B&H Photography Podcast

There is no doubt that a film photography renaissance is in full swing… just ask anyone under the age of 25. And to be fair, there are many wonderful artists—of all ages—who have never stopped using film as their primary photographic format. To anyone who grew up shooting film and then made the transition to digital, it's a bit curious to see such a resurgence in a medium that has long been listed...

Our B&H Photography Podcast FUJIFILM X-H1 Sweepstakes is still going strong and, in a nod to FUJIFILM , we speak with a few X-Photographers during our show but, in general, we break a bit from the norm and "interview" each other about our own affinity for taking pictures. Allan, Jason, and I each take a turn at describing what it is we love about photography. I tried to fashion the question to avo...

In recognition of our B&H Photography Podcast FUJIFILM X-H1 Sweepstakes (and because we were at Podcast Movement 2018 this week) we are presenting an encore episode of our Dance Photography episode with the incredible Lois Greenfield and FUJIFILM X-Photographer Omar Z. Robles .  Follow the link above to enter our sweepstakes for a chance to win a FUJIFILM X-H1 Camera with the FUJINON XF35mmF2 R WR...

We are excited to announce the B&H Photography Podcast FUJIFILM X-H1 Sweepstakes! The B&H Photography Podcast continues to be one of the most popular photography podcasts available, and to thank our loyal listeners, and entice new subscribers we have partnered with FUJIFILM for this incredible sweepstakes, in which two lucky listeners will receive a complete FUJIFILM mirrorless camera system. For...

Anecdotes with insight are an important part of any good conversation, and we certainly heard some wonderful anecdotes from our guests at the OPTIC 2018 Conference. For today's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we have cherry-picked a few stories from our conversations with Brian Smith, Seth Resnick, Vincent Versace, and Simon Lewis and have added a segment, with Panasonic Marketing Manager...

  Sometimes you just have to shake your head and say, "Wow, it was a good day."  When you have the opportunity to sit and chat about photography with  Keith Carter ,  Douglas Kirkland  and  Joyce Tenneson , things can't be all bad. On today's episode of the  B&H Photography Podcast  we return to recordings made at B&H OPTIC and Depth of Field Conferences and present segments of our conversations w...

The spot where still photography, video, animation, and drawing on your shoes meet is where you can find Sam Cannon and Matthias Brown. They may not always be together at that spot, but they're sure to be within shouting distance. On today's episode of the  B&H Photography Podcast , we discuss the role that still photography plays in their work and how they see the distinctions between still and m...

Model Jayne Moore and photographer Michael Sanders join us on this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast  to discuss the creative and collaborative process between model and photographer on a fashion campaign.  From "go-sees" and casting via Instagram to the rhythm of a shoot, working with on-set teams, lighting insights, and the dos and do nots of professional interaction, we discuss the...

On this week's B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome three members of the Kamoinge photography workshop and, through their collective eyes, we discuss African-American photography of the past sixty years and the role that Kamoinge has played in nurturing and presenting that photography. We also discuss the making of their current exhibition and the artists involved, called, "The Black Woman: Power...

For this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we return to our conversations from the 2018 OPTIC Conference, hosted by B&H Photo. We spoke with so many wonderful photographers and will present these talks over the coming weeks but, today, we focus on the street photography of two very distinctive photographers. Our first guest is Sisse Brimberg , a veteran adventure and travel photograp...

Hosted by B&H Photo, the 2018 OPTIC Conference for Outdoor and Travel Photography was a wonderful opportunity to speak with a range of great photographers, and we did just that. We sat down with a diverse mix of shooters, including Joyce Tenneson, Xyza Cruz Bacani, Keith Carter, and Sisse Brimberg. Over the course of the next few weeks, we will present these conversations, but today we start with...

From huge ensemble photographs to celebrity portraiture, advertising high-rollers, and about every movie and television poster you've ever seen, Art Streiber anchors the spot where Hollywood and the magazine industry meet. His versatility and production acumen are well-recognized, and our conversation ambles easily through a wide range of subjects, but what remains evident-- in addition to his qui...

