How To Become A Rockstar Photographer Podcast with Matthias Hombauer

Today's guest is my friend and lighting designer Andres Atkinson. I met Andres when he was touring with Fink some years ago and since then we work together whenever he stops by in Vienna.

In this episode, we can all learn from one of the best lighting designers in this industry.He was working and touring with bands such as George Michael, Rick Astley, Kasabian, Mogwai, Florence and the Machine, Gossip, Editors, Manic Street Preachers, The Pet Shop Boys, Kaiser Chiefs, Fink and many more. Andres will share his experiences about stage lighting, concert photographers and why he loves smoke machines. Let’s get straight to the interview.

Today's guest is Neal Preston, one of the greatest rock photographers of all time. Neal was the official tour photographer for Led Zeppelin, Queen, Bruce Springsteen and The Who, and has also extensively shot The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Michael Jackson and many more.

In this interview, weíll talk about his new book Exhilarated and Exhausted, which is a complete retrospective of his more than 40-year career. This is the first time Neal has allowed unrestricted access to his legendary archive ñ considered one of the music industryís most significant and extensive photo collections.

Join us on this journey through Time and listen to Neals stories about sex, drugs and rock n roll.

Today guest is my buddy Anthony D'Angio formerly known as Flex.

When we met online the first time a couple of years ago Anthony was crushing it in the country music scene. He was working with the most famous artists in this genre and flew to Nashville every 2-3 months.

In this interview, we’ll talk about how everything began. Anthony will share a behind the scenes look at how he built his own brand “Get-flexed” and how his path evolved to becoming a climber and landscape photographer.

Today guest is Seattle based music photographer Iron Mike Savoia.

Mike is one of the official photographers for music Caribbean cruises such as Monsters of Rock, Moody Blues, Cruise to the Edge and others like Def Leppard, Celtic Thunder. In this interview, we will talk about how it feels like to photograph your favorite bands in shorts on a party ship.

Mike will reveal his secret to beginner photographers when it comes down to get access to shows. This is an approach I only heard once during the previous 36 episodes, so make sure to not miss it.

And we’ll dive deep into social media and how you can get best out for your own concert photography work.

Let’s be honest with you. When I got the confirmation that Scott Kelby is joining my show I couldn’t believe it. I had to read the email from his assistant twice, before I realized that this is really going to happen.

When I started my journey as a beginner photographer I was overwhelmed with all the gear choices and settings. I didn’t have any clue where to start unless I found Scott Kelby's book series “The Digital Photography Book”. They are so well written and easy to follow. Not only started my photos to look way better than before, but his books started my passion for photography. Since then I am following Scott on social media, read some of his 60+ books that he published and see him as a mentor not only as a photographer, but also as an entrepreneur. Scott is exactly the type of overachiever I am looking up to,

This episode is jam-packed with insider tips on photography, business and music and Scott will share some entertaining stories that are not only funny, but you can learn a lot from someone who is one of the best photography teachers on this planet.

Today’s guest is England based music photographer Lukas Curtis.

Luke is one of these guys, like myself, who likes to share his thoughts about photography and how to get started.

We will talk about why you should shoot for free, especially in the beginning to build your portfolio. Luke is going to talk about how to deal with negativity. Some people might blame you for not asking for money. But, sometimes it´s better to think out of the box. And Luke will reveal his approach when it comes down to build your portfolio.

My guest today is Melbourne based music and street photographer John Raptis.

John built a strong brand identity and we are going to focus on this important aspect in this epsiode.

Nowadays it’s not enough to shoot only great photos, rather you have to build your own brand. Which is definitely not easy.

Therefore we’ll talk about the best approach to get your first logo, the key ingredients every brand needs to have, how you can self-publish your photo books and what you need to take care of, that you’re not sued by any bands.

In this episode, I am chatting with Jack Lue who started his music photography career as the first photographer of Guns N Roses back in the 80’s.

Jack will share his stories back in the days of Sex, Drugs and Rock N Roll, we’ discuss how the music business changed and why he shot all 73 bands on the Vans Warped tour in one day.

Today´s guest is Igor Vidyashev, better known under his brand name RockXposure: The fine art of Rock Photography.

Igor is the ideal example of someone who found his passion later in life. In his earlier years, he was building nuclear cruisers and submarines in Russia and it took almost 50 years for him to realize that photography is his real mission in life and he successfully completing a formal education in prestigious New York Institute of Photography.

In this interview, Igor will talk about his magic business plan that allowed him to get in personal contact with artists such as Zakk Wylde, the crazy story on how he met one of the best music photographers around (Neil Zlozower) who became his close friend and touring on Rock cruises in the Caribbean. Igor also built his own business, where he teaches photography and sells his own merch.

To get more info about Igor Rockexposure including some of his best shots, his favorite gear, and his courses go to the show notes pages: htbarp.com/igorrockexposure

In this episode, I sat down with Raul Soria Jr. to talk about the music photography scene in Hawaii. Is it really the paradise that I would have thought of? Beautiful beaches, pretty girls, and the cocktails?

Raul gives us an insight into his world living on a small island and why a lot of rockstars play in small clubs whereas they normally perform on the big stages everywhere else. He’ll talk about meeting Kirk Hammett all the time and how the community of music photographers and promoters work together to keep the local music scene alive.