The Photowalk

A blind photographer, an animal rights activist, a former nine to fiver who now spends his life photographing the ocean, a once army photographer and an editorial creative with his 'end of the line' thoughts. These are all photographers and stories featuring in today's 200th episode. "What I've learned about photography," is an edition of 'lightbulb' moments gleaned from making podcasts and interviewing photographers from all walks of life, all abilities and all manner of life and work dreams since June 1st 2020, when this title launched. For links go to the SHOW NOTES.

Leaving and Waving; 27 years of photographs by photographer and artist Deanna Dikeman, pictures of her parents as they waved goodbye after Deanna's visits to their home in Sioux City. The work is now a book and has received much press attention as it launches this month. It's inspired many who have seen early versions of this greater study of her parents in progress, proving that the simplest of ideas can make the most powerful stories. For links see the SHOW PAGE.

The mailbag show, brimming with your messages about the guests you've heard and the photos you've been making. This week we hear about Pres. Obama's photographer Pete Souza, Brendan Barry's fantastical cameras, and Sören Solkær's Murmurations. We take a photo jaunt around Sheffield, Ottawa, Copenhagen and a former uranium ore facility during the cold war in America! To feature your work on our programme gallery send your 2000 pix images into [email protected] and to see all the links and featured pictures click HERE. Supported by MPB.com

President Barack Obama wrote; "I probably spent more time with [photographer] Pete Souza than with anybody, other than my family, having Pete around made my life better. Pete became more than a photographer. He became a friend, a confidant, and a brother." Today, that man, that photographer, talks to us on Photography Daily. We learn about how he landed the job, how he felt about it, how he interacted with the most powerful man on the planet, what happened in the Incident Room in 2011 and why he chose to do social media battle with Barack Obama's successor. See links to the show HERE.

Cameras made from carved out melons, chutney flavoured developer and salt fix? It can mean only one man; Brendan Barry, the photographer who has a love affair with making pictures the; "Old way," though in an unconventional style. Fashioning cameras from everyday objects, he reinvented his photography career entirely and now mentors and trains people young and old, in the joy of making pictures by standing them inside a camera! The show is brought to you by MPB and with the warmer months approaching, we start our shows with a short photowalk. See the show links HERE.

In honour of 'George,' today's photowalk mailbag edition takes us on a lake and riverside walk where the recent rains have the banks close to bursting. Emails and feedback today on staying creative during these times, personal family stories, silencing photojournalists, the Monochrom camera, favourites lenses and building your own camera! As ever the pictures sent in from your own photowalks are featured HERE. If you'd like to comment or send in your own photos, email the show: [email protected]

The Family Imprint is a story, a book about photojournalist Nancy Borowick's parents, Howard and Laurel, married for over three decades as they undergo treatment for cancer together. The book shows everything from their to do lists, to saved love letters, to the most empathic black and white photographs of this incredibly potent life and love story made by Nancy. It has influenced many others to photograph and tell their stories and captured the hearts of people worldwide, earning a World Press Photo award in 2016 and a Humanitarian Award two years later. See the show notes HERE. The show is supported by MPB.

'Arrested for criminal damage.' Why that particular charge has a familiar ring for two photojournalists with the Irish sea between them. Part of a growing conversation of late on this show about how the press and in particular photojournalists have found attitudes toward them changing, from the public, the law keepers and the law makers. Photojournalists Niall Carson and Andy Aitchison, share their stories. For show links click HERE. Supported by MPB.com

The mailbag show of the week and a sub-theme develops where we hear from some writers who are finding new projects following a year where pandemic has left their cameras getting dusty on a shelf. Close to home projects, cursed houses in lost villages, the love of 'vintage' kit and standing where Custer last stood. There's some show news and a mystery guest challenge; all in today's photowalk - grab your cameras, smart phone and ear buds, let's walk. Links to the show can be found HERE.

