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Camera and Inspiration #40 | PPN | How can photographers find their place in the art market? - with Thomas Werner
Monday, October 2, 2023 • Duration 57:36
On this PPN Camera and Inspiration episode, Marco interviewed a photographer, professor of photography, former gallery owner, and consultant for the creative industry, Thomas Werner. Thomas is also the author of the book. “The Business of Fine Art Photography”.
Thomas picked Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf. From Erin Olaf’s biography: “Erwin Olaf is an internationally exhibiting artist whose diverse practice centers around society’s marginalized individuals, including women, people of color, and the LGBTQ+ community. In 2019 Olaf became a Knight of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands after 500 works from his oeuvre were added to the collection of the Rijksmuseum. Taco Dibbits, Rijksmuseum director, called Olaf “one of the most important photographers of the final quarter of the 20th century”.”
You can also find out more about Erwin Olaf’s amazing work by visiting his website:
How can photographers find their place in the art market?
In the main segment of this show, Thomas gave some valuable tips on how photographers can prepare to enter the art market starting at a local level and how to proceed to pitch their work to galleries. But in order to also be financially successful, you need to treat this as a business and continue to expand your network and customer base through different channels.
If you want to dive deeper into this topic after listening to this episode, you can buy Thomas’ book “The Business of Fine Art Photography” here:
Link: LUMINAR NEO (use the discount code “PHOTOPODCASTS” at checkout for extra savings)
And please share this podcast with your friends and subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or search for “PPN” in your favorite podcast app. We would also love to get your feedback. Is there anything that you want us to cover on the show in the future? We would appreciate it if you could take a short moment to rate or post a quick review of our shows on iTunes.
About this show:
On the monthly “Camera and Inspiration” podcast show of the PPN - Photo Podcast Network, Marco and usually a guest discuss the essence of photography and how to photograph with more intent. Determining the “why” before the “how” in photography is essential to understanding your subject better and creating stronger images. In each episode, they introduce you to an inspirational photographer of the month and also share an inspirational photo book of the month.
Camera and Inspiration #39 | PPN | How we deal with change in photography with Valérie Jardin
Wednesday, August 30, 2023 • Duration 58:15
On this PPN Camera and Inspiration episode, Marco interviewed French-born photographer Valérie Jardin. She is probably best known for her street photography, and she has workshops in many places all over the world, she is also a photo book author.
Valérie picked Saul Leiter who is a constant inspiration for her. Next to his fantastic photo books, Valérie also talked about a film documentary about Saul Leiter, which she highly recommends anyone to see. The Documentary is called: “In no great hurry” and it can be rented or purchased here: http://innogreathurry.com/.
You can also find out more about Saul Leiter’s work by visiting his foundation website:
In the main segment of this show, Valérie explained how she has been dealing with and embracing change in her photography career. She talks about how she switched from commercial- to street photography, to teaching workshops, and how she has dealt with starting and ending her active podcasting career.
Marco also took some notes on how Valéries' “worry less and do what you love” approach could fit into his future photography career.
Photography and Gear #25 | PPN | Lens Lens Baby! Creativity and lenses with Craig Strong - founder of Lensbaby
Monday, March 2, 2020 • Duration 57:00
We have received a lot of questions about finding photography inspiration during the dull and grey winter days. And while the gear is usually not what takes the first spot on our shows in order to find new creativity, sometimes a unique piece of gear can help you to see your surroundings in a new way.
And one company that has been dedicated to making this kind of gear and accessories is Lensbaby. Marco invited Lensbaby founder and CCO Craig Strong to the show to get some behind the scenes insight on how Craig came up with the initial idea of the first Lensbaby and how the company and product line has evolved since then. And which of the current lenses will help you to achieve what effect.
Scott picks this month inspirational photographer: John Paul Caponigro (born 1965 in Boston) is an American Environmental Fine Art Landscape Photographer. His unique photography crosses the lines of photography and painting. He teaches workshops on many different aspects of photography, such as printing, creativity or processing. Please check out the amazing work of John Paul on his website: http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com
On this show, Marco interviews Scott on how to become a better bird photographer.
