Create. Photography.: Recent Episodes
Daniel Sigg
Create. Photography. is a podcast about the creative side of photography. Host Daniel Sigg will discuss a broad range of topics that are meant to inspire and hope to provide new perspectives. This is a podcast for anyone interested in photography and making photographs. Each show will focus on one topic or theme that relates to the creative side of photography; the show is a mix of solo shows and interviews. A companion website will include show notes, and links to resources.
This is a replay of a popular episode with photographer and musician Ross Buswell.
80. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel had a conversation with Vancouver-based photographer Ross Buswell, photographing under the name of Atmospherics. We talked about his photography, his strong connection to nature & music and many other things.
Ross' Website: atmosphericsphoto.com
Prints site: prints.atmosphericsphoto.com
Ross' Instagram: instagram.com/atmospherics
Here are some of the influences Ross mentioned:
Nigel Grierson / Vaughan Oliver (of 23 Envelope and work they did for 4AD Records):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan_Oliver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_Envelope
https://www.lostpress.org/
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90. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with NYC based artist, educator and community organizer Lucia Rollow. We talk about her journey, her work for the film community (Bushwick Community Darkroom, unitedfilmlab.com, and her plans going forward.
Bushwick Community Darkroom Website: https://www.bushwickcommunitydarkroom.com/
A YouTube video about the Bushwich Community Darkroom (by ILFORD): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTD0b4kFqCc
Unitedfilmlab.com: a site to find local photolabs worldwide and also to develop your film: https://www.unitedfilmlab.com/ ->use this LINK to find film labs globally
-> use this LINK to have a film lab listed
Lucia Rollow's website: https://www.luciarollow.com/
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89. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with American/Faorese photographer Benjamin Rasmussen. We talk about his journey, commercial and editorial photography, his latest book project The Good Citizen and many other things.
The Good Citizen Book available here: https://benjaminrasmussenphoto.com/Shop
Ben's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benjaminras/
Ben's Website: https://benjaminrasmussenphoto.com/
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This is a replay of episode #64. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has another conversation with Hashem McAdam. Hashem is an Australian photographer and filmmaker, and joined us on episode 3 of this podcast (we talked about how limitation can increase creativity). The topic for today is: who are we creating our work for? Ourselves or for others? Or is this even the right question to ask. We will also review a book by Ernst Haas.
Hashem's website: https://www.exaframe.com/
Hashem's YouTube channel Pushing Film
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88. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel discusses how giving projects or problems space and time can help overcome being stuck. Strategies on how to practically do this will be reviewed.
Link to podcast by Huberman Lab (the science of creativity and how to enhance creative innovation): https://hubermanlab.com/the-science-of-creativity-and-how-to-enhance-creative-innovation/
Non-sleep deep rest (one of the meditation techniques described): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKGrmY8OSHM
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86. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with UK-based photographer Abbie Trayler-Smith. We talk about her journey, the Big O, a long-form project about teenage obesity, her new book called Kiss It!, and other things.
Abbie’s website: https://www.abbietraylersmith.com/
The Big O project: https://thebigoproject.com/about.html
Abbie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbiets/
Abbie’s book Kiss It!
Article about Kiss It! book: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/14905/kiss-it-abbie-trayler-smithhttps://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/14905/kiss-it-abbie-trayler-smith
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86. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with US-based Filipino photographer Geloy Concepcion.
Geloy's website: https://www.geloyconcepcion.com/
Geloy's Instagram: @geloyconcepcion
Book
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85. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with Australian-based photographer Morganna Magee. We talk about several of her projects, her love of film photography (in particular large format), her love of being outside as well as for animals, and other things.
Morganna's website: https://www.morgannamagee.com/
Morganna's Instagram: @morgannamagee
Projects we discussed:
Never it was
Extraordinary Experiences
Portraits
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84. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has another conversation with Las Vegas-based photographer Ted Vieira. We talk about a range of things including motivation, passion, new year's resolutions, what is important in our photography, and printing your work.
