137. The World’s Best VisaRon Timehin on trumpets, fog, Vogue, burnout, and why a body of work outlives a post.Guest: Ron Timehin — London photographer and director, Sony European imaging ambassador · <a href="https://www.rontimehin.com">https://www.rontimehin.com</a> · <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rontimehin">https://www.instagram.com/rontimehin</a>In this episodeRon Timehin started as a trumpet-playing teenager, was made an Instagram suggested user before his pictures were good enough, and chose to get good rather than hide. Sixteen years on he has shot on the team behind British Vogue’s September 2020 issue, directed a Dove film about hair discrimination in schools, and this year has work at Somerset House and heading for the National Portrait Gallery. We talk about practice as scales rather than volume, why he won’t pick up the camera until a sitter has been given a chair and some music, the Canon-to-Sony story that ended with a 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss on an A7CR, the burnout that followed his first solo show, and why work built as a series lives longer than a post. It closes on The Black Rainbow, the project he is a third of the way through, and a practical plea to back up your hard drives.HighlightsNo audio timestamps were in the transcript. Positions below are approximate: how far through the transcript the moment falls.≈12% He studied the business of music as a compromise with his parents, skipped lectures to photograph instead, then got a two-week Instagram feature that jumped his following by around 25,000 while he thought his photos weren’t very good.≈16% Practice as scales: why targeted practice beats random practice, and how classical trumpet fundamentals carried into jazz and then into lighting and composition.≈25% How a shoot starts long before the camera: emails, research, music playing, a team who are warm, and hair and makeup before a single frame.≈38% After his first solo exhibition he couldn’t do anything for a month. Burnout, rent, and why personal projects keep leading to commissions.≈41% Vogue found him through a photo essay on the George Floyd protests in London, which is how he ended up on the September 2020 team.≈52% Iain’s airport story: socially engineered into buying a 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss. Ron’s version of that lens lives on his A7CR as his daily carry.≈71% The foggy afternoon at Tower Bridge when he spotted a young Black trumpeter in an air cadet band and the portrait work began.≈82% Photography as the world’s best visa: it gets you into rooms, and out of conversations with weird Uncle Ted.≈86% What’s next: the National Portrait Gallery show, and The Black Rainbow.ChaptersPositional only (no timestamps in the source). Swap in real HH:MM:SS from the edit if you want podcast-host chapter markers.≈0%  Opening banter and sound check≈1%  The studio, Tom Oldham, and how Iain and Ron met≈4%  Paying it forward: trumpet, mentors, planting seeds≈9%  Parents, expectations, and building a creative circle≈12%  Music business degree, Instagram, and getting serious≈16%  Practice, scales, and fundamentals≈21%  Why people: belonging, and preparing the room≈27%  The playlist (Coltrane, Cleo Sol)≈30%  A big year: Vogue, Dove, Portrait of Britain, Somerset House, NPG≈38%  Burnout, personal projects, and Misan≈46%  First cameras: point-and-shoot, Canon, then Sony≈52%  The 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss, the A7CR, and the workhorse≈59%  Play, small cameras, and other creative outlets≈65%  London Fog, books, zines, and rapid iteration≈71%  The air cadet trumpeter and the shift to portraits≈78%  From hero shots to bodies of work; Favela Brass≈82%  The world’s best visa≈86%  What’s next: NPG, Soho House, The Black Rainbow≈91%  Andrew Scott and "openly gay"≈96%  Where to find Ron, backups, and NAS pricesMentioned in this episodePeopleRon Timehin — guest; photographer, director, Sony European imaging ambassador · <a href="https://www.rontimehin.com">https://www.rontimehin.com</a>Tom Oldham — portrait photographer; shares the London studio Ron is calling from, and has been on the show · <a href="https://worldphoto.org/node/4839">https://worldphoto.org/node/4839</a> · ≈1%Misan Harriman — lead photographer of the Vogue September 2020 cover; now chair of the Southbank Centre · <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misan_Harriman">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misan_Harriman</a> · ≈32%Adwoa Aboah and Marcus Rashford — the two cover subjects of that issue · <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adwoa_Aboah">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adwoa_Aboah</a> · ≈31%Alan Schaller — black-and-white street photographer, a former musician and past guest · <a href="https://teneues.com/en/authors-photographers/alan-schaller">https://teneues.com/en/authors-photographers/alan-schaller</a> · ≈15%Judah Passow — photojournalist and past guest, mentioned for access in conflict zones · <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/contributor/judah-passow/">https://www.hachette.co.uk/contributor/judah-passow/</a> · ≈83%Tom Ashe — British trumpeter who founded Favela Brass in Rio · <a href="https://favelabrass.org/about">https://favelabrass.org/about</a> · ≈78%Books and readingLondon Fog — Ron’s first book, published by Trope Publishing in 2019 · <a href="https://photobite.uk/the-word/trope-publishing-announce-london-photobooks-pop-up-exhibition-featuring-emerging-photographers/">https://photobite.uk/the-word/trope-publishing-announce-london-photobooks-pop-up-exhibition-featuring-emerging-photographers/</a> · ≈65%"I’ve been exploring what it means to be queer with African heritage" — 1854 Photography interview with Ron about The Black Rainbow · <a href="https://www.1854.photography/?p=76394">https://www.1854.photography/?p=76394</a> · ≈87%Tools and productsSony Alpha 7CR — 61MP compact full-frame body Ron carries daily · <a href="https://community.sony.es/t5/discover-sony/two-new-alpha-7c-series-cameras-have-launched/ba-p/3924123">https://community.sony.es/t5/discover-sony/two-new-alpha-7c-series-cameras-have-launched/ba-p/3924123</a> · ≈54%Sony Alpha 7R VI — the successor to the A7R V that Ron uses for jobs; announced May 2026 · <a href="https://sony.mediaroom.com/2026-05-13-Sony-Electronics-Accelerates-High-Resolution-Photography-with-the-Alpha-7R-VI">https://sony.mediaroom.com/2026-05-13-Sony-Electronics-Accelerates-High-Resolution-Photography-with-the-Alpha-7R-VI</a> · ≈55%Companies and institutionsSony Alpha Universe: Ron Timehin — Sony ambassador profile · <a href="https://www.sony.co.uk/alphauniverse/ambassadors/ron-timehin">https://www.sony.co.uk/alphauniverse/ambassadors/ron-timehin</a>Dove: Reclaiming School Picture Day — the hair-discrimination film Ron directed · <a href="https://www.lovethework.com/work-awards/campaigns/reclaiming-school-picture-day-1525417">https://www.lovethework.com/work-awards/campaigns/reclaiming-school-picture-day-1525417</a> · ≈33%Vogue, September 2020 — Misan Harriman on the issue · <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/misan-harriman-on-his-historic-vogue-cover/">https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/misan-harriman-on-his-historic-vogue-cover/</a> · ≈31%Favela Brass — free music school in Rio de Janeiro · <a href="https://favelabrass.org/about">https://favelabrass.org/about</a> · ≈78%Places and eventsWinston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026 (formerly Taylor Wessing) — National Portrait Gallery, London, 5 November 2026 – 17 January 2027 · <a href="https://npg.org.uk/PhotoPrize">https://npg.org.uk/PhotoPrize</a> · ≈35%Sony World Photography Awards 2026 — Professional competition; exhibition at Somerset House · <a href="https://www.sony.eu/presscentre/sony-world-photography-awards-professional-competition-finalists--shortlists-okswt7">https://www.sony.eu/presscentre/sony-world-photography-awards-professional-competition-finalists--shortlists-okswt7</a> · ≈29%Quotes“Photography gives you the world’s best visa, because it allows you into spaces and places you would not be allowed otherwise.”— Ron Timehin, ≈82%“As much as you are planting seeds in your garden, make sure you’re planting seeds in others as well. So you can watch them flourish.”— Ron Timehin, passing on a line from Chadwick Boseman, ≈5%“It was like my two worlds colliding.”— Ron Timehin, on the air cadet trumpeter, ≈72%Mentioned but not linkedPortrait of Britain — Ron’s image shown on screens across the UK this year · ≈33%The Labadi Community — likely the Ghana series shortlisted at Sony World Photography Awards 2026; not confirmed from a primary source · ≈34%The Black Rainbow — Ron’s current project; no project page found · ≈87%Andrew Scott clip on "openly gay" — couldn’t find the clip · ≈91%Brandon Talbot — YouTuber and a friend of Iain’s, mentioned as an athlete who knows about putting in the reps; no channel link confirmed · ≈16%Tobishinobi — close friend Ron shot with every day, who gave him a spare Sony A7 and started his switch to Sony; no profile link confirmed · ≈48%"Sam" — mutual acquaintance who vouched for the first A7 · ≈50%Photography Show / London video and photography event — where they first met; exact event unconfirmed · ≈2%28 Sunbury — the studio location; unconfirmed · ≈1%Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 — the lens; model not confirmed · ≈50%Misan’s Soho House workshop — end of October; details not confirmed · ≈87%Cleo Sol, John Coltrane — on Ron’s studio playlist (Iain also mentions Superfly) · ≈27%CreditsHosted by Iain Farrell. Guest: Ron Timehin. Prime Lenses is an audio-only photography podcast, new episodes every Sunday.

