Mastering Portrait Photography Podcast

In this podcast, we muse a little on whether qualifications from the big photographic associations have any relevance in the current marketplace. Enjoy!

Still answering questions here at Mastering Portrait Photography - mostly about business factors and what it takes to make a successful photography business.

In this Mastering Portrait Photography podcast, I chat through a series of questions we were sent by a student in Maryland, USA (there are quite a few so it is split over two podcasts!) Hopefully she will find the answers illuminating!  

Mastering Portrait Photography Podcast 007. In this podcast, we discuss the merits of talking a lot. Oh, the irony.

This podcast talks about plagiarism - but of the right kind - and why it's a useful skill to think like a photography judge!

In this episode, I explain why truth is so important to me and what it was like to co-author the book Mastering Portrait Photography with Sarah Plater. Enjoy!

It's been one of those days when being a Profession Portrait Photography is both brilliant and frustrating: that list of things to do just seems to be running away with me!

This podcast concerns just one image: Bruno. Simple is always best (in my opinion at least) and this image epitomises that approach: simple light, simple pose, simple finish, simply gorgeous. A good day in the studio! During the podcast I mention that is was originally intended to be used as part of a composite of the two brothers together - here is that composite:

Today it's all about different things for different people, whether it's about creativity, your approach to photography or being a musician! Being authentic and 'who you are' is at the core of being creative. A short but sweet podcast in the pouring rain.

This is really just a pilot to see if I can do this quickly, efficiently and (most importantly of all) create something that people might actually listen to! In this episode, we talk about this, the new Mastering Portrait Photography website, what to expect and look forward. I talk about the reason I love this industry so much and how I got to photograph the late, great Sir Roger Bannister (of the first-four-minute-mile fame!)