Latest Photography training Podcast Episodes

Episode 11: Featuring Rocio Vega - Off Camera Flash and how to have longer arms!

NineDots: The DotCast - February 28, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutes
In this episode, Rahul Khona talks to NineDots Gathering 2020 presenter Rocio Vega about off camera flash, Rocio’s favourite modifiers, shooting one handed with a monopod in the other and a slight tangent on destination weddings and the stressful reality of them. The DotCast is the podcast of N...

Episode 10: Canon EOS R5 (Lo-tech Review)

NineDots: The DotCast - February 21, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutes
Following the announcement of the Canon EOS R5 as the newest kid on the mirrorless block, Adam Johnson and Rahul Khona discuss the camera, their switch to Sony, whether they'll switch back to Canon now, and some general discussion about the specs of the EOS R5. You'll also hear why card slots ar...

Episode 9: Pricing, Being Too Cheap... and Double Glazing

NineDots: The DotCast - February 14, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes
Pricing in wedding photography is often a contentious subject. It seems you're either too cheap and annoying the rest of the industry, or too expensive for every enquiry that comes through the door! Adam Johnson, Rahul Khona and Andy Gaines discuss this conundrum and how Andy has recently been i...

Episode 8: Wedding Photography vs Digital Manipulation!

NineDots: The DotCast - February 07, 2020 08:00 - 28 minutes
Rahul Khona is back! And along with Adam Johnson and Andy Gaines, the three of us chat about the effects of digital manipulation on modern photography, whether it's just part and parcel of modern photography, when is a photo too edited, and whether it matters in general and for awards... The Do...

Episode 7: Success fingerprints and the SEO shark tank!

NineDots: The DotCast - January 31, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutes
In this DotCast Adam Johnson and Andy Gaines, fuelled by recent discussions in the NineDots members facebook group, discuss the meaning of success and that leads into some advice for getting your business going again with some short term wins. The analogies are flowing as usual and hear our thou...

Episode 6: Evolution and the game of photography business

NineDots: The DotCast - January 24, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes
In this episode Adam Johnson and Andy Gaines debate the connection between photography quality and business success and whether there comes a point where your photography no longer needs to evolve or improve to benefit your business. The DotCast is the podcast of NineDots, the greatest wedding ...

Episode 5: Featuring Nadia Meli - Love Your Mistakes and Know Your Why!

NineDots: The DotCast - January 17, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes
In this episode we welcome the amazing Nadia Meli to the DotCast! Nadia is a presenter at this year's NineDots Gathering, and we quiz her on her approach to goal setting and future planning. Andy updates you on his quest to be the king of honey, and that time he (maybe) wrote a song about Adam. ...

Episode 4: To preview or not to preview

NineDots: The DotCast - January 10, 2020 08:00 - 15 minutes
In this episode we discuss the craze of delivering ultra-quick edited previews to your wedding couples, whether it's a good thing for mental health or your art, whether it's demanded by the current generation, whether it affects business and why people do it! The DotCast is the podcast of NineD...

Episode 3: Featuring Isabelle Hattink: Sea Swimming, The Open Road and New Year Resolutions

NineDots: The DotCast - January 03, 2020 08:00 - 36 minutes
In this episode we are without Rahul Khona but Adam Johnson and Andy Gaines are joined by the first ever guest on the DotCast, our friend Isabelle Hattink from Rotterdam in The Netherlands. In a quick-fire 30 minutes(ish) we talk about Dutch new year traditions, using the new year impetus to sta...

Episode 3: Sea Swimming, The Open Road and New Year Resolutions

NineDots: The DotCast - January 03, 2020 08:00 - 36 minutes
The DotCast from the founders of NineDots - the greatest wedding photography community on earth. In this episode we are without Rahul Khona but Adam Johnson and Andy Gaines are joined by the first ever guest on the DotCast, our friend Isabelle Hattink from Rotterdam in The Netherlands. In a qui...

Episode 2: The Lost Photos of Seville (taking more photos of your life)

NineDots: The DotCast - December 27, 2019 08:00 - 22 minutes
We talk about the professional photographer's curse of never taking enough photos of your personal lives! How many photos we've taken this Christmas and during 2019, and how we think you can make sure you take more. Plus we discuss the concept of practice as a photographer and some other stuff l...

Episode 1: The Pilot / The Novelty Factor

NineDots: The DotCast - December 20, 2019 17:00 - 33 minutes
A new podcast from the founders of NineDots - the greatest wedding photography community on earth. In this episode we introduce NineDots and ourselves - Adam Johnson, Andy Gaines and Rahul Khona as your hosts of this: The NineDots Podcast, aka the DotCast. We also discuss the novelty factor in w...