137. The World’s Best VisaRon Timehin on trumpets, fog, Vogue, burnout, and why a body of work outlives a post.Guest: Ron Timehin — London photographer and director, Sony European imaging ambassador · https://www.rontimehin.com · https://www.instagram.com/rontimehinIn this episodeRon Timehin started as a trumpet-playing teenager, was made an Instagram suggested user before his pictures were good enough, and chose to get good rather than hide. Sixteen years on he has shot on the team behind British Vogue’s September 2020 issue, directed a Dove film about hair discrimination in schools, and this year has work at Somerset House and heading for the National Portrait Gallery. We talk about practice as scales rather than volume, why he won’t pick up the camera until a sitter has been given a chair and some music, the Canon-to-Sony story that ended with a 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss on an A7CR, the burnout that followed his first solo show, and why work built as a series lives longer than a post. It closes on The Black Rainbow, the project he is a third of the way through, and a practical plea to back up your hard drives.HighlightsNo audio timestamps were in the transcript. Positions below are approximate: how far through the transcript the moment falls.≈12% He studied the business of music as a compromise with his parents, skipped lectures to photograph instead, then got a two-week Instagram feature that jumped his following by around 25,000 while he thought his photos weren’t very good.≈16% Practice as scales: why targeted practice beats random practice, and how classical trumpet fundamentals carried into jazz and then into lighting and composition.≈25% How a shoot starts long before the camera: emails, research, music playing, a team who are warm, and hair and makeup before a single frame.≈38% After his first solo exhibition he couldn’t do anything for a month. Burnout, rent, and why personal projects keep leading to commissions.≈41% Vogue found him through a photo essay on the George Floyd protests in London, which is how he ended up on the September 2020 team.≈52% Iain’s airport story: socially engineered into buying a 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss. Ron’s version of that lens lives on his A7CR as his daily carry.≈71% The foggy afternoon at Tower Bridge when he spotted a young Black trumpeter in an air cadet band and the portrait work began.≈82% Photography as the world’s best visa: it gets you into rooms, and out of conversations with weird Uncle Ted.≈86% What’s next: the National Portrait Gallery show, and The Black Rainbow.ChaptersPositional only (no timestamps in the source). Swap in real HH:MM:SS from the edit if you want podcast-host chapter markers.≈0% Opening banter and sound check≈1% The studio, Tom Oldham, and how Iain and Ron met≈4% Paying it forward: trumpet, mentors, planting seeds≈9% Parents, expectations, and building a creative circle≈12% Music business degree, Instagram, and getting serious≈16% Practice, scales, and fundamentals≈21% Why people: belonging, and preparing the room≈27% The playlist (Coltrane, Cleo Sol)≈30% A big year: Vogue, Dove, Portrait of Britain, Somerset House, NPG≈38% Burnout, personal projects, and Misan≈46% First cameras: point-and-shoot, Canon, then Sony≈52% The 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss, the A7CR, and the workhorse≈59% Play, small cameras, and other creative outlets≈65% London Fog, books, zines, and rapid iteration≈71% The air cadet trumpeter and the shift to portraits≈78% From hero shots to bodies of work; Favela Brass≈82% The world’s best visa≈86% What’s next: NPG, Soho House, The Black Rainbow≈91% Andrew Scott and "openly gay"≈96% Where to find Ron, backups, and NAS pricesMentioned in this episodePeopleRon Timehin — guest; photographer, director, Sony European imaging ambassador · https://www.rontimehin.comTom Oldham — portrait photographer; shares the London studio Ron is calling from, and has been on the show · https://worldphoto.org/node/4839 · ≈1%Misan Harriman — lead photographer of the Vogue September 2020 cover; now chair of the Southbank Centre · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misan_Harriman · ≈32%Adwoa Aboah and Marcus Rashford — the two cover subjects of that issue · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adwoa_Aboah · ≈31%Alan Schaller — black-and-white street photographer, a former musician and past guest · https://teneues.com/en/authors-photographers/alan-schaller · ≈15%Judah Passow — photojournalist and past guest, mentioned for access in conflict zones · https://www.hachette.co.uk/contributor/judah-passow/ · ≈83%Tom Ashe — British trumpeter who founded Favela Brass in Rio · https://favelabrass.org/about · ≈78%Books and readingLondon Fog — Ron’s first book, published by Trope Publishing in 2019 · https://photobite.uk/the-word/trope-publishing-announce-london-photobooks-pop-up-exhibition-featuring-emerging-photographers/ · ≈65%"I’ve been exploring what it means to be queer with African heritage" — 1854 Photography interview with Ron about The Black Rainbow · https://www.1854.photography/?p=76394 · ≈87%Tools and productsSony Alpha 7CR — 61MP compact full-frame body Ron carries daily · https://community.sony.es/t5/discover-sony/two-new-alpha-7c-series-cameras-have-launched/ba-p/3924123 · ≈54%Sony Alpha 7R VI — the successor to the A7R V that Ron uses for jobs; announced May 2026 · https://sony.mediaroom.com/2026-05-13-Sony-Electronics-Accelerates-High-Resolution-Photography-with-the-Alpha-7R-VI · ≈55%Companies and institutionsSony Alpha Universe: Ron Timehin — Sony ambassador profile · https://www.sony.co.uk/alphauniverse/ambassadors/ron-timehinDove: Reclaiming School Picture Day — the hair-discrimination film Ron directed · https://www.lovethework.com/work-awards/campaigns/reclaiming-school-picture-day-1525417 · ≈33%Vogue, September 2020 — Misan Harriman on the issue · https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/misan-harriman-on-his-historic-vogue-cover/ · ≈31%Favela Brass — free music school in Rio de Janeiro · https://favelabrass.org/about · ≈78%Places and eventsWinston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026 (formerly Taylor Wessing) — National Portrait Gallery, London, 5 November 2026 – 17 January 2027 · https://npg.org.uk/PhotoPrize · ≈35%Sony World Photography Awards 2026 — Professional competition; exhibition at Somerset House · https://www.sony.eu/presscentre/sony-world-photography-awards-professional-competition-finalists--shortlists-okswt7 · ≈29%Quotes“Photography gives you the world’s best visa, because it allows you into spaces and places you would not be allowed otherwise.”— Ron Timehin, ≈82%“As much as you are planting seeds in your garden, make sure you’re planting seeds in others as well. So you can watch them flourish.”— Ron Timehin, passing on a line from Chadwick Boseman, ≈5%“It was like my two worlds colliding.”— Ron Timehin, on the air cadet trumpeter, ≈72%Mentioned but not linkedPortrait of Britain — Ron’s image shown on screens across the UK this year · ≈33%The Labadi Community — likely the Ghana series shortlisted at Sony World Photography Awards 2026; not confirmed from a primary source · ≈34%The Black Rainbow — Ron’s current project; no project page found · ≈87%Andrew Scott clip on "openly gay" — couldn’t find the clip · ≈91%Brandon Talbot — YouTuber and a friend of Iain’s, mentioned as an athlete who knows about putting in the reps; no channel link confirmed · ≈16%Tobishinobi — close friend Ron shot with every day, who gave him a spare Sony A7 and started his switch to Sony; no profile link confirmed · ≈48%"Sam" — mutual acquaintance who vouched for the first A7 · ≈50%Photography Show / London video and photography event — where they first met; exact event unconfirmed · ≈2%28 Sunbury — the studio location; unconfirmed · ≈1%Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 — the lens; model not confirmed · ≈50%Misan’s Soho House workshop — end of October; details not confirmed · ≈87%Cleo Sol, John Coltrane — on Ron’s studio playlist (Iain also mentions Superfly) · ≈27%CreditsHosted by Iain Farrell. Guest: Ron Timehin. Prime Lenses is an audio-only photography podcast, new episodes every Sunday.

