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Tales, techniques, tricks and tantrums from one of the UK’s top portrait photographers. Never just about photography but always about things that excite - or annoy - me as a full-time professional photographer, from histograms to history, from apertures to apathy, or motivation to megapixels. Essentially, anything and everything about the art, creativity and business of portrait photography. With some off-the-wall interviews thrown in for good measure!
Episodes
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Podcast #12 - On Developing Your Own Distinctive Style
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Someone asked me about developing your own distinctive portrait photography style: if I'm honest, I was never certain I had one but, well, I guess I probably have these days. These are just a few musings on the steps to developing your own style, selecting images for marketing and why it's often best to plough your own furrow (to use an old idiom!)
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Podcast #11 - On Workflow And Being Kind (To Yourself)
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Your photography production workflow is supremely important, though it is often an overlooked component. Thinking it through, however, will bring benefits in the long run. Being kind to yourself is even harder - I talk about why I recommend it!
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Podcast #10 - Are Qualifications Relevant In Today's Marketplace?
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
In this podcast, we muse a little on whether qualifications from the big photographic associations have any relevance in the current marketplace. Enjoy!
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Podcast #9 - On What It Takes To Make It (contd.)
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Still answering questions here at Mastering Portrait Photography - mostly about business factors and what it takes to make a successful photography business.
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Podcast #8 - On How I Came To Be A Photographer
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
In this Mastering Portrait Photography podcast, I chat through a series of questions we were sent by a student in Maryland, USA (there are quite a few so it is split over two podcasts!) Hopefully she will find the answers illuminating!
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Podcast #7 – On The Power Of Conversation
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Mastering Portrait Photography Podcast 007.
In this podcast, we discuss the merits of talking a lot. Oh, the irony.
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Podcast #6 – On Plagiarism (Of A Good Sort) And Being Critical Like A Judge
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
This podcast talks about plagiarism - but of the right kind - and why it's a useful skill to think like a photography judge!
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Podcast #5 - On Truth And Writing A Book
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
In this episode, I explain why truth is so important to me and what it was like to co-author the book Mastering Portrait Photography with Sarah Plater. Enjoy!
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Podcast #4 - On Life, Lists and Still Loving The Job
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
It's been one of those days when being a Profession Portrait Photography is both brilliant and frustrating: that list of things to do just seems to be running away with me!
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Podcast #3 - On Lighting And Keeping It Simple
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
This podcast concerns just one image: Bruno. Simple is always best (in my opinion at least) and this image epitomises that approach: simple light, simple pose, simple finish, simply gorgeous. A good day in the studio!
During the podcast I mention that is was originally intended to be used as part of a composite of the two brothers together - here is that composite: