Connecticut PHODcast

After a lapse of time, we're back with an all new PHODcast, recorded shortly before my surgery in January. Mr Joe Crawford (FOTOjoe to YOU, thank you very much) stopped by for a very candid (R Rated language, put the kids top bed) PHODcast. We talk about living The Life in Los Angeles, film school and living in an apartment building with The Exorcist: check it out...direct link HEREsubscribe in iTunes HERE

Eric Foley - a glutton for punishment - comes back in here to talk about things that have changed for him and his business in the last three years. He also opens up at the end about some super personal stuff - Eric Foley 'raw' if you will.Be forewarned: this PHODcast is a tad more abstract than usual ( if that's even possible )...have fun-take a listen!Oh yeah - and we talk a bit about Sweet Brown too...Photo of Mr Foley by Iris Photographydirect link HEREsubscribe in iTunes HERE

So in order to try and keep things interesting this time around we have a DJ, Mike Connolly who was kind enough to pop by and talk about all things music and wedding, as well as his long line of jobs, making bleach (do people MAKE bleach??!) and how the Macarena saved his life (well, not EXACTLY his life, but you'll see...)direct link HEREsubscribe in iTunes HERE!

Danielle Fuller of Beyond The Lens Photography in Connecticut is back for part DUEX. Here in part 2 the PHODcast gets taken over by terrorists and Danielle starts to interview ME!! (not planned--I swear!) Ok, well...maybe we were into bottle 2 of wine at this point....direct link HERESubscribe in iTunes here

This week we chat with Danielle Fuller of Beyond The Lens Photography Connecticut. Yes, yes--this one is a 2-parter...and in part 2 the PHODcast gets hijacked and Danielle starts to interview ME!! With the liberal use of Air Quotes, you'll get to hear us pontificate about snakes, her days as a realtor, our networking group and frozen mice....direct link HERESubscribe in iTunes here

Oh My....Mr Dave Nonan of Modern Fotographic sat in the PHODcast hot seat today. We sipped a delightful Chianti (minus the Fava beans) while chatting about film, Howard Stern, bad accents and oh yeah---some stuff about photography too!Hey Now!!!....direct link HEREsubscribe in iTunes HERE

Today we have a bit of something different as we have ourselves a videographer, Mr. Matt Fink of DMO Films The afternoon started out - and ended- with a wee bit-o-rum, and we chatted about circuits, school, hard to understand instructors slopes and slops and Star Swipes. Listen. You'll figure out what i'm talking about.direct link HEREsubscribe in iTunes here!

Meet Marisa of SassyMouth Photography during today's PHODcast. The tequila flows while we chat about life, her art background, Meriden CT and--well...just being sassy in general.DIRECT link HERESUBSCRIBE in iTunes

Good grief-- Miss Carrie Draghi came on in today and we somehow managed to chat for 2 hours---and thats EDITED!! Was it the interesting conversation? The lively banter? The wine?---You be the judge---this is a good one folks! ( stayed tuned at the end for a mini extra-special addendum. ) Be forewarned, there are a LOT of fun tangents, on which we can blame that on the wine!subscribe in iTunes HEREdirect link to PHODcast HERE!

Mr Airen Miller popped on in here for his turn at the Mic. We chatted about Hippes, Tyra Banks, his perky hair-do and the fact that he is a Domain Name Whore...check it out!DIRECT LINK HEREsubscribe in iTunes HERE

Well folks, the PHODcast is back for a Limited Time, and we start up again with Meg LaBarbera of Creative Image Collections who was nice enough to come on in and get me started up again. As always we chatted about how she started, her past and this time - a helicopter in the desert. No joke---direct link hereitunes here!

