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06/04/2026
No! I Don’t Do Weddings and I’m Not Paparazzi!
19/01/2026
There Is No Photography ‘Secret Sauce’!
12/12/2025
A Little Help From Your Photo Friends
02/04/2025
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation with Bill Shapiro: Episode 360 ‘Just Say No!’
19/03/2025
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 358: ‘See/Saw with Fiona Hayes ‘The Face at NPG, Ernest Cole and Peter Hujar’
10/02/2025
Why Not Join an Online ‘MA’ In Professional Photography?
05/02/2025
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 352: with Bill Shapiro ‘Photobook Introductions and Text’
22/01/2025
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 350: Conversation ‘Harry Borden on Photographers on YouTube’
08/01/2025
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 348 ‘Berenice Abbott, Fakes, Randoms and Reading’
25/12/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 346 ‘Christmas Special’ with Gallery Owner Peter Fetterman
11/12/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 344: ‘Lee Miller, Say No to Style, and Chasing Light’
04/12/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 343: A Conversation with Musician, Photographer, Author and Philanthropist Julian Lennon
13/11/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 340 ‘Paul Lowe, Photo Books and Ready Mades’
06/11/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation with Bill Shapiro: Episode 339 ‘Photography and Politics’
30/10/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 338: A Conversation with Curator, Writer, Editor, and Educator David Campany
23/10/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 337: See/Saw with Fiona Hayes ‘Tina Barney, Yasuhiro Ishimoto and Alice Mann’
16/10/2024
PODCAST: A Photograhic Life, Episode 336 ‘Good Ideas, Workshops and Trent Parke’
09/10/2024
PODCAST: A Photograhic Life, Episode 335 ‘Penn, Hands, Cigarettes and Money’
02/10/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation with Bill Shapiro: Episode 334 ‘Nostalgia, History and Street Photography’
25/09/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 333: ‘Sylvia Plachy, Is Theory Dead? And Good Advice’
18/09/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 332: ‘See/Saw with Fiona Hayes ‘Fragile Beauty, Billy Name and William John Kennedy’
17/09/2024
VIDEO: Interviews with Photographers: Helmut Newton
11/09/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 331 ‘Jean Loup Sieff, Fred Herzog, Making Friends and Keeping Diaries’
04/09/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 330 with Bill Shapiro ‘What Is Sports Photography?’
28/08/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 329 ‘Bruce Gilden, Street Photography, Empathy and Getting Work’
21/08/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 328: See/Saw with Fiona Hayes ‘Tim Hetherington, Naomi Hobson, Roger Mayne, Lee Miller… ‘
14/08/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 327 ‘Man Ray, What Is Real? Sports and Subject Matter’
07/08/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 326 with Bill Shapiro ‘How To Tell A Photo Story’
31/07/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 325 ‘Karsh, Coffee, Photo Bears and Holidays’
24/07/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 324: See/Saw with Fiona Hayes ‘Akihiko Okamura, Ernest Cole, Zanele Muholi, Beyond Fashion…’
17/07/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Epsiode 323: ‘Harry Borden, Photofairs, Photo Ethics and Photo Talk’
10/07/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 322 ‘The Leica Look, Big Macs, Reading, Finding a Story and The Fear of Narrative’
09/07/2024
Photography and the Ageing Process…
02/07/2024
Your Life is Informed by Photography Every Day, But You May Not realise It!
19/06/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 319: See/Saw with Fiona Hayes ‘Edward Burtynsky, Nick Waplington, Sergio Strizzi, The Independent Front and John Deakin’
12/06/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 318: Avoiding Clichés, Robert Adams and The End of the Photo School!
05/06/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 317: With Bill Shapiro ”Learning Photography”
04/06/2024
What Makes a Photograph Important To You?
29/05/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 316: Camera Bags, W. Eugene Smith, and The Corruption of Social Media
23/05/2024
Photography and The Dark Side
22/05/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 315: 90s Photography, Jeurgen Teller, Who Is The Photographic GOAT? Camera Brand Loyalty and the Importance of Photo Friends.