What inspired Scott to become a bird photographer?
What are the basics that one has to consider when starting to get into bird photography? Where do birds like to hang out?
How to get closer to the birds if you don’t have a longer lens than 200 or 300mm focal length?
From what angle should a bird be photographed to get a good bird portrait?
Don’t underestimate the weather conditions (sun angle and wind).
Technical camera settings for birds in flight photography.
What are some basic post processing tips for successful bird photos?
Please support our show by using our B&H affiliate link (click here) that will not cost you a penny more than when you are buying at B&H without our link. And the more this link will be used to buy at B&H, the more giveaways we’ll be able to give back to our listeners through B&H. It really is a “win-win” situation :)
And please share this podcast with your friends and . We would also love to get your feedback. Is there anything that you want us to cover on the show in the future? And we would appreciate if you could take a short moment to rate or post a quick review about our shows on iTunes.
We Shoot Mirrorless #5 | PPN | August 14th, 2017
Monday, August 14, 2017 • Duration 38:24
On this #5 “We Shoot Mirrorless” podcast episode for August 2017, Scott and Marco discuss these new products and mirrorless topics:
We have a PPN Photo Podcast Network group at Flickr (click link) that is open to our listeners and photos taken with all mirrorless camera brands. If you want to join just let us know through the "request invitation" button on the group and drop us a quick line there. We'll add you to the group then. And please ask for the invite via the web browser and not via the Flickr App. The invite process via the app has not been working reliably.
Q&A #3 | PPN | August 7th, 2017
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 • Duration 47:04
On the PPN Q&A show, we answer our listener questions about photography related topics.
Here are the questions that Scott and Rick answer on this episode:
My internal drive is nearly full and I want to run my Lightroom catalog from an external drive. Do you have any tips or recommendations?
From Steve, Mary and Todd
LR is turtle slow..time to jump to another program? Is Adobe doing anything about it?
From Daniel in Brasil
Also, can you suggest any free or inexpensive one-time cost replacement software for iPhoto?
From Steve in Pennsylvania
I am trying to understand why so many cameras come with high-quality video. I think that it makes sense to shoot video on a dedicated video camera and stills on a dedicated stills camera. Am I crazy?
From Ted in Seattle, WA
With the advent of such high-quality image stabilization on some cameras and lenses, are tripods as valuable or as necessary as they used to be?
From Helen in San Rafael, CA
Camera and Inspiration #4 | PPN | July 28th, 2017
Monday, July 31, 2017 • Duration 43:34
This is episode #4 of the Camera and Inspiration show at “PPN - Photo Podcast Network” for July 2017.
Marco picks this month inspirational photographer: Robert Doisneau - French photographer (1912 - 1994). If the name does not ring a bell his most famous photo “The Kiss” probably will. He is considered a master of humanistic photography and has left us an incredible portfolio of amazing everyday street scenes from Paris that most people simply ignored or didn’t have an eye for. https://www.robert-doisneau.com/fr/portfolios/
With vacation time coming up, Scott and Marco discuss if you should bring a camera on your time off and what to consider to make this an enjoyable experience for yourself as well as the non-photographers that may travel with you.
How to research the location in terms of photographic opportunities before your trip.
Take the opportunity of not having a client decide what you should shoot, and try something totally different from your normal photography.
Eliminating unnecessary gear by answering the why and what you want to photograph before you go on your trip.
Less gear on a trip = less worries and more fun. Always keep that in mind!
Use the opportunity to work on your visual storytelling skills by documenting your trip in a way, that 20 images describe the whole trip to a viewer without you having to write a single word to explain it.
Scott’s inspirational photo book of the month is called: "Show Your Work! 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered" by Austin Kleon. https://austinkleon.com/show-your-work/
More Gear Show #4 | PPN | July 23rd, 2017
Tuesday, July 25, 2017 • Duration 50:24
The More Gear Show topic this month is: Lenses - How to choose them and what to use them for.