Ted's website: https://tavphotography.com/
Ted's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/tavphoto/
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This is a replay of our popular episode on simplicity (episode 061, originally released on Dec 2, 2021). It is a short one, but I hope you enjoy it! We'll focus on simplicity in gear, composition and settings.
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Episode #83. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with London-based photographic artist Laura Pannack.
Laura's website: https://laurapannack.com/
Instagram & Twitter: @laurapannack
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82. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with US-based visual artist Anastasia (Ana) Samoylova. We talked about her (long form) projects Floodzone, Floridas, and Image City.
Ana's website: https://www.anasamoylova.com/
Floodzone book: https://steidl.de/Books/FloodZone-3132344254.html
Floridas book: https://steidl.de/Books/Floridas-0208222457.html
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81. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with UK-based photographer Aletheia Casey. We talked about her projects after the apology as well as no blood stained the wattle amongst other things.
Aletheia’s website: https://www.aletheiacasey.com/
Print sale mentioned: https://vitalimpacts.org/
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80. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel had a conversation with Vancouver-based photographer Ross Buswell, photographing under the name of Atmospherics. We talked about his photography, his strong connection to nature & music and many other things.
Ross' Website: atmosphericsphoto.com
Prints site: prints.atmosphericsphoto.com
Ross' Instagram: instagram.com/atmospherics
Here are some of the influences Ross mentioned: Nigel Grierson / Vaughan Oliver (of 23 Envelope and work they did for 4AD Records):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan_Oliver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_Envelope
https://www.lostpress.org/
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79. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with UK-based photographer Eva Voutsaki. We talked about her book project Traces Within and a range of other things including tips on making your own photobook.
Here some of the people Eva mentioned during our discussion:
Her book Traces within
Rob Hornstra, Dutch photographer and a pioneer in self publishing https://www.robhornstra.com/stories
Julia Borissova, a photographic artist making handmade photobooks
Emily Macaulay, Eva's graphic designer http://www.stanleyjamespress.com/
Inspirations:
David Lynch (director) and Angelo Bandalamenti (music) in the series Twin Peaks
Edward Hopper
Anders Petersen
Antoine D'Agata
Vanessa Winship (she wrote the text in my book Traces Within)
The International film festival in Thessaloniki (the city I studied law)
Robert Frank's The Americans
Cristina De Middel The Afronauts
Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's the Photobook: A History
She also mentioned Konstantinos Kavafy https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/c-p-cavafy
and Nikos Kavvadias https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/159274.The_Collected_Poems_of_Nikos_Kavadias
and Fernando Pessoa, the Portuguese author.
Lastly, a "technical" clarification, Eva referred to the book binding technique she used for her book as "saddle stitch" during our conversation, but she told me afterwards that this may be confusing as it connotes that it has metal staple. The correct term is pamphlet sewing.
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78. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel is having a conversation with Colorado-based landscape photographer Alex Burke. I am citing the following from Alex' website and I quote: "The emotional connection we all have with nature is powerful. Nature can be intense and unforgiving as well as calming and peaceful. I seek out remote locations where these true feelings of the natural world can emerge, using photography as a means to capture these emotions and bring them back for all to see.”
Alex's website: https://www.alexburkephoto.com/
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77. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel is having a conversation with Laura El-Tantawy. Laura is an award winning British/Egyptian documentary photographer, artful book maker & mentor. She is also a Canon Ambassador. Born in the UK, Laura studied in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the US & UK.
Laura's website: https://www.lauraeltantawy.com/
In the Shades of the Pyramid Book
I'll Die For You Project
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76. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Nina Welch-Kling is coming back on Create.Photography. We will talk about her new book called Duologues (and other things).
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75. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel is having a conversation with Nashville-based photographer Madison Thorn. We discuss her work in the music industry and her recent project called "High Risk Humans".