"A lot of people have jobs they don't love doing. I'm lucky in that I love photography just as much today as I always have." Scott Goldsmith has spent a life behind the lens witnessing and photographing history. He has travelled on assignment with Presidents, made and makes long tail projects of American social issues and considers himself a problem solver as much a photographer. 'Loving what you do' is at the heart of his philosophy when it comes to making pictures and today he shares why he believes we're lucky to be in a position to make history every day with our cameras. See links to pictures and Scott HERE. The show is supported by MPB.

British editorial shooter Alex Ingram launched his business proper in 2019, just months from this world 'shut down' and I thought it may be interesting to hear a story from a photographer who started, endured and continues to build his reputation during this challenging period. It's a story today about the personal project, and how a single idea can turn your fortunes, be that portraits, Sunday league soccer or Morris dancers! See all links HERE. The show is brought to you with MPB.com

Great Pen Wood in Berkshire, surrounded by the ancient woodland and forestry, I read some thoughtful reasons why you make pictures in the mailbag show of the week. Today, candid work, finding confidence, some inspirational Dutch thinking, cold in Canada, making personal stories and how photography is real therapy for the stress, depression and anxiety. Supported by the amazing MPB.com and see the show links HERE.

Want some forthright thinking today? NYC and LA street photographer, social documentarian and free spirited thinker, Suzanne Stein talks about a photographic purpose in life, street shooting in NYC and on Skid Row, the power and disappointment of social media, self belief, censorship and tech mistakes that lead to creative gold. For links to today's show click HERE.

Ed Kashi, VII Photo Agency photographer talks of his incurable curiosity when it comes to photographing people. We discuss candid photography, what it is and the rules of engagement. We talk about the current social distrust of the media, photographers and photography, the importance of sound as a way to enhance your photo stories and how he has hope, real hope for the future of photojournalism. For all show links click HERE.

I've found another disused railway track and it's the perfect photo walk to take with you as we 'raid' the mailbag and messages following this week's interview shows. Today, the end of the circus but hopefully not the lion, photographing our dearest in times of crisis, street photography, photographic challenges and making pictures on a mountain in a blizzard. For all links to today's shows click the showpage HERE.

Meet commercial and wildlife photographer George Logan, a man who has spent his life dedicated to and now photographing one of the most magnificent cats to walk this planet. George has photographed and published a book with the Born Free Foundation, Lion: Pride before the fall, aimed to bring the plight of this now endangered species to the fore in a race against time to save African lions from being simply wiped out. For links to the book and examples of his pictures visit the show page HERE.

A story of love, empathy and dignity today. VII Photo agency member Ed Kashi in the first of two parts, the initial being a most remarkable personal photo story called The Sandwich Generation where he recounts how fourteen years ago with his wife Julie and their children, the family moved their lives and businesses three thousand miles to care for Herbie, Julie's 83 year old father. It became a touching two part film and photo essay about Herbie's last years of life. See all links to the show HERE.

The only photowalk show like it in the Podcast Universe, we take our cameras together with a mailbag of your thoughts, walk and talk. This week, celebrating and photographing everyday items discarded on the streets, forest walks in Virginia, misty Danish nights, Summer in the Southern Hemisphere, the importance of family photos, we hear how a New York writer's strike left an important photo legacy and talk positivity in the shadow of failure. For links to all pictures and sites mentioned visit the show page HERE.

American photographer Nancy Floyd talks of 'Weathering Time,' a special self portrait project spanning almost four decades featured in international press as the book is launched. We also address how street photography helps one photographer to find his peace in a world gone mad and learn about a 365 project taking flight. Comment on the show by writing to: [email protected] and visit show links HERE.

An important question today for photographers; have you or do you feel you have in any way failed? As jobs dry up, as opportunities for many to just get out and make pictures falter or become harder, the philosophical YouTuber Sean Tucker with our Patrons discuss a text I received from a good friend who has had me thinking about this subject for close on a week now. We try to unpick the mental state we find ourselves in as creatives during what has been for many a barren period commercially and creatively. For the full mails from our Patrons, visit the show page HERE.

