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It looks like I will owe Dave Williams a beer, or whisk(e)y. Dave is one of the best there is, and I am so lucky that he’s been on the show a few times. Well, a few weeks ago Dave emailed me to introduce me to Kersten Luts, a commercial portrait and headshot photographer based in West London. I was already aware of Kersten, along with his amazing work and Camera Shake Podcast. Kersten is one of the most creative photographers in his genre, not only thinking outside of some hypothetical box, but taking that imaginary box, shredding it, and then using the pieces to create a new world. In his bio, Kersten describes a fascination with the human expression. That is one of the most powerful fascinations I think a creative could have, and in Kersten’s case it manifests itself in his ability to capture these small, often fleeting moments that happen during a shoot. He has an ability to make you not just see his images, but to have an emotional response to them. That’s not an easy feat. I am left wondering what effect a few decades in the music industry had on Kersten’s photographic eye. Somehow, his images seem to have both chaos and amazing harmony, all at the same time. He is just a fascinating creative. His podcast is where I first found Kersten. He has had many of the same guests as I have, although with a format that is nothing like Behind the Shot. Along with his podcasting partner Nick Kirby, the Camera Shake podcast covers the latest photography and video news, and these two have interviewed some of the greatest photographers working today, Join commercial portrait and headshot photographer Kersten Luts and me as we dive into one of the shots from his personal project “Three Heads in a Row”, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Kersten Website: kerstenluts.com Instagram: @kerstenluts | @threeheadsinarow | @camerashakepodcast Facebook: @camerashakepodcast YouTube: @camerashake Twitter: @kerstenphoto | @ShakeCamera Podcast Camera Shake Podcast: camerashakepodcast.com Kersten’s Photographer Picks Dave Williams: idavewilliams.com Joel Grimes: joelgrimes.com Three Heads in a Row Behind the Scenes for Today’s Image

A few episodes ago I talked about how I edit and finish some of my images in the episodes on Dodge & Burn + and Photoshop + Nik Color Efex Pro + Nik Silver Efex Pro. After those shows went live I received a few comments from people that they didn’t own some of the software I mentioned, like Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, or the DxO Nik Collection of plugins. That got me thinking that maybe some gift ideas might help some people. All of the things I mention in this show will make great gifts for the upcoming holidays, but if you watch this after the holidays don’t worry! These gifts are timeless. In this show I break down some suggestions into categories as follows: Software Hardware Accessories Services Store Suggestions In some cases, where I don’t have a preference or the experience with a particular product, I may mention a gift idea without making a specific product suggestion. Mainly, I want to pass on things that I know, use, and / or just like. Lastly, none of the links below are affiliate codes! I make nothing off any purchases made through these links, but do note that I do have some discount codes on this site. Hopefully these suggestions will make shopping for the photographer, videographer, podcaster, or general creative in your life easier. Software: Adobe Photography Plan CaptureOne Photo Mechanic Nik Collection by DxO Topaz Bundle Ecamm Live Subscription Backblaze Backup Hardware: MICS: Shure SM7B Shure MV7 Heil PR40 Video Mics from Rode or Deity INTERFACES: Shure X2U Sound Devices MixPre 3 II LIGHTING: El Gato Key Light Aputure MC RGB FJ Westcott Flashes, Modifiers & Backdrops Nanlite Products STORAGE: Synology NAS External or Portable HDD – Lots of option available VIDEO: Black Magic Design ATEM Mini Accessories: BAGS, BELTS & STRAPS: Think Tank Black Rapid Straps MISC: Zeiss Lens Wipes El Gato Stream Deck (Sm, Reg, XL or the new Stream Deck +) Platypod – (Discount Code Here) Custom Ear Plugs – Ultimate Ears Services: LensRentals.com – (Discount Code Here) KelbyOne Membership – (Discount Code Here) Creative Live Membership – (Discount Code Here) PHLEARN Membership – (Discount Code Here) Shoot From the Pit with David Bergman Store Suggestions: B & H Photo & Video – Deal Zone Adorama DVE Store

David Bergman has been on the show many times. Along with twice on the normal shows, first back on Episode 48 for “Composition, Creativity, and Workflow”, and then on Episode 137 for a “Making Better Action Photos”, he was also a guest on Image Critique #9. His most recent spot was on the show about “The Best Photo Advice You’ve Ever Been Given“. Today makes appearance number 3 on the normal shows. The other day David posted a shot to Instagram that immediately made me think of doing a show. In all the time I have been doing Behind the Shot I can think of two times where I found out during the show that a shot was done with a remote camera. In those cases I honestly thought the photographer may have been at the camera, mostly because the photos were from locations where a photographer could have been at the camera. Sometimes, however, a remote camera can get you into a position where you simply can’t physically be. It maybe a safety issue, like up in the truss above a stage, or a space issue where you can’t fit. The shot David posted was from the drum set during a Luke Combs show. Rarely, if ever, will you see a photographer sitting in front of the drum set during a major concert, but as David mentioned in the post, sometimes you come up with crazy ways to catch unique shots, shots that keep you interested when you’re shooting the same show over and over again. That post made me realize that I had never done a show on the process of using a remote camera. I mean, I have touched on it with guests, but it’s never been the focus of a show. That thought surprised me. Personally I have asked friends many times, including David, how they go about solving all of the challenges involved with mounting, focusing, and triggering a remote camera. Obviously there had to be others that wanted those answers too! Well, today is the day. David usually needs no introduction, and he’s been on the show so many times at this point I will assume you know him well. If however, you are not aware of David, let me do a brief intro… he is a New York based commercial photographer and photo educator who specializes in action, music, and portraiture photography. He is also a world class educator. Having attended his “Shoot From the Pit” workshop, I would say he is one of the absolute best out there at teaching photography. His AdoramaTV show “Ask David Bergman” may be the best photography tutorial series there is. He is a born educator. David’s current running tour gig is as the photographer for Luke Combs, one of the most successful country artists working today. As the official tour photographer for Bon Jovi and Luke Combs, he has documented bands on stage and on the road in more than 30 countries. He has also toured with Barenaked Ladies and Gloria Estefan, and has worked with Avril Lavigne and Joss Stone. Simply put, he is one of the top photographers working in the entertainment space today, so it’s no surprise that he is also a Canon Explorer of Light. Join photographer David Bergman and me as we take a look at how he uses remote cameras to photograph stars like Luke Combs, from setup to the final shot, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with David Portfolio: DavidBergman.net Instagram: @davidbergman Facebook: @DavidBergmanPhoto Twitter: @davidbergman Live Photo Workshops ShootFromThePit.com Ask David Bergman AdoramaTV on YouTube David’s Gigapixel Photography ObamaGigapan.com David’s Photographer Pick David Lehr: @davidnlehr Photos related to today’s chosen image:

A few episodes ago I talked about masking in Lightroom, which is one of my favorite new features in the program. It wasn’t a deep dive into masking, but a demonstration of how I use masks in Lightroom to add depth to my concert photography using what I call “Dodge & Burn +”. It’s a technique that’s easy to do, and can be used on any genre of photography. During that show I mentioned that, for most jobs, I can usually finish all of my edits in Lightroom now, but that on occasion I may still finish an image in Photoshop. There are a number of reasons I might still end up in Photoshop. I might have a shot I want in my portfolio, and I just want to add som POP to it. I may have a critical client image that needs more complex edits, frequency separation, advanced masking or layers, or I might need tools that are either better in Photoshop, or that only exist there. With all of the options available in Photoshop, there are two specific techniques that, if I end up there, I will almost always try. These techniques don’t always work, and in fact there are times they make the image worse, but my success ratio with these techniques is so high that will always at least try them. The steps I describe in this show will require Adobe’s Photoshop, which has a trial version available here, and the Nik Collection from DxO, which also has a trial version. From the Nik set of plugins I use Color Efex Pro and Silver Efex Pro often. Silver Efex Pro is a great BW conversion tool, but today we will use it differently, and I have to thank the amazing Alan Hess for this technique. Join me as I walk through how I use two of my favorite ways to finish an image in Photoshop, with the help of Nik’s Color Efex Pro and Silver Efex Pro, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Steve Portfolio: stevebrazill.com Instagram: @stevebrazill Twitter: @stevebrazill Links Mentioned in the Show Adobe Photoshop: Photoshop from Adobe Nik Collection from DxO: Nik Collection of 8 Plugins

There are rankings in photography that I had no idea even existed. For example, the #1 Fearless Photographer in North America, and Top 3 in the World, for 2021 is Jason Vinson. He’s also ranked as one of the Top 100 Fearless Photographers of all time. I am intrigued, and that alone makes me want to meet him. Jason is a multi-award winning wedding and documentary photographer, based out of Northwest Arkansas, and the awards list is impressive, with awards from Junebug Weddings, World Best Wedding Photos, ISPWP, Masters of Wedding Photography, Documentary Family Awards, and more. Recognitions like that bring with them an audience that wants to learn, and Jason is a skilled speaker, instructor, writer, and content creator for establishments such as WPPI, Portrait Master, Rangefinder, PPA, Fstoppers, to name a few. Jason is also a Stella Pro Ambassador, for the Stella Pro line of lighting from Light & Motion. I saw these lights for the first time at this year’s WPPI, and again at NAB, and I am seriously impressed. I might need to get some of these. With all of that, I think the part on his “About” page that struck me is this list: lover of extreme sports self proclaimed beer snob dinosaur impersonator mexican food junky technology nerd Three of the five mean we will clearly be friends. As an ambassador for brands such as Stella Pro Lights, Flashpoint, Magmod, Aftershoot, DreambooksPro, Holdfast, DVLOP, and more, Jason is taking the photography community to new heights, and I’m excited to have him on the show. Join multi-award winning wedding and documentary photographer, and Stella Pro Ambassador, Jason Vinson and me as we explore the creative use of light in his wedding and portrait images, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Jason Portfolio: vinsonimages.com Patreon: @Jason_vinson Instagram: @vinsonimages_jason Twitter: @vinson83 Facebook: @VinsonImages Jason’s Photographer Pick Phil Sharp: philsharp-photo.com | @philsharp Stella Pro Lights Website: stellaprolights.com All Socials: @stellaprolights

I know a lot of photographers that work in multiple genres, but Kevin Jairaj is unique among them. One day he might be shooting a wedding, and a few days later college or pro sports. Then, on the days in-between, you might find him doing a fashion or boudoir shoot. What makes him unique is that he is very accomplished in each and every one of these fields. In just a few short years, Kevin has become one of the most sought after photographers working today, both in the USA and worldwide. He has done photoshoots, weddings, and events in London, Hawaii, Trinidad and Tobago, The Bahamas, Mexico, Jamaica, Anguilla, and Aruba, in addition to the work he shoots in Texas and the rest of the USA. Kevin is also a favorite among the celebrity crowd and has photographed weddings and events for many musicians, actors, and famous athletes. Kevin’s accomplishments have been highly recognized, and rewarded. He is one of only a few people in the world to hold the Triple Master Title from WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International), as well as a Master of Photography from PPA (Professional Photographers of America). When it comes to competitions, Kevin is at the top of his craft, having won Numerous 1st Place Awards in the very prestigious WPPI 16×20 and 8×10 print competitions, as well as having several prints selected in the PPA Loan collection over the years. I mentioned wedding photography earlier, and his work in that world has also been highly recognized. He was named a Top Knots of Wedding Photography by the very well respected Photo District News magazine, and his book for wedding photographers, titled “Stylish Weddings”, was published by Amherst Media. Kevin is also sought after In the sports world. He was chosen by USA Today to take portraits of key members of the USA Summer and Winter Olympic Teams, as well as covering the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang for them. Along with a recurring role in the hit Discovery Channel Show “Fast N Loud.”, and covering Super Bowls, Final Fours, the World Series, and National Championship games, Kevin has also been the Official Photographer for the College Football Playoff National Championship since its inception in 2015. Add to all of this Kevin’s recent win of 1st place in the basketball category in the 2022 World Sports Photography Awards! Kevin Jairaj’s success behind the camera is well deserved, and being named as a ProFoto Legend of Light in 2017 is well earned. Join sports and portrait photographer Kevin Jairaj and me as we take a look at focusing on the moment that matters, while working under the pressure of an important shoot, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Kevin Personal: kjimages.com Instagram: @kevinjairaj Twitter: @kevinjairaj Facebook: @kevinjairaj

Today is another special episode, at least to me it is. In the almost six years I have been doing this show I have had guests share so much knowledge, and that got me thinking. “What is the Best Photo Advice You’ve Ever Been Given?” is a pretty open ended question. In fact, if you replace the word “photo” with “creative” it gets even more generalized. Still, it’s an interesting one because for many of us there has been a moment where someone shared something with us that ‘clicked’. It could be a quote we saw, a technique we learned, words of wisdom from someone we respect, or simply words of encouragement at a time when we really need it. Everyone creative that I know has helped someone else at some point. We have all, in fact, been on both sides of that equation at some point. From asking questions about gear, technique, or business, to answering them for someone else.  Reviewing a friend’s website, critiquing their images, or helping them figure out what rate to quote for a gig are just a few of the ways we, as a community, help each other. It’s part of what makes me feel close to other photographers, many of whom I have never met in person. Good honest advice is invaluable in any line of work, but in the creative world it can be the difference between getting a gig, or not. That is where today’s show comes from, the desire to share with you really good advice. I reached out to a number of people I respect in the photography and creative worlds, and I asked each of them “What is the Best Photo Advice You’ve Ever Been Given?” – and the response blew me away. Many of today’s guests are friends of mine, or friends of the show, while some are people I only know through social media. Everyone whose schedule allowed it wanted to join in. I asked each of them to record a video, of around one or two minutes, where they introduce themselves, share the best advice they’ve been given, and let you know where you can follow them. Some of them have pro setups for doing this (I’m looking at you Bergman), while others used their phones. This is what made it all really work for me. This show isn’t about being on a set, or having a great mic in front of you. It’s all about the great knowledge these pros share, and the responses often surprised me. Spanning everything from technique and technical tips to business concepts, this show is exactly what I was hoping for, and I hope you find it as special as I do. BTW, while I did reference photography in the question, the responses can be applied to any creative space. Join me and 19 friends of the show, as we answer the question “What’s the Best Photo Advice You’ve Ever Been Given”, on this Behind the Shot. Thank you to this these amazing creatives that joined in for today’s show (in alphabetical order): Adam Elmakias: adamelmakias.com | @elmakiasAki Fujita Taguchi: aftphotography.tokyo | @a.f.t.photographyAndy Ihnatko: ihnatko.com | @ihnatkoAnt Pruitt: antpruitt.com | twit.tv | youtube.com | @ant_pruittBrad Moore: bmoorevisuals.com | @bmoorevisualsBritt Bowman: brittbowmanphotography.com | @britt_bowmanChristie Goodwin: christiegoodwin.com | @christiegoodwinDavid Bergman: davidbergman.net | shootfromthepit.com | @davidbergmanFreddy Clark: freddyclark.photography | @freddyclarkphotoIan Spanier: ianspanier.com | @ianspanierJeff Harmon: phototacopodcast.com | @harmonjeffJoe McNally: joemcnally.com | @joemcnallyphotoJose Negrete: jose-negrete.com | @_josenegreteMoose Peterson: moosepeterson.com | @moosepetersonPeter Hurley: peterhurley.com | headshotcrew.com | @peter_hurleyRick Sammon: ricksammon.com | @ricksammonphotographySteve Rose: steverosephotos.com | @steve_roseTroy Miller: imageryconcepts.com | spicyjello.com | @spicyjello | @spicyjello_bwVanessa Joy: vanessajoy.com | @vanessajoy

I have always had a love / hate relationship with Lightroom, meaning 20% love and 80% hate. There are just parts of this app that drive me crazy, or seem like they’re designed by someone that has never edited a photo in their life, or used a computer, or knows what a mouse is. Recently however, one feature has completely changed how I do my edits… Masking. Lightroom has had masks for a while, but a few recent updates have really taken them to the next level. On this episode I want to share how I use the latest features in Lightroom to help shape the light in my images. The basic premise of this is something I used to do with radial filters, and I talked about this back in January, 2021 on the TWiT Network’s Hands on Photography show, episode 62, hosted by my buddy Ant Pruitt. A viewers eye is usually drawn to the brightest spot in an image, and sometimes to the most saturated spot. The idea with this technique is to create more depth in the image, by editing the subject separately from the environment they are in. By doing this you can make sure that not only is the subject the brightest, or at least from the point of view of what a viewer will focus on, but that the background falls back in the scene even more. If you’re not familiar with dodging and burning, it’s a technique carried over from the old darkroom days, where you would darken or lighten various parts of an image to create depth. By sculpting the tonal variances you can shape a subject’s face, or accentuate the rolling hills in a landscape. Traditionally this is done by simply changing the exposure in parts of the image, and Lightroom has adjustment brush effect presets that do just that, with the burn option defaulting to an exposure of -30, and the dodge preset starting at +25. There is also a technique available for dodging & burning using luminance masks, a feature I found in a video from Serge Ramelli called “the best kept secret to Dodge and Burn in Lightroom”. I haven’t used this method myself, but it does look interesting. What this original concept of dodging & burning is missing is the fact that modern editors, like Lightroom, have many more adjustments available than just exposure. We now have sliders available for contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks. We even have contrast based tools like texture, clarity, and dehaze. When you add saturation and noise to the mix, a Lightroom adjustment brush, or other masking tool, gives you what I call “Dodge & Burn +”. Today I am going through six of my images. For five of them I will show you the straight-out-of-camera shot, and my final basic crop and edit. Then, I will show you how I add my version of a mask, using a preset I like for my concert shots. My settings may, or may not, work for your type of photography, but it will at least get you started. For most images my preset is just a starting point, and I do change it a little to fit what each shot needs. On the sixth image I will start with the straight-out-of-camera version and show you how I might process it from scratch, start to finish. For many, if not most of my images, this technique is enough for me to consider the image done. I should note however that for critical client images, or portfolio shots, I will usually finish my images with a few techniques I love in Photoshop. If this show does well, maybe I will do more like it, and share those finishing touches as well. Join me as I walk through how I use one of my favorite Lightroom techniques to add depth to an image. It’s “Dodge & Burn +” with masks in Lightroom on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Steve Portfolio: stevebrazill.com Instagram: @stevebrazill Twitter: @stevebrazill Links Mentioned in the Show Hands on Photography: twit.tv Serge Ramelli’s Video on Luminance Masks: youtube.com