Madison's website: https://www.madisonthorn.com/
Madison's High Risk Humans Project: https://www.highriskhumans.com/
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74. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel is discussing how getting out of our comfort zone can help us overcome being stuck in a rut creatively.
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73. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel is having a conversation with London-based photographer Ben Smith. Ben is a documentary, portrait and lifestyle photographer shooting commercial work, editorial commissions and long-term personal projects. He is also the producer, editor and host of A Small Voice: Conversations With Photographers.
Ben's website: https://bensmithphoto.com
Ben's podcast: https://bensmithphoto.com/asmallvoice
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72. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel is discussing polaroid photography including two great polaroid books.
Book 1: ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ - THE POLAROIDS
Good article with information about Andre, and information and images from the Polaroids book https://www.brucesilverstein.com/artists/andre-kertesz2/other-works/1975-1985-polaroids
Book 2: THE POLAROID BOOK (Taschen)
https://retrospekt.com/products/the-polaroid-book-taschen
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71. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with Dominic Nahr.
Dominic Nahr was born in Appenzell, Switzerland and grew up in Hong Kong. In 2004 Dominic started to work as a professional photographer for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Dominic has devoted himself to documenting conflicts, humanitarian crises and critical social issues across the world. He has received numerous awards for his work including World Press Photo Award, his work has been exhibit internationally in solo shows. He is also an educator, teaches photo workshops, and is an ambassador for Leica. Currently he works as a staff photographer for the NZZ (Neue Zuerich Zeitung).
Dominic's website: dominicnahr.com
Dominic's Instagram: @dominicnahr
Example of YouTube work (with Leica): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQi7EbbuZrs
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This is a replay of one of my early episodes. I have been listening back to many of my early interviews, and have been fortunate to talk to many great photographic artists. One of the conversations I really enjoyed and that I'd like to replay for you was my discussion with Ted Vieira. Below is the original episode information:
8. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel will discuss storytelling in photography with Ted Vieira. (Originally published on November 5 2020).
Ted Vieira is a Las Vegas based photographer, focusing on portrait photography. He really appreciates 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 for a while, and love his photography and his style. He also has one of the coolest voices on YouTube or the podcasting world! We had a great time discussing story telling and related topics around the creative process.
You can find Ted here: https://tavphotography.com/
Ted's books can be found here. By the way, he encourages other photographers to create similar books as he did (see YouTube and podcast links below): https://tavphotography.com/books-available-from-ted-vieira/
Ted's YouTube channel
Ted's podcast Photography Matters can be found here: https://photographymatterspodcast.com/
70. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with Australian street photographer Gavin Libotte.
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Gavin's website: https://www.beeblebroxcreativestudio.com/photography
Gavin's Instagram: @gavinlibottephotography
Gavin is now showing his work in several international exhibitions (inspired by listening to Create.Photography.!):
The Red themed exhibition at the Decode Gallery in Tucson Arizona US
Montgomery Photo Festival in Alabama
Chiaroscuro online exhibition
Significant Colour exhibition in Budapest Hungary
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69. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel discusses stoicism, an ancient philosophy with a very pragmatic approach. We discuss how the stoic disciplines of perception, action and will could be applied to the creative process and photography today.
This episode is sponsored by zencastr.com. I am using this platform to record all my podcasts and love its ease of use. If you're interested in starting your own podcast (or youtube channel), and think this platform works for you, feel free to use the following coupon code for 30% off: Coupon code: createphotography
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68. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a discussion with UK based artist Linda Bembridge. Linda uses a variety of ever changing techniques to create abstract art. We discuss her creative process, her self-published book and many other things.
Linda's website: lindabembridge.com
This episode is sponsored by zencastr.com. I am using this platform to record all my podcasts and love its ease of use. If you're interested in starting your own podcast (or youtube channel), and think this platform works for you, feel free to use the following coupon code for 30% off: Coupon code: createphotography
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67. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with Norwegian street photographer Morten Andresen. Morten lives in Oslo.