I luckily had the amazing opportunity to sit down with the ever-inspirational Eric Laurits during the Inspire Boston closing party. Eric has had quite an interesting past that has brought him to where he is in photography today. And remember kids, be careful where you place your commas.....http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/Eric-Laurits.mp3

This time around we continue to break the mold a bit by having a caterer in for a talk! Jonathan Jennings of Pavilion catering and the Barns at Wesleyan Hills gives us his perspective on the Wide World of Weddings---

The always lovely Candice Dowling Copploa of Jubilee Events is my first full-length PHODcast in months! And it was a joy to sit down with this talented wedding planner to get things started again. It is also great to get a fresh, non-photographic view of the wedding biz. Excuse my slightly clogged sounding cold-riddled head during this one.This is a rather long talk at nearly 75 minutes---once you open that Chardonnay and you never know WHAT will happen!!Please enjoy and don't forget to subscribe in iTunes !!!http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/Candice-Dowling-Coppola.mp3

Miss Nikki talks about her college days, shooting children and her general confusion with years and dates. Someone buy this girl a calendar...This is also the first PHODcast to use 2 separate mikes---let me know what you think about the sound--I keep trying to improve it as best as I can each time!http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/nikki-nicole.mp3

....recent D.C. transplant Mr Tony Fiorini comes on in and talks about his time at newspapers, days in the darkroom and travel in the high seas!http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/tony-fiorini.mp3

Today we meet Ross Taylor - an honest to god Photojournalist. I was introduced to Ross through John Gayalda, and was immediately enamored with his incredible work, that puts much of the work we wedding guys call 'photojournalism' to shame. Spend some time at his website before you listen, as his stories and descriptions will have that much more meaning. This podcast is probably less 'funny' than you may have come accustomed to, but listen up and you may learn something--http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/ross-taylor.mp3

Jane Shauck of Iris Photography sits down for a bit and chats about her commercial work, the Mets and light bulbs. yes thats right, light bulbs.http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/jane-shauck.mp3

Miss Leslie Dumke climbs into the hot seat in a lotus position to discuss childrens photography, her art inspirations and her brief time as a super-secret spy...http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/leslie-dumke.mp3

Miss Val McCormick is here with us today - and we chat about weird jobs, moving around a lot and forklifts. Seriously. http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/val-mccormick.mp3

Firefighter and photographer Erik Maziarz is here to talk about his family, his beginnings and his joining of Carla Ten Eycks photographic team - check it out!http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/Erik-Maziarz.mp3

Miss Amanda Herzberger of Orchard Cove Photography comes by with her toxic, leaking Volvo and adorable dog, to talk about photography, organization and polar fleece.http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/amanda-herzberger.mp3

He's BACK! Thought we were out of clever banter and fascinating tales? Guess again--- Bruce Plotkin part 2 now on deck---http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/bruce-plotkin-part-2.mp3

Photojournalist John Galayda comes in with his Face For Radio, and sits down to talk about the desert, fires, basketball and creepy desert creatures.http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/john-galayda.mp3

Mr Mike Ross: Photographer, ex-newspaper photographer and now, photo lab owner of Ross Imaging Center in Hamden Connecticut, come in to discuss how he got started---and who could have guessed it involved a cruise ship?!http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/mike-ross.mp3

Photography, strippers and Indiana Jones---what else could you ask for really? Oh my.http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/victoria-erik-souza.mp3

Today I have the pleasure of introducing Eric Langlois of Raw Photo Design. Diet Coke in hand, Eric tells us about his relatively recent meteoric ascent into the wedding world, as well as becoming Connecticut's Mr. Boudoir. I kid you not.He's so raw he was not wearing underpants.http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/eric-langlois.mp3

This time around, a New York photographer slips through the cracks and get Connecticut PHODcasted. Jacob Bergmeier of NoDo Photography discusses his love of teaching, his wife, spicy foods and actually asks ME a few questions....yikes!!http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/jacob-bergmeier.mp3

lifelong CT resident and all around cool guy Steve Depino chats about his work and inspirationhttp://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/steve-depino.mp3

CT's very own Carla Ten Eyck steps up to bat as the first 'trail' interview! Carla hails from Hartford and if she could, would dye her entire body pink.http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/carla-teneyck.mp3

Jerome Braga of Studio 1923 comes back in [ poor guy was here once already, and I totally messed it up technically---no, this is not a perfect science, as much as you may think listening to this polished product :) ] We discuss photography, Chili's, super-secret business plans, Facebook---good Lord, you name it!http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/jerome-braga.mp3