On this month’s More Gear Show, Scott invited PPN co-founder Marco Larousse to talk about a very important photography gear topic: Lenses
The lens is probably the most important- and could be the longest lasting gear investment that you can make in photography. We discuss these topics regarding lenses on this show:
Lens philosophy - Should you buy fixed focal length primes or rather go for more versatile zooms? And what would be the reasons to choose either one?
Creativity - What are the creative reasons that you should consider when choosing a new lens? Consider changing perspective or using unusual focal lengths for an extraordinary look in your images.
Focal lengths - When to use what and how to get more use out of each lens for landscape, architecture, portrait, sports or bird photography.
To image stabilize or not to image stabilize - There are good reasons why your lens may not need an IS.
On this special Q&A episode, Scott answers many of the listener questions that he received after announcing his switch from the top of the line Canon full frame DSLR camera to a m4/3 system (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II).
Scott discusses questions about these topics:
Why switch to a smaller format sensor camera?
Does IBIS on sensor work as well as on a top of the line IS lenses for DSLRs?
How does the AF of the Olympus compare to that of DSLRs?
Is the EVF a limiting factor when shooting fast pace birds in flight?
What about image quality when moving to a smaller sensor camera?
What about the quality of the smaller m4/3 lenses compared to the big FF lenses?
Are there enough accessories available for m4/3 cameras?
Are there situations/genres where a smaller sensor m4/3 camera is not the first choice?
Valérie’s pick: “The Business of Fine Art Photography” by Thomas Werner.
From the publisher’s description:
“This guide for aspiring and exhibiting photographers alike combines practice and concept to provide a roadmap to navigating and succeeding in the fine art photography marketplace locally, domestically, and internationally.”
The book is published by Bloomsbury Academic and has 251 pages
Link: LUMINAR NEO (use the discount code “PHOTOPODCASTS” at checkout for extra savings)
And please share this podcast with your friends and subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or search for “PPN” in your favorite podcast app. We would also love to get your feedback. Is there anything that you want us to cover on the show in the future? And we would appreciate it if you could take a short moment to rate or post a quick review of our shows on iTunes.
About this show:
On the monthly “Camera and Inspiration” podcast show of the PPN - Photo Podcast Network, Marco and usually a guest discuss the essence of photography and how to photograph with more intent. Determining the “why” before the “how” in photography is essential to understanding your subject better and creating stronger images. In each episode, they introduce you to an inspirational photographer of the month and also share an inspirational photo book of the month.
Sweet 35mm Optic f2.5 - (spot of focus surrounded by blur effect)
And please share this podcast with your friends and subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or search for “PPN” in your favorite podcast app. We would also love to get your feedback. Is there anything that you want us to cover on the show in the future? And we would appreciate if you could take a short moment to rate or post a quick review for our shows on iTunes.
Please support our show by using our B&H affiliate link (click here) that will not cost you a penny more than when you are buying at B&H without our link. And the more this link will be used to buy at B&H, the more giveaways we’ll be able to give back to our listeners through B&H. It really is a “win-win” situation :)
And please share this podcast with your friends and subscribe via iTunes. We would also love to get your feedback. Is there anything that you want us to cover on the show in the future? And we would appreciate if you could take a short moment to rate or post a quick review about our shows on iTunes.
On the monthly “Camera and Inspiration” podcast show of the PPN - Photo Podcast Network, Scott and Marco discuss the essence of photography and how to photograph with more intent. Determining the “why” before the “how” in photography is essential to understanding your subject better and create stronger images. In each episode, they introduce you to an inspirational photographer of the month and also share an inspirational photo book of the month.
You can also submit an image using the Instagram hashtag #WeShootMirrorless
We have picked our monthly featured photographer and image from our Flickr groups. Our monthly We Shoot Mirrorless feature photo and photographer of the month is: Pablo Wayne “Untitled” (click here).
