LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, Dave interviews Nature Photographer Tony Sweet. After 20 years as a professional jazz artist, Tony changed careers and directed his creative juices towards nature photography.
Tony’s work is published on a host of items and his fine art prints are exhibited in private and corporate collections throughout the United States. He is represented by The Getty Picture Agency and his images have been used by Nikon, NikSoftware, Singh Ray, Microtek, and others for national ad campaigns.
In this episode, Tony talks about the transition from musician to photographer, the hardest thing he had to learn during that transition, how he creates his abstract images, what he recommends that you do to stand out in these tough economic times and much more. We created a special video of Tony’s images with his explanation of each that plays (above) and then the full podcast interview, which is below.
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LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, Dave interviews Nature and Travel Photographer Brenda Tharp. Brenda is an award-winning freelance photographer who specializes in location, nature and travel photography for a variety of clients.
She has llama-trekked, sea-kayaked, flown in helicopters and hot-air balloons, cycled, and hiked to get her photographs. Those images have appeared on the pages of Alaska Airlines, Audubon, Northwest Traveler, Sierra, and Sunset magazines, along with many others.
In this episode, Brenda talks about the difference between being a female photographer versus a male, steps she takes on the business side of things to make her stand out from the pack, lessons you can apply to both travel AND nature photography, her latest book project, recommendations she would give to help other photographers become successful and much more. We created a special video of Brenda’s images with her explanation of each that plays (above) and then the full podcast interview, which is below.
To listen to the full podcast interview, click on the player’s forward arrow below. You can also play the Podcast in a pop up window, download it OR subscribe to it via iTunes. You can download a List of Questions (PDF format) that I ask in the interview.
LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, Dave interviews Canon Nature and Bird Photographer Greg Downing. Greg is a professional nature photographer specializing in birds. He has been traveling the world teaching professional and amateur photographers for more than a decade hosting workshops and seminars.
As an internationally recognized photographer, Greg’s numerous publishing credits include books, advertising campaigns and editorial publications such as Birding Magazine, Outdoor Photographer Magazine, Birder’s World, National Geographic and many others. He is currently the Publisher for a popular online nature photography magazine; NatureScapes.Net, which was created as an exchange for nature photographers.
In this episode, Greg talks about the market for bird images, missed opportunities, his gear, workshops, any new techniques or gear for bird and nature photography, and everything there is to know about the NatureScapes.net website. We created a special video of Greg’s images with his explanation of each that plays (above) and then the full podcast interview is below.
To listen to the full podcast interview, click on the player’s forward arrow below. You can also play the Podcast in a pop up window, download it OR subscribe to it via iTunes. You can also download a List of Questions (PDF format) that I ask in the interview.
LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, Dave interviews Canon Photographer William Neill. Bill is a photographer concerned with conveying the deep, spiritual beauty he sees and feels in Nature. His award-winning photography has been widely published in books, magazines, calendars, posters, and his limited-edition prints have been collected and exhibited in museums and galleries nationally, including the Museum of Fine Art Boston, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Vernon Collection, and The Polaroid Collection.
In this episode, Bill talks about what it’s like to wake up in Yosemite every morning, some of the most photographed areas, what conservation photography is, what steps he goes through in composing and then taking one of his images, a landscape tip most of us might not of heard of before, how to put your portfolio together, and his top ten tips from his column in Outdoor Photographer Magazine.
To listen to the full podcast interview, click on the player’s forward arrow below. You can also play the Podcast in a popup window, download it OR subscribe to it via iTunes. We created a special video of Bill’s images with his explanation of each that opens in a popup window, just click, watch and listen.
To listen to the full podcast interview, click on the player’s forward arrow below. You can also play the Podcast in a pop up window, download it OR subscribe to it via iTunes. You can download a List of Questions (PDF format) that I ask in the interview.
