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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 Oct 02, 2023
EP139 The Judging Is Done (And So What Have I Learned?)
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
The judging for the BIPP 2023/2024 International Print Awards is done and dusted and there some simply stunning images have been on the lightbox.
The results come out later in the year, but I thought I'd muse on some of the things I learned along the way by listening to the judges as well as some observations of my own. Some of these you've heard me mention before, but one or two may be new to you (and to me for that matter - who knew that all judges have the same problem when it comes to picking out their own competition images?!) but all of them are useful.
Enjoy!
Cheers
P.
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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 Sep 30, 2022
EP128 Stay Positive: That ’No’ Might Just Be A ’Yes’ For A Later Date
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
I have honestly grown to love the sales process - from pitch to payment, it is something I never thought I'd get my head around but have surprised myself.
One key aspect is understanding that a 'no' may not be all it seems. In this episode, Sarah and I have stood out in the weather at Thame Food Festival, pitching to prospective clients. Not everyone says 'yes' but learning that there are grades of success when it comes to selling, helps me not worry about those who've said 'no'.
During this episode, I mention a piece of software we're now using to expedite our colour correction. It's called ImagenAI and it uses machine learning to learn how YOU like YOUR colours, and then applies them. It's very fast, it's very cool, it's incredibly accurate and it's cost-effective. And, no, I am not in any way being paid to say that - it's just that this podcast was always meant to be helpful to other photographers and this is one of those moments when software is part of that value.
It can be found at https://www.imagen-ai.com/
Enjoy this episode!
Cheers
P.
If you enjoy this podcast, please head over to Mastering Portrait Photography, for more articles and videos about this beautiful industry. You can also read a full transcript of this episode.
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.
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
EP88 How Thinking Like A Musician Can Help Your Images
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
In this episode we look at ways of seeing your images as your clients will. When I used to work in recording studios, we would dump a copy of the music track onto cassette (yes I am that old) and walk it out into the car park and sit in a band member's car, listening to the audio. It was the best way to make sure it sounded good somewhere other than in a sophisticated mixing room!
Making sure your images look great to your end client is much the same - but you don't need an old Ford Capri, a Sony Cassette deck and five sweaty musicians!
In this podcast I also mention (well, someone has to blow my trumpet!) the award we won a couple of weeks ago at the Master Photographers Association International Photography Awards - I won the title of 'Portrait Photography Of The Year' with this image of Carol.
You can read the story on the BBC News website.
Enjoy!
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.
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Ep.29 Live Q&A With James Musselwhite
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Monday Oct 15, 2018
This episode is a live Q&A taken from the Master Photographers Association "Meet The Masters" day. Myself and James Musselwhite FMPA were fielding questions from the floor (no prepping!) so what you hear is raw and heart-felt. The topics discussed range from "what is your signature image" to "how do I spend less time editing" and "how do you market yourself".
If you enjoy this podcast, head over to Mastering Portrait Photography where there are articles and videos about this wonderful industry. You can subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, PodBean and Spotify.
If there are any topics you would like to hear, have questions we could answer or would simply like to come and be interviewed on the podcast, please contact us at info@masteringportraitphotography.com.
Sunday May 13, 2018
Ep.14 On Setting Up Your Edit Suite
Sunday May 13, 2018
Sunday May 13, 2018
Whether or not you like it, the modern portrait photographer is going to spend a not insignificant amount of time sitting in front of Lightroom and Photoshop. Setting up your workspace to make this as painless as possible is critical (or you're going to need the Aspirin!) Here I chat about some of the things I have done to make my edit workload as palatable as possible: it's all about the comfy chair!