Just you, me, our cameras, a microphone and a walk together to make pictures and look into the show's weekly digital mailbag. The only weekly photowalk show in the Podcast Universe. This week we reflect on two weeks in Washington, the strangest Christmas shoot, how photography helped one listener battle Ménières and the strangest items photographed and found in waste skips. Your mails matter to the show, so be sure to send to [email protected] and see the show links HERE.

On the day the States welcomes in a new President, I have two stories, one of a photograph that became the favourite Inauguration Day picture for Barack Obama and then we talk music and how a science lesson helped a photography student become one of the leading lights of hip hop in its golden period; Anderson Ballantyne is my guest. Links to the pictures and sites discussed can be found HERE.

American photojournalist Raquel Natalicchio, in Washington this week for the Inauguration of the 46th President of the United States of America, talks of the stop the steal rally in LA outside City Hall, where she trained her camera on the plight of a woman called Berlinda Nibo, attacked by a mob of protestors, set upon, beaten, maced and racially assaulted. Raquel made a record as the ordeal took place and recounts two stories, as a photographer and as a person. See the show notes HERE.

The mailbag show; today we talk monochromatic sensors, shooting style, Berlin sights and capturing the stars as I walk once more closer to home, a result of pandemic restrictions. Snelsmore Common; dry heath, birch woods and a 5000 year old layer of peat, a military depot during WW2, now a rambler's paradise and home to wild ponies. The signs say don't feed and don't pet. I'm not sure that applies to the ramblers or the ponies. See the photographs from this walk, listener pics and links HERE.

Renowned Danish portrait photographer Søren Solkær is back for the second concluding part to his story and we talk about two very different projects, both however involve a lot of flight in their own ways and both are the result of inspiration while growing up. In the first, a project that followed street artists twice around the planet, and the second; his incredible Black Sun project about Starlings! See today's show links HERE.

I am in a philosophically reminiscent, nostalgic mood with a very different story of photographic life from the news photojournalism, sports shooting, exploration, wildlife and world events mode that I'm often in during these show. Meet Vanessa Simpson, a portrait photographer at the start of her professional foray into making pictures and equally nearer the start of one particular project that in many respects focuses upon the end of the story for others. Today is about legacy. See the SHOW NOTES.

A Saturday extra edition today talking to DC photojournalist David Butow. He came to Washington at the start of the Trump presidency to see how the story might play out. And as the last days of President Trump's residence within 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue do exactly that, David found himself on Wednesday afternoon at yet another rally, but one that was to take an ugly turn. For links in today's show click HERE.

It's the mailbag show, featuring your feedback and photo plans for 2021. We play photo ping pong, pick up our film cameras, try to reboot our photographic dynamism, talk portraits, the power of propaganda in still imagery, and ponder a world minus creatives. Also some news of a special Saturday edition covering The Capitol riots. Be sure to email the show: [email protected] For links to websites mentioned click HERE.

A two-parter across today and next Wednesday; Danish photographer Søren Solkær known for his creative portraits of music stars, celebs and more latterly his incredible artistic studies of Starling murmurations across Europe talks about finding your photographic roots, which for him was travelling on a budget! We talk of first breaks and how his approach to portraiture has undoubtedly been shaped by his life experiences behind a lens. Click here for SHOW LINKS.

Today, PA Media photojournalist Stefan Rousseau on two decades spent photographing every British Prime Minister as they take power, leave power, and prepare themselves for power in the case of the latest PM. Many stories to share including what to do if asked to delete pictures on the street and what to take from Air Force One if travelling as a guest. For supporter links and all show notes click HERE.

It's the Megasode for Patrons and this is the free preview. I talk with established London portrait photographer Neale Haynes who has photographed A lister celebs, sports stars, politicians and experienced assignments in nuclear submarines! NYC photographer Bill Wadman shares a workshop on conceptual picture making. In Patreon David Fettes talks about a Landrover adventure across South America and we discus rejection, pricing and social media with other recent guests. For more information go to the showpage HERE.