08/05/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 313: Plus Photographer Tria Giovan
26/04/2024
When Post Production Takes Over…
24/04/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 311: Plus Photographer Chantel King
20/04/2024
Thinking In Black and White; Not Just Dropping The Colour
19/04/2024
Photo Confidence Is Available To All…
17/04/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 310: Plus Photographer Kyle McDougall
14/04/2024
If You Listen to Photographs They Will Talk to You or How to Sequence Your Images
05/04/2024
The Urban and Rural Photo Walk Considered…
03/04/2024
Your ‘Free’ Pictures Are Not ‘Good’ For My Portfolio
03/04/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 308: With Bill Shapiro ”The Death of Editorial Photography Part Two”
27/03/2024
PODCAST: A photographic Life, Episode 307: Plus Photographer Michael Robinson Chávez
20/03/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 306: Plus Photographer Xavi Bou
13/03/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 305: Plus Curator/Editor Deborah Dash Moore
06/03/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 304: With Bill Shapiro ”The Death of Editorial Photography Part One”
28/02/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 304: Plus Master Printer Bob Tursack
21/02/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 303: Plus Photographer Mark Chapman
14/02/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 302: Plus Photographer Michael Robert Williams
07/02/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 301: With Bill Shapiro ”The Long Form Project”
31/01/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 300: Special Episode “What Have We Learnt?”
24/01/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 299: Plus Photographer Morganna Magee
17/01/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 298: Plus Photographer Virginia Turbett
12/01/2024
I Need A Photo Agent! But Do You Know What That Means?
10/01/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 297: Plus Photographer David Vintiner
08/01/2024
I’m Just a One-Man- Band, All Photographers Are!
07/01/2024
It’s Not a Zine, It’s a Book!
01/01/2024
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 296: ‘New Year’s Special’ with Bill Shapiro
27/12/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 295: ‘Christmas/AI and Copyright Special’ with Nick Dunmur/Association of Photographers
25/12/2023
What Are The Most Important Technical Aspects of Photography?
22/12/2023
The Photography of Nothing: A Personal Story
22/12/2023
Photographers Need to Know the Law
20/12/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 294 ‘Christmas/Photo Festival Special’ with Photographer Jeff Dunas
18/12/2023
Do You Make Photographs Everyday?
17/12/2023
‘Success’ in Photography Takes More Than a Few Positive Messages
13/12/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 293: Plus Photographer Arthur Meyerson
06/12/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 292: With Bill Shapiro ‘What’s The Biggest Mistake You Made, Not To Do With Making Images?’
02/12/2023
Losing and Winning. Photography in The Dark Days…
29/11/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 291: Plus Luke Duggleby
25/11/2023
The Key Themes of Photography
22/11/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 290: Plus Photographer Roo Lewis
21/11/2023
The Shock of The New Is Not New or Improve Your Photography The Old Way!
19/11/2023
One Camera and Two Lenses Is All You Need…
13/11/2023
Instagram Is Photography But It Is Not All Photography
10/11/2023
New Online MA Professional Photography Launched
09/11/2023
Do Photographers Need Photographer Friends?
08/11/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 288: Plus Photographer Michael J Brennan
05/11/2023
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and William Klein: Social Media and Inspiration…
01/11/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 287: With Bill Shapiro ‘Feedback: How to Give and Receive it’
29/10/2023
Photography Is No Longer A Technical Medium and That’s A Good Thing!
25/10/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 286: Plus Photographer Bill Stephenson
04/10/2023
A Photographic Conversation, Episode 283: With Bill Shapiro ‘The Photographic Pivot Part Two’
06/09/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 279: With Bill Shapiro ‘The Photographic Pivot Part One’
03/09/2023
The Rise of The Yellow
03/09/2023
New Subjects, New Themes, New Approaches Are Needed in Photography…
23/08/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 277: Plus Photographer Nicholas Sinclair
16/08/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 276: The State of Photography ‘Future’
09/08/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 275: The State of Photography ‘Present’
04/08/2023
Who Were We Without a Photograph? Or Captions Are Needed!
02/08/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 274: The State of Photography ‘Past’
29/07/2023
Photography is Not the Only Fun in Town, but It Should be Fun!
27/07/2023
Photo Guilt. Is It A Thing?
23/07/2023
Forgotten Photographers Are The Key To Contemporary Success
12/07/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 271: ‘Photobook Special’ with Mary V Swanson and Darius Himes
09/07/2023
Aim to Make Photographs, Not to Shake the World!
05/07/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation Episode 270: With Bill Shapiro ‘Photography and Artificial Intelligence Part Two’
28/06/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 269: Plus Photographer Julio Mitchel
25/06/2023
What is the Difference Between a Photograph and a Successful Photograph?
21/06/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 268: Plus Photographer Edward Thompson
17/05/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 263: Plus Photographer Tamara Saade
14/05/2023
Learning Photography Without a Camera…
10/05/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 262: Plus Photographer Pippa Healy
03/05/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 261: With Bill Shapiro ‘The Personal Project Part 2’
27/04/2023
NEW: Photography: Oral Histories Audio Archive Launched…
26/04/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 260: Plus Photographer John Haynes
21/04/2023
Is The True Decisive Moment When You Press the Button?
