Moose Podcasts

It hit me bad when in the beginning and luckily got past it fast, but anxiety to learn can really throw many curves in your learning path!

When do you, I, feel comfortable going click with our camera? Does the creativity come from inside or outside the wheelhouse? Have you thought about it at all? Had a conversation that made me think about it.

A picture is worth a thousand words ... ever heard that statement? It's powerful and puts a bit of pressure on our photography. But what if we relate our photograph to a paragraph of words?

Yep, that's how the email started but the terms I use are often because they are the ones that helped me learn photography. They might help you ...

The best judge of our photography, our growth as a photographer, is ourselves. The criteria in which we use then is kinda important. In judging a bird photography rewards, it made me reflect on my own images.

The emails of questions were pilling up so time to get some answered. Jeff, Carol, Judy & Jon, here are my thoughts on cropping, printing, lens and filing.

I'm very fortunate to receive great questions from you folks and Beth's is one of them. What did she ask and what were my answers, well you'll just have to listen to find out. I know it will help your photography!

Our camera gear in order to perform at its best requires us to provide it some basic TLC every time we use it. You know that that is and how to do it? You will after listening this podcast.

With the "lull" the past year has brought to many, the idea of turning the passion of photography into a paycheck has creeped into the minds of many. One of those asked me if it's worth being in biz? Here's my answer.

We all want to be successful with our photographs, receive praise and admiration for our inspired efforts. That's all well and good, but when it comes to improving our photography, everyone gets a trophy?

Photography is a craft that is forgiving in some areas, one of them where it's not is light. Mastering take a lifetime but seeing it on the scene, in the viewfinder and then in the digital darkroom are the steps towards that goal!

As long as you are human, those moments when you get flustered thing just seem to go from bad to worse. The problem is, it can cost us a photograph. Here's how to avoid those moments.

a very carefully kept secret that it seems needs to be told. The answer is ...

I can't think of a single action I take in photography that wasn't built on a past experience. The strength of your photography today is based on the foundation you laid in the past. Your growth only as great as the past your experienced.

A lot oy myths, urban legends can prevent folks from experiencing some amazing aspects of our world. By work with brown bears is just one such example I wanna talk about.

There is a huge upswing in folks pointing their lens towards critters. Many an email has come in asking how your get into bird photography. Here's is my list of where to get started!

photographers spend lots of money on their camera body, debate its merits with others even, but in my experience, they don't know their body like they should. Here's my list to know.

We all need inspiration to keep the creative engine going. Some more than others though seem to never run out of steam. What's the secret to that? I have some thoughts.

Photographers seek inspiration in many places. Often it is in other's photographs but when the illusion is shattered, faith can be lost. Sound familiar?

I don't know where it started but I know it's gotta stop. Paranoia is injected into the photographic conversation WAY too much. Does it effect your photography?

One of the ways we move our photography is to ask questions of those who have made the decision in the direction we want to go. That's what Rick did. Here's my answer.

We all seek help with arranging elements in a frame, what many refer to as composition. The issue is, when it in the viewfinder, Help! I might have some!

I did a spring clean of your questions covering all mirrorless, sky repl thoughts, photographing nesting birds, camera or person and more!

"Just go click" is a question from Julie which goes right to the heart of the matter. Do we need to think, do we need to do anything but just go click? My answer just might surprise you.

This episode of the Moose Podcast #232 - "Thin Skin", is all about an inflection all of us creatives, photographers suffer from at some point or another. The thing is to learn from it, move past it and turn it into our creative power!

This episode of the Moose Podcast #231 - "Faith in Our Uniqueness", looks at some of your questions in making better photographs and knowing we do that at the time we go click. Having faith in all things that are our photography is in itself at times, a leap of faith.

In this episode of the Moose Podcast #230 - "Learning" is not about learning, but it's about learning. It's not about applying what we've learned, but learning what we think we need to be better photographers. Cause learning is not clear cut, learning.

In this episode of the Moose Podcast #229 – “Consistency” plays a big role in your efforts to be a successful visual storyteller. It plays a huge part in your […]

In this episode of the Moose Podcast #228 - "Chance Plays a Big Part ... but" comes into play every time we put the camera to our eye. The thing is, just because we're in the right place and at the right time, are we making the most of that chance?

In this episode of the Moose Podcast #227 - "Minimum Requirements" once it was on the forefront of our mind with products we purchased. But was it or is it when we put the camera to our eye?

In this episode of the Moose Podcast #226 - "Relevant" came up in a conversation with a colleague this past week and if, well, we are. The bigger and more important message is, we are all relevant. You didn't know you were, give this a listen then!

In this episode of the Moose Podcast #225 - "The Quest" is what drives my photography, but what is the quest? While I talk about just one of mine, what's more, important is the question, do you have a quest? How does that move your photography forward?

In this episode of the Moose Podcast #224 - "Photo Biz '21" I try to answer a number of emails from askin about what I see and am doing to stay in business in 2021. My answer just might surprise you!

In this episode "Remembering it All", comes from a delightful email asking just that very important question. There is a lot to remember as photographers, visual stories tellers and this is how I attempt to do it.

In this episode "New Year New Genre Resolution" is all about moving photography forward. You might think of it cause of the pendemic, but it's really about jsut simply expanding your photography horizon.

In this episode "Simple Faith," I try to explain an answer in an email about how I view the world through a viewfinder. How I don't think but feel a photograph into being how I want to tell the visual story.

In this episode "Positives & Negatives" I respond to a great email from Chris who brings out all sorts of positives and negatives making for a great conversation!

In this episode "Sharing, Now and Always" is all about giving back the good fortune we know as photographers and how it comes back a thousandfold.

In this episode "Is it Live or is it ... ?" I look at the current quandary some photographers are having with bringing their visual story from the camera to the viewer with a stop at the digital darkroom.

In this episode “Short Term Thinking” I go back in time, to the ’90s and apply what I was exposed to when it comes to longevity working on projects to […]

In this episode "Give 'e Room, Use a Zoom" I talk about this saying the Nat'l Park Service is enforcing to give our wild heritage a chance. More importantly, how we can turn this to our advantage to use the right gear.

In this episode "The Secret Library" I talk about how one photograph opened up a story in war ravaged Syria that's an important for us and why we must share our visual stories!

In this episode "Found my Creativity!" comes in an email that really stumped me. Was it found for the first time or refound? And more importantly, is it essential for a good photograph? Here are my thoughts.

In this episode "Imagination ... Required?" I answer what is a great question about our photography. We are told many things are required for a successful photograph. Is imagination one of them?

In this episode "The Awe Factor" we talk about how research talks about changing our mental and emotional well being with awe. But more importantly, how this can improve our photography.

In this episode "2 Questions, Cold & Z" comes from you folks. With winter comes cold and operating in other than "comfortable" surroundings. Here are tips on how I deal with those temps. And I answer a question about the new Z gear.

In this episode "The Tool Collector" I went to work this weekend on a wood project and pulled out brand new tools I purchased twenty years ago. That got me to thinking.

In this episode "Click Bait" This term which serves to describe how some try to get people to read there empty webstory might apply to some photographs. Could it be you?

In this episode "The Goal Line" This incredibly excellent question stopped me in my tracks. That's because giving you an answer I really didn't have for myself is a challenge.