Corporate portraits can be challenging. Everything from tight spaces and limited time, to a mix of personalities and desired goals, the photographer has to become the fixer. Adding to that, telling the story of what someone does in a single photo might be one of the most difficult things you’ll ever have to do. When it comes to these types of commercial shoots, there are many possible directions you can go. Some people opt for the traditional portrait, the ones against a backdrop. Others try to embrace the story of the subject with an environmental portrait, by placing the subject in a scene designed to help the story. This is where today’s guest excels. Spokane, WA based Zack Berlat is a commercial and editorial photographer that specializes in creative portraits, combining bold colors, dynamic compositions, and authentic emotion. Looking through his portfolio is like looking at a book full of inspiration. Photo after photo that uses space and the subject’s environment in some of the most wonderfully creative ways. Zack’s work has taken him everywhere from a 6×12 jail cell to a 14th-century monastery in the Italian countryside, and his approach to portraiture is clear… he brings a refreshing curiosity about what makes his subjects who they are. With clients ranging from Gonzaga and Regis Universities to Providence Hospitals and the Spokane Symphony, Zack has mastered the art of placing a person in a scene in a way that immediately tells the viewer what they are looking at. Join commercial and editorial photographer Zack Berlat and me as we take a look at how to create better corporate and environmental portraits, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Zack Personal: zackberlat.com Instagram: @zackberlat Zack’s Photographer Pick Steve Korn: stevekornphoto.com

LA based photographer Ian Spanier was first on the show back in 2019 for a conversation about Classic Portraits &amp; Classic Lighting, discussing a portrait of actor Jeff bridges. His lighting style immediately struck me as something so classic, and timeless. Since then, Ian and I have become friends, and when he was invited to do a lighting workshop for the photography students at California Baptist University in my hometown he invited me to sit in. Watching his laid back style was inspiring. Ian has a way of seeming so calm, even as 15 things are happening around him, any of which could derail the project. Recently, two things got me thinking about a different kind of show. One was talking to Vanessa Joy at WPPI this year, and wanting to get her on the show again. The other was watching Ian work at that workshop. I started to really look at what the show meant to me, and why I started it. Then it hit me… I look at Behind the Shot as a backwards interview. Instead of me interviewing a photographer, the photographer and I interview the photograph. Those “normal” Behind the Shot episodes are based on looking at one image, through it’s many aspects, like the composition, lighting, posing, props, location, and post production. But, what I reversed that? What if we looked at one aspect, and how that element looks when applied in various photographic examples? This show is one of the results of that idea, and the second in the series. It’s a show focused on Ian Spanier’s favorite lighting setups. In this episode we are going to look at four of Ian’s go-to setups, using a few images as examples, along with some behind-the-scenes images. Ian will help us understand the different characteristics of each modifier and setup, as well as the reason he might pick one setup over another, based on location, subject, or intended use. Ian will also introduce us the brand new umbrella, and idea he had and then developed with Westcott, the Westcott Deep Umbrella. This is a chance to speed up your on-set workflow, and start using tested and proven light setups on your jobs. If you’re new to lighting, and need a bit of confidence boost, Ian’s knowledge can help you get over any fears and start lighting you subjects with confidence. Oh yeah, in case you were wondering, the first show in this series was the one I did with Vanessa Joy focused on Posing Tips. It’s no wonder that Ian’s work is so refined. He began taking photographs at six years old, and he majored in photography in college. While he ended up working in publishing for some time, as an editor, photography never left him. He ended up teaching himself medium and large format, as well as lighting. Today Ian is a respected and published artist. His first full book of published work, “Playboy, a Guide to Cigars” arrived in cigar shops in November 2009, with the public version hitting retail stores in the Spring of 2010. The book is a collection of his photographs made in six countries, and spanning two and a half years. His second book project was a different subject altogether, and “Local Heroes: America’s Volunteer Fire Fighters,” came out to critical acclaim in the Fall of 2012. His personal project “Right Next Door,” has been featured on Huffingtonpost.com (here and here), The Daily Mail, and the Platypod Blog, and he’s not even finished shooting! As an educator, Ian loves to share his experience as a lecturer for Canon, Westcott, PPA and the NY Photo Expo, B&amp;H, The Sante Fe Workshop (2019) and The Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. Ian is an Ambassador for Westcott as a “Top Pro,” ThinkTank Photo, Spider Holster, as well as Hoodman USA, Sekonic, Naroo Global Masks, CamRanger, and finally, he’s on Imagenomic’s featured photographer list. The original “Masters of Photography” have always inspired Spanier as they shot what they saw. For him, there is no “one” subject that he photographs; he shoots what he sees. This approach has certainly paid off too. Ian is a regular award recipient of major photo competitions, including Communication Arts, American Photography, SPD, The International Color Awards, The International Black &amp; White Spider Awards, PDN’s World in Focus, Best of ASMP, Planet Magazine, and Seeing the Light, to name a few. Join photographer Ian Spanier and me as we take a look at four of his favorite “Go To” lighting setups, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Ian Personal: ianspanier.com Facebook: @ianspanierphoto Instagram: @ianspanier Twitter: @ianspanierphoto Ian’s New Westcott Umbrella Westcott Deep Umbrella (see the gallery below): fjwestcott.com Ian’s Books Playboy: The Book of Cigars: amazon.com Local Heroes: Portraits of American Volunteer Firefighters: amazon.com Ian’s Photographer Pick Harry Benson: harrybenson.com Ian’s Setup 1 – Constant Light / LED Ian’s Setup 2 – Umbrellas Ian’s Setup 3 – Beautydish Ian’s Setup 4 – Combining Modifiers – Beautydish + Umbrella Ian’s New Westcott 24″ Deep Umbrella Sample Gallery of Ian’s Work <a href="https://behindtheshot.tv/wp-cont...

I get guest suggestions often, very often in fact, and almost all of them are for amazing photographers, but on occasion the suggestion stops me in my tracks. On those very rare occasions, no matter where I am or what I am doing, the photographer is so good that I need to ask them to be on the show right then. This is an example… On April 13th I saw that I had a DM on Instagram from Jaime (@elespaiz) making a suggestion that I do a show about a specific image, a global publicity photo for “Jurassic World Dominion”. What was interesting to me is that the link Jaime sent was to a series of behind the scenes images for the shoot, and the description was fascinating. The next post from the photographer showed the end result, and it was amazing. At this point, some browsing was in order. What I found was some of the absolute best photography I have seen. Let me pause for a moment to say something important. If you have listened to the show for any period of time then you know I love looking at great images. I find many of my guest’s works to be some of the best you’ll find, but this photographer was different. The photographer was Art Streiber, and it seems most every one I know is very familiar with Art. In fact, after being invited to a student exhibit at California Baptist University by the director of the photography program, Christopher Kern, I mentioned to him that I was excited about a new potential guest. He response was that he’d known Art for years. I’m embarrassed to say that I wasn’t aware of Art Streiber before Jaime’s message. How on earth had I never seen Art’s work before? To be more specific, I most likely had seen his work before, and probably had seen it often, but I was completely unaware of Art. I am hoping that with this show I help you avoid that embarrassment. Art is a Los Angeles-based freelance photographer specializing in portrait, reportage, entertainment, and advertising photography, and for the last decade, Streiber’s imagery has been selected to appear in American Photography and Communication Arts Photography Annual. To put his talent in perspective, let me list a few of his clients… Starting with Editorial clients we have the likes of Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, Wired, New York, Fortune, ESPN, GQ and The New York Times Magazine. His Entertainment clients include ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, A&amp;E, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, TBS, TNT, The CW, IFC, MTV, SyFy Channel, Showtime, TVLand, Universal Studios, Columbia-TriStar, Dreamworks, Paramount, STX, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. Studios. For Advertising clients we have Chase Bank, KFC, Kohler, Cadillac, Miller Lite, Heineken, Subway, Farmers Insurance, Oakley and Disneyland. Art Streiber is at the top of the game. As an educator, Art has lectured at the International Center of Photography, The Santa Fe Workshops, Art Center College of Design, PDN’s Photo Plus, Savannah College of Art &amp; Design, ATLAS Institute at University of Colorado at Boulder and at The Stanford Publishing Course – his BA in Communications is from Stanford by the way. Having been honored by American Photo Magazine, the Pacific Design Center and the Los Angeles Center of Photography, it seems I am not the only one that is struck by the amazing imagery he creates, and as you hear in this show, he creates his shots… at times with very complex sets, production, and post work. For me, what sums up Art’s work best, and perhaps the biggest compliment I can give him, is that I see the clear inspiration he draws from the great portrait, fashion and documentary photographers of the mid 20th Century. Today’s image is a perfect example. As we were picking the image for this show, which wasn’t easy at all considering there are about 100 of his shots I have questions about, Art described a few images to me as “BIG productions under intense parameters”. That’s intriguing. He described these shoots as “a window onto productions that perhaps your listeners don’t experience / would love to hear about”. I think he’s right. Join photographer and director Art Streiber and me as we discuss complex photo shoots, and the international publicity shoot he did for Sony of the cast of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, including Quentin Tarantino, Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Art Portfolio: artstreiber.com Instagram: @aspictures Art’s Photographer Picks Bill Shapiro: @billshapiro Slim Aarons Photo Referenced in the Show Kings of Hollywood: clarkart.edu Art’s App Picks Sun Seeker: ozpda.com | Android | iOS

Alex Buisse is an adventure photographer based out of Alberta, Canada, but it would seem that Chamonix, France has his heart &#8211; at least photographically. Alex is a climber, but around the same time he fell in love with that, he also fell into photography. The combination of those two passions allows Alex to create some absolutely stunning photographs. These two disciplines seem to feed each other, and by Alex&#8217;s own admission have caused him to climb bigger and wilder mountains so that he would get better images. This balance of the physical art of climbing and the creative art of photography have also caused him to constantly work to become a better photographer. Imagine making some extremely difficult climbs only to not be able to do the scene justice in the resulting photos. That would be such a loss for us, the viewers. Over a decade ago Alex was studying Computer Science when he dropped out to move to the climbing mecca of Chamonix, France to pursue adventure photography full time. I&#8217;m not sure how his parents felt about it at the time, but based on his portfolio, the world is a better place because we get the benefit of seeing his amazing work. Alex&#8217;s work has provided him with some amazing opportunities, and unique life experiences. Alex has sailed an expedition yacht around Cape Horn, been invited to an Ethiopian coffee ceremony in Dadaab Refugee Camp, photographed Usain Bolt at the Olympics, skied to the North Pole, named three (small) mountains in Greenland, adventure raced through Tierra del Fuego, climbed on K2 and been winched from a rescue helicopter at night &#8211; on purpose! Alex is that person we have all heard about, the one that makes you realize you haven&#8217;t been living your life to the fullest. Along with his adventure photography, he has branched out into a few other genres, including portraiture, humanitarian, automotive and industrial. His ability to deal with the complicated logistics of shooting in wild places, with unpredictable weather, make him a sought after talent. His client list is a Who&#8217;s Who: Patagonia Garmin BMW Nissan Novartis VISA Red Bull Microsoft Scandinavian Airlines Adidas Arc&#8217;teryx Petzl Black Diamond Sports Illustrated The Economist International Olympic Committee Chamonix-Mont-Blanc NationalGeographic.com CNN Alex is also one of the over 600 photographers in 41 countries that represented by the art production agency Wonderful Machine. Wonderful Machine is a very interesting concept, with a list of photographers that is top notch. I have to admit I am excited to try and get a few others from their roster on the show. Join climber and adventure photographer Alex Buisse and me as we discuss his world of adventure photography, and as we take a deep dive, or should that be deep climb, into his image of Jeff Mercier climbing out of the depths of a moulin, a crevasse in Mer de Glace, Chamonix, France, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Alex Portfolio: alexbuisse.com Climbing Posters: montblanclines.com Instagram: @alexbuisse Twitter: @alexbuisse Facebook: @alexbuissephotography Alex&#8217;s Book Mont Blanc Lines: French &#124; Italian &#124; English (Release October 6, 2022) Alex&#8217;s Photographer Picks Danielle Villasana: daniellevillasana.com &#124; @davillasana Eric Bouvet: ericbouvet.com &#124; @ericbouvet Alex&#8217;s App Picks Sun Seeker: www.ozpda.com &#124; Android &#124; iOS FatMap: fatmap.com &#124; Android &#124; iOS Photographers Ephemeris: photoephemeris.com &#124; iOS &#124; iOS 3D

At WPPI this year I ran into Vanessa Joy, my first time meeting her in person. We chatted about the classes and workshops she was doing at the conference, and the friend I was with suggested that I get her on the show again. I had such a great time when Vanessa was on the show the first time, talking about how to Elevate Your Wedding Photography, that when she agreed to do it I jumped at the chance. As I was thinking about this show, I knew that I wanted to do something different than the first one. She is a world renowned wedding photographer, and a Canon Explorer of Light, so there had to be a way I could approach this show uniquely. That&#8217;s when it hit me&#8230; Every show we take one image and explore and dissect the multiple aspects required to make the image. From the planning and pre-visualization, to exposure, lighting, post production, posing and more. What if we reversed that process? What if we picked just one of those aspects and examined it through multiple working scenarios, using multiple image examples per scenario? Vanessa Joy is an expert in posing, so I knew what the main topic would be. She has a free Posing Inspiration Guide, and a Speed Posing Course at speedposing.com. The hard part was trying to find a way to approach posing on multiple levels. What I settled on was four photo shoot scenarios: Solo, Couples, Standard Groups, and Random Groups &#8211; let me explain&#8230; Solo Subjects would be anytime you have just one person in front of the camera; Couples would be when you have two subjects in front of the camera, whether they are actual couples or not; Standard Groups &#8211; OK I wasn&#8217;t sure what to call it, but basically think of this as when you have a group of people on almost the same focal plane &#8211; like when you say &#8220;everyone get together&#8221;; and the last one is how I think of a band portrait, or a commercial type shoot &#8211; that&#8217;s a Random Group, as in randomly placing subjects not only left to right, but forward and backwards on the Z axis. Obviously, we could go into every possible scenario you might encounter, but even then someone would say something crazy &#8220;I need the groom in a tree and the bride in a boat&#8221;. There is just no way to cover every scenario, so we are going to do these four, with 3 different image examples per category. Since Vanessa is a wedding photographer, we are using mostly wedding type images here, but you can of course apply the concepts we discuss to any genre. And let me just add, when I say she is a world renowned wedding photographer, that there are only five Canon Explorers of Light in the field of Wedding Photography &#8211; just five, and Vanessa is one of them. Vanessa Joy photographs weddings from Austin and Dallas, TX, to New Jersey, New York City, and Manhattan, and of course is sought after for destination weddings. Her style is photojournalistic, and has led to multiple awards. Her work has been seen in The Knot, RangeFinder, Grace Ormonde, Brides, and more. As an educator, she has 11 classes on CreativeLive, and you can even buy her preset packs. And yes, she&#8217;s an author, with her book &#8220;The Off-Camera Flash Handbook: 32 Scenarios for Creating Beautiful Light and Stunning Photographs&#8221; available now, and she has 3 new digital books: The Business Of Wedding Photography, Building &#38; Marketing Your Wedding Business, and The Art Of Wedding Photography. Vanessa Joy is at the top of the wedding photography game, and I am so glad to have her on the show once again. Please join Canon Explorer of Light Vanessa Joy and me as we take a deep dive into Posing Tips, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Vanessa Website: vanessajoy.com Website for Photographers: breatheyourpassion.com Blog: vanessajoyphotographyblog.com Twitter: @vanessa__joy Instagram: @vanessajoy Facebook: @VJoyPhoto YouTube: @vanessajoy Vanessa&#8217;s Videos Mentioned During the Show Budget Photography Gear Shootout Featuring Miguel Quiles: YouTube Old Hollywood Style Engagement Photo Shoot (Behind The Scenes): YouTube Vanessa&#8217;s Books The Off-Camera Flash Handbook: 32 Scenarios for Creating Beautiful Light and Stunning Photographs: Amazon The Art of Wedding Photography: Amazon The Business of Wedding Photography: Amazon Building and Marketing Your Wedding Business: Amazon Vanessa&#8217;s Secrets To Perfect Poses Speed Posing Course: speedposing.com Free Guide: Posing Inspiration Guide Vanessa&#8217;s Store Online Store: breatheyourpassion.com Vanessa&#8217;s Questionnaire FREE Couples Photo Shoot Questionnaire: Vanessa&#8217;s Classes CreativeLive: creativelive.com (Be sure to check out the CreativeLive discount code here) Vanessa&#8217;s Photographer Picks Joe Buissink: joebuissink.com

George Schaub is a photographer&#8217;s photographer, and that may be the best compliment I can give anyone. George has a been a professional photographer since 1966, when he was the House photographer for promotion, brochures, and events at International House, NYC &#8211; and he&#8217;s been a writer for almost as long. From the 1970s through the 2000s his career took off, with articles published in Studio Photography magazine, followed by articles and illustrations in the New York Times Sunday Arts and Leisure section, Video Photography, Lens Magazine, Lens on Campus, Photographer’s Forum, Camera Arts, Photo District News, and a monthly column in Darkroom Photography magazine. George was a regular contributor to Travel Holiday magazine and he had photo and technology related articles in consumer magazines such as Popular Mechanics, Travel &#38; Leisure, Men’s Journal, and American Photographer. After covering the L.A. olympics, George was hired as an Assistant Editor at popular Photography magazine, and later became a writer and copy editor, before eventually becoming the Executive Editor. With all of that experience, George has also been heavily involved on the education side of photography, through his writing, and his workshops through a number of educational outlets, including the famed Santa Fe Photo Workshops. He was an Adjunct Professor at New School University/Parsons School of Design, teaching courses that included a General Intro lecture course, a Masters Class in Black and White Printing, Digital Camera intro; Advanced Photo Techniques; Digital Photo Processing, and Digital Printing. He has also been an Adjunct Professor at Sitka University for online critiques and assignments. His body of work is extensive, and after a number of photo and illustration books, some of which have been self-published, George&#8217;s latest book is In Public, which covers his street photography from 1970 through 2020. Join author, educator, and photographer George Schaub and me as we explore his approach to Street Photography, his new book In Public, and his photo Illusion Realite, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with George Portfolio: gschaub.zenfolio.com Instagram: @gschaubphoto Facebook: facebook.com EBay: ebay.com George&#8217;s Book In Public: blurb.com George&#8217;s Photographer Pick W. Eugene Smith: magnumphotos.com