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Morten's Instagram: morten.clicks
Morten's Website: https://www.mortenclicks.com/
Morten's Twitter: mortenclicks
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66. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with Australian photographer Adrian Whear. Adrian is a well known Melbourne based street photographer.
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Adrian's Instagram: adtamo
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65. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with NYC based street photographer Danielle Goldstein. Danielle's work has been exhibited globally. We are talking about several of her projects, about street photography and the creative process.
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Danielle's Instagram: dgold911
Danielle's Website: https://daniellelgoldstein.com/
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64. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has another conversation with Hashem McAdam. Hashem is an Australian photographer and filmmaker, and joined us on episode 3 of this podcast (we talked about how limitation can increase creativity). The topic for today is: who are we creating our work for? Ourselves or for others? Or is this even the right question to ask. We will also review a book by Ernst Haas.
This episode is sponsored by zencastr.com. I am using this platform to record all my podcasts and love its ease of use. If you're interested in starting your own podcast (or youtube channel), and think this platform works for you, feel free to use the following coupon code for 30% off: Coupon code: createphotography
Hashem's website: https://www.exaframe.com/
Hashem's YouTube channel Pushing Film
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63. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel has another conversation with Valerie Jardin. The topic for today's discussion is unobtrusive street photography, what it means, and many tips and suggestions on how to capture "decisive moments" on the streets.
Valerie's website: valeriejardin.com
ebook on 10 tips for boost our creativity: https://valeriejardinphotography.com/bookstore/freetips
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62. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel has another conversation with Daniel Milnor. We focus on the process of creating your own first printed photo book. Daniel likes to think of the process in thirds: 1) narrative / story; 2) edit/sequencing; 3) design (page, graphic) / typography / layout.
Resources mentioned by Daniel:
- photoeye.com
- 3 volume series: Martin Barr / Jerry Badger - history of photobooks https://www.domestika.org/en/blog/3840-history-of-the-photobook
- Alec Soth (Magnum Photographer) YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHIxfgu7HE9_Tok9OGNrQ_g
- Aaron Hardin Photo YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/aaronwhardin
- Magcloud digest https://www.magcloud.com/formats/variations/digest
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61. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, we will discuss simplicity in photography (composition, gear, settings).
60. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel is discussing repetition in photography. Inspired by the music of Brian Eno:
Ambient 1: Music for airports
Blog post deconstructing Music for Airports
59. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel has a conversation with Australian street and travel photographer Catherine Matthys.
https://www.catherinematthys.com
58. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel will provide an introduction to the life and photography of German born Canadian photographer Fred Herzog.
Links discussed in this episode:
https://www.equinoxgallery.com/our-artists/fred-herzog/
https://www.amazon.com/Fred-Herzog-Modern-Color
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57. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel has a conversation with UK based street photographer and director Steve Reeves.
https://stevereevesphotographer.com/
https://www.instagram.com/stevereevesdirector
56. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel has a conversation with Swiss street photographer Bastian Peter.
https://www.bastianpeter.com/
https://www.instagram.com/bastianromanpeter
55. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, we will be discussing image aspect ratios, why they are important and how they relate to the creative process.
Show notes: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode055
54. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel has a conversation with Genevieve Davis. Genevieve is a freelance photographer originally from Laguna Beach, and focuses on capturing outdoor action sports and lifestyle for clients such as Harley-Davidson.
https://www.genevievedavisphoto.com/
https://www.instagram.com/genevieve_davis/
53. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, we will talk about several ways on how we may overcome lack of inspiration.
52. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel is discussing the concept of negative space in photography.
51. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel has a conversation with UK based professional photographer Alan Burles.
Website: www.alanburles.com
Instagram: @alanburles
50. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel has a conversation with NYC based fine art / street photographer Linda Hacker.
Website: www.lindahackerphoto.com
Instagram: @stretchhack
49. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel has a conversation with Brazilian photographer Sandra Cattaneo Adorno.
