The Photowalk

Shooting photographs in heat temperatures way beyond what you'd usually expose your camera to, Australian bush firefighter Cameron Neville was in the midst of last year's bush fires called Black Summer, which were particularly vicious. He talks about the frenetic ferocious style these fires have become and we learn why and how Cam's photographs as a firefighter AND photographer seem to take you in...

Today, meet Denise Maxwell, a photographer who has had to reinvent and pivot during lockdown to make sure her business survives. She's back for the concluding edition in her mini series. We talk about the richness of our own community for photography projects and also self belief during a time when being a photographer in some countries has been somewhat challenging! Today's show is brought to you...

Lockdown 2 may be here in England, but episode 131 is not thwarted. With plenty of social distancing, it's the Friday Photowalk; reading your questions from the mailbag, making some pictures together as we walk and talk and there's news about a special photographic auction. We also talk favourite kit, but fear not, it does not get geeky. Today's show is kindly supported by MPB who are the number o...

Sean Tucker is a photographer and YouTube film maker who would rather talk about the who than the why of making pictures. His films take a more philosophical approach to photography. There's certainly more thinking and less gear talk. I've chatted with Sean before back in episode five, but with lockdowns and restrictions dominating the creative scene of 2020, I thought we could probably do with so...

Reuters photojournalist Darrin Zammit Lupi returns for the concluding part, to talk about a very personal project where he has photographed his daughter Rebecca's ongoing treatment for a rare form of bone cancer. Today we talk more about how the story was made, the editing of the work in terms of what was included and how it's changed Darrin as a photographer. We also learn more about Rebecca hers...

Reuters photographer Darrin Zammit Lupi is no stranger to important news events; the South-East Asia tsunami tragedy, the refugee crisis during the war in Kosovo, the war in Libya, the Costa Concordia disaster, the Mediterranean refugees crisis. The moment we pick up a camera we have the ability to do good and important things; to record history, to make potent stories about life. For some people,...

Denise Maxwell is my first guest of the week who had a defiant buoyant reply to the virus and lockdown in March and with England going into its second lockdown, does so again this time. There are some people, some photographers who have weathered the storm first time round and are ready to do so again, who will investigate every avenue of opportunity no matter how slight. Covid? You're not beating...

With Halloween weekend beckoning, Neale begins this photowalk edition in a place named Coombe Gibbet atop Gallows Down, a grisly lonely 'tourist attraction' in southern England. We talk about our fascination over having to own the latest released gear, the question tables are turned on the presenter, there's news about the show, a listener survey, how to escape a bear and there's a mail from a cam...

Australian photojournalist Cameron Neville talks about why photography means so much to him even in the face of danger. 'Cam' has been featured internationally for his work as a firefighter AND photographer, making pictures of the wild, savage, brutal fires that rip through the Australian bush and of late, whole communities and even the rain forests of the country. We talk about the delicate ecolo...

The concluding part of my discussion with animal rights campaigner, speaker and photographer/animal photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur and writer, photojournalist, editor Keith Wilson about the book HIDDEN, Animals of the Anthropocene. It is an unflinching book of photography about our conflict with non-human animals around the globe. We talk of how people have and continue to 'turn their heads' in...

An agency that has been providing news content for 40 years, I think Paul Walters, former news photographer, now leading the line at SWNS today, returns for his second instalment and is a strong candidate for helping us understand the place of a photographer in news today. What is the role of a news agency, what qualities do you need to be a contributing professional photographer and is citizen ph...

NYC portrait photographer Michel Delsol talks about his continued passion for making portraits after decades of working within one of the world's most competitive cities, how his work with Carrie Fisher became his key to Getty. He talks also about his celebrated work, Edges of the Rainbow, a 192 page portrait photo book on contemporary LGBTQ culture and activism in Japan.  Today's show is kindly s...

The South Downs forms the backdrop to today's photowalk edition, just you, me and our cameras plus some words from the mailbag. This week, a camera that swims, celebrating football fans, more vintage lenses to try and feedback to this week's episode about the animal activism book HIDDEN. Plus we celebrate 120 roll film and new listeners who have no interest in photography!? Today's show is kindly...

