The Photowalk

Inspired perhaps by the latest Bond event, we have an epic length episode where we talk respectful street photography, using a rare lens, the joy of photographing in unfamiliar places, asking for a picture, Japanese bathtime and poetry, surviving crowd busy Ikea trips and 80s TV. We hear from previous inspirational guests about potent story telling and relaunching your style. Plus our special guest, street documentary photographer, mentor and author Valerie Jardin returns for the concluding part of her interview. Supported by MPB and our patrons. See the SHOW PAGE for links.

We take a walk with our cameras and two special guests; Valérie Jardin, documentary photographer/international mentor and Keith Moss, street shooter and tutor with a love of film. Your letters into the show talk about the pleasure of owning and using a real camera, how what we make pictures of helps us find mindfulness, we talk about positivity, learn from a photographer about how cracks in the wall might just become his fine art future, I have a warning about keeping your camera bags zipped up and there's inspiration from former guests, including YouTuber Sean Tucker. Supported by MPB.com - see the show notes HERE.

We're in wonderful woodland for the only weekly Photowalk in podcastsphere. Your letters and messages whilst we make pictures together, plus inspirational thoughts from past guests. This week embracing fear in your picture making, street rage, finding film again, Insta-frustration, rural UrbEX, story-exhaustion, beautiful mailruns, wrong eyed shooting and finding physical strength to photograph once more. Special guest Simon Baxter invites us to explore our local woodland to find photographic peace and beauty. Supported by MPB.com and our Patrons. See the SHOW NOTES for pictures.

One of our most inspirational shows yet with many ideas, guest quotes, photographic thoughts and a guest, Simon Buckley who makes his pictures during the quite literal dead of night! It's the only photowalking mailbag podcast where your messages drive the show. This week, how do your pictures sound? We talk self publishing, making photo still life, whether the camera or photographer makes the pictures, we launch 'Bokehsia,' the island, talk vintage camera finds and there's more on the photo charity RMB which we're proud to champion. Supported by MPB.com and see all the SHOW NOTES.

Where once 70,000 protestors looped arms to protest against the siting of nuclear missiles, we're walking with our cameras and your letters, talking about making photographs; this thing we love. Greenham Common, former USAF base an hour west of London, now beautiful free common land. This week we talk about legacy, photo memorabilia, making emotional pictures and hear from former guests about photographing Suburbia in the American 50s, favourite street pictures and our special guest Belgian portrait photographer and storyteller Bert Stephani talks about the day he decided to become a 'professional amateur.' Supported by MPB.com and see the SHOW NOTES for all links.

It's the photography show that takes a walk with the mailbag and makes photos. This week urban exploration! We reveal the lowest trick in advertising photography, we remember our parents' cameras, we launch the new 365 feature, hear about a photographer who has been exploring a part of China that was raised to the ground during the 2008 earthquake, tackle imposter syndrome and ask why do we place so many walls around us when it comes to challenges as photographers. So many other stories, your mails and special guests Kimmo and Tanja from Abandoned Nordic. Supported by our patrons, mpb.com and usbmemorydirect.com. See the SHOW NOTES for all pictures and links.

If ever you have thought; "How can I make a real difference to people with my photography," I think this episode is for you and I sense you'll be moved by this special midweek edition. It's a very personal story at times, yet equally an appeal by one of the original co-founders of Remember My Baby, a registered charity which offers a free gift of baby remembrance photography to parents experiencing the loss of their baby before, during or shortly after birth. The show is supported by our patrons, MPB.com and usbmemorydirect.com. See the SHOW NOTES for all links today.

Walking a short slither of the Trans Pennine Trail today through Leeds with your mails, thoughts and pictures that you've been making. This week we talk about virtual gallery experiences, Australian photo lockdowns, inspiring young picture makers, making better portraits and dealing with tricky sitters! We also talk about adding sound to your pictures and hear part 2 of an inspirational chat with photojournalist Edmond Terakopian back to discuss photographic passion. Supported by MPB.com and usbmemorydirect.com. Click HERE to see pictures and links featured on the show.

The new Friday Photowalk season starts complete with guest Edmond Terakopian, one of the UK's most respected photojournalists talking about photographic passion. Also this week, shoot without pressure, long exposures, to mask or not to mask on photographic commissions, showing the real you on social media and can you make a best selling photobook with just an iPhone? Inspirational guest appearances by Jason P. Howe and Tim Johnston. Supported by mpb.com and our patrons. See links and photos on the SHOW PAGE.

