This week on the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome two old friends of the podcast to talk about the latest gear from their respective companies. First up is Rudy Winston, Technical Advisor at Canon USA, and then we welcome Marc Farb, Technical Rep from Sigma. Both Winston and Farb are breaking records with this, their fifth visit to our show. With Rudy Winston, we discuss a few cameras that were released last year or earlier in 2020, such as the EOS 6D Mark II DSLR and the EOS 1D X Mark III D...
Jul 02, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome Margit Erb and Michael Parillo, of the Saul Leiter Foundation , to discuss Saul Leiters career and their work preserving the art and the legacy of this pioneer of color photography. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Leiter veered from the traditional religious path his parents desired for him and moved to New York City to follow his own calling. Met with early success in the 1950sLeiters photography was included in exhibits at MoMA a...
Jun 25, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the B&H Photography Podcast we are joined by Craig Semetko , a documentary and street photographer who is much more than those two descriptors. He came to photography from a career in performance and comedy and that makes a lot of sense, noting the observational skill and humor found in his compositions. His first book, UNPOSED , published in 2010, with a forward by Elliott Erwitt, was followed by India Unposed, in 2014. Sly, ironic, absurd, all come to mind when you see the moments he ...
Jun 18, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast We encourage all of our listeners to register for the free digital online edition of the Outdoor Photo/Video Travel Imaging Conference (OPTIC) 2020 hosted by B&H and sponsored by Panasonic, Sony, Nikon, Canon, FUJIFILM, Godox, and many others. As most of you know, the B&H Photography Podcast has regularly attended this annual conference, in New York, and recorded wonderful interviews with the likes of Michael Kenna, Joyce Tenneson, and Ron Magill. This year, the conference will be held online, b...
Jun 04, 2020•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Today we welcome a special guest to the B&H Photography Podcast: actor and comedian Jeff Garlin . Jeff Garlin is well-known as a stand-up comedian and, of course, as a star of the hit television shows, The Goldbergs and Curb Your Enthusiam . About fifteen years ago, he turned a love for photography, for the work of the mastersAlfred Eisenstadt, Jim Marshall, Mary Ellen Mark, to name a fewinto his own photographic practice, and we are all the beneficiaries of his engaged eye. In March, Garlin deb...
May 28, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast As an industry and as a hobby, the numbers indicate that drone flying and drone photography are still primarily the domain of men, but sustaining this disparity is ridiculous and it should and will change. Our two guests today are part of bringing about that change, and they do so by being good at their craft, by spreading the joy of flying, and teaching drone operation and photography to women and girls. Our first guest today is an Emmy Award-winning camerawoman for CBS News and F.A.A. licensed...
May 21, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we talk about food photography with photographer Chelsea Kyle and food stylist Drew Aichele . There are few photography disciplines that are as complicated as food photography. With the pressure of time, heat, cold, color, and light, a small team must work together to create an image that realistically illustrates the sumptuousness of a dish, but also is a visually striking composition. Collaboration is key and, in this case, its fortunate t...
May 14, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ray Collinss portraits of waves are hard to describe because you dont want to describe them. Like the wave itself, the photographic abstraction refuses words; indescribable and amorphous become unique and powerful in his hands. One look at his work and its clear that he is in his element in the surf, transforming what he knows so well into a profound and universal statement. We have been looking forward to speaking with Collins for a while, and are very pleased to present our conversation with h...
May 07, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week on the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome journalist, curator, and author Ekow Eshun to discuss his incredible new book, Africa State of Mind . With more than 250 photographs by fifty photographers, the book is a gorgeous collection of contemporary art photography from throughout Africa. Established artists such as Pieter Hugo and Zanele Muholi are profiled, along with many lesser-known photographers working in (and between) a range of genres. Supported by Eshuns insightful commentar...
Apr 30, 2020•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome National Geographic photographer Steve Winter back to the program. Winter joined us, in 2016, to discuss his wildlife photography, specifically his work photographing cougars in the hills of Los Angeles, California, and today we will be discussing tigers. Over the past several years, Winter has been working on stories about tigers, initially in Sumatra, Thailand, and India, but most recently in the United States, where there are m...
