This week on the podcast we are super excited to be joined by portrait and entertainment photographer Art Streiber, all the way from LA. Art has been shooting for over two decades and his clients include some of the top titles in the magazine and advertising world. He’s also become known for his amazing behind the scenes glimpses from his large scale productions which he posts to his Instagram. We talk to Art about how he keeps such a giant operation running and the tips and tricks he’s picked up along the way.

Things to haver your kit bag #351: Turkey bags

The blog for lots of behind the scenes videos iso1200 (including a look in Greg’s in lighting bag)

Check out Art’s upcoming educational talks here

If you want to get a sense of the behind the scenes images Art puts up check out his instagram

Art’s website is Artstreiber.com

This week on the show we are very Lucky to be joined by Laimonas, better know in the industry as LSDigi, a professional Digi-Tech and all round nice guy. His knowledge and stories flow fast in this episode and there’s plenty for photographers to pick up on. As ever links are below for those wanting to delve further into things. You can follow LS Digi on instgram here

Inovativ.com - for digi plates etc

LSdigi products - see his shop online for cable clamps, hyperjuice holder etc

Thingiverse.com - for opensource 3D printing designs

TIP: syncing camera clocks every shoot

TIP: Filenaming convention: YYMMDD_jobname

TIP: Swap from standard hard drives to SSDs

Angelbird SD cards - faster cards

Angelbird CFast 2.0 Memory Card Reader - rock solid card reader

Area 51 cables - as an alternative to Tethertools

FotoFortress cable clamp

Sidecar for Apple iPad

Hollyland 400S transmitters

Pentax 6x7 shutter sound (skip to 40 seconds)

Desert island camera : Mamiya RB67

In this weeks episode we chat to Matt Martin, head curator at Photobook Cafe, Founder of The Photocopy Club and a photographer in his own right. We chat to Matt about his love of Xine culture and methods and ideas for self publishing that are relevant to all photographers. The chat is packed with loads of great resources for anyone interesting in setting off down this road and you’ll find all the links in the show notes.

Eneloop rechargeable AA batteries

Tom’s Camera battery charging station

Tether tools d-tap adapter

No plastic sleeves the website and here is their book

The rather splendid Clint Davis promo and the slightly bonkers Action Figure promo by Jen Lennartsson

Photobook Cafe and Rapid Eye

The Miniclicks photo talks that started life in Brighton

The Photocopy Club - Matt's concept which has gone from strength to strength

The amazing work of French visual artist JR

Alan McFetridge - wildfires - https://alan-mcfetridge.com/

London book arts - a great resource for learning about book binding

Publishing software - Affinity Publisher - a great alternative to Adobe InDesign

Some of the printers that Matt mentions in London:

Chris Killip The Last Ships publication from Pony Box

American Xerography in Colour by Matt Martin - a project Matt shot across America. Available to purchase on Matt’s website.Â

Resource for 2nd hand photography books - Oxfam books

Matt’s desert Island Photobook:

Matt’s desert Island Camera: Nikon FM2 + 50mm

On this weeks episode we speak to Nick Dunmur, photographer but also the AOP business and legal adviser. We talk through the legal work we all know and love and it's a great episode to introduce you to legal terms or get a refresh. We also discuss the cost of doing business and how small businesses need to make sure they don't over extend.

OpTech waterproof covers and camera strap

Nick’s project: 4 seconds of a train journey

The Association of Photographers: ‘Beyond the Lens’

Cost of doing business - spreadsheet download (second link on the list)

NPPA Cost of Doing Business Calculator 

Gabrielle Motola ‘Stranger Curiosity’ podcast - Episode 1 round table

AOP usage calculator 

Getty usage calculator 

NUJ Freelance Fees Guide

Copytrack - copyright enforcement software

Consensum - dispute mediation

Jared Lanier - internet philosopher

Nick’s Instagram: @nickdunmur

Desert Island Photobook: Photographers Playbook 

Desert Island Camera: Nikon F3 and 50mm

In this weeks podcast we have a conversation with Photography Consultant, Zoe Wishaw. Zoe has a background working her way up in the photographic industry ending up as the European Director of Photography at Getty and moving on to be the Creative Director at Image Source and then Creative and Content Director at Gallery Stock. She now mentors photographers full time.

