Episode 49 – Tim Millen (This Modern Love)

In this episode, we chat with Tim Millen — the creative mind behind This Modern Love, and a man who lives a bit of a double life. By day, he’s a wedding photographer capturing real moments with honesty and heart. But when the cameras are down, you’ll find him in the studio painting — a slower, more solitary process that gives him space to reflect and create differently.

We talk about everything from his childhood influences and the cousin who handed down a photojournalist’s camera, to the artistic contrast between film and digital, painting and photography. There’s loads here about creative constraints, the pressures of the job, and the little things that keep us going — like staying hydrated and knowing when to drive less.

Highlights include:

• The parallels between painting and photography

• Why setting creative rules can be freeing

• Balancing commercial work with personal projects

• Shooting weddings on film in a digital world

• What the Helsinki Bus Station Theory has to do with finding your style

• Building rapport and capturing silent moments

• Working through wedding nerves — especially when shooting fellow photographers weddings.

• The ongoing journey of maintaining passion in a saturated industry

Show Links.

https://www.thismodernlove.co.uk/https://www.timmillen.com/

Helsinki Bus Station Theory – Arno Rafael Minkkinen

BuzzFeed Feature – “The Most Beautiful Wedding Photos Ever”

Kirsten Lewis

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