Beyond The Lens

Ami Vitale is a National Geographic photographer, Nikon Ambassador, writer, speaker and documentary filmmaker.

She's a traveler to more than 100 countries and the recipient of numerous awards for her photography, including Magazine Photographer & International Photographer of the Year, the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting, and a six-time award recipient from World Press Photos.

Ami is also a founder of a non-profit called Vital Impacts, a women-led, non-profit which uses art and storytelling to support people and organizations who are protecting our planet.

Topics Richard and Ami discuss:

• Ami's beginnings as a photo editor at the Associated Press
• Her first National Geographic assignment
• Ami's transition from war photographer to wildlife and the environment
• Storytelling versus fine art
• Seeing with your heart versus seeing with your eyes
• Ami's non-profit, Vital Impacts
• Giant panda assignment in China
• Authentic, solution-based storytelling.
• Books that inspire

And much more.

Notable Links:

Ami Vitale Website
Ami Vitale Instagram
Vital Impacts
Panda Love: The Secret Lives of Pandas
Ami's photo of "Sudan," the last Northern White Rhino

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Hanne Strager is a Danish biologist, whale researcher, and author of the award-winning book, The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of Orcas and A Modest Genius: The Story of Darwin’s Life and How His Ideas Changed Everything. Hanne co-founded Norway's Andenes Whale Center and has served as the Director of Exhibitions at the Natural History Museum of Denmark.

In this episode, Hanne and Richard talk about her newest book, Killer Whale Journals, and the relationships humans have had with orcas over the past many decades.

Topics includes:

• The spark that ignited Hanne's interest in orcas.
• Hanne's epiphany on the seas of Norway
• Killer whale or orca?
• Orca culture
• Bombs and a massacre in Iceland
• Orcas in captivity
• The Whale Jail
• Seattle's orphaned orca
• Twofold bay and Old Tom
• The orcas sighting that brought Hanne to tears

And more.

Notable Links:

Hanne Strager Website
Hanne Strager Instagram
Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of Orcas on Amazon

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William Neill is an American landscape and nature photographer, writer and teacher. He’s been a resident of the Yosemite National Park area since 1977, and his award-winning photography has been widely published in books, magazines, calendars, posters, and his limited-edition prints. For about 30 years, William wrote a monthly column in Outdoor Photographer magazine.

The conversation this episode focuses on William's new book, Yosemite: Sanctuary in Stone, the wonder of Yosemite National Park, and the approach William takes when creating images in the feild.

Topics Richard and William discuss:

• William's life and work in Yosemite.
• Working with Ansel Adams.
• What hasn't already been photographed in Yosemite?
• What Yosemite has taught William as an artist.
• How Yosemite: Sanctuary in Stone is different from his other Yosemite books.
• A complicated relationship with Tunnel View.
• Richard's favorite images from the book and why.
• Being a "receptor for inspiration" when in the field.
• What makes a good photo?
• What gets William excited!

And much more.

Notable Links:

Link to Book: Yosemite: Sanctuary in Stone
Website
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter/X

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In this episode, we talk branding, influencers, gaining and working with corporate sponsors, marketing, and social media for photographers and artists. What is branding and what isn't? How important is consistency and authenticity? What should photographers do and not do on social media? How to market yourself. Plus a lot more.

Joey Lopez is the Director of Brand Marketing at Lexar. He launched the Lexar Influencer Program, working with renowned photographers and videographers to increase brand awareness. Joey has been responsible for creating digital and social media content and managing PR and event planning for Lexar's key product launches and trade shows.

Joey is also an accomplished portrait and wedding photographer.

Notable Links:

Joey Lopez Website
Joey Lopez Instagram
The Brand Called You by Tom Peters, Fast Company, 1997
Seth Godin's Blog

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Will Burrard-Lucas is a British wildlife photographer, best known for innovative camera techniques and devices that allow him to capture unique perspectives on wildlife not usually seen otherwise. He's the founder of Camtraptions, a company specializing in creative technology and photographic contraptions, including the Beetlecam and his own camera traps.

Will has published three books, The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction, Top Wildlife Sites Of The World, Land of Giants, and The Black Leopard: My Quest to Photograph One of Africa’s Most Elusive Big Cats, which we talk about at length in the interview.

Topics Richard and Will discuss:

• Will's career beginnings as an accountant
• Wide-angle approaches to wildlife photography
• Introducing The BeetleCam: a remote-control, camera-mounted buggy
• Will's hilarious first attempts with the BeetleCam
• Homemade drones
• Using camera traps
• Pursuit of the black leopard
• Will's newest book, The Black Leopard: My Quest to Photograph One of Africa’s Most Elusive Big Cats
• Next project with lions

Notable Links:

Will Burrard-Lucas website
Will Burred-Lucas Instagram
Will's TEDx Talk on the pursuit of the Black Leopard
Camtraptions

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Terry White is a 27-year veteran at Adobe, Inc. He currently holds the prestigious title of Principal Director, Creative Cloud Evangelist with a focus on photography.

