Podcast Archive

Celebrating 10 Years

In this episode of "The Perceptive Photographer," I celebrate the podcast's ten-year anniversary, marking its 520th episode. I reflect on the significance of milestones in my photographic journey and the evolution over the years. I emphasize the importance of...

Random Thoughts on your past, present and future

In this episode of the Perceptive Photographer podcast, I take a step back to reflect on the evolution of a photographer’s journey—your journey, my journey, and the ever-changing creative path we all walk.

Where’s your focus?

In this episode of The Perceptive Photographer, I explore the idea of focus—not just in terms of sharpness or camera settings, but the deeper reasons behind why we take the photos we do.

Revisiting Our Approach to Understanding Photography Critique

In the latest episode of “The Perceptive Photographer,” I dip my toe back into the pool of critiquing photographs. Critique is more than just forming an opinion; it’s a structured approach to understanding and evaluating photographic work. In this episode

Thoughts on finishing

In episode 515, we dig a little into what it means to finish in both how we view our images and more importantly how we view ourselves.

Flip the question

In this episode of the Perceptive Photographer podcast, I kick off 2025 diving into the topic of photography critique.

Wishing you a happy new year

As we approach 2025, I cheated and recorded a podcast when I am supposed to be off work, and I wanted to share five wishes for my audience:

Exploring the Visual Language of Photographs

In this episode of the Perceptive Photographer podcast, we are going to dig a little deeper into the visual language of photography. Before we jump into our topic, I did want to let you know if the energy is a little off it is due to some recent struggles with...

Enhancing Your Photography Through Critique and Visualization

Hey there! I’m excited to share the latest episode of the Perceptive Photographer Podcast. This episode is particularly special to me as it marks the 499th episode, leading up to the big 500th milestone. In this episode, we dig into the importance of understanding the...

How we think about photographs

In this episode, I dive into Stephen Shore’s thought-provoking photography concept of mental models and thinking about your images based on his book, “The Nature of Photographs”.

Forks in the road of the creative process

In take 357 of episode 491 of the podcast, I dive into the impacts of forks in the road of our creative process. From the early excitement and motivation of creative processes to balancing the struggle of staying true to oneself while connecting with others. We dig in...

Discussing the Role of Chance in Photography

This week in episode 489, I dig into the intersection of chance, self-expression, and photography. In revsiting the text from Clive Scott's "The Spoken Image" I dig a little into the impact of whether photography is more about reacting to spontaneous moments or...

Ideas on Time and Presence in Your Photographic Process

This week's podcast asks you to forget the technical jargon or future worries that you might have in your photographic practice. Instead, in episode 485, we are talking about how Edward Hoppers desire to appreciating light on a building, Cezannes seeing the...

Revealing Your Photography Personality through F-Stops

Welcome to podcast 483, In this podcast, I’m diving into the world of f stops and depth of field in photography. Imagine your favorite f stop as a personality quiz—revealing the unique characteristics that define how you see and capture the world. You can of course...

Understanding Photographs Through Repeated Engagement

Welcome to podcast 482 ! Today, we look at why we might come back and have a second look at an image, and how that can impact our determination of an image's effectiveness or not. We know that it’s not just about technical aspects but the deeper resonance and...

A tale of distractions

In episode 481 of the Perceptive Photographer, we dig into the different sides of distractions and how they can be both a benefit sometimes and a negative other times.

Importance of good customer service

In episode 480 of the Perceptive Photographer, we dig into the notion of what good customer services looks like. When thinking about your photographs and if you are in the business of making photos, what does good customer service look like in your images. As your own...

Interview with Dave Cross

In the podcast this week I am so excited to be joined by the amazing and wonderful Dave Cross where we talk creativity, photoshop and more.

Defining your best work

In this week’s podcast, we explore the elusive quest to identify the “best photograph” in a series, delving into considerations like emotional impact, composition, and our own personal bias.

The reason does matter

In this week’s podcasts, we look at the importance of making work personal and speaking about why personal matters in our work.