137. The World’s Best VisaRon Timehin on trumpets, fog, Vogue, burnout, and why a body of work outlives a post.Guest: Ron Timehin — London photographer and director, Sony European imaging ambassador · <a href="https://www.rontimehin.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.rontimehin.com</a> · <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rontimehin" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/rontimehin</a>In this episodeRon Timehin started as a trumpet-playing teenager, was made an Instagram suggested user before his pictures were good enough, and chose to get good rather than hide. Sixteen years on he has shot on the team behind British Vogue’s September 2020 issue, directed a Dove film about hair discrimination in schools, and this year has work at Somerset House and heading for the National Portrait Gallery. We talk about practice as scales rather than volume, why he won’t pick up the camera until a sitter has been given a chair and some music, the Canon-to-Sony story that ended with a 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss on an A7CR, the burnout that followed his first solo show, and why work built as a series lives longer than a post. It closes on The Black Rainbow, the project he is a third of the way through, and a practical plea to back up your hard drives.HighlightsNo audio timestamps were in the transcript. Positions below are approximate: how far through the transcript the moment falls.≈12% He studied the business of music as a compromise with his parents, skipped lectures to photograph instead, then got a two-week Instagram feature that jumped his following by around 25,000 while he thought his photos weren’t very good.≈16% Practice as scales: why targeted practice beats random practice, and how classical trumpet fundamentals carried into jazz and then into lighting and composition.≈25% How a shoot starts long before the camera: emails, research, music playing, a team who are warm, and hair and makeup before a single frame.≈38% After his first solo exhibition he couldn’t do anything for a month. Burnout, rent, and why personal projects keep leading to commissions.≈41% Vogue found him through a photo essay on the George Floyd protests in London, which is how he ended up on the September 2020 team.≈52% Iain’s airport story: socially engineered into buying a 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss. Ron’s version of that lens lives on his A7CR as his daily carry.≈71% The foggy afternoon at Tower Bridge when he spotted a young Black trumpeter in an air cadet band and the portrait work began.≈82% Photography as the world’s best visa: it gets you into rooms, and out of conversations with weird Uncle Ted.≈86% What’s next: the National Portrait Gallery show, and The Black Rainbow.ChaptersPositional only (no timestamps in the source). Swap in real HH:MM:SS from the edit if you want podcast-host chapter markers.≈0%&nbsp; Opening banter and sound check≈1%&nbsp; The studio, Tom Oldham, and how Iain and Ron met≈4%&nbsp; Paying it forward: trumpet, mentors, planting seeds≈9%&nbsp; Parents, expectations, and building a creative circle≈12%&nbsp; Music business degree, Instagram, and getting serious≈16%&nbsp; Practice, scales, and fundamentals≈21%&nbsp; Why people: belonging, and preparing the room≈27%&nbsp; The playlist (Coltrane, Cleo Sol)≈30%&nbsp; A big year: Vogue, Dove, Portrait of Britain, Somerset House, NPG≈38%&nbsp; Burnout, personal projects, and Misan≈46%&nbsp; First cameras: point-and-shoot, Canon, then Sony≈52%&nbsp; The 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss, the A7CR, and the workhorse≈59%&nbsp; Play, small cameras, and other creative outlets≈65%&nbsp; London Fog, books, zines, and rapid iteration≈71%&nbsp; The air cadet trumpeter and the shift to portraits≈78%&nbsp; From hero shots to bodies of work; Favela Brass≈82%&nbsp; The world’s best visa≈86%&nbsp; What’s next: NPG, Soho House, The Black Rainbow≈91%&nbsp; Andrew Scott and "openly gay"≈96%&nbsp; Where to find Ron, backups, and NAS pricesMentioned in this episodePeopleRon Timehin — guest; photographer, director, Sony European imaging ambassador · <a href="https://www.rontimehin.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.rontimehin.com</a>Tom Oldham — portrait photographer; shares the London studio Ron is calling from, and has been on the show · <a href="https://worldphoto.org/node/4839" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://worldphoto.org/node/4839</a> · ≈1%Misan Harriman — lead photographer of the Vogue September 2020 cover; now chair of the Southbank Centre · <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misan_Harriman" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misan_Harriman</a> · ≈32%Adwoa Aboah and Marcus Rashford — the two cover subjects of that issue · <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adwoa_Aboah" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adwoa_Aboah</a> · ≈31%Alan Schaller — black-and-white street photographer, a former musician and past guest · <a href="https://teneues.com/en/authors-photographers/alan-schaller" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://teneues.com/en/authors-photographers/alan-schaller</a> · ≈15%Judah Passow — photojournalist and past guest, mentioned for access in conflict zones · <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/contributor/judah-passow/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hachette.co.uk/contributor/judah-passow/</a> · ≈83%Tom Ashe — British trumpeter who founded Favela Brass in Rio · <a href="https://favelabrass.org/about" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://favelabrass.org/about</a> · ≈78%Books and readingLondon Fog — Ron’s first book, published by Trope Publishing in 2019 · <a href="https://photobite.uk/the-word/trope-publishing-announce-london-photobooks-pop-up-exhibition-featuring-emerging-photographers/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://photobite.uk/the-word/trope-publishing-announce-london-photobooks-pop-up-exhibition-featuring-emerging-photographers/</a> · ≈65%"I’ve been exploring what it means to be queer with African heritage" — 1854 Photography interview with Ron about The Black Rainbow · <a href="https://www.1854.photography/?p=76394" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.1854.photography/?p=76394</a> · ≈87%Tools and productsSony Alpha 7CR — 61MP compact full-frame body Ron carries daily · <a href="https://community.sony.es/t5/discover-sony/two-new-alpha-7c-series-cameras-have-launched/ba-p/3924123" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://community.sony.es/t5/discover-sony/two-new-alpha-7c-series-cameras-have-launched/ba-p/3924123</a> · ≈54%Sony Alpha 7R VI — the successor to the A7R V that Ron uses for jobs; announced May 2026 · <a href="https://sony.mediaroom.com/2026-05-13-Sony-Electronics-Accelerates-High-Resolution-Photography-with-the-Alpha-7R-VI" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://sony.mediaroom.com/2026-05-13-Sony-Electronics-Accelerates-High-Resolution-Photography-with-the-Alpha-7R-VI</a> · ≈55%Companies and institutionsSony Alpha Universe: Ron Timehin — Sony ambassador profile · <a href="https://www.sony.co.uk/alphauniverse/ambassadors/ron-timehin" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.sony.co.uk/alphauniverse/ambassadors/ron-timehin</a>Dove: Reclaiming School Picture Day — the hair-discrimination film Ron directed · <a href="https://www.lovethework.com/work-awards/campaigns/reclaiming-school-picture-day-1525417" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.lovethework.com/work-awards/campaigns/reclaiming-school-picture-day-1525417</a> · ≈33%Vogue, September 2020 — Misan Harriman on the issue · <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/misan-harriman-on-his-historic-vogue-cover/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/misan-harriman-on-his-historic-vogue-cover/</a> · ≈31%Favela Brass — free music school in Rio de Janeiro · <a href="https://favelabrass.org/about" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://favelabrass.org/about</a> · ≈78%Places and eventsWinston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026 (formerly Taylor Wessing) — National Portrait Gallery, London, 5 November 2026 – 17 January 2027 · <a href="https://npg.org.uk/PhotoPrize" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://npg.org.uk/PhotoPrize</a> · ≈35%Sony World Photography Awards 2026 — Professional competition; exhibition at Somerset House · <a href="https://www.sony.eu/presscentre/sony-world-photography-awards-professional-competition-finalists--shortlists-okswt7" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.sony.eu/presscentre/sony-world-photography-awards-professional-competition-finalists--shortlists-okswt7</a> · ≈29%Quotes“Photography gives you the world’s best visa, because it allows you into spaces and places you would not be allowed otherwise.”— Ron Timehin, ≈82%“As much as you are planting seeds in your garden, make sure you’re planting seeds in others as well. So you can watch them flourish.”— Ron Timehin, passing on a line from Chadwick Boseman, ≈5%“It was like my two worlds colliding.”— Ron Timehin, on the air cadet trumpeter, ≈72%Mentioned but not linkedPortrait of Britain — Ron’s image shown on screens across the UK this year · ≈33%The Labadi Community — likely the Ghana series shortlisted at Sony World Photography Awards 2026; not confirmed from a primary source · ≈34%The Black Rainbow — Ron’s current project; no project page found · ≈87%Andrew Scott clip on "openly gay" — couldn’t find the clip · ≈91%Brandon Talbot — YouTuber and a friend of Iain’s, mentioned as an athlete who knows about putting in the reps; no channel link confirmed · ≈16%Tobishinobi — close friend Ron shot with every day, who gave him a spare Sony A7 and started his switch to Sony; no profile link confirmed · ≈48%"Sam" — mutual acquaintance who vouched for the first A7 · ≈50%Photography Show / London video and photography event — where they first met; exact event unconfirmed · ≈2%28 Sunbury — the studio location; unconfirmed · ≈1%Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 — the lens; model not confirmed · ≈50%Misan’s Soho House workshop — end of October; details not confirmed · ≈87%Cleo Sol, John Coltrane — on Ron’s studio playlist (Iain also mentions Superfly) · ≈27%CreditsHosted by Iain Farrell. Guest: Ron Timehin. Prime Lenses is an audio-only photography podcast, new episodes every Sunday.

