Everyday Photography, Every Day
A conversation that will change the way you think about your pictures.
About the show
Everyday Photography (Every Day)" is a weekly podcast where you get to listen in on a chat between a photographer (Rubin) and a regular human (Suzanne Fritz-Hanson) with an eye on making your pictures amazing and helping you enjoy your photography more. No technical stuff. No talk of gear or software. Just photography for the fun of it.
- Rubin brings a unique perspective to consumer media: a student of Jerry Uelsmann; an amateur photographer for 40 years; formerly of Lucasfilm, Netflix and Adobe; director of The Rubin Collection of Photography; and founder of Neomodern, he's long been passionate about advancing the language of photography.
** Enjoy show notes at www.neomodern.com/podcast
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Episodes
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59: Meet Doug Menuez, Photojournalist and Creator of "Fearless Genius"
24 March 2019 | Season 2 | 41 mins 58 secs
Doug Menuez is perhaps best known as the key documentarian of the '80s Silicon Valley, and particularly his work with Steve Jobs. His work is empathic and beautiful; he's balanced a career in both commercial and fine art.
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58: Meet Russell Brown, Father of Photoshop and Madman...
16 March 2019 | Season 2 | 43 mins 45 secs
art, crafts, creativity, photography
Our first guest is the ever-wacky Russell Brown, a super senior creative person at Adobe, and perhaps more interestingly, one of the founding team of Photoshop along with the Knoll Brothers. His observations about photography, Instagram, photo manipulation are fantastic. A joy!
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57: Enter the Darkroom
10 March 2019 | 39 mins 43 secs
decor, frames, home, interior
In which we take a walk through the now-archaic process of silver printing, traditional darkroom work, and what can be gleaned from this background.
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56: Why We Print (and Happy Birthday Ansel!)
3 March 2019 | 22 mins 45 secs
art, crafts, creativity, photography
There are a lot of important reasons to print your pictures, it being Ansel Adams' birthday isn't one of them...
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55: Visiting Monet
23 February 2019 | 17 mins 7 secs
art, crafts, creativity, photography
You'd think that an exhibit of Monet's paintings wouldn't have too much to say to a photographer, but you'd be wrong...
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54: Travel Pictures
17 February 2019 | 19 mins 1 sec
You're not a journalist covering your vacation, so you might want to relax a little when you're taking pictures on your trip. Pick a few moments to "cover". We also discuss the pros and cons of anonymous subjects in your pictures.
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53: The Fifty... and "Visual Osmosis"
9 February 2019 | 29 mins 35 secs
You do not need to learn any stupid rules of composition. You need to look at these 50 images, really look, and you will learn composition -- your photos will be better immediately.
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52: Photography for Creative Expression (after 180 Years)
3 February 2019 | 23 mins 52 secs
art, crafts, creativity, photography
Starting from the "document" side of photography, and moving into the poetic.
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51: Beginners... How to Start Growing Your Skills
27 January 2019 | 12 mins 27 secs
It's all about your composition. It's the only thing you have to practice. And it's free and easy.
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50: Collage with Gabrielle
20 January 2019 | 18 mins 14 secs
art, crafts, creativity, photography
More explorations of ways to play with your pictures and explore the power in juxtaposition -- whether in collage, book layouts, or wall displays
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49: When You Need a Pro...
16 January 2019 | 20 mins 13 secs
art, crafts, creativity, photography
Professionals can deliver the goods. So when are those moments when it's worth getting a pro versus just handling a picture yourself? And how do you even hire a pro?
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48: Decorating with Photos
13 January 2019 | 22 mins 25 secs
decor, frames, home, interior
Seems like it would be easy: everyone has lots of pictures and all you have to do is select one and get it enlarged and framed. So what's the problem? Clearly there's more to it than this. We dig in.
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47: Wabi Sabi and Photographic Imperfection
10 January 2019 | 13 mins 41 secs
art, crafts, creativity, photography
It's hard not to want to make your photos "perfect" whatever that might mean -- skin with no blemishes, compositions elegant, no reflections... but embracing the imperfect is part of improving your pictures. Learn about the philosophy of wabi-sabi...
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46: Look at the Light
6 January 2019 | 25 mins
art, crafts, creativity, photography
We're back and looking at moody lighting opportunities and how the think about them. Also, we dig into some reasons to limit how much you shoot, and how to organize the things you keep. But mostly it's about the light.
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45: Photographing Nudes - A Privileged Intimacy (The NSFW Episode)
31 December 2018 | 28 mins 18 secs
art, crafts, creativity, photography
One of the most fun and challenging subjects for photographers is nude figures; but how do you start? what do you say? In this episode Rubin reflects on his process in ways that are applicable to all sorts of every day photography.
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44: A Minimum Quantity of Gear
26 December 2018 | 19 mins 53 secs
art, crafts, creativity, photography
Pros have great gear. But what do you need when you aren't a pro?