Apr 23, 2020•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode was originally published on March 14, 2019. It's pretty funny. Enjoy this encore presentation and we'll be back with a new episode next week. Thanks so much for listening! -------------------------------------------------- Today, we welcome portrait photographer Mark Mann to the B&H Photography Podcast and, as Allan notes at the top of the show, if you name a celebrity or famous politician, Mann has probably photographed them. His body of work is incredible. As an example, in 2014, ...
Apr 17, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ike & Tash are a husband-and-wife photography team. You know what? They tell it better than I can. We are a FAMILY business, a LEGACY business, a husband-wife team that found our dream and our FUTURE behind the lens. With our 3-year-old daughter, Wisdom, we travel around the country teaching photographers, taking pictures and making memories... all the while helping others to keep theirs, forever. Ike & Tash joined us for a conversation at the Depth of Field Conference to talk about their weddin...
Apr 08, 2020•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Flying in directly from a post-Oscar party in Hollywood, Greg Gorman joined us for a conversation at the 2020 Depth of Field Photo Conference this past February, where he was the key-note speaker. Given all that has happened since, it seems like a long time ago, but this is the type of chat we wish would have just kept going, so enjoyable was Gorman and his tales of Hollywood then and now. Still in-demand by A-listers, Gormans work reaches back to touch the Golden Age of Hollywood, with portrait...
Apr 02, 2020•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Todays episode of the B&H Photography Podcast hosts a compelling conversation with four photojournalists who are covering stories related to the COVID-19 outbreak in New York. We discuss the stories they have been photographing, the precautions they are taking, how theyve adjusted their shooting styles, and about the assignments they are willing to accept and those they would like to pitch. Joining us are Sarah Blesener , a documentarian covering stories for The New York Times and Wall Street Jo...
Mar 26, 2020•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today, we discuss some of the most recognized images of rock-n-roll history and those that made them. Our first guest is photographer Amelia Davis , who is the owner of Jim Marshall LLC , the living archive of the prolific photographer Jim Marshall, most known for his images of jazz and rock musicians of the 1950s through the 1970s. If you are familiar with photos of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Johnny Cash, or the Allman Brothers Band, then you are certain to know his work. Marshall...
Mar 19, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Its easy to admire Sebastian Meyer , not simply because hes a talented photographer who also co-founded the first photojournalism agency in Iraq, but because he is confident enough to speak of his shortcomings, his naivet, and of tragedy, and not forget the importance of humor. On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome Meyer to discuss his love at first sight for photojournalism, how he jump-started his career, the Metrography photo agency he opened in Iraqi Kurdistan, an...
Mar 12, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Todays guest, Shari Belafonte knows cameras from both sides and she brings an understanding to the medium that is as palpable as her sense of humor. It was a pleasure to welcome her to the B&H Photography Podcast . Of course, we knew of Shari as the face from so many magazine covers in the 1980s and 90sno kidding, every other face at the check-out line melted away when you saw that smile. Of course, she has the same last name as a 20th-century legend (who just turned 93 this week, by the way), b...
Mar 05, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast What obstacles have gotten in the way of your photography? When lifes troubles arise, where do you point your camera? Or do you set it down? Photography can be a weekend hobby or it can be a lifes calling and, for our guests on todays episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , there is no doubt that photography is part of their very being, and meshed into the most intimate aspects of their lives. Adriane Ohanesian and Nancy Borowick have been friends since they studied together at the Internationa...
Feb 27, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast This weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast is a healthy set of conversations with gear representatives and camera experts from several of the major camera and lighting companies that we recorded at the 2020 Depth of Field Conference . First we speak with Steve Heiner, of Nikon, discussing that companys new DSLRs, including the flagship D6 and the D780 . We also ask about the mirrorless Z system cameras and new lenses for that system. Next up is Joe Edelman , of Olympus, to discuss his com...
Feb 20, 2020•2 hr 44 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome back to the program intellectual property attorney David Deal to discuss issues regarding copyright infringement, particularly as they involve three high-profile cases in which he is involved. Deal spoke with us last year about a case he had just litigated, Brammer vs Violent Hues Productions, in which he successfully argued to reverse a lower courts decision, thus protecting his clients photograph from copyright infringement. Whi...
