Photographing people is incredibly satisfying, and lighting them well is icing on the cake. Flash photography has a steep learning curve, but thanks to Roberto Valenzuela’s new book, Picture Perfect Flash, creating flattering portraits is attainable. In this episode we talk flash with Roberto.

As we wrap up 2023, Jeff and Mason take some time to reflect on the year, look forward to 2024 and answer some listener questions.

A new iOS app for photographers has just launched and it may be just the thing you are looking for if you enjoy making images outdoors. In this episode we talk with Daniel Kennett about Photo Scout and how we’ll use the app to plan outdoor shoots involving the sun, moon, aurora and weather.

Traveling with camera gear is nightmare fuel, and every photographer who arrives at the gate with their camera gear tucked safely into their favorite camera bag worries that they won’t have anywhere to put that precious bag when they get onto the plane. With the new normal of oversold flights and overstuffed overhead bins, we talk about our hacks for traveling with cameras.

When severe weather rolls across the great plains of the United States, dozens of storm chasers live-stream their exploits as they dodge baseball-sized hailstones and play hopscotch with tornadoes. Mason recently spent a few days in the Midwest with his son chasing storms and shares his thoughts on severe weather photography and the madness of running toward danger.

Adobe’s Lightroom is the gorilla in the room when it comes to managing and processing digital images. Jeff has been working on a massive book that can help you tame that gorilla and in this episode he shares some of his wisdom and knowledge. Enjoy!

With a handful of keyword prompts, anyone with access to the internet can now leverage Artificial Intelligence to generate realistic photographs, so have we just been replaced? Should you sell off your camera gear and leave creativity to the ‘bots? Not yet.

In this episode we get real with Mark Heaps, a photographer and designer on the cutting edge of AI. This conversation may comfort you or terrify you, but we can assure you that it will make you think.

You know those photographers out there who are making amazing images all the time? The ones who day after day have glorious captures to share on Instagram? Yeah, that ain’t us.

In this episode, we talk about how Imposter Syndrome keeps us from making photos and some of the techniques we use to overcome the paralysis that image insecurity can bring.

Adobe Lightroom (in its myriad versions) has become the industry standard for image management and processing, and as the programs have grown and evolved over the years, Julieanne Kost has been there to make sense of it all. As Adobe's Digitial Imaging Evangelist Director, she has a distinct knack for making the complex and often-confusing process of turning piles of pixels into works of art as easy as possible. In this episode we pepper Julieanne with our most pesky questions about Lightroom, and she blows our minds with insider tips, new approaches and fresh perspectives on software we thought we knew well.

It’s become an annual quest for us to seek out fall color. This year’s journey into the Cascade Mountains of Washington State delivered smothering wildfire smoke and disappointing levels of fall color but despite this, some cool images were made. Join us as we talk about chasing fall color and sometimes finding it.

Pete Souza was President Barack Obama’s Chief White House Photographer for eight years. His books, “Obama: An Intimate Portrait”, “Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents”, “Dream Big Dream: Photographs from Barack Obama’s Inspiring and Historic Presidency”, and “The West Wing and Beyond: What I Saw Inside the Presidency” highlight just some of the two million images he created in the Obama years. Pete joins us to talk about the latest book, his time with the Obama administration, and his thoughts on the state of our nation.

Valérie Jardin is a legendary street photographer, author, workshop leader and podcaster. In a moment of lapsed judgement, she agreed to join us to talk about the joys and challenges of photographing strangers.

To celebrate a year of Photocombobulate, we’re coming back to where we started by talking about the joy of photography.

Hindsight is 20/20, and with Jeff and Mason back home after two epic trips it’s time to talk about the lessons learned on the road. Mason spent 10 days exploring the Canadian Rocky Mountains while Jeff bopped around Europe visiting Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice and Tuscany. Listen in as these two mildly-experienced travelers talk about making photos while vacationing with family.

For many of us, getting outside to make photos is a source of great joy. When you can settle in and soak up the sights, sounds and smells of nature, it can make the practice of being outside incredibly therapeutic and satisfying. In this episode, we talk about camping and how for us it’s more than just staying in nice places to make photos.

The best outdoor photos are made when the weather is dynamic, but frozen feet and soggy britches will kill your stoke for making amazing photos faster than you can say “Gore-Tex”. In this episode, we talk outdoor clothing, specifically how to dress for success when the elements are conspiring to make epic scenes and maximum misery.

No, robots aren’t coming to kill photography! With the onset of computational photography, machine learning and artificial intelligence, cameras and photo processing software can do more than ever. In this episode we break down the real potential of this emerging technology to transform our creative processes.

Digital photography is well, digital. Much of our creative process is spent on a computer and in this episode Jeff and Mason talk about their computers, both Apple MacBook Pro’s with the incredible M1 Max processor.

We’ve made some big mistakes, and no - this podcast isn’t one of them! In this episode we share some of our blunders in hopes that you can learn from them, just like we have.

Scott Kelby knows how to make great travel photos, and since we’re all itching to get out of our homes and explore the world with our cameras, he’s our guest for a long conversation on travel photography.