Rick Sammon has said that he specializes in not specializing, and I am seeing that approach to photography more often. Today&#8217;s guest is Will Cadena, and his portfolio include Weddings, Bar / Bat Mitzvahs, Corporate Events, Commercial work, and Cinematography, and the entire body of work is world class. Will brings a sense of space to his images, with subjects that pop off the background. His lighting never leaves the subjects without their environment, while at the same time keeping the background in it&#8217;s place. I&#8217;m browsing his site while writing this, and there is just an amazing richness to his work. Needless to say, picking an image for this show was difficult. Having started taking an interest in photography at a young age, today he is a sought after speaker. He has educated audiences at the Canon Experience Center, and the Fundy Inspiration Workshop to inspire Disney&#8217;s Fine Art photographers at Disney World. He&#8217;s spoken at PhotoPlus NY, and is a Speaker &#38; International Judge at WPPI. From Imaging USA to the Vegas Symposium Will Cadena is helping to advance the creative community. His client list ranges from FJ Westcott and Think Tank Photo to Synology, Wacom, Sekonic and Celebrate. From Shinzo Abe &#8211; the Prime Minister of Japan, to Johnny Depp, Derek Jeter, Michael Bloomberg or Timothy Gunn, it seems Will can work in any situation regardless of pressure. Join photographer Will Cadena and me for a chat about everything from shooting on location to overpowering the sun, and as we dissect how he made his beautiful fashion photo, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Will Portfolio: willcadena.com Instagram: @WillCadena Twitter: @WillCadena Facebook: @WillCadenaPhotography Vimeo: @WillCadena Conferences with Will as a Speaker VegasSymposium: vegassymposium.com PHOTOPLUS: photoplusexpo.com Wedding MBA: weddingmba.com Imaging USA: imagingusa.org WPPI: wppiexpo.com Will&#8217;s Photographer Pick Take a look at who he follows on Instagram: instagram.com Model &#124; Hair &#38; Makeup (At 30:46 I asked if Will remembered the model&#8217;s name. Thanks to Jennifer Denton Photography, who reached out on Instagram (@jendentonseniors) to mention the name of the model, and the hair &#38; makeup crew.) Model &#8211; Victoria Quartieri: @victoria_quartieri Hair &#38; Makeup &#8211; Jax Studio: @jaxstudio

A few days ago Jeremy Lanthorn (@Snackem on Twitter) sent me a guest suggestion: @stevebrazill check out @LeviVentura_ and this shot of @GableSteveson at the NCAA wrestling tournament. Would make a great BTS episode. I get a lot of guest suggestions, and while I reach out to most of them, many never answer back. In this case, I replied to the tweet, Levi Ventura answered back almost instantly, and here we are with a new show. I wasn&#8217;t familiar with Levi before this, but I hope more people will be after this show. Levi Ventura is a 22 year old college student majoring in graphic design. He has only been working as a freelance photographer &#38; videographer since 2019, but since that time he has been creating content for Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Gold Medalist Jordan Burroughs&#8217; social media. Ranging from high school sports to the NCAA, this young creative has been creating such fantastic work in a very short period of time. Along with a clear passion for sports photography and video, Levi has also been focusing on working with small businesses and brands to help provide quality content for their social media sites. Based on looking through his site, I&#8217;d expect big things from Levi to happen quickly. His client list already includes names like Asics and USA Wrestling, and it&#8217;s his NCAA wresting work that really jumps out &#8211; yes, a jump joke for today&#8217;s image. Join photographer Levi Ventura and me as we explore his composite image of Gable Steveson doing his famous backflip, after winning his final match at his last NCAA wrestling tournament, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Levi Portfolio: levivphoto.com Instagram: @leviventura.photo Twitter: @LeviVentura_ YouTube: @LeviVentura Vimeo: @LeviVentura Levi&#8217;s Photographer Pick Tony Rotundo: @tonyrotundo.waw on Instagram

NOTE: This is not an official Nikon USA show. This is a podcast first and foremost, and Nikon was kind enough to allow my guest, Mark Cruz, to come speak about the Nikon AF system options. This is not intended to be a technical training, but a conversation with Mark to better understand the choices you have in customizing the current line of Nikon camera AF systems. Obviously, there are still some constraints here. I try to keep the shows at a reasonable length &#8211; for some behind the scenes reasons related to the podcast versions of the show &#8211; and my guests often have limited time as well. I have a lot of people that listen to the audio only version of the show, and so there will be times I inject myself into the conversation to be sure the topic we are discussing is absorbable by those without video, as well as to moderate time so that we can at least get to all of the planned topics. Still, my hope is that explaining the AF options one-at-a-time in some detail will help you to get more out of the camera system you have. I recently did a special episode taking a detailed look at the current Canon Auto-Focus systems, and now it&#8217;s time to do the same for the Nikon users. As I explained in the first show in this series, my relationship with auto-focus systems hasn&#8217;t always been a great one. Like most photographers, it&#8217;s so easy to say &#8220;the camera missed focus&#8221;, or &#8220;it front or back focused&#8221;. The problem is that&#8217;s not the case more often than not. Don&#8217;t misunderstand me, these issues are real. Cameras and lenses are not perfect, and the software that runs anything today can have issues, but focus issues often relate to the end user not having the AF system configured correctly, or not understanding how the system really works. Cameras today are complex electronic systems, and for many end users the process of customizing the AF systems is a daunting task. This results in many users leaving the camera at it&#8217;s default settings, and while for many that may end up working, with a bit of customization these AF systems are capable of amazing speed and accuracy. Camera manuals are written by people that already understand the tech involved, and as &#8220;plain English&#8221; as they try to be, there just isn&#8217;t enough detail in the text to make the menu options useful to many end users. My goal with these two shows is to demystify the camera AF system options available to you. For this show I am joined by Mark Cruz, a Senior Manager, Product Digital Cameras with Interchangeable Lenses (DCIL) at Nikon USA. Mark is responsible for bringing new digital imaging products to market, including the latest Nikon Z series mirrorless cameras and NIKKOR Z lenses. He also helps manage marketing and educational efforts for Nikon products across a variety of platforms and social media channels. Previously he was a Senior Technical representative for Nikon Canada, responsible for spearheading business development through technical sales and services. In 2019, he moved to the U.S. to join the Marketing department at Nikon USA. Together we are going to go through the auto-focus menu options available to you to better customize the AF system for your shooting style and needs. Our example camera for this show will be a Nikon Z9, and while you may have a different camera body, most of the options will apply to most of the current Nikon mirrorless lineup. For those that use older Nikon DSLRs there will still be some overlap to help you, and if you use non-Nikon gear it&#8217;s my hope that the concepts we discuss will help. Join Mark Cruz, a Senior Manager, Product Digital Cameras with Interchangeable Lenses (DCIL) at Nikon USA, and me as we take a deep dive into the amazing auto-focus systems available in the current line of Nikon cameras, using the Z9 as the example, on this Behind the Shot. Nikon USA Website: nikonusa.com Instagram: @NikonUSA Facebook: &#62;@NikonUSA Twitter: &#62;@NikonUSA YouTube: &#62;@NikonUSA Connect with Mark: Instagram: @summacruzlaude Mark&#8217;s Photographer Pick Andrew Hancock: andrewhancock.com &#124; @hancockphoto Thanks to Troy Miller for letting me use your Z9: Website &#8211; Business: imageryconcepts.com Instagram &#8211; Business: @imageryconcepts Website &#8211; Personal: spicyjello.com Instagram &#8211; Personal: @spicyjello Instagram &#8211; Personal, BW: @spicyjello_bw

I don&#8217;t think Dr. Larry Tiefenbrunn, or Dr. T as he&#8217;s known to many, ever sleeps. Larry is a practicing pediatrician, and active photographer, and he&#8217;s the founder and CEO of Platypod. I first met Larry through Rick Sammon, and we have been friends ever since. His company Platypod makes some of my favorite photo accessories &#8211; the larger Platypod Max and the smaller Ultra, one of which is next to me every show. Their most recent product is the Platyball, a unique bullhead available in the Ergo and Elite models. I have an unboxing of both Platyball options up on the YouTube channel here. One special part of this show is that Larry is sharing details of a new Platypod product that&#8217;s in development. If you are a fan of Platypod, like I am, this new product sounds very interesting. Larry has been on the show once before, on episode 57 in 2018. On that show we talked about a great guitar image he did, and discussed Better Product Photography. This time we are going a different route&#8230; if you look at Larry&#8217;s portfolio you&#8217;ll notice that Larry shoots a lot of different genres, from portraits, to animals, landscapes, street, and studio work. One thing you may also notice is that Larry has an eye for Black &#38; White images. His B&#38;W work has a contrast and depth I enjoy, and he manages to strip the story down to the basic components needed to help a viewer better understand the story. Today, we are going to explore not just the process of making a photo black &#38; white, but the thought process behind when and why you might choose to remove the color from an image. Join businessman and photographer Dr. Larry Tiefenbrunn and me as we explore his approach to Black &#38; White photography, and as we discuss the new Platypod Extreme, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Larry&#8217;s First Time on Behind the Shot Episode 57 &#8211; 2018: Better Product Photography Connect with Larry Portfolio: ljtmd.smugmug.com Platypod Website: platypod.com Instagram: @platypodtripods Twitter: @platypodtripods Facebook: @platypod YouTube: @platypod Larry&#8217;s Photographer Pick Bryan Peterson: bryanfpeterson.com Bryan Peterson&#8217;s Books Understanding Exposure: amazon.com Learning to See Creatively: amazon.com Ansel Adams Book Mentioned by Larry During the Show The Negative: amazon.com Software Mentioned by Larry During the Show Nik Collection from DxO: nikcollection.dxo.com Platypod Extreme

I get guest suggestions on a very regular basis, and most of the time I actually do follow through on them. Unfortunately, I often don&#8217;t get any response. Periodically however I not only get a reply, but we end up with a great show. That is the case with this episode, and describing my guest is going to take a bit of setup&#8230; A few days ago I received an email from a gentleman named Michael Ryno. I don&#8217;t know Michael personally, but his email caught my eye. He mentioned a photo group that is near and dear to my heart, the Inland Empire Professional Photographers and Videographers, or IEPPV. I used to be an IEPPV board member, and still help them on occasion. Michael said he was an IEPPV member, even though he is from Colorado, and he is a regular listener / watcher of the show. He is also the President of PPC &#8211; the Professional Photographers of Colorado. At this point I was intrigued enough to look Michael up, and he is an amazing photographer &#8211; see for yourself. Then something unexpected happened, Michael &#8211; this amazing photographer &#8211; was writing to suggest someone else he knew. His email went on to describe Cheryl Moore to me, and he described her so well that I honestly thought he might be her PR agent. I tried to politely ask him if he was representing her in any way. That alone wouldn&#8217;t be a deal breaker, but I wanted to know the motivation behind the suggestion, as I take the credibility of the show very seriously. Are you ready for this&#8230; Michael just wanted to bring attention to someone he truly respected as an artist. He was just doing the right thing. So refreshing. At this point I started exploring Cheryl&#8217;s work, and it is stunning. I mean&#8230; it&#8217;s blow your mind beautiful. Cheryl was a Media Specialist for the Colorado Department of Corrections, now retired &#8211; and is now a Wildlife and Nature photographer. She also owns a portrait studio, specializing in Senior portraits (which some might argue is still wildlife). Her husband Jim is a biologist by education, so she also has the benefit of his knowledge in wildlife and bird habitats. Having been published in places like Colorado Outdoors Magazine, it seems that 2022 has been a very good year for Cheryl. She has earned a number of awards this year, including: PPA: 2022 Diamond Artist of the Year 2022 Gold Medal in Photographic Open World Photographic Cup: Top 10 finalist “Best of Nations” for Team USA &#8211; with the finals happening in Rome in May, 2022 Professional Photographers of Colorado: 2022 General Photographer of the Year When Michael sent me the first email, he had attached one image he thought would be a good subject for a show. That image, &#8220;Dance of Light&#8221;, has won a number of accolades: PPA: Image Excellence Grand Imaging Award (GIA) Nomination &#8211; Top 10 in the Wildlife Category World Photographic Cup: Top 10 in the Nature category “Best of Nations” for Team USA &#8211; with the finals happening in Rome in May, 2022 Pro Print Photo Labs Wildlife Contest: First Place Winner If you&#8217;ve watched this show at all then you know I tend to spend a lot of time browsing a guest&#8217;s website. I like to look for common threads in their work, and with Cheryl one thing stands out &#8211; Gesture. Gesture is an important part of photography, and I&#8217;d argue it is often the deciding factor between an ok shot and an amazing image. Rick Sammon mentions it regularly, and Jay Maisel has a book about it &#8211; Light Gesture and Color. If you are not familiar with the idea of Gesture in photography, here&#8217;s a great, short video of &#8216;Jay Maisel on the Importance of “Gesture” in Photography&#8216; from PDN Online, and yes&#8230; even a wall can have Gesture. Join Colorado based Wildlife and Nature photographer Cheryl Moore and me as we discuss photographic gesture, and as we take a deep dive into the making of her award wining image &#8220;Dance of Light&#8221;,  on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Cheryl &#8211; Nature &#38; Wildlife Website: cmooreimages.com Portfolio: cherylmooreportraitstudio.pic-time.com Instagram: @cheryl_moore_nature_images Facebook: @CherylMooreImagesofNature Connect with Cheryl &#8211; Portrait Studio Website: CherylMoorePortraitStudio.com Instagram: @cheryl_moore_portrait_studio Facebook: @CherylMoorePortraitStudio World Photographic Cup links Best of Country &#8211; 2022: worldphotographiccup.org Finalists &#8211; 2022: worldphotographiccup.org Cheryl&#8217;s Photographer Pick Isaac Spotts: isaacspicz.com &#124; @isaacspicz Cheryl&#8217;s Favorite Apps Sun Seeker: Android &#124; iOS AccuWeather: Android &#124; iOS Nik Collection: dxo.com DeNoise AI: topazlabs.com

These last few years of the pandemic have been an interesting time. While I would definitely hope to not do it again any time soon, there are a few things that have come out of the pandemic that have been amazing. One of those are the various virtual photographer hangouts I have been invited to, and the amazing people I have met through them. In one of these Zoom hangouts I met William Snyder, who was on the show with his Stevie Ray Vaughn album cover image, and in the same hangout I was also introduced to legendary Reuters photographer Gary Hershorn. When talking about Gary&#8217;s career as a photojournalist you can get lost in the story alone, and then once you add his images to the story you are seemingly transported to amazing historical moments in time. Gary is a Canadian photographer and picture editor based in New York City, and his 43 year career began in 1979 at United Press International, in Toronto. By 1985 he was working at Reuters, as Chief Photographer, Canada, before moving to Washington, DC. in 1990. In his time at Reuters, Gary filled the roles of Senior Photographer, Picture Editor-Americas, and Global Sports Pictures Editor. He led major event coverage of the 9/11 attacks on the WTC, Hurricane Katrina, the Haiti Earthquake, along with covering numerous news, sporting championships and entertainment events around the world. Since leaving Reuters in 2014, he has worked as a photo editor for Flipboard, was the photo editor at FOXnews.com for 3 years and presently works in news curation for Facebook. In addition he is a contributing photographer for Getty Images. For those 43 years Gary has been photographing history, he has been taking us there with him in the process. In the summer of 2011, as the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center approached, he began a photography project documenting New York City, the ever-changing skyline of the city as it entered a construction boom and began pairing the skyline of the city with various celestial events that happened in the skies over New York City. This work continues and led to the publication of the book “New York Celestial” in 2019. If you follow Gary on Instagram you will find one of the most inspirational feeds there is. I show Gary&#8217;s current work to someone almost daily, and could study his photojournalistic work just as frequently. Today, I am excited to share one of his most historic images with you. Join legendary photojournalist, and all around great photographer, Gary Hershorn and me as we discuss what it was like to photograph the 2008 Obama Election Night Rally for Reuters, on this Behind the Shot. (The Obama photo featured in this episode is provided courtesy of Reuters, and is Copyright Reuters) Connect with Gary Website: garyhershorn.com Instagram: @garyhershorn Twitter: @garyhershorn Gary&#8217;s Book New York Celestial: newyorkcelestial.com Gary&#8217;s Favorite Mobile Apps Radar Scope: Android &#124; iOS Webcams – EarthCam: Android &#124; iOS Planit Pro: Photo Planner: Android &#124; iOS Gary&#8217;s Photographer Picks Andy Sharp: andy-sharp.com &#124; @andybobsharp Andy Clark: clarkfoto.ca &#124; @andyclarkfoto