Website: www.sandracattaneoadorno.com
Sandra's second book Aguas de Ouro: https://www.radiusbooks.org/all-books/p/sandra-cattaneo-adorno-aguas-de-ouro
Instagram: @sandracattaneoadorno
48: In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel is discussing minimalism in photography, both the art of photography, but also minimalism in gear.
Some examples of minimalism in photography:
Guide Klumpe https://www.instagram.com/streetphotograph.de/
https://www.instagram.com/luxtasia/ See recent interview with Annette Lang here
Create.Photography. episode with Hashem McAdam on how limitation can be liberating creatively: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode003
47. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel talks about concepts in photography.
46. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel has a conversation with Annette Lang. Annette is a street photographer living in Nice. Nice is one of the major cities on the côte d'azur (= sky blue coast), a beautiful coastal area of the Mediterranean sea in Southern France.
https://www.womenstreetphotographers.com/photographers-i#/annette-lang/
@luxtasia
45. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel talks about aesthetic rules in art and photography.
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44. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel had a conversation with Colorado-based professional photographer Mike Thurk.
Website: https://www.mthurk.com/
Instagram: @mthurk
Episode: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode044
43. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel had a discussion with Dutch photographer Patty Jansen.
Patty Jansen is a street photographer living in the Amsterdam. She loves to document humans in their context by creating harmony between scene and subject through colors, composition, geometry and light.
Instagram: @patty_jansen
Woman's Street Photographer Profile page: https://www.womenstreetphotographers.com/photographers-iii#/patty-jansen/
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/127022978@N05/
42. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel had a discussion with NYC based street photographer Melissa O'Shaughnessy.
Website: https://melissaoshaughnessy.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissaoshaughnessy/
Her Book PERFECT STRANGERS: NEW YORK CITY STREET PHOTOGRAPHS by Melissa O’Shaughnessy
Published by Aperture, 2020
Hardcover, 144 pages, 91 Color Images, 10″ x 11.5″
https://melissaoshaughnessy.com/book/
41. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel Sigg had a discussion with NYC based photographer Gulnara Samoilova.
Website
Women Street Photographers (WSP) Website
WSP Instagram @womenstreetphotographers
Show Notes: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode041
40. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel Sigg had a discussion with Bane Visnjic.
Bane is currently located in San Diego, California. Born and raised in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia, Bane's photography style is candid, documentary, and focuses on emotion and storytelling.
Bane’s photography spans thee categories of portraits, lifestyle, the interesting Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and black and white. Overall, his photography centers around the human element.
Bane's website: banephoto.com
Instagram: @banevis
Episode website: danielsiggphotography.com
39. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel will discuss the issue of consistency in photography.
Why consistency? It creates a cohesion across a body of work. It may create trust, authority and credibility when others observe your work. It shows control over your work. We will discuss this and other issues around consistency.
Episode: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode039
38. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel will discuss Swiss Magnum photographer René Burri.
Episode: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode038
37. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel has a conversation with photographer and filmmaker Alex Palumbo.
https://www.alexpalumbo.com/about
Episode: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode037
36. In this episode of Create. Photography., Daniel has a conversation with Portugal-based photographer Anna Gunn.
Anna's website: http://www.mcgunnmedia.com/
Womansion project
Show Notes: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode036
35. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel will introduce the Swiss-born Paris-based photographer Sabine Weiss.
Website
Show notes with examples of Sabine's incredible work: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode035
34. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel had a conversation with LA-based photographer Frank Jackson. Frank works primarily in black and white. He prints his work. He works with film and digital. Various formats.
I already had a great conversation with Frank after I reached out to him and wished I’d recorded it. We spoke about all kinds of things, and not even that much about photography.
When asked, what kind of photographer he is, he says: ubiquitous …
https://www.fotographz.com/
Show notes: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode034
33. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with Oakland based photographer Brandon Ruffin.