Box breathing: a guide

Brian Eno cards - Oblique Strategies - try this website for suggestions and inspiration

The book Greg mentions is the Photographers playbook

Information on Mind maps - The app Tom uses is Mindnode

Desert Island Book: Image Makers, Image Takers: The Essential Guide to Photography by Anne-Celine Jaeger

Desert Island Camera: The Lomo

Zoe can be found on twitter, instagram and you can visit her website here

In this weeks show we chat to Ben Nash from the Production company Bangerz & Nash. We discuss with Ben his journey from an advertising creative through to producer. We discuss the various roles, including that of the art buyer and the role of the producer. We also discuss licensing and and how to price photography work, the issues around mixed/multi-media productions and the future of photography!

Brian from spaced

Photoshelter for image delivery

Karmarama

AOP usage calculator.

BUR explained

Sam McElwee’s Stay at Home Heroes work

Desert Island photo book:  Underwater Dogs - Seth Casteel

Desert Island Camera: Fed-4

In this episode we chat to commercial photographer Jack Terry an all thing organizational! We discuss the myriad of software and hardware kit he uses to navigate running his photography business efficiently; the processes he has developed and techniques he has learnt. As always it’s full of lots of great info so please see the links in the show notes to be directed to any of the items we talk about.

FreeAgent & ReceiptBank

CaptureOne sessions

Backblaze (Cloud storage)

Pomodoro technique

Microsoft To Do 

Pingdom and GTmetrix for checking internet speeds

Filing through Google - Google Drive

Google Slides for retouch notes

Renaming files - a better finder rename format: Date_agency_client_job_0000

Template for workflow - filenaming etc

CaltureOne Recipes

WeTransfer Pro account

Shortcuts document for assistants - renaming conventions etc

Oxfam online

Photobook ‘Womens Market’ by Tom Wood

Camera: Canon AE-1 Program 

@jackterryphoto

https://jackterry.co.uk/

In this weeks show Tom and Greg take time to chat through a myriad of topics surrounding their workflow and productivity tips. This includes some of their systems and software that they use day to day to make running their business and their shoot productions as smooth as possible. There’s plenty of great information in here and if you have a look in the show notes you will see links to lots of the items mentioned.

Pigatil tether tools 

Trekpak dividers

5.11 Tactical Bag 

Inovativ Tether Plate

Smallrig Powerbank clip

Sugru

Bongo Ties

Velcro Zip Tyes

Capture One vs Lightroom vs Photo Mechanic

ContactPage Pro 

PDF Squeezer

JPEGmini

Photoshelter

A Better Finder Renamer 10

Chronosync 

G-technology SSD 2TB 

Encrypted drives

Seagate Ironwolf Pro drives

Startech 3.5” reader

Yotomaster hard cases and Pelican case (1400)

Things 3

Good Task and Apple Reminders

Shortcuts on the app store

Receipt Bank 

In this weeks episode we talk to Hannay Vicary - Co Founder of the creative agency Tea and Water and also Tea and Water Pictures (the Photographic agency wing). We discuss costing in the industry and understanding the changing nature of the industry in this regard, plus what effect social media is having on that. We also talk about getting an agent and what that involves, and we discuss gender roles in the photography industry.

Hannah mentions the work of the Authority Collective in the US and their efforts getting the work of minorities more into the limelight

Hannahs desert island photobook is Mirai-chan by Kotori Kawashima and her desert island camera is a Leica M6.

If you can see more about the Tea and Water Talks here and the section Insights has numerous interesting interviews to read. To see more work from Tea and Water Pictures you can view the website here and follow them on instagram here.

In this weeks episode we are very grateful to be joined by Lucy Laucht, a UK based photographer who shoots dreamy travel work, creating images that leave you feeling full of the joys of summer. We discuss among other things how she tackled imposter syndrome when she was starting out, her approach to shoots, her methods of preparation and how she searches for a thread on every job.

Among other things she mentions are the photographer Bryan Derballa (@lovebryan on instagram) and the software Unum.la for social media. We also talk about using Fujifilm instax Printer SP-2.

At the top of the episodes we discuss the bracket that Tom uses with his camera made my Kirk the and also Tom’s blue sticker system for working out what kit he uses and what he can get rid of. We mention Matthews Mini grip, Westcott Fast Flags and the interesting new Lastolite Halo

Lucys Desert Island Camera is a film SLR, a Pentax Spotmatic SP1000 and her desert island book is Hold Still by Sally Mann

We also discussed the book World from Front Porch by  Larry Towell

You can find Lucy on instagram as @lucylaucht and her website is www.lucylaucht.com