NOTE: This is not an official Canon USA show. This is a podcast first and foremost, and Canon was kind enough to allow my guest, Rudy Winston, to come speak about the Canon AF system options. This is not intended to be a technical training, but a conversation with Rudy to better understand the choices you have in customizing the current line of Canon camera AF systems. Obviously, there are still some constraints here. I try to keep the shows at a reasonable length &#8211; for some behind the scenes reasons related to the podcast versions of the show &#8211; and my guests often have limited time as well. I have a lot of people that listen to the audio only version of the show, and so there will be times I inject myself into the conversation to be sure the topic we are discussing is absorbable by those without video, as well as to moderate time so that we can at least get to all of the planned topics. Still, my hope is that explaining the AF options one-at-a-time in some detail will help you to get more out of the camera system you have. This is a show I have been wanting to do for a very long time. My relationship with auto-focus systems hasn&#8217;t always been a great one. Like most photographers, it&#8217;s so easy to say &#8220;the camera missed focus&#8221;, or &#8220;it front or back focused&#8221;. The problem is that&#8217;s not the case more often than not. Don&#8217;t misunderstand me, these issues are real. Cameras and lenses are not perfect, and the software that runs anything today can have issues, but focus issues often relate to the end user not having the AF system configured correctly, or not understanding how the system really works. When I upgraded my system years ago I moved to the Canon EOS 5d mark IV. I loved that camera, and in fact it&#8217;s still in use as the webcam for every show I do. But the first copy I received seemed off. I would be shooting an outdoor concert, with plenty of light, and the camera would nail focus on a singer mid-jump. When that same singer stood still at the mic the 5D IV would miss shots by a lot. I was sure it was the body, so I sent it back and got a new one, only to have the issue still happen. Clearly this wasn&#8217;t the camera, Steve. I loved the images this camera produced too, as they had so much more richness, depth and texture than the 5D mark III, but it wasn&#8217;t useable if I couldn&#8217;t figure out what I was doing wrong, or if I was doing anything wrong. A friend of mine that does work for Canon at trade shows &#8211; he&#8217;s one of the guys behind the booth helping attendees look at the gear &#8211; introduced me to Rudy Winston, a Technical Advisor in the Product Planning Dept. for Canon USA. I emailed my issue to Rudy, along with sample images where Canon&#8217;s DPP software would clearly show the AF was in the right spot. Rudy, to my surprise, sent me more info than I could have ever imagined. He sent a detailed description of the AF Case modes, and what all those settings meant. So much of what he said seemed to be missing from the public AF conversation. I had already looked up everything I could find, and yet never heard things described with such detail. Fast forward to today and I recently had someone ask me via an Instagram DM about the R5 AF settings. They were coming from the 5D mark IV, and the settings were different enough to be confusing for them. Instantly Rudy popped into my mind. Luckily for us, Rudy has agreed to go through the entire Canon EOS R5 AF menus in detail, to help us better understand the options available. While I am using the R5 in this show for the example, obviously, most of the info will apply to the Canon auto-focus system as a whole. Join Rudy Winston, a Technical Advisor in the Product Planning Dept. for Canon USA, and me as we take a deep dive into the amazing auto-focus systems available in the current line of Canon cameras, on this Behind the Shot. Canon USA Website: usa.canon.com Rudy&#8217;s Photographer Pick Anthony Neste: anthonynestephotography.com Ask David Bergman Episode on Dual Back-Button AF Canon R5/R6 Fast Eye Autofocus Switching: youtube.com Transcript: U.S. English Whisper Generated English Transcript (Won&#8217;t be 100% accurate): Canon Auto-Focus Explained Transcript &#124; Canon Auto-Focus Explained Segments

I feel like I have been studying Joe McNally&#8217;s work since I first picked up a camera, so this should be the easiest show post I have ever done. He is an absolute master of light, and I own his &#8220;The Language of Light&#8221; Volume One, I need to get Volume Two. I have watched classes through KelbyOne and CreativeLive, and twice I have sat at the end of his PhotoshopWorld Keynotes wishing it wasn&#8217;t over. Yeah, this should be easy. But no, this is a tough one. Joe McNally is a legend, and most anyone you ask would agree that he&#8217;s one of the top photographers working today, perhaps ever. He is in that very elite group of photographers know as Nikon Ambassadors, along with the likes of Moose Peterson (who has been on the show twice &#8211; for Wildlife &#38; Wild Places &#38; Aviation Photography), Deborah Sandidge (who was on the show for the episode on Better Travel Photography), Todd Owyoung and others. Joe is also a Capture One Ambassador, a Gitzo Ambassador, and is affiliated with Printique (an Adorama company), Synology, Lastolite, Tether Tools, and Powerex. Writing about someone I respect as much as Joe creates a flood of thoughts, and putting them in the right order matters. Let me start here&#8230; Joe McNally won the first Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Journalistic Impact for a LIFE coverage titled, “The Panorama of War”. He has been honored numerous times by Communication Arts, PDN, Graphis, American Photo, POY, and The World Press Photo Foundation. His career has led to international acclaim, more awards than I could list here, and assignments that have taken him to 70 countries. With all of that said, we have only just begun to scratch the surface of Joe&#8217;s career. Joe has shot numerous cover stories, and highly complex features, for legendary publications such as LIFE, National Geographic, and Sports Illustrated, along with cover stories for TIME, Newsweek, Fortune, New York, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, and Men’s Journal. He has also managed to do something few people can&#8230; bridge the worlds of photojournalism and advertising. His client list includes FedEx, Sony, Nikon, Land’s End, General Electric, MetLife, Adidas, American Ballet Theater, Epson, the Wildlife Conservation Society, ESPN, MAC Cosmetics, USAA, the New York Stock Exchange, and Lehman Brothers, and that&#8217;s a short version. American Photo listed Joe as one of the 100 Most Important People in Photography, and described by the magazine as “perhaps the most versatile photojournalist working today&#8221;, and in 2010 he was voted as one of the 30 most influential photographers of the decade in an industry wide Photo District News survey. As an educator, McNally is unequaled. He is an author, teacher, and highly sought after speaker. His newest book, &#8220;The Real Deal: Field Notes from the Life of a Working Photographer&#8221; &#8211; available through Rocky Nook or Amazon &#8211; was released on February 8, 2022. I pre-ordered it, and can&#8217;t wait to read through it. In fact the photo we discuss on this show triggers a whole chapter in the book. His other titles include &#8220;Sketching Light&#8221;, &#8220;The Hot Shoe Diaries&#8221;, The Moment It Clicks&#8221;, and &#8220;The Face of Ground Zero&#8221;. The latter is based on Joe&#8217;s &#8220;Faces of Ground Zero, Portraits of the Heroes of September 11, 2001 Collection&#8220;, which consists of 246 Giant Polaroids &#8211; life-size photos (9&#8242; x 4&#8242;) shot during a three-week period shortly after September 11, 2001, with additional images shot in 2002. I mentioned above my experience watching Joe give a Keynote at PhotoshopWorld a few years ago. Joe McNally is hands down the best I have ever seen. I don&#8217;t know how to even begin to describe his speaking and teaching ability. All I can do is suggest that, given the opportunity, you don&#8217;t miss him on stage. Be sure to check out his classes too, like The Language of Light class mentioned above, or through places like KelbyOne and CreativeLive. I can only imagine how great his live workshops are, and, as of this episode&#8217;s release, the next one is coming in May of 2022 for the San Francisco &#38; Wine Country Workshop. When it comes to his fine art work, Joe is represented by the Monroe Gallery of Santa Fe, his prints are in numerous collections, most significantly the National Portrait Gallery of the United States. Join Nikon Ambassador, master of light, and all around amazing creative, Joe McNally and me as we chat about his creative thought process, and take a deep dive into the most complex image I have ever had on the show, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Joe Website: joemcnally.com Portfolio: portfolio.joemcnally.com Instagram: @JoeMcNallyPhoto Facebook: @JoeMcNallyPhoto Twitter: @JoeMcNallyPhoto YouTube: @JoeMcNally Pinterest: @JoeMcNallyPhoto Joe&#8217;s Latest Book &#8211; The Real Deal: Field Notes from the Life of a Working Photographer Rocky Nook: rockynook.com Amazon: amazon.com All of Joe&#8217;s Books Amazon: amazon.com Joe&#8217;s Store Books, Fine Art prints, DVDs: joemcnally.com Joe&#8217;s Workshops San Francisco &#38; Wine Country Workshop: fancygirlstreetboy.com Full Workshop List: joemcnally.com The Faces Of Ground Zero Portraits of the Heroes of September 11, 2001 Collection: facesofgroundzero.com Joe&#8217;s Photographer Picks Don McCullin: donmccullin.com &#124; @don.mccullin Gordon Parks: @gordonparksfoundation Behind the Scenes Video Budapest Fashion with Joe McNally and the Nikon D850: YouTube.com Behind the Scenes of the Episode Image &#160;

David Bergman is a legend in the world of concert photography, and he is someone I have looked up to for a long time. That may be the best summary of David I can come up with, that I am a fan, and honored to call him a friend. For those not aware of David&#8217;s work, David is a New York based commercial photographer and photo educator who specializes in action, music and portraiture photographer. David is one of the rare talents that can pull off any genre of photography. He is also a world class educator, something I don&#8217;t want to bury down in paragraph seven somewhere. I will go into detail there, but it needs to be stated early on in this discussion. His education talent, his ability to truly understand the art of photography and be able to teach it to others is front and center to who David is. David has been on the show twice before, first back on Episode 48 for &#8220;Composition, Creativity, and Workflow&#8221;, and then as a guest on Image Critique #9. For that first show, I knew most people would expect a live music image, since David is the current tour photographer for country super star Luke Combs and is well know for being Bon Jovi&#8217;s tour photographer. I didn&#8217;t want to be that predictable however, so we chose an image he shot for Canon USA, knowing full well I would need to get him back on one day to talk music photography. As I mentioned above, David&#8217;s current running tour gig is as the photographer for Luke Combs, one of the most successful country artists working today. As the official tour photographer for Bon Jovi and Luke Combs, he has documented bands on stage and on the road in more than 30 countries. He has also toured with Barenaked Ladies and Gloria Estefan, and has worked with Avril Lavigne and Joss Stone. David has also done a lot of celebrity work, for the likes of Drew Carey and others. All of this adds up to David being one of the top photographers working in the entertainment space today, and to David being in the rare class of photographers known as Canon Explorers of Light. One of the things he is best known for is being a pioneer of the GigaPan technique for making very high resolution images, and his Gigapan of President Obama&#8217;s first inaugural speech was viewed by more than 30 million people. His 20,000 megapixel image of Yankee Stadium was printed at 130 feet wide and displayed at the Canon Expo in 2015, a technique he has also used for commercial clients including NBC and MLB.com. David at times seems to be able to do anything with a camera. Hopefully you&#8217;re starting to see what I meant when I mentioned his level of talent. Before moving to New York City in 2001, he was a photojournalist on staff at The Miami Herald and covered news and sporting events around the world. Moving from being a staff photographer to where he is today has been an interesting path. David has had 13 Sports Illustrated covers, including his image of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees raising his son over his head after winning the Super Bowl. He has covered multiple Olympics, World Series, Super Bowls, NBA and NCAA championships, and Stanley Cup Finals. That brings us to the education side of David. I would argue that this is where David shines. He stars in and produces a show for AdoramaTV called &#8220;Ask David Bergman&#8221;, which I would argue may be the best photography tutorial series there is. Short, straight to the point answers to questions that matter. He is also a sought after speaker, having done workshops and seminars for Canon, Apple, Adorama, Best Buy, and Columbia University. Deserving of it&#8217;s own paragraph here are David&#8217;s Shoot From the Pit workshops. These in-person workshops are amazing, and I know because I took one this past year. Shoot From the Pit is a chance to learn how to photograph concerts from David Bergman. It&#8217;s starts early in the day with David doing a multi-hour presentation. He shares everything you need to know about shooting photos at a concert &#8211; the gear, the settings, and rules, and the tips and tricks. Then, you photograph an entire Luke Combs concert. This workshop included unequaled access to a top level arena show. I have had people ask why I would pay for a workshop, considering I have already photographed concerts for 15 years. Heck, I even teach my own remote workshops for Princeton Photo Workshops. The answer is I never want to stop learning. This is David Bergman we are talking about. He knows more about photography than pretty much anyone I know. I was able to pick up a few tips, get confirmation on bits of my workflow, and reinforcement that I still liked my way better for some things. This may have been the best education money I have ever spent. So, going back to what I said at the start&#8230; Bergman is a legend. He has been published in Rolling Stone, Time, Newsweek, People, Entertainment Weekly, Blender, Kerrang, USA Today, and of course his current hometown paper, The New York Times. Join photographer David Bergman and me as we take a look at how to make better action photos, and as we discuss how he made the amazing image of Luke Combs kicking a cup of Jack and Diet Coke, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Live Photo Workshops ShootFromThePit.com Connect with David Portfolio: DavidBergman.net Instagram: @davidbergman Facebook: @DavidBergmanPhoto Twitter: @davidbergman Ask David Bergman AdoramaTV on YouTube David&#8217;s Gigapixel Photography ObamaGigapan.com David&#8217;s Photographer Pick Brittainy Newman: brittainynewman.com Full Image Sequence at 15 Video Frames Per Image, then 5 Frames Per Image https://behindtheshot.tv/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BtS-137_DavidBergman_BetterActionPhotos_ImageSequence_Animation_720.mp4

I have the feeling that Sam Abell has more stories than almost any photographer you know. Thirty-four years as a staff and contract photographer at National Geographic tends to have that effect. Sam is an Ohio based teacher, artist, and photographer. I would argue that his magic is that those three skills merge to create, in Sam, the perfect storyteller. His story started like many of my guests, learning photography from his father. It was after graduating from the University of Kentucky that Sam went to work for Nat Geo. That in and of itself is an accomplishment. Lots of up-and-coming photographers dream of being a Nat Geo photographer, but the odds of having that dream come true aren&#8217;t ones I would bet on. For Sam however, it was a career that fit perfectly with his work. Having read, and listened to a few interviews with Sam, it&#8217;s amazing to hear about his process. When he describes some photos taking minutes, and other 1.5 years to make, you start to understand&#8230; Sam makes photos in his head, often long before the photo is actually made. Sam has taken so many iconic images, including one for the Marlboro Man campaign that was famously appropriated by Richard Prince &#8211; and Sam&#8217;s thoughts about being on his side of that situation have been widely covered. I won&#8217;t be going into that in this show. As a Canon Legend, Sam is one of the elite photographers working today, and if you are going to attend a workshop I&#8217;d guess you could learn a ton from Mr. Abell. Links to all of his upcoming workshops are at his website here. Sam has authored a number of books too, but at the time of this show they are all sold out. Watch his site for any updates on that. Join Canon Legend, and National Geographic legend, Sam Abell and me as we discuss how the parts of an image work together to build the power of the final photograph, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Sam Website: samabell.com Instagram: @samabellteacher Sam&#8217;s Workshops Nobechi Creative: nobechicreative.com Santa Fe Workshops : santafeworkshops.com Pacific Northwest Art School: pacificnorthwestartschool.org Maine Media Workshops: mainemedia.edu Los Angelas Center of Photography: lacphoto.org Sam&#8217;s Photographer Pick Alex Webb: magnumphotos.com Sam&#8217;s Keynote Slides Used in the Show

I have followed Zack Whitford on Instagram for as long as I can remember, in fact I think he was one of the first I followed after joining Instagram. You know how you have photographers whose work you like because it makes you feel an emotion, just makes you smile? Well, Zack is one of those photographers whose work speaks to me on multiple levels. His images span from travel and humanitarian, to rock stars and red carpets, and all of it, every single image, makes me stop. For some, I just love the moment he&#8217;s captured, while for others I find myself dissecting the angle, the light, and the subject on a deeper level. As a music photographer, my first introduction to Zack was his work as the tour photographer for Aerosmith. His dad is Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford, and I&#8217;d say that Zack&#8217;s talent with a camera is equal to that of his dad&#8217;s with a guitar. Whether the creativity gene is an inherited trait or not, Zack has it. If you stop after calling Zack a music photographer then you&#8217;ve missed the point. Zack is a documentary, commercial, event &#38; music photographer. His website has portfolios for Street, Music, Portrait, and Lifestyle and his work has been seen in Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Vogue, Rolling Stone, GQ, Billboard Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and People Magazine to name a few. There is a quote in his bio, where he is talking about training to be a stage actor when he was younger. His acting teacher said something that, looking back now, seemingly changed his life. &#8220;As actors, you are investigators of humanity&#8221; The way Zack tells it, that statement made him realize that he had a fascination with &#8220;seeking out the contrasting emotional moments that occur within ourselves, and between one another: The monumental disquiet that we work so diligently to mask, and the allure of human triumph&#8221;. Read that again&#8230; &#8220;The monumental disquiet that we work so diligently to mask, and the allure of human triumph&#8221;. Wow. I love that. That. Is. Deep. Now, contrast that with an interview I found of Zack with HuffPost where he says at one point &#8221; Most people love dogs. I&#8217;m not really interested in people who don&#8217;t like dogs&#8221;. I agree with him on that! The problem, from a podcast point-of-view, when setting up an episode with someone like Zack is picking the photo we break-down. It wasn&#8217;t easy but, luckily, Zack was patient with me. Of the image we settled on, Zack said &#8220;that’s one of my personal favorites, and the story behind it is good&#8221;, so as I am writing this I am really looking forward to sitting down and chatting with L.A.based photographer Zack Whitford. Join photographer Zack Whitford and me as we discuss his life as tour photographer, his humanitarian work, and his beautiful black &#38; white image of Steven Tyler and Amiee Preston in the rain, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Zack Website: zwhitford.com Instagram: @zack.whitford Facebook: @zwhitford Twitter: @zwhitford Vimeo: @zwhitford Zack&#8217;s Photographer Picks Kes Glozier: @kesglozier Ryan Muirhead: ryanmuirhead.com Alan Schaller: alanschaller.com <img width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/behindtheshot.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Zack-Whitford-ZW_A8579.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#38;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/behindtheshot.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Zack-Whitford-ZW_A8579.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#38;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/behindtheshot.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Zack-Whitford-ZW_A8579.jpg?zoom=2&#38;resize=150%2C150&#38;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/behindtheshot.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Zack-Whitford-ZW_A8579.jpg?zoom=3&#38;resize=150%2C150&#38;ssl=1 450w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-attachment-id="3361" data-permalink="https://behindtheshot.tv/portrait/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/behindtheshot.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Zack-Whitford-ZW_A8579.jpg?fit=772%2C1080&#38;ssl=1" data-orig-size="772,1080" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&#34;aperture&#34;:&#34;2&#34;,&#34;credit&#34;:&#34;Zack Whitford&#34;,&#34;camera&#34;:&#34;Canon EOS-1D X Mark II&#34;,&#34;caption&#34;:&#34;Portrait&#34;,&#34;created_timestamp&#34;:&#34;1576275558&#34;,&#34;copyright&#34;:&#34;&#34;,&#34;focal_length&#34;:&#34;50&#34;,&#34;iso&#34;:&#34;400&#34;,&#34;shutter_speed&#34;:&#34;0.0025&#34;,&#34;title&#34;:&#34;Portrait&#34;,&#34;orientation&#34;:&#34;0&#34;}" data-image-title="Portrait" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&#60;p&#62;Portrait&#60;/p&#62; " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/behindtheshot.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Zack-Whitford-ZW_A8579.jpg?fit=732%2C1024&#38;ssl=1" />

