Bad photographers Podcast

In this episode of Bad Photographers , Griff takes a quiet, honest look at the line between passion and obsession—and what it costs to live on that edge as a creative. This isn’t a story about hustle culture or chasing perfection. It’s a reflection on the nights you can’t sleep before a shoot, the pressure to live up to your own expectations, and the way the craft can slowly take over more space t...

In this episode of Bad Photographers , Griff reflects on the current state of the photography industry and the lived reality of the unemployed photographer. This isn’t a story about failure—or a search for sympathy. It’s an honest look at how talent, experience, and even accolades don’t always translate into stability, and how luck, timing, and network often shape opportunity more than we’d like t...

If Part 1 asked how trust collapsed , Part 2 asks the harder question: how do we prove reality when images can no longer speak for themselves? In Episode 2 of this two-part Bad Photographers series, we move from history into the front lines of verification, forensics, and ethics. We step inside the world of visual investigations, where photographs are treated not as content, but as evidence—cross-...

“A single AI image of the Pope in a designer puffer jacket didn’t just go viral — it revealed something worse…” A single AI image of the Pope in a designer puffer jacket didn’t just go viral — it exposed how quickly authenticity can collapse when the internet is flooded with convincing fakes. In the age of AI photography , “seeing” isn’t believing anymore. It’s step one of verification . In Part 1...

What happens when you fall out of love with photography—and don’t know how to come back? In this photo therapy episode of Bad Photographers , Griff explores the quiet side of creativity: love, loss, burnout, and the moments that reshape our relationship with the camera. Through personal reflection and lived experience, this episode looks at photography not as output or achievement, but as presence...

Loss is often framed as something to avoid — but in photography, it may be the thing that shapes us the most. In this episode of Bad Photographers , Griff reflects on loss, failure, and rejection, and how they quietly become accelerators for growth, transformation, and self-discovery . Through personal stories and hard-earned lessons, the conversation explores how setbacks can redefine creativity,...

Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist Jon Cherry joins Bad Photographers for an unfiltered, long-form conversation about documenting the January 6th Capitol Riot and living with the images that followed. Cherry takes us inside the chaos of that day, reflecting on what it meant to photograph history as it unfolded, the weight of responsibility that comes with bearing witness, and the emotional tol...

The holidays are weird. And loud. And emotional. And somehow always involve music, drinks, and family dynamics you forgot you signed up for. In this holiday episode of Bad Photographers , Griff and Janiqua kick back and talk through their favorite holiday traditions, Christmas music hot takes, and the festive drinks that get them through family gatherings. From playlists that set the mood to the r...

What if the stories we tell ourselves are the very thing that keep us moving? In this episode of Bad Photographers , Griff gets real about the lies we use to survive the creative grind, not to deceive others, but to convince ourselves we’re capable long enough to step into the moment. We start in the quiet collapse of 2020, the grounded flights, frozen campaigns, and the blurry days when creative...

In this episode of The Bad Photographers Podcast , we sit down with Bennie J. Davis III —the Air Force photographer behind one of the most dramatic and widely recognized air show jet-crash photos ever captured. Bennie walks us through the day that changed everything: the moments leading up to the Thunderbirds jet crash , what he saw through the viewfinder, and how a split second of instinct turned...

Ever stopped to breathe and ask yourself what all those years behind the lens really meant? In this episode of Bad Photographers , Griff steps out of uniform and into the quite after-action. After 20 years with the Air Force, hundreds of assignments, and thousands of shutter‑clicks, he’s doing something rare: looking back. He’ll share a single moment from his career, one that didn’t look like a wi...

Welcome to Bad Photographers — the podcast where your hosts, Chris Griffin and Janiqua Robinson, drag the myths, melt the egos, and shine a very questionable light on the world of photography. Every episode cracks open the stuff nobody wants to say out loud: the behind-the-scenes chaos, the bad habits we all pretend we don’t have, and the moments that made us who we are (even if they shouldn’t hav...