Episode 137 - Ron Timehin

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Prime Lenses Episode 136 – Colin PriorFour decades of Scottish landscapes, the camera he sold and never went back to, and thoughts on the future of photography and AI.Guest: Colin Prior — Scottish landscape photographer, best known for his panoramas · <a href="http://colinprior.co.uk">colinprior.co.uk</a>In this episodeColin Prior has spent four decades photographing Scotland’s mountains, much of it on a Fuji 6x17 panoramic film camera, and he opens this conversation with the one thing he says to everyone: it’s not what’s in the picture, it’s where it takes you. From there we talk about the eye path, which he’d like you to think about instead of leading lines, and why he’ll take a few stray white dots out of a frame. He explains why he sold the camera that got his early work noticed and never went back, and he’s blunt about the world it left behind: magazines that no longer pay, video eating stills, and inkjet ink that costs more than a good whisky. His case for books, and for handing yours to a publisher and a designer, runs through the middle of the episode. We finish on AI, an AI-made Odyssey, and the book he’s been working on for ten years and isn’t in a hurry to finish.Highlights~9:00  “Leading lines” is the wrong idea. Colin calls it the eye path, and he’s happy to remove a few stray white dots to protect it.~15:00  If you have to ask yourself whether you got the picture, you didn’t.~16:20  Why he sold the 6x17 camera behind his panoramas, and why stitching digital panoramas never tempted him.~22:20  The brain stores a still image as a single moment. Video, he says, goes in one ear and out the other.~24:50  Inkjet ink that costs more than a 21-year-old single malt, and the case for letting a lab do your printing.~29:10  Why he has never self-published: you sell to the choir and the congregation never sees it.~40:20  On his workshops: the camera stays in the bag while he walks the landscape looking for evidence.~56:30  The book he has been making for ten years, and why he doesn’t want an end date.Chapters0:00   Cold open: “It’s where it takes you”~0:20   Iain’s introduction~1:20   October light, and four winters without snow~5:30   Why landscape? Birds came first~9:00   The eye path, rogue highlights and what editing really is~14:00   Self-taught, and what failures teach~15:40   Selling the Fuji 6x17~21:00   Magazines, video and the brain that stores single moments~23:50   Megapixels, prints and the inkjet problem~27:40   Books: design, distribution and why not to self-publish~37:20   Running workshops: critiques, and the camera that stays in the bag~42:00   Thinking in layers~44:40   Undisturbed places, Skye as a theme park, and Munros~49:00   Trends, 500px and colour in print~53:10   AI, and the AI-generated Odyssey~56:30   The ten-year book and the underground archive~59:50   Where it takes you, and where to find Colin~1:01:40   OutroMentioned in this episodePeopleColin Prior — the guest; Scottish landscape photographer, best known for his panoramas · <a href="http://colinprior.co.uk">colinprior.co.uk</a>Joe Cornish — landscape photographer and a friend of both Colin and Iain · <a href="http://joecornish.co.uk">joecornish.co.uk</a> · ~3:50Graham Niven — Nethy Bridge photographer and an earlier guest (Prime Lenses Episode 131), whose conversation led Iain to Colin · <a href="https://www.visitcairngorms.com/listing/3330/niven-photography-arbor-gallery/">Niven Photography & Arbor Gallery</a> · ~6:00Ansel Adams — Colin’s comparison for digital dodging and burning · <a href="https://anseladams.com/pages/yosemite-about-the-gallery">The Ansel Adams Gallery</a> · ~13:20Music, film and videoBehind the Lens — the Sigma video series Colin and Joe Cornish made together, which Iain mentions enjoying · <a href="https://colinprior.co.uk/blogs/news/behind-the-lens-with-sigma">Colin’s write-up</a> · <a href="https://petapixel.com/2023/03/10/behind-the-lens-is-a-new-photography-miniseries-from-sigma/">PetaPixel on the series</a> · ~31:20The 2.5-hour AI-generated Odyssey movie is 2.5 hours too long — the Verge review Iain read that morning, of the AI film Odysseus: The Fall · <a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/996499/ai-odyssey-movie-review">The Verge</a> · ~53:30The Odyssey — Christopher Nolan’s 2026 film, released around the same time · <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odyssey_(2026_film)">Wikipedia</a> · ~53:30Tools and productsFuji GX617 — the 6x17 panoramic film camera behind Colin’s panoramas, with the 90, 180 and 300mm lenses he mentions · <a href="https://gearfocus.com/m/fujifilm-gx617-medium-format-film-camera">Specifications</a> · ~15:40500px — the photo-sharing site Colin was once told to put his panoramas on · <a href="http://500px.com">500px.com</a> · ~51:10Companies and institutionsThe Royal Photographic Society — Colin says he told its president that nobody will print while printing costs this much · <a href="https://www.rps.org/distinctions">RPS Distinctions</a> · ~26:30Waterstones — Colin on why photographers’ books need mainstream distribution, and what the shelves look like now · <a href="http://waterstones.com">waterstones.com</a> · ~29:10PlacesIsle of Skye — the Quiraing, the Old Man of Storr, the Fairy Glen and the Fairy Pools, and Colin’s view that Skye has become a theme park · <a href="https://www.visitscotland.com/destinations-maps/isle-skye/">VisitScotland</a> · ~45:50Schiehallion — the mountain above Kinloch Rannoch in a friend’s photograph, with sheep creating the eye path · <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiehallion">Wikipedia</a> · ~9:50Find Colin’s work<a href="https://colinprior.co.uk/">Colin Prior’s website</a><a href="https://colinprior.co.uk/collections/books">Books</a> and <a href="https://colinprior.co.uk/collections/calendars">calendars</a><a href="https://colinprior.co.uk/pages/tours">Group tours and workshops</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/colinprior/">Colin on Instagram</a>

