows and box cameras

8:05: Bain?s new vintage camera?60-year-old Mamiya C330 twin lens reflex

9:08: How many cameras are in Bill Bain?s collection?

10:19: Black and white or color film, and various emulsions

12:28: Discontinued film formats and a nod to 2016 podcast?Dick Haviland: Last of the Classic Film Re-Spoolers

13:57: Bain?s DYI modification for unavailable film stocks: Plastic wall anchors!

15:34: Different film sizes and determining if a camera will accept a currently available stock

17:42: 120 format film?the most easily adaptable film format

18:18: The difference between 120- and 220-format film

19:12: 127 film and smaller formats

20:20: DYI tip?Use a cigar cutter to trim readily available films to fit smaller formats

22:54: Vintage cameras with interchangeable lenses vs fixed lens cameras

23:14: The Petzval lens?19th-century classic and Lomography?s 2015 redesign and release

24:00: Bill Bain?s favorite vintage camera?His mother?s Kodak Jiffy 620

25:02: The poor man?s Leica?the Argus C3

26:42: Read the manual! Plus, finding user manuals for vintage cameras online

28:38: Making minor repairs, and when to pass vintage camera repair off to a skilled technician

29:16: DYI camera repair discovery?Liquid Electrical Tape!

32:06: Episode break

34:00: Shlomo Weinberger?s advice when shopping for a vintage camera

34:34: Evaluating lens scratches?front vs rear element, edges vs center of glass

35:05: The most popular vintage cameras in B&H?s Used Department

36:50: The most common vintage camera problem / repair?stuck aperture blades

38:11: Weinberger?s most respected vintage cameras?Leica M3, Hasselblad system, Rolleiflex

35:32: Leica M3 has the best rangefinder?you can shoot with both eyes open

41:44: Weinberger?s weekly workload of vintage cameras and lenses

42:28: Repair quirks to an original Nikon F

43:02: What to look for when repairing a twin lens Rollieflex

44:26: Flash photography with vintage cameras that synchronize at all shutter speeds

44:58: Pro tip for evaluating a twin lens camera?ensure all four sides of the lens board focus straight

46:34: Process for overhauling a vintage camera shutter  

48:48: B&H Photo?s used department museum display

50:32: Jeff Berliner?s Petzvel lens collection from the Penumbra Foundation

51:15: Lubrication of vintage cameras?don?t try it yourself!

52:44: Things to know before contacting B&H with a vintage camera inquiry

55:45: How to find Bill Bain online and in social media 

2022-11-03
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Ringside Access: Lori Grinker Captures Mike Tyson?s Rise

Mike Tyson has long been a boxing legend, and for this week?s podcast we speak with the photographer who was there from the very start. Lori Grinker was just a student with a semester-long assignment when she first met Tyson as a 13-year-old kid under the tutelage of famed boxing trainer Cus D?Amato. Grinker?s inside access over the next decade offers an intimate portrait of Tyson that few others have seen, and is now published in the book Mike Tyson. Listen in as Grinker describes how she learned on the job as the only woman ringside, transforming from student to pro in step with Tyson?s meteoric rise. She also weighs in about gear choices, making distinctions between photographing with reflex cameras and rangefinders, and sharing thoughts on shooting black and while film vs digital captures in monochrome mode. Listen in to learn how she juggled documentary coverage with celebrity reportage and sports photography in what was truly a wild ride.

Guest: Lori Grinker

Photographs © Lori Grinker, Courtesy of Contact Press Images
This episode is sponsored by Audio Technica

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/ringside-access-lori-grinker-captures-mike-tysons-rise

Guest Bio: Lori Grinker is an award-winning photographer whose work straddles documentary and fine art. Internationally published and exhibited, her long-term, non-linear projects often mix photography with video, audio recording, text, installation, books, and collage. The recipient of many awards and the author of three books, Grinker is a dedicated educator for both University programs and private workshops. She is a senior member of Contact Press Images and is represented by ClampArt Gallery in New York City.

