Snowboard and commercial director/filmmaker John Cavan joins the podcast to talk about his many years in the industry working with brands like Grenade, Rome, and Snowboarder Magazine, filming the rise of some of the biggest stars in the sport and documenting what many would consider one of the best eras of snowboarding. During our conversation we discuss his recent film project "Rough Around the Edges: 30 Years of Ride Snowboards" and share some of our memories of the late 90s and early 2000s sn...
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 31 min
Photographer/Director Emily Maye joins the podcast to talk about how her dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer not only gave her the discipline it takes to create an amazing career in photography and filmmaking, but a distinct eye for capturing the art of movement and a deep understanding of the sacrifice that athletes make in pursuit of their sport, which makes her visual storytelling stand out as authentic and beautiful. During our conversation we talk about several of Emily's new fil...
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Renowned architectural and hospitality photographer Gerry O'Leary joins the podcast from his studio in Dubai to talk about the journey from a small rural farming community in Ireland to photographing some of the most famous architecture in the world, and building a client list of extremely exclusive brands across the globe that most would dream of working with. During our conversation Gerry talks about how he found photography at a young age and how it continued to fascinate him until he finally...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 36 min
Renowned professional surfer, director, and founder of Bimarian Films Keith Malloy returns to the podcast to talk about several of his newest films in this year's "Yeti Presents" lineup, as well as other projects he's been working on like Red Bull's "Life of Kai" series. During our conversation Keith and I talk about the inspiration that comes with working on stories that involve amazing characters, how surrounding yourself with a positive crew and close group of friends makes all the difference...
Jan 04, 2024•57 min
Photographer Alex Strohl returns to the podcast to talk about how his life has changed since having a daughter, whether or not it might be time to exchange his home in the mountains of Montana for a city existence, how staying in a constant state of curiosity is what drives him both creatively and personally, the passion project he set out on to provide him and his daughter an adventure together when she's 20 years old, the type of work that kept him busy in 2023, and so much more. To Learn More...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 7 min
National Geographic Explorer and award winning photographer and videographer Anand Varma joins the podcast to talk about his new book "Invisible Wonders: Photographs of the Hidden World", as well as his amazing new storytelling studio "Wonder Lab". During our conversation Anand tells me about his life long dream of one day becoming a scientist that led him to Berkeley to earn a degree in integrative biology and a chance meeting with fellow National Geographic photographer David Littschwager that...
Dec 14, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Fine Art and Commercial/Editorial Photographer Peter Andrew Lusztyk returns to the podcast to talk about his amazing new series of images inspired by the natural beauty around his cabin, his ongoing personal project with food stylist Michelle Rabin, his friendship with Peter McKinnon and the incredible video he made of him at his cabin working with his new Alpa camera system, how he came up with the idea of mixing birds with furniture while collaborating with Porch Modern, his latest venture int...
Dec 07, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Renowned skateboard, portrait, and commercial photographer Mike Blabac returns to the podcast to talk about his newest gig, working alongside Dr Andrew Huberman on the Huberman Lab Podcast and how his life has changed since meeting him. During our conversation Mike talks about how focusing on his health has helped improve all facets of his life, including his creative output, his renewed passion for shooting and developing film, his recent trip to Wetzlar, Germany for the Leica Annual Celebratio...
