Staying In Focus Photography Podcast

Go Kate Podcast! I talk fashion and style this week with Kate Warren of GoKateShoot. We chat about how she managed to balance her day job while cracking into fashion photography, as well as the DC scene in regards to fashion and how it's like high school. Also, I learn how she engages with people at events and make some embarrassing confessions.

I continue my Baltimore obsession with abstract iPhoneographer Scott Prestridge, where I figure out what is the deal with that city, as well as DC, and if he even likes it around here. We chat about how he got into photography, where his obsession for abstracts and iphoneography came from, and the Lytro. Meanwhile, I talk about how nobody understands me.

What a jam-packed show of awesome! Joe Sterne, Zach Egolf, Ryan Cantwell, and Noe Todorovich sit down to chat about the origins of The Photowalk Alliance, the horrors of photo critique in Reddit, and watermarks on photos. Plus, Zach clears the air about what Joe said about him in our last episode together. Meanwhile, things get real freaky between me and the Blue Snowball microphone...

Tap into the mind of Jon Betts and find out how he achieves the kind of work that helped me discover my own appstract photography voice. Wait, does Jon even consider his work "abstract?" We chat about the difficulties of getting our work shown and how mobile photography is perceived. Plus, did you know Jon was in a band? That might explain some things... Meanwhile, wedding season has begun and I am ready! First wedding: complete! I'll explain, as well as tell you my thoughts on Artomatic, if you can handle it.

How does throwing parties lead to a career in videography? Join me as I chat with 8112 Studios' own Nicholas Cambata about how a life of being a promoter during college led to shooting videos for Kaskade, Twista, Cedric Gervais, Mya, and Lady Gaga. I also ask about shooting video with a DSLR and all of those purty vehicles he posts on Instagram. Meanwhile, I rant about life and smartphones. Go figure.

How do you make everyday buildings look pretty? Look no further than the talents of Emily Reid, better known to you all as DC Emmy. Will she reveal what her favorite buildings to shoot are? I find out what her obsession is with architecture, And I describe my Warrior Games experience. (Boy, what an exhausting experience...)

Who knew we'd share so much in common? This week, I chat with Aziz Yazdani about today's photographers, shooting film, and what he thinks about the DCist Exposed selection of his shot. Plus, listen to me take a shot of bourbon like a wuss on my own program.

One of my old Union 206 buddies, Ivory Lawrence, joins me on the podcast this week as we discuss why he went on a long hiatus from photography, reminiscing about the good ol' days of Union 206 and where it's at now, why he switched from Nikon to Canon, and the state of the fashion and editorial photography world, which is looking bleak. Meanwhile, I vent about trolls and last week's guest, Pablo Benavente.

After discovering whose photo of the MLK memorial beat out mine for the DCist Exposed show, I had to chat with the man who seems to be able to capture anything desired through his camera, Pablo Benavente, or "Pablo.Raw" to the Flickr community. Find out about his life growing up amidst the turmoil in Nicaragua, his DIY nature, and lots of coffee talk. Meanwhile, I divulge in my horrible memory. I think.

Picking up where we left off, learn more about the history of my photographic journey in Part 2 of my conversation with my photography hero, Richard Inonog, on the day of my birth. Learn about his influences, how he's been able to discover his artistic and personal voice from a conservative background, his explanation about his anarchist undertones, and what it's like for me to grow another year older (FUCK, I'm old).

Discover how I got into photography in the first place by speaking to my personal photography hero and the man who inspired me to take it on, Richard Inonog. Learn about the amazing life of my great, great friend, what inspires his provocative style, what his fiancé thinks about all of this, and find out how my return visit to Providence was a delightful and agonizing trip down memory lane.

Jenna Crowder, one half of the Public Space: Cairo project, chats with me this week, where we discuss her background, her numerous art projects like Reverb and Echo and A Pair of Scopes, the DC "art scene", her time in Haiti, and New England seafood.

Long time, no chat! I remedy that with Nakeva Corothers by hanging out with her for the podcast! Check out what she and I think about being self-employed, getting your business off the ground, avoiding getting pigeon holed, and our ingenious business ideas. (Maybe they're only ingenious after a couple glasses of sangria)

A special treat for you all in Podcastland: not just one guest, but TWO others! In my first time meeting Joe Sterne in person, I also had his fiance, Julia Dachner, and photographer Noe Todorovich, hanging out to chat about his Photowalk Alliance, his hatred for watermarks, and proposing the one thing that might destroy their wedding day.

Because it's always fun to shake things up (and because it has become a running joke), Alex Priest joins the program this week. While not directly talking about photography, Alex shares his marketing and social media experience to help the budding photographer get noticed beyond his immediate family and blossom his or her photographic career.