portraiture

Episode 0065 – Interview with Fine Art, Nature and Portrait Photographer Martin Bailey

by Dave Warner on November 9, 2010

LensFlare 35 is a photography podcast brought to you by By Dave Warner. This week we’re going to talk to Fine Art, Nature and Portrait Photographer Martin Bailey.

Martin is a Tokyo based nature, wildlife and portrait photographer. He has a weekly photography Podcast, as well as a photography forum and blog. Martin also conducts popular wildlife and landscape photography workshops and is a proud member of the X-Rite Coloratti.

Martin’s work has been published by Popular Photography Magazine, Korean Air, Creation Durable (Paris) and Light of Consciousness Magazine, among others. He was included in one of the “30 Most Influential Photographers of The Decade” lists and now is my special guest on LensFlare35.

In this episode, Martin talks about how a Brit ended up in Japan, going forward as a full-time photographer, his podcasting, a photography iPhone app that he has created, why he has decided to branch out into portraiture, how he successfully mixes fine art, nature and portrait photography and much more. We created a multi-media show of some of his images with a discussion about each one, which you can play above.

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 0054: Interview with Lifestyle and Environmental Portrait Photographer Jay Watson

by Dave Warner on June 15, 2010

LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. Dave interviews Jay Watson and puts ALL the content in the player, including the podcast and the images video with a more conversational approach. (Editor’s Note: Once again, please forgive the poorer audio quality – I’m still trying to replace equipment from the lightning strike! However, it’s better than the last LIVE show!)

Jay specializes in lifestyle and environmental portraits of people on location. His work involves shooting for editorial, advertising, clothing, music, entertainment, industrial, and corporate clients. Elemental Magazine once wrote “he shoots the crazy sh*t,” and an early issue of Garage Magazine said “Jay came to California to raise free range artichokes.” Some of these things are true.

In this episode, Jay talks about his artistic style, tintype portraits, social media, his most challenging project, the perfect assignment, video, and whether he sees the demand for video outpacing static images in the future. We created a multi-media show of his images with an explanation of each one with the full podcast interview (above) and our typical show player and download, which is below.

Equipment, Software and sites mentioned in this podcast: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Silver Efx Pro, Livebooks, Tafota.com, Best Business Practices for Photographers, ASMP’s Business Photography Guide, Who Moved My Cheese, Final Cut Studio, Phillip Bloom, Phillip Bloom’s DVD’s, David Ziser, Canon 5D Mark II, Nikon D3s.

Show Sponsors: ExpoImaging, Inc., onOne Software, Tafota.com and a podcast commercial about Jennifer Wu’s Adirondack Fall Foliage Workshop. Also, 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 0003: Interview with Brian Smale, Canon Portrait Photographer

by Dave Warner on June 9, 2009

LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, Dave interviews Canon Portrait Photographer Brian Smale. Brian began his career in his hometown of Toronto, Canada more than two decades ago. After winning many magazine assignments and a few awards, he moved to New York where he found more magazine assignments, a few more awards, and lots of commercial work. He’s widely known for his portraits of the world’s leading businessmen and women, scientists, inventors, politicians, and a few very interesting oddballs. Brian brings the same good humor and passion along to all his editorial, advertising, and corporate shoots. Along with assignments for magazines such as Fortune, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fast Company, Esquire, GQ, Rolling Stone, and Spin, he also has a wide range of commercial clients including duPont, Fuji, GE Capital, Kodak, Microsoft, PPL, Real Networks, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Sega, Homestreet Bank, Symetra Insurance, Expeditors, and USAA Insurance.

In this interview, Brian talks about what made him pick up a camera, how he sets a scene, the most fascinating person he has photographed, his unique brand of portraiture of ‘famous faces’ and some answers about the equipment he uses and people he’s photographed.

(C) Brian Smale

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 Brian’s images with his explanation of each that opens in a popup window, just click, watch and listen.

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