Mynxxi White is a photographer and filmmaker from New York City. Specialising in celebrity portrait and commercial work she started out as a makeup artist and then creative director but was frustrated by some of her collaborators to the point that nearly 10 years ago she picked up the camera herself and hasn’t looked back. We missed each other in Germany earlier this year so I’m thrilled that we got to sit down and talk about our shared love of image making, the work she’s looking to take on nex...
Aug 17, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Jack Lodge is a land scape and wildlife photographer based in the south of England. This conversation is well timed as he’s gradually moving from purely landscape to wildlife with a little bit of astral in there for good measure, and if I had to guess I wouldn’t be surprised if film showed up at some point in the not too distant future. He was lovely company, I hope you enjoy this chat with Jack. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll se...
Aug 10, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 74
This week on the show I spoke with Sam aka 2bitboy, the c reator of the 2bittoy, a mod ification kit for the gameboy camera. You can 3D print this add on kit, take the innards of your Gameboy Camera out, put them in this shell and then use the camera with a variety of lenses. This was exactly the sort of madness I wanted to delve into and Sam was kind enough to give up some of his weekend to talk to me about it. This is nerdy in the best ways possible. I hope you enjoy it. More about this show: ...
Aug 03, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 73
For the next four weeks, in addition to the regular Sunday episode, I’ll be dropping a special episode with interviews from a recent event I attended. Leica invited me to their centenary celebrations at the end of June, they were celebrating 100 years on continuous camera manufacture and they invited a few of their closest friends to attend and celebrate with them. I was invited to interview a number of special guests and so I’m going to present to you four twenty-five minute episodes. 100 minut...
Jul 30, 2025•25 min•0Ep. 4
Marcus Haslam is a photogr apher from the south of England who has retraced his roots in the north to make pictures of his hometown. Blackpool has changed a lot over the years and you’ll hear about his motivation to make the project, what he found and what he’s doing with the images now that he has them. It was wonderful to catch up with a friend and former colleague. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when the...
Jul 27, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 72
This is the third episode in a special series of interviews from a recent event I attended. This episode features my conversation with Inas Fayed and Sarah M. Lee. Leica invited me to their centenary celebrations at the end of June, they were celebrating 100 years of continuous camera manufacture and they invited a few of their closest friends to attend and celebrate with them. I was invited to interview a number of special guests and so I’m going to present to you four twenty-five minute episod...
Jul 23, 2025•25 min•0Ep. 3
Scott Toepfer is part of a proud tradition of folks who drop out of what they were doing to drop in on their calling. He has worked as a microbiologist, photographer, producer, director, I’d say triple threat but I’m not sure that covers it all. I first discovered him through his 2011 book It’s better in the Wind. The book accompanied a short film and when I started the podcast I realised I should try to combine stuff I love, cameras and motorcycles, into one guest. This is a classic prime lense...
Jul 20, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 71
For the next four weeks, in addition to the regular Sunday episode, I’ll be dropping a special episode with interviews from a recent event I attended. Leica invited me to their centenary celebrations at the end of June, they were celebrating 100 years on continuous camera manufacture and they invited a few of their closest friends to attend and celebrate with them. I was invited to interview a number of special guests and so I’m going to present to you four twenty-five minute episodes. 100 minut...
Jul 16, 2025•25 min•0Ep. 2
Brandon Talbot is a Photogra pher, videographer and YouTuber who has been sharing his photography journey for some time. He loves landscapes and has recently started to print his work with an eye on books and other physical media in the future. One of the things I really like about Brendon is his growth mindset. He has previously been an athlete and he applies this sensibility to his craft and I love it. His enthusiasm is infectious, he’s a lovely dude and I hope you enjoy this conversation with...
Jul 13, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 70
For the next four weeks, in addition to the regular Sunday episode, I’ll be dropping a special episode with interviews from a recent event I attended. Leica invited me to their centenary celebrations at the end of June, they were celebrating 100 years on continuous camera manufacture and they invited a few of their closest friends to attend and celebrate with them. I was invited to interview a number of special guests and so I’m going to present to you four twenty-five minute episodes. 100 minut...
Jul 09, 2025•25 min•0Ep. 1
Gaston Shutters is a photograp her and entrepreneur. Like me he’s dabbled in a bunch of industries from tech to tattoos but as you’ll hear, the through line is a consistent love of making and tools. Now, at his company Owl Krown, he’s go t the band back together and is making a host of great looking straps. Gaston was in the office the day I spoke to him so there’s some coming and goings which I think add a bit of texture and we end on a lens I’d love to find a good copy of. We could have talked...
Jul 06, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 69
My guest today is Brandon Ruffin. Brandon was Leica’s ambassador for the M11-D but as you’ll hear throughout the conversation he is a lover of image making on just about any type of digital or film camera. He understands the importance of experience and the impact that can then have on the things you make. He also works at Google on the camera team and I am so glad that someone with a real understanding of photography is embedded there. A pairing of art and science is where the magic happens so ...
Jun 29, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 68
My guest this week is Amelia Le Brun . She’s a photographer b ased in the UK who shoots everything from cars to lifestyle and very occasionally her delicious VW camper van. She loves to shoot film as well as digital and we had a great talk about what she chooses to shoot and why. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime ...
Jun 22, 2025•58 min•Season 1Ep. 67
My guest today is Summer Murdock , a Utah b ased photograp her and photography educator who specialises in kids, lifestyle, and portraiture. She shoots everything, stills and motion, and my favourite images of hers are collections she’s made under water. You’ll hear in our conversation that she’s not stranger to a busy set but knows how to craft and find light for quieter sessions too. I love the texture and movement in her work. She is also clearly a wonderful human being as she not only respon...