BIG changes announced today with a new show and new website feature for the next year! Well, 365 days at least; that's a clue. Also, do you use Affinity to edit? What do you think about Insta, really!?! The best inspiration to start your new photo project, photographing in sub zero temperatures where your fingers will freeze, the choir stops Neale in his tracks and street photographers helping each other. Guest appearances by Sean Tucker, Gulnara Samoilova, Jonny Keely and Henrik Saxgren. Supported by MPB.com and see the SHOW PAGE for pictures and links.

Commercial documentary photographer Finn Beales lives the photographic life of dreams. He has a wondrous inquiring eye wherever he is in the world whether he's shooting work for Cartier, Omega or photographing his own life and passions, a potent reminder that there is story in everything you do and everywhere you go. "Always have your camera with you," as a sentiment screams at me as I look through his Instagram feed, which has amassed half a million like minded followers. The show is supported by MPB.com and our Patrons. See the SHOW PAGE.

It's the show of the week where we walk together with our cameras and I'll bring a microphone and mailbag too. Today we talk passion projects, what conflict photography has achieved, setting out on a new photography journey whatever your age, we're on the final leg of the Camino trail in Spain, go for a walk along Liverpool's old docks and pier head and talk about the power of sound. Inspirational words too from former and future show guests. Supported by MPB.com also see the SHOW NOTES.

Since Instagram made the 'announcement' they would no longer solely be a photo sharing app, many creators and photographers have been running in all directions not sure whether their Insta experience is about to implode. Two guests today to talk about IG; Jonny Keely who has been studying the platform for a series of films and Helen Jones-Florio who uses the platform to show works from her African and Maltese passion project, plus contributors from the Facebook group asked for their thoughts prior to the show. The show is supported by MPB.com and see the SHOW PAGE for links.

A photo podcast unlike any other; a walk with our cameras and a photo mailbag in 'the wilds,' which this week is a UNESCO world heritage site, the Avebury Stones with 5000 years of history. This week understanding monochrome cameras, street shooting in cities again, having confidence in our work, hearing our pictures 'talk', personal projects, the first thing you see feature, photo biking and late developers. Inspirational words from Helen Jones-Florio, Tim Wallace automobile photographer, NZ's Matt Searles and VII Agency's Ed Kashi. News from MPB.com and see the SHOW NOTES here.

Tim Wallace 'rested' a blossoming career in newspaper photojournalism to work in an altogether more '9 to 5' environment. But picking up the camera again as he approached 40, he commented to his wife on holiday that he'd like to become a commercial photographer. He's now one of the most respected car photographers worldwide with a growing aviation and aerospace client portfolio too. Today is a story of how he started, who he is and why he believes he's succeeded after declaring his plans once; "A pipe dream." Supported by our patrons and MPB.com - see the SHOW NOTES for pictures and reference.

A photo show that takes a camera and goes walking into the sounds of the countryside to make pictures and talk with you, hear from you and share with you, thoughts from photographers and anyone who just likes making pictures. This week we talk about Insta, share our vulnerability, seek travel adventures, try to cast aside imposter syndrome and hear from inspirational former guests about the quiet of photography, confidence, walking and Tibet. See the SHOW PAGE with pictures.

A gentle paced story today of a highly respected graphic designer who returned to photography after a move in retirement takes him from London to Brighton on the south coast of England. John Brockliss, an author of four books, a documentary photographer, John is known for his extraordinary images of Brighton on the coast and at play, but equally his stories of travel and his photographic pilgrimage walking the Camino in Europe. The show is supported by our patrons and MPB.com

Jason P. Howe returns for the second part of his two parter as we follow him from Colombia to the Middle East. He talks of a brutal step change and how he made photographs of conflicts across the region, from surviving a suicide bomb attack, an IED on patrol with the British Army to a film made about his life. We talk about the mental toll of being a witness to war and conflict, those who choose to do it now, and how the next part of his life behind a camera is changing with a move to Andalusia. Photographs from this edition can be viewed on the SHOW PAGE.

This week on the mailbag show: we talk about making expeditions, shooting left or right eyed, creating your first expedition, finding confidence, making a 365+, we take a new FIRST THING YOU SEE picture, introduce you to camera ASMR and discuss the Instagram revolution. There's inspiration from former guests including Jason P. Howe on learning conflict photography on the fly, plus Jason Florio and Helen Jones-Florio on canoeing in Africa. Send your pictures into the show for inclusion in next week's show and see the SHOW PAGE.

Jason P. Howe did not go to college to study photojournalism, yet he has been widely recognised for his work covering conflict and civil war by peers at the highest level. Working in a photographic shop for the best part of a decade, he decided to sell everything he owned and departed for Colombia with fifty rolls of film and a Leica rangefinder camera to 'get stuck in and learn as he went along.' The result is his book Colombia 'Between the lines,' a determined story dedicated to the people of Colombia and their search for peace. See the SHOW PAGE for examples of Jason's work.