Usually, I struggle when I write these. To start with, I&#8217;m not a writer, but more importantly I want each post to convey to you how much I admire the guest I am writing about. Today however, I gained inspiration from my guest, Leah Horstman. Leah is someone I have followed on Instagram for a long time, and a prime example of when Instagram helps me find new creatives to follow. She was a music photographer whose work I admired, so following her @lah_rockshots accounts was a given, but then the unexpected happened. I saw her @lahorstman account that focuses on her landscape and commercial work. I want to talk about something Leah said to me that reminded me of something I mention on this show a lot, but let&#8217;s back up first. Leah Horstman learned to love photography from her father, who was an avid travel photographer, and who gave her a Minolta XRT101 at age 14. She studied photography in High School, and had a photo of Half Dome published in 1980. After college things changed. Leah traded the photographer life for horses. She competed in the event of &#8220;Cutting&#8221;, and even won a few world titles. Unfortunately, due to an illness, that life came to an end too. But, as he had done years before, Leah&#8217;s dad once again suggested that she pick up a camera. I think her dad might have known how good she was, because just a few years later Leah entered the Nature Conservancy’s Annual Photo Contest &#8211; along with over 17,000 others that year. Her image “Xmas on the Merced” won the grand prize, and was named their “photo of the year”. That image went on to hang in the San Diego Natural History Museum too. It seems that Leah was destined to get a lot of these awards. In 2018 National Geographic emailed her to say they were interested in her image of a longhorn steer in Gainesville TX titled “Quintessential Texas”. Seems they were working on an article about the history of Texas and felt this image would make a great addition to the piece. Her image “Ice Climber” won the International SD Photo exhibition’s Best of Show in 2019, and recently she was published in the Harper Collin’s pocket book, “Canada”. Leah&#8217;s day job is working for Professionals Choice, a company that manufactures horse products. Her years of riding gives her a unique eye for the timing and composition needed for horse events. This is where her love of these two worlds collide, and while her horse riding competition days may be in the past, she was recently asked by 37X World Champion Bob Avila to take the portrait of him that is now hanging in the AQHA Hall of Fame for his 2021 induction. It&#8217;s almost as though life guides us to where we belong. Her commercial work has led to her working with &#8220;Buggy Whip&#8221;, which still requires timing, but for dune buggies instead of horses. That connection led to her working with NASCAR driver Kyle Bush. Leah&#8217;s path through photography is exactly as we often hear it described&#8230; do the work, and make the relationships. Be the person clients know they can call on and trust, and the the work will find you. Speaking of relationships, I mentioned that I originally found Leah because of her music photography. That came about because of someone she was dating that was in a band. And this brings us to that thing Leah said to me that I mentioned above. While picking the image for this episode we were mostly looking at her horse images when Leah said she had an idea. She suggested we could touch on &#8220;not being afraid of shooting iconic spots&#8230; just do[ing] it in your own style and put[ting] your own twist on it&#8221;. That resonated with me. If you have listened to Behind the Shot for any length of time you might have heard me use the phrase &#8220;photographic voice&#8221;, or &#8220;creative voice&#8221; for those in areas other than photography. I firmly believe that when people talk about find their &#8220;style&#8221; that what they really need is to find their voice. Style, to me at least, leans towards the processing side of creativity. Your creative voice, on the other hand, encompasses everything. It&#8217;s how you express the creative thoughts you have, starting early in the process. As creatives, we need to be true to who we are, and to what we see in our mind&#8217;s eye. That is how I see Leah Horstman&#8217;s work. She creates from her own place, and in her own wonderful voice. Join landscape, music and commercial photographer Leah Horstman and me as we take a deep dive into her image Grist Mill, and as we discuss finding your creative voice, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Leah Website: lahorstmanphotography.com Facebook: @LAHorstman Photography Instagram: @lahorstman Instagram (Music): @lah_rockshots Flickr: @lhorstman App Mentioned by Leah During the Show Sleek Lens: sleeklens.com The Orton Effect &#8211; Mentioned During the Show The Orton Effect Explained: capturelandscapes.com How to Use the Orton Effect in Landscape Photography: expertphotography.com Leah&#8217;s Photographer Pick Jami Bollschweiler: @jamibollschweilerphotography

Trying to write a post about Ryszard Horowitz has proven to be tougher than I had imagined. Ryszard Horowitz is a legend, literally. His life, and his journey through the art of photography, is almost impossible to distill down to a blog post. There is simply no way I do him, and his legacy, justice here. Still, I will try&#8230; Ryszard Horowitz was born in Krakow, Poland four months before the Nazis invaded his homeland, and his entire family ended up being sent to a series of concentration camps. Miraculously, they survived, and at the war&#8217;s end they were amongst the few Jewish families who were able to re-establish their lives in Krakow. Ryszard is one of the youngest known survivors of Auschwitz, and to be listed on Schindler&#8217;s list. His path to becoming the artist that he is started with studying art at the High School of Fine Arts in Krakow, before going on to mjor in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1956, when the government awarded subsidies to encourage new and original art forms, Krakow emerged as a center of avant-garde jazz, painting, theater and filmmaking. Ryszard, who was seventeen at the time, took full advantage of being at the heart of the action and consequently became fascinated with American photography. In 1959, he finally achieved his ambition of immigrating to the United States and enrolled at New York&#8217;s famed Pratt Institute. While still a student at Pratt he was given a scholarship to be apprenticed to Alexey Brodovitch, one of the most influential figures in the world of editorial design and photography at the time. In 1967, having worked for a number of film and design companies and as an art director for Grey Advertising, he opened his own photography studio. Photography would be his lifelong career and passion. Ryszard&#8217;s work has been exhibited, published and collected around the globe, and he has been awarded every major accolade that can be bestowed on a photographer. Take a few minutes to scroll through the list on his Bio page, it&#8217;s amazing. His awards include the Gloria Artis Gold Medal of Merit to Culture Awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Poland, and Doctor Honoris Causa Awarded by Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. As a music photographer, his images of American jazz legends like Dave Brubeck, Aretha Franklin, Duke Ellington, Thelonios Monk, Count Basie, and Louie Armstrong are amazing. His creative works, in both analog and digital will blow your mind. He is recognized as a pioneer of special effects photography predating digital imaging &#8211; yes, before digital and photoshop &#8211; using techniques such as darkroom retouching, multiple film exposures and manipulation of his camera. His complex photographic composites have been compared to the surrealist artworks of Magritte and Dalí. A former Canon Explorer of Light, Ryszard is a current member of Canon Legends, and he was inducted to the International Photography Hall of Fame in November 2017. Go look at the names in the Hall of Fame&#8230; Ryszard is one of the best to ever practice this art. Join International Photography Hall of Fame Inductee, and Canon Legends member, Ryszard Horowitz and me as we chat about his life, his photography, and his complex photographic composites, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Ryszard Website: ryszardhorowitz.com Facebook: @RyszardHorowitzStudio Instagram: @ryszardhorowitz_studio International Photography Hall of Fame Inductees of Photography: iphf.org Documentary on Roman Polański and Ryszard Horowitz Polański, Horowitz. Hometown: imdb.com Ryszard&#8217;s Books PHOTOCOMPOSER, 2009 All That Jazz , 2012 Ryszard&#8217;s Photographer Picks Yasuhiro Wakabayashi: wikipedia.org Irving Penn: irvingpenn.org Richard Avedon: avedonfoundation.org Behind-the-Scenes Video Allegory: YouTube.com Behind-the-Scenes Photos

If you&#8217;ve been watching the show for a while then you may have seen the &#8220;Aurora and the Night Sky&#8221; episode with Dave Williams. Dave is a travel photographer, based out of London, and one of the most adventurous people I know. More on that in a minute. I met Dave by chance a few years ago at Photoshop World. I was interviewing people in a hallway when I asked two people walking by if I could ask them some questions (they kindly said yes). What I didn&#8217;t realize at the time is that it was Dave Williams and Sian Elizabeth. Before this chance meeting I was aware of Dave Williams, due to his work with KelbyOne, but I really didn&#8217;t know it was him when I asked for that interview, until noticed his instructor badge. Since that time I have gotten to know Dave a bit better, and have even had the pleasure of hanging out with him at a Platypod dinner. He is one of the most knowledgable guys in the business, and yet one of the most humble. Dave&#8217;s mantra is, ‘lend me your eyes and I’ll show you what I see’.  I like that saying, and it sums up his work well. Dave&#8217;s images take you places, and make you feel like you&#8217;re there, and that work has been featured in publications and campaigns for clients including Time, National Geographic, Forbes, Boeing, Huawei, Microsoft, Triumph, Conde Nast, and Shell to name a few. He also works closely with several companies within the photography and travel industries, including Platypod, Wandrd, Litra, Drobo, Blackrapid, Passion Passport, and Lonely Planet. You can find Dave&#8217;s tutorials and writings in various places, and I have the links below, but many will know him the same way I did, his classes at KelbyOne, along with his writings for Photoshop User Magazine and ScottKelby.com, and through Photoshop World. He also writes writes journalistic and inspirational articles for DIY Photography. Since that last episode, Dave&#8217;s life has changed a bit. He now lives in a van he calls &#8220;Kofifernweh&#8221;, and this is not a &#8216;normal&#8217; van. Seriously, this thing is insane &#8211; you can read about it here, and take a tour of it here. While living in this van, Dave is traveling, and photographing, and writing, and doing a cool new series called Due North. Due North is a series documenting his winter mission to hit as many Nordic countries as possible. You get to follow along with Dave as he drives through some of the most photographic landscapes in the world. You can catch the show over on his YouTube channel. I&#8217;m so glad Dave has found the time to come back on the show, and for this episode we will be talking about his image of the famous Glenfinnan Viaduct. This location, and the old trains that travel it, has been seen in four Harry Potter movies, The Crown, and in many other shows and movies. Join traveling photographer Dave Williams and me as we chat about his life in a van, and as we discuss his image of the iconic Glenfinnan Viaduct, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Dave Website: idavewilliams.com Facebook: @idavewilliams Twitter: @idavewilliams Instagram: @idavewilliams YouTube: @idavewilliams Dave&#8217;s Due North Series YouTube.com KelbyOne Dave Williams on KelbyOne Dave&#8217;s Aurora Book Amazon: The Complete Aurora Guide: for Travelers and Photographers Dave on DIY Photography diyphotography.net Dave&#8217;s Photographer Pick Kersten Luts: kerstenluts.com Sian Elizabeth (Mentioned during the show) Portfolio: sianelizabeth.co.uk

I first met Australian music photographer Michelle G Hunder when she was a guest on the Sunday Night Photographer Hangouts I used to do with Adam Elmakias. We had such great time on those shows. After hanging out with Michelle there, I started watching her Twitch channel, where she does everything from workshops and viewer challenges, to interviews with some amazing photographers. As big as Michelle is on Twitch, it&#8217;s her photography that has gotten her where she is today, and the designation as an official Nikon Z Creator. Michelle is a sought after creative, and has two separate portrait series in the National Sound and Film Archive of Australia. In 2015 she released her photography book &#8220;RISE&#8221;, a detailed insight of her personal journey into the world of Australian Hip-Hop, and that in turn led to a successful career photographing both live performances and portrait images, used for press, publicity and album covers. She has been the tour photographer for Ruel and Seth Sentry &#38; Illy, and she was the Official Festival Photographer for &#8220;Come Together&#8221; at Sydney&#8217;s iconic Big Top at Luna Park for 4 consecutive years. We have discussed personal projects on Behind the Shot before, but Michelle&#8217;s personal project &#8220;Her Sound, Her Story&#8221;, celebrating Women in Australian Music, across all genres, took it to another level. Along with her with her project partner Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore, she worked with over 80 women, both artists and behind the scenes in the music industry,  across all genres, shooting portraits and interviews for this highly ambitious project. The full length documentary of &#8220;Her Sound, Her Story&#8221; premiered with huge industry acclaim in May of 2018. Recently, Michelle has entered the world of podcasting, along with her co-host and friend Tammy &#8220;Tamma&#8221; Martin, for the show &#8220;You&#8217;re Killing It&#8220;. One of my favorite things about Michelle is her passion for the art and business of music photography. I&#8217;m a firm believer in helping other learn the ropes, and Michelle is helping the industry too. If you want to learn more about being a professional music photographer, Michelle has created an Online Masterclass that goes through the different pathways to shooting both small and major shows. She covers everything from building a portfolio, to charging for your work. Join music photographer, and Nikon Z Creator, Michelle G Hunder and me as we chat about her life in Australia&#8217;s music photography scene, and as we explore her techniques for blurring the lines of creativity, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Michelle Website: michellegracehunder.com Masterclass: mghmasterclass.com Twitch: @michelleghunder Instagram: @michelleghunder Facebook: @michellegracehunder Twitter: @michelleghunder Michelle&#8217;s Documentary &#8220;Her Sound, Her Story&#8221;: hersoundherstory.com Michelle&#8217;s Podcast, with her friend Tammy &#8220;Tamma&#8221; Martin You&#8217;re Killing It: acast.com Michelle&#8217;s Photographer Pick Gabrielle Clement: @gxbriellemxry

The Canon EOS R3 looks to be a beast of a camera. Like so many others, I want this camera, and like 99% of those people I won&#8217;t be buying one. Why? Because the Canon EOS R3 is for people like Jeff Cable. Ok, also because it&#8217;s more than I can afford for what I shoot, and yes, I would buy it in an instant if I could, but for now I am sticking with the not buying it. So, why do I say it&#8217;s for people like Jeff Cable? Jeff is the market this camera is made for. I won&#8217;t go through all the specs here, but let&#8217;s just say that when you are photographing the Olympics for Team USA you cant miss the shot. We knew Jeff was using an R3 at the Olympics, it was semi-public knowledge. Plus, Jeff was posting images to his blog and Instagram, and as DPReview mentioned here, some Canon Rumors forum members checked Jeff&#8217;s meta data where they saw was something that had not been revealed by Canon, that the R3 was 24MP. When I saw Jeff mention on Instagram that he was shooting at the Olympics at 30 fps my brain stopped for a moment. That instantly meant he was using the electronic shutter&#8230; FOR SPORTS. This has usually be something to avoid due to rolling shutter effect. If you are not familiar with that issue, here&#8217;s a great video by the legend David Bergman on his Ask David Bergman: Mechanical vs Electronic Shutter. I asked Jeff in an Instagram comment about using electronic shutter for sports, and his response was a cryptic &#8220;it depends what body&#8221; he is using. Ah Ha! The R3 solved the issue! It has a fast enough read speed to shoot 30fps for action, and that is amazing. I asked Jeff that day if he might be willing to come back on the show &#8211; he was on before on the episode Capture the Action &#8211; to talk about his real world experiences with this new Canon R3. Luckily he said yes, and he even wrote a blog post about it too: Finally &#8211; my real world review of the new Canon R3 camera! Now that we have the idea where this show might go, let me introduce you to my friend Jeff Cable&#8230; Photographing the Olympics has got to be the pinnacle of a sports photographer&#8217;s career, and for Jeff Cable it&#8217;s one he&#8217;s reached many times, having photographed the last 7 Olympics for Team USA. I am always amazed by how many photographers either come from, or are in some way involved with, the tech industry. For more than 25 years, Jeff was a marketing executive at companies like Symantec, Magellan, and Micron, but while traveling the world for his corporate job, his interest and passion for photography grew quickly. He left the corporate world in 2016 to dedicate himself full-time to his photography. Since then, Jeff has earned respect around the globe for his creative images, and for sharing his love of photography with others. He&#8217;s best known for capturing photos for the US Olympic Committee, photographing the last six Olympic games, in Beijing, Vancouver, London, Sochi, Rio de Janeiro, and PyeongChang. As an educator, Jeff also leads photo tours where he teaches photo enthusiasts and professionals around the world. He has taught in Africa, Australia, China, Europe, Central and South America, and across the United States. He is one of the most watched and respected instructors of photography, with millions of views of his free online photography classes. Join me as I chat with Jeff Cable, one of the most accomplished sports photographers working today, about his real world experience at this year&#8217;s Olympics with a pre-production Canon EOS R3, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Jeff&#8217;s Real World Review of the Canon R3 Jeff&#8217;s Blog: blog.jeffcable.com Connect with Jeff Website: jeffcable.com Blog: blog.jeffcable.com Instagram: @jeffcablephotography Facebook: @jeffcablephoto Twitter: @jcable12 YouTube: @jcable1234 Jeff&#8217;s Photographer Pick Chris McLennan: chrismclennanphotography.com Peanut Butter Whiskey Mentioned by Jeff Screwball Peanut Butter Whiskey: skrewballwhiskey.com

Periodically I get a guest on Behind the Shot that makes me nervous. This episode is one of those moments. Wish me luck&#8230; David Hume Kennerly is a legend. In fact, I would wager money that other &#8216;legends&#8217; look to David Hume Kennerly as the standard by which they are judged. All of that is to say that there is no &#8216;starting point&#8217; when trying to explain the photojournalist David Hume Kennerly. Still, the blog is here, and I have to start somewhere. Travel with me back to 1972&#8230; (insert way back machine sounds here) David was awarded the 1972 Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for Featured Photography, with a winning portfolio that included Ali being knocked down in the 15th round during the Ali v. Frazier “Fight of the Century,” images of the Vietnam and Cambodia wars, and refugees escaping into India from East Pakistan. David was just 25 at the time. Two years later, at just 27, he was appointed President Gerald R. Ford&#8217;s Personal White House Photographer, the third person to have that job. Again, I have to stress this, by the time David was 27 he&#8217;d seen and documented more history that most of us learn in school. In the years since, David has photographed U.S. presidents from Johnson to Biden, and covered thirteen presidential campaigns. He was a Newsweek magazine contributing editor for ten years, and a contributing photographer for Time &#38; Life and George magazines. American Photo named Kennerly “One of the 100 Most Important People in Photography.” Washingtonian Magazine called him &#8220;One of the 50 most important journalists in Washington, DC&#8221;. That is David Hume Kennerly. One of the most important photographers ever, and his TedX talk has a title that really sums it up: Telling the Story in 1/60th of a Second As an author, David is just as successful. Kennerly has published several books of his work, Shooter, Photo Op, Seinoff: The Final Days of Seinfeld, Photo du Jour, Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford, and David Hume Kennerly On the iPhone. He was also a major contributor to the CNN 2016 book, Unprecedented: The Election that Changed Everything. His exclusive portrait of Trump is on the cover. He was executive producer of The Spymasters, a 2015 CBS/Showtime documentary about the directors of the CIA. He also produced The Presidents’ Gatekeepers, a four-hour Discovery Channel film about White House chiefs of staff.  Kennerly was nominated for a Primetime Emmy as executive producer of NBC’s, The Taking of Flight 847, and was the writer and executive producer of a two-hour NBC pilot filmed in Thailand, Shooter, starring Helen Hunt. Shooter, based on Kennerly’s Vietnam experiences, won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography. In 2019 The University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography acquired the David Hume Kennerly Archive that features almost a million images, prints, objects, memorabilia, correspondence and documents. University President Dr. Robert C. Robbins appointed Kennerly as the university’s first Presidential Scholar. When trying to pick an image for this show I lost over an hour browsing through David&#8217;s site, specifically his &#8216;Greatest Hits&#8216; gallery. The image of U.S. President Gerald Ford at the desk in the Oval Office, feet up is amazing. This was the day after he became president, August 10, 1974, and the bookshelves are empty because Nixon&#8217;s things had been removed, but Ford&#8217;s memorabilia had yet to arrive, due to the suddenness of the transition. The image of Mohammed Ali being knocked down in the 15th round at Madison Square Garden by Joe Frazier was part of Kennerly&#8217;s Pulitzer Prize-winning portfolio. Then there was &#8220;The Hug&#8220;, an image where Michelle Obama is hugging former president George W. Bush. Picking one image was hard, but with David&#8217;s help we found the shot. There is a quote on David&#8217;s website from James Earl Jones that wraps up David&#8217;s career perfectly: “David Hume Kennerly is like Forrest Gump, except he was really there.” David has photographed wars, the Queen, athletes, stars, and politicians, and twice he has been able to capture five presidents together in one image. For this show, we travel back to focus on a special moment in 1991. Join Pulitzer Prize winner David Hume Kennerly and me as we take a look at the career of one of the top photojournalists of our time, and as we examine the first of his Five Presidents photos, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with David Website: kennerly.com Instagram: @davidhumekennerly Facebook: @kennerly Twitter: @kennerly David&#8217;s TedXBend Talk Telling the Story in 1/60th of a Second: YouTube David&#8217;s Drink Recipe In a Glass: 1 Quartered Cherry Tomato 1 TSP Cocktail Onion Juice 1 Cocktail Onion Add Reyka Vodka Sprinkle with Scott&#8217;s Strictly Pepper David&#8217;s Photographer Pick Carol Guzy: Meet a Pro: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist Carol Guzy, via Adorama