Feb 13, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the suggestion of a listener, we contacted a few Australian photographers to get their take on the devastating bushfire season that has burned more than 18 million hectares and taken thirty-four lives, since June 2019. We were fortunate to connect with Nick Moir , self-described storm-chaser, wildfire photographer, and current chief photographer at the Sydney Morning Herald . On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we speak with Moir about his experiences photographing this yea...
Feb 06, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast I dont know if weve ever had two photographers with such divergent styles on the same episode. It would make little sense to even have them on together, except that their individual work is exceptional, and they are married to each other. This week on the B&H Photography Podcast , we return to a format that has served us well in the past speaking with a couple who both work in photography. We really hit the jackpot this time, with Joseph O. Holmes and Sara Bennett , not simply because they are i...
Jan 30, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we welcome editorial, fashion, art, and music photographer Olivia Bee. Thats a lot of tags and shes earned them all in a relatively short time span. Her origin story is well-documented in photo circles, so we wont go into that much, but in a career now a decade old, we discuss where those early successes have brought her, what she enjoys about photography, and what she is working on now. With clients that include Hermes, Nike, LOreal, Sony, a...
Jan 24, 2020•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Imagine the privilege of being present at the creation of one of the wonders of the world, and then imagine being asked to document the magnitudeand the detailsof that creation. Our guest on todays episode of the B&H Photography Podcast has just that privilege and that responsibility and, as he puts it, this telescope may change the way we understand our universe. Chris Gunn has been a NASA contract photographer for almost twenty years but, for the past ten, he has dedicated himself to the James...
Jan 16, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast During a little holiday trip, producer John Harris made a visit to the gallery and studio of photographer Clyde Butcher . For anyone who grew up in Florida, Butchers work should be very familiar; his photography is often found on the walls of local libraries, municipal buildings, and, as Miami native Jason Tables points out, every doctors office Ive ever been in. Butchers images of the Florida landscapes , particularly of the Everglades, are legendary, and although he has a brisk print sales bus...
Jan 09, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Its hard to believe that another year of the B&H Photography Podcast is on the books and, as has become our way, we close out the year with a casual conversation about our most memorable episodes from 2019. But before we get started, a recent count showed that we have listeners in all but 15 countries. To us, thats remarkable, and wed like to offer a very heartfelt thank you and best wishes for a happy holiday season to all our listeners around the world. We look forward to your feedback and sug...
Dec 24, 2019•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast The B&H Photography Podcast wraps up 2019 expanding our minds, with the help of Swedish photographer Erik Johansson. Enabling his playful and slightly sinister imagination with a wealth of design and photographic talent, Johannsson makes images that toy with the veracity of a photo while using relatively basic photographic processes to create them. It is certainly worth viewing Johanssons website or Instagram feed before (or while) listening to this episode to familiarize yourselves with the ima...
Dec 19, 2019•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Its that time of year again at the B&H Photography Podcast . Now firmly established as a tradition, with the end of the year in sight and gifting season in full swing, we take an episode to talk about the most interestingdare I say, bestcameras of the year. Our guests include podcast regular Levi Tenebaum and B&H SuperStore camera expert Georgina Diaz. This year, we start with an overview of mirrorless cameras announced in 2019, including the new full-frames from Panasonic , Sony , Leica and Sig...
Dec 12, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast With the holiday season upon us (and today's celebration of the 86th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition) we figured it a good time to revisit a wonderful episode on food photography. We will return next week with a new "Cameras of the Year" episode. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Photographing food is far from being a new facet of photography. Whether for commercial or artistic purposesthink William Henry Fox Talbot, Edward Weston, Irving Pennit ca...
Dec 05, 2019•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast On todays episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome California-based advertising, sports, dance, and fashion photographer (and director), Alexis Cuarezma , who packs a considerable amount of practical and creative insight into our hour-long conversation. Ostensibly, Cuarezma was joining us to talk about his lighting techniques and, while he does dive deep into lighting schemes, we discuss so much more. Cuarezma is generous with is thoughts on production, composition, models, gear, self...
Nov 27, 2019•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