Show Notes: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode033
32. Today’s episode is inspired by a book called Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind.
The book contains teachings based on a compilation of talks by the late Shunryu Suzuki, given at a Zen Center in Los Altos, California. It was published in 1970 and is one of the influential books of Zen in the Western World, although not being academic. What I’d like to do today, is to summarize some of the teachings of Suzuki and then see how we can apply those teachings to our photography and perhaps aid in the creative process. This may seem quite esoteric, but I would argue, it’s actually quite the opposite.
Show Notes: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode032
Book by Shunryu Suzuki
31. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel Sigg had a conversation with New York City based street photographer Nina Welch-Kling.
Nina's website: https://www.ninaklingphotography.com/
Nina's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ninakling/
Show Notes: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode031
30. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel is discussing why we should or should not specialize as photographers.
Show Notes https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode030
Podcast Page https://danielsiggphotography.com/podcast
29. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel has a conversation with Valérie Jardin.
Valérie Jardin is a French photographer, currently residing in the United States. Valérie is known internationally through her workshops. When she is not teaching others the art of street photography and visual storytelling, Valérie is a prolific author, a speaker, and a podcast producer of the bi-weekly show Hit The Streets with Valérie Jardin. She is also an official Fujifilm X-Photographer. Valérie is a gear minimalist. She believes in the power of limitation to one camera and one lens and making decisions before you press the shutter to get the shot in camera with as little post processing as possible.
www.valeriejardin.com
@valeriejardin
Show Notes: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode029
28. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel will discuss how to use intuition in our photography.
Show notes: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode028
27. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY., Daniel will discuss the photography of Swiss Magnum photographer Werner Bischof. Werner's life ended way to early, but in spite of that, he left a huge imprint on the photography of the 20th century.
Link to show notes including images of Werner Bischof: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode027
26. In this episode of Create. Photography., Daniel will discuss impressionism, an art movement that started in the 19th century in France. And how we could perhaps apply such impressionistic techniques in our photography today.
Link to show notes: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode026
25. In this episode of Create. Photography., Daniel has a conversation with Daniel Milnor. We talked about printing your work, books and all kinds of other things.
Daniel is a creative evangelist for blurb.com, a former professional documentary photographer, and blogger.
Link to show notes: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode025
24. In this episode of Create. Photography., Daniel has a conversation with filmmaker and photographer Ben Staley. We talk about cinematic portraiture.
Link to Show Notes: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode024
23. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel Sigg will discuss the creative intersection of different art forms such as visual arts and music.
Link to Show Notes: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode023
Podcast Website
22. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, host Daniel Sigg had a conversation with Los Angeles based street photographer Rinzi Ruiz. We talked about street photography in general, Rinzi's journey, the art of seeing, and many other topics relating to street photography.
Website
https://www.rinziruizphotography.com/
Show Notes
https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode022
21. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel will talk about creating depth in our images.
The creative strategies we discuss include:
- Depth through perspective / point of view / leading/converging lines
- Use foreground / middle ground / background
- Create layers / photograph through something
- Overlapping
- Framing subject
- Selective focus / narrow depth of field
- Optics
- Light and shadows
- Color contrast but also brightness contrast (in B&W)
- Emotion
You can see image samples and more explanation in the Show Notes.
20. In this episode of CREATE. PHOTOGRAPHY, Daniel Sigg will discuss some thoughts about why or why not to pursue film photography in 2021.
Daniel had some great current film photographers on the podcast already, and also discussed some of the great film photography masters. Here a list, feel free to check the episodes out (show notes have pictures as well):
Hashem McAdam (Episode 3)
Kyle McDougall (Episode 6)
Saul Leiter (Episode 7)
Ted Vieira (Episode 8)
Ernst Haas (Episode 16)
Em Jensen (Episode 18)
Paul C Smith (Episode 19)
To check out the 2-part blog article, go here.
Episode 20 Show Notes are here.
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 digital photographer and likes to switch between the two mediums.
