TWiP Talks

Mark Cruz, Nikon's senior manager for digital cameras and interchangeable lenses joins the podcast this week to discuss Nikon's new flagship camera, the Z9. This new body is significant and different in many ways from its predecessors or even the competition.

Many of the things about these cameras that Nikon fans have come to know, love, and rely on are still there — but with a few "enhancements". One of those enhancements is a new approach to autofocusing tech that includes the incorporation of artificial intelligence and machine learning to bring a new level of accuracy to an already rock-solid autofocusing system.

About Mark Cruz

Mark Cruz, Nikon USA

Mark Cruz is the Senior Manager, Product Digital Cameras with Interchangeable Lenses (DCIL) at Nikon USA. In this role, Mark is responsible for bringing new digital imaging products to market, including the latest Nikon Z series mirrorless cameras and NIKKOR Z lenses. He also helps manage marketing and educational efforts for Nikon products across a variety of platforms and social media channels.

Previously he was a Senior Technical representative for Nikon Canada, responsible for spearheading business development through technical sales and services. In 2019, he moved to the U.S. to join the Marketing department at Nikon USA.

https://www.nikonusa.com

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Outdoor Photographer Curtis Jones joins the podcast to share the juicy details about his latest (and most perilous) photography adventure to the Arctic Circle!

About Curtis Jones

©Curtis Jones

Curtis Jones is a Canadian outdoor and adventure photographer who spends most of his time in climates rarely inhabited by people. Working for both the private and public sector, his portfolio spans environmental initiatives, literacy programs, Canadian National Parks, tourism, and food sustainability.

Collaborating with world-class athletes, production teams, and local communities, he has built his career delivering an intimate view of the raw, wild, and often untamed. A seasoned photography guide, Curtis is often found leading photography workshops in Greenland, Antarctica, Mongolia, and Newfoundland – sharing his appreciation for photo adventures, tents, and solid punchlines with others.

http://www.curtisjonesphoto.com

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In this episode I speak with Bill Cramer, the man behind Wonderful Machine. An agency that works to connect photographers worldwide with the firms looking to hire them. They facilitate hiring talent from all corners of the globe while ensuring that talent get's paid a great wage and that the hiring company receives world-class work.

About Bill Cramer and Wonderful Machine:

Bill Cramer

Bill is founder and CEO of Wonderful Machine, an art production agency with a network of 600 photographers around the world. In addition to connecting photographers and clients, his 38 staff members provide branding and marketing services for photographers and they produce photo shoots for agencies and brands. They're based in suburban Philadelphia.After graduating from Penn State in 1985, Bill spent the first few years of his career working as a photojournalist, covering news and sports for the Associated Press, The New York Times, and People Weekly. He then spent many years shooting portraits for magazines including Forbes and Business Week, corporations like Comcast and Accenture, and institutions like Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Drexel University, before founding Wonderful Machine in 2007.Bill attended the first Eddie Adams Workshop in 1988, and he assisted many photographers, including fashion photographer Steven Meisel. In 1989, he assisted Bob Huntzinger on the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

He owes a lot of his success to what he learned from his engineer dad, from working the graveyard shift at IHOP, and from his junior high school shop teacher.

https://wonderfulmachine.com

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In this interview, entrepreneur and photographer Jeremy Elder joins the podcast to talk about how he managed to launch a thriving photography business… in the middle of a pandemic!

About Jeremy

Jeremy Elder

Jeremy Elder is a commercial photographer and the director of brand partnerships at Boulder Media House (BMH). BMH is a creative agency and video production company servicing mission-oriented corporations, impactful non-profits, ingenious marketing, and advertising agencies, gifted professional athletes, and visionary artists and their record labels. The easy way to say it is that they move people through visually captivating and intentional content.

Some of the clients they have worked with include Universal Music Group, Morgan Stanley, Modelo, Facebook, Topo Designs, The NFL, and more. Driven by an obsession to create the best work they can, the team has grown from 4 individuals in a living room to a group of 12 working out of a studio warehouse in downtown Denver.

https://www.instagram.com/olderelderhttps://www.instagram.com/bouldermediahousehttps://www.bouldermediahouse.com

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iPhone 13 Pro Max: Ready for pro work? PART 2 With Jefferson Graham

Jefferson Graham joins the podcast for a follow-up discussion about his experiences with the iPhone 13 Pro Max — from a professional perspective.

We had our first discussion shortly after the phone was announced, and decided to record this follow-up discussion now that Jeff has had the phone in hand for a bit.

These are his thoughts… post "reality distortion field".

http://www.apple.com/iphone

About Jefferson Graham

Jefferson Graham is the host of the travel photography series "Photowalks with Jefferson Graham," which streams for free on Tubi.

He's a former USA TODAY tech columnist, host, and podcaster, where he fronted the "Talking Tech" series over 2,000 episodes until 2021. He's also a photographer, video maker, and long-time jazz guitarist.