Terry’s an award winning portrait and travel photographer who in 2016, was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame. He’s delivered live keynote presentations at Adobe MAX, Photoshop World, and gave a TED talk titled AI Is Here.

He has a very popular YouTube channel with 500K followers and a highly influential photography and tech blog.

Topics Richard and Terry discuss:

• The latest from Adobe MAX
• New Lightroom features announced at Adobe Max
• Photoshop's AI Generative Fill and Expand
• Generative Fill vs. Content Aware Fill
• Photoshop's Neural Filters
• The History of Adobe and AI
• Adobe Firefly
• People's responses to new, transformational technologies
• Reasons why photographers and artists fear AI
• The secret to Terry's success as a "Photopreneur"
• Terry's top 3 favorite tech gadgets

Notable Links:

Terry White's Tech Blog
Terry's TEDx Talk: 'AI Is Here'
Terry White's Instagram
Terry White on Twitter/X
Terry White's Photography Site

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This episode is brought to you by Kase Filters. I travel the world with my camera, and I can use any photography filters I like, and I've tried all of them, but in recent years I've landed on Kase Filters.

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Dr. Austin Gallagher is an American marine biologist, researcher, explorer, author and entrepreneur. He’s best known for his extensive research on sharks and hosting and producing content for the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week programming. His shark research has taken him all across the globe on more than 50 scientific expeditions and he’s published more than 100 scientific papers.

Austin founded “Beneath the Waves,” a non-profit organization focused on ocean conservation. He currently serves as its CEO.

Austin is a National Geographic Explorer, a current fellow at the Explorers Club, and was the first American marine biologist to make the Forbes 30 Under 30 List at the age of 29.

Topics Richard and Austin discuss:

• Orcas vs. Great White Sharks
• The disappearance of Great Whites off the South African coast
• The 'Belly of the Beast'
• Eye to Eye with a monster Great White Shark
• Shark Week on the Discovery Channel
• Wildlife Sensationalism
• Why to do if you're being attacked by a shark.
• Tiger Sharks
• Greenland Sharks
• Overfishing ad other threats to sharks
• "Beneath the Waves"
• Blue Carbon
• What's a Social Entreprenuer?
• Dealing with haters

Notable Links:

Austin Gallagher Website
Austin's Instagram
Austin Gallagher Twitter/X
Beneath the Waves
Shark Week on the Discovery Channel

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This episode is brought to you by Kase Filters. I travel the world with my camera, and I can use any photography filters I like, and I've tried all of them, but in recent years I've landed on Kase Filters.

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Wayne Suggs is an immensely talented landscape photographer hailing from Las Cruces, New Mexico. Wayne captures the beauty of the Southwest United States and shares his images not only for others to enjoy, but to help increase awareness of the necessity to preserve our precious surroundings.

Wayne is a professional photography instructor with Muench Workshops and his hardcover photography book, The Color of Dreams, is an instant classic and expresses some of Wayne's best work in print.

Topics Richard and Wayne discuss:

• The underrated beauty of the desert
• Strategies for exploring new photography locations
• Chasing the light versus previsualization
• The art and process of previsualization
• Composition in the field
• What's more important? Composition or light?
• Falling in love with your photography
• The influences of David and Marc Muench
• Working with wide-angle lenses
• Post processing philosophy

And much more.

Notable Links:

Wayne Suggs Photography
Wayne Suggs Photography on Facebook
Wayne Suggs Instagram
Muench Workshops

This episode is brought to you by Lexar.

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Their award-winning lineup performs second-to-none and includes professional memory cards, card readers, and solid-state drives for creators of all skill levels.

Whether shooting photos, capturing video, or transferring content on the go, Lexar provides the quality and performance you can rely on to get the shot with confidence.

I’ve been using the Lexar Professional CFexpress Type B GOLD memory cards with my Canon mirrorless cameras for years and they deliver the blazing speed and durability for the extreme weather conditions I encounter anywhere in the world.

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In this episode, Richard talks about AI-proofing your photography as well as taking your creative work to the next level. That involves incorporating emotional engagement into your artwork, not "playing to the audience," and learning to create for yourself, not others, in order to find your true artistic voice.

Notable Link:

Art as Self Care by Katie Willard Virant, Psychology Today, June 2018

This episode is brought to you by Lexar.

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Raabia Hawa abandoned a successful career in radio and TV to found the Ulinzi Africa Foundation, East Africa’s very first NGO to help Kenya rangers in their fight against wildlife poaching.

Recorded in person during Richard’s recent trip to Nairobi, Raabia talks about her career, her personal and professional transformation from radio and TV personality to wildlife warrior, the evils of wildlife poaching, the dangers of working in Kenya’s Tana River Delta, trophy hunting, being underestimated and much more.

Raabia is an extraordinary and inspirational woman with an intense focus on wildlife conservation in Kenya.

Notable Links

Ulinzi Africa Foundation
Ulinzi Africa Foundation Instagram Page
Raabia Hawa Instagram Page
Kenya’s Tana River Delta