American professional portrait photographer, teacher and TEDx speaker Chris Orwig returns for the final part of his mini series and we chat about a number of topics; portraiture in the age of Covid, celebrating flaws, not seeking perfection above authenticity and why portraiture fills him with so much joy, still. Today's show is kindly supported by MPB , trading thousands of cameras and lenses eve...

What are the hidden animals? Jo-Anne McArthur, award winning photojournalist, animal rights activist, author, and Keith Wilson, writer, photo editor and journalist join me for the first of three serialised episodes to talk about one of the most important books I personally think I'll purchase as a, well, not simply photographer, but as a human. HIDDEN, Animals in the Anthropocene, is a real, at ti...

The CEO of news agency SWNS, Paul Walters talks about and reflects on an event in 1987 in Hungerford, England, which he covered as a news photographer; the shooting of 16 people with 15 more injured, in what was the UK's worse mass shooting, a time where news gathering was significantly different. Today's show is kindly supported by MPB, trading thousands of cameras and lenses every week across Eu...

Michel Delsol, born in Paris, working out of New York City, an in demand portrait photographer internationally, the first of three serialised parts talking to him about his work, starting with swapping the bright lights of a big city for the countryside during lockdown and working under an internship with the late great Arnold Newman. Today's show is kindly supported by MPB , trading thousands of...

Neale is on the Berkshire/Wiltshire border in leafy Southern England by the country's third most haunted house, though he doesn't realise it at first. But what about the bears? Are there such beasts hiding in the woods? From the show's mailbag; pictures of Trump, a French masterpiece movie, aviation and auto photography, a 365 project idea, a drowned camera and an encounter with a bear. The show i...

Chris Orwig returns for the second in this three parter. A professional photographer, mentor, teacher, speaker, Chris talks about the power a photograph has when it's 'authentic', and I, with his help try to unpick what this secret ingredient is when making a portrait in particular. Today's show is kindly supported by MPB , trading thousands of cameras and lenses every week across Europe and the U...

James Brittain changed the pace of his life from news photojournalism to architectural photography and is now recognised as a multi award winning international exponent of his craft. Many genres of photography require the photographer to gather quickly, however, this, is a world where time slows and if there were ever a photographic occupation focused upon quality over quantity, this would be it....

Press Association photographer Niall Carson returns for the final part in his mini series to talk about the excitement and enjoyment the job still brings him, despite being shot, bombed, punched and arrested! It seems it's all in a day's work. He also talks about the mental health pressures of photojournalism, his favourite news photograph and a forthcoming book. Today's show is kindly supported b...

Laird Kay is an aviation photographer. He makes extraordinary pictures of aircraft, often helping them to take on a living animal like existence, crafting unique angles to bring these man made machines to life. His career started in this very niche industry by embracing a suggestion we often moot as creatives; do what you love. A self confessed aircraft geek, there is not doubt he has found the co...

Last show of the week, and we're 'Photowalking,' with your emails from what you've heard on the show. We talk inspiration today and how some photographers may be 'grieving' for the past and not embracing what's possible now. Also more on the used camera market; the cameras you've bought and trusted second hand plus the positive mental health associated with photography. Win a pair of Lowa boots by...

Chris Orwig is described as a visual artist. He is a professional photographer, a trainer, a mentor, he was on the faculty of one of America's leading photography training institutes, he's a speaker, a Ted X speaker no less, and he's curious, about what your pictures say about you. Today's show is kindly supported by MPB , trading thousands of cameras and lenses every week across Europe and the US...

Australian photographer and mentor/coach, Jai Long, caused a storm on Instagram this summer by declaring that nobody wants a documentary photographer at their wedding! Jai is back for his concluding episode to share his thoughts about why he said that and the fallout. He also shares thoughts on being able to pivot, whilst in the introduction today, my own feelings about the future, how being descr...