The Sam and Steve Podcast

After a period away from the podcast, here are Sam and Steve with a look back on 2020, and with their thoughts and hopes for 2021. 

• How they have managed to stay in business as wedding photographers, having gone from 46 to 7 weddings due to Covid-19;
• Working with their customers to reschedule their wedding plans
• Plans for pet and family photography in 2021
• Steve's Walk1000 miles in 2021 project.

Sam and Steve Photography www.samandstevephotography.com

Music from Artlist www.artlist.io

Cover photo by Anna McCarthy Photography www.annamccarthy.com

In this episode, Sam talks to Emma Clarke who owns and runs Signature Flowers Bucks and Oxon.  Signature Flowers is a high quality wedding, sympathy, corporate and high street florists, and we often work with Emma and her team at weddings. 

Emma tells Sam about:

• A typical week of a busy top class florists with both a Bicester shop and a wedding and funeral business
• How she used the locked down period to plan a major remodelling of her shop 
• How growing up with parents owning a local garden centre inspired to study at an agricultural college and then start her own business
• Her use of high quality suppliers from the Netherlands who supply her up to two or three times per week
• Some unusual customer requests including a bridal handbag covered in minature roses, and whole staircase covered in flowers in London

Sam and Steve also discuss their two week trial of Olympus cameras and lenses, the current situation with weddings going ahead in the UK and Sam talks allotments......again. 

Links to the show:

Sam and Steve Photography www.samandstevephotography.com

Signature Flowers https://www.signature-flowers.co.uk/

Music Glockenspiel by dayfox from Artlist https://artlist.io/

Emma Clarke image by MT studio photography.

In this episode Sam and Steve's guest is Mark Neal, a West London based photographer and deputy manager of a London Pub. He tells Steve about how he manages to combine the two things, and also find time to travel.  Steve and Mark also discuss their joint plans for a Route 66 Photography road trip in March 2021. Mark is a Fujifilm user, currently shooting with an X-T2 and X-H1. 

Also discussed in this episode:

• Theatre and band photography;
• Product photography;
• Travel photography.

Sam and Steve also recall the year they spend running a pub, the Abingdon Arms, in Beckley, Oxfordshire. And Sam talks gardening. Again. 

Links from the show:

Sam and Steve Photography https://www.samandstevephotography.com/

Mark Neal Photography https://www.marknealphotography.co.uk/

Old Park Horse Pub, Chiswick https://www.oldpackhorsechiswick.co.uk/

The Abingdon Arms, Beckley https://www.theabingdonarms.co.uk/

Music: Glockenspiel by dayfox from Artlist. 

In this episode, Steve interviews Barbara Asboth, a portrait and wedding photographer based in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Barbara combines her skills in producing beautiful portraits with a documentary eye in her wedding photography. Like us, she works with Fujifilm cameras and lenses:

She tells Steve:

• How living in Tokyo for 1 year inspired her to take up photography
• Why she considers herself to be a flexible photographer
• How studying renaissance art  gave her the inspiration behind her "painterly" style of portraiture
• Why she works with Fujifilm cameras in lenses
• Her approach to street portraiture and her Instagram hashtags #facesofbanbury #facesofshoreditch

Also in the show: Steve on why he had a Covid-19 test this week, Sam talks gardening AGAIN, and also Steve on his first impressions of the Olympus EM-1 MK3. 

Sam and Steve Photography www.samandstevephotography.com

Barbara Asboth Photography http://barbasboth.com/

Instagram : 

https://www.instagram.com/samandstevephotography/

https://www.instagram.com/barbara_asboth_photography/

Music: Glockenspiel by dayfox from Artlist. 

In this episode Sam speaks to UK based documentary photographer Emily Renier about her work photographing weddings, families and, especially births. This is of particular interest to Sam who is in the process of becoming a registered birth Doula. 

Emily tells Sam:

• How her background as a teacher helps her bond with families and understand parenting
• Why she sleeps with her phone under her pillow when a client is due to give birth
• How she takes into account the requirements of medical professionals
• Why birth photography is not all about the actual birth process but instead is story telling of priceless moments for mothers and fathers to be
• How she copes with tricky hospital lighting when photographing births

Emily's work is beautiful and displays real empathy with her clients. 

Sam and Steve also talk about Sam's Allotment (AGAIN), why our listeners love it when Sam tells Steve off, and why Steve is trying out Olympus camera equipment and lenses for two weeks. 

