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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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Thursday Dec 24, 2020
EP90 Why Do We Take Pictures Anyway?
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
This question was asked by our model on a recent masterclass: "Why do you take pictures?" she enquired of me and our attendee. I suspect a pro, and an amateur may give slightly different answers but it's a simple and yet profound question: indeed, what on earth fuels our desire to create images?
In this episode, recorded on a cold, crisp Christmas Eve, I ponder on that and look forward to a couple of days of laughing with my family and,well, maybe consuming a little sherry along the way!
Happy holidays one and all!
Cheers
P.
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Monday Nov 02, 2020
EP89 Steering A Covid Course - Taking Control Of All That I Can
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Well, it's only gone and happened again: we're back in lockdown from this Thursday. Finding out on a Saturday night that you have five working days left in what is normally the busiest month of the year, is not ideal, to put it mildly. Still, we have to find ways of coping, ways of staying positive.
This is a quick podcast I recorded to talk about the things we're doing here to stay in the right frame of mind to see our way through what is undoubtedly going to be a tough end of this year and, probably, beginning of next.
There are no silver bullets in here - just the things we're planning right now.
In the end, I have to think of this time as an opportunity: an opportunity to finish the jobs I never have time for; an opportunity to find new avenues for revenue and an opportunity to reach out to our clients when they, too, will be feeling low.
Taking control of what I CAN be in control of and figuring ways around everything I CAN'T be in control of is the only thing I can do.
I hope you're all OK and I hope this podcast is, in some way, useful.
Take care,
Cheers
P.
If you enjoy this podcast, please head over to Mastering Portrait Photography, where there are articles and videos about this beautiful industry.
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Thursday Oct 15, 2020
EP87 The More You Learn The Less You Know
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Well this is one of those catchup episodes (I have discovered that our studio microwave has a grill!) but it also deals with one of those odd bits of human nature: that as you develop your talents and knowledge, the insecurity never seems to leave you.
Funny ol' world isn't it?!
Enjoy!
If you enjoy this podcast, please head over to Mastering Portrait Photography, where there are articles and videos about this beautiful industry.
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Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
In this episode, I get a chance to talk to the team of qualification judges that I am privileged to be a part of for the British Institue of Professional Photography.
I thought it would be interesting (and so it proved to be) to ask each of them before and after the judging, what they would love to see, what (after the fact) was a highlight and what they would say to anyone thinking of getting themselves qualified.
The two days of judging are really intensive - you can hear the fatigue in the judges' voices later in the podcast - but what they have to see is inciteful and priceless.
The judges in this episode are:
- David Stanbury - https://www.stanburyphotography.co.uk/
- Catherine Beltramini - http://www.catherine-beltraminiphotography.com/
- Sean Conboy - http://seanconboy.com/
- Saraya Corteville - https://sarayacortaville.co.uk/
- James Musselwhite - https://www.portraitofawrestler.com/
- and me - https://paulwilkinsonphotography.co.uk
The chair of judges is Scott Johnson -https://www.theedgephotography.co.uk/
And if that weren't enough, I also get the chance to chat with Martin Baynes, the CEO of the British Institute of Professional Photography about qualifications and what the future holds.
- The British Institue Of Professional Photography - https://www.bipp.com/
So, all in all, quite a long podcast (just over an hour), but well worth it. So pour a cuppa, sit back and enjoy an insight into the judges and judging for professional photography qualifications.
Enjoy!
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Thursday Aug 20, 2020
EP81 Death By Diary
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Today I am musing (and, additionally, interrupting myself - not once but twice!) on being beholden to my diary. It is, of course, completely to be expected when you run a successful portrait photography business but that doesn't make it easy. Instead, you have to find strategies for keeping motivated, keeping the excitement and keeping up the creativity.
PS. there is a slight irony in today's recording that, having had a massively scheduled day, I felt the need to add a couple of updates to the recording to talk about just how much I have enjoyed today - both personally and creatively!
