Meet Aliza Eliazarov, author and creator of ON THE FARM: Heritage and Heralded Animal Breeds in Portraits and Stories. (We featured the book last week.) You’ll hear how Aliza came to photograph animals, what it’s like to set up a portrait studio in a barn, what it feels like to connect with an animal just before the shutter clicks.

it’s a huge honor to learn from a photographer. My favorite thing is to talk to artists in other disciplines to learn how they do their magic. (And maybe that helps us do our own on the page!)