The Photography Pubcast

Welcome to the final episode of Season 5 of The Photography Pubcast, your favourite photography chat show where we dive deep into all things photography, creativity, and community. In this episode, titled "Summer Plans, Pubcast Prophecies and DJI Cameras?", we discuss our summer photography plans, upcoming photo shoots, and predictions for what might shake up the photography world during the summer break.We chat about photographic inspiration during summer, what gear we'll be using, and explore whether DJI could surprise us with a new camera release. Stu gives his bold prediction about DJI entering the mirrorless camera space—will he be right?As always, we bring you casual, fun, and honest conversation about photography, gear, creativity, content creation, and the ever-changing photography industry. If you're a street photographer, landscape shooter, gear lover, or just enjoy photography banter, you won't want to miss this one!Thanks to everyone who's supported the Photography Pubcast this season. We'll be back after summer with more photography insights, laughs, and hot takes.

Gary's GoFund Me: https://gofund.me/0e65d5b6Welcome to The Photography Pubcast! In this episode, we dive into the power of the photography community, sharing Gary's story of photographers coming together to support each other. We also discuss our experiences at The Photography Show at the ExCeL in London, covering the latest photography gear, trends, and industry insights.As summer approaches, we explore the best summer photography options, from landscape and street photography to capturing golden hour magic. Plus, we debate whether summer is the best time for outdoor photography or if other seasons offer more creative opportunities.And, of course, it wouldn't be The Pubcast without some fun—our meal of the week segment makes a return!If you love photography discussions, gear talk, and a good laugh, this episode is for you! Let us know in the comments: What's your go-to summer photography project? Did you attend The Photography Show 2024?Like, comment, and subscribe for more photography debates, advice, and industry news!

Welcome to The Photography Pubcast, where we tackle photography debates, share personal stories, and answer YOUR questions! In this special Ask Us Anything episode, we dive into a mix of photography and personal topics, including:

Welcome to The Photography Pubcast, where we tackle photography debates, share personal stories, and answer YOUR questions! In this special Ask Us Anything episode, we dive into a mix of photography and personal topics, including:

Don't forget to get your questions in for next week's 'Ask Us Anything!' episode!! Welcome to The Photography Pubcast, where we dive into real photography discussions without the fluff! In this episode, we explore the world of printing your images, the pros and cons of using print labs, and whether every photographer should print their work. We also discuss YouTube fatigue—is the pressure to constantly create videos harming photographers' creativity? Another hot topic: the growing trend of calling workshops “retreats.” Is this just clever marketing, or does it change the experience? One of us is seriously not a fan! If you're passionate about photography, printing, YouTube, or workshops, this discussion is for you. Whether you're considering printing your work, struggling with content creation burnout, or debating the value of workshops vs. retreats, we've got insights, opinions, and a few laughs along the way!

Welcome to The Photography Pubcast, your go-to podcast for engaging photography chat and lively debates! In this special Winners Edition, we're celebrating the talented winners of the Pubcast Photography Competition. Join us as we interview these incredible photographers, exploring the inspiration and techniques behind their stunning images. Steve's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Stainphotography Ellis' Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elliswoodphoto Darren's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GingerCaptures We also share our own favorite photos from the past few months, highlighting the stories and creative processes that make these shots so meaningful. Whether you're a seasoned photographer or just starting out, this episode is packed with tips and insights to inspire your next photo shoot. In the final segment, we dive into the curious phenomenon of feeling like a “headless chicken” when conditions are perfect for photography. We discuss how easy it is to become overwhelmed or distracted and share strategies for staying focused and creative in the moment. Perfect for photographers of all levels, this episode celebrates creativity, showcases inspiring work, and tackles real challenges faced by photographers. Like, comment, and subscribe to The Photography Pubcast for more thought-provoking photography discussions!

Welcome to The Photography Pubcast, your go-to destination for lively discussions, debates, and insights into the world of photography! In this episode, we dive into the much-anticipated results of our annual photography competition. Join us as we judge and announce the winners, sharing our thoughts on the incredible entries submitted by photographers from all over. But that's not all! We also tackle a pressing topic in the photography community—workshops. From common pitfalls and challenges to tips on finding the right workshop for your needs, we explore the ups and downs of photography workshops and how they impact learning and creativity. Whether you're a seasoned photographer or just starting out, this discussion offers valuable insights into navigating the workshop scene. This episode is packed with engaging photography topics, helpful advice, and the excitement of competition results. Don't miss this chance to celebrate creativity, learn from industry debates, and connect with the photography community. Be sure to like, comment, and subscribe for more photography chats, debates, and inspiration from The Photography Pubcast!