Prime Lenses Episode 136 – Colin PriorFour decades of Scottish landscapes, the camera he sold and never went back to, and thoughts on the future of photography and AI.Guest: Colin Prior — Scottish landscape photographer, best known for his panoramas · colinprior.co.ukIn this episodeColin Prior has spent four decades photographing Scotland’s mountains, much of it on a Fuji 6x17 panoramic film camera, and he opens this conversation with the one thing he says to everyone: it’s not what’s in the picture, it’s where it takes you. From there we talk about the eye path, which he’d like you to think about instead of leading lines, and why he’ll take a few stray white dots out of a frame. He explains why he sold the camera that got his early work noticed and never went back, and he’s blunt about the world it left behind: magazines that no longer pay, video eating stills, and inkjet ink that costs more than a good whisky. His case for books, and for handing yours to a publisher and a designer, runs through the middle of the episode. We finish on AI, an AI-made Odyssey, and the book he’s been working on for ten years and isn’t in a hurry to finish.Highlights~9:00 “Leading lines” is the wrong idea. Colin calls it the eye path, and he’s happy to remove a few stray white dots to protect it.~15:00 If you have to ask yourself whether you got the picture, you didn’t.~16:20 Why he sold the 6x17 camera behind his panoramas, and why stitching digital panoramas never tempted him.~22:20 The brain stores a still image as a single moment. Video, he says, goes in one ear and out the other.~24:50 Inkjet ink that costs more than a 21-year-old single malt, and the case for letting a lab do your printing.~29:10 Why he has never self-published: you sell to the choir and the congregation never sees it.~40:20 On his workshops: the camera stays in the bag while he walks the landscape looking for evidence.~56:30 The book he has been making for ten years, and why he doesn’t want an end date.Chapters0:00 Cold open: “It’s where it takes you”~0:20 Iain’s introduction~1:20 October light, and four winters without snow~5:30 Why landscape? Birds came first~9:00 The eye path, rogue highlights and what editing really is~14:00 Self-taught, and what failures teach~15:40 Selling the Fuji 6x17~21:00 Magazines, video and the brain that stores single moments~23:50 Megapixels, prints and the inkjet problem~27:40 Books: design, distribution and why not to self-publish~37:20 Running workshops: critiques, and the camera that stays in the bag~42:00 Thinking in layers~44:40 Undisturbed places, Skye as a theme park, and Munros~49:00 Trends, 500px and colour in print~53:10 AI, and the AI-generated Odyssey~56:30 The ten-year book and the underground archive~59:50 Where it takes you, and where to find Colin~1:01:40 OutroMentioned in this episodePeopleColin Prior — the guest; Scottish landscape photographer, best known for his panoramas · colinprior.co.ukJoe Cornish — landscape photographer and a friend of both Colin and Iain · joecornish.co.uk · ~3:50Graham Niven — Nethy Bridge photographer and an earlier guest (Prime Lenses Episode 131), whose conversation led Iain to Colin · Niven Photography & Arbor Gallery · ~6:00Ansel Adams — Colin’s comparison for digital dodging and burning · The Ansel Adams Gallery · ~13:20Music, film and videoBehind the Lens — the Sigma video series Colin and Joe Cornish made together, which Iain mentions enjoying · Colin’s write-up · PetaPixel on the series · ~31:20The 2.5-hour AI-generated Odyssey movie is 2.5 hours too long — the Verge review Iain read that morning, of the AI film Odysseus: The Fall · The Verge · ~53:30The Odyssey — Christopher Nolan’s 2026 film, released around the same time · Wikipedia · ~53:30Tools and productsFuji GX617 — the 6x17 panoramic film camera behind Colin’s panoramas, with the 90, 180 and 300mm lenses he mentions · Specifications · ~15:40500px — the photo-sharing site Colin was once told to put his panoramas on · 500px.com · ~51:10Companies and institutionsThe Royal Photographic Society — Colin says he told its president that nobody will print while printing costs this much · RPS Distinctions · ~26:30Waterstones — Colin on why photographers’ books need mainstream distribution, and what the shelves look like now · waterstones.com · ~29:10PlacesIsle of Skye — the Quiraing, the Old Man of Storr, the Fairy Glen and the Fairy Pools, and Colin’s view that Skye has become a theme park · VisitScotland · ~45:50Schiehallion — the mountain above Kinloch Rannoch in a friend’s photograph, with sheep creating the eye path · Wikipedia · ~9:50Find Colin’s workColin Prior’s websiteBooks and calendarsGroup tours and workshopsColin on Instagram

Prime Lenses Episode 136 – Colin PriorFour decades of Scottish landscapes, the camera he sold and never went back to, and thoughts on the future of photography and AI.Guest: Colin Prior — Scottish landscape photographer, best known for his panoramas · <a href="http://colinprior.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer">colinprior.co.uk</a>In this episodeColin Prior has spent four decades photographing Scotland’s mountains, much of it on a Fuji 6x17 panoramic film camera, and he opens this conversation with the one thing he says to everyone: it’s not what’s in the picture, it’s where it takes you. From there we talk about the eye path, which he’d like you to think about instead of leading lines, and why he’ll take a few stray white dots out of a frame. He explains why he sold the camera that got his early work noticed and never went back, and he’s blunt about the world it left behind: magazines that no longer pay, video eating stills, and inkjet ink that costs more than a good whisky. His case for books, and for handing yours to a publisher and a designer, runs through the middle of the episode. We finish on AI, an AI-made Odyssey, and the book he’s been working on for ten years and isn’t in a hurry to finish.Highlights~9:00&nbsp; “Leading lines” is the wrong idea. Colin calls it the eye path, and he’s happy to remove a few stray white dots to protect it.~15:00&nbsp; If you have to ask yourself whether you got the picture, you didn’t.~16:20&nbsp; Why he sold the 6x17 camera behind his panoramas, and why stitching digital panoramas never tempted him.~22:20&nbsp; The brain stores a still image as a single moment. Video, he says, goes in one ear and out the other.~24:50&nbsp; Inkjet ink that costs more than a 21-year-old single malt, and the case for letting a lab do your printing.~29:10&nbsp; Why he has never self-published: you sell to the choir and the congregation never sees it.~40:20&nbsp; On his workshops: the camera stays in the bag while he walks the landscape looking for evidence.~56:30&nbsp; The book he has been making for ten years, and why he doesn’t want an end date.Chapters0:00 &nbsp; Cold open: “It’s where it takes you”~0:20 &nbsp; Iain’s introduction~1:20 &nbsp; October light, and four winters without snow~5:30 &nbsp; Why landscape? Birds came first~9:00 &nbsp; The eye path, rogue highlights and what editing really is~14:00 &nbsp; Self-taught, and what failures teach~15:40 &nbsp; Selling the Fuji 6x17~21:00 &nbsp; Magazines, video and the brain that stores single moments~23:50 &nbsp; Megapixels, prints and the inkjet problem~27:40 &nbsp; Books: design, distribution and why not to self-publish~37:20 &nbsp; Running workshops: critiques, and the camera that stays in the bag~42:00 &nbsp; Thinking in layers~44:40 &nbsp; Undisturbed places, Skye as a theme park, and Munros~49:00 &nbsp; Trends, 500px and colour in print~53:10 &nbsp; AI, and the AI-generated Odyssey~56:30 &nbsp; The ten-year book and the underground archive~59:50 &nbsp; Where it takes you, and where to find Colin~1:01:40 &nbsp; OutroMentioned in this episodePeopleColin Prior — the guest; Scottish landscape photographer, best known for his panoramas · <a href="http://colinprior.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer">colinprior.co.uk</a>Joe Cornish — landscape photographer and a friend of both Colin and Iain · <a href="http://joecornish.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer">joecornish.co.uk</a> · ~3:50Graham Niven — Nethy Bridge photographer and an earlier guest (Prime Lenses Episode 131), whose conversation led Iain to Colin · <a href="https://www.visitcairngorms.com/listing/3330/niven-photography-arbor-gallery/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Niven Photography &amp; Arbor Gallery</a> · ~6:00Ansel Adams — Colin’s comparison for digital dodging and burning · <a href="https://anseladams.com/pages/yosemite-about-the-gallery" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Ansel Adams Gallery</a> · ~13:20Music, film and videoBehind the Lens — the Sigma video series Colin and Joe Cornish made together, which Iain mentions enjoying · <a href="https://colinprior.co.uk/blogs/news/behind-the-lens-with-sigma" rel="noopener noreferrer">Colin’s write-up</a> · <a href="https://petapixel.com/2023/03/10/behind-the-lens-is-a-new-photography-miniseries-from-sigma/" rel="noopener noreferrer">PetaPixel on the series</a> · ~31:20The 2.5-hour AI-generated Odyssey movie is 2.5 hours too long — the Verge review Iain read that morning, of the AI film Odysseus: The Fall · <a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/996499/ai-odyssey-movie-review" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Verge</a> · ~53:30The Odyssey — Christopher Nolan’s 2026 film, released around the same time · <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odyssey_(2026_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wikipedia</a> · ~53:30Tools and productsFuji GX617 — the 6x17 panoramic film camera behind Colin’s panoramas, with the 90, 180 and 300mm lenses he mentions · <a href="https://gearfocus.com/m/fujifilm-gx617-medium-format-film-camera" rel="noopener noreferrer">Specifications</a> · ~15:40500px — the photo-sharing site Colin was once told to put his panoramas on · <a href="http://500px.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">500px.com</a> · ~51:10Companies and institutionsThe Royal Photographic Society — Colin says he told its president that nobody will print while printing costs this much · <a href="https://www.rps.org/distinctions" rel="noopener noreferrer">RPS Distinctions</a> · ~26:30Waterstones — Colin on why photographers’ books need mainstream distribution, and what the shelves look like now · <a href="http://waterstones.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">waterstones.com</a> · ~29:10PlacesIsle of Skye — the Quiraing, the Old Man of Storr, the Fairy Glen and the Fairy Pools, and Colin’s view that Skye has become a theme park · <a href="https://www.visitscotland.com/destinations-maps/isle-skye/" rel="noopener noreferrer">VisitScotland</a> · ~45:50Schiehallion — the mountain above Kinloch Rannoch in a friend’s photograph, with sheep creating the eye path · <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiehallion" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wikipedia</a> · ~9:50Find Colin’s work<a href="https://colinprior.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Colin Prior’s website</a><a href="https://colinprior.co.uk/collections/books" rel="noopener noreferrer">Books</a> and <a href="https://colinprior.co.uk/collections/calendars" rel="noopener noreferrer">calendars</a><a href="https://colinprior.co.uk/pages/tours" rel="noopener noreferrer">Group tours and workshops</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/colinprior/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Colin on Instagram</a>

