Today we discuss the importance of having your own photography web presence (a portfolio), the pitfalls of relying on "free" services like Facebook and Flickr as a portfolio, the best practices for creating and managing you online portfolio, common mistakes and the most common obstacles to making a personal photography website. I'm also pleased to welcome Portfoliobox as our sponsor for the month of December for our special portfolio series. You can try their service for free or get a Pro
Street Photography treatment for PTSD with Shawn Augustson
Here’s a quick reminder about our Facebook group. It’s still small and very active with some very talented and passionate street photographers. You can join it by visiting talkstreetphotography.com. That link will take you straight to the join page. If you tried to join over the last 2 weeks please accept my apologies for any delays. I didn’t realize it, but I was logged in as myself instead of the group administration, which means I didn’t see the requests to join. It’s funny because I
Old School Straight and Truthful Photography with Nikita Stupin
Can you believe it’s November already? It seems like summer just started and now we’re heading back into winter…at least up here in the norther hemisphere. First I’d like to give a plug to our Facebook group called the The Street Photography Community. It’s a small but mighty and very active group of highly motivated street photographers who are there to help each other in all areas of street photography. Check it out by visiting http://talkstreetphotography.com then click the Join
Andy Hann on self-publishing his book Welcome to Hollywood
The subject of our episode today is what I call the three P’s. Project, Passion, and Persistence. It’s really The hero of our story is Andy Hann, a creative director with Sony Studios in the Los Angeles area. Andy decided one day that he wanted to create a photo project about the people who frequent Hollywood Boulevard. If you’ve never been there it’s probably one of the quirkiest places in America with people dressed as movie super heros, famous people like Marylin Monroe and Michael
Kerry Faulkner – Journalist and Street Photographer
Our guest today is Kerry Faulkner, an Australian journalist / photojournalist and educator based in the city of Perth. Her work has been published in The Walkley Magazine, The Australian Travel and Indulgence, Scoop Magazines, R.M. Williams Outback Magazine, The Sunday Times and too many others to list here. Needless to say she’s quite busy. Kerry tells us that in today’s market journalists not only have to be skilled writers, they also must be good photographers and sometimes videographers.
Mexico Between Life and Death – Interview with Harvey Stein
Our guest today is Harvey Stein. He currently teaches at the International Center of Photography, (ICP) in New York and teaches a series of photography workshops around the world. His work is been exhibited around the world and is the recipient of numerous awards. Also he’s been published in dozens of magazines like the New Yorker, Time Magazine, life Magazine, Esqire, The New York Times and too many others to list here. Publishing a monograph of your street photos is the promised land
MIami Street Photography Festival with Juan Reyes and Veronica Valle
This is a special edition of the podcast all about the upcoming Miami Street Photography Festival coming soon in December. I’m writing this on Friday, September 14 as hurricane Florence is just making landfall in North Carolina. Earlier this week it looked like we were going to be overtaken by insanely heavy rain here in Central Virginia, so we scrambled to finish the magazine early…just in case we didn’t have any power to publish on Saturday. Fortunately for us, the storm turned south and
You don’t ask, you don’t get – Interview with Randall Roberts
I'm finally settling in from our epic move to beautiful Central Virginia. A few times I was beginning to feel like Moses, but things are beginning to get back to normal. Except for the hurricane of course. That's something I never had to think about in the great white north. September Issue of SPM scheduled to publish on Saturday, September 15 Last month we switched up our publishing schedule to the 15th of each month. It seems to have been well received by everyone. This month our very own
The benefits of blogging about your photography with Scott Law
It’s been a few weeks since our last podcast and that’s because my schedule has been absolutely crazy. Or preparing to move out of state and just a few weeks and I didn’t realize how disruptive this whole process would be. But once we settle into our new home thing should really settle down and will be able to get back on a regular schedule. By the way we typically publish the podcast twice a month and I plan to get back to that after my move. So thank you for your patience. Street Photography
Get Close and Get Out with Matt Jerrams
In case you didn’t know it, the June issue of Street Photography Magazine issue is out…in fact we released it a little early this month due to our travel schedules. Ashley was in LA with her husband enjoying the sites and improving her Vietnamese skills. She has a natural affinity for languages and I’m sure she’ll have it mastered in no time. Me, I’ve been all over the place, Charlottesville, Myrtle Beach, Kelley’s Island in the middle of Lake Erie and Philadelphia. Now I’m back on
Jerome De Perlinghi – Eyes on Main Street Photo Festival
Over the past few decades the downtowns of small-town America, which were once always busy, are all but extinct. First came the big box stores, then category killers like Best Buy and Toys “R” Us, and now Amazon sweeping them aside. But all these phenomenon resulted in. But all these phenomenon combined with our need to have lower prices resulted in the demise of small retailers and small downtowns. I’ve seen it myself in my own home town and I seen it in small towns throughout the country,