The Exposed Negative

This week on the pod we answer your questions! We go through questions that you have sent through via instagram, email or the website, and have a go at answering them. We talk NFTs, insurance, portfolios, CRMs and realities and difficulties of having a tough old year….

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Daylight Grip & Textiles

On this episode of the pod we are super lucky to be joined by Suzanne Sease and Kat Dalager. We worked out that between them they have almost 80 years of experience in the advertising industry! Kat still works as an industry Art Buyer and Suzanne does photography consultation and has a column on the very informative A Photo Editor blog.

We talk to them about regaining your motivation, personal projects, ways to network and target new clients, the rise of pure play advertising, NFTs and much much more.

In the intro we talk about Kaizen, Kit vs Creativity, the Photoshop 'ENHANCE' feature and Reverse Image Search amongst other wafflings.

This is a great episode so grab ears and take listen

Kaizen and it’s meaning

Suzanne's website: www.suzannesease.com

Reid Rolls photographer

Contact for Kat: [email protected]

This week we are joined by Carl Palmer, Senior Photography Commissioner at Channel 4. We chat to Carl about what is involved in his day to day role as a commissioner, portfolio viewings, how they decide what to commission to whom, what's involved in such shoots.

In the intro there was a lot of ‘bag chat’ and we discussed the following items

Peak Design spoof

Diginate for all your sticker needs

If you are looking to do some some stencils - this is Tom’s magic ingredient carpet protection tape

Carl’s desert island camera: Olympus EP1 PEN

This week on the show we talk to Adam De Silva about his transition from stills photographer to Film Director, running his own motion focused production company. We discuss how and why he made the decision to switch, what skills he had to learn and what changes to the way he works he had to make. We also touch on putting treatments together, the importance of pre production, how to effectively ask for advice amongst many other things!

Discussed in the programme:

Artemis Pro App - Digital viewfinder for the iphone

Desert Island photobook: Robert Frank, The Americans

The Visual Diet website and a news article the launch of the visual diet and the article in Creative Review that Mimi wrote.

Rankin’s project ‘Selfie Harm’ - allowing kids to photoshop their ideal selves.

The endless scroll design feature - why the developer says sorry

Jack Davison’s work

Darklight-art and Darklight on instagram

Book mentioned by Tom: The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp

Mimi Gray

Sarah Williams

This week on the pod we are delighted to be joined by Jim Campbell. Jim is the course leader of the BA photography degree at University of West of England Bristol (UWE). Jim talks us through the course specifically, but we also discuss the wider topics of further education in the photography world, what people can expect to take away from such courses, how we can take lessons from this and apply them to our own practices.

Sony Alpha A1 camera

More information about the BA Photography UWE course or the festival here https://photobristol.co.uk/

Some of the Alumni mentioned:

Other mentions

Mark George Photo Agent

As part of the course they often have guests speakers from the industry and Jim wanted this year to extend his thanks to the following:

@solvesundsbostudio @stacykranitz @sarkerprotick @k_koenning @laurenforster_photo @ariamark @izaradz @shoair_m @tamiaftab @tracymarshallgrant1 @maxferguson @alice.zoo @ellieburd @alexingramphoto @bella.artois @onurbenimsaj @mike_rt_swann @manongraphy @siandavey1

Desert Island Photobook: Iris Garden by William Gedney

Desert Island Camera: Hasselblad 503

In this weeks episode we are joined by the Guardian’s Head of Photography Fiona Shields. She has been working at the paper for over 20 years and so has a wealth of experience. She talks to us about the realities of covering breaking stories, of commissioning photographers and what she looks for in submitted work, as well as tips on how best to approach busy people. Hopefully todays episode will give people a peak behind the curtain of what it is like to be a professional editorial photography director. As ever see below for links to resources mentioned in the pod.

Some of the camera retailers mentioned in this episode: AJ’s, Wex, CVP

Get your own Ken doll to practice lighting

Desert Island Photobook: Harold Evans - Pictures on a page

We talk about the importance of storytelling in your work, the do’s and don'ts of instagram and what it’s like living up a hill in Wales. We also discuss working in teams, digital workflows and colour theory amongst other things.

Colour Theory: some resources here and here

Alex Strohl

In this weeks special ‘Exposed Xmas Episode’ we answer your questions. In the process of answering your FAQs we talk about Imposter syndrome, taking back control from social media dominating your life, living below your means, cutting operating costs, treatments,, getting assisting work, carnets, and Capture One Optimisation amongst other things! Thanks so much for your questions and we both wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...

Mentioned in the podcast...

Affinity Publisher for putting together treatments

Finn Beales book which has information on treatments

Jake Stangel video - All the things you need to know as an Assistant

Gaffer and Gear reviews on you tube

Capture One tutorials

Kate Abbey is a commercial and Lifestyle photographer based in the north of England. She is represented in the UK and the US and in this episode we talk to Kate about how she got to where she is, and what that journey involved. Studying others to inform her own practice, creating a coherent brand and portfolio and how to get in front of the agents that you want representing you. We also discuss creating personal work and how her decision to take a step back and do an MA later in her life helped reinvigorate her personal work.

From the intro Tom’s cable clips that he’s so in love with

Mentioned by Abbey Photographer - Nick Meek

Photographer - David Harriman

Photographer - Kerry Harrison

Photographer - Peter Beavis

We discuss test shoots and what lengths Kate went too, to create her own shoots abroad.

Creating your own website by analysing other websites - figuring out what works and what doesn’t.

Key to having a consistent portfolio is repetition; repeat what you do 100’s of times - means clients will have no bad surprises about what you’ll deliver

Getting an agent in the US - putting them in a list - A, B and C of priority - and sending personalised mailers

Using Bikini lists - Subscription based mailout lists

Keeping organised by using Insightly - CRM software and tying that into using Linkedin and other social media

Desert Island camera: Hasselblad 503 with a 60mm

Desert Island Book #1: Mountain and waters by Alexander Gronsky

Desert Island Book #2: Girl Pictures by Justine Kurland