Stay Connected:
Personal Website: www.lorigrinker.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lgrinker
Twitter: twitter.com/lgrinker
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lorigrinker/

Episode Timeline

2:02: Grinker?s photojournalism class assignment, and shifting focus to Mike Tyson
4:40: Tyson?s dedicated study under legendary boxing trainer Cus D?Amato
7:26: The trajectory of Grinker?s photos?from school project to documenting Tyson?s daily life to published news stories

9:04: The learning curve from daily life to photographing ringside
11:55: Enlisting Tyson?s help to get paid by Don King
13:02: Robin Givens, her mother the publicist, and control over Grinker?s pictures

15:34: Tyson?s interest in seeing himself in pictures
17:04: Grinker?s embedded access and hurdles of Tyson?s rise to fame
20:12: Grinker?s experiences in dealing with a no-show photo subject
21:44: Working with photo agencies and joining Contact Press Images
24:36: The benefits to Grinker?s agency support: Canon camera gear, exhibitions, and books

24:58: Grinker?s advice for photographers seeking agency representation

26:26: The importance of owning the rights to your pictures and registering the copyright

 

28:10: Episode break

 

28:42: Lori Grinker?s photo gear: From Nikkormat to Leica to Canon and beyond
29:50: Grinker?s first experience with digital?embedded on a ship the during Iraqi invasion
30:36: Learning to use flash and shooting with black-and-white film
31:41: Making the switch to color film for photo assignments
32:00: Comparing the shooting style of reflex cameras and rangefinders
34:52: Grinker?s thoughts on teaching students depth of field
35:32: Learning by doing and Grinker?s earliest teachers
36:52: Grain vs pixels: shooting black-and-white film vs digital in black and white mode
40:50: Film type, Kodak chemistry, and printing with Agfa Portriga paper
42:02: Printing gelatin silver prints for upcoming ClampArt exhibit
44:08: Grinker?s Mike Tyson book and the 2014 book contract
45:12: Reconnecting with Tyson for Spike Lee?s Broadway production

48:18: Choosing a book designer, going through the pictures, making a huge book, and then cuts

49:44: What does Mike Tyson think of the finished book?

50:32: It?s more a photo book than a sports book?a time capsule, a slice of pop culture

52:30: Lori Grinker?s upcoming events?book launch and ClampArt exhibit

54:34: Grinker?s website and social media contacts

2022-10-20
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Fall Foliage East and West with Jerry Monkman and G Dan Mitchell

It?s leaf peeping time in the northern hemisphere when trees break into riots of color as autumn plows a path from north to south. Two of the best regions for capturing the show here in the US are across New England and along California?s magnificent Sierra Nevada. To help get you up to speed when preparing for your own foliage excursions, we speak with landscape photography specialists in each of these regions?Jerry Monkman in New England and G. Dan Mitchell in California?s Sierra Nevada.

After weighing in with informed opinions about when and where to find the best color this year, Monkman and Mitchell make suggestions about fresh ways to picture the scenery and discuss topographic and geological differences between east and west. We also talk gear?both DSLR and mirrorless?with Monkman opting for the Canon 5D Mark IV or EOS R5, and Mitchell alternating between the Canon 5DS R and FUJIFILM X series mirrorless.

For all of the above and much more, please join us for this informative discussion and discover new ways to reap an autumn photography harvest and take your landscape and scenic photography to new heights. 

Guests: Jerry Monkman & G. Dan Mitchell

Photo © Jerry Monkman

For further details about our guests, their gear, and a selection of their secenic photographs, find this episode on the B&H Explora blog at: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/fall-foliage-east-and-west-with-jerry-monkman-and-g-dan-mitchell-the-bh

Guest Bios:

Jerry Monkman is a New England-based conservation photographer, filmmaker, and writer, who?s been telling adventure- and conservation-themed stories for more than 20 years. Together with his wife Marcy, Monkman runs EcoPhotography, a Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based stock and assignment photo business and video production company. EcoPhotography?s award-winning images have been published worldwide, and the Monkman?s have received National Outdoor Book Awards for two books: The AMC Guide to Outdoor Digital Photography in 2012, and Outdoor Adventures: Acadia National Park, in 2017.