SEND YOUR COMPETITON ENTRIES TO gary@garynormanphoto.com. PLEASE RESIZE YOUR IMAGES TO 1600px ON THE LONGEST SIDE. Welcome to season five of seven togs talking photography and life in general. This week we are joined by Courtney Victoria and discuss our Christmas Dinner Plans, Talent vs Time & Resources, Macro Photography, Our Favourite Moments of 2024, we share some 'Christmassy Pictures and much more!! Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/THEPHOTOGRAPHYPUBCAST Our Website: https://photopubcast.co.uk/ If you have a question or a topic that you'd like us to discuss, let us know in the comments and we'll take a look!

SEND YOUR COMPETITON ENTRIES TO gary@garynormanphoto.com. PLEASE RESIZE YOUR IMAGES TO 1600px ON THE LONGEST SIDE. The 617 Club: https://members.the617.club/share/x0M_PfIV9RvsimpR?utm_source=manual Welcome to The Photography Pubcast, where passionate photographers gather to chat, debate, and share their experiences. In this episode, we're excited to welcome the amazing Thomas Heaton as our guest. Together, we dive into a range of engaging topics, starting with Thomas's new photography community, The 617 Club, and its mission to connect and inspire photographers worldwide. We also explore the artistry and process behind printing your photography, discussing why printing is such a vital and rewarding part of the photographic journey. Beyond photography, we reminisce about our favorite childhood films and their influence on our creative perspectives. The conversation takes a reflective turn as we debate whether we sometimes head out with our cameras simply for the sake of the pursuit and the joy it brings, as well as the challenges we still face as photographers, no matter our level of experience. This episode is packed with valuable insights and inspiration for photographers of all levels. If you love photography, community, and thoughtful debates, this is a must-watch! Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more compelling conversations on The Photography Pubcast.

SEND YOUR COMPETITON ENTRIES TO gary@garynormanphoto.com. PLEASE RESIZE YOUR IMAGES TO 1600px ON THE LONGEST SIDE. Welcome to The Photography Pubcast, where photographers come together to talk, debate, and share insights on the ever-evolving world of photography. In this episode, we're thrilled to have Alister Benn, a renowned photographer, as our guest. Join us as we explore a variety of engaging topics, including what creative pursuits we'd explore if we no longer did photography, the growing influence of AI on photography, and how it could reshape the industry. We also dive into the debate about social media's impact on photographers, discussing whether platforms like Bluesky can offer a better alternative and whether the chase for likes is hurting creativity. This thought-provoking conversation is perfect for photographers looking to navigate the crossroads of creativity, technology, and social media in today's digital age. Whether you're curious about the future of photography, the role of AI, or how to maintain authenticity in a world driven by likes, this episode has something for every photographer. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more engaging photography discussions! If you have a question or a topic that you'd like us to discuss, let us know in the comments and we'll take a look!

SEND YOUR COMPETITON ENTRIES TO gary@garynormanphoto.com. PLEASE RESIZE YOUR IMAGES TO 1600px ON THE LONGEST SIDE. Welcome to The Photography Pubcast, the ultimate chat and debate series for photographers! In this episode (S04 E05), we dive into hot photography topics that every photographer can relate to. We start by tackling the controversial idea of selling all your gear and giving up photography; what drives this decision, and should you ever take the plunge? We also discuss how to handle negative comments on YouTube, a challenge for many content creators. The conversation shifts to dynamic pricing, why it's so frustrating and what you can do about it. We compare popular resale platforms like MPB vs. eBay for selling your photography equipment, sharing tips to get the best deals. To lighten things up, we share the best things we've watched this week, from photography inspiration to must-watch shows. This video is perfect for woodland photographers, landscape photographers, and anyone in the photography community looking for engaging discussions and valuable advice. Whether you're interested in gear debates, photography challenges, or just love a good photography podcast, this episode has something for you. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe!