Each Friday we take a walk with our cameras, a microphone and a mailbag with your thoughts and ideas about photography and what making pictures means to you. It's the only location show of its kind and today we talk about our addiction to camera bags, how our lockdowns have inspired photo projects and skills, more van life, being a radio DJ, making random portraits, putting on a solo exhibition, nerves, honesty and making photo stories about the strangers we meet. The show is supported by MPB.com and our patrons. See today's SHOW NOTES.

Making pictures at -35 degrees Celsius in Greenland. Your hands can freeze, long before you load a film chamber. Today, Henrik Saxgren, an internationally renowned photographer who has spent a lifetime making pictures of people who need a voice, talks about his latest book Ultima Thule. It's a story of life in Greenland, an account about the reality of living in a part of the world where the hunters are the hunted, where age old traditions are still practised; an honest and authentic pictorial study of life in the arctic. The show is supported by MPB.com and for references see the SHOW NOTES.

The biggest photo mailbag show in podcastsphere; where you set the agenda with your thoughts and ideas about taking pictures. Today, make pictures before the bulldozers move in, the best URBEX guide, how to launch a portrait and wedding business on the side, a first thing you see photo moment, some very wise words if you're in a photographic or life fug, shedlife, is photography like a game of golf and photographing Christian Eriksen, a question of ethics plus we hear from Laird Kay who photographs airliners in wildlife style, Misan Harriman on life changing experiences, Brendan Barry on building cameras out of stuff you find in a fridge, Tom Stoddart and the inspirational TedX speaker and photographer Chris Orwig. See the SHOW PAGE. The show is supported by MPB.com

Photojournalist Ryan Vizzions excites us about being on the open road in a van, photographing every American state. We talk about escapism, freedom, mental health, the wonder of making photographs, solitude, social media, the human spirit and how being on the road 24/7 affects basic instincts such as sleep. The show is supported by MPB.com. If you're buying, selling or trading used camera equipment in the UK, US or Europe, trust MPB to be your perfect partner. See the SHOW NOTES for details and pictures from today's show.

The podcastsphere photography mailbag show. Your ideas and thoughts about making photographs whilst we take in a countryside walk. It's a photowalk and you're invited to come along. This week, an invite to pothole, more abandoned buildings to photograph, exploring history, Belgian waffles in the sun, spiritual homes and close up wildlife. Our guest inspiration includes stories about Tibet, African lions, finding Chicago and smuggling photos from a conflict zone. We also hear from next week's guest Ryan Vizzions, who shares his love of van-lifing with a camera across America. The show is supported by MPB.com and see today's pictures HERE.

British photojournalist Tom Stoddart on his new book Extraordinary Women, a photographic collection that salutes the resilience and courage of women through times of war, poverty and hardship. With fifty years behind the lens, Tom also shares some home truths about the business of photojournalism, why it's an exciting yet challenging time for picture makers, reinvention and the changing landscape. He revisits some of his most important pictures and talks of his time working with the late respected front line journalist Marie Colvin. See the SHOW NOTES for links and thanks to MPB.com for their support of this title.

The mailbag Photowalk show is from South Devon this week in the south west of England. A dawn chorus, returning to Chernobyl, how the 'Merikans fish, exploring abandoned buildings, making your own podcast, French photography, what makes a good street photo, photographing the first thing you see and I share a secret I didn't dare tell my late parents. Be a part of the Photowalk by sending your pictures and stories to [email protected]. The show is supported by our friends at MPB.com and the wonderful Patrons. See the SHOW PAGE for pictures. photowalk-devon-exploring

Today two stories featuring humanitarian photojournalist Jason Florio. In the first we talk about a photo expedition he took with his wife and business partner Helen Jones-Florio along the Gambia River, which sounds beautifully romantic and exotic in equal measure, but doesn't come without its wildlife challenges as you're about to find out. And then in part two of our conversation, we discuss moving to Africa, living initially under a regime that didn't encourage open documentary work or journalism or indeed anyone who might want to talk of uncomfortable truths in a country which has the motto, progress, peace and prosperity. See the SHOW NOTES and thank you to MPB.com for their support.

