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The Mastering Portrait Photography Podcast — 171 episodes
EP172 - Two Pints and a Crisis: Talking AI, Value and the Future of Photography
EP171 Pay It Forward (Or At Least Reply)
EP170 One Way? Nah. A Million Ways.
EP169 Stop Killing Your Prints: A Judge’s Guide To Common Competition Mistakes
EP168 Inside The Print Room - What It's Like To Be A Judge
EP167 The New Book Is Out!
EP166 Interview With Mark & Simon From Elinchrom UK
EP165 AI Won’t Take Your Job. But Another Photographer Using It Just Might.
EP164 Inside Graphistudio: Heirlooms, AI, And The Future Of Photography — With Mauricio Arias
EP163 The Secret Sauce: Calm Under Pressure, Trust In The Kit, and a Dash of Irish Whiskey
EP162 Beyond Soft Shadows – What Really Makes Light Flattering?
Ep161 AI Wrote Me an Email… and Other Adventures in Photography
EP160 From Fear To Elation, The 9 Emotions Of Judging And Presenting At The Societies Convention In London
EP159 Change The Subject, Change The Shot, Change Your Lighting
EP158 Heading Home From The Awards
EP157 After The Judging Is Done
EP156 Creating Light At The End Of The Tunnel
EP154 A Bit More Different (And Other Thoughts On Judging)
EP153 It Takes Work | There Is No Silver Bullet
EP152 Interview With Stuart Clark - Still Shooting At 97!
EP151 What Does It Take?
EP150 Sign Your Work | Your Signature Is Your Certificate Of Quality
EP149 Your First Strobe | Use What You Love, Love What You Use
EP148 Clarity Is King | Don't Confuse Your Clients With Woolly Wording!
EP147 Image Competitions: The Only Way To Fail Is To Fail To Enter
EP146 The Art Of Contentment
EP145 Yvonne's Law | Shooting For Dough vs. Shooting For Show
EP144 Your Words May Trigger A Thousand Pictures
EP143 It's Up To You To Walk The Energy Into The Room
EP142 Building Your Business One Client At A Time
EP141 New Year, New Adventures | Our Thoughts On The Year Ahead
EP140 Perfection Is A Luxury You (And Your Clients) Can Ill Afford
EP139 The Judging Is Done (And So What Have I Learned?)
EP138 Interview With Toastmaster Simon Shirley | Simple Steps For A Successful Client Business
EP137 Habit Hackers: Supercharging Your Studio with Good Habits
EP136 Interview With Margaret And Peter Aldington OBE | On Creativity And Relationships
EP135 Winning (Or Not) And Finding Positives - Whatever The Outcome
EP134 The Power Of Thank You!
EP133 Dealing With The Year Ahead With Joy And Positivity!
EP132 Interview With Michele Jennings, Former CEO Hearing Dogs UK
EP131 National Print Competition | Notes From The Judging
EP130 Invest In Things That Benefit Your Client
EP129 - What Is Your Inner Energy Source?
EP128 Stay Positive: That ’No’ Might Just Be A ’Yes’ For A Later Date
EP127 - Things Change
Podcast 0126 - How A Winery Won Us Over (and Lessons We Can Learn)
EP125 You Set Up The Sale In The Shoot (Not The Saleroom)
EP124 Our Job Is To Make Memories
EP123 Interview With Street Photographer Ross Grieve
EP122 Fireworks and Finding Freedom In The Studio
EP121 Portraits Are Portraits, Even If They’re Corporate
EP120 Service Is King, No Matter The Market
EP119 Everyone Included: Interview With Author Helen May
EP118 Admit It, Own It, Fix It
EP117 Interview With Grays Of Westminster
EP116 Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow: Your Business Is An Engine
EP115 On Why Mirrorless Is About To Come Of Age - The Nikon Z9
EP114 On Why The Studio Is NOT A Dull White Box
EP113 On Moving To Mirrorless
EP112 Interview With Julia Fensom, Sleep Consultant And Author
EP111 On Technique vs Imagination
EP110 Interview With Best Selling Author Eni Obi
EP109 On Why Being Busy Creates Energy All Of Its Own
EP108 On Treating Each Client Like They're You're ONLY Client
EP107 On The Importance Of Polished Shoes
EP106 On Taking Pride In Everything You Do
EP105 On Using Your Own Portfolio To Inspire YOU!
EP104 On The Courage For Competitions
EP103 On The Witchery Of Words (And The Power Of The Positive)
EP102 On Leaving Lockdown And Loving To Laugh!
EP101 Interview With Terrie And Colin Jones Of The Societies Of Photographers
EP100 An Evening In With My Missus: My Favourite Place To Be!
EP99 Who Buys All The Ugly Cars?
EP98 Keep It Simple!
EP97 The Graphistudio Live Lounge - Interview With Jeremy Price
EP96 Don't Let Habit Hold You Back!
EP95 "Evolve Or Evaporate" - Interview With Wedding Photographer Sanjay Jogia
EP94 Stop Being Your Own Personal Troll!
EP93 It Doesn't Matter HOW You Do It!
EP92 We Are Human 'Beings', Not Human 'Doings' - An Interview With Trevor Long PhD
EP91 Happy New Year? Let's Hope So!
EP90 Why Do We Take Pictures Anyway?