Graham is a working portrait photographer in the Manhattan Beach, California area and the author of nine books, including the recent Video Nation, a DIY Guide to Planning, Shooting and Sharing Great Video, as well as tomes on the infomercial king Ron Popeil, the TV legend Aaron Spelling and history of Sin City, Vegas: Live and In Person.

He has written and/or photographed for a host of publications, including Rolling Stone, People, Us Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, Easy Reader, Esquire, and TV Guide.

Jeff's photography can be seen on his http://www.jeffersongraham.net website. His guitar channel, featuring classics from the Great American Songbook, is on YouTube. 

Photowalks: http://www.photowalkstv.com Website: http://www.jeffersongraham.net Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffersongraham Instagram: https://instagram.com/jeffersongraham YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/PhotowalksTV

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In this episode, I speak with National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson. We discuss the evolution of the photography magazine business, how to approach your next photography project like a NatGeo shooter, and how to stay focused when on assignment — whether personal or professional.

We also discuss Jim's thoughts on iPhone photography and his iPhone photography workshops. Is iPhone's quality enough for a National Geographic photographer's standards?

Jim Ricardson Photographyhttp://www.SummitWorkshops.com

About Jim Richardson:

Jim Richardson has built his photographic career around visual storytelling by creating groundbreaking work in documentary, resource issues, environmental photography, and the critical concerns of feeding the planet.

FAIR ISLE, SCOTLAND, UK -- Jim Richardson on Fair Isle in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland.

Before concentrating his working life at National Geographic for the last 30+ years he was noted for his innovative documentary narratives of rural life and adolescence that won him special recognition in the World Understanding contest three times (1975, 1976, 1977) and the Crystal AMI for best multimedia presentation in the world in 1983.

For National Geographic he pioneered fresh visual narratives of water issues in the 1990s before beginning his work on food, agricultural development, and the problems surrounding feeding our growing (and hungry) world. Besides teaching at the Missouri Photo Workshop, Photography at the Summit workshops, Santa Fe Photo Workshops, and many others, he was co-founder and content developer of the National Geographic TRAVELER photo seminars.

He speaks worldwide on food issues and his longtime fascination with the culture and landscape of Scotland. Among numerous awards he is proudest that his fellow National Geographic photographers named him their “Photographer’s Photographer” in 2014 and the people of Cuba, Kansas (Pop. 186) named him their “Honored Citizen.”

He is co-founder of Eyes On Earth, an educational initiative that seeks to inspire a new generation of visual storytellers for the Anthropocene era. In 2017 Kansas State University bestowed an honorary doctorate for his work in cultural and environmental communications.

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Founder and CEO of global content studio Magnet Media, Megan Cunningham joins the podcast to discuss the importance of brand video and how brands should be embracing it.

About Megan:

Megan Cunningham

Megan Cunningham is the CEO of Magnet Media, a global brand content studio. She speaks on trends in media and marketing --with a specific focus on how data informs the storytelling process to drive measurable impact.

Magnet's mission is to tell stories that matter. For the past decade, the team has been dedicated to diversity and inclusion in media and tech. Megan is the author of The Art of the Documentary and was a mentor at The MacArthur Foundation’s Bay Area Video Coalition.

She professionally mentors two groups of women: female directors, through Chicken & Egg Pictures, and female startup founders, through Rent the Runway’s Project Entrepreneur. Recently, Megan was recognized with a Cynopsis Top Women in Digital award.

She has spoken at The Sundance Film Festival, The Wharton School of Business, The NYU Stern School of Business, SxSW, CES, NAB and was the keynote speaker at The NewTV Kongress in Hamburg.

https://magnetmediafilms.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/megancunningham

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Elia Locardi

In this interview, I chat with globe-trotting photographer and entrepreneur Elia Locardi. Elia and I discuss one of his latest passion projects, Area!

Areas' goal is to bridge the physical and digital worlds by tying NFT ownership to physical locations on the planet. Initially, they're making 4,000 packs available, each containing 10 random Areas of the world.

This could be your hometown, a piece of the rainforest, or your favorite destination.

https://area.world/

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In this interview, I speak with MPB's Social and Community Manager, Tauhidah Abdulbasir. We discuss gear trends happening in the industry as well as the mindset around how we consider purchasing new gear vs used.

About Tauhidah

I am a native New Yorker. My first experiences as an artist began at a very young age, being surrounded by many of the things people flock to this unapologetic city for, unbeknownst to me at the time, this would later fuel my abilities as an artist. My mom and dad heavily played a role by being heavily immersed in the downtown scene of 1980’s NYC and their documentation of that through photographs. I have now been with MPB for nearly 3.5 years, the company has played a significant role in furthering my artistic abilities.

http://www.mpb.comhttp://www.tahitiabdul.com

In this interview, Ry Shorosky shares some of his amazing adventures as a long-haul trucker taking photos, and documenting his adventures and new acquaintances on the road. Ry is a 33-year old photographer, director, and long-haul trucker based in Salt Lak City, Utah.

Ry Shorosky on Instagram

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