Monkman?s first feature-length film, The Power of Place, was an official selection of the 2015 New Hampshire Film Festival. His newest documentary feature, The Merrimack: River at Risk, premiered on New Hampshire PBS in July 2020. In 2022, Monkman launched the film production company Reel Quest Films, LLC with partner Ryan Smith.

Stay Connected: Jerry Monkman

Personal Website: https://ecophotography.com

Film Production Website: https://reelquestfilms.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerrymonkman/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jerrymonkman

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecophotography

G Dan Mitchell is a California-based landscape and nature photographer who focus?s his attention on the Pacific coast, the Sierra Nevada, the central California grasslands and deserts, and the American Southwest. Author of the 2015 book California?s Fall Color: A Photographer?s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra, Mitchell?s photographs have been widely exhibited, published, and licensed for commercial use.

In 2018, he photographed extensively in Yosemite National Park as a Yosemite Renaissance artist-in-residence. He maintains a prolific online presence, sharing daily images and commentary at his website. Equally active on social media, he founded the 10,000-member ?Sierra Nevada: Photographs from the Range of Light? Facebook community. Yet, Mitchell is most at home in the field, where he has scoured the Sierra Nevada backcountry for photographic moments for more than 50 years, and photographed each summer since 2011 with the ?First Light? group.

Stay Connected: G. Dan Mitchell

Personal Website: https://gdanmitchell.com

Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdanmitchell

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gdanmitchell

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gdanmitchell

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gdanmitchell

2022-10-06
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Graham Nash: Ace Photographer, Digital Printing Pioneer, Music Legend

Graham Nash is a true visionary. Whether in the lyrics he writes, the music he plays, the songs he sings, or the photographs he captures, he sees things a little differently and?most important?he sees beauty everywhere. As he describes it during our podcast, ?It?s just energy. I see my life facing a column of energy every day. Where do I want to plug in today??

Listen in as Nash regales us with how multidisciplinary interests help him avoid writer?s block, his fascination for early Daguerreotypes, his historic role as a digital printing pioneer, his deep respect for Epson products, and much more. Stay to the end for Nash?s honest assessment of his singing voice, and to learn his secret to staying passionate and making the most of a creative life.

Guest: Graham Nash

Photos by Graham Nash, excerpted from A Life in Focus: The Photography of Graham Nash, and provided courtesy of Insight Editions. Cover photo © Joel Bernstein

 For further details about our guest, his gear, and a selection of his historic photographs, find this episode on the B&H Explora blog at: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/graham-nash-ace-photographer-digital-printing-pioneer-music-legend-the-bh

Guest Bio: English singer-songwriter and musician Graham Nash is known for his light tenor voice and his iconic status as a founding member of the Hollies, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and later Young. A two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and the recipient of four honorary degrees, Nash was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to music and to charity.

A lesser-known detail is that Nash?s long held passion for images even predates his start in music. An avid photographer since the age of 10, Nash began collecting photographs in the early 1970s. In 1990, he chose to auction off his 2,000-print collection to help fund Nash Editions, the pioneering fine art digital printing company he co-founded, using an IRIS Graphics 3047 printer that is now in the collection of the Smithsonian?s National Museum of American History,

At the tender age of 80, Nash is still busy creating both pictures and music, while also maintaining a hectic tour schedule. A book of his photographs, A Life in Focus: The Photography of Graham Nash, was recently released by Insight Editions and is widely available in bookstores and online.

