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

  • 61: Meet Nigel Barker, Fashion Photographer and, well, Celebrity

    6 April 2019  |  Season 2  |  45 mins 38 secs

    After 17 seasons co-hosting America's Next Top Model, Nigel Barker is one of the most famous and recognizable photographers today. He has a wealth of great stories, inspiration, and experience to share!

  • 60: Meet Kris Sanford, Artist and Educator

    31 March 2019  |  Season 2  |  23 mins 52 secs
    art, education., gay, lgbt, photography

    Kris describes her work as exploring "intimate relationships, specifically queer desire, through the use of appropriated images, video, and text." But she's also a teacher of young photographers and her insights there are fascinating!

  • 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.

  • 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!

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.