Hit The Streets 134: Blindsight with Bob Sacha

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This week, Valérie shares a conversation with NYC award-winning photographer, documentary film maker and teacher Bob Sacha. They discuss his experience filming BlindSight, a short documentary film that examines the photographic imagination of the members of the Seeing With Photography Collective in New York City and much more.

Bob’s Biography

Bob Sacha is a director, cinematographer, editor, teacher, photographer and, above all, a collaborator on visual journalism projects. He has created video for projects that have won the Pulitzer Prize, a National Emmy for New Approaches to News and Documentary Programming,  a Webby and the first gold medal ever given by the Society for News Design. He was the director of photography for the New York Times series, Living City, about  New York’s infrastructure. BlindSight, a documentary short about a group of blind photographers that he directed and shot, had its world premiere at DOCNYC, the country’s largest documentary festival.

He was recently named an Associate Professor for Video Storytelling at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, where for four years straight he received the Tow Foundation Grant for “teachers who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in their fields.”  Known for his innovative approach to visual storytelling and his engaging teaching style,  he received one of  the initial Journalism360 Grants for Immersive Storytelling to bring  360 video journalism to community media organizations in the NYC area.

He has lectured and taught workshops and classes at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, SVA, the International Center of Photography’s New Media Narratives, CAMERA, the Italian Center for Photography and around the world for National Geographic Expeditions. 

In the hazy past, he had a long career as a photojournalist, first for The Philadelphia Inquirer, magazines like LIFE and National Geographic, then he worked as an editor/producer at the multi-award winning MediaStorm. He is currently interested in looking deeper into 360 video and spatial audio and using his iPhone to capture the world around him every day.

Links to Bob’s Work

http://twitter.com/bobsacha

https://www.instagram.com/bobsacha/

http://bobsacha.com/edu/

Hit The Streets 133: Q&A & Street Challenge

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In this Episode…

In this new Q&A episode, Valerie invites the founder of the 24h project, Renzo Grande, to co-host with her. Together they answer questions from podcast listeners Valerie Vaillant and Chantal Mougel about showing your street photography to a traditional photo club and capturing silhouettes in a high contrast situation. They also give the names of the winners of the last street challenge and announce a new one.

Guest Co-Host: Renzo Grande

Renzo Grande is a photographer who focuses his passion and sensitivity to document daily street stories with a sense of perpetual iconic emotions.

Originally from Lima – Peru and currently based in New York City he started his visual documentation in 2010.

His work has been featured in Photo France, Los Angeles Times, Serie Oro Italia, Efsyn News Greece, United Nations UNDP Humanum, among others.

Renzo’s photos have been exhibited in Germany, Iran, Finland, Italy, Venezuela, Peru, United States and Mexico. He is also the founder of the 24HourProject, a worldwide documentary of the Human Condition through street photography.

Links

@renzogrande www.renzogrande.com The 24HourProject is on May 25 2019 and photographers can register free in the website: www.24hourproject.org and view @24hourproject 

And the Winners are…

Renzo picked photo by Andy Fisher
Valerie picked a photo by Pia Parolin

Congrats to both winners who will receive an ebook of their choice from our friends at www.rockynook.com

©Pia Parolin

©Andy Fisher

Next Photo Challenge: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!

Listen to the tips on the show and enter your STREET LOVE photograph in the comments section for a change to win a beautiful camera strap by https://www.lucidastraps.com/en/ to enter the next contest. Contest deadline is MAY 30th

Renzo’s Book Pick

Hit The Streets 132: Case Study 6: Making the Jump with Ryan Katsanes

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In this new case study episode, Valerie invites Ryan Katsanes to share his experience as he made the jump to become a full time photographer after losing his job several months ago.

Ryan’s Biography

Ryan is a full-time lifestyle portrait and commercial photographer by day, and street photographer and sometimes photography educator for fun.

Links to Ryan’s Work

Portrait business- www.katsanesphotography.com

Commercial Photography business (brand new/under construction)- www.beanstobrews.com 

 Social- www.instagram.com/rkatsanes

Hit The Streets 131: From Still to Motion with Eduardo Angel

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In This Episode…

In this episode of Hit The Streets, Valérie talks with award winning photographer and filmmaker Eduardo Angel about the skills necessary to go from still to motion.

Eduardo’s Biography

Eduardo Angel is an Emmy Award-winning Visual Storyteller, Technology Consultant and Educator.

Holding an MFA in Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design and a Bachelor of Architecture from Los Andes University, in Colombia, Eduardo regularly speaks at events around the world, including TED, NAB, Photokina, WPPI, and PhotoPlus. He has taught at prestigious educational institutions including The School of Visual Arts (SVA), the International Center of Photography (ICP), the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and at two leading European filmmaking Master programs; Kino Eyes and Doc Nomads.

Eduardo cofounded The Digital Distillery and 1PersonCrew.com, and has produced popular filmmaking courses on Lynda.com, and Kadenze.com. His book “Filmmaking Essentials for Photographers” is among Amazon’s top 50 books for photographers and filmmakers.

Links to Eduardo’s Work

http://1personcrew.com/

https://www.eduardoangel.com/ 

www.TheDigitalDistillery.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxRkQi5Z01jjTpCHkLt5n-Q/featured

https://www.instagram.com/1personcrew

https://www.instagram.com/visualserendipity

Online Courses

http://bit.ly/EAVisuals

http://bit.ly/EALynda

http://bit.ly/EASVA1 

Books

http://bit.ly/EAVideoBook

http://bit.ly/EAPhoto

TED Talk 

http://bit.ly/EATEDTalk

Hit The Streets 130: Best Travel Hacks with Jared Kamrowski

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The Thrifty Traveler, AKA Jared Kamrowski is back on the show to share some new travel tips to help us save money on our next travel adventure!