You can find Paul on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Mkxf1n2TEnjuKIxf7S-DQ
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulcsmith/
on his website: https://www.paulsmithphotographer.com/
Show Notes with photographs by Paul.
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 themes relating to nostalgia and youth. She takes on the role of creative director, concept creator, location scout, stylist and set designer in many of her shoots.
Em's website
https://www.instagram.com/emjensencreative/
Episode's Show Notes with Photographs
Podcast Website
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
Podcast Website
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
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.com/collections/all
You can find the show notes here including samples of David's photography and links to books and photographers David mentioned: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode015
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, composition and the observation of contemporary life.
Her architectural photography is atypical in its abstraction. Rather than showing wide-angle views, she focuses on the details in the designs. Fascinated by reading forms she takes small fragments of architecture out of context, recreates the subject and space to reveal a new meaning.
In 2019 she started to explore the visual narratives found in nature and landscapes to explore the transition and change of the journey in life.
Between 2012 and 2017 she worked on a long term documentary project about Shoreditch in East London.
Besides her personal and commercial work she has worked as a freelance photographer for the dpa:picture alliance, where she captured life around the Olympic Games 2012 London, and the US elections 2012.
In 2018 Struppert was the only female (out of 10) photographers from Germany who got published the book "Streetfotografie - Made in Germany" by the Rheinwerk Verlag. A book giving insights to inspire photographers who are interested in street photography
Her work has been internationally exhibited and published in several media .
Nicole lives and works in Munich.
Nicole's website: https://nicolestruppert.com/
Show notes can be found here: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode014/
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 images.
Show notes can be found here: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode013/
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 importance to photography. And we see in color. As Jay Maisel says: “Color is”.
Today’s photographs are typically taken in color although many photographic artists still choose to photograph in black and white occasionally, some of them exclusively. The difference between a color photograph and a black and white photograph is in some ways like night and day. They are two different techniques. A color photograph evokes a different emotion and potential connection with the viewer than a black and white photograph.
We talked about creative choice of black and white photography in greater detail in episode 8, feel free to check that episode out.
So color is important. But why is color theory important? One could argue we do not need to know about color theory in order to make good or even great photographs. And I would wholeheartedly agree. I think it is important to understand how the color models can help us perhaps more deliberately understand what might work in a picture, perhaps even determine a color palette, or perhaps even be more deliberate about composition, but also editing of imagery.
So my disclaimer here is that we will do a little theoretical excursion, but I do believe it is an important and useful one and one that we will in the end bring to practical application with several image example discussions at the end.
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 use these phenomena creatively.
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 white photography. Many photographers have been making that choice a priori in their image creation process. Daniel will discuss 12 considerations on why to photograph an image in black and white (B&W).
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 around the world. He is also an author, and his books can be found on Amazon, his lighting classes on the websites below:
Don's Udemy Courses (all free): https://www.udemy.com/user/dongiannatti/
Don's CreativeLIve Courses (free): https://www.creativelive.com/instructor/don-giannatti
Lighting Essentials (for lighting courses)
Don's coaching website
Don's photography website
Don's YouTube channel
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 for a while, and love his photography and his style. He also has one of the coolest voices on YouTube or the podcasting world! We had a great time discussing story telling and related topics around the creative process.
You can find Ted here: https://tavphotography.com/
Ted's books can be found here. By the way, he encourages other photographers to create similar books as he did (see YouTube and podcast links below): https://tavphotography.com/books-available-from-ted-vieira/
Ted's YouTube channel
Ted's podcast Photography Matters can be found here: https://photographymatterspodcast.com/
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 prolific period in New York City in the 1950s. His abstracted forms and radically innovative compositions have a painterly quality that stands out among the work of his New York School contemporaries. His earliest photographs in black-and-white and color show an extraordinary affinity for the medium."