I grew up spending a lot of time in Newport, Rhode Island, home of the America&#8217;s Cup on twelve occasions between 1930 and 1983. I have great memories of visiting there, and seeing first hand the pride they had on having such a storied nautical heritage. Fast forward to today and these memories come rushing back. Award winning nautical photographer Onne van der Wal, who is based in Newport, Rhode Island, is one of the most prolific and talented marine photographers in the world of sailing. Once a professional sailor himself, Onne was the bowman and engineer aboard the Dutch maxi-boat Flyer II when the team won all four legs of the 1981-82 Whitbread Round the World Race. Along the way, he took his camera with him everywhere he went, even to the top of the mast and the end of the spinnaker pole. That love of the sea, and his passion for adventure, show in his work. While he has an artist’s eye for composition and color, Onne is also a perfectionist when it comes to the technical aspects of his craft. As a member of the elite Canon Explorers of Light, a group of the most influential photographers and cinematographers in the world, he is always pushing the equipment and the technology forward, often in very harsh environments. From expeditions or races, to commercial work for manufacturers and the maritime shipping industry, Onne has carved out a name for himself and positioned himself as one of the best in the genre. On the education side of things, Onne&#8217;s workshops offer a rare experience. His summer “Workshops on the Water” are held aboard a 55’ motor yacht where he teaches a small group of shutter bugs the ins and outs of shooting in, on and around the water. That&#8217;s an environment most would be afraid to bring camera gear into, salt spray and an unstable shooting platform are rarely a photographer’s friend, but Onne has systems and gear in place to make even a wet and wild day productive; in fact some of his very best and most revered photos come from the days most other photographers would sooner stay ashore, camera gear tucked safely away. Onne also does an Explore Greenland workshop, along with his One-on-One on the Water workshops. As a sought after speaker, Onne has even done a TEDx presentation for TEDxNewport. Van der Wal runs his business out of his downtown Newport, RI studio and gallery, where his staff sells stock photography as well as a retail collection of over 340 fine art Limited Edition prints. Join nautical photographer and Canon Explorer of Light Onne van der Wal and me as we discuss his amazing career photographing out on the ocean, and as we take a closer look behind one of his iconic images, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Onne Website: vanderwal.com Facebook: @ONNEvanderwal Instagram: @onnevanderwal Twitter: @onnevanderwal YouTube: @Onnevanderwal Onne at TEDxNewport TEDx Talks on YouTube Onne on Canon USA usa.canon.com Onne&#8217;s Photographer Picks Carlo Borlenghi: carloborlenghi.com The Rosenfeld Collection: mysticseaport.org Onne Online National Sailing Hall of Fame &#8211; Contributor U.S Harbors South Coast Today &#8211; Sailors&#8217; Series

I normally start these posts with some lofty statement about my guest&#8217;s accomplishments, or some other overly deep setup. Not today. Today may be the easiest opening I have ever written&#8230; Vanessa Joy is a joy to work with. Every email I have received during the planning stages of this show has made me smile because of her email signature. She ends her emails&#8230;. &#8220;enJoy life&#8221;. That sums up what you are in for on this episode. In doing some research on Vanessa another thing stood out to me, her website&#8217;s About page starts off that page by saying: &#8220;Hello! First off, I’m just glad you’re here. Thank you. I could go on about the &#8220;history&#8221; of me, my awards and publications and my 20+ years in photography, but the truth is I just love marriage and being a part of one of the most important times in my couples’ lives.&#8221; That is awesome. I owned a DJ business for 18 years, and I was on some of the top referral lists in So Cal. That is to say that I have worked a lot of weddings, with a lot of wedding photographers. That opening statement perfectly says what I always felt when I did a wedding, and what I rarely &#8211; if ever &#8211;  heard from a photographer I worked with. Still, if Vanessa won&#8217;t list her accomplishments perhaps I can. There are only five Canon Explorers of Light in the field of Wedding Photography, just five. Vanessa is one of them. On it&#8217;s own, that&#8217;s enough of a list, but let me continue&#8230; Vanessa Joy photographs weddings from Austin and Dallas, TX, to New Jersey, New York City, and Manhattan, and of course is sought after for destination weddings. Her style is photojournalistic, and has led to multiple awards. Her work has been seen in The Knot, RangeFinder, Grace Ormonde, Brides, and more. Last time I counted she has 11 classes on CreativeLive, and you can even buy her preset packs. And yes, she&#8217;s an author, with her book &#8220;The Off-Camera Flash Handbook: 32 Scenarios for Creating Beautiful Light and Stunning Photographs&#8221; available now. Let&#8217;s just say that Vanessa Joy is at the top of the wedding photography game, and I am so glad to have her on the show. Please join Canon Explorer of Light Vanessa Joy and me as we jump head first into the wonderful world of Wedding Photography, while discussing this beautiful image of a bride framed by her veil, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Vanessa Website: vanessajoy.com Website for Photographers: breatheyourpassion.com Blog: vanessajoyphotographyblog.com Twitter: @vanessa__joy Instagram: @vanessajoy Facebook: @VJoyPhoto YouTube: @vanessajoy Vanessa&#8217;s Book Amazon: The Off-Camera Flash Handbook: 32 Scenarios for Creating Beautiful Light and Stunning Photographs Vanessa&#8217;s Secrets To Perfect Poses Speed Posing Course: speedposing.com Free Guide: Posing Inspiration Guide Vanessa&#8217;s Photographer Picks Steven Kramer: kramerportraits.net Seth Miranda: lastxwitness.com &#160;

Editors Note: This show is not a paid advertisement. I have received no compensation from any third party company involved, and everything I say in the show is my own opinion.  I am so excited to welcome the founder of Lensrentals.com, Roger Cicala, and the co-owner Drew Cicala to Behind the Shot. The idea for an episode about rental gear was suggested a while back, and in all honesty I had conflicting thoughts about. I knew there was a great show in the concept, but I also wanted to be sure the resulting show would be something that would inform my audience, rather than be an ad for a rental company. Figuring out how to approach the topic in an educational way took a few detours, and then one day I tweeted a question&#8230; Behind the Shot listeners / viewers: Would you have any interest in a special episode where I have someone from a lens rental company on to talk about everything lenses: lens choice, brand differences, rental benefits, different look / feel of lenses etc? The overwhelming response was &#8220;yes&#8221;, although there was one person that said no &#8211; at least the internet is predictable. One reply was from Philip Robertson, of Lensrentals.com, asking me to DM him. When Philip mentioned that Lensrentals founder Roger Cicala was open to coming on the show I jumped at the chance. I am a fan of Roger Cicala. If you don&#8217;t know of Roger you might be wondering why on earth would someone be a fan of a lens and gear rental company founder. Let me explain, Roger tears gear apart in the most entertaining way possible, and he writes about&#8230;like it&#8217;s a diary. I have laughed out loud reading a blog post from Roger. Don Komarechka and I even discussed the post &#8220;Taking Apart the Canon RF 600mm f/11 IS STM&#8221; on an episode of Photo Geek Weekly. Roger brings not only his experience to the table, but a very fun attitude. Roger&#8217;s background surprised me. He spent more than thirty years as a board certified anesthesiologist, and ran the only level-one trauma center in the Memphis, Tennessee region. His scientific background, coupled with a strong interest in photography, led Roger down a path I don&#8217;t think even he could have predicted. When the economy took a downturn, and camera equipment prices rose, an opportunity for rental equipment presented itself. That opportunity became Lensrentals in 2006. Roger committed himself fully to the Lensrentals business, conducting equipment repairs, writing equipment reviews and investing in optical test benches to measure variance of the hundreds of thousands of individual pieces of equipment in the company’s inventory. His scientific research and understanding of optics has lead to industry recognition with articles published by the Optical Society (OSA). In his spare time Roger enjoys shooting collimated light through 30x microscope objectives &#8211; when I first saw that I wanted to call Don Komarechka to geek out together. When shooting real pictures, Roger opts for “something different: medium format, Pentax K1 or Sony RX1R.” Drew Cicala studied Law at University of Michigan, graduating in 2010, and he now overseas the day-to-day operations of Lensrentals, in addition to managing mergers and acquisitions, and the marketing and software development teams. Since Roger handed over day-to-day operations, the company has prospered under the current ownership team of Drew Cicala and Tyler Beckman. Lensrentals experienced approximately 400% growth in 9 years, to become the largest online provider of photo and video equipment for rental in the U.S. Drew has been responsible for successfully launching the industry leading programs Lensrentals HD, Keeper, and Lenscap+ to serve the needs of their customers. Started as a single location with 25 employees, Lensrentals has now expanded to three locations and a head count of 175 employees. Please join Lensrentals Founder Roger Cicala, co-owner Drew Cicala, and me as we chat about all things gear rental. We&#8217;ll discuss the process, benefits, misconceptions, use cases for renting gear and more. We even take a look at some of the strange things they have found inside returned lenses, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Lensrentals Website: lensrentals.com Blog: lensrentals.com/blog Twitter: @lensrentals Instagram: @lensrentals Facebook: @lensrentals YouTube: @lensrental Blog Post Mentioned in the Show Taking Apart the Canon RF 600mm f/11 IS STM: lensrentals.com/blog Roger&#8217;s Photographer Pick Leonard Nimoy: rmichelson.com Drew&#8217;s Photographer Pick Ernest Withers: thewitherscollection.com

It&#8217;s rare that I have a guest on Behind the Shot that has redefined their genre of photography, but Peter Hurley is one of those guests. Headshot photography has existed for a long time. I remember driving around L.A. years ago dropping off voice over demo tapes &#8211; actual tapes &#8211; at various agencies.  These voice over agents were also acting agents, so you&#8217;d see headshots often. In those days it was the 8 x 10 glossy, with a portrait orientation 8 x 10 headshot on the front with a few different poses and outfits on the back. Then, something changed&#8230; the ground under the headshot industry shifted, and that was in large part due to Peter Hurley. Fitting that narrative, Peter Hurley is somewhat of a rare breed. His journey through life has had him riding the waves around the world on a sailboat, plastered his mug in magazines modeling for the likes of Polo and Abercrombie &#38; Fitch and put over 15,000 faces just a few feet in front of his lens. Peter redefined headshots with his new &#8220;classic&#8221; style. Shooting in landscape orientation, often on a solid white, black, or grey background, Peter would also crop tight into the subject&#8217;s head. The first time I saw his work I immediately felt like I was looking at the person in the photo through a window. There was an energy, a realness to the image. It&#8217;s like the person in the photo was enjoying themself, and I&#8217;d suggest that last part is Peter&#8217;s magic formula &#8211; even more than the creative presentation. Peter&#8217;s prowess behind the camera fueled his desire to educate and he has spoken at Google, Apple, Microsoft and TEDx. In today&#8217;s photography world, Peter is headshots. If you&#8217;re at a conference and see the word &#8220;Headshot&#8221; on the schedule the chances are pretty good it will be Peter up on the podium. His coaching/ referral platform for photographers, called Headshot Crew, comprises the largest group of headshot specialists in the world. Kicking his entrepreneurial side into high gear he founded a photography gear company called HURLEYPRO, which makes and collaborates on some really cool gear. He also co-founded a new discipline called PsyPhotology, a unique concept of intertwining psychology with photography. That kind of goes back to the magic Peter brings to his work. He has a way of capturing the real person, not just a posing one. That is a skillset that I have rarely if ever seen before. And now, Peter is adding author to his list of accolades after releasing his highly anticipated book, &#8220;The Headshot.&#8221; I look forward to getting my hands on a copy of this book. Peter calls New York City his home, where he lives with his wife and twin daughters. One of my favorite parts of doing this podcast is when my guests get involved in the pre-show thought process, and this show may be the best example of that yet. The night before we recorded Peter reached out with an idea, and I instantly answered yes! His thought was, what if we have the subject of the photo join us on the show, and it was a pleasure to welcome actor, singer, and songwriter Marina Pires to Behind the Shot. It was so refreshing to hear Marina&#8217;s take on being Peter&#8217;s subject. She was able to answer a number of questions I had on what I consider to be Peter&#8217;s magic&#8230; his connection with his subjects, and how he communicates with and directs them. If you are looking for more info on Marina, including her band The Heartstrings Project, please do check out the links below. You can also catch her Broadway debut, as Jasmine in Aladdin, once theaters reopen. Please join Canon Explorer of Light, headshot specialist, PsyPhotologist, author, and entrepreneur Peter Hurley, his guest (and the subject of today&#8217;s photo) actor and singer Marina Pires, and me as we talk about all things headshots, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Peter Website: peterhurley.com Facebook: @peterhurleyphoto Instagram: @peter_hurley Twitter: @peter_hurley YouTube: @peterhurleyphoto LinkedIN: @peterhurley Headshot Crew headshotcrew.com Headshot Booker headshotbooker.com Peter Hurley on Canon USA usa.canon.com Peter&#8217;s Book on Amazon The Headshot: The Secrets to Creating Amazing Headshot Portraits Peter at TEDx TEDxCambridge Peter&#8217;s Photographer Pick John Isaac: johnisaac.com Connect with Marina Website: marinapires.com The Heartstrings Project: theheartstringsproject.org Heartstrings Kids: heartstringskids.com Facebook: @marinapiresofficial Instagram: @marinampires Twitter: @MarinaMPires Marina&#8217;s Pick John Isaac: johnisaac.com

On occasion I have a guest on Behind the Shot I find hard to describe. With SanDisk Extreme Team members Jonathan and Angela Scott that is not the case. In fact I have so much I want to say that I&#8217;m worried I will end up with a novel. I first learned of Jonathan and Angela through Rick Sammon, and in fact Rick has sent me a number of emails over the years telling me I need to get The Big Cat People on the show. Well, it&#8217;s finally happened, and I couldn&#8217;t be more excited to have Jonathan join me on this show. Jonathan and Angela Scott are award-winning wildlife photographers and authors who have made their name documenting the lives of lions, leopards and cheetahs in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. Over the past 40 years, they have recorded every aspect of their existence and their travels through their stunning wildlife photography. The only couple to have won the Overall Award in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition as individuals, Jonathan and Angela are two of the best wildlife photographer working today. They have written and illustrated 34 books, including their Sacred Nature: Life’s Eternal Dance (HPH) that won the Gold Award for Photography in the prestigious Independent Publishers Book Awards, 2017. They hope to publish the second volume, titled Sacred Nature Volume 2: Reconnecting People to Our Planet, in early 2021. Jonathan is the presenter of the popular BBC/Animal Planet wildlife television program Big Cat Diary and has been featured in many other documentaries including two series of Elephant Diaries, and Big Bear Diary. He presented The Truth About Lions for BBC2 in 2011. Their latest TV show, currently on Animal Planet and Discovery, is Big Cat Tales. In addition to their artistry, Jonathan &#38; Angela have also committed their lives to fighting for wildlife conservation. They are currently founding their own non-profit organization, The Sacred Nature Initiative (SNI). This initiative aims to Inspire, Educate, and Conserve, by forging meaningful partnerships with educators and local conservation organizations worldwide to address the loss of wilderness and plight of endangered species. There is a Kickstarter campaign running from February 2 to February 28, 2021 for the new book, Sacred Nature Volume 2: Reconnecting People to Our Planet, that will also help benefit The Sacred Nature Initiative. I have seen some previews of this book, and at 14&#8243; x 11&#8243;, with 288 pages and 140 images, this is going to be pretty awesome. Join The Big Cat Man, Jonathan Scott, and me as we chat about photographing in the Maasai Mara, the ethical considerations related to wildlife photography, and more, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Jonathan and Angela Website: bigcatpeople.com Instagram: @thebigcatpeople Facebook: @JonathanAngelaScott YouTube: @thebigcatpeople Kickstarter Sacred Nature Volume 2: Reconnecting People to Our Planet The Sacred Nature Initiative bigcatpeople.com/sacred-nature Jonathan &#38; Angela&#8217;s Photo Safaris c4photosafaris.com Fine Art Prints bigcatpeople.com/prints Jonathan&#8217;s Photographer Pick Vincent Munier