That's right: I not only had the distinction of spending the afternoon with and interviewing Mr Bruce Plotkin - but he is SO jammed packed with great stories - this ones a 2 - parter!![ PS - as an interesting aside, we've had 1038 downloads since this project began! ]http://www.norman-photography.com/phodcast/bruce-plotkin-part-1.mp3

Today we get to know the adorable Cheryl Cronin (seriously---she is SO sweet) who transfixed me enough to convince me to drive to her home to do an on-location PHODcast---unprecedented I must say. However it was so well worth it - not only to hear about her interesting history and to visit her amazing home, but for all the coffee she pumped into my system :)

Something a tad different this time around - Athena Blude´ came in today for a chat despite her apprehension about her being so new to the biz and fearing 'nothing of value to say'. I felt however, that her perspective could be not only refreshing but helpful to others who are starting out in this sometimes confusing business.

Mr Thomas Morlock of Vantage Point Films sat down today for a chat, as the very first videographer here on the PHODcasts! Its especially interesting to hear how photographers influence how and what he shoots. Oh yeah - and we discuss bad special effects too--- "Cinderella Champagne Crapola effect"

And so finally - we wrap up this series of live podcasts from Inspire Boston 2010 with the folks behind the event itself: Matt & Enna Grazier. If you've listened to any of the proceeding podcasts you know the general feel that this event has produced among the attendees - so I will just let them do the talking. I also want to thank them again for allowing me to do these podcasts at kind of the last minute (like 2 days before is when i think I mentioned it) , as well as congratulate them on such a successful conference! Looking forward to 2011!!!

Peter from Monin Photography - one of our final Inspire interviews - gives a little perspective on starting out recently in the business and what the experience of attending their first Photography Conference was like!

Nancy Faria of A New Outlook Photography in Falmouth Ma, sits down for a bit late in our first evening of podcasting, and gives a really neat perspective on a topic we have yet to cover here on the PHODcasts - Gay Weddings

Miss Samantha Bohall is next up here in our Phodcast series from Inspire Boston 2010 - and you can check out her blog here at S'Moore Photos

Allana Taranto of Ars Magna Studio sat down with me for a bit at Inspire Boston 2010 - listen up, as this is a very interesting conversation! (and she is willing to put up with my nonsense too!)

Next up at bat - Mr. Kris Orlowski sits down for a few and talks about his past, sonar (!!) and his new career as a full-time second shooter for Val McCormick

Mark Andrew Higgins a presenter at Inspire Boston2010 who spoke about color management, came in for a brief chat about his life and business!!

Connecticut's own Danielle Fuller of Beyond The Lens Photography was an attendee at Inspire Boston 2010 and after we both had a few cocktails, plopped down in front of my scary mic for a little chitchat...

Richard-Rich-Rick Esposito talk about his sorted past in the video/TV field, his love for photography and a little award he once won----

How cool is it that Jim Collins, CEO of Pictage, came to attend Inspire Boston 2010. Luckily I slipped him a ruffie and hypnotized him into sitting down with me for an interview - halfway though which I realized - was not recording properly!! So here's round 2 - - - thanks for being such a good sport, Jim!!

Well folks, after some time away the PHODcast is back with a bang. And we're revving up again with something a bit different - live PHODcasts from Inspire Boston 2010 in Concord Mass! It seemed the perfect environment for a series of shorter, intimate on-the-spot interviews.First up to kick things off the illustrious Carla TenEyck - who as my first ever PHODcast seemed the correct person to start off this mini-series!

...someone call the iTunes police, because Miss Lindsey of Fresh Lime Events comes in and break the rules by being our first non-photographer interviewee... time to get some perspective on the Wedding World from a different angle, people!

thats one P - two Z's.... David endures some technical issues and discuses his 'rock and roll' approach to shooting and weddings.

Mr Eric Foley gets on his soapbox and talks about cooking, gives us a piece of his mind and after all that, does NOT do any cursing.

Fairfield Connecticut's Rob & Kathleen Trenske discuss their brand-spankin- new Blogsite, how they met and how they will - one day - live in Paris.No liquor was involved in this PHODcast, although pastries did play a part.

Connecticut's Robin Dini talks about photography, Northford cows, and knitting - take a listen....