Welcome to The Photography Pubcast! In this episode, we're joined by wildlife photographer Simon Eardley as we dive into some engaging photography topics and a few light-hearted debates. We chat about what we think is the hardest genre of photography to master, sharing insights on challenges in wildlife, landscape, and street photography. Simon also takes us through his photography journey, revealing how he got started and what inspires him to capture the wild. We also discuss if it's too early for Christmas ads and songs in November and share what we've been watching recently for a fun twist. Perfect for all photographers and anyone interested in candid photography discussions, this episode blends photography insights with lively banter. Tune in to enjoy some photography inspiration, industry insights, and a touch of seasonal humour.

Welcome to season five of seven togs (five this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss a case of photographic plagiarism, bad drivers, the 617 Club, Sam's Room 101, celebrity deaths, what we've been watching and much more!!

Welcome to the start of a brand new season of seven togs (six this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss the recent aurora, Daz makes a confession, Jamie's Room 101, what we've been watching and much more!!

Want to sponsor this season? Drop me an email to gary@garynormanphoto.com to discuss...Welcome to the start of a brand new season of seven togs talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss whether there are loations where photography is inappropriate, what we'd buy if we sold all of our camera gear, Daz's Room 101, what we've been watching and much more!!

DONATE TO OUR WALK HERE: https://www.justgiving.com/team/thephotographypubcastcharityhike?utm_medium=team&utm_content=team%2Fthephotographypubcastcharityhike&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share&fbclid=IwAR0hTCM8UlZvCwPqhNjO9BbeslUcfusgaw9ywJz6ZsQF9oGPQ3WAdwrmd6c_aem_AQ6w_D6uHwU9zzQoY8qd9YWcZT3HC532AUSLDeFXPJBw-zmQiIrEDa4aXHplXDYsO5hDmsagCLYsdDj_jLXbsqa6 Welcome to the sixteenth episode of season four - seven togs talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss our charity walk, YouTuber burnout, idiot photographers, Daz's nudist camp invitation and Stu's new gallery

Welcome to the fifteenth episode of season four - seven togs (six this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss our upcoming charity hike, disappearing landscapes, The Photography Show, new and fave vloggers and East 17!!

Welcome to the fourteenth episode of season four - seven togs (five this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss the Kase filters line up at TPS, whether we're superstitious, the importance of likes in your hobby and the negatives (and some positives) of YouTube.

Welcome to the twelfth episode of season four - seven togs (five this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss Darren's trip to the nudist camp, mid-roll ads, whether it's best to book a workshop with a local leader, camera 'downgrades', annoying words and whether cats think in meows...

Welcome to the twelfth episode of season four - seven togs (five this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we are joined by Owen Clarke to discuss where we would go if we could only visit one location in the UK, the jobs we wanted to do as children, what our camera would moan about if it could talk and whether we have a threshold for binning images...

Welcome to the eleventh episode of season four - seven togs (six this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we share our best and worst videos, talk about photographing whilst out with with non photogaphers, share our signature dishes and predict the next celebrity to die (yes really!)

Welcome to the tenth episode of season four - seven togs talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss what we would do on our final day on earth, buying grey market cameras, whether we would tell our friends if their photography is getting worse and plagiarism in photography.

Welcome to the eighth episode of season four - seven togs (six this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss whether we would still take photos without the ability to post process, when we knew that we were profieicent, self critique and whether the scene presents itself or the photographer captures the scene

Welcome to the eighth episode of season four - six togs (five this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss the future of photography, whether and why we take fewer images as we improve, weather apps, TV shows and Gary gets progressively drunk...

Welcome to the seventh episode of season four - six togs (five this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we judge the annual photography competiton, and discuss whether we use Threads or prefer X...

Welcome to the sixth episode of season four - six togs talking photography and life in general. This week we are again delighted to welcome back Adam Gibbs to discuss whether we trust third party gear, our childhood christmas memories, whether small youtubers are leaving the genre, and many other things!

Welcome to the fifth episode of season four - six togs talking photography and life in general. This week we are delighted to welcome back Adam Gibbs to discuss our own favourite images of 2023 and one from someone else (spoiler alert - its a bit of a Stuart 'love-fest'!) What it takes to become a great photographer and our embarrassing moments.

Welcome to the fourth episode of season four - six togs (four this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss whether we'd risk going out in extreme conditions to get a unique image, why we started vlogging and how the Pubcast started, spots in the UK that we'd like visit for photography, Gary has a moan about X and Jamie tries to stay awake after a heavy night out!

