The Big Photo Hunt Podcast
Conversations with photographers about how they actually work. Every episode has a full transcript, so you can read it instead of listening if that suits you better.
30 episodes · newest first
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Episode 31
Why Manual Mode Makes You a Better Photographer with Mariah Adams
Mariah Adams · Sacramento-based street photographer
Ken Deckinger returns from a break to talk with Mariah Adams, a Big Photo Hunt member from Sacramento who joined the community in its first week.
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Episode 30
Black & White Photography: When It Works Best with Rebecca Kowalsky
Rebecca Kowalsky · Jerusalem-based photographer
Ken Deckinger talks with photographer and YouTuber Rebecca Kowalsky, who lives in Jerusalem, about when a picture is better without color.
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Episode 29
Street Photography in Seattle: Photo Walks, Pike Place & the Beauty of Chaos
Big Photo Hunt is taking its first live photo walk to Seattle, so this episode doubles as a field guide and a conversation about street photography instinct.
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Episode 28
Meet the 22-Year-Old Photographer with a White House Press Pass
A young photographer joins Ken Deckinger to trace a path that began with a high school video class and a teacher who shot the Milky Way, and ended up inside the White House press briefing room.
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Episode 27
Finding Your Creative Voice (What Photographers Can Learn from Garrison Starr)
Garrison Starr
Ken Deckinger talks with singer and songwriter Garrison Starr, who he met by chance on a long flight from Los Angeles to Boston.
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Episode 26
Van Life Photography Tips for Travel Photographers
Ken Deckinger opens with listener voice messages about whether AI belongs in photography, then shares where he draws the line between editing a real photo and generating a fake one.
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Episode 25
Sports Photography Secrets with Allan Henry (Atlas Packs)
Allan Henry
Allan Henry has shot more than 600 sporting events, won Photo of the Year from Sports Illustrated, and been hit by golf balls from both Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
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Episode 24
Street & Travel Photography in Norway with The Justine Files
Ken Deckinger is weighing a three week trip to Norway and invites a photographer who makes videos about travelling there to help him decide.
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Episode 23
Big Photo Hunt Member Spotlight: Photographer Leo Lopez
Leo Lopez
Ken Deckinger talks with Big Photo Hunt member Leo Lopez, a photography teacher in the Canary Islands who shot events, street work and portraits in Edinburgh, London and Madrid, and later worked at a fine art gallery in Sydney.
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Episode 22
How Liz Powers of ArtLifting Is Changing Artists' Lives
Liz Powers · Co-Founder
Ken Deckinger talks with Liz Powers, co-founder and CEO of ArtLifting, about the company she started with her brother to sell, license and rent artwork by artists with disabilities and housing insecurity.
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Episode 21
Abandoned Places & Roadside Attractions Photography Tips with Ken Lee
Ken Lee
Night photographer Ken Lee joins host Ken Deckinger for a rare second appearance, this time to talk about his book on abandoned roadside attractions across the American Southwest.
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Episode 20
Embracing Sensuality: Boudoir Photography Tips & Inspiration
A travel writer and photographer joins Ken Deckinger to talk about boudoir and art nude work, and about the coffee table book that grew out of leading photo tours in Havana.
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Episode 19
Caffenol Magic: Using Coffee to Develop Film Photos, Featuring Daniela Hurtado
Daniela Hurtado · talented film photographer
Ken Deckinger talks with Daniela Hurtado, a photographer based in Antigua, Guatemala, who runs a coffee shop where the coffee served out front also develops film in the back.
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Episode 18
Wildlife & Safari Photography Tips & Secrets with Amish Chhagan
Amish Chhagan
Wildlife photographer Amish Chhagan joins Ken Deckinger to talk about shooting big game in Africa, mostly in the Masai Mara in Kenya.
