SHOW NOTES
Episode 5: Left Brain Right Brain
Welcome everyone to Midwest Photo’s new podcast 2 Weird Camera Dudes. Midwest is excited to bring another form of photography education to our community. Every other week your hosts Tom Wright and Kevin Deskins will be sharing tips, stories, new releases, and even some bad jokes all about photography and the gear that surrounds it. Subscribe and stay tuned for a wild ride. Be sure to check us out on Instagram @2weirdcamerabeards for images and more from this week’s episode.
Visit us at:
https://mpex.com/
2887 Silver Drive, Columbus, OH 43221
(614) 261-1264
Gear used:
RODEcaster Pro Podcast Studio
https://mpex.com/rode-rodecaster-pro-integrated-podcast-production-studio.html
Rode Podmic
https://mpex.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=rode%20podmic
Music by:
Ray Schierloh
https://rayschierloh.bandcamp.com/
Important Folks:
Madi O’Neill—Executive Producer
Josh Appelbaum—Graphic Designer
Ken Lewis and Moishe Appelbaum—Allowing us to take over and make this podcast
Podcast Homework/Challenges
Do you take on photography as a left-brain or a right brain? Try doing a shoot opposite to what you are used to and see if you learn something new. Let’s start a conversation on copy vs inspiration. Let us know over on our Instagram! Send us a message or shoot us an email at [email protected]
Try some of the studio lighting Tom mentioned or the gear Kevin mentioned by renting them from https://www.mpexrentals.com
Tag us in your images and visit us on social media
2weirdcamerabeards
Tom Likes Hockey, Do you?
Pacific Rink Pond Pack
https://bit.ly/3jCb8Rl
Use Promo Code “camera” for 15% off
Links and Timestamps
Kevin’s Inspirations (9:45)
Technical inspiration comes from compact discrete range finders with small primes:
-My Canonet QL17: https://bit.ly/3iBaIcw
-Fuji X-100v: https://mpex.com/fujifilm-x100v-digital-camera-black.html
-Fuji Xpro3: https://mpex.com/fujifilm-x-pro3-mirrorless-digital-camera-body-only-black.html
-Fuji XF 50mm F2: https://mpex.com/fujifilm-xf-50mm-f2-r-wr-lens-black.html
-Fuji XF 35mm F2: https://mpex.com/fuji-xf-35mm-f2-r-wr-lens-black.html
-Fuji XF 23mm F2: https://mpex.com/fuji-xf-23mm-f2-r-wr-lens-black.html
-Fuji XF 16mm F2.8: https://mpex.com/fujifilm-xf-16mm-f2-8-r-wr-lens-black.html
-My Artistic inspiration has come from “unconventional portrait photographers”
-Matt Day: @mattdayphoto on Instagram
-Noah Kalina: @noahkalina on Instagram
-Gregory Crewdson: @crewdsonstudio
-@LeonardoCarrizo on Instagram
-Kevin’s wife who IS A PHOTOGRAPHER @ashrae30 on Instagram
-Tariq Tarey: @tariqtarey on Instagram
-Former Chief White House Photographer for Reagan and Obama, Pete Souza:
-https://www.petesouza.com/
Tom’s Inspirations (23:00)
Thomas Demand, Exhibition Catalog
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/116
Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others
http://www.susansontag.com/SusanSontag/books/regardingPain.shtml
Saving Face: The Art and History of the Goalie Mask
https://bit.ly/3jHc1rO
Book Recommendations
Pete Souza-Obama Intimate Portrait-
https://amzn.to/36LbO30
Lighting by David Prakel:
https://bit.ly/36EFD5i
Intimate Presidency Ronal Reagan:
https://amzn.to/3ljWcHR
Josef Albers, Interaction of Color
https://albersfoundation.org/teaching/josef-albers/interaction-of-color/publications/#slide1
Edward Steichen, The Family of Man
https://mo.ma/34yVEY3
John Szarkowski, Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Honorable Mentions
Our very own Sarah’s work: @sarahkpfeifer
Alec Soth @LittleBrownMushroom on Instagram
Fuji X-Trans Film Simulation Sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R7Zau2LIoy5vd5sPXrIGmtGbrSGlj_fPYPPG2rsWMFg/htmlview?fbclid=IwAR0OIBC8MAG8CyeZIU5-YOI_S_vaovETn5iUzTEKLFN__Glf6owWuUDyuxA#
The Ted Radio Hour podcast: What is Original?
https://apple.co/30EFvPG
99 % Invisible Podcast: 389- Whomst Among Us Has Let The Dogs Out
https://apple.co/30F6GK8