Like A New Day – A Leica Photography Podcast

This episode is brought to you by mother earth! In all seriousness, this episode centers on my incredible conversation with Ben Horne, a full-time nature photographer based in California. Ben uses large format film and takes us along on his popular YouTube channel. His channel, by the way, may be the oldest dedicated landscape photo channel on the web. Keeping with the nature theme, I just returned from a few days in the far north shooting images and video of owls and other wildlife for work. I was able to rent a Leica SL2-S to complement my SL-2. As a result, I can compare and contrast them for you. SL2 and SL2-S Wildlifephoto samples: https://zacharybranigan.com/portfolio-3/wildlife-with-the-sl2-and-sl2s Ben Horne https://www.benhorne.com/ Ben on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtiLZhefLrm4CEMrctJyzUQ Support Ben’s work: https://www.benhorne.com/donate Soon... Bryan Caporicci https://getsproutstudio.com/community/business-of-photography-podcast/ Like A New Day is brought to you by Zachary Branigan Photography: Link: https://zacharybranigan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zgbranigan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zgbranigan My black and white account on IG...please hit me up and follow! https://www.instagram.com/allthereinblackandwhite/ Music provided via Epidemic Sound subscription

I am so pleased to publish Part 2 of my wonderful conversation with David Bickley. David is a Leica Ambassador, a Leica Akademie Instructor, and a staff member at Leica DC. David is a great conversationalist, an innovator, and a creative powerhouse. We have a great conversation about the history and venerability of the Leica brand, about David's love of the M10-D, and about the struggle of creativity. You can learn all about David and his work here: https://www.davidbickley.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dbtakesdc/ Buy your stuff from Leica DC! https://us.leica-camera.com/Stores-Dealers/Leica-Stores-Worldwide/Leica-Store-Washington-DC My black and white account on IG...please hit me up and follow! https://www.instagram.com/allthereinblackandwhite/ Soon... Bryan Caporicci https://getsproutstudio.com/community/business-of-photography-podcast/ Ben Horne https://www.benhorne.com/ Like A New Day is brought to you by Zachary Branigan Photography: Link: https://zacharybranigan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zgbranigan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zgbranigan Music provided via Epidemic Sound subscription

I am so pleased to finally publish my wonderful conversation with David Bickley. David is a Leica Ambassador, a Leica Akademie Instructor, and a staff member at Leica DC. David is a great conversationalist, an innovator, and a creative powerhouse. We have a great conversation about the history and venerability of the Leica brand, about David's love of the M10-D, and about the struggle of creativity. We also open with some listener messages and feedback and why I am happy to accept my first 1-star review ;) You can learn all about David and his work here: https://www.davidbickley.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dbtakesdc/ Buy your stuff from Leica DC! https://us.leica-camera.com/Stores-Dealers/Leica-Stores-Worldwide/Leica-Store-Washington-DC My black and white account on IG...please hit me up and follow! https://www.instagram.com/allthereinblackandwhite/ Soon... Bryan Caporicci https://getsproutstudio.com/community/business-of-photography-podcast/ Ben Horne https://www.benhorne.com/ Like A New Day is brought to you by Zachary Branigan Photography: Link: https://zacharybranigan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zgbranigan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zgbranigan Music provided via Epidemic Sound subscription

This episode is something new. I’m calling it straight out of camera because it’s essentially whatever comes to my mind, with hardly an edit in sight. This is the real me. This episode I talk about a wide variety of topics in a short amount of time (well, a relatively short amount of time for me anyway). Please let me know what you think! My objective is to fill in some of the blanks between interviews and more formally structured episodes, just to make sure I’m sharing and staying in touch with you. In this episode we hear from a UK listener, Chris, whose experience is much like my own. We also cover some issues I had with Blurb publishing, some creative block I’m having, and some of the emotional turmoil of trying to be a social photographer during the pandemic. Like A New Day is brought to you by Zachary Branigan Photography: Link: https://zacharybranigan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zgbranigan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zgbranigan Music provided via Epidemic Sound subscription

This is part 2 of the first on-air interview for the Like A New Day Podcast and we couldn't be happier that we had the exciting, thoughtful, talented, and funny Justin Mott as our guest. Based in Vietnam, Justin has one of the most interesting resumes you will find in the field. A former presenter on a History Channel show about photography, a working photographer with more than 100 assignments for the New York Times to his credit, and the owner of a production company, Justin has a lot to teach us. He also shoots assignments and professional work, as well as his passion project "Kindred Guardians," with a Leica M10-D! Learn more about Justin here: Justin on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AskMOTT/ Justin Mott: https://www.justinmott.com/Leica Editorial Portfolio: http://www.justinmott.com Production Company: http://www.mottvisuals.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/askmott Like A New Day is brought to you by Zachary Branigan Photography: Link: https://zacharybranigan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zgbranigan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zgbranigan Music provided via Epidemic Sound subscription