19/04/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 259: ‘Special Conversation’ with Craig Atkinson/Cafe Royal Books
16/04/2023
Do You Want to Teach Photography at University? Here Are Some Early Mistakes and Points You Might Like to Consider!
12/04/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 258: Plus Photographer Paul Hansen
10/04/2023
Photography! What Is It For?
05/04/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 257: With Bill Shapiro ‘The Personal Project Part 1’
02/04/2023
Why and How Did You Connect With Photography? ‘Creativity’ or ‘Kit and Process Geekery’? Or Both?
19/03/2023
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…
01/03/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 252: With Bill Shapiro ‘The Photo Mentor and Mentorship”
25/02/2023
Knocking On Doors When No One is Home
22/02/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 251: Plus Photographer Carolyn Mendelsohn
15/02/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 250: Plus Photographer Luke Stephenson
02/02/2023
What Is The Future For Photographic Education?
01/02/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 248: With Bill Shapiro ‘Websites’
18/01/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 246: Plus Photographer Richard Sharum
15/01/2023
Photographing Bob Dylan. One Subject, Many Photographers…
14/01/2023
Don’t Break, Break It! Facing the Photo Wall
09/01/2023
What Makes a Successful Photo Portfolio?
07/01/2023
How to Edit Your Photographs, the Simple 5 Step Way
06/01/2023
Networks Are Built, Not Only Inherited…
04/01/2023
Photography is a Business and We Are All Part of That Business!
04/01/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 244: New Year’s Special with Bill Shapiro
03/01/2023
Clinging to the Photography Wreckage: The Good Old Days are Gone
29/12/2022
Should, Could or Would? How to Accept Photo Advice
07/12/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 239: Plus Photographer Kieran Dodds
02/12/2022
The Six Questions You Need to Ask and Answer Before Starting a Photography Project
30/11/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 240: With Bill Shapiro ‘The Photo Book Part 2’
25/11/2022
How to Find the Good Stuff: Photography Google Is Not All That…
25/11/2022
Books for Portrait Photographers
16/11/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 237: Plus Photographer Max Miechowski
14/11/2022
Photography As Entertainment, Is That a Bad Thing?
09/11/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 236: Plus Photographer Henry Iddon
02/11/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 235: With Bill Shapiro ‘The Photo Book Part 1’
01/11/2022
#Pro Photo Wisdom
28/10/2022
The Past Informs the Future of Photography, But It Doesn’t Have to Control It!
16/10/2022
Breathe Before You Press The Button and Don’t Forget to Bend Your Knees…
14/10/2022
The Long Form Edit: Rediscovering the Dismissed Image
09/10/2022
When Will Photographers Finally Accept the Smartphone?
07/10/2022
How To Improve Your Photography? Make Films!
02/10/2022
Punk Photography or Three Chords and A Message
27/09/2022
Dogmatic Instamatic
11/09/2022
What Is The Central Obstacle To Being a Portrait Photographer?
09/09/2022
Avoid Templates to Get Noticed: The Importance of the Original Thinker
02/09/2022
Why Is Photography So Misunderstood?
31/08/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 226: Plus Photographer Nicola Muirhead
29/08/2022
It’s All In The Eyes
26/08/2022
Don’t Get Angry, Get Smarter!
24/08/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 225: Plus Photographer Guy Dickinson
19/08/2022
The Truth? Can You Handle the Truth?
17/08/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 224: Plus Photographer Sean Lotman
10/08/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 223: Plus Photographer Sodiq Adelakun
07/08/2022
Three Cheers For The Outsiders!
29/07/2022
New Spaces, New Eyes…
20/07/2022
You Don’t Have To Be Serious to Be Serious About Photography, and Your Photographs Do Not Have To Be Serious, to Be Serious Photographs, Seriously…
20/07/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 220: Plus: Photographer Neil Massey
17/07/2022
Subject is All or Photography Made Simple!
14/07/2022
There Is Nothing New in Photography!
09/07/2022
Photography Should Be Fun!
04/07/2022
You Don’t Need to Study Analogue Photography to Be a Photographer!
03/07/2022
Is There A Future For ‘Paid-For’ Photography in the 21st Century?
29/06/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 217: Plus Photographer Jillian Edelstein
16/06/2022
10 Photographic Myths Dispelled
12/06/2022
It’s Time In Photography For Some New Reference Points…
09/06/2022
Should Photography Only Be Taught By Photographers?
08/06/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 214: Plus Photographer Dominic Davies
04/06/2022
You Are A Photographer, Not A Teacher, Yet…
30/05/2022
Photographing The Moments In-between
18/05/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 211: Learning Photography Special
15/05/2022
Is Photography An Act of Repetition?