Stay Connected:

Personal Website: https://grahamnash.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialgrahamnash/

Twitter: @TheGrahamNash

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialGrahamNash/

Episode Timeline

3:10: Graham Nash?s photo collection and the objects he collects today

4:10: How and where his musical and photographic paths cross

4:58: Nash?s work as a sculptor

6:34: The ability to hear photographs, see music, and talk in colors

8:14: Nash?s introduction to photography at 10-years-old

9:50: Nash?s first camera: an Agfa with a small bellows

10:10: Being invisible when taking pictures and blending into the woodwork

12:42: Nash?s favorite music photographers

13:52: It doesn?t matter what camera he uses

14:30: A 1980?s digital camera and an early awareness of the digital world

15:32: Both ends of the photographic spectrum?digital to Daguerreotypes

17:45: From a sense of history to modern Daguerreotypists

18:58: A personal phone number for Louis Daguerre

25:20: Episode break

20:44: Nash?s pioneering work in digital printing  

22:18: Iris printers and the issue of ink longevity

25:04: The transition to Epson printers and ink

26:14: An Iris print fades during an hour lunch

27:56: Nash?s preference between black and white and color

28:22: Recommended printers and number of color channels  

30:50: Nash?s paper choice: Epson Legacy Fiber

31:22: Coordinate paper, coatings, and inks for optimal results

32:42: Nash?s new book A Life in Focus, and recording music remotely during the pandemic

33:59: Nash?s singing voice and how it?s held up over time

35:08: Two things Nash wants his audience to know

36:22: Nash?s secret to remaining passionate: Keep your eyes open?360 degrees

 

 

 

2022-09-29
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Abelardo Morell, Alchemist of Photography

The art of photography offers boundless potential for altering and enhancing human perception?this is the focus of our conversation on this week's podcast. Listen in as we go down the rabbit hole of visual discovery with alchemist of photography Abelardo Morell. From his early desire to enlighten students by transforming his classroom into a camera obscura to his ever-expanding universe of ideas?and the subsequent tools he uses?to record moments in light, Morell is an undisputed master in conjuring magic from a cross section of art and science, time and space.

Guest: Abelardo Morell

Photographs © Abelardo Morell, Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/the-camera-obscura-and-recording-time-and-space-in-images-with-abelardo-morell

Episode Timeline

3:30: Abelardo Morell?s Street Photography Roots
4:29: The Power of a Visual Language
5:50: Creating a Camera Obscura in the Classroom

7:30: Making Pictures Inside the Camera Obscura
7:58: Reciprocity Failure in Film Captures
9:50: Determining Exposure Times When Polaroid Isn?t an Option
11:18: Framing Up Compositions Inside the Camera Obscura
11:56: Shifting from Analog to Digital Cameras
12:22: Phase One Digital Allows the Capture of Moments in Light
14:22: From a Pinhole to Projecting an Image Using Diopters and Lenses
17:47: Morell?s Digital Workflow and Working with a Digital Tech
18:55: Juggling Multiple Projects, Genres, and Tools  
20:33: Picturing Childhood as a Creative Breakthrough

 

25:20: Episode break

 

26:04: Conceptualizing the Tent Camera for Use in the Landscape  
30:25: Shooting Tethered in the Field
31:18: Developing the Tent Camera?s Prism Periscope Lens
32:22: Shifting the Projected Image from the Wall to the Ground
33:00: Patina of the Ground and a Philosophical Meaning
34:00: Channeling Fox Talbot in Cliché Verres
37:42: Morell?s Preference: Black and White or Color?
38:43: Becoming a Painter by Photographing Paint Drying
41:04: Composition and Tension in the Hitchock Series
43:35: Morell?s Preference Between Studio or Landscape
46:26: The Value of Experience and a Benefits of a Teaching Career
48:00: The Bravery in a Lifetime of Artistic Work

49:10: An Evolving Vision for Alice in Wonderland

51:06: Abelardo Morell?s Upcoming Projects and a Residency in Italy

52: 47: Morell?s Upcoming Show at the Montclair Art Museum

Stay Connected:

