photojournalist

Episode 0039: Interview with Photojournalist Ami Vitale

by Dave Warner on February 23, 2010

LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, Dave interviews Photojournalist Ami Vitale. Best known for her cultural documentation, Ami has received recognition from World Press Photos, Photographer of the Year International, The Lucie Awards and the South Asian Journalists Association, which presented her with the Daniel Pearl Award for outstanding reporting. She has been named Magazine Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association, and Photo District News recognized her as one of 30 image makers of the future.

Now based in Miami, Florida, Ami is a contract photographer with National Geographic Magazine and Senior Producer for the Knight Center for International Media.

In this episode, Ami talks about why she became a photojournalist, what caused her to almost quit, the most disturbing conflicts she’s covered, images that have had the greatest impact on her life, the introduction of HD DSLR’s and what that means for photojournalists, specialized gear she recommends and much more. We created a special video of Ami’s images with her explanation of each that plays (above) and then the full podcast interview, which is below.

Equipment, Software and sites mentioned in this podcast: Nikon D300s, EWA Camera Bags.

Show Sponsors: ExpoImaging, Inc., Photo Book Press, Podcast network commercials from Rosh Sillars New Media Photographer, Jim Goldstein EXIF and beyond and Martin Bailey Photography.

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.

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Episode 0037: Interview with Michael Yon, Combat Photojournalist

by Dave Warner on February 9, 2010

LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, Dave interviews Combat Photojournalist Michael Yon. Michael is a former Green Beret, who has been reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan since December 2004. No other reporter has spent as much time with combat troops in these two wars.

Michael’s dispatches from the front lines have earned him the reputation as the premier independent combat journalist of his generation. His work has been featured on Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, ABC and FOX, as well as hundreds of other major media outlets all around the world.

In this episode, Michael talks about combat photojournalism, whether he has ever felt the need to pick up a weapon, how his special forces background affects his images, how to be a successful combat photojournalist, controversy over mortally wounded American soldiers and flag-draped caskets.

We created a special video of Michael”s images AND the interview because he did not have time to do a voice-over for each image. This is a little different than our normal format, but thought it would be a good way to have the same kind of video playing. The MP3 podcast interview is still below if you want to download it, or listen without the images. This is one of the shortest interviews I’ve done, but when you listen, it is clearly one of the most interesting.

Equipment, Software and sites mentioned in this podcast: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 1D Mark IV, Moment of Truth in Iraq, Michael’s Website.

Show Sponsors: ExpoImaging, Inc., ScanCafe (provide code LF35 for a 20% discount off your first order), Podcast network commercials from Rosh Sillars New Media Photographer, Jim Goldstein EXIF and beyond and Martin Bailey Photography.

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.

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