It's the first show of 2021; the mailbag show and if you're new to this podcast, during the week, I talk with photographers from all backgrounds and genres. So sport, fine art, portraits, wildlife, conflict, landscape, weddings and social, street, mindful photography too, because that played a strong lead at times last year. Then on Fridays we go walk about, with your feedback from the shows, although today it's exclusively what listener and contributor photographic plans are for 2021. This edition is also a chance to tell you news and I have some today, plus of course it's an unashamed excuse to get out with a camera, take a walk and make some pictures. The show is supported by our wonderful patrons and MPB.

A New Year's Eve special where we listen back to the words, advice and inspiration of some of 2020's most popular guests. From photographing presidents, starting out, getting arrested making pictures, finding reason and purpose for your photography during a global pandemic, to the most personal story a father could make. Just ten moments from the one hundred photographers I have spoken with during 2020 in this and other podcast/film projects; inspiration for a new year making pictures. Links to all guests in today's show notes.

Today, 'embracing opportunity,' meet Ian Forsythe, former army photographer now news, social, commercial and even events photographer whose story telling skills have been working overtime in 2020. We talk about what part 'the stringer' plays in creating news photo stories for Getty, why being able to photograph a variety of subjects and genres may be the best way ahead professionally in 2021 and a personal story made about his father's battle with Parkinson's disease. The show is supported by our Patrons and MPB.

For those a little sluggish from the rich holiday banquets, left overs and reheated left overs of left overs, plus of course the mountains of chocolate or candy, we commence our lead up to a new year with plenty of energy, and who better to do that, than LA portrait, actor and celeb photographer Bjoern Kommerell, the self titled 'Mad German' for the concluding part of his story on photographing and filming people in the studio. Supported by our patrons and mpb.com and see today's show links here.

'Twas the show before Christmas, a time to reflect a little and look forward too. Last week I introduced you to the YouTube photo philosophiser, photo essayist and photo historian, Jamie Windsor and he returns for a more casual chat about the platform today to talk about the nuts and bolts of running your own channel; the finances, the comments, the reason he become a film maker on the world's largest TV channel. The show is supported by the patrons and MPB.com

"Ah, Neale has gone and found himself three very travelled seasoned known names who are about to impart wisdom gathered from their combined 14 decades of experience in the business. Let me grab a cuppa, put my feet up and prepare to soak in all they have." Well no, not exactly. I thought we'd take a different path and chat with three wise photographers who are nearer the start of their journeys, who have learned different skills, seen new things and indeed become a little wiser by daring to wonder even in the time of a pandemic, if this thing called photography can provide an income. The show is supported by our patrons and MPB.com

Meet the photographer Bjoern Kommerell who travelled from Germany to the States to find his creative fortune and I think you can safely say he found it. An energetic, enthusiastic, committed man of photographic experiment, the type of creative who embraces throwing off the shackles of procrastination. Musicians, actors and movie stars regularly grace Bjoern's LA studio and often alone, minus their entourage. His headshot business has created a place where the famous mix with those who don't appear on magazine covers. A two parter starting with his philosophy of shooting portraits. Supported by our patrons and MPB.com

In today's mail time show and photowalk, Matt Hardwick shares leaving a nine to five job to pursue his real passion; automobile photography, your thoughts on wildlife photography and hunting, John O Brien shares why he takes to the streets to make his pictures, what brutalist architectural photography is and we make some pictures together as a storm closes in. If you're a regular photowalk edition, be sure to write in with what photography plans you have for 2021, amateur or professional. Send to: [email protected] Today's show is supported by our Patrons and MPB.

With help from the mailbag, today; what makes you a better photographer? It seems that it's a mix of fun, deliberate practise, varying how you work, research and learning to embrace being uncomfortable as you move your existing genre skills into another perhaps. Today is a shorter snapshot episode and we're thankful to Mike Miller whose photo essay on this subject inspired the episode. This show is supported by MPB.com and our patrons.