Personal Website: https://abelardomorell.net

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abelardomorell/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/abelardomorell

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AbelardoMorellPhotography

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abelardo-morell-82848827

 

2022-09-15
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On Location and Studio Portraits with Monica Sigmon & Michael Taylor

A well-crafted portrait is a beautiful thing, and this week?s podcast takes a deep dive into creating individual, group, and family portraits, both on location and in the studio. Our guests are master portraitists Monica Sigmon and Michael Taylor, co-owners of SigmonTaylor Photography in Williamsburg, Virginia. Please join us for tips on everything from how to arrive at a signature style when working on location to the practicalities and pitfalls of establishing a dedicated portrait studio and turning client?s heads in today?s competitive marketplace. 


After listening, if you?re still hungry for more portrait photography insights, look no further than Sigmon Taylor?s six-part series Portrait Studio Intensive, produced by the B&H Event Space in February 2022.

Guests: Monica Sigmon and Michael Taylor

Photograph © Sigmon Taylor

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:
www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts

Episode Timeline

2:37: How does one arrive at a signature style when shooting portraits in an infinite variety of different locations?

4:03: Building a visual library and exploring your photographic personality to make your portraits stand out.

5:52: Location portraits are more about the story you are telling than what the background looks like.

6:49: Use of lighting conditions as a common thread in defining your signature portrait style.

8:40: How to establish a high-end portrait niche and deliver the goods from the start. Creating work and an experience the client will love.

11:14: Every portrait is a self-portrait, and the value of stepping back to look inside yourself.

13:24: The skill of cultivating an interest in your subjects. People all have stories to tell.

14:18: Tips for expanding from an individual portrait to a group session, and the importance of scheduling a preliminary design session.

16:20: The smallest children rule the day. Keeping the attention of the adults while keeping the children entertained.

17:26: The portrait photographer as symphony conductor. How to take control of the portrait session and bring everything together in a single moment.

21:52: Valuable advice for new portraitists: Understand your limitations and have joy in what you are doing.

22:26: How to even the playing field when photographing powerful subjects who are hesitant to relinquish control.

27:30: Getting out of your own head and being in service to someone else.

27:58: Compositing elements within a group portrait: Is or isn?t it cheating?

30:19: Commanding the set and taking the time to finesse the pose. Anticipating the rhythm and flow of a shoot.

33:33: Number one creativity killer: Feeling rushed for time. Slow down and manage expectations.

34:44: An inside look at the design consultation: Establishing the rules of engagement.

36:10: Making the sale up front: Explaining to the client what their investment will be.

41:12: Working on spec vs invitational portfolio building to create the work you want to shoot next.

43:44: Episode break

44:42: How practical is establishing a dedicated portrait studio today?

46:28: Creating a unique style to turn peoples? heads and make them into clients.

46:44: Can higher prices result in increased sales?

48:22: A fair payday leads to a different attitude and better pictures.

50:12: Finding a feasible studio space to work in: Renting space vs a brick-and-mortar address.

53:18: A creative approach to personalizing your office in a neutral space.

55:18: The creation of Sigmon Taylor?s signature look: Black Label portraits.

57:31: The Black Label lighting style: A marriage of classical lighting with a contemporary personality.

1:00:08: Vehicles for Sigmon Taylor portraits: Prints, wall portraits, and coffee table books.

1:01:33: Digital files of client portraits: Selling them vs gifting them.

1:03:15: Sigmon Taylor?s approach to printing portraits through relationships with various labs across the country.

1:05:50: Photographers show too many images. Do not put images online.

1:06:24: Considerations for camera gear when establishing a portrait studio.

1:09:34: Effective portrait studio lighting: Profoto and Elinchrom One.

1:11:40: Connect with Sigmon Taylor on social media.