The walking photography mailbag show of the week is truly international this week, with stories from the US about the tallest stainless steel monument in the world, 'Trigger's English lighthouse, beautiful waterfalls in Norway, a Scottish well that will cure your ills, an Iraqi pilgrimage, plus we talk creative block, stress and anxiety. A real mixed camera bag of thoughts, emotions and stories. And we'd love to hear yours for next time. Write to [email protected]. See the SHOW LINKS. Supported by MPB.com

Philosophical YouTuber and photographer Sean Tucker returns to the show, this time to talk about his new book released this Summer; The Meaning in the Making. It's a read which contains personal stories interwoven with philosophical and spiritual practices that inspire and motivate him to remain a, "Maker of things." As Sean suggests, this book isn't just for photographers or filmmakers, but for musicians, painters, writers; anyone who makes anything. We talk about the process of making this book and his most personal journey of 2020/21 whilst completing it. See the SHOW NOTES. Supported by MPB.com

It's the photography podcast edition where we escape together like the end scene from The graduate. Just us, our cameras, earbuds and the mailbag; walking and sharing inspirational stories from photographers around the world. This week we hear from a photographer who chooses to photowalk around Chernobyl, we talk reunions, hear about photographic life in Indonesia right now, think about legacy, emails from the front line and discover a place fit for our first post lockdown meet up, plus more. Supported by MPB.com and click here for SHOW LINKS.

Pulitzer prize winner Marissa Roth returns to chat with me about a photographic trip to Tibet that changed her life and 'saved her photography.' If you've thought about making a journey like this, today is an episode peppered with creative, mental and practical advice on how to go about making your BIG life changing photo project. We talk about making pictures in a country where the average elevation is the best part of 15,000 feet, tackling the politics and why she'll never return. We also talk about travelling with an open mind and heart and go behind the scenes to learn more about producing a book. Supported by MPB.com - see the SHOW NOTES for all links.

It's black and white week on the Friday Photowalk as I read and answer your mails you send into the show. We talk about embracing the world that is on your doorstep, the wonderful trinkets and details of our life we should be photographing, leaving an 18 year career to pursue a dream job making pictures, we make photos of the cherry blossom in Boston and a windswept coast in England, plus I'm on the lookout for those who photograph abandoned buildings. Supported by MPB.com and see the SHOW NOTES.

Photojournalist Rick Findler's work focuses on both domestic features as well as travelling to some of the most dangerous places on Earth, to shine a light on other people's stories and tales. The Afghan female ski team, autism, escaping from Syria, the Beirut blast, mentoring children and helping corporate execs understand stress and fear; the wide gamut of stories today. See Rick's work in the SHOW NOTES.

Today Karah Mew, AKA The Glass Narrator talks about how launching a career in documentary portrait photography during a difficult pregnancy that then became a pandemic business drought has helped her re-evaluate life and her love of making pictures, which starts with the most wonderful serendipitous house clearance, where she discovered a chest of photographs belonging to a lady who'd worked as a print developer. Supported by MPB.com - see the SHOW NOTES for all links.

The Friday edition of the show is our mailbag episode; you, your questions and thoughts about the guests you have heard and the photo projects you're working on. This week, farewell portraits, a cold Canadian walk with one eye out for the bears, picturing litter, photo ping pong revisited, underwater in Jamaica, taking a degree in photography and more. Send your pictures and stories for next week's show to [email protected] - and see the pictures on the SHOW PAGE.

If you're wondering about the title today, it's a quote from a Time Out special feature when they highlighted the historically important work of a photographer who with a Kodak camera he came about from an American GI, grew up in late 50s and 60s London, documenting life in the city, a viewpoint from a young man who had arrived from Jamaica with his family in '56. This docu-interview was recorded on location and covers Charlie's life, his time as a member of the Italian Paparazzi, his return to London and the struggle to get recognised. Supported by MPB.com. See the SHOW NOTES for all links.

Barry Butler in our Monday FOCUS edition on business talks about the incredible work he has been doing photographing each sunrise and sunset in Chicago, but his story starts at a 'friendly' hockey game, a 'fortuitous' accident leading to a life and career making photographs that he calls landscape journalism. He talks of how this became his obsession and livelihood and his love of the homeland; Ireland. Supported by MPB.com - see the SHOW NOTES.

It's the mailbag podcast of the week from Oxford this time. Joined by a friend of the show, Steve Vaughan who takes us on a short Morse walk within the programme to celebrate the city's famous TV sleuth. Today we talk community, van life, setting up studios, the calm of photography, taking risks and making pictures in a jail. There's inspirational clips from past guests and we invite you to send us your pictures and photo stories to [email protected]. All links and pictures from those featured are on the SHOW PAGE.

Gulnara Samoilova, a photojournalist, a documentarian, a curator, a street photographer and now an editor with a Wednesday Photostory edition about a new book featuring 100 international Women Street Photographers. We talk about what the street genre means to her, how she curated this collection and the runaway success of the organisation created to promote the work of women street photographers worldwide. We also talk about Gulnara's own incredibly powerful work that won a coveted World Press Photo award for coverage of 9/11. The SHOW NOTES have all links to that discussed today.