Jared’s Biography

Jared Kamrowski went from being a CPA working in banking to finding flight deals for a living. What started as a side-hustle in 2015 as thriftytraveler.com is now a quickly growing company with seven full-time employees. Thrifty Traveler is proud to say we are better at finding flight deals than anyone in the world.

Links to Jared’s Work

thriftytraveler.com

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

TEDx Talk: Life is Short, Travel Now

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Hit The Streets 129: Psychology for Photographers with Jenika McDavitt

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In This Episode…

This week Valerie talks with the founder of Psychology For Photographers, Jenika McDavitt, about Living Your Passion.

Jenika’s Biography

Jenika has a master's degree in psychology and uses it to help photographers find and thrill new clients.  She writes the award-winning blog Psychology for Photographers, where she shares research-backed (but totally readable) advice on how to sell more, anticipate client needs, prevent sticky situations, and breathe easier in business.

Links to Jenika’s Work

Free Class:  How Clients Make Decisions About Money
http://psychologyforphotographers.com/how-clients-make-decisions-about-money
Learn more:  http://psychologyforphotographers.com/the-shop

Hit The Streets 128: There's Always a Way with Matteo Troncone

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This week David Julian sits in for Valerie and interviews photographer and filmmaker Matteo Troncone

Matteo’s Biography

Matteo Troncone is a Bay Area filmmaker and photographer who lived for five years in his camper van in California and in a tent in Naples, Italy to make his feature film, “Arrangiarsi (pizza…and the art of living)”, 2018, 91 minutes.

For this project, Matteo is the writer, director, producer, cinematographer, narrator, editor, and composer of two original tracks for the film, which he describes as a "non-fiction narrative".

This eight-year project is Matteo’s love letter to Naples, pizza, Italy, and the knowledge that “there is always a way”. 

Links to Matteo’s Work

Official Trailer

Website

Instagram

Facebook

IMDB

Examples of Matteo’s Work

Hit The Streets 127: Q&A and Street Challenge

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In This Episode…

Valerie invited California based French photographer Antoine Didienne to co-host this week. Together they answer an interesting question about whether or not you can do your best work photographing a person or cause you dislike or disapprove of. They also delve into the difficulty of capturing the decisive moment.

Guest Co-Host

I am a French born/San Diego living husband and dad. I am also a photographer. I discovered photography due to a social enterprise I co-founded back in 2012. It was a slow burn but once I understood the purpose and power of photography, my life changed completely. Even though I have almost always worked on the periphery of storytelling, getting my first DSLR freed me to tell the stories that I thought deserved to be told. Today, I consider myself a documentary photographer, whether I shoot for commercial reasons or for my ongoing personal projects. 

Links

Website: http://www.147photos.com

Website:  http://www.antoinedidiennephoto.com

Facebook: @147photos

Instagram: @didio_town

And the Winners Are…

The winner of the SHADOWS challenge are:

Chris McSherry & Debbie Cole

©Chris McSherry

©Debbie Cole

Next Photo Challenge:

The Use of CREATIVE FILTERS in Street Photography. Listen to the tips in this episode and enter one photograph in the comment section below. Deadline: March 28th.

Antoine’s Book Picks:

Hit The Streets 126: Photography with a Purpose with John Peltier

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In this episode Valerie talks with photographer John Peltier about working for non-profit organizations.

John’s Biography

I’m an Air Force combat veteran and pilot by trade, serving for ten years.  Towards the end of that ten years I wanted to see where else life could take me, so in 2012 I bought a 27-foot sailboat and sailed from North Carolina to the Caribbean.  During that journey I accidentally stumbled upon a small island off the coast of Haiti.  I was introduced to an NGO that has been helping improve educational and nutritional programs on this island.  I had only photographed for environmental NGOs before because I just considered myself a landscape photographer, but the experience in Haiti really brought about a passion for documentary photography with humanitarian NGOs.  I'm still involved with this organization today, other local & international nonprofits, and am an associate photographer at Photographers Without Borders.  It took a couple decades, but I've finally discovered that my calling with photography is to help others.  I call Lake Tahoe home and enjoy all of the year-round activities offered in this mountain paradise.

Links to John’s Work

Instagram: johnpeltierphoto

Portfolio: https://portfolio.jmpeltier.com

Blog: https://www.jmpeltier.com 

www.thegivinglens.com

www.photographerswithoutborders.org

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Hit The Streets 125: A Creative Life with Kenna Klosterman

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This week Valérie shares a conversation with Kenna Klosterman who is a travel photographer, the host of Creative Live, a podcaster and an educator.

Kenna’s Biography

Kenna Klosterman is a travel photographer, tour leader, educator, international MC, podcaster, and has been the Host of the online education network CreativeLive for eight years. She also hosts the podcast We Are Photographers for CreativeLive. Kenna leads tours to destinations all over the world including Cuba, Morocco, Tanzania & Kenya, Costa Rica, Bhutan and Nepal. Kenna was the Field Producer for AdoramaTV’s original documentary series Through the Lens: Cuba. Her Cuba-only IG @cubaphoto was named one of Ink361's "Beautiful Instagram Accounts to Discover Cuba." She recently curated an exhibit of 60 Cuban photographers at the University of Washington in her home city of Seattle. Kenna’s personal vision is to enable change in the world through powerful imagery. Her travels have taken her to over 45 countries - the energy, friendliness and human connectivity of people she’s met and photographed around the world continue to inspire her. 

Links to Kenna’s Work

Web: https://kennakphoto.com

IG: https://instagram.com/kennaklosterman

IG: https://instagram.com/cubaphoto

FB: https://www.facebook.com/kennaklo

We Are Photographers podcast - http://creativelive.com/podcast 

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