Stay Connected:
Website: https://www.sigmontaylor.com/
Studio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sigmontaylor/
Monica?s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monicasigmon/
Michael?s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelglentaylor
Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/monicaandmike
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SigmonTaylorPhotography
Sigmon Taylor?s six-part Portrait Studio Intensive: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/find/eventDetails.jsp/id/4063

 

2022-09-01
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Conservation Storytelling with Jaymi Heimbuch & Anne Readel

Nature and wildlife photographers seeking to put their images to work for the good of the planet will love this week?s podcast. Our first guest, Jaymi Heimbuch, founded the Conservation Visual Storytellers Academy to teach photographers how to connect their pictures to a larger purpose. Listen in as Heimbuch discusses ways to harness the three A?s?Action, Audience, and Affect?and successfully target the people you want to reach with your work.

After a break, we hear from Heimbuch?s star student, Anne Readel, who reveals how the viral spread of her story on No-Mow May enabled her to recast her message with different angles, increasing the story?s reach. Stay to the end for Readel?s offbeat story about living with your urban turkey neighbors. Please join us for this inspiring discussion about conservation storytelling, and learn how the aforementioned three A?s can be used to craft the focus of your nature and wildlife pictures and expand their impact.

Guests: Jaymi Heimbuch and Anne Readel

Episode Timeline

3:28: What is Conservation Photography?

7:00: The power of a call to action

8:40: Quick synopsis of the Conservation Visual Storytellers Academy

9:37: A look inside the Visual Storytellers Style quiz

12:25: Putting your visual storyteller style to use

14:00: Conservation stories are happening right outside your door

16:22: The effortless impact of No-Mow May

17:12: Pitching conservation stories and photo / text packages

19:08: The importance of the three A?s ? Action, Audience, Affect

20:15: Tips for reverse engineering a photo story

21:03: Where to pitch photo stories and how to get an editor?s attention

23:18: Jaymi Heimbuch?s gear tips for cameras and lenses

24:47: Two trends in lens types: wide angle macros for insects and telephoto zooms for birds

27:28: Jaymi?s favorite brand of camera bag, plus backpacks vs messenger bags

28:52: Episode break

30:12: Anne Readel?s first Sony camera and subsequent upgrades

31:06: Situations where Anne still uses her first crop sensor camera

32:30: Anne?s go-to options for lenses

34:10: Anne?s discovery of Conservation Storytelling 101

35:00: Getting to the goal line with publishing conservation stories

37:58: Anne?s tips for turning scientific data into pictures with impact  

38:46: Making pictures to make your point and spur people to action

39:46: More on No-Mow May and Anne?s goal for the story

40:42: Recasting a story to appeal to multiple audiences and expand its impact

42:57: Focus on stories that get you excited

44:45: Countering negative media bias with a positive message ? giving urban turkeys a different spin

46:12: How to catch up with Jayme and Anne

For further details about our guests, their gear, and image galleries of their conservation photography, check out this episode on the B&H Explora blog at: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/conservation-storytelling-with-jaymi-heimbuch-anne-readel

Photograph © Anne Readel

2022-08-18
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Grassroots Baseball - America?s Favorite Pastime: The B&H Photography Podcast

There?s a special feeling to photographing sports action that hooks you from day one. Listen in as we talk sports with Sony Artisan of Imagery Jean Fruth, and longtime Sports Illustrated Director of Photography Steve Fine. In 2019, Fruth co-founded Grassroots Baseball to celebrate the amateur game at the youngest levels. In her latest book Grassroots Baseball: Route 66, Fruth photographs young players in the same heroic manner as the pros. When it comes to equipment, she recommends the best gear to fit your budget, while singing the praises of fast lenses,

As Fruth?s longtime editor, Fine weighs in on the three pillars of sports photography and the vital importance of cropping. In Fine?s view, great pictures are a shared accomplishment between a photographer and an athlete in a moment that cannot be repeated. Please join us for this spirited discussion about Grassroots Baseball and learn how the aforementioned three pillars can be woven into Sports Photography gold.

