Podcasts
Paul chats about life, the universe and anything portrait photography. You can listen to the podcasts here or you can subscribe on your favorite podcast player.
EP77 All About Joy And A Bag Of Cooking Apples
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. That and a bag of cooking apples. Running a photography business (...
EP76 Interview With Tom Catchesides From Light Blue Software
In this episode, I get to chat with the guy behind the software behind the business – Light Blue Software. We’ve used this software for over a decade and it is the one application that each of us here is guaran...
Ep.75 To Me, To You, Two Metres Or More
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 F...
Ep.74 Get Your Portfolio Sorted (Now Is A Good Time!)
Still here, still in lockdown, still working like crazy to make sure we’re ready for when things eventually open up again, as they must, inevitably do. Right now, things are busy: we’re re-designing our website ...
Ep.73 – Spread A Little Joy
How is everyone doing? I have to be honest, I am finding it all a little surreal – if it weren’t so catastrophic it would be fascinating: from the chaotic economy to the psychology of being interned in your own ...
Ep.72 Staying Positive In These Weird Times
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...
Ep.71 First And Foremost, First Impressions
During a conversation the other day, a visiting photographer to the studio passed a comment about the frames he displayed in the entrance to his own studio. This one, short, passing comment, led me to the obvio...
Ep.70 – Interview With Gary Hill
It’s so lovely to be in the position to sit and chat with some incredible people – and that they agree to it when I ask! This episode is with Gary Hill – a fantastic photographer, trainer, judge and all-round lo...
Ep.69 Where Have All Our Teaspoons Gone?
Where have all our teaspoons gone? Seriously. They just seem to evaporate from the studio! Soon we’ll be using the handle of a knife to stir the coffee around here! But that’s not really the topic of the p...
Ep.68 Print-Judging Comments From The Societies Convention
I’ve just returned from the Societies Of Photographers Convention in London which has been an absolute ball! Though I admit, I am hurting just a little. A week of laughter and learning. And maybe just a little...
Ep.67 You Have To Relate (Whatever It Takes!)
Relating to your client is a key skill in social photography – and there is no escaping it. Whatever it takes, you need to find ways of having a meaningful conversation even if you’re client is (literally) a ro...
Ep.66 It’s January And It’s A Studio Revamp
We are already 2% of the way through 2020. 0.02 of 2020. Go figure. I’ve used that time so far to grab tools, some wood and to hack away at our studio – goodness knows it (and me) needed it. It’s a long tim...