Jun 15, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 66
My guest this week is Nick Rains. One of t he great perks of making this show is getting to sit down for a while with someone whose work you’ve enjoyed. Nick has had a long career that has seen his photographic horizons shift from small terraced houses in Manchester to broad landscapes in countries all over the world. I came across his videos on YouTube and his calm, methodical approach has introduced me and millions of others to many a camera feature or maintenance technique. My clean camera se...
Jun 08, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Lucy Lumen is a Phot ographer, writer and YouTuber based in Australia. Like a number of recent guests, she shoots a great deal of film of her client and personal work. She’s got a really healthy attitude to gear, working closely with her husband to get the right tools for the job and her healthy approach to gear means she doesn’t obsess. What I do like is that she focuses her attention on the ideas and thinking of creative power houses like Brian Eno and Rick Ruben and shares that with the audie...
Jun 01, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Dan Rubin is a pho tographer, creative director and designer based in the UK. His career has taken him around the world shooting campaigns with a variety of cameras and formats. As you’ll hear, I caught up with Dan ahead of Photo London to talk abo ut how he came back around to film, how Polaroid was instrumental in showing him something magical in analogue things and why he’s so excited by the Widelux revival project. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with phot...
May 25, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Michael is the founder of photo sharing app, Foto. He started the project with the goal of making a better place to share images. One that is designed to embrace photography and help you enjoy it in a human way as opposed to using our favourite art form to sell us bags and show us meme videos. We discuss where the idea came from, how he allowed it to develop slowly over time and what he and the small team putting it together plan to do next. So sit back and please enjoy this conversation with ph...
May 18, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Catriona is an a rtist who lives in the same village as me. She is primarily a photographer with a specialism in portraiture, weddings and brand photos. As you’ll hear from our conversation she’s worked hard to make sure the there work is satisfying to her creatively whatever the medium and I admire the way that she’s created space for her work around her family life and embraces the fact that her practice will change over time. She was also gracious enough to let me meet a record with her at he...
May 11, 2025•55 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Craig Mod is a writer, walker and photographer based in Japan. He has lived there for over 20 years and I love this work. If anything the podcast is proof to me that if you follow folks for long enough you’ll eventually find a way to work together. Craig has a new book coming out next week so now seemed like the perfect time to sit down with him to discuss making images, leaning into limitations and the importance of focus when making. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enou...
May 04, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Tom Oldham is a photographer specialising in portraits and he’s shot everyone. Athletes, olympians, footballers, models, everyone from Liam Gallagher and Jack White to Usain Bolt. His images are wonderful, he takes creative risks which I love and we also discuss work he does in education to get photography into schools. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast p...
Apr 27, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Amy Elizabeth is an entrepreneur, photographer and teacher from the USA. She develops film soup, makes self-portraits and her own podcast so is just the sort of busy creative person I like to have on the show. As you’ll hear, her creativity is also grounded in supporting her and her family practically as well as creatively. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fa...
Apr 20, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Henley Bailey is a photographer and entrepreneur based in the UK. His business, Akara Labs , makes accessories for Leica and Pixii rangefinder style cameras with more on the way, and we had a great chat about professional photography and making things as well as revealing an exciting new product idea! More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had ...
Apr 13, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Scott Evans is a photographer based in the Bay Area of the USA. His portrait and commercial work is fantastic and I loved talking to him about his start in photography, the lenses he loves his favourite photography podcast ;) More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers tal...
Apr 06, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Chris Erickon is a YouTuber, Producer and photographer from the USA who taught me and thousands of others how to get cheap Polaroid film. He’s a passionate creator and came to the show with some great lenses we’ve never discussed before and a lovely story of his Grandfather’s car. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime...
Mar 30, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Phil Penman is a world renowned street photographer. An Englishman in New York for 25 years he’s shot major world events, chased weather across the globe and more recently turned his hand to books and workshops. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about the...
Mar 23, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Danny Bligh is a photographer and videographer based in the USA. He’s a dear friend and was my first guest on Prime Lenses so it seemed fitting to bring him back for the first episode of year 2. We talk all things Canon, Leica and even sneak in some instant film. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a serie...
Mar 16, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Tommy Ga-Ken Wan , a Scottish photographer based in Glasgow who I struck up a conversation with on social media when he picked up a Ricoh GR a few years back. Over the years I’ve admired his work in the arts photographing theatre and dance and some comedy greats. He’s even recently featured in some work himself. Tommy speaks to me not only as a photographer but also as a person who is aware of what they need to keep themselves centred and I really enjoyed this thoughtful conversation with a grea...
Mar 09, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Jess is a Canadian photographer , my second one of those in fact, whose work I came across via the brilliant I Dream of Cameras. She has shot Formula 1 on film and has a love of fixed lens medium format, something which if the rumours are true, could make a comeback some time this year. I was delighted to talk to someone who thinks carefully about documenting life through a lens as well as being honest in their writing about creative burnout and the pressure we can put on ourselves, something I’...
Mar 02, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 51
This week my guest is Joseph DiGiovanna , a creative director, filmmaker, photographer and composer based in New York City who is undertaking an amazing project to photograph the New York City skyline over a 30-year period . We meet him as he celebrates 10 years of the project and hopefully you’ll find this conversation to be is a lovely blend of art and science, and exactly the sorts of chats I wanted to have when I started the show. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enoug...
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 50