Episode Timeline:

4:30: Jean Fruth?s start in sports photography

11:40: Synopsis of Fruth?s Grassroots Baseball nonprofit

14:24: Capturing golden hour light and the love of the game

22:08: Steve Fine discusses the three pillars of sports photography

29:22: Neil Leifer?s advice to shoot for the double truck

31:34: Sports is messy, hence the importance of cropping

34:29: Rules for retouching and manipulation in sports photography

37:00: Episode break

37:51: Key attributes of a great sports photographer

40:46: What?s preferable: trigger happy photographers or more selective shooters?

43:42: What separates football from other sports?

45:00: There are two kinds of hocky pictures: Great and awful

46:40: Sports photography don?ts from the editor?s desk?less is more

52:02: Tips for parents when photographing their kids? sporting events

56:08: Gear recommendations for the aspirational sports photographer

1:01:00: Fruth?s new project about women in baseball.

1:04:00: Grassroots Baseball: Route 66 book tour and gallery exhibits

For further details about our guests, their gear, and for a Grassroots Baseball: Route 66 photo gallery, check out this episode on the B&H Explora blog.

Photograph © Jean Fruth

2022-08-04
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Harvey Stein Shares His Passion for the Street: The B&H Photography Podcast

With a camera in his hand, Harvey Stein owns the streets, having spent the past 50 years capturing quintessential moments and making sensitive portraits of the people he meets there. In this two-part episode, he shares details about his photographic process while also conveying the wisdom he?s acquired in publishing 10 books of photographs.

We first caught up with Stein at the 2022 B&H OPTIC Conference in June, where he spoke about his newest book Coney Island People: 50 Years. He describes his interactive approach to street photography by traveling near and far in search of the human animal. Although he packs a Canon 5D for foreign locales where vibrant colors can be an important element, Stein is most at home with his Leica M4, a 21 mm lens, and a finder that lets him maintain visual contact with his subjects. We also learn about his Manhattan darkroom, and all the money he?s saved by rolling his own film for all these years.

In addition to his substantial photography chops, Stein is also an expert in photo book publishing. To leave no stone unturned, we continue our conversation in the studio after a break. Stay to the end for insights about working with publishers, including pitfalls to avoid and tips for turning your own photo project into book form.

Guests: Harvey Stein

Photograph © Harvey Stein

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2022-07-28
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Sapna Reddy and Matt Kloskowski: Creative Vision and Technical Mastery

Sapna Reddy and Matt Kloskowski have more in common than just colorful photos of birds in nature and soothing landscapes. In this week?s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we investigate how their respective work lives have fueled the technical mastery that allows their creative vision to flourish. We spoke with them both as part of our continuing coverage of B&H?s 2022 OPTIC Conference.

We begin the show with Dr. Sapna Reddy, who balances a rigorous medical career in radiology with the creative freedom of time spent outdoors, capturing scenic landscapes. Reddy?s medical work is limited to a strict analysis of grayscale image data, yet her colorful landscapes provide a healing influence from the world of hospitals. Listen in to learn how she follows the light based on what nature delivers?choosing extreme wide-angle lenses for scenes with powerful foregrounds that draw the viewer?s eye and using longer focal length lenses for compositions that isolate elements. Reddy also tells of mastering the technical to allow the aesthetic step in, a process she freely shares with students during awe-inspiring photography workshops in destinations both near and far.

After a break, we shift the conversation to Sony Artisan Matt Kloskowski, whose passion for bird photography is central to his motto of ?Embrace the Chaos.? During our chat, Kloskowski emphasizes how technical knowledge of one?s gear can minimize barriers between the eye and the subject. Along with an honest assessment about absorbing failure and challenging success rates, Kloskowski describes how the blazing frame rate of his Sony A1 and its bird eye autofocus help him achieve razor sharp bird pictures. Widely known as an Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, onOne type guy, Kloskowski also fills us in about the massive collection of online courses, YouTube tutorials, and Lightroom presets that fuels his career as a photo educator, and takes up 99 percent of his time and effort.

Please join us for these insightful conversations about photographing birds, wildlife, and scenic landscapes, and balancing the creative with the technical until your process becomes innate.

Guests: Sapna Reddy and Matt Kloskowski

Photograph © Matt Kloskowski

Sapna Reddy and Matt Kloskowski have more in common than just colorful photos of birds in nature and soothing landscapes. In this week?s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we investigate how their respective work lives have fueled the technical mastery that allows their creative vision to flourish. We spoke with them both as part of our continuing coverage of B&H?s 2022 OPTIC Conference.

We begin the show with Dr. Sapna Reddy, who balances a rigorous medical career in radiology with the creative freedom of time spent outdoors, capturing scenic landscapes. Reddy?s medical work is limited to a strict analysis of grayscale image data, yet her colorful landscapes provide a healing influence from the world of hospitals. Listen in to learn how she follows the light based on what nature delivers?choosing extreme wide-angle lenses for scenes with powerful foregrounds that draw the viewer?s eye and using longer focal length lenses for compositions that isolate elements. Reddy also tells of mastering the technical to allow the aesthetic step in, a process she freely shares with students during awe-inspiring photography workshops in destinations both near and far.

After a break, we shift the conversation to Sony Artisan Matt Kloskowski, whose passion for bird photography is central to his motto of ?Embrace the Chaos.? During our chat, Kloskowski emphasizes how technical knowledge of one?s gear can minimize barriers between the eye and the subject. Along with an honest assessment about absorbing failure and challenging success rates, Kloskowski describes how the blazing frame rate of his Sony A1 and its bird eye autofocus help him achieve razor sharp bird pictures. Widely known as an Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, onOne type guy, Kloskowski also fills us in about the massive collection of online courses, YouTube tutorials, and Lightroom presets that fuels his career as a photo educator, and takes up 99 percent of his time and effort.

Please join us for these insightful conversations about photographing birds, wildlife, and scenic landscapes, and balancing the creative with the technical until your process becomes innate.

Guests: Sapna Reddy and Matt Kloskowski

Photograph © Matt Kloskowski

2022-07-21
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Sally Davies Encore Episode: We Are Our Stuff

This episode of the B&H Photography Podcast was originally published on July 29, 2021. We revisit it today to mark the passing of the podcast torch from creative producer John Harris to Jill Waterman, a creative content writer for the B&H Explora blog, who appears as a guest with Davies. Harris will continue to be an avid listener to the show, and we hope he?ll also grace us with his voice on occasion as a future guest. 

Photographer Sally Davies embodies a remarkable creative spirit, and we think that spirit also resides in the homes of the 72 New Yorkers she photographed for her colorful book of environmental portraits, appropriately titled, New Yorkers. If this spirit does not exist and Davies is not in tune with it, how could she have captured the essence of her subjects and their abodes so efficiently, in some cases in just minutes?

We answer that question and many others in this discussion about the making of her book. We are also joined by Jill Waterman who has been photographed by Davies, and has written about her work. Our conversation gets to the heart of Davies? fanciful project, and touches upon its themes of inclusiveness and of gentrification, but also digs into the process of photographing in cramped quarters with little time, and of the surprisingly difficult task of getting people not to smile for a portrait.

We talk about Davies? decision to eschew light stands for on-camera flash and to use a Sony mirrorless camera and Zeiss 18mm lens. We also talk about the importance of creative freedom and rejecting preconceived expectations. Davies photographed a wide range of New Yorkers for this series and did not refuse a single person suggested to her, but when it came to organizing a book, edits needed to be made, and we discuss this process, as well. Davies is well-known for her street photography, and we mention her projects on neighborhood storefronts and vintage cars, but this series of interior portraits is as ?New York? as it comes. Join us for this engaging conversation.

Guests: Sally Davies and Jill Waterman

Photograph © Sally Davies

For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:
www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts

2022-07-14
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