What makes a photographer follow their moral compass and photograph the stories they feel need to be told, no matter what the personal costs? Furthermore, how do they do so without the support of a news outlet or even an agency to distribute that work?  And then, what if they decide to shoot primarily with black-and-white film?! On today's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we speak with Gre...

The two-day Depth of Field Conference , hosted by B&H, was an impressive gathering of wedding and portrait photographers, each sharing their unique talents, styles, and techniques with a receptive crowd.  We had our microphones ready to speak with some of the photographers before and after their presentations, and offer here our conversations with four exceptional photographers. We chose these fou...

Appropriately, this is our Mother's Day episode, and our title borrows Maya Angelou's description of her mother from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." Photographer  Elinor Carucci  struck us with some of her own perfect power during this week's recording of the  B&H Photography Podcast . I doubt much stands in her way, but there's a calm too—born of family support, nurtured by maturity, and assur...

B&H Photo recently hosted the two-day Depth of Field Portrait, Wedding, and Event Photography Conference , in New York City, and invited many talented, experienced photographers to speak and show work. The conference also included representatives from most of the major camera, lens, and lighting companies. We set up our mics close to the main stage, grabbed vendors as they passed by and spoke with...

The simple theme for today's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast was to be "how to speak to people in the street when you'd like to take their photo." For this conversation, we invited two of the best street portraitists in New York— Amy Touchette and FUJIFILM X-Photographer  Ruddy Roye , both incredibly talented photographers (and writers!) whose work has appeared in the New York Times, New Yo...

We took our mics to a basement laboratory on East 30 Street, in Manhattan, where legend tells of a scientist and his cohort who perform ungodly experiments, attempting to bring life to subjects long considered dead. What we found rattled the nerves of even our steely host Allan Weitz, and brought us to a new consideration of what can be done when modern Prometheans fuse technologies from diverse e...

The "Day to Night" series that Stephen Wilkes has been working on for several years has received much deserved attention and has grown from its New York roots to encompass locations in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. These photographs, which capture a full 24-hour cycle in one frame are awe-inspiring when viewed as a whole; fascinating when analyzed in detail, and monumental when consid...

March 29 is now the official National Vietnam War Veterans Day, set aside to "observe with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities" the commemoration of the war. More important than commemorating a war is to commemorate the service, in some cases the ultimate service, that soldiers gave their nation. For our part, we commemorate with what we know—photography—and on today's episode of the...

If you follow photography industry news, two words that may have caught your attention recently are "Kodak" and "cryptocurrency," and the fact that they were in the same sentence might just have caused you to sit up and click. There was an outburst of opinion filling the blogosphere after the January announcement that KODAK and WENN Digital had entered into a brand-licensing agreement to launch KO...

As Allan Weitz says in the introduction, when you see a Jeffrey Milstein photo, you know it. He has a distinctive style, which is not an easy accomplishment for an aerial photographer. But, of course, not all his images are taken from high above—he also has an incredible series shot from underneath airplanes. All kidding aside, Milstein's work—aerial or otherwise—is infused with the complexity of...

Are the 1990s history? Well, for today's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we look back to that decade when a new aesthetic in fashion photography was born in England, and later spread to the United States and the world; a transformative style whose influence is apparent almost thirty years after its birth. First appearing in small but influential magazines such as The Face , i -D, and Blit...

On this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we're talking gear—specifically, the latest gear announced at the two most recent trade shows, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI). In addition to a summary of some of the items announced at CES, like the Panasonic Lumix GH5S , we speak with B&H writers Shawn Steiner and Liz Groesch...

We are delighted, at the B&H Photography Podcast , to present our chat with acclaimed portrait photographer Chris Buck . Buck is an in-demand celebrity and advertising photographer, but he also maintains ongoing personal projects, such as his current series, "Gentleman's Club." We speak with him on a range of topics, from concept development, shooting technique, and gear, to editing decisions and...