Episode 136 - Colin Prior

What do you do when the best trip of your life makes every photo after it feel smaller?Guest: Daria Zlobinski. London-based photographer, macro and nature obsessive, never without a Leica · Instagram: @dariazlb (main) and @d.zlobinski (photography)In this episodeDaria messaged me a while back to say she was burned out and worried she was falling out of love with photography, and would I like to talk about it. That sounded like exactly the right kind of Prime Lenses conversation. We start at the beginning: windsurfing holidays, her dad's cameras, a Tumblr surf blog, and a RISD summer workshop where everyone else photographed people and she found a plant house. Then the harder part: how an Antarctica trip set a bar she isn't sure she can reach again, what Instagram rewards versus what she actually loves, and the small, silly challenges that got her shooting again, from an iPhone walk in Regent's Park to Sunday mornings at a farmer's market. Along the way: a Leica Q3 that got rained on, a salt-crusted Canon 5D Mark II with a black strip across the sensor, the sound of a Leica R9 shutter, and a pop-up show she'd love to hold in the Barbican Conservatory before it closes. And yes, we carried on talking after I said we'd finished.- Episode Sponsorship - <a href="http://BestPodcasts.co.uk">BestPodcasts.co.uk</a> is a free podcast player that works in your browser on any device. You can listen to episodes from your favourite hosts. You do not need an account, an app, or to download anything to listen to the best free podcasts.ChaptersPositions are approximate. The transcript has no timestamps.Opening Cold open: the iPhone challengeOpening Intro and why Daria is hereFirst third Windsurfing, her dad's cameras, Tumblr, and a Canon 60DFirst third RISD workshop, the plant house, Henry HorensteinFirst third London, consent, and carrying a Leica everywhereFirst third Travelling as a different version of yourselfMiddle Q3 vs D-Lux 8 in IcelandMiddle My kitchen, a Spider-Man web made of wool, and Day OneMiddle 200,000 photos, iCloud panic, and stock photographyMiddle Prints, books, and making something just for youMiddle Slop reels, likes, and doing it for yourselfMiddle Postcards, cyanotypes, and slow mailSecond half Burnout, comparison, and the self-criticism cycleSecond half Photo walks, small challenges, and Sunday farmer's marketsSecond half Scotland trip talk, spontaneity, and projects that assemble themselvesSecond half Photographers who shaped her, and Dolly PartonSecond half The pop-up dream and the Barbican ConservatoryLate The 5D Mark II storyLate The R9 and its shutter, favourite cameras, retro lenses, and Osmo Pocket videoClose Where to find Daria, and the customary extra ten minutesMentioned in this episodePeopleHenry Horenstein - photographer, RISD professor, and author of Animalia, the book that clicked for Daria · <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Horenstein">Wikipedia</a> · [First third]Stephen K. Schuster - New York photographer behind City Kids, a years-long project photographing teenagers · <a href="https://tribecacitizen.com/2024/11/06/capturing-the-lives-of-tribeca-youth-two-decades-ago/">Tribeca Citizen on the exhibition</a> · [Middle, second half]Mike Chudley - photographer and YouTuber who made a book just for himself after his China trip · <a href="https://primelensespodcast.com/prime-lenses-podcast/mike-chudley">Episode 124</a> · [Middle]Anthony Prince Leslie (AP) - photographer and filmmaker I'd spoken to the day before · <a href="https://primelensespodcast.com/prime-lenses-podcast/anthony-prince-leslie">Episode 133</a> · [Middle]Books and readingAnimalia by Henry Horenstein - close, abstract photographs of animals taken out of context (Pond Press, 2008) · <a href="https://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/universityartgallery/exhibitions/2016/2016-henry-horenstein-animalia.html">UMass Dartmouth exhibition page</a> · [First third]City Kids by Stephen K. Schuster - the self-published book of the project (2025) · <a href="https://www.legrandj.eu/products/stephen-k-schuster-city-kids">Le Grand J</a> · [Second half]Tools and productsLeica Q3 - the full-frame compact Daria carries and that got rained on in Iceland · <a href="https://leica-camera.com/en-PT/photography/cameras/q">Leica</a> · [Middle]Leica D-Lux 8 - the small zoom compact that became her Iceland camera · <a href="https://leica-camera.com/en-GB/press/leica-announces-leica-d-lux-8">Leica press release</a> · [Middle]Canon EOS 5D Mark II - her dad's well-travelled camera, used in Antarctica and Iceland · <a href="https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Press-Release/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-II-DSLR-Digital-Camera-Press-Release.aspx">Canon USA launch release</a> · [Late]Leica R9 with Digital-Modul-R - a film SLR turned 10-megapixel digital camera, my recent madness · <a href="https://dpreview.com/articles/4888226123/leicadigitalr9">DPReview on the announcement</a> · [Late]DJI Osmo Pocket 3 - what I use for all my video · <a href="https://camerajabber.com/?p=1405511">Launch coverage</a> · [Late]Day One - the journal app I use for its "On This Day" memories · <a href="http://dayoneapp.com">dayoneapp.com</a> · [Middle]Foto - the photo-sharing app behind the global Foto Walks · <a href="http://fotoapp.co">fotoapp.co</a> · [Second half]Companies and institutionsRISD (Rhode Island School of Design) - where Daria took her first academic photography workshop · <a href="https://www.risd.edu/academics/photography">RISD Photography</a> · [First third]Places and eventsBarbican Conservatory - Daria's dream place to show her work; it closes at the end of 2026 for a multi-year restoration · <a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/visit-the-conservatory">Barbican</a> · <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/20/barbican-hands-out-plant-cuttings-green-lung-city-closes">The Guardian on the plant cutting giveaway</a> · [Second half]Foto Walks - the worldwide day of free photo walks; I host the Inverness one · <a href="https://fotoapp.co/walks">Walks info</a> · <a href="https://primelensespodcast.com/prime-lenses-podcast/foto-walks-2026">My chat with Michael Howard of Foto</a> · [Second half]Week of Walks - my own week of listener photo walks in July · <a href="https://primelensespodcast.com/prime-lenses-podcast/week-of-walks-1">Day one</a> · [Second half]Park Hyatt Tokyo - the Lost in Translation hotel, reopened after a 19-month renovation · <a href="https://travelmole.com/news/park-hyatt-tokyo-is-back">TravelMole</a> · [Second half]QuotesIt's okay to stand out from other people.Daria Zlobinski, [First third]It has 3 million views. And for the past couple of months, it just garnered me like 300 followers or whatever.Daria Zlobinski, [Middle]If I make a plan, 99% it won't work out. So that's why I'm very spontaneous.Daria Zlobinski, [Second half]Mentioned but not linkedDaria's Instagram accounts [Close] - @dariazlb (main) and @d.zlobinski (photography). Spoken in the episode; I couldn't verify the profile URLs by search, so add the links by hand.Brett Henriksen [First third] - Daria's RISD professor who introduced her to Horenstein; the spelling is unconfirmed."Lucas" [Middle] - former guest who has worked with scientists drilling ice cores; surname not given."Richard" [Middle] - former guest, Dutch, based in New York, who sends postcards through a small Patreon; surname not given."Torsten" [Late] - someone I talked to about the R9 with digital back; surname not given."Philip Reinhardt" [Late] - former guest who shot the Winter Olympics with a borrowed R9 and digital back; the spelling needs checking."The Carrier Print Club" [Middle] - my print club starting next month; the name in the transcript looks garbled."LSA" [First third] - the group Daria reached out to for event photography; possibly LSE."Kodak channel" [Middle] - the Antarctic spot Daria says she left a piece of her heart; possibly the Lemaire Channel.Grandma's old "IXUS" camera [Late] - a 7-megapixel compact; probably a Canon IXUS.Support the show on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.patreon.com/PrimeLenses">Patreon</a>.More about this show:A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget, I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much and how they make us feel.

