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If You Want To Travel Learn to Drive, Fly a Plane or Sail a Boat, If You Want to Be A Photographer Learn to Tell Stories…

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Audio Opinions Podcasts: A Photographic Life

PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 251: Plus Photographer Carolyn Mendelsohn

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What Is The Future For Photographic Education?

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Photographing Bob Dylan. One Subject, Many Photographers…

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Don’t Break, Break It! Facing the Photo Wall

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What Makes a Successful Photo Portfolio?

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How to Edit Your Photographs, the Simple 5 Step Way

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Photography is a Business and We Are All Part of That Business!

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Audio Podcasts: A Photographic Life

PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 244: New Year’s Special with Bill Shapiro

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Clinging to the Photography Wreckage: The Good Old Days are Gone

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Should, Could or Would? How to Accept Photo Advice

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Audio Podcasts: A Photographic Life

PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 239: Plus Photographer Kieran Dodds

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The Six Questions You Need to Ask and Answer Before Starting a Photography Project

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Audio Podcasts: A Photographic Life

PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 240: With Bill Shapiro

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How to Find the Good Stuff: Photography Google Is Not All That…

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Books for Portrait Photographers

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Books for Street Photographers

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Audio Opinions Podcasts: A Photographic Life

PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 237: Plus Photographer Max Miechowski

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 236: Plus Photographer Henry Iddon

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#Pro Photo Wisdom

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Breathe Before You Press The Button and Don’t Forget to Bend Your Knees…

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When Will Photographers Finally Accept the Smartphone?

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How To Improve Your Photography? Make Films!

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Punk Photography or Three Chords and A Message

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Dogmatic Instamatic

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What Is The Central Obstacle To Being a Portrait Photographer?

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Avoid Templates to Get Noticed: The Importance of the Original Thinker

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Why Is Photography So Misunderstood?

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Audio Opinions Podcasts: A Photographic Life

PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 226: Plus Photographer Nicola Muirhead

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It’s All In The Eyes

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Don’t Get Angry, Get Smarter!

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The Truth? Can You Handle the Truth?

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Audio Opinions Podcasts: A Photographic Life

PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 224: Plus Photographer Sean Lotman

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Audio Opinions Podcasts: A Photographic Life

PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 223: Plus Photographer Sodiq Adelakun

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Three Cheers For The Outsiders!

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New Spaces, New Eyes…

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 220: Plus: Photographer Neil Massey

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Subject is All or Photography Made Simple!

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There Is Nothing New in Photography!

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You Don’t Need to Study Analogue Photography to Be a Photographer!

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The Dyslexic Photographer

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10 Photographic Myths Dispelled

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It’s Time In Photography For Some New Reference Points…

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Should Photography Only Be Taught By Photographers?

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 214: Plus Photographer Dominic Davies

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I Don’t Understand Tech Stuff, Can I Still Be A Photographer?

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Photographing The Moments In-between

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 211: Learning Photography Special

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Is Photography An Act of Repetition?

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That’s Not Me! Not Every Intimate Portrait is a Self-Portrait

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The Future is Now: Photographers and Extinction!

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Forget About Rules and Aim to Fail!

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Audio Podcasts: A Photographic Life

PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 209: Plus Photographer Rashod Taylor

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Art Directors Can Make Great Photographers!

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 208: Plus Photographer David Butow

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Photography and The Selfish Eye

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The Pressure Doesn’t Drop: Photography Doesn’t Get Easier

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Photography and ‘Pretty’ Pictures

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Doing It Right Maybe Wrong! But Doing It Wrong Can Be Right!

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All The Gear and No Idea!

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Should Photography Be Taught in Schools? If So, How and Why?

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Look Up, Not Down, Look Sideways…

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 187: Plus Photographer Ilona Langbroek

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 171: Plus Photographer Peter Fraser

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I Wish I Had Taken That Picture…

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 165: Plus Photographer Harry Borden

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Don’t Talk To Me About Photography! The Chicken and The Egg

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News

NEWS: New Photography Course Created for the 21st Century…

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