Welcome to the third episode of season four - six togs (only three this week) talking photography and life in general. This week is a brief one where we discuss your comments, and feedback on the iconic locations discussion...

Welcome to the second episode of season four - six togs (five this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we are delighted to be joined by Mark Littlejohn as we continue to discuss the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, popular locations we'd avoid and many other things!!

Welcome to the first episode of season four - six togs talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, winter photography gear, whether camera clubs stifle creativity and bottle tops!

Welcome to a one off summer special of the pubcast- six togs talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss what we've been up to, minor life regrets, cheating at landscape photography and 'dessert' island authors/directors... Here is a link to the article that we discuss: https://amateurphotographer.com/lates... Sam's music: https://www.youtube.com/@revolution62...

Welcome to a surprise episode of six togs talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss what we've been up to recently, plus we discuss some of your comments from our latest Facebook post.

Welcome to the final episode of season three - six togs talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss whether composition is learned or innate, NAS drives and other storage, our worst traits and pet hates. Thanks for all of your support during the past few months and we'll see you again in the autumn!!

Welcome to season three of six togs talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss your favourite film quotes (performed by Jamie), the pressure to conform to certain processes in your landscape photography, how getting old affects your photography and the joy of buying new gear.

Welcome to season three of six togs (five this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss clickbait titles and thumbnails, buying subs and our 'happy songs'

Welcome to season three of six togs talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss our 'spice' names, value for value business, whether AI will kill photography and how much of landscape photography success is talent vs opportunity and resources.

Welcome to season three of six togs talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss whether it's a good idea to share photographic locations, actors that everyone else loves that we dislike, scary moments while on location and how far we'd take a risk for an image.

Welcome to season three of six togs talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss what goes into a good workshop, we all edit one of Darren's raw files, we discuss our most popular vlogs and what made them successful, and we ramble on about many other subjects inbetween!

Welcome to season three of six togs talking photography and life in general. This week we discuss the our ideal photography Christmas presents, monitors vs computers, advice for getting out with the camera over the festive period, our most embarrassing photos, and we all buy each other presents in the Pubcast secret santa!!

Welcome to season three of six togs talking photography and life in general. This week we share our top 5 for the photo competition and we announce the winners. We also chat to Stuart (our new regular!) about what helps to sell an image...

Welcome to season three of five togs talking photography and life in general. This week we talk about prime lenses, whether cameras are becoming more complicated, are togs better judges, sponsors and we all enjoy Jamie eating crisps!

Welcome to season three of five togs and a special guest talking photography and life in general. This week we talk about our favourite services, what tv show we'd present, good comps to enter and we look at the LPOTY images.

Welcome to season three of five togs talking photography and life in general. This week we talk about our lakes images, what we'd put into room 101 this year, tripod vs handheld and we have a brief chat about LPOTY.

We talk about some stuff, but to be honest, just sit back and enjoy the absolute carnage of this episode beset by technical issues and possibly too much beer!

Welcome to season three of five togs talking photography and life in general. This week we talk about what's happened to Paul, the need for social media, the actual importance of sensor size, whether we trust the big influencers, who we'd be in the A team, and why Gary's choice of thumbnail isn't upto par...

Welcome to season three of six togs (four this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we talk about our favourite images of the year so far, meeting subscribers, how good are camera phones really, which sense we'd lose and back button focus

Welcome to season three of six togs (five this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we talk about our camera feature wishlist, whats the point of vero, luxury items we cant do without and what percentage of our images are keepers.

Welcome to season three of six togs (four this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we talk about what we have been up to over summer, foreground interest and the need for it, infrared photography, clickbait video titles and whether you'd rather fight a snake or many chickens!

Well, we were expecting that episode 13 was our last episode of the season, but as five of us managed to be available here is the actual final episode of the season. In this episode we talk about a number of subjects, well, you'll see... Anyway, thanks for you all of your support and we'll see you in the Autumn, if not before...

Welcome to another episode of six togs (four this week) talking photography and life in general. This week we answer two more questions that you guys have kindly submitted, namely if we travelled and couldn't shoot landscapes what would we shoot and what are our thoughts on Nature First. We also discuss first cars, scary camping moments and a bit of football (believe it or not!)