What do you do when the best trip of your life makes every photo after it feel smaller?Guest: Daria Zlobinski. London-based photographer, macro and nature obsessive, never without a Leica · Instagram: @dariazlb (main) and @d.zlobinski (photography)In this episodeDaria messaged me a while back to say she was burned out and worried she was falling out of love with photography, and would I like to talk about it. That sounded like exactly the right kind of Prime Lenses conversation. We start at the beginning: windsurfing holidays, her dad's cameras, a Tumblr surf blog, and a RISD summer workshop where everyone else photographed people and she found a plant house. Then the harder part: how an Antarctica trip set a bar she isn't sure she can reach again, what Instagram rewards versus what she actually loves, and the small, silly challenges that got her shooting again, from an iPhone walk in Regent's Park to Sunday mornings at a farmer's market. Along the way: a Leica Q3 that got rained on, a salt-crusted Canon 5D Mark II with a black strip across the sensor, the sound of a Leica R9 shutter, and a pop-up show she'd love to hold in the Barbican Conservatory before it closes. And yes, we carried on talking after I said we'd finished.- Episode Sponsorship - BestPodcasts.co.uk is a free podcast player that works in your browser on any device. You can listen to episodes from your favourite hosts. You do not need an account, an app, or to download anything to listen to the best free podcasts.ChaptersPositions are approximate. The transcript has no timestamps.Opening Cold open: the iPhone challengeOpening Intro and why Daria is hereFirst third Windsurfing, her dad's cameras, Tumblr, and a Canon 60DFirst third RISD workshop, the plant house, Henry HorensteinFirst third London, consent, and carrying a Leica everywhereFirst third Travelling as a different version of yourselfMiddle Q3 vs D-Lux 8 in IcelandMiddle My kitchen, a Spider-Man web made of wool, and Day OneMiddle 200,000 photos, iCloud panic, and stock photographyMiddle Prints, books, and making something just for youMiddle Slop reels, likes, and doing it for yourselfMiddle Postcards, cyanotypes, and slow mailSecond half Burnout, comparison, and the self-criticism cycleSecond half Photo walks, small challenges, and Sunday farmer's marketsSecond half Scotland trip talk, spontaneity, and projects that assemble themselvesSecond half Photographers who shaped her, and Dolly PartonSecond half The pop-up dream and the Barbican ConservatoryLate The 5D Mark II storyLate The R9 and its shutter, favourite cameras, retro lenses, and Osmo Pocket videoClose Where to find Daria, and the customary extra ten minutesMentioned in this episodePeopleHenry Horenstein - photographer, RISD professor, and author of Animalia, the book that clicked for Daria · Wikipedia · [First third]Stephen K. Schuster - New York photographer behind City Kids, a years-long project photographing teenagers · Tribeca Citizen on the exhibition · [Middle, second half]Mike Chudley - photographer and YouTuber who made a book just for himself after his China trip · Episode 124 · [Middle]Anthony Prince Leslie (AP) - photographer and filmmaker I'd spoken to the day before · Episode 133 · [Middle]Books and readingAnimalia by Henry Horenstein - close, abstract photographs of animals taken out of context (Pond Press, 2008) · UMass Dartmouth exhibition page · [First third]City Kids by Stephen K. Schuster - the self-published book of the project (2025) · Le Grand J · [Second half]Tools and productsLeica Q3 - the full-frame compact Daria carries and that got rained on in Iceland · Leica · [Middle]Leica D-Lux 8 - the small zoom compact that became her Iceland camera · Leica press release · [Middle]Canon EOS 5D Mark II - her dad's well-travelled camera, used in Antarctica and Iceland · Canon USA launch release · [Late]Leica R9 with Digital-Modul-R - a film SLR turned 10-megapixel digital camera, my recent madness · DPReview on the announcement · [Late]DJI Osmo Pocket 3 - what I use for all my video · Launch coverage · [Late]Day One - the journal app I use for its "On This Day" memories · dayoneapp.com · [Middle]Foto - the photo-sharing app behind the global Foto Walks · fotoapp.co · [Second half]Companies and institutionsRISD (Rhode Island School of Design) - where Daria took her first academic photography workshop · RISD Photography · [First third]Places and eventsBarbican Conservatory - Daria's dream place to show her work; it closes at the end of 2026 for a multi-year restoration · Barbican · The Guardian on the plant cutting giveaway · [Second half]Foto Walks - the worldwide day of free photo walks; I host the Inverness one · Walks info · My chat with Michael Howard of Foto · [Second half]Week of Walks - my own week of listener photo walks in July · Day one · [Second half]Park Hyatt Tokyo - the Lost in Translation hotel, reopened after a 19-month renovation · TravelMole · [Second half]QuotesIt's okay to stand out from other people.Daria Zlobinski, [First third]It has 3 million views. And for the past couple of months, it just garnered me like 300 followers or whatever.Daria Zlobinski, [Middle]If I make a plan, 99% it won't work out. So that's why I'm very spontaneous.Daria Zlobinski, [Second half]Mentioned but not linkedDaria's Instagram accounts [Close] - @dariazlb (main) and @d.zlobinski (photography). Spoken in the episode; I couldn't verify the profile URLs by search, so add the links by hand.Brett Henriksen [First third] - Daria's RISD professor who introduced her to Horenstein; the spelling is unconfirmed."Lucas" [Middle] - former guest who has worked with scientists drilling ice cores; surname not given."Richard" [Middle] - former guest, Dutch, based in New York, who sends postcards through a small Patreon; surname not given."Torsten" [Late] - someone I talked to about the R9 with digital back; surname not given."Philip Reinhardt" [Late] - former guest who shot the Winter Olympics with a borrowed R9 and digital back; the spelling needs checking."The Carrier Print Club" [Middle] - my print club starting next month; the name in the transcript looks garbled."LSA" [First third] - the group Daria reached out to for event photography; possibly LSE."Kodak channel" [Middle] - the Antarctic spot Daria says she left a piece of her heart; possibly the Lemaire Channel.Grandma's old "IXUS" camera [Late] - a 7-megapixel compact; probably a Canon IXUS.Support the show on Patreon.More about this show:A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget, I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much and how they make us feel.