I find myself quoting Rick Sammon often, very often. Rick has these little sayings he uses, and he even has a name for them&#8230; Sammonisims. When I found out that he had a new class about these sayings over at KelbyOne I knew I had to have him back on the show to talk about it. The class is called &#8220;Sammonisms &#8211; Speed-Learning Advice for Making Awesome Photographs&#8221;, and trust me when I say this should be a good one. I&#8217;m already a fan of anything on KelbyOne, and these sayings, these &#8220;Sammonisms&#8221;, are like little infectious tips. Rick Sammon is a legend, and I mean that in every sense of the word. Every time I talk with him I am amazed at how much he enjoys what he does, his photography, educating others, from amateurs to pros, and living life. Along with his wife Susan, Rick is honestly one of the best there is, and I learn something every time we chat. It&#8217;s no wonder he is affectionately known as The Godfather of Photography. An award winning photographer, Rick is a Canon Explorer of Light. A tireless, prolific and inspirational image-maker, he is one of the most active photographers I know. His enthusiasm for digital imaging is contagious, making photography fun, creative, exciting and rewarding for others. He even does private coaching. Yeah, private coaching from Rick Sammon. That would be awesome. In the education area, Rick has around 20 classes on KelbyOne, not to mention a wonderful interview he did with Kalebra Kelby (who in her own right is an amazing photographer that does stuff with an iPhone I wish I could do). Rick is also an author, with more photography books than anyone I know to his credit. I even have a small bit in his recent book &#8220;Photo Quest: Discovering Your Photographic &#38; Artistic Voice&#8220;, which is a photography book&#8230; without pictures. It&#8217;s is actually one of the best books on photography I have seen. I have a small contribution in his previous book, &#8220;Photo Therapy Motivation and Wisdom: Discovering the Power of Pictures&#8221; &#8211; too, such an honor. Rick is an avid podcaster, and has built his Photo Therapy Facebook Group into a wonderful resource for photographers of all levels. I asked Rick once how he describes his photography, and he answered “evolving,” I kinda dig that description. He even hesitates to categorize his work. He does it all, and enjoys the freedom of not specializing. With as much experience as Rick brings to the table, this self-taught photographer has many accomplishments – and as Rick suggests, “When you are through changing, you are through&#8221;. As many times as Rick has been on the show, I always want to remind people that Rick&#8217;s partner is his wife Susan. While Rick seems to get the bulk of the attention, Susan deserves her own. Behind every successful person there is often a spouse, or special person that helps push them, guide them, and in many ways drive the success. I know that is the case for me, and in Rick&#8217;s case that is Susan. She is there on his workshops, and she is often a co-author on his books. Join Canon Explorer of Light Rick Sammon and me as we take a closer look at one of his iconic portraits, taken in Death Valley, and as we explore his inspiring world of Sammonisms, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Rick Personal: ricksammon.com Instagram: @ricksammonphotography Facebook: @RickSammonPhotography Twitter: @ricksammon Rick&#8217;s Workshops, Seminars, and Coaching ricksammon.com Rick&#8217;s Books on Amazon Photo Quest: Discovering Your Photographic &#38; Artistic Voice Photo Therapy Motivation and Wisdom: Discovering the Power of Pictures The Oregon Coast Photo Road Trip The Route 66 Photo Road Trip All of Rick&#8217;s Books on Amazon Rick&#8217;s Classes on KelbyOne KelbyOne Rick&#8217;s Photographer Pick John Isaac: johnisaac.com John&#8217;s TEDx Talk: The Pictures I didn’t Take &#124; ​John ​Isaac &#124; TEDxIHEParis Book Mentioned by Rick Jay Maisel: Light Gesture and Color

Charles Glatzer is one of the top wildlife photographers working today, and that says a lot. There are so many great wildlife photographers out there, but on a rare occasion you meet someone that rises above the rest, someone that is the inspiration for so many of those others. That is Charles, and that is why his work has been celebrated internationally with over 40 awards. As a Canon Explorer of Light Charles is one of a small, prestigious group made up of some of the worlds best professional photographers, spanning every genre you can think of. The idea behind the Explorers of Light program is to provide insight, inspiration, and education to future generations of creative photographers, and I think it&#8217;s one of the best things Canon has done for the industry. I have had a lot of Canon Explorers of Light on Behind the Shot, and every time I&#8217;m amazed at the talent in that group. His images have appeared in many publications worldwide, including National Geographic, Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, National Parks, to name a few, and with over 38 years of professional experience, Charles has become not only a sought after photographer, but an educator and keynote speaker. Charles founded &#8220;Shoot the Light&#8220;, an instructional photographic workshop and series, in the mid-nineties. His experience provides workshop participants and seminar attendees with an unparalleled resource, and provides the insight needed for the many national and international photographic competitions where he serves as a judge. Join wildlife photographer, and Canon Explorer of Light, Charles Glatzer and me as we chat about how you can improve your wildlife photography, and as we do a deep dive into his &#8220;once in a lifetime&#8221; image of a bobcat dragging it&#8217;s prey through the snow, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Charles Website: shootthelight.com The Heat Co: theheatcompany.us Instagram: @charlesglatzer Facebook: @charles.glatzer Twitter: @charlesglatzer Interviews with Charles SLR Lounge: Tips on Hunting Wildlife with a Camera Aperture Academy: apertureacademy.com NatureScapes.net: An Interview with Charles Glatzer Charles&#8217; Photographer Picks Marsel van Oosten: @marselvanoosten John Shaw: johnshawphoto.com

A photographer whose publication credits include National Geographic Books, Time, Life Magazine, National Wildlife Federation, Audubon, Sierra Club, and Disney is someone I want to learn from, and in this case, that&#8217;s Adam Jones. Adam is a photographer that has been internationally recognized for his nature, travel, and wildlife images.  Jones’s award-winning photography has been widely published in magazines, posters, calendars, and books, including nine coffee-table books. With images used in national advertising campaigns for clients such as Canon, Ford, Eddie Bauer, Miller Beer and Honda, it&#8217;s no wonder Adam is in the rare group of artists known as Canon Explorers of Light. Adam is also recognized worldwide as an outstanding stock photographer, with his images represented by Getty Images, and Danita Delimont Stock Photography.  His work has sold for editorial and commercial uses in over 30 countries. In 1995 the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest selected Adam’s image, from over 19,000 entries, as the winner in the “In Praise of Plants” category. All of this experience, combined with Adam&#8217;s enthusiasm for photography, has led to Adam being a popular and highly respected workshop leader and speaker at photography workshops around the world, helping students reach their full potential in the exciting world of digital photography. Join Canon Explorer of Light Adam Jones and me as we take a deep dive into how he made this amazing landscape, and discuss ways to improve your reflection photos, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Adam Website: adamjonesphoto.com Workshops: adamjonesphoto.com Instagram: @adam_jones_photo Facebook: facebook.com Twitter: @AdamsCamera Adam&#8217;s Photographer Picks Art Wolfe: artwolfe.com John Shaw: johnshawphoto.com

Karen Hutton is a photographer that is in demand, but on the chance you are not already familiar with her, let me introduce you&#8230; Karen is a Fine Art photographer that specializes in landscape, nature, and travel photography &#8211; or as she calls it: Photographer, Voice, Purveyor of Awesomeness The &#8220;voice&#8221; part is because along with being an amazing photographer, Karen is a sought after voice Artist too, something that is close to my heart as well. That&#8217;s the TL;DR version, but her accomplishments simply don&#8217;t fit into that summary easily. She&#8217;s a professional FujiFilm X-Photographer, and a highly sought after speaker and educator. Karen has presented at PhotoshopWorld, PhotoExpo+, Photographer Talks at Google and more. She has had gallery showings and exhibitions across the globe, from Google&#8217;s &#8220;Moments that Matter&#8221;, to FujiFilm Ambassador Gallery in NY, and the FujiFilm Photography Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. Karen Hutton was practically born with a camera in her hands, and it shows. Something she said to me fascinates me: &#8220;Fujifilm gear itself factors into how I see and shoot&#8221; That, to me, is what gear should be. Not merely a technical device in your hands, or even a tool, but part of the inspiration in both its strengths and weaknesses. Karen&#8217;s photography is so unique, whether it&#8217;s a traditional photograph, or one of her amazing &#8220;Artified&#8221; creations. Her work is some of the best use of composition I have seen, and combine that with the technical excellence and you have so much more than a “photo”. Yes there are a lot of fine art photographers, and yes there are many shooting the same types of spaces and places, but it is rare to see these visuals communicated with such a therapeutic approach. Relaxing, inviting, often minimalistic, yet a focused draw. She is really good. Join photographer, voice, and purveyor of awesomeness Karen Hutton and me as we chat about how she made her image &#8220;Forest of Enlightenment&#8221;, and explore her world of creativity, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Karen Website: karenhutton.com Photography: karenhuttonphotography.com Digital Fine Art: karenhutton.art Instagram: @karenhutton Facebook Profile: @Karen.L.Hutton Facebook Page: @KarenHuttonPhotography Twitter: @karenhutton Media Room: karenhutton.com/mediaroom Linktree: linktr.ee/karenhutton Karen&#8217;s Book 10 Steps To Finding Your Voice: karenhutton.com Karen&#8217;s Classes on KelbyOne How to Infuse YOU into Your Photography: kelbyone.com Finding Your Artistic Voice: kelbyone.com Karen&#8217;s Artist Pick Vladimir Kush: vladimirkush.com

In the time I have been doing photography there have been a few names I seem to have always been aware of, and one of those is Ron Clifford. When I receive an email from our mutual friend Rick Sammon introducing us, and suggesting Ron for an episode of Behind the Shot I immediately knew it would be a fit. Ron Clifford is a skilled, award-winning photographer, but above all else he is someone that inspires others, or what you might call an &#8220;Inspirologist&#8221;. Ron is well known as a mentor, through his Mentorship PLUS program, and as an educator. This quote from Trey Ratcliff sums Ron up well: &#8220;I don&#8217;t even know where to start with Ron! Not only is he an amazing photographer, but he&#8217;s also a brilliant communicator. Ron is one of those rare people that can inspire you with both his imagery and his words.&#8221; This quote from Ron might better explain his approach to photography, and life: &#8220;I&#8217;m a visual storyteller. I always say, “Do what you can’t help but do“ and for me that is to capture the beauty and character in the people I meet and the places I travel to.&#8221; What a great way to look at life. As a result of his commitment to building strong communities, he has had his work featured by Google , on National Geographic.com and has appeared in blog posts, podcasts and interviews around the world. As I mentioned above, Ron has become well known for his involvement in online and in-person mentoring in photography and has been inspiring fellow creatives and entrepreneurs through talks, presentations and workshops. Recently he was able to share his story about overcoming mental illness as a speaker on the TEDx stage. As an educator, Ron is also a Photography Guide on unique photography symposiums, workshops and tours to some of the most remote places on earth including Africa, the Arctic and Antarctica. Wether he is photographing some remote landscape, wildlife, or an in studio portrait, Ron Clifford is an artist, and it shows in his accomplishments. He was a director of the Google+ mentorship program for photographers, has multiple Bronze and Silver Merit Awards from Portrait Masters International, and has nearly 3 million social media followers. Join photographer, educator, speaker, and mentor Ron Clifford and me as discuss his beautiful B&#38;W portrait, that he calls &#8220;The Baptism&#8221;, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Ron Website: ronclifford.com Instagram &#8211; Nature: @ron_clifford Instagram &#8211; Portraits: @ron_clifford_portrait Facebook: @RonCliffordPhoto Twitter: @ronclifford LinkedIN: @ronclifford Pinterest: @ronclifford Ron&#8217;s TEDx Talk Ted Talks: How Traveling to the Ends of the Earth Helps Me Cope With my Diagnosis Ron&#8217;s Photographer Picks John Paul Caponigro: johnpaulcaponigro.com Lauri Novak: laurinovak.com

For each episode of Behind the Shot I write a post with some information about my guest. I usually use a combination of the guest&#8217;s bio, along with pieces of info I gather through research, to try and give a bit of insight into that guest. This episode is much harder than usual. A friend of mine (thank you Scott) told me about a new book that was coming out. He then introduced me to someone at Grand Central Publishing, and they kindly sent me a copy of the book. I am not speechless often, but this book had me close. The book is called &#8220;Uncommon Grit&#8221;, and it is one of the most powerful set of images I have ever seen. I cannot recommend buying this book enough, seriously. More on the book in a bit, as I want you to get to know it&#8217;s author first. Darren McBurnett (SEAL) Ret. is a combat veteran, professional photographer, author, ambassador, and motivational speaker. In &#8220;Uncommon Grit&#8221; Darren takes us behind the scenes of the elite SEAL training program, BUD/S, in Coronado, California. If you have heard anything about this training, or seen any of the documentaries on it, you already know it&#8217;s damn tough, but trust me when I say that Darren&#8217;s photos will show you that your imagination is lacking. In high school Darren earned MVP and state honors in cross country, track, indoor track, and swimming. He has a degree from Purdue, where he was on the cycling and water polo teams, and he was the captain of the rowing team. He’s completed hundreds of road races, endurance and swimming events, marathons, and triathlons, including the Boston Marathon and two Ironman triathlons. That type of drive and athleticism is amazing on its own. After college Darren started a 24-year SEAL career that included numerous deployments to combat zones in support of missions such as Operation Iraq Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Kosovo crisis, Liberia, and Operation Inherent Resolve. He was a SEAL platoon leader, and received 49 individual, unit, and campaign honors, including a Bronze Star. Darren McBurnett is the real deal. McBurnett has become an accomplished speaker and motivator, presenting to companies and groups including CDW, AIG, Budweiser, Rite-Aid, Founders Brewing Company, Hilton Hotels, BMO, National Quarterback Club, Arbor Pharmaceuticals, and many others. He is also an award-winning photographer, his professional portfolio including work for NIKE, National Geographic, Fox and Friends, Rolling Stone, CBS SEAL Team, and the movie “Act of Valor”. His work has appeared on everything from album covers to billboards to walls of Fortune 500 companies and is in the homes of Charlie Sheen, Kid Rock, Jim McMahon, John Rich, Brent Burns, Roger Clemens, and John Daly. Darren is proud to be an ambassador for Uncommon Grit Foundation, a nonprofit he started in 2020 to assist military, first responders, and their families—those who answer the call. This book is an unprecedented look at the toughest training in the military &#8212; and the world &#8212; from the vantage point of someone who lived through it. Darren&#8217;s descriptions of both the physical and mental evolutions that occur as a result of the immensely challenging SEAL training process, combined with his photos &#8211; images that are moving, powerful, and on occasion uncomfortable &#8211; offer a rare glimpse not only into the training itself, but the people that chose to go through it. This show is photography based, so let me focus on the the photos for a minute. The images in this book are amazing. Not just because of the subject matter, although they are because of that too, but because they are some of the best technical photojournalism style images I have seen. Darren is not just a photographer that had access to something usual, he&#8217;s a master at story telling. When I opened this book I found myself in awe of his skill as a photographer, as much as his ability to show me a subject I wanted to see. Framing and composition in these shots is stunning. Storytelling is unmatched. The use of light, detail, and scene, are cinematic. Join retired Navy SEAL, motivational speaker, author, and photographer, Darren McBurnett and me as we discuss his book &#8220;Uncommon Grit&#8221;, his photographic style, and one of the amazing images from the book on this episode of Behind the Shot. Uncommon Grit Available Wherever Books Are Sold: grandcentralpublishing.com Connect with Darren Website: dmcburnett.com Instagram: @mcteams3842 LinkedIN: @dmcburnett Darren&#8217;s Photographer Pick Frans Lanting: lanting.com

When I book a guest for Behind the Shot I usually have an idea on how I will describe them, but sometimes that is a bit more difficult. Let&#8217;s take today&#8217;s guest, Atiba Jefferson, for example. Atiba is perhaps best known for his 25 years of skateboarding images. He has worked for all of the major skateboarding publications, and now works at Thrasher magazine. But describing Atiba as a skateboarding photographer would be a mistake, as he is much more than that single genre. Atiba has a deep history in professional basketball. during the Shaq and Kobe years he assisted Andy Bernstein, the Los Angeles Lakers photographer, and shot for the Lakers. That history alone has to bring with it so many stories. Add to that the fact that he has shot more SLAM magazine covers than any other photographer and you might consider Atiba a sports photographer, which also fits in with the skateboarding I suppose. The problem is that a description like that still misses the mark. Atiba is also a music photographer, something near and dear to my heart, and his images capturing everyday life are amazing. So where does that leave us with the description? Well, for the purpose of this episode I am going to focus on what I see as a common thread throughout all of Atiba&#8217;s work&#8230;. the moment. He is a master at capturing that perfect moment, whether it be in a photojournalistic style image, a commercial job, or a studio portrait. All of this taken together explains why he has the client list he does, including: Supreme, adidas, Nike, Converse, Reebok, ESPN, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Oakley, Panasonic, Pepsi, and Netflix. And there is one more&#8230; As of October 1, 2020, Atiba Jefferson is a Canon Explorer of Light. That is one of the highest career accomplishments a photographer can reach, and I for one want to say congrats. It&#8217;s well deserved. Atiba&#8217;s body of work is fantastic and, if you have not yet, go follow him on social media. Join Canon Explorer of Light, and master of capturing the perfect moment, Atiba Jefferson and me as we discuss moment, style, and more on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Atiba Website: atibaphoto.com Instagram: @atibaphoto Twitter: @atibaphoto Facebook: @atiba.jefferson Atiba&#8217;s Photographer Picks Grant Brittain: jgrantbrittainphotos.com Andrew Bernstein: adbapi.com Jonathan Mannion: jonathanmannion.com Walter Iooss Jr: walteriooss.com Video Mentioned During the Show Lakai Fully Flared Intro: https://vimeo.com/18736090

