EP122 Fireworks and Finding Freedom In The Studio
EP121 Portraits Are Portraits, Even If They’re Corporate!
EP120 Service Is King, No Matter The Price
EP119 Everyone Included: Interview With Author Helen May
If there is one skill I have, it’s recognising an opportunity when it bops me on the nose. Today was one of those moments. Helen May actually came to the studio to update her headshots but the minute we sat and talked about her work on diversity and inclusion, I knew she would be perfect to have on the podcast. Luckily both of our diaries had some time after her session and so we sat, chatted and laughed about her …
EP118 Admit It. Own It. Fix It.
It’s 2022 and I have to say it’s starting off in a very positive mood! Admittedly New Year didn’t go quite to plan, thanks to Covid and family injury, but other than that all good. And besides, my Nikon Z9 has arrived and I am now having a ball with what can only be described as the best camera I’ve ever had the pleasure to use. More on that in this and future podcasts! We had a wonderful email today …
EP117 Interview With Grays Of Westminster
Well, this is the last episode of 2021. Unless I find a moment to drag myself away from the turkey, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, cheese, Quality Street, sherry, wine, stuffing, more turkey, more cheese and maybe just a tad more sherry. Oh go on then, if I must, best make it a small one. In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Grays Of Westminster – a legendary shop of all things Nikon. I am speaking with …
EP116 Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow: Your Business Is An Engine
Suck, squeeze, bang, blow: four words that drive an engine. OK, so maybe an obtuse analogy but a business is much like a power unit – once it’s running, it doesn’t take too much to keep it going but you need to keep it fuelled and maintained. Ignore these things at your own peril! Enjoy!
EP115 On Why Mirrorless Is About To Come Of Age – The Nikon Z9
So it’s Sunday as I both record and write this and I’m having a frankly chilled day. Not that this is in any way your worry, but I thought I’d tell you. This episode is a rebuttal of my own grumpy podcast (EP113) when I seem to have spent most of it muttering about my Z7ii and how it isn’t quite there yet. Well, this one is the other extreme – here are the reasons I think mirrorless and, by …
EP114 On Why The Studio Is NOT A Dull White Box
When I first set out in this crazy, camera-carrying career, I had mixed views about working in the studio – I much preferred being outside in natural light with the environment as my backdrop. Over the years, that changed as I realised much of my cynicism was partly because I didn’t understand it and partly because many of those who had taught me didn’t excite me. Now? Well, now I think of studio portrait photography as some of the finest, …