With video titles like, 'How portraits lie, Why BAD photographers THINK they're good,' and 'Are these photographers cheating,' today's guest Jamie Windsor has earned a reputation on the YouTube platform for creating passionate photographic debate. He's a philosophiser, a photo essayist, a photo historian even, he's certainly not just another 'unboxer.' As always your comments on the show are welcome for inclusion in the photowalk edition: [email protected] The show is supported by our Patrons and MPB.com

PA Media Photographer Owen Humphreys shares his story of a career highlight; photographing the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, high in the organ loft, one of the only photographers allowed in to St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Also today, news of Christmas 'opening hours' with thanks to another of our patrons, Alison Barclay for sharing her pictures of brutalist architecture. The show is brought to you with MPB and remember to send your emails in following what you hear, or just to tell us about any photo projects you may be working on; [email protected]

There's a distinct possibility, this episode could just save your life. We start the week with a walk on the wild side, literally with an international wildlife photographer David Fettes, who aged 50 decided to entirely switch life and become a photographer in a genre that's famously hard to break into commercially, let alone make it your sole income right from the off. Swapping the nine to five, for photography. It's a story that demonstrates anything is possible, if you put your creative mind to it. Supported by our patrons and MPB.com

It's the mailbag show; the episode that takes your feedback about the shows you hear and shares thoughts about photography on a weekly photowalk. This week we discover the cyclist's state of flow following Wednesday's show on adventurist photography, we share Christmas gift suggestions, muse over what we've learned from this year's guests so far, talk about personal projects, flying and a dog called Margaret. To be a part of next week's show email: [email protected]

"People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." Words from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, a Swiss-American psychiatrist which are significant in terms of today's episode about being lost photographically and creatively during 2020. If you have any thoughts or comments about this episode be sure to email: [email protected] This show is supported by MPB.com

Seven years in the British Special Forces, today's guest delivered the world's highest video broadcast to the BBC, he's been a professional racing team cyclist and is currently on a mission to ride and photograph the most physically and mentally exhausting hills, mountains and extraordinary places on Earth. They don't make photographers like Daniel Hughes every day. This show is brought to you by the patrons of Photography Daily and MPB.com

For two decades, Stefan Rousseau has spent much of his time travelling with and photographing the Prime Ministers of Great Britain as a photojournalist for PA Media. On the 22nd March 2017 he was within the grounds of parliament when a lone terrorist attacker struck. This is the story of a set of pictures Stefan made that day directly witnessing the aftermath of a terror attack in the heart of London. The show is supported by our patrons and MPB.com

World renowned fine art photographer Jonathan Chritchley has discovered the serenity of the sea, being by water, on water, even in water. His trademark black and white square format pictures of the sea, sailing and more latterly horses has won him much admiration. His photographs hang around the world and his client list includes Ralph Lauren, Saatchi and Saatchi and Vogue; highly aspirational titles and markets for a photographer who built his reputation from scratch leaving a 'safe job' in marketing. This is Jonathan Chritchley's story. Supported by our Patreon members and MPB.com

With the winter months descending, on this photowalk, I get, as ever, lost in the woods with the sun sinking lower and the trails back to the car disappearing into darkness. Just enough light to read your mails and thoughts though on mobile cameras, discos, mental health, New York scenery, mystery wedding guests and an idea to replace the 365, perhaps. The show is supported by our Patrons and MPB.com - remember to write in with your photo stories to: [email protected]

Let's be honest this is a BIG question and in many respects I'm throwing it out to you so that we can start a two way on this for inclusion in a forthcoming Tuesday or Thursday snapshot edition. I have a little help on this one from some previous guests including Michel Delsol, New York portrait photographer, news agency owner Paul Walters and film maker Vincent Laforet. Some Instagram accounts to take a saunter through and a book perhaps to add to your collection? Send your thoughts and questions to: [email protected]