Edward Steichen included Leiter’s black-and-white photographs in the exhibition Always the Young Strangers at the Museum of Modern Art in 1953. While Leiter also was working as a professional photographer and also did fashion photography, and while he had had many successes in his long career it was not until 2006, when his book Saul Leiter: Early Color was published by Gerhard Steidl in Germany led to an international breakthrough. This book became an overnight sensation with worldwide distribution and, accordingly to the Leitner foundation, firmly established the artist as an early pioneer in the history of color photography.
“I happen to believe in the beauty of simple things. I believe that the most uninteresting thing can be very interesting.” (Saul Leiter)
Saul Leiter Book Retrospektive / Retrospective (disclaimer: some of the chapters are written in German)
Links to discussed photographs by Saul Leiter:
Red umbrella
Canopy
More information about Saul Leiter:
http://saulleiterfoundation.org
Highly recommended documentary on Saul Leiter:
Documentary: In no great hurry by Tomas Leach (2013)
produced by Tomas Leach and Margit Erb (who is the curator and director of the Saul Leiter foundation)
Books on Saul Leiter (no affiliate links): https://www.amazon.com/s?k=saul+leiter&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
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, sequencing (of images), format (of negatives), film stocks, printing, color, consistency, style and other topics related to the creative process.
For the show notes, go to: https://danielsiggphotography.com/kyle
For previous episode about the importance of projects, go here: https://danielsiggphotography.com/projects
Kyle McDougall is a photographer from Ontario, Canada. He now lives in the UK. His current work is driven by a fascination with society, time, and the ever-changing environments that surround us. He is an advocate of film and creates his images using a wide range of formats—from 35mm to 4x5 large format. With a desire to help others learn more about the medium, Kyle created Analogue—a YouTube video series that focuses on both the craft and technique of film photography. Kyle is also the host and producer of the film photography podcast 'The Contact Sheet'.
His website is kylemcdougallphoto.com
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 define a project as a distinct and cohesive body of work that highlights the artists vision, has a theme and a concept. It should be executed in a cohesive style.
There are of course hundreds of ideas on what such project could look like, and only our fantasy and creativity is ultimately limiting us (and of course, our available time and energy).
We will discuss the many benefits of projects, give some examples and discuss some of the key elements of an artistic photography project. We will end the episode by discussing a project that transformed photography.
For a full transcript of this episode and additional resources, go to https://danielsiggphotography.com/projects
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 continent, to around 140 different countries, and continues to document the nature and culture around him. Gary won numerous prestigious awards and his work has been featured in publications such as TIME, the Atlantic, and the Huffington Post. His blog Everything Everywhere hasover 100,000 readers monthly. He recently started his own podcast called Everything Everywhere.
We discussed a broad range of topics, mostly focusing on the creative side of travel photography. The topics we touched on are listed below.
TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY DEFINITION / EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE BLOG
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE PODCAST
FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHIC SUBJECTS
BEING THERE / PLANNING / LIGHT
Photograph by Gary Arndt (we discussed this shot and how he planned did it)
- For planning of light, Gary uses the Photographers Ephemeris.
COMPOSITION
Gary discussed this photograph as well (Ethiopia Lalibela 2016)
LIMITATION
- Gary travels with max of 3 lenses: you can see his gear here.
INSPIRATION
CHALLENGES
Gary's blog Everything Everywhere
Gary's daily podcast Everything Everywhere Daily Podcast
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 favorite film stocks), and then wrapped up by discussing some of Hashem's favorite photographers. This also brought us to Saul Leiter who we both admire (and who will be featured in a future episode.).
The show notes contains a link to Hashem's website and social media including his YouTube channel. There will also be a link to his Vlog with several images from his Nepal trip using limited gear, a list of Hashem's (and my) favorite B&W and color film stocks, and links to some of Hashem's favorite photographers.
Go to: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode003
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 the concept of visualization, and a transcript of the episode. Go to: https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode002
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 how to overcome creative block.
Visit https://danielsiggphotography.com/episode001 for the show notes.