Nov 29, 2023•1 hr 22 min
National Geographic photographer, Emmy nominated director, and Canon Explorer of Light, Keith Ladzinski returns to the podcast to talk about all the amazing adventures he's had since our first conversation back in 2015 and how becoming a father has changed him as a person and an artist. Keith also talks about how diversity in his work has helped him stay so passionate and curios about photograpahy and filmmaking, what his more recent love of storm chasing through tornado alley looks like up clos...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Actor/Director Ethan Hawke and Director of Photography Steve Cosens join the podcast to talk about their new biopic "Wildcat" about writer Flanary O'Connor, which weaves a beautiful tapestry of the author's stories and imagination alongside her tragically short life. During our conversation Ethan and Steve talk about their longtime working realtionship over three films and how that has evolved into a creative collaboration that is pushing both of them artistically. We also discuss what Ethan lea...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Photographer/Director Tanner Yeager joins the podcast to talk about his journey from a small town in Arizona where he could have easily got stuck at the copper mine he was working, to shooting super cross, to working with Carey Hart, to moving to Nashville and suddenly finding himself on a video set with Carrie Underwood, to being a tour photographer for some of the biggest country music stars in the world, to directing music videos, and how that all led him to his current position with NASCAR’s...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 47 min
Director of Photography Markus Mentzer joins the show fresh off his third season on Netflix's hit comedy "I think You Should Leave" to talk about his inspiring journey from medical school graduate to filmmaker, and how walking away from medicine to pursue someting his was passionate about ended up leading him to the sets of everything from indie films to Hollywood blockbusters. During our conversation Markus talks about the first film set he was on in the East Village of NYC and how he instantly...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Conservation photographer and National Geographic Explorer Carlton Ward joins the podcast to talk about his beautiful new book and film "Path Of The Panther" that sheds light on his countless years of work to inspire a public and political movement to save the Florida Wildlife Corridor through the story of the endangered Florida panther. During our conversation Carlton talks about his journey growing up as an 8th generation Floridian and an early love of nature through surfing and spending time ...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 30 min
Fine art photographer Randal Ford returns to the show to talk about what he's been up to since his first appearance back in 2018 and his newest book project that will be out next year featuring portraits of your favorite barnyard animals. During our conversation we discuss how difficult it can be to transition from the world of commercial work into the fine art space and how long it took for him to finally start feeling like he had a foothold and a bit of acceptance with representation from mult...
May 30, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Photographer, creative director, and entrepreneur Jason M Peterson returns to the show to talk about starting his own advertising agency called The Times, and how they are re-imagining what it could and should look like when your team is made up of creators and producers that can bring a vision to life quickly and help a brand build a more organic and authentic marketing presence. During our conversation Jason talks about what the last five years have looked like for him since he was on the show...
May 08, 2023•51 min
Award winning commercial portrait photographer Jeroen Nieuwhuis joins the podcast from his studio in the Netherlands to talk about his early love of photography and how he started his professional career at the age of 17 years old and quickly began building the huge body of work he is known for today with global campaigns for companies Heineken and Shimano, and a number of beautiful personal projects like his latest coffee table book "The Mountain Men". During our conversation Jeroen talks about...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Photographer Rob Hammer joins the podcast to talk about his newest book "Roadside Meditations" and how he went from a kid growing up in upstate New York with absolutely no idea of what he wanted to do with his life, to working odd jobs wherever he could get them, to moving out west and slowly falling in love with photography, to building a portfolio that would have him shooting some of the biggest named athletes in the world for companies like Nike, to finally realizing that his true passion was...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 34 min
Commercial photographer/director and co-founder of "A Collective Us" Kate Rolston joins the podcast from her Denver studio to talk about her journey from the advertising agency world of New York where she worked on campaigns for companies like Canon, to getting hired by Tyler Stableford and making the move to Colorado where she had the opportunity to be a creative partner on a lot of big commercial projects, to finally going out on her own and finding success in both the worlds of still and moti...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 38 min
Celebrity portrait photographer Jesse Dittmar joins the podcast from his New York studio to talk about his beautiful new coffee table book "Overexposed" (link in the show notes below), and how he went from a kid obsessing over photo books in Barnes and Noble, to assisting some of the most famous photographers in the world, to creating his own sought after aesthetic, and having the opportunity to focus his camera on some very recognizable faces. During our conversation Jesse talks about what it w...
Mar 17, 2023•1 hr 46 min
Photographer, musician, writer, and all around lover and teacher of the creative process, Reuben Radding joins the podcast to talk about his amazing journey from touring musician, to struggling novelist, to street and documentary photographer, and how his love of the practice has been his saving grace in a medium that can sometimes be overtaken by the pursuit of money and recognition. During our conversation Reuben talks about his younger years growing up in the suburbs of DC as the son of two m...
