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Close Focus Photography Podcast

4 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -

Close Focus is a podcast for all photographers featuring in-depth interviews with photographers covering everything from how they got started to camera gear talk and beyond.

The Close Focus podcast is produced by William Carnahan from the Photography & Friends team in collaboration with Phil Ebiner from Video School Online.

Read the show notes, start learning how to become a better photographer, and enroll in a photography course at PhotographyandFriends.com.

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Episodes

From Student to Full Time Wedding Photographer with Nicholas Sitarski

August 30, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MB

In just a couple years, Nicholas Sitarski went from being a full time truck driver to shooting 50+ weddings as a full time professional photographer. How did he do it? It all started with our Photography Masterclass and a go-getter mindset. This interview is full of SO MANY GOLD NUGGETS - advice and tips any new photographer can take and use to start your own photography business.    Check out Nicholas's website here https://www.photognicholas.com/ Follow Nicholas over on Instagram https:/...

Lifestyle Wedding Photographer Erich Chen

April 27, 2020 18:32 - 40 minutes - 33.1 MB

In this episode Will talking to his friend and fellow photographer from college Erich Chen. Erich and Will met in college as photographer for their school newspaper, Erich then went on to be a professional photographer working in mostly weddings and editorial photography. In the interview Erich talks about becoming a wedding photographer, the business of it, and his advice for starting out as a wedding photopgrapher, as well as some of the base gear he uses for different parts of the weddin...

Freelance Commercial Photographer Tamar Levine

January 30, 2020 21:02 - 46 minutes - 27.2 MB

In this episode we talk to Tamar Levine about becoming a professional commercial and free lance photographer. She takes us through her education, her first couple jobs, and why you shouldn’t be a freelance artist unless you can't be happy doing anything else. Tamar Levine is an LA-based filmmaker, photographer, and creative producer. After receiving a BFA with honors from Art Center College of Design, Tamar went on to create commercials, videos, and photo campaigns for a wide range of fa...

Travel Photographer and Teacher Sam Shimizu-Jones

December 11, 2019 18:45 - 50 minutes - 23.7 MB

In the first episode of Close Focus, Will sits down with Sam Shimizu-Jones. Sam talks about how he first got into photography, his first job, and why he leaned into video for work and photography as a hobby. Sam tells the story of shooting Llamas in South America, traveling around the world with a famous band, and why he switched from a Nikon camera system to a mirrorless Sony system. He also goes into detail about one of his more recent instagram posts and what his artistic thoughts were ...