This is the first on-air interview for the Like A New Day Podcast and we couldn't be happier that we had the exciting, thoughtful, talented, and funny Justin Mott as our guest. Based in Vietnam, Justin has one of the most interesting resumes you will find in the field. A former presenter on a History Channel show about photography, a working photographer with more than 100 assignments for the New York Times to his credit, and the owner of a production company, Justin has a lot to teach us. He also shoots assignments and professional work, as well as his passion project "Kindred Guardians," with a Leica M10-D! Learn more about Justin here: Justin on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AskMOTT/ Justin Mott: https://www.justinmott.com/Leica Editorial Portfolio: http://www.justinmott.com Production Company: http://www.mottvisuals.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/askmott Like A New Day is brought to you by Zachary Branigan Photography: Link: https://zacharybranigan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zgbranigan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zgbranigan Music provided via Epidemic Sound subscription

This episode is all about virtual contact sheets in Lightroom and the fact that what we are seeing when we scroll through there are mostly the thousands of images that did not make the cut! In other words, you are surrounding yourself with your "failures" and we should let ourselves off the hook for them. We also talk about LED lights in a very unscientific way, and how we can use them for both video and still photos with great success, especially with mirrorless cameras. Finally, I stumble wildly through a terrible description of the terms APO and ASPH in camera lenses. All about aspheric lenses: https://www.edmundoptics.com/knowledge-center/application-notes/optics/all-about-aspheric-lenses/ I refer to some creators and links in this episode. Here they are: David Bickley: https://www.davidbickley.com/ Justin Mott: https://www.justinmott.com/Leica My LED set: https://www.fjwestcott.com/solix-2-light-kit-by-jen-rozenbaum?utm_term=westcott%20lighting%20kit&utm_campaign=Westcott+Search+Campaign&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=7951876557&hsa_cam=872189952&hsa_grp=50441358436&hsa_ad=383958344542&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-296737409269&hsa_kw=westcott%20lighting%20kit&hsa_mt=b&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIooPJsora6wIVjcDACh0UogbxEAAYAyAAEgJaW_D_BwE Like A New Day is brought to you by Zachary Branigan Photography: Link: https://zacharybranigan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zgbranigan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zgbranigan Music provided via Epidemic Sound subscription

We all have limitations as photographers, and in this episode I explore my own. With vision impairment resulting from an accident many years ago, I struggle with maintaining binocular vision and struggle with double vision when I don’t wear my coke bottle glasses. I am also a left eye dominant shooter. These two issues conspired to make it nearly impossible to shoot an analog rangefinder, as I found out after acquiring my dream camera, the Leica M10-D. Thankfully, Leica DC came to my rescue and let me swap out the D for the amazing Leica SL2, and I am never looking back. Thanks, David. I refer to some creators and links in this episode. Here they are: Episode 7 images shot on the Leica SL2: https://zacharybranigan.com/portfolio-3/episode-7-images David Bickley: https://www.davidbickley.com/ LFI Magazine: https://us.leica-camera.com/World-of-Leica/LFI-Magazine Neale James Podcast: https://www.photographydaily.show/ Leica DC: https://leicacamerausa.com/pages/leica-stores/leica-store-dc.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw3qzzBRDnARIsAECmryrIcxIvZeSp6kEMQ0MSBN6-6A8JoOJJUSEOb0HHvQHpbyNh3_TIhfYaAjqvEALw_wcB Like A New Day is brought to you by Zachary Branigan Photography: Link: https://zacharybranigan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zgbranigan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zgbranigan Music provided via Epidemic Sound subscription

