Jack and John welcome Brenda Tharp to the program. Brenda is a veteran of the photo industry and
has a wealth of knowledge and experience around leading a creative life and following her passion. Brenda is currently drawn to the Intimate Landscapes, that space between Grand landscapes and Macros and her love of this really shows in her incredible work.
Listen in to this wonderful conversation with Brenda as they talk about how she goes about creating her images as well as how she and her partner live and travel in a van which affords her the timing and flexibility to become intimately familiar with locations as well as waiting for ideal conditions.
Brendas Website: https://www.brendatharp.com/
Brendas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brenda_tharp_photo/
The We Talk Photo podcast is dedicated to being an entertaining, informative and lighthearted discussion about a wide range of photographic topics centered around landscape and nature photography. Hosted by Jack Graham and John Pedersen, both long time industry professionals, they will bring you in to their conversations about being creative, learning to “see”, getting to know industry leaders, trends and perhaps some gear talk.
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in Katmai National Park photographing the grizzly bears amidst the Fall colors. This was their 7th workshop in this beautiful area and once again provided an amazing experience for all of the folks who came along. This is a bucket-list type of workshop as this experience is unlike any other and is magnificent! Imagine standing in a river with 3-8 grizzly bears all around you! We saw over 100 bears a day as we rafted the small rivers between wilderness lakes, photographing along the way as bears appeared.
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photographic community and has enjoyed a career spanning over 55 years. He is one of the pioneers of the photo workshop concepts and has met and befriended all of the luminaries of this profession. Listen in as they discuss Bills earlier career and what got him started down the photographic path
more towards photography using UV light. Listen to the fascinating discussion as Rain tell us about the light spectrum and how she uses the UV light to produce absolutely stunning imagery of flowers and other botanicals.
travels to distant natural places, as well as in my local area in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.
please visit his website (link below) and immerse yourself in his beautiful work before listening to this two-part interview. Bruce joins Jack and John from Scotland where he is home for a brief time between his workshop travels.
I use Hasselblad V series film cameras and Fuji Velvia 50 and Kidak E100 film. I’ve been shooting film since the late 80’s. I guess you could say I’m old-school. I just like the process and it’s become part of me, so I don’t see the need to change.
I use Hasselblad V series film cameras and Fuji Velvia 50 and Kidak E100 film. I’ve been shooting film since the late 80’s. I guess you could say I’m old-school. I just like the process and it’s become part of me, so I don’t see the need to change.