A new month, a new season of the show begins; on Mondays we talk with photographers worldwide, digging a little deeper into their business stories, a FOCUS on how they work and what they did to launch, where they are now, and what the future holds. Michael Quelch decided to set up shop in a city where he knew nobody and in three years has made a real success of building a portrait and headshot business. He took a different creative route as you're about to find out, empathy and preparation being important to his path. See the SHOW NOTES for links to all you hear.

The 'end of the week show,' taking your emails and DMs on a photowalk; us with our cameras, me with my microphone. Today we're 'climbing' Watership Down, a little square of England that inspired author Richard Adams to write the book of the same name, that became a 70s blockbuster animated movie. We talk photographic therapy, 365s, sunken villages, van-life, creative drift, the peace of the sea, 'photocycling' and there's some show news about the new Monday cast. We show your photowalk pictures too and share links in the SHOW NOTES.

'Take a Picture, Tell a Story' is American photojournalist Robert Gumpert's thirteen and a half year project in County Jails where he makes a portrait, then sits with each inmate to audio record the sound of them talking about life, their experiences in prison, family and whatever else they should want to say. The conversations were always conducted in private away from Deputy's ears. The idea was simple; the exchange of prints for a story. Hear how the project was made and excerpts from those who shared. See the SHOW NOTES for links to pictures.

Photographer and National Geographic contributor Roff Smith is more used to being on an airliner travelling to his next international story, than working within a ten mile radius of his home on the south coast of England. Featured recently by the New York Times for a wonderful lockdown enforced project where the lanes around his home became his muse, every day he'd cycle for hours to make self portraits during his trips out. Today, the Art of the ride, journeys from my doorstep. See the pictures and follow the links on the SHOW PAGE.

It's the end of the week show where you're invited to join me on a photowalk, just you, me, our cameras and the mailbag. This week basketball memories, genre dilemmas, daily dawn and dusk diaries, moving home in New Zealand, and walking in all seasons weather upon the Isle of Skye. Inspiration from Albert Watson, Paul Sanders, NBA legend Andrew D. Bernstein and landscape photographer Nick Page. Be sure to send your pictures and mails to [email protected] and see the SHOW NOTES. Supported by MPB.com

Albert Watson, OBE is our guest. It's a story of moving from Scotland to America, to the bright lights of LA, which must have been very dazzling and exciting for a young photographer loaded with creative ideas, ready to take on the photographic world. We talk about first breaks, self belief, the fashion industry and some of his most famous portraits with Kate Moss, Hitchcock and the dead Goose , plus Mick Jagger morphed with a Leopard! The show is sponsored by MPB.com and send your thoughts to the Friday Photowalk edition by emailing [email protected]. Click here for SHOW LINKS.

Like many good stories, this starts with an element of sliding doors circumstance, a fitting movie reference. A sucker for tales of the unexpected, those things that happen which persuade your life to take a different path; the red or blue pill, one more movie reference. Today, photographer Dodd Vickers gives a fascinating glimpse into the world of film making and the job that can literally shape the mood and look of a film or TV series; the work of photographic location scouts and set location managers. Supported by MPB.com - see the SHOW NOTES.

The Photowalk edition is the show where I take your emails and DMs on a photowalk to end the week. We make some pictures and have a chat. Your thoughts about photography, what you've heard on the weekday shows, what you're working on and what it means to be a photographer. This week, the healing effect of photography, using film, walks in Rome and Norway, imposter syndrome and going pro. Inspirational thoughts too from guests including forthcoming legend of photography Albert Watson. See today's SHOW NOTES for links to all discussed.

Guest Andrew D. Bernstein is a legend in American sports photography, involved in the creation of NBA Photos in 1986, responsible for helping archive the history of professional basketball. His photos have featured on thousands of magazine covers plus newspaper leads worldwide and his enduring professional and personal friendship with the late five time NBA Champion Kobe Bryant led to their global bestseller 'The Mamba Mentality: How I Play.' We talk about the game, the stars; Magic, Kobe, Phil Jackson and - Bruce Springsteen! Pics and info in the SHOW NOTES.

Roy Tyson creates witty and intriguing imagery with customised miniature figures in photographs and art installations. The former car mechanic and pharma sales rep is a self taught photographer and artist with works and representation by Saatchi Arts. This is a classic story of trusting instinct, feeling your way, making that leap of faith as a creative. For links to pictures, supporters and subjects discussed, be sure to visit the SHOW PAGE.