What do you do when the best trip of your life makes every photo after it feel smaller?Guest: Daria Zlobinski. London-based photographer, macro and nature obsessive, never without a Leica · Instagram: @dariazlb (main) and @d.zlobinski (photography)In this episodeDaria messaged me a while back to say she was burned out and worried she was falling out of love with photography, and would I like to talk about it. That sounded like exactly the right kind of Prime Lenses conversation. We start at the beginning: windsurfing holidays, her dad's cameras, a Tumblr surf blog, and a RISD summer workshop where everyone else photographed people and she found a plant house. Then the harder part: how an Antarctica trip set a bar she isn't sure she can reach again, what Instagram rewards versus what she actually loves, and the small, silly challenges that got her shooting again, from an iPhone walk in Regent's Park to Sunday mornings at a farmer's market. Along the way: a Leica Q3 that got rained on, a salt-crusted Canon 5D Mark II with a black strip across the sensor, the sound of a Leica R9 shutter, and a pop-up show she'd love to hold in the Barbican Conservatory before it closes. And yes, we carried on talking after I said we'd finished.- Episode Sponsorship - <a href="http://BestPodcasts.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer">BestPodcasts.co.uk</a> is a free podcast player that works in your browser on any device. You can listen to episodes from your favourite hosts. You do not need an account, an app, or to download anything to listen to the best free podcasts.ChaptersPositions are approximate. The transcript has no timestamps.Opening Cold open: the iPhone challengeOpening Intro and why Daria is hereFirst third Windsurfing, her dad's cameras, Tumblr, and a Canon 60DFirst third RISD workshop, the plant house, Henry HorensteinFirst third London, consent, and carrying a Leica everywhereFirst third Travelling as a different version of yourselfMiddle Q3 vs D-Lux 8 in IcelandMiddle My kitchen, a Spider-Man web made of wool, and Day OneMiddle 200,000 photos, iCloud panic, and stock photographyMiddle Prints, books, and making something just for youMiddle Slop reels, likes, and doing it for yourselfMiddle Postcards, cyanotypes, and slow mailSecond half Burnout, comparison, and the self-criticism cycleSecond half Photo walks, small challenges, and Sunday farmer's marketsSecond half Scotland trip talk, spontaneity, and projects that assemble themselvesSecond half Photographers who shaped her, and Dolly PartonSecond half The pop-up dream and the Barbican ConservatoryLate The 5D Mark II storyLate The R9 and its shutter, favourite cameras, retro lenses, and Osmo Pocket videoClose Where to find Daria, and the customary extra ten minutesMentioned in this episodePeopleHenry Horenstein - photographer, RISD professor, and author of Animalia, the book that clicked for Daria · <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Horenstein" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wikipedia</a> · [First third]Stephen K. Schuster - New York photographer behind City Kids, a years-long project photographing teenagers · <a href="https://tribecacitizen.com/2024/11/06/capturing-the-lives-of-tribeca-youth-two-decades-ago/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tribeca Citizen on the exhibition</a> · [Middle, second half]Mike Chudley - photographer and YouTuber who made a book just for himself after his China trip · <a href="https://primelensespodcast.com/prime-lenses-podcast/mike-chudley" rel="noopener noreferrer">Episode 124</a> · [Middle]Anthony Prince Leslie (AP) - photographer and filmmaker I'd spoken to the day before · <a href="https://primelensespodcast.com/prime-lenses-podcast/anthony-prince-leslie" rel="noopener noreferrer">Episode 133</a> · [Middle]Books and readingAnimalia by Henry Horenstein - close, abstract photographs of animals taken out of context (Pond Press, 2008) · <a href="https://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/universityartgallery/exhibitions/2016/2016-henry-horenstein-animalia.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">UMass Dartmouth exhibition page</a> · [First third]City Kids by Stephen K. Schuster - the self-published book of the project (2025) · <a href="https://www.legrandj.eu/products/stephen-k-schuster-city-kids" rel="noopener noreferrer">Le Grand J</a> · [Second half]Tools and productsLeica Q3 - the full-frame compact Daria carries and that got rained on in Iceland · <a href="https://leica-camera.com/en-PT/photography/cameras/q" rel="noopener noreferrer">Leica</a> · [Middle]Leica D-Lux 8 - the small zoom compact that became her Iceland camera · <a href="https://leica-camera.com/en-GB/press/leica-announces-leica-d-lux-8" rel="noopener noreferrer">Leica press release</a> · [Middle]Canon EOS 5D Mark II - her dad's well-travelled camera, used in Antarctica and Iceland · <a href="https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Press-Release/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-II-DSLR-Digital-Camera-Press-Release.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer">Canon USA launch release</a> · [Late]Leica R9 with Digital-Modul-R - a film SLR turned 10-megapixel digital camera, my recent madness · <a href="https://dpreview.com/articles/4888226123/leicadigitalr9" rel="noopener noreferrer">DPReview on the announcement</a> · [Late]DJI Osmo Pocket 3 - what I use for all my video · <a href="https://camerajabber.com/?p=1405511" rel="noopener noreferrer">Launch coverage</a> · [Late]Day One - the journal app I use for its "On This Day" memories · <a href="http://dayoneapp.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">dayoneapp.com</a> · [Middle]Foto - the photo-sharing app behind the global Foto Walks · <a href="http://fotoapp.co" rel="noopener noreferrer">fotoapp.co</a> · [Second half]Companies and institutionsRISD (Rhode Island School of Design) - where Daria took her first academic photography workshop · <a href="https://www.risd.edu/academics/photography" rel="noopener noreferrer">RISD Photography</a> · [First third]Places and eventsBarbican Conservatory - Daria's dream place to show her work; it closes at the end of 2026 for a multi-year restoration · <a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/visit-the-conservatory" rel="noopener noreferrer">Barbican</a> · <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/20/barbican-hands-out-plant-cuttings-green-lung-city-closes" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Guardian on the plant cutting giveaway</a> · [Second half]Foto Walks - the worldwide day of free photo walks; I host the Inverness one · <a href="https://fotoapp.co/walks" rel="noopener noreferrer">Walks info</a> · <a href="https://primelensespodcast.com/prime-lenses-podcast/foto-walks-2026" rel="noopener noreferrer">My chat with Michael Howard of Foto</a> · [Second half]Week of Walks - my own week of listener photo walks in July · <a href="https://primelensespodcast.com/prime-lenses-podcast/week-of-walks-1" rel="noopener noreferrer">Day one</a> · [Second half]Park Hyatt Tokyo - the Lost in Translation hotel, reopened after a 19-month renovation · <a href="https://travelmole.com/news/park-hyatt-tokyo-is-back" rel="noopener noreferrer">TravelMole</a> · [Second half]QuotesIt's okay to stand out from other people.Daria Zlobinski, [First third]It has 3 million views. And for the past couple of months, it just garnered me like 300 followers or whatever.Daria Zlobinski, [Middle]If I make a plan, 99% it won't work out. So that's why I'm very spontaneous.Daria Zlobinski, [Second half]Mentioned but not linkedDaria's Instagram accounts [Close] - @dariazlb (main) and @d.zlobinski (photography). Spoken in the episode; I couldn't verify the profile URLs by search, so add the links by hand.Brett Henriksen [First third] - Daria's RISD professor who introduced her to Horenstein; the spelling is unconfirmed."Lucas" [Middle] - former guest who has worked with scientists drilling ice cores; surname not given."Richard" [Middle] - former guest, Dutch, based in New York, who sends postcards through a small Patreon; surname not given."Torsten" [Late] - someone I talked to about the R9 with digital back; surname not given."Philip Reinhardt" [Late] - former guest who shot the Winter Olympics with a borrowed R9 and digital back; the spelling needs checking."The Carrier Print Club" [Middle] - my print club starting next month; the name in the transcript looks garbled."LSA" [First third] - the group Daria reached out to for event photography; possibly LSE."Kodak channel" [Middle] - the Antarctic spot Daria says she left a piece of her heart; possibly the Lemaire Channel.Grandma's old "IXUS" camera [Late] - a 7-megapixel compact; probably a Canon IXUS.Support the show on <a href="http://www.patreon.com/PrimeLenses" rel="noopener noreferrer">Patreon</a>.More about this show:A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget, I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much and how they make us feel.

Episode 134 - Daria Zlobinski

Danny Bligh is a US photographer I've known for about 6 years. He has a really personal homely style and a love of purposeful and well made tools. He's fantastic company.A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget, I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much and how they make us feel.

Danny Bligh is a US photographer I've known for about 6 years. He has a really personal homely style and a love of purposeful and well made tools. He's fantastic company.A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget, I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much and how they make us feel.

Danny Bligh is a US photographer I've known for about 6 years. He has a really personal homely style and a love of purposeful and well made tools. He's fantastic company.A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget, I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much and how they make us feel.

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A camera is just a tool, but spend enough time with photographers, and you&#x2019;ll see them go misty-eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small, fast prime that they had in their youth.
Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget. I&#x2019;m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much, and how they make us feel.

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A camera is just a tool, but spend enough time with photographers, and you’ll see them go misty-eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small, fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget. I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much, and how they make us feel.

A camera is just a tool, but spend enough time with photographers, and you’ll see them go misty-eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small, fast prime that they had in their youth.
Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget. I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much, and how they make us feel.

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