One of the most enjoyable aspects of doing the Behind the Shot podcast is the wonderful artists I get to meet. All are photographers that I truly admire, and that I am inspired by. Hand-in-hand with that is the way that I meet them. Elizabeth Gadd is one of those that was a chance discovery. I recently had the opportunity to be a guest on SmugMug Live!, with Alastair Jolly. I love that show, the way Alastair does an interview, and the next level guests he has on. The episode right after mine was Lizzy Gadd, and wow&#8230; I don&#8217;t even know where to begin in describing the feeling I had watching the show. Amazing is a place to start I guess. Shortly after that my friends Larry Tiefenbrunn, of Platypod, and Skip Cohen mentioned Lizzy to me, suggesting I needed to get her on Behind the Shot. Lucky for me that is now happening. Let me back up a bit&#8230; Elizabeth Gadd is a Vancouver, Canada, based photographer that combines self-portraiture with landscapes to create &#8220;ethereal images, evoking peaceful solitude and portraying the beauty of matching one&#8217;s heartbeat with the beat of nature&#8221;. These are not &#8220;Selfies&#8221; mind you, oh no. These are works of absolute art, images that are mesmerizing. They are stunningly beautiful photos like I have not seen before. Whether it be mountains, forests, fields or ocean, Lizzy makes the scene inviting and special. Sorry, but I am struggling to describe her work in a way that does it justice. This is one of those shows I fear trying to describe the image we are discussing for the audio listeners. That. Will Be. Difficult. Along with her self-portrait series, Elizabeth also shoots client portraits, pure landscapes, and a series called &#8220;Adventure Pepper&#8221;. I&#8217;ll let you head to her site to discover the wonder that is Pepper. Her client list is amazing too, having worked with Sony, Air New Zealand, Daily Mail, Whistler Tourism, Canadian Geographic and Practical Photography Magazines, and many more. You&#8217;ll even find her images on the covers of books by authors such as Nora Roberts and John Grisham! Elizabeth has accumulated over 475,000 followers across social media, and if you look at her work that&#8217;s not the surprising part, it&#8217;s why there are not many more. I am so honored to have the talented self-portrait artist Lizzy Gadd join me to discuss how she made this image, which my wife calls &#8220;Reflections of Beauty&#8221;, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Elizabeth Website: elizabethgadd.com Instagram: @elizabethgadd Facebook: @elizabethgaddphotography Patreon: @elizabethgadd Elizabeth on SmugMug Live! Smug Mug Live! Episode 34: youtube.com/SmugMugFilms Lizzy&#8217;s Photographer Suggestion Laura Zalenga: laurazalenga.de

I had not heard of Mitchel Wu until my friends at Platypod mentioned him to me, and that surprised me. I don&#8217;t want that to happen to you, so I am introducing you to some of the most playful work you&#8217;ll ever see. His work is stunningly good. When I see Mitchel&#8217;s photography it makes me want to be a child again. Every photo merges my childhood, and the memories of my son growing up, with everyday life as an adult. His work makes me smile, and I&#8217;m not sure there is any higher compliment I can give. Mitchel Wu is a toy photographer, but let&#8217;s be clear, he isn&#8217;t just playing around (sorry, couldn&#8217;t resist). In a recent interview with The Phoblographer Mitchel said something about toy photography that I can&#8217;t get out of my head, saying it was an &#8220;art form that encouraged (demanded!) storytelling and creativity&#8221;. That line strikes me as one of the most important realizations I&#8217;ve heard, and I often preach about how images need to tell a story. In Mitchel&#8217;s case his &#8216;props&#8217; are things that are near and dear to us. As kids we play with these toys as though they are real. Buzz Lightyear can fly, Yoda can defend against a group of Stormtroopers, Scooby and Shaggy do get into actual trouble, and food should always be considered part of the fun. Mitchel Wu brings these stories, these memories to life. Taking his Illustration degree to The Walt Disney Company, Mitchel worked as a product designer / developer on their high end sculpture line. That in turn lead to creative collaborations with companies like Warner Bros, Pixar, LucasFilm, Sony Pictures and more. Those connections I think were a prediction of where Mitchel was headed. Mitchel&#8217;s life as a photographer started out in the corporate and lifestyle arena, but transitioned to weddings. As his daughter began High School Mitchel made a choice&#8230; he realized that his days of having his daughter home everyday would soon be over, because she would be starting college in a few years. This is when Mitchel found toy photography. That is where Mitchel and I have something in common. I was a wedding DJ for 18 years, and as my son started High School I too started to dread being gone every weekend. I sold all of gear and focus on my I.T consulting, but at the same time I found concert photography. It&#8217;s weird sometimes how we photographers have some similar paths. Mitchel&#8217;s work has been featured in places like the NY Post, the UK Daily Mail, WGN Morning News, and So Cal PBS. He has worked on campaigns for brands such as Toy Story, Harry Potter, Hot Wheels, Fortnite, Power Rangers, G.I. Joe, UNO, and Scrabble, and has created images for The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros, Hasbro, Mattel, Virgin Media and more. In February of 2020 he was invited to exhibit work, as well as speak, at Toy Fair New York, one of the largest industry toy conventions in the world. This was the first exhibit of any kind in Toy Fair&#8217;s 100+ year history. He even got to kick off Toy Fair NY by cutting the opening ribbon with NBA legend Shaquille O&#8217;Neal! Join toy photographer extraordinaire Mitchel Wu and me as we take a deep dive into his playful image &#8220;Duke and Forky&#8221; on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Mitchel Website: mitchelwutoyphotography.com Instagram: @mitchelwuphotography Facebook: @mitchelwuphotography Twitter: @mitchelwuphoto YouTube: @MitchelWuToyPhotography Mitchel Online 60 Second Docs: Professional Photographer Brings Toys To Life In Surreal Shots Toy Fair New York: TFNY20 Mitchell Wu Gallery &#124; The Toy Association Schleich Toy Company: The Power of Imagination Campaign Interviews with Mitchel The Phoblographer: Toy Story: How This Photographer Brings His Toys to Life Mojo Nation: Toy photographer and storyteller Mitchel Wu on his creative process Mitchel&#8217;s Photographer Suggestion &#8211; Neville Kidd Canon Europe: How Neville Kidd Became TV&#8217;s Hottest DoP Instagram: @kidd_neville Marvel’s 616 Announcement: An anthological documentary series airing on Disney+ that features Mitchel Marvel: marvel.com Behind the Scenes

I have known of Joel Grimes for as long as I have been involved with photography. Joel is one of those artists that can be described as a &#8220;master of their craft&#8221;, and that skill has earned him the rare designation as a Canon Explorer of Light. I am not saying that lightly, his photography and lighting skills are, simply put, second to none. If you get a chance to take one of his masterclasses, I&#8217;d suggest that you do. His course list is pretty much everything you&#8217;d want to know. Hoping to check out the courses myself someday, and even see his live workshops when things are back to &#8220;normal&#8221;. I had the pleasure of interviewing Joel at WPPI earlier this year, you know, way back when people actually ventured out into the world. That interview made me think about the craft of photography possibly more than any I have ever done. In prepping for the interview I did a little research on Joel. His about page is full of amazing quotes, like: &#8220;For me art is an extension of life. I believe my passion to create is built into my very DNA. Art is not simply defined by the finished product, but by the process one pours into the very act of creating.&#8221; Wow. This is what real artists do, they live their passion. Joel Grimes is a trained photographer, having received a BFA in photography from the University of Arizona. That led to him starting his commercial studio, originally in Denver, Colorado, but now Joel is based in Phoenix, AZ. What is interesting in all of this is that Joel never saw &#8220;commercial&#8221; photography as just creating a product for a client. Even in this commercial space he saw what he was doing as being an artist, and that comes through in his work. His resume has had him working for the top advertising agencies across the globe, covering every state in the USA, and over fifty countries. His first coffee table book &#8216;Navajo, Portrait of a Nation&#8217; was awarded several photographic and design awards, and that led to an eighteen-month solo exhibit at the Smithsonian American History museum. Going back to Joel&#8217;s About page, there is a quote there that sticks with me: &#8220;I view myself as an illusionist; creating images larger than life.&#8221; An illusionist&#8230; just a brilliant way to look at one&#8217;s work, and with Joel it is so very true. His work will transport you to the scene and story of his choosing. Join photographer, educator, and Canon Explorer of Light, Joel Grimes and me as we take a look at one of the most amazing examples of Portrait Lighting you&#8217;ll see, and as we chat about how you can elevate your lighting skillset, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Joel Website: joelgrimes.com Instagram: @joelgrimesworkshops Facebook: @joelgrimesphotography Twitter: @JoelGrimesPhoto YouTube: @joelbgrimes Joel Courses Website: joelgrimes.com Joel&#8217;s Photographer Suggestions Dan Winters: danwintersphoto.com Irving Penn: irvingpenn.org Albert Watson: albertwatson.net

www.samhaddixphotography.comwww.facebook.com/samhaddixphotography I will never forget the night I met Boston based pet photographer Kaylee Greer. It was at Photoshop World 2019 in Las Vegas, and the first night they had a Special Event called The Meet-Up. Basically it was a cocktail hour for attendees at The Still in The Mirage. I am sitting there talking to my buddy Dustin Jack, and his brother Terry Jack (both of whom have been on the show) and a young lady with fire engine red hair walks in and says hi to Dustin. He immediately said &#8220;Steve! You need to get Kaylee on your show!&#8221; Kaylee&#8217;s work is stunning, or more accurately STUNNING. I can&#8217;t stop looking at her site. You might think &#8220;it&#8217;s picture of cats and dogs, we&#8217;ve all have seen that genre before&#8221;, but here&#8217;s the thing&#8230; apparently we have not. Kaylee is an internationally recognized private and commercial pet photographer. She has been published in major outlets, such as BARK, NatGeo WILD, Dogs Today, Huffington Post, Digital Photographer, and Bored Panda, to name a few. You can find her images in calendars, greeting cards, ad campaigns, and on packaging. Kaylee Greer is simply the best pet photographer I have seen. I honestly think her style, the amazing realism she gets in her images, is the result of her attitude as much as her amazing skill set. On her site there was a quote that stuck out to me that explains what I mean: &#8220;It is my personal belief that there is more happiness glittering in the iris of a smiling puppy than there is anywhere else in the world.&#8221; She brings that point of view to her work, and it shows. It also results in a client list that includes PetSmart Charities, Pedigree, Millers Labs, Dogswell, Kurgo, FitBark, and Canine Royalty. Kaylee&#8217;s passion for what she does shows up in other areas as well. She leads international workshops, and has become an author, with a book coming to Amazon on Nov 10th , 2020. She even hosts the NatGeo WILD TV show Pupprazzi! Join the amazing pet photographer Kaylee Greer and me as we dive into her image of Dobby in the Pemigewasset River, and as we discuss creating pet photos that make a splash, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Kaylee Website: dogbreathphoto.com Instagram: @dogbreathphotography Facebook: @dogbreathphoto Twitter: @ dogbreathphoto Kaylee&#8217;s Workshops International Workshops: petphotographyretreats.com Kaylee&#8217;s Book Amazon: Dogtography: A Knock-Your-Socks-Off Guide to Capturing the Best Dog Photos on Earth Kaylee&#8217;s &#8216;Pupparazzi&#8217; TV Show iTunes: Pupparazzi, Season 1 Kaylee&#8217;s Photographer Suggestion Elke Vogelsang: elkevogelsang.com

Sharing your work online has never been easier, but so many sites take your beautiful images and compress them beyond recognition (I&#8217;m looking at you Facebook and Instagram). When Don Komarechka and I were looking at places to host the Behind the Shot group for our critique show we wanted a place that would display images the best they could, and one site stood out&#8230; Flickr. I&#8217;ve been a Flickr member for as long as I have been into photography, and that says a lot. Yes, there was a point when many people worried about the future of Flickr, but once SmugMug acquired it a few years ago things changed. SmugMug, as people describe it, is a company actually run by photographers, people that love photography as much as we do. That brings us to this show&#8230; I was recently contacted by Alastair Jolly, the Global Marketing Manager &#38; Head of Ambassador Relations for SmugMug and Flickr. He was contacting me to ask if I would be a guest on SmugMug Live, to which the answer of course was yes. While chatting with him over Zoom I mentioned that I&#8217;d love to have him on the show to talk about the current state of online photo sharing, but then something special happened. I started browsing his portfolio and was blown away. I needed to get Alastair &#8220;the photographer&#8221; on for a normal Behind the Shot episode, and here we are. I can confirm that many of the people at SmugMug and Flickr are not only avid photographers, but really good ones! Alastair has been in the photography industry for over 20 years, specializing in social and commercial photography throughout his professional career, while still managing to find time to capture imagery for his own personal enjoyment and creativity. Like many of us, Alastair&#8217;s photography often takes him in ever changing directions. He is as happy photographing long exposure sea and cityscapes as he is in the middle of a vast landscape or on a Photowalk around a city. Looking at his portfolio I noticed that his landscapes are as creative as his street photography, something I think is the sign of a true creative. In his role as Global Marketing Manager at both SmugMug &#38; Flickr he travels frequently, which has the side benefit of allowing him to work with some of the best photographers in the world, like Renee Robyn and Anya Anti, to name a few. Still, no matter where he finds himself, he always makes sure to find some time for just him and his camera. Join SmugMug and Flickr Global Marketing Manager &#38; Head of Ambassador Relations, and wonderful photographer, Alastair Jolly and me as we discuss the current state of online photo sharing, and as we take a look at his amazing use of light for his photo of Loch Achtriochtan, Glencoe, Scotland on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Alastair Portfolio: amj.smugmug.com Flickr: @alastairjolly Instagram: @alastairjolly Twitter: @alastairjolly Facebook: @AMJPhotography YouTube: SmugMug Films Alastair at Work SmugMug: smugmug.com Flickr: flickr.com

Canon recently announced the EOS R5 and R6, along with a number of lenses, and I knew right then I needed to get someone from Canon on the show to chat about all of the great new gear.The EOS R5 and R6 announcements were huge, and I am not saying that lightly. Since the EOS R was released I have heard a constant noise from people wondering when Canon would release the full frame mirrorless bodies that &#8216;real&#8217; pros want. The announcements on July 9, 2020, answered virtually all of the concerns people were raising, but at the same time created a few new ones. I for one would LOVE to have both the R5 and the R6, for completely different reasons. Along with those two new bodies Canon announced the RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1L IS USM, RF600mm and RF800mm F11 IS STM, RF85mm F2 Macro IS STM, and RF Mount Extenders at both 1.4x and 2x. They also announced a new printer, the imagePROGRAF PRO-300. I decided to reach out to my friends with contacts at Canon about doing a live streamed technical Q&#38;A chat, something that could help clarify the differences in the bodies and answer some of the questions people had been asking me. I was able to get Drew MacCallum, Advisor, Technical Information at Canon USA, to do a live stream with me over on YouTube. Check it out, and I hope we were able to answer some, if not all, of your questions. Canon Links Canon USA: usa.canon.com R5: Canon EOS R5 R6: Canon EOS R6 RF800mm: RF800mm F11 IS STM RF600mm: RF600mm F11 IS STM RF100-500mm: RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM RF85mm F2 Macro: RF85mm F2 Macro IS STM Extender RF1.4x: Extender RF1.4x Extender RF2x: Extender RF2x imagePROGRAF PRO-300: imagePROGRAF PRO-300 July 9, 2020 Press Release: Canon Officially Announces The Canon EOS R5 and R6

On the day I am writing this post Canon announced the new R5 and R6 mirrorless cameras, along with various lenses. Knowing that announcements were coming, but that no one could talk about it in detail until after the announcements, I reached out to my friends at Canon (thank you Scott Heath!) to try to arrange a show around the release. Lucky for me Rick Sammon was available on short notice, and on this show we will dive into a few images he created with the new Canon R6. If you are into photography at all, then the odds are good that you&#8217;ve heard of Rick Sammon. Rick is one of those photographers and educators that can help anyone become a better photographer, regardless of genre. That is a big part of the reason that this will be Rick&#8217;s fifth time on Behind the Shot. The next closest is Don Komarechka with 3 times, and I am planning on having him on again as soon as his new book comes out. Rick Sammon is a legend, and I mean that in every sense of the word. Every time I talk with him I am amazed at how much he enjoys what he does, his photography, educating others, from amateurs to pros, and living life. Along with his wife Susan, Rick is honestly one of the best there is, and I learn something every time we chat. It&#8217;s no wonder he is affectionately known as The Godfather of Photography. An award winning photographer, Rick is a Canon Explorer of Light. A tireless, prolific and inspirational image-maker, he is one of the most active photographers I know. His enthusiasm for digital imaging is contagious, making photography fun, creative, exciting and rewarding for others. He even does private coaching. Yeah, private coaching from Rick Sammon. That would be awesome. In the education area, Rick has almost 20 classes on KelbyOne, not to mention a wonderful interview he did with Kalebra Kelby (who in her own right is an amazing photographer that does stuff with an iPhone I wish I could do). I am always impressed how &#8220;Creative People&#8221; seem to be creative in many areas. Rick has authored more photography books than anyone I know. His most recent book, &#8220;Photo Quest: Discovering Your Photographic &#38; Artistic Voice&#8220;, is a photography book&#8230; without pictures, and it is one of the best books on photography I have seen. I am so honored to have a small contribution in that book, along with the previous book &#8220;Photo Therapy Motivation and Wisdom: Discovering the Power of Pictures&#8221; &#8211; yeah, he has so many it&#8217;s hard to count. Being able to contribute just the small bits I did to these books is very special to me. An avid podcaster, Rick has now moved into the world of live streaming too, using his Photo Therapy Facebook Group as the outlet. I asked Rick once how he describes his photography, and he answered “evolving,” I kinda dig that description. He even hesitates to categorize his work. He does it all, and enjoys the freedom of not specializing. With nearly 40 years of experience, this self-taught photographer has many accomplishments – and as Rick suggests, “When you are through changing, you are through&#8221;. One other thing needs to be said about Rick&#8230; as mentioned above Rick&#8217;s partner is his wife Susan. While Rick seems to get the bulk of the attention, Susan deserves her own. Behind every successful person there is often a spouse, or special person that helps push them, guide them, and in many ways drive the success. That is Susan. She is there on his workshops, and she is often a co-author on his books. I am thankful Rick has such a talented partner and look forward to what these two do next. Join Canon Explorer of Light Rick Sammon and me as we take a closer look at some of his images taken with the new Canon EOS R6 and new Canon lenses, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Rick Personal: ricksammon.com Instagram: @ricksammonphotography Facebook: @RickSammonPhotography Twitter: @ricksammon Rick&#8217;s Workshops, Seminars, and Coaching ricksammon.com Rick&#8217;s Latest Book &#8211; Photo Quest: Discovering Your Photographic &#38; Artistic Voice Rick&#8217;s Other Books on Amazon Photo Quest: Discovering Your Photographic &#38; Artistic Voice Photo Therapy Motivation and Wisdom: Discovering the Power of Pictures The Oregon Coast Photo Road Trip The Route 66 Photo Road Trip All of Rick&#8217;s Books on Amazon The Picturing Success Podcast, with Larry Becker Picturing Success Podcast Rick&#8217;s Classes on KelbyOne KelbyOne Links Mentioned During the Show 30 Photography Quotes from Dave Williams on Scott Kelby&#8217;s Blog Canon Explorer of Light Rick Sammon and the EOS R6 A Few of Rick&#8217;s Images from the Canon R6 (DISCLAIMER: Images were shot with pre-production samples of the Canon EOS R6 camera. Not Final.)