Grant Brittain photography part 2 podcast contains more brilliant insight from this legendary photographer.

“The photos that stand out in history are photos that were just shot by one person”

Grant Brittain photography part 2 podcast topics

skateboard photography ethics

* photoshop and skateboarding photography* skateboard photography ethics* Leap of Faith Jamie Thomas

* will California remain a skateboarding mecca* getting authentic skateboard shots

nothing stands out

* the demand and amount of content* nothing stands out* nothing will be remembered

magazine skateboarding photography

* how to make a magazine today* giant magazines have gone out of business* today’s skateboarders don’t read skateboard magazines* smartphone verses magazine views* magazine consumption (back in the day)* Tod Swank cover pissed people off* David Carson* magazines are advertorial* authentic skate media* the day of the monthly magazine is gone

contest photography

* crowded decks* i wouldnt go to a contest just to watch it

photographers are having to reinventing themselves

* intellectual property in the age of the internet* companies using your images to sell things (until you call them out)* art directors shoot products on their phones* Atiba Jefferson* selling prints* having shows* shows dont sell

Transworld

* first I had to learn how to shoot photos* then I had to learn how to make a magazine* it was the optical days* you had to order type and get it delivered* do halftones* rules triangles and t squares* then computers* and lighting progressed* then computers progressed* now people create content with their phones

analog is in

* anything that shows more craft is in* Henri Cartier-Bresson

Sony verses Fuji

* I didn’t want a camera that says Sony on it* mirrorless features and ergonomics* Fuji cameras are fun* Fuji’s are stealthy

4×5 cameras and iPhones

* Graflex* TSA and old 4×5

everybody’s a photographer

* “When I started there were 5 photographers and now everybody’s a photographer and everybody’s got a darkroom and a camera in their pocket.”

film negatives and history

* artifacts* cultural historical photos* photos with processing mistakes

“with skateboarding its always been a one up contest“

* The photographer , and skater have to get gnarlier as each new shot is made.

back in the day

its all about video now

* Chris Miller does Miller Flips * and we thought WOW how could it get any better* then Mike Mcgill 540* next Tony Hawk does a 720* then a no-name kid 1080* but its not a big deal beacues of the way its promoted and because he is a kid* if it had been Bob Burnquist

I was in the right place at the right time