Links from the show:

Sam and Steve Photography www.samandstevephotography.com 

Emily Renier: Emily's Moments https://emilysmomentsphotography.com/

Neale James https://www.nealejames.com/

Music: Glockenspiel by darkfox from Artlist https://artlist.io/

In this episode, our guests are Kevin Mullins and Neale James. Fellow Fujifilm wedding photographers with over 1000 weddings between them, Kevin and Neale also host the Fujicast, a photography podcast that started in January 2019 and now regularly has over 4000 listeners per episode. Originally a weekly show, the changed that to a DAILY podcast at the start of lock down in the UK, due to Covid-19. They have since recorded over 65 daily episodes, without missing a day. They talk about:

• Why they started a podcast;
• Why is it called the Fuicast, when it is in fact for camera users of all makes;
• Why they started making a daily show at the start of Lockdown;
• Plans for the future, both together on the Fujicast, but also individual projects. 

Sam and Steve also catch up on the weeks news, goings on in their on line Pub, "The Locked Inn", and plans for a dedicated Sam and Steve Podcast website.

Links from the show:

Sam and Steve Photography www.samandstevephotography.com 

Neale James Photography https://www.nealejames.com

Kevin Mullins Photography https://www.kevinmullinsphotography.co.uk

The Fujicast https://www.fujicast.co.uk/

Music: Glockenspiel by DayFox, from Artlist https://artlist.io/

This episode is for the photographers! All about the equipment Sam and Steve use at weddings. 

Why they switched from Canon "Full Frame" equipment to Fujifilm Mirrorless cameras

Why Sam prefer one camera, one lens, and Steve has lots!

And why they nearly switched to Sony cameras at the start of 2020. 

www.samandstevephotography.com

Mentioned in the show: 

https://www.fujicast.co.uk/

https://www.nealejames.com/

https://www.kevinmullinsphotography.co.uk/

Music from Artlist Glockenspiel by dayfox.

The Sam and Steve Podcast is back! With a new sound and music, follow a short hiatus due to the Covid-19 outbreak. 

In this episode Sam and Steve talk about how they have been working with all of their 2020 summer wedding couples to reschedule their big day due to the virus. Also they talk about what they have been doing over lockdown; decorating, walking, gardening and lots of Zoom video calls!

Steve's guest is Terry Chylton from Smooth Moves Events, one of Oxfordshire leading wedding and event DJ and entertainment service. Terry tells Steve:

• Why you should book an experienced professional DJ for your wedding if you want a great party!
• Why your DIY disco streaming Spotify might be a disappointment and even illegal!
• What his rustic DJ set is ideal for a country barn wedding. 

Links to topics in the show:

The Fujicast Podcast: https://www.fujicast.co.uk/

Smooth Moves Events: https://www.smoothmovesevents.co.uk/

New intro/outro music: Glokenspiel by DayFox from Artlist https://artlist.io/

Take care and stay safe everyone!

This a short special edition of the Sam and Steve Podcast. With the constantly changing health situation in the UK, we wanted to try and help our customers and any brides to be worrying about their wedding plans over the next couple of months.

DISCLAIMERS:

1. This was recorded on 18th March 2020. In this fast moving situation, circumstances may have changed at the time of listening;
2. Neither Sam or Steve are lawyers, or medically trained. 
3. Views expressed are our own, and not offered on the basis of legal or financial basis. 

This weeks episode has a different format. Sam and Steve chat to Gemma and Joe Rouse, whose wedding we photographed back in November 2019. The were married at St Edburg's Church, Bicester, and The Dairy at Waddesdon. In a live recording Gemma and Joe talk about how they planned their wedding, what decisions they made and why, and why they chose their suppliers. 

Blog post on our website of their wedding : 

https://www.samandstevephotography.com/candid-wedding-photography/waddesdon-dairy-wedding-photography-gemma-and-joe

St Edburg's Church, Bicester: https://www.stedburgschurch.org/

The Dairy at Waddesdon: https://weddingsatwaddesdon.co.uk/dairy/

Butterfly Bridal, Bicester: https://butterflybridalboutique.co.uk/

Allerston Taylor Cars: https://www.regencycarriages.co.uk/home/

Brackley Flower Pot: https://brackleyflowerpot.co.uk/

Quality Chair Covers: http://www.qualitychaircovers.co.uk/index.php

92-Hair by Jae Rouse: https://www.92-hair.co.uk/

Make Up by Molly: https://www.facebook.com/makeupbymollyinfo/

Blue Rinse Band  https://www.facebook.com/Thebluerinse/

Music used in this episode: Spikey Chin by Peter Spacey from Artlist https://artlist.io/