Enjoy!
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Sunday Aug 16, 2020
EP80 You Don't Get Something For Nothing
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Along with thousands of other students, Jake, our son, has just had his 'A' level results. An interesting time to put it mildly. However, it did get me thinking about how incredibly hard he worked for his mock exams (it's lucky he worked as hard as he did as it has meant he HAS been given a place on the university course that he desperately wanted!) and the parallels with our industry.
It is always easy to look around and think other people have it easy but the truth is that no-one gets to be successful without a huge amount of dedication and effort. I'm not tub-thumping in this podcast, just musing on the fact that no matter what level you're at - or in what field - to make those next steps, you have to be prepared to put in a huge amount of work. But it is always well worth the effort.
Enjoy!
If you enjoy this podcast, please head over to Mastering Portrait Photography where there are articles and videos about this wonderful industry.
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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 me at paul@paulwilkinsonphotography.co.uk
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
EP78 Coping With Covid As We Re-Boot The Business
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
This episode was recorded from the cab of my Land Rover Defender as I head to (and come back from) the wedding that held on in the diary despite of the risk of cancellation due to Covid-19 restrictions. You have to admire their bravery and it was, in the end, a perfect day for them and for the team working with them!
After everything that has happened, it wasn't obvious just how easy the day would be but, as it turned out, the day was stunning - and it looks like we'll be able to create beautiful imagery and still stay safe. The same is true of everything we're doing at the studio to make both lifestyle and studio portraits not only safe and compliant with the 'new normal' but just as creative and exciting as they've always been.
Enjoy!
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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 me at paul@paulwilkinsonphotography.co.uk
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
EP77 All About Joy And A Bag Of Cooking Apples
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
With everything going on at the moment it's all too easy to lose sight of the joy that this job brings to so many. This podcast is about that and a bag of cooking apples.
Enjoy!
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Friday May 15, 2020
Ep.75 To Me, To You, Two Metres Or More
Friday May 15, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
So, how are things with you? Still in lockdown? Well we are here - just trying to make the best of things.
Anyway, good news (for me at least!): we've been listed as the top Portrait Photography Podcast on Feedspot (https://blog.feedspot.com/portrait_photography_podcasts/) which is lovely! I only started this podcast for fun (and because I simply love audio nearly as much as I love photography - though I freely admit I'm better with the camera than the recorder!)
We're also a regular in the top 20 iTunes podcast charts for both the UK and the US. OK, well we are for Visual Arts podcasts anyway. haha. I don't know how many Visual Arts podcasts there are around the world - maybe not so many - but it still feels good that we listeners and subscribers out there. Thank you!
In this podcast, I mention a few things - firstly two incredible magazines: Nphoto and Professional Photo magazines. We've featured regularly in both of them and I'd love to direct you all to both of them:
I also mention two of the best of the Associations in the UK - the BIPP and the SWPP
If you're a professional photographer (or about to become a professional photoghers) then these are definitely worth looking into as they provide incredible support for photographers like you and me.
Anyway, in the midst of everything going on around us, this podcast is really about optimism and planning for the future - at a 2-metre distance of course!
Enjoy!
If you enjoy this podcast, please head over to Mastering Portrait Photography where there are articles and videos about this wonderful 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 simply like to come and be interviewed on the podcast, please contact me at paul@paulwilkinsonphotography.co.uk
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Ep.72 Staying Positive In These Weird Times
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Well, in just one week things have changed incredibly rapidly! But we're stocked up, we have each other and we are staying positive. Together we can get through this thing.
So, for a while at least, the podcast will be shorter and (hopefully) more frequent. That way I might just be able to keep up with the latest news!
Stay safe and be kind to yourself. Oh, and be kind to others too.
If you enjoy this podcast, please head over to Mastering Portrait Photography where there are articles and videos about this wonderful 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 simply like to come and be interviewed on the podcast, please contact me at paul@paulwilkinsonphotography.co.uk