podcast Archives - Photography Matters

In order to experience growth in anything in life you have to branch out; try new things; try changing directions. Maybe even make a complete departure from the old into something completely different. In this episode I share my thoughts on this topic. Also wanted to briefly talk about the Adobe Photography Package pricing. Have […] The post Photography Matters Ep 71 – Changing Directions, Adobe Pricing, and a New Look for the Site appeared first on Photography Matters.

Hey, I hope you all had a great weekend and a wonderful Mother’s Day. I did manage to get out last week and head up to Cold Creek and see if I could find any wild Mustangs to photograph. I did, and I actually posted an article on the website a couple days ago about […] The post INSPIRED – Episode 35 – Happy Mother’s Day and More Stuff About Eastman Double-X appeared first on Photography Matters.

Remember that old bit, Basketball Jones, from Cheech and Chong… from back in the ’70s. Noah and I talk about that a lot, because yes, Noah has a Basketball Jones. Who are the people in your life that have a passion, maybe even an obsession that could make for a great photo story? Enjoy. The […] The post INSPIRED – Episode 34 – Photo Stories and Basketball Jones appeared first on Photography Matters.

Hey, this episode is kind of followup to an article I posted on the site recently. In the article I talk about how, IMHO every photographer should getting into medium format film photography. I figured it was worth talking about here on the podcast. Enjoy. The Link The article with the photos from the RB67Why […] The post Photography Matters Ep 70 – Medium Format (film) Photography? Why Not? appeared first on Photography Matters.

Hey, I hope you had a great week this past week. Pretty slammed on this end, just between work, shoots, product photography and the best part of it all…. Noah was back for spring break so we were able to spend some time on the court playing some ball and generally having a great time… […] The post Photography Matters Ep 69 – Opportunities and Basketball appeared first on Photography Matters.

Ever have one of those days in which, you really do have things you should probably tend to, but the weather is just that certain kind of beautiful; there’s a certain energy about the day, and yiou know it’s going to be impossible to keep yourself contained inside doing work. I think it’s important to […] The post INSPIRED – Episode 33 – Spontaneity, Share Prints and Have a Great Weekend appeared first on Photography Matters.

Dennis Stock was a photographer who took some of the most famous photographs that most of us have seen. I bet a lot of you already know about Dennis Stock and his work. But surprisingly, I’ve talked to many people, and some of them being photographers, who had no idea who he was. So that’s […] The post INSPIRED – Episode 32 – Magnum Photographer, Dennis Stock appeared first on Photography Matters.

Happily, I seem to be (a little) better at sleeping through the night these days, so I’ve decided to wrap up my 3A.M. project. I had a lot of fun on those outings, but I admit it is nice getting a little more sleep these days. But I do kind of miss that time out […] The post Photography Matters Ep 68 – Personal Projects… 3A.M. appeared first on Photography Matters.

In the last episode I talked about and posted photos from my photo shoot with Jonny; the shots that we got with ACROS…. then I porceeded to gush on about ACROS for most of that episode. (very warrented gushing, I might add) I did mention that the other film I used on that shoot was […] The post INSPIRED – Episode 31 – Jonny’s Shoot, Part II: Kodak Tri-X appeared first on Photography Matters.

I haven’t shot any ACROS in quite a while. That seems a little weird since for a couple years it was the only film that existed to me. I did a photo shoot with Jonny this week. I shot most of it on Tri-X, but just for old time sake I through in a roll […] The post INSPIRED – Episode 30 – ACROS, It’s almost like I forgot… appeared first on Photography Matters.

As I keep accepting the challenge of putting my insomnia to good use, this morning was no exception. Up at 3AM, I decided to thumb through some photo books. This morning’s selection was Saul Leiter’s, In My Room. Enjoy. The post INSPIRED – Episode 29 – 3AM with Saul appeared first on Photography Matters.

Remember the couple episodes I did a while back, talking about what I referred to as the “Anti-Pose?” Today I want to go a bit further and talk about even less posing… the shot between the shots. Also, Inspiration; where do you find it? What inspires you? And Happy Birthday to the show. Wow, it’s […] The post Photography Matters Ep 67 – The Shots Between the Shots, Inspiration, and Happy Birthday appeared first on Photography Matters.

Man, one of the most iconic, well known photos in history is the shot taken back in September, 1932 of 11 Iron Workers sitting on an iron beam, 800ft over New York City. In this episode I want to share my thoughts about that image; share a documentary that was made about that photograph and […] The post INSPIRED – Episode 28 – Lunch Atop a Skyscraper, Having Unique Access appeared first on Photography Matters.

Kind of a quick episode. Just wanted to catch up with you guys; let you know a couple things I got in the mail this week that I’m pretty happy about; and wish everyone a great weekend. Enjoy.   The Links Artisan Obscura Film Photography Project Store INSPIRED – Episode 66 – Eastman Double-X and […] The post INSPIRED – Episode 27 – Good Stuff In The Mail and Have a Great Weekend! appeared first on Photography Matters.

Eastman Double-X 35mm black and white film. Man, this is a very cool film with a very cool look. It’s one of Kodak’s motion picture film stocks but is also available from places like Film Photography Projects online store, as well as Cinistill to shoot in 35mm cameras. I gotta say, even just after shooting […] The post Photography Matters Ep 66 – Eastman Double-X and Black and White Movies appeared first on Photography Matters.