12/05/2022
Women Don’t Look Like That!
09/05/2022
That’s Not Me! Not Every Intimate Portrait is a Self-Portrait
08/05/2022
The Future is Now: Photographers and Extinction!
06/05/2022
Forget About Rules and Aim to Fail!
04/05/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 209: Plus Photographer Rashod Taylor
28/04/2022
Art Directors Can Make Great Photographers!
27/04/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 208: Plus Photographer David Butow
22/04/2022
Photography and The Selfish Eye
19/04/2022
Portraiture and The Invisible Line
12/04/2022
Is There a Future for Commissioned Photography?
11/04/2022
The Pressure Doesn’t Drop: Photography Doesn’t Get Easier
10/04/2022
Photography and ‘Pretty’ Pictures
09/04/2022
Doing It Right Maybe Wrong! But Doing It Wrong Can Be Right!
03/04/2022
All The Gear and No Idea!
16/03/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 202: Plus Photographer Asiko
14/03/2022
Should Photography Be Taught in Schools? If So, How and Why?
27/02/2022
It’s Okay Not to Understand, But It’s Better to Communicate
21/01/2022
Look Up, Not Down, Look Sideways…
03/01/2022
Do You Need Letters After Your Name to Be a Photographer? BA, MA , PHD and All The Rest…
12/12/2021
The Gift That Keeps on Giving
24/11/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 187: Plus Photographer Ilona Langbroek
23/10/2021
Is Anybody Listening? How to Get Your Photography Seen and Voice Heard
22/10/2021
Pricing, Licencing, Usage and Stuff! Why Are So Many Photographers Uninformed?
01/10/2021
How Can I Improve My Photography?
24/09/2021
Reading is the Foundation of Photography. Discuss.
08/09/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 176: Plus Photographer Paul Wakefield
18/08/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 173: Plus Photographer Steve Reeves
11/08/2021
I Had A Dream or How to Judge Photographs…
11/08/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 172: Plus Photographer Yukari Chikura
14/07/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 168: Plus Photographer Tadas Kazakevičius
10/07/2021
The Good, the Bad and the Cappuccino: Getting Commissioned Explained
02/07/2021
Speak Up and Speak Out, If You Want to be Heard!
01/07/2021
I Wish I Had Taken That Picture…
28/06/2021
Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail…
23/06/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 165: Plus Photographer Harry Borden
20/06/2021
Photography DIY
16/06/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 164: Plus Photographer Jason Langer
31/05/2021
The Slow Death of the Photo Editor
30/05/2021
10 Lies of Professional Photography
28/03/2021
The Photographers Manifesto
18/02/2021
Who You Meet Makes Who You Are!
10/01/2021
Muscle Memory and Photography
27/12/2020
Find, Listen and Question: Or How to Learn About Photography and Avoid the Noise…
21/11/2020
Don’t Talk To Me About Photography! The Chicken and The Egg
20/11/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 134.5: What Does Photography Mean to You? Grant Scott in Conversation with Bill Shapiro
06/11/2020
ON SALE: What Does Photography Mean to You?
22/09/2016
Over 100 Photographers Between 30 and 70 You Need To Know About!
10/09/2016
Why Do Publishers Want ‘All Rights’?
03/09/2016
Who Said Photography Was Easy?
03/09/2016
What Makes A Professional Photographer? 10 Observations
20/04/2016
I’m a Photographer, Let Me In! : Opening The Door To Photo Education
13/04/2016
Opening Up The Conversation: #CClasses, The Future of the Photographic Community?
31/03/2016
Don’t Pay, I Won’t Pay For A Portfolio Review: This is Why!
25/03/2016
FILM/TALK: Photography A Visual Language: The Commissioned Document Part 3
23/03/2016
FILM/TALK: Photography A Visual Language: The Commissioned Document Part 2
23/03/2016
FILM/TALK: Photography A Visual Language: The Commissioned Document Part 1
22/03/2016
FILM/TALK: Photography A Visual Language: The Fashion Document
22/03/2016
FILM/TALK: Photography A Visual Language: The Social Document Part 2
22/03/2016
FILM/TALK: Photography A Visual Language: The Social Document Part 1
22/03/2016
FILM/TALK: Photography A Visual Language: The Landscape Document Part 2
22/03/2016
FILM/TALK: Photography A Visual Language: The Landscape Document Part 1
21/03/2016
FILM/TALK: Photography A Visual Language: The Music Document Part 2
21/03/2016
FILM/TALK: Photography A Visual Language: The Music Document Part 1
26/01/2016
In Conversation: Steve Pyke
03/01/2016
What is Portrait Photography?
15/10/2015
The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography
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