Please support our show by using our B&H affiliate link (click here) that will not cost you a penny more than when you are buying at B&H without our link. And the more this link will be used to buy at B&H, the more giveaways we’ll be able to give back to our listeners through B&H. It really is a “win-win” situation :)
And please share this podcast with your friends and subscribe via iTunes. We would also love to get your feedback. Is there anything that you want us to cover on the show in the future? And we would appreciate if you could take a short moment to rate or post a quick review about our shows on iTunes.
On the monthly #WeShootMirrorless episode of the “PPN - Photo Podcast Network” show, Scott and Marco will discuss news from the mirrorless camera world related to innovations, trends, gear and accessories. And they will introduce mirrorless camera brands by interviewing the respective managers of those manufacturers. They will also invite pro photographers who make their living working with mirrorless cameras to share some tips and tricks on their workflow.
I would like to photograph race cars at an Indycar event. What shutter speed should I use to freeze the action?
From Theron in Washington, D.C.
I hear Scott say you sometimes need to “bump the focus” when photographing birds in flight and trying to get the most out of the autofocus. I think I understand but could you please explain?
From Jay in Anchorage, AK
I want to save my photos for uploading to portfolio web sites but all my images are too big and get rejected or take too long to upload. I am new to photography and want to find out what the best practice is for Web image optimization.
From Jarred in Ocean Shores, WA
I know that Rick Sammon travels all over the world and I love his portraits of people in their native lands. My question is how do you approach people from other cultures to get permission to make their portrait? I am always too shy to do that.
From Jessica in Center Valley, PA
I am photographing by a lake near my home and there are lots of commercial buildings that I do not want to reflect in the lake. Short of learning how to remove these reflections in post, is there something I can do to remove the reflections in-camera? Is that what an ND filter does?
From Cathy in Inver Grove Heights, MN
I’ve seen people on camera forums talking about super fast lenses - in the f/1.2 to f/1.8 range. Is it possible to use lenses like this wide open? Wouldn’t the depth-of-field be too narrow to accomplish much?
From Butch in Nashville, TN
I want to photograph planes taking off and landing at my local airport. Do I need special permission from anyone to do that?
From Alex in Gilbert, AZ
Please support our show by using our B&H affiliate link (click here) that will not cost you a penny more than when you are buying at B&H without our link. And the more this link will be used to buy at B&H, the more giveaways we’ll be able to give back to our listeners through B&H. It really is a “win-win” situation :)
And please share this podcast with your friends and subscribe via iTunes. We would also love to get your feedback. Is there anything that you want us to cover on the show in the future? And we would appreciate if you could take a short moment to rate or post a quick review about our shows on iTunes.
Please support our show by using our B&H affiliate link (click here) that will not cost you a penny more than when you are buying at B&H without our link. And the more this link will be used to buy at B&H, the more giveaways we’ll be able to give back to our listeners through B&H. It really is a “win-win” situation :)
And please share this podcast with your friends and subscribe via iTunes. We would also love to get your feedback. Is there anything that you want us to cover on the show in the future? And we would appreciate if you could take a short moment to rate or post a quick review about our shows on iTunes.
On the monthly “Camera and Inspiration” podcast show of the PPN - Photo Podcast Network, Scott and Marco discuss the essence of photography and how to photograph with more intent. Determining the “why” before the “how” in photography is essential to understanding your subject better and create stronger images. In each episode, they introduce you to an inspirational photographer of the month and also share an inspirational photo book of the month.
Please support our show by using our B&H affiliate link (click here) that will not cost you a penny more than when you are buying at B&H without our link. And the more this link will be used to buy at B&H, the more giveaways we’ll be able to give back to our listeners through B&H. It really is a “win-win” situation :)
And please share this podcast with your friends and subscribe via iTunes. We would also love to get your feedback. Is there anything that you want us to cover on the show in the future? And we would appreciate if you could take a short moment to rate or post a quick review about our shows on iTunes.
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