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#19.  In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY ,  host Daniel Sigg had a conversation with New Zealand based photographer Paul C Smith. We talked about his style / finding a voice, his influences, and other aspects of his creative process. I have been following Paul's work for a while now. His authenticity and the beauty of his images and his motion work stood out to me. He is a film and digita...

#18. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY , Daniel Sigg will have a conversation with Australian based photographer Emily (Em) Jensen. Em Jensen is based in Melbourne, although she’s often on the road in the outback. She photographs fashion, love and adventures on 35mm film, polaroid, digital and super 8 (video). Em is heavily inspired by the 70s, surrealism and sunlight, as well as exploring th...

#17. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY , Daniel Sigg had a conversation with California-based portrait photographer, teacher and author Chris Orwig. The topic was authentic portraiture. You can find Chris below: His website: chrisorwig.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisorwig/ Authentic Portraits Book: Amazon (no affiliate link!) ---------------- Detailed Show Notes with Images Pod...

#16. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY , host Daniel Sigg will discuss the photography of Ernst Haas. There will be a brief overview of his work, and then an image review of three of his images. Haas was one most influential photographers of the 20th century. And one of the pioneers of color photography. Ernst Haas Website Podcast Show Notes Podcast Website Support the show I use buzzsprout.c...

#15. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY , host Daniel Sigg had a conversation with Canadian  photographer, author and creativity expert David duChemin.  We talked about his experience of quitting social media, the life after social media and other things.   You can find David below: His website: davidduchemin.com His podcast: https://www.abeautifulanarchy.com/ His books: https://craftandvision...

#14. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY ,  host Daniel Sigg has a conversation with  German photographer Nicole Struppert. We will talk about minimalism in photography and in gear, and other topics.  About Nicole Nicole Struppert’s photographic work focuses on geometric and minimalistic compositions and candid reportage photography. Her photographs are a testimony to her eye for form, composit...

#13.   In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY , Daniel Sigg will give a brief introduction to the stunning photography of American photographer Jay Maisel. Jay had a long career as commercial photographer, and photographed the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Miles Davis. But he really got well known for his use of light, gesture and color in everyday scenes. Daniel will also review 3 of Jay's ima...

#12. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, host Daniel Sigg will discuss how the color theory, color for emotion and color as compositional element. The initial theoretical discussion will be supplemented with practical examples and review of 3 images. Color theory,  color for emotion and as compositional element It is an understatement to say that color is important. In fact, it is of upmost im...

#11.  In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, host Daniel Sigg will discuss how to leverage the physics of light creatively. This in theory dry topic will hopefully become more interesting as we discuss how we can leverage some of the light properties creatively.  We will talk about light properties, light rules, and things like dispersion, refraction, color, white balance, reflection and how to u...

#10. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, host Daniel Sigg will discuss some thoughts and considerations why to creatively pursue black and white photography. Daniel will also review two images from two photographers. Today’s topic is big, and it will be very difficult if not impossible to do it justice in just one episode. Ultimately it comes down to artistic choice on why to pursue black and...

#9.   In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, host Daniel Sigg will discuss light, lighting and other creative topics with Don Giannatti. Don is a former commercial photographer, owner of an ad agency, and current photography mentor/coach. Don understands lighting, and teaches how to light correctly (whether natural or with strobes or with reflectors or combinations of thereof) to photographers ar...

#8. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY , host Daniel Sigg will discuss storytelling in photography with Ted Vieira. Ted Vieira is a Las Vegas based photographer, focusing on portrait photography. He really appreciate seeing a photo that tells a story . Ted says that [the story] is the thing that makes someone keep coming back to look at the photo again. I have been following Ted's work fo...

#7. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, we will discuss American photographer Saul Leiter. Biography excerpt from Saul Leiter Foundation "1948 Leiter had begun to experiment in color, largely using Kodachrome 35 mm film past its sell-by date. His main subjects were street scenes and his small circle of friends. Leiter made an enormous and unique contribution to photography with a highly p...

#6. In today’s episode, host Daniel Sigg has a discussion with Kyle McDougall about his project An American Mile .  In American Mile, Kyle depicted a 256 days trip across the United States, exploring the small towns and backroads that are strewn across its vast landscape. Daniel and Kyle discuss this project and also projects in general. And along the way, touch on other topics such as medium film...

#5. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY we will discuss the importance of photography projects (and also one of the most important photography projects of all time). Photography projects are a fantastic way for photographers to focus some of their work, and to get and to stay motivated. As mentioned in episode 1 , projects might be a way out of creative block. So, what are projects? We could de...

#4. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, host Daniel Sigg will discuss travel photography with professional travel photographer Gary Arndt. Gary Arndt is an American travel photographer and blogger. Back in 2007, Gary sold his house and started traveling the world. He documented his journey with his camera and via his blog called Everything Everywhere. Since then, he has traveled across every c...

#3. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, host Daniel Sigg will discuss how limitation can spur creativity with Australian photographer and filmmaker Hashem McAdam . Hashem discusses how too many options can hurt creativity and how limitation can paradoxically increase it. Since both of us are film photographers (which also is limiting in its own right), we briefly touched on that (and our favor...

#2. In this episode of Create. Photography. host Daniel Sigg will discuss mindfulness in photography. And in particular how being mindful can help us create better images. We will discuss the important concept of visualization of photographs, a concept discovered by then 25-year-old Ansel Adams. The show notes contains a link to a related blog post, a link to rare footage of Ansel Adams discussing...

#1. Welcome to Create. Photography. A podcast all about the creative side of photography.  In this episode, host Daniel Sigg will introduce the podcast, tell you a little bit about himself, tell you what’s coming, and jump right into the first topic: how to overcome creative block in photography. Visit https://danielsiggphotography.com/signup where you can download a free pdf summarizing 8 tips on...