Behind the Visual with Mark Hanson

I talk with Brooke about how she got started modeling at age 14 and how she has lasted in this strange industry for 26 years. We also talk about her doing at shoot at Carol Baskin’s big cat sanctuary, her first trip to Japan,  working in Greece and then living and working in NYC. Brooke also gives some great advice for newer models and she talks about the time she saw her picture on the side of a dry cleaner’s van who didn’t have permission to use it!

In this episode we talk with Kirsten about working in Australia and New Zealand for Kathmandu and how that experience helped, when on a whim one day, she walked into Eddie Bauer Corporate and applied for a job, and got one!

We also talk about what Kirsten considers her worst judgement call on a shoot and how she’ll never make that mistake again. And a shoot in La Paz, Bolivia where the crew had their passports stolen and Kirsten had to get them all replaced.

Shawn talks to us about his new Documentary “My Father’s Brothers”. We hear about what it took to make this documentary, why he had to make it and some stories about the men in it. We also hear what Shawn would do differently if he had to do it over again. This is a great film about some very young men thrown in to an epic battle in the Vietnam war.

Alan and I have a great talk about his nickname at work and how, luckily for the person who started it, he is ok with it. You’ll never guess what it is. We also talk about his favorite place to shoot, how he met his wife, his thoughts on finding and working with photographers and a little bit about hockey and my fear of skating on a frozen lake vs him having no fear.

In this episode Greg and I talk dogs, how he manifested working at Donna Karen and working with Bruce Weber. We also discuss working on set with people you like and trust, the importance of having a great personality, how he went from working with Armani Exchange to becoming the Senior Managing Photo Art Director at LL Bean and so much more!

Manny is a freelance Creative Director with over 20 years of experience with advertising agencies.

In this episode Manny talks to us about working with a Johnny Depp and the joke that was pulled. He discusses work with Blake Shelton, the year his work won over 30 awards, his ideas for promo pieces for photographers and why clients need their ad agencies. You can get in touch with Manny on Linkedin or by email [email protected].

In this episode Nathan discuss working with Alec Baldwin, Jeff Goldblum and Halsey. He even tells us where Halsey wrote her first song. Nathan Talks with us about editing a Fiat commercial while on set, what it was like shooting with Fashion and Celebrity photographer Tony Duran for the Kohler campaign and the time a commercial changed a little boy’s life.

Philip McCanless is the Creative Director at Accenture Interactive in Los Angeles and he and I have a great conversation about leaving a trail of dirty underwear and shirts all across the country. We also talk about his obsession with Marilyn Monroe, what it was like being on the team that did the ads for Acura, a strange request from Better Homes and Gardens that went out to their subscribers, how he met his wife after blowing off an interview with her,  and so much more! This was a great conversation and my longest podcast to date. SO ENJOY!

In this episode Mattison BEcker, Art Producer for Digitas Health, tells us how being persistent paid off and got her, her very first job working at Digitas Health, and she has been there ever since. She also gives us her thoughts on source books, what she wants photographers and agents to know about her job, and she talks about one of favorite places she has ever had a shoot. I’ll give you a hint, it’s in Europe. And she also tells a story of being on a shoot and having her hair catch on fire!

Michael Novin is the Owner of Mark Edward Inc. an agency that represents stylists and photographers for photoshoots.

In this episode Michael tells us how he went from being a Financial Advisor to being the owner of an agency that is named after someone else. He also discusses booking some of his artists for gigs with Jay-Z and Meek Mill, the occasional client that request usage for the entire Universe and the first time he heard of a Manicure Emergency!