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Episode 17
Big Photo Hunt Member Spotlight: Photographer Daryll Buchanan
Daryll Buchanan
Ken Deckinger talks with Big Photo Hunt member Daryll Buchanan, a photographer in Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland who hosts an interview show that pairs every guest with a photo session.
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Episode 16
Faye van Hest on the Art of Portrait Photography
Faye van Hest · best known as In Your Fayes on YouTube
Ken Deckinger talks with portrait and automotive photographer Faye van Hest, who splits her time between the Netherlands and Melbourne, Australia.
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Episode 15
Women in Photography with Amanda Bjorn of Women Photo Tours
Amanda Bjorn
Amanda Bjorn joins Ken Deckinger from Ibiza to talk about being a woman in photography and about Women Photo Tours, the company she founded to lead art and photography trips for women artists in Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Italy and Spain.
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Episode 13
Paris Street Photography with Clara Abi Nader
Clara Abi Nader
Ken Deckinger books a photowalk in Paris with local photographer Clara Abi Nader, then invites her onto the show a week later to talk it through.
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Episode 12
Night Photography Techniques & Ken Lee’s Colorblind Approach
Ken Lee
Los Angeles night photographer Ken Lee joins host Ken Deckinger to explain how he makes long exposure images of abandoned cars, planes and Route 66 landmarks.
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Episode 11
Digital Nomad Photography Tips with Lola Delabays
Lola Delabays
Ken Deckinger talks with Lola Delabays, a French photographer living in Lombok, Indonesia, about what the traveling photographer life actually costs.
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Episode 10
Winter Landscape Photography with Benjamin Williamson
Benjamin Williamson
Ken Deckinger talks with Maine photographer Benjamin Williamson about making pictures in the cold.
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Episode 9
Sean Tucker and Reinventing Photography in your "2nd Half"
Sean Tucker
Ken Deckinger talks with UK based photographer and YouTuber Sean Tucker about the shape of a photography life and what happens when technical skill stops feeling like enough.
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Episode 8
Exploring New Orleans Photography with Coni Gajardo
Coni Gajardo
Ken Deckinger takes the show on the road and records this episode outdoors in New Orleans, sitting by the Mississippi River with local photographer Coni Gajardo and a bag of beignets.
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Episode 7
From Beginner to Shooting Obama & The Rolling Stones (Alain Gutiérrez)
Alain Gutiérrez
Ken Deckinger talks with Cuban photographer Alain Gutierrez about a path that began badly and ended up in some remarkable rooms.
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Episode 6
Photojournalism & Adventure with Joe Guerriero
Joe Guerriero
Ken Deckinger talks with Big Photo Hunt member Joe Guerriero about a long and unusually eventful life behind a camera.
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Episode 5
Creativity & Well-Being Through Photography (Nataly Kogan)
Nataly Kogan
Ken Deckinger talks with Nataly Kogan, founder of Happier and author of Happier Now and The Awesome Human Project, about how creativity and happiness are linked.
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Episode 4
Why Take an Online Photography Course: Advice from Nicole Young
Nicole Young · amateur photographer recently back in the U
Ken Deckinger talks with Nicole Young, an advertising and marketing professional who picked photography back up after moving to Asia and later became a dive master.
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Episode 3
Building a Thriving Wedding Photography Business (Michael Freas)
Michael Freas
Wedding photographer Michael Freas joins Ken Deckinger to trace a path from talking his way into real estate photography with no experience to building a busy destination wedding business.
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Episode 2
Travel Photography Lifestyle: Balancing Life & Work with Mayra Padilla
Mayra Padilla · San Francisco-based marketing consultant
Ken Deckinger talks with photographer Mayra Padilla about making room for photography inside a full working life.
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Episode 1
Light, Composition and Life With Pulitzer Prize Nominated Photographer Greg Kahn
Greg Kahn
Ken Deckinger talks with documentary and fine art photographer Greg Kahn about how he works, from his long form project on young people in Cuba to the way he builds trust before the camera ever comes out of the bag.