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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!
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Monday Jan 25, 2021
EP93 It Doesn't Matter HOW You Do It!
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
So why do people think it's OK to criticise HOW you do something? In this episode, I am more or less muttering about something that is prevalent in our industry: snobbishness about how you create your images rather than the celebration of what you've created.
I may have uttered an expletive during the recording of this podcast. Sorry - don't judge me. I've left it in because I think a little passion is a good thing. Besides, bleeping it out wouldn't have hidden the fact I said it.
Enjoy!
Cheers
P.
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Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
In a podcast last year, I lamented that I had lost a little mojo - the penalty for having a massively busy season prior to that. This triggered a couple of threads of conversation, one of which is this interview with Trevor Long PhD.
To quote from his bio: "Trevor brings an extensive experience in education and consultancy to this work, from many different countries and cultures, with a primary interest in individual development as a means of building long-term growth and well-being. Working with several business schools, including Cambridge, Duke, Henley and Warwick, he has designed and delivered programmes on strategy, leadership, change, personal development and cultural awareness. He focuses on the educational content of the charity.
"With a strong interest in the benefits of personal motivation, Trevor’s research is rooted in the personal experience of engagement and its application in leadership and business growth. He has a PhD, an MBA and other qualifications involving coaching and psychology."
In this fascinating interview, Trevor talks about ways in which we can be more creative, stay motivated and generally be happier in everything that we do. And right now? Well, I'll take every bit of information on joy and contentment that I can find!
Trevor, and his wife Nikki, run a charity in The Gambia, called Be Reel, that helps the community form viable, sustainable micro-businesses to feed themselves and their families. Details of the charity can be found here.
As always, I asked Trevor to nominate a book for our every-growing Photography Library here at the studio. In typical enthusiastic fashion, he nominated two!
The first is called "Mindfulness And The Natural World", by Claire Thompson:
The second, by Micah Mortali, is called Rewilding.
Enjoy the interview and please share with anyone you think might find it useful.
Cheers
P.
If you enjoy this podcast, please head over to Mastering Portrait Photography, where there are articles and videos about this beautiful industry.
PLEASE also subscribe and leave us a review - we'd love to hear what you think!
If there are any topics, you would like to hear, have questions we could answer or would like to come and be interviewed on the podcast, please contact me at paul@paulwilkinsonphotography.co.uk.
Friday Jan 01, 2021
EP91 Happy New Year? Let's Hope So!
Friday Jan 01, 2021
Friday Jan 01, 2021
I think I recorded the previous episode on a cold, crisp day. Well, the cold has remained, but instead of 'crisp' it is now grey, gloomy and damp (though quite how it is still damp when the temperature is hovering around freezing, I have no idea!)
We're closing 2020 and opening a whole new chapter, bright and clean, as yet unsullied by Covid, Brexit, politicians or social media. I doubt it'll stay that way but let's enjoy the moment, just like stepping out into fresh white snow: it is clean and white, with only your footsteps to be seen, though you know it'll soon be brown and yellow, slushy and melting away.
But right now? Clean, white, untouched and exciting.
You never know, maybe it will stay that way!
Cheers
P.
If you enjoy this podcast, please head over to Mastering Portrait Photography, where there are articles and videos about this beautiful industry.
PLEASE also subscribe and leave us a review - we'd love to hear what you think!
If there are any topics, you would like to hear, have questions we could answer or would like to come and be interviewed on the podcast, please contact me at paul@paulwilkinsonphotography.co.uk.