Have you ever had your images purchased or published? Have you ever used your day job to leverage your photography career or hobby? I sure have. I will talk about my publication recent history as an amateur enthusiast photographer and how I got there on my own, and with help from my career in the nonprofit world. I will also go over a series of listener messages, talk about my favorite podcast, and explore my own stumbling, bumbling pathway to shooting fully manual and working with a Leica M10-D. I refer to content creators in this episode. Here they are: Neale James Podcast: https://www.photographydaily.show/ Neal James Photography: https://www.nealejames.com/ Kevin Mullins: https://www.kevinmullinsphotography.co.uk/ James MW: https://www.instagram.com/james_9voltdc/ Like A New Day is brought to you by Zachary Branigan Photography: Link: https://zacharybranigan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zgbranigan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zgbranigan Theme music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Background tune: Do The Skazz by Trevor Edmonds Link to Trevor's music: https://trevoredmonds.bandcamp.com/ Used with artist's permission Additional music provided via Epidemic Sound subscription

I believe that Leica cameras do not cost a lot of money...they are WORTH a lot of money. That said, many people that would change the world with a Leica in their hands can’t get there financially. This episode explores my dream of building a community to create a resource to help them achieve their dreams. Can we come together and prove that Leica cameras are not just luxury ornaments for the rich? That Leica cameras are valuable, durable, incredible tools that have a heritage of changing the world for the better? I believe we can. Inspired by a listener that wrote me about her own battles with depression, her intense career as an EMT, and her photographic journey that saved her life, this idea may take years to put in place but would be worth it in the end. Please listen and share this episode. If we were to make this happen, we need to make this audience and community grow! I refer to content creators in this episode. Here they are: Tayler Prosser https://instagram.com/abandoned_the_beautiful?igshid=ezyae3rl16rl Matt Day https://www.youtube.com/c/mattdayphoto Like A New Day is brought to you by Zachary Branigan Photography: Link: https://zacharybranigan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zgbranigan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zgbranigan Theme music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

I had a recent conversation that informed my first topic today. I have been thinking a lot about what makes me happy, and what doesn’t. Speaking of happiness and sadness, we look at the “rose colored glasses” of the photo world and talk filters and how to misuse them like me. Finally, I blab on about the Leica SL2 and why it may be a value over less expensive cameras (spoiler alert, its expensive but has a longer shelf life thanks to the quality and firmware updates from the mother ship). I refer to a collection of content creators in this episode. Here they are: Matt Day https://www.youtube.com/c/mattdayphoto Nick Carver https://www.youtube.com/c/nickcarverphoto MathPhotographer https://www.youtube.com/user/mathphotographer Hudson Henry https://www.youtube.com/c/HudsonHenryPhotographyYT This one is a little longer, I guess I felt lonely! I am also trying to edit a little lighter, and keep more of my own voice in here. I hope it still works for you, though there may be a few more “ummmms” and “ya knows” in there ;) Like A New Day is brought to you by Zachary Branigan Photography: Link: https://zacharybranigan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zgbranigan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zgbranigan Theme music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

After a pandemic-induced hiatus, and thanks to the listeners who have reached out to encourage me, here I am! With all the uncertainty in the world, I debated over topics quite a bit. I settled on avoiding cliches and shooting off-balance to do so...and paired that up with the unusual and mystifying Leica M10-D! The YouTube video from Ben Staley can be found here: youtube.com/watch?v=GF_OfX_SHWg&t=985s Like A New Day is brought to you by Zachary Branigan Photography: Link: https://zacharybranigan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zgbranigan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zgbranigan Theme music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week we explore the concept of using the work of others as a starting point in our own development as creators. In particular, we will discuss the work of Alan Schaller and Sean Tucker, especially as they are well-suited to the transition into the second segment, which will cover how meter for highlight and use old fashioned techniques to get that very high contrast look, especially in black and white photography. Finally, I’ll ramble on about the object of my obsession, the Leica M10 Monochrom, the perfect tool to execute the type of photography that is the theme of this episode.

This episode goes into detail about how you can make time in your every day life for your creative process. We are also going to talk about the concept of imperfect photography, or something I’d like to call dirty frames. Finally, we’re gonna talk about Leica cameras and the Leica Q2. It can be hard to set aside time to be creative, no matter if you are a photographer or musician or knitter or baker. In this episode, I am going to tell you a little about how I have integrated photography into my life. It isn’t easy, but if you believe in yourself and these around you believe in you, too, I bet you can make it happen. I’ll talk a little about my recent trip to New York and workshopping at the International Center of Photography, as well as an ongoing tattoo photo project. The photos section will be all about the concept of dirty frames. That is, the active practice of polluting your frame with out of focus foreground elements, unusual compositions, partially obscured subjects, and motion blur. Finally, we will talk about the Leica Q2 and recent firmware updates from Leica. https://zacharybranigan.com https://us.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-Q/Leica-Q2 http://www.tamarkin.com https://www.icp.org