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 52 min
Fine artist and commercial photographer/director Tim Tadder returns to the show to continue the conversation about AI generated artwork and what it could mean for the future of the creative community. During our conversation Tim talks about what initially attracted him towards the technology and how he began implementing it into his own workflow, why it seems to lend itself better to certain artists' aesthetic, that there is nothing new about a disruptive style of artwork that changes the creati...
Feb 10, 2023•51 min
Photographer / Director Jacob Pritchard returns to the podcast as the first guest in a two part series discussing the controversial rise of AI generated artwork and what it could mean for the future of visual artists. During our conversation Jacob talks about some of his own experimentations with different software and the benefits of at least understanding the technology, his frustration with so many creatives who refuse to accept the reality that this is most likely here to stay, how it might ...
Feb 09, 2023•46 min
Photographer, skateboarder, and most recently North Shore documentarian Arto Saari returns to the podcast to talk about how finally deciding to shoot everyday life around him in his adopted home of the North Shore of O'ahu would re-inspire his passion for photography and turn into a beautiful ongoing body of work that was recently featured by The Surfer's Journal in a feature and short video piece titled "Nordic Blood. Tropic Heart." During our conversation Arto talks about finally feeling like ...
Jan 19, 2023•49 min
To celebrate another collective lap around the sun and hopefully manifest some positivity for 2023, I'm joined by my friend and fellow podcaster/photographer Alex Gagne from the Photo Banter Podcast to talk about some of the highs and lows of 2022 and what we are planning for the next year moving forward. During our conversation we talk about the creative inspiration and motivation we both receive from the community we have built online, what some of our highlights of 2022 were from the podcast ...
Dec 31, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Celebrity portrait, editorial, commercial, and fashion photographer/director Victoria Will joins the podcast to talk about how she went from growing up in DC with an obsession for field hockey and a desire to pursue an athletic career, to studying at Princeton and falling in love with photography, to working at the New York Post, to finally heading out on her own and slowly creating the body of work she is known for today, with recognizable images of everyone from Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 44 min
On this episode of the podcast I'm joined by photographer and creative evangelist for Blurb Inc. Daniel Milnor to talk about his journey from photojournalist, to magazine editorial photographer, to Kodak employee, to wedding photographer, to the public face and well spoken voice of Blurb Books where he has been for many years while continuing to pursue his own personal long-term projects, as well as work on his YouTube channel and blog at Shifter Media. During our conversation Daniel talks about...
Dec 06, 2022•2 hr 2 min
Artist, commercial director, filmmaker, and all around American stuffmaker Mac Premo joins the podcast to talk about how a kid growing up in DC with a love of skateboarding and punk rock ended up studying at RISD, moving to New York, and creating the amazing and diverse body of work he is known for today. From carpentry work, to stop animation, to Ford truck commercials, to gallery walls, Mac has done a bit of everything and managed to achieve a level of success as a diverse artist that has allo...
Nov 19, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Commercial photographer/director Jon Enoch joins the podcast from his London studio to talk about how deciding to enter a competition to travel the world while he was still in college would completely change the course of his life, and take a kid from a small rural town in the UK studying geography and set him out on a journey that would introduce photography and visual storytelling to his life and give him a sense of purpose he never knew existed. During our conversation Jon talks about his thr...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 35 min
Photographer and filmmaker Dennys Ilic joins the podcast to tell an inspiring story of finding photography later in life while working jobs he wasn't happy with, to building a career that would take him from retail camera sales to shooting with subjects like Jason Momoa and Daniel Radcliffe. During our conversation Dennys talks about growing up in Australia with a passion for cinema and television and how he was able to go from being a huge fan of shows like StarTrek, to standing on the newest i...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 35 min
Adventure and documentary filmmaker Roo Smith joins the podcast to talk about his new series "The Goat Surf Club" shot with Outside Magazine, and how a kid growing up in Orcas Island with dreams of one day becoming a diplomat would end up taking a political science degree and turning it into a creative career as a filmmaker right out of college, working on everything from Netflix shows to his own personal projects. During our conversation Roo and I talk about how he used his free time in college...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 34 min