EP89 Steering A Covid Course - Taking Control Of All That I Can
EP88 How Thinking Like A Musician Can Help Your Images
EP87 The More You Learn The Less You Know
EP86 Interview With Kate Nicolle, Relationship Counsellor
EP85 Fifteen Candidates, Seven Judges, Two Days Of Qualifications, One Podcast
EP84 - Critiques, Competitions & Qualifications: How DO You Get Useful Feedback?
EP83 Do You Have To Be An Extrovert To Be A Portrait Photographer?
EP82 Understanding Stops (More Importantly - Why It's Useful!)
EP81 Death By Diary
EP80 You Don't Get Something For Nothing
EP79 Interview With Andy Blake Of Kaleidoscope Framing
EP78 Coping With Covid As We Re-Boot The Business
EP77 All About Joy And A Bag Of Cooking Apples
EP76 Interview With Tom Catchesides From Light Blue Software
Ep.75 To Me, To You, Two Metres Or More
Ep.74 Get Your Portfolio Sorted (Now Is A Good Time!)
Ep.73 - Spread A Little Joy
Ep.72 Staying Positive In These Weird Times
Ep.71 First And Foremost, First Impressions
Ep.70 Interview With Gary Hill
Ep.69 Where Have All Our Teaspoons Gone?
Ep.68 Print-Judging Comments From The Societies Convention
Ep.67 You Have To Relate (Whatever It Takes!)
Ep.66 It’s January And It’s A Studio Revamp
Ep.65 2020 Vision: Twelve Months In Training
Ep.64 The Importance Of Being Present
Ep.63 Interview With Photographer Richard Bradbury FBIPP FMPA
Ep.62 Think About The WHY Not Just The WHAT!
Ep.61 Interview With Su Kaye, MPA Chair Of Judges
Ep.60 Dealing With That Disappointment
Ep.59 Constancy Or Invention: The Photographer’s Dilemma
Ep.58 Interview With Melanie East, Newborn Photographer
Ep.57 Interview With Rob Panting, Communications Manager, OxLEP
Ep.56 Faith, Fear, Fatigue: The ‘F’ Words Of A Photography Business
Ep.55 Interview With Karen Massey, Photographer
Ep.54 Interview With Steve Gregory, Founder, Fitlife Gym
Ep.53 Interview With Chris Cooze, Hasselblad
Ep.52 Interview With Tom Stogdon, Sculptor
Ep.51 Thinking About Clients
Ep.50 Interview With Terry Hope, Editor, Professional Photo Magazine
Ep.49 On The Way Home From The Gym...
Ep.48 Mark Seymour, Documentary Photographer
Ep.47 All Things Brand From Cars To Conversations
Ep.46 Interview: David Bostock, Wedding Photographer
Ep.45 Photography Judges Should Not Be Rude
Ep.44 Interview: Scott Johnson, The Edge Photography
Ep.43 Interview: Keith Roberts Paragon Pixels Founder
Ep.42 Portraits On A Cruise Ship? Things You Never Considered.
Ep.41 Interview: Ellie Sanderson, Bridal Gown Boutique Owner
Ep.40 Idle Musings on Lists, Plans & Avoiding Disasters!
Ep.39 - Interview With David Calvert
Ep.38 Interview With David Stanbury
Ep. 37 Be Careful Who You Listen To
Ep.36 Interview: Terrie Jones On Photograpy Competitions
Ep.35 Interview With Juliet Jones Of The Societies
Ep.34 Interview With Martin Baynes Of Graphistudio
Ep.33 Interview with Katy Walsh, Red Fox Studios
Ep.32 Learning Lessons In Las Vegas
Ep.31 The Client Experience
Ep.30 Interview: Kenny Martin On Life And Running A (Successful) Photography Business
Ep.29 Live Q&A With James Musselwhite
Ep.28 Building On The Positives
Ep.27 On The Need To Be Creative
Ep.26 On Packing For A Location Shoot
Ep.25 On Correcting Your Mistakes
Ep.24 Interview with Sarah Wilkinson, my business partner and wife.
Ep.23 Interview With Jeremy Price, MD Graphistudio UK
Ep.22 On Files Files Files
Ep.21 - On Mentoring And Keeping Calm
Ep.20 Interview With James Musselwhite FMPA
Ep. 19 On Why Competitions Terrify Me (But Why I Do Them Anyway)
Ep.18 On Whether You Need A Studio
Ep. 17 Q&A
Ep.16 On What's In The Bag
Ep.15 On Photography Judges Comments
Ep.14 On Setting Up Your Edit Suite
Ep.13 On What I'd Buy If I Started Again
Podcast #12 - On Developing Your Own Distinctive Style
Podcast #11 - On Workflow And Being Kind (To Yourself)
Podcast #10 - Are Qualifications Relevant In Today's Marketplace?
Podcast #9 - On What It Takes To Make It (contd.)
Podcast #8 - On How I Came To Be A Photographer
Podcast #7 – On The Power Of Conversation
Podcast #6 – On Plagiarism (Of A Good Sort) And Being Critical Like A Judge
Podcast #5 - On Truth And Writing A Book
Podcast #4 - On Life, Lists and Still Loving The Job
Podcast #3 - On Lighting And Keeping It Simple
Podcast #2 - On Creativity & Pre-Visualisation
Podcast #1 - On Finding My Feet