The Photo Banter

On today’s I speak with photographer Brad Trent. Brad has worked with clients such as Variety,Time Magazine, Pepsi, Esquire and HBO to name a few. Brad has photographed notable people such as Barack Obama, Spike Lee, Tony Bennett, and Patti Smith to name a few. In this interview I speak to Brad about growing up in Canada where he started his photography career before making the jump to NYC. I also speak to Brad about his approach to portraiture and how he handles challenging shoots such has his experience photographing legendary musician Patti Smith in the middle of Penn station in NYC. Brad is someone who has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the photography business so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him about his work so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.bradtrent.com @bradtrent

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Cayce Clifford. Cayce has worked with clients such as Rolling Stone, Airbnb,WIRED, and Time magazine to name a few. In this interview I speak to Cayce about studying photojournalism at Ohio University , her approach to portraiture , as well as one of her recent assignments for Rolling Stone photographing Joan Baez. I also speak to Cayce about her experience photographing the California wildfires in Paradise,CA and how she approaches photographing people in such difficult and stressful situations. I really enjoy Cayce’s approach to storytelling and portraiture so I was really excited to get a chance to speak with her about her journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.cayceclifford.com @cayceclifford

On today’s podcast I speak with Photo Art Director Karen Williams. Karen earned her MFA in photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design and has worked with publications / brands such as AARP, AirBnB, San Francisco Magazine, Square, and now at Masterclass. In this interview I speak to Karen about her experience working with magazines as well as with big tech brands and what goes into producing commercial photography work. Karen also gives advice to photographers who are trying to market their work editors and producers. And lastly I also speak to Karen about some of her photographic influences as well as one of her personal photo project titled “Elegant Wasteland”. Karen is someone who has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the photography industry so I was excited to get a chance to speak with her about her journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.karenwilliamsphotography.com

On today’s podcast I welcome back returning guest photographer Jesse Dittmar. Jesse Is a Commercial / editorial photographer based in NYC and has worked with clients such as Vanity Fair, The New York Times, Spotify, and Apple to name a few. In this interview I speak to Jesse about his new work in the NFT digital art space. Jesse explains what an NFT is , his experience turning his work into NFT’s, the process of buying / selling NFT’s and much much more. I also speak to Jesse about some of his new personal work and how he’s been approaching marketing his work during the pandemic. I was really interested to hear about Jesse’s work within the NFT space so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.jessedittmar.com @jessedittmar

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Jesse Rieser. Jesse Has worked with clients such as ESPN, Coca Cola, Esquire, The NBA, and Adidas to name a few. In this interview I speak to Jesse about his recent cover shoot with NBA player Devin Booker for ESPN , I also speak to Jesse about his approach to assignment work and how he balances the worlds of Art & Commerce. I’ve always enjoyed Jesse’s use of color in his photographs so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him about his recent project titled “Phoenix : A Dystopian Legoland that tastes Like Candy” which is a series of urban landscape photos and portraits that utilize color and space in a unique way. Jesse brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the photographic industry so I was pumped to get a chance to speak with him about his journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. www.jesserieser.com @jesserieser Use the Promo code "photobanter" and get 3 months free of the Picdrop file transfer tool at www.picdrop.com

On today’s podcast I speak with digital capture specialist George Brooks. George owns and operates his Los Angeles based digital capture company called “Brooks Digi” which specializes in digital capture, post production, and other digital image related services. George has worked with photographers and brands such as Mark Seliger, Alexandra Gavillet, Dana Scruggs, Billboard, and Nike to name a few. In this interview I speak to George about studying photography at NYU, what led him to pursue a career as a digital tech, his experience working with Mark Seliger on the Vanity Fair Oscars photo booth, and I also speak to George about building his first computer at the age of 8 yrs old. When working on commercial photo shoots the digital tech is such a key component to having a successful shoot so I was really excited to speak with George about his journey with photography and digital tech work so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.brooksdigi.com @brooksdigi

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Justin Sisson. Justin has worked with clients such as Patron, Hendricks Gin, Esquire, and Maxim to name a few. In this interview I speak to Justin about his experience working in the fashion industry prior to getting into photography as well as his experience writing about wine. I also speak to Justin about moving to NYC to pursue photography as well as his approach to photographing Still life work. Justin is someone who is constantly working on personal projects and brings a really positive attitude to everything he does so I was pumped to get a chance to speak with him about his journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.justinsisson.com @justin_sisson

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Sam Jones. Sam has worked with clients such as Vanity Fair, Men’s Journal, Fortune, and Rolling Stone to name a few. In this interview I speak with Sam about growing up skateboarding in California and what led him to pursue a career in photography. I also speak to Sam about his popular Netflix show titled “Off Camera” where he sits down with the likes of Robert Downey Jr. , Jeff Bridges, Cindy Crawford, and Tony Hawk to discuss their respective journeys. I also speak to Sam about photographing Bob Dylan for the cover of Rolling Stone of Rolling Stone and his approach to portraiture. Sam has accomplished a lot within photography so I was interested to get a chance to speak with him so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. www.samjonespictures.com @samjonespictures

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Nolwen Cifuentes. Nolwen has worked with clients such as Rolling Stone, TIME magazine,Wired, and Airbnb to name a few. In this interview I speak to Nolwen about a recent assignment for Rolling Stone and how she approaches editorial portrait shoots. I also speak to Nolwen about her experience photographing weddings and how she went on to pursuing a career working with magazines and commercial clients. In this interview I also speak to Nolwen about her recent cover shoot for Entertainment Weekly with actor Sacha Baron Cohen. Nolwen was honored as one of The 30 New & Emerging photographers to watch in 2020 so I was happy to get a chance to speak with Nolwen about her journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. www.nolwencifuentes.com @nolwencif @dontbe.astarvingartist

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Yana Yatsuk. Yana has worked with clients such as Rolling Stone, Flaunt , Billboard, Google, and Nike to name a few. In this interview I speak to Yana about how she discovered photography through her interest in Pokemon as a kid as well as photographing her friends bands and live shows early on. I also speak to Yana about her experience photographing both Ringo Starr and Dave Grohl for the cover of Rolling Stone and how she approaches editorial portraiture. I’ve been following Yana’s work for awhile now and really enjoy her approach to portraiture so I was excited to get a chance to speak with her about her journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. www.yanayatsuk.com @yanayatsuk