The Family Photographer
Summary: Your friends and family expect you to bring your camera to birthday parties and holiday dinners. You pick up your camera before the broom when your kids spill flour all over the kitchen floor. You're the family photographer. Every other week, I share my conversations with photographers about their work and their families. How can we take better photos of our family life? Why are we taking all these photos in the first place?
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It's Halloween! Do you have your kids’ costumes ready? Me neither. But I am prepared to take great photos, thanks to my conversation with Rebecca Wyatt about capturing magic on Halloween. Rebecca Wyatt is a family photographer and mother of four. Over the years, she’s figured out how to make great photos while her kids enjoy Halloween. Join the next Week of Daily Photos Project. Sign up for more information on the next project. See Rebecca's work and enter the giveaway.
Today’s show is an interview with Xanthe Berkeley. Xanthe is a mother of two boys who lives in London. She loves making photos and films of her life. She also teaches others how to make films of their lives. In today’s conversation Xanthe talks about why she loves making films, and how she makes them. We talk about the courses she teaches these days and what she enjoys most about teaching people how to make time capsule films.
It's an interview with the wonderful, Yan Palmer. We talk about why she's not taking family sessions or doing her workshop these days, Teethkiss, her podcast, radical self-care and more.
On this episode, Erica Montgomery talks to us about how she has learned to find great light for her family photos. She loves finding pockets of light in her home and also uses her garage for portraits. Tomorrow we are starting our Week of Daily Photos Project. Go to TheFamilyPhotographer.org to sign up for emails about the project.
On today’s show, Nick Kelsh tells us what will help make better photos right away - photograph someone you love close up in great light. Nick says people think learning aperture, shutter speed and ISO is the hard part. He says what’s harder to learn is how to appreciate the quality of light and good composition. We talk about the photos we can make at home in the drama of every day life. We also talk about the photos Nick took and didn’t take when he son was born early and was in the NICU.
When I named this podcast The Family Photographer, I was thinking of someone like today’s guest, Erin Blinn. She is the person everyone in her family counts on the get great photos at family birthdays, milestone moments and the arrival of brand new family members. Join us for the next Week of Photos starting September 20. Sign up for details. www.thefamilyphotographer.org
In this episode, I talk with Molly Flanagan. Molly is a mother of three, she runs the Define School with Kelly Hatcher and teaches a class there titled Visual Storytelling. Molly photographs families in their homes as they are. In her photographs of her own family and of families she photographs, Molly strives to celebrate the heart of the home – not domestic perfection but the nurturing and comfort offered there.
In this interview with Kevin Mullins, we talk about what he loves about candid family photography. We talk about how to deal with common family photography challenges - the uncooperative subject, the photobomb kid and fake smiles. Kevin also tells us about his workflow and he tells us what he thinks is the best Fuji camera for parents.
22: Tim Coulson - Photographing the Essence of Life with His Family
21: Cheryl Hanna-Truscott - Photos from a Prison Nursery and Maternity Ward in Haiti
20: David duChemin - The Soul of the Camera
19: Chris Orwig - Capturing Authentic Family Photos
18: Andrew Hellmich - First Steps to a Successful Photography Business
17: Virginia Greuloch on Using Photography To See Ourselves and Our Families
16: Michelle Gardella
