Creative, honest, over thinking photographer and filmmaker Dan Prince, chats with unique passionate people from all walks of life.
Chad is one of most talented creative's I have seen working in film, TV and advertising. To watch him light a scene, frame a shot as a DOP/Cinematographer, direct talent or even create an art piece. I sit and chat with someone whose work ethic is phenomenal and also love a decent cup of coffee.
Lyndon is an inspirational character who I have never seen without a smile on his face. Lyndon shares some recent dark times and mental challenges he has overcome along with his story of being a quadruple amputee, meningitis survivor, Olympic torch bearer and more. To say Lyndon doesn't sit and wait for life to approach him is an understatement.
Alan Stewart is a sled dog racer and that's just his hobby. As a man who worked as a deep sea diver, he resides in near Aviemore, in the Cairngorms in Scotland. Due to climate change it has become increasingly difficult to maintain his sled dog business during winter season, so this was his last time he opened his doors to the public.Listen to Alan tell stories of himself as well as extreme friendships he has.
Musician Ant Francis band Bare Roots was born in the North East of England. Ant has been in bands, toured Europe, lived the life as a musician, song writing and event organising since a teenager and now is helping mentor young up and coming bands in the North East of England.A great episode for music lovers as we cover the state of today's music industry and how it has changed through promotion, marketing and even production.@barerootsband
Michael Owen is a storyteller. He has changed career focus, and is driven by passion and honesty with which he runs his companies. PR company Angelfish, clothing brand Always Wear Red and his personal blog 50Odd. Listen to how Michael discuss his journey, reasons and philosophy of which he lives his life.
Aerospace, automotive and CGI specialist Richard Seymour is a renowned photographer and filmmaker in the advertising industry. He has worked internationally for clients such as Leica, Red Arrows, Thales and Porsche. He has been a sort of mentor to me throughout my career, since my early days assisting. Richard is very vocal and honest about his opinion within the industry and has a lot to say.
Paul Lancaster 'SuperConnector' is an award winning mentor and adviser for startups, content marketing and social media expert. Founder of Newcastle Startup Week, Plan Digital UK as well as Founders Friday inspiring and connecting local business owners and entrepreneurs. Paul's passion from DJ to business is unique and inspiring.@lordlancaster
Dan has a long relationship with Portrait photographer Chris Owens. They came up together through the photography world and have a few stories to tell. Listen to Chris talk about taking over North East Times magazine, assisting Harry Borden, having image ideas stolen and social media hiatus.@thisischrisjohttps://www.instagram.com/thisischrisjo/http://christopherjamesowens.com
25 years in the Model Agency business, MD Lesley has had an interesting journey. Lesley speaks about being a women in business, but speaks about more personal issues. Being a born again Christian, family and her ex-husband who took his own life. It's an emotional episode but we discuss some poignant issues.@ttmmanagementwww.tyneteesmodels.co.uk
Streetwise Newcastle CEO Mandy Coppin has worked in youth culture for 30 years. Homeless from the age of 16 Mandy is motivated by rejection and hardships of life. Listen to Mandy talk about her experience working directly with today's young people on mental, sexual and social health issues, along with learning to fly because she was told she couldn't.https://www.streetwisenorth.org.ukwww.facebook.com/streetwise.newcastle@streetwise_newcastle
Jez and Mark Hunt are brothers at Ancestor Leathercrafts. They use similar traditional techniques since the origin of leather making began, to create unique leather products for tv shows including up and coming Netflix releases, as well as film costumes for Tolkien.They are both historians, love creating for their customers and also just fascinating to talk to.
Ed Horwich is one of the organisers of The SUN Awards (Shot up North), a UK professional photography awards, was set up for anyone living North of London.As I have a love/hate relationship with idea of awards in general. Do we need to enter them? Does it help your career? Why do we enter them?
Bez is a renowned tattoo artist at Triplesix Studios, creator of Ego Ink and RBDesigns. Listen to Bez talk openly about being raised Munchausen by proxy, being ousted from his own video games company, starting all over again to become an award winning tattoo artist and inventing a new design of tattoo machines to help lighten the grip. This guy has lived a few lifetimes and has the stories to prove it.@bez666https://www.instagram.com/bez666/https://triplesixstudios.com
Listen to Falconer John Kirtley talk about taking a vegan on hawk walk, meeting the real Billy Casper from Ken Loach's classic film Kes and creating an education programme using birds of prey and life skills. A childhood daydreamer who has turned his passion into his lifestyle and livelihood. John is a guy who dedicates his life to birds of prey, enriching lives, educating and changing lives.@riversidefalconryhttp://www.riversidefalconry.co.uk/
Stunt Horse Rider Dylan Jones talks about riding before he could walk, Diablo the blind stunt horse and working on the new Watchmen TV show, Game of Thrones, Transformers, Merlin and Warhorse. Recorded on location at Llanberis in Wales. Dolbadarn Filmhorsehttps://www.filmhorses.co.uk@dolbadarn_filmhorseshttps://www.instagram.com/dolbadarn_filmhorses/Short film Diablo can be seen https://www.danprince.co.uk/index#/diablo/
Legendary photojournalist Tom Stoddart has been a great influence on my life and others who he has come in to contact with through his expansive career. Listen to Tom talk about his journey, witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall, famine in Africa and sniper alley in Sarajevo.After ending the podcast on a poignant note, Tom was happy to continue, which was a little off mic, but we get back into it as we talked more about life in general.@tomstoddphotoshttps://www.instagram.com/tomstoddphotos/http://www.tomstoddart.com
Jenny Todd is 4x England's Strongest Woman, 2017 Arnold Classic's Winner and Strength Coach to Doona Moore, World's Strongest Woman. Listen to Jenny talk about her iconic Iron Maiden t-shirt, training the World's Strongest Woman and working as a bouncer.@trapsliketodd - https://www.instagram.com/trapsliketodd/@donna_moore_strongwoman - https://www.instagram.com/donna_moore_strongwoman/@spartan_performance_ - https://www.instagram.com/spartan_performance_/
Creative, honest, over thinking photographer and filmmaker Dan Prince, chats with unique passionate people from all walks of life.