5 episodes

Outerfocus is a photography podcast that explores the idea of photography. Each episode is a discussion with a photographer and we search for the meaning behind the work, how they got started, who influenced them, and what drives them to continue. It’s about discussion, ideas, and the philosophy of photography.

Outerfocus Ian Weldon

    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 24 Ratings

Outerfocus is a photography podcast that explores the idea of photography. Each episode is a discussion with a photographer and we search for the meaning behind the work, how they got started, who influenced them, and what drives them to continue. It’s about discussion, ideas, and the philosophy of photography.

    Outerfocus 05 - Gustave le Gray (Gisele Duprez)

    Outerfocus 05 - Gustave le Gray (Gisele Duprez)

    Welcome to the Outerfocus Podcast!
    I'm working on a new, dedicated, Outerfocus website. We'll have the podcast, library, news and education all in one place. I'm just figuring out the details and hopefully there won't be any interruption to your listening.
    As always, if you dig what we are doing leave us a sweet review on iTunes and tell all of your mates. 
    Love you loads!
    This week we are joined by Gisele Duprez who is a street photographer based in New York. We discuss what Gisele likes to shoot, why, where and what she doesn’t like to shoot. We also hear about how she got started in photography including an insight into how she educated herself, and continues to do so with her love of photography books.
    A look back at photography history we discuss Gustave Le Grey who is noted as one of the most important French photographers of the 19th century. We take a look at some of his highs, and lows in both his work and personal life. 
    To finish this weeks episode Gisele joins us to look at the good and bad in the industry today and find out what Bradley has to say about Kodaks new product.

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Outerfocus 04 - Julia Margaret Cameron (Kirk Mastin)

    Outerfocus 04 - Julia Margaret Cameron (Kirk Mastin)

    Welcome to the Outerfocus Podcast!
    Ok, so I'm in a hotel room in London with a terrible cold, full of lemsip, painkillers and red wine trying not to die. I apologise for the coughs and sniffles. I was very brave though! Bradley is on his driveway in his car so as not to wake his son who has just had an operation and Kirk, well, Kirk is just fine and in high spirits. 
    This week we are joined by, Kirk Mastin, who is the founder and CEO of Mastin Labs. Kirk discusses film photography in the digital age, his view on the photography industry today and how he went from wanting to be a National Geographic photographer as a youngster to shooting weddings.
    Our history of photography segment looks back at the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron who in the 1860’s started her career at the good age of 48 after she acquired a camera from her daughter. We discuss Julia's approach and individual vision,  what was right and wrong for her, and how that relates to photography today.
    Also, Kirk and Bradley look at what’s good in the industry today, touching on making books and prints, and social media users with 0 followers who produce great work.

    • 1 hr 7 min
    Outerfocus 03 - Southworth & Hawes (Steven Bollman)

    Outerfocus 03 - Southworth & Hawes (Steven Bollman)

    This week things seem to be coming along nicely, so nicely in fact that we could talk all day with our episode 3 guest! Joining us from San Francisco we have Steven Bollman.
    Steven gives us an insight into his photography, his views on the current industry and what he has going on now, including how his new book came about and some insight into its contents and making. 
    Our history of photography focuses on, Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes, hailed as first great American masters of photography...........

    • 1 hr 7 min
    Outerfocus 02 - William Henry Fox Talbot (Joao De Medeiros)

    Outerfocus 02 - William Henry Fox Talbot (Joao De Medeiros)

    Welcome to the Outerfocus Podcast!

    So this week we seem to have resolved recording issues from last week - hooray! We also have a guest joining us for the ride so a warm welcome to Joao de Medeiros hailing from Portugal.

    We hear Joao delve into his take on photography, where he began, why wedding photography? and his future in photography as well as his take on the past, present and future of the industry. 

    • 48 min
    Outerfocus 01 - Daguerre & Niépce

    Outerfocus 01 - Daguerre & Niépce

    The recording of this episode is a bit odd, mostly because I have no idea what I’m doing, yet. If you are listening through headphones, I’m in one ear and Bradley has an echo. Just giving you a heads up and I assure you it will get better for the next episode. It had to go out like this, because I wasn’t going to record it again! 
    I remember when I used to try and record music, my singing and guitar playing, I’d have everything perfect, hit the record button and it would all go to shit. We’ll that's kinda what happened here. I’ve never interviewed anyone before, never headed up a talk show and man it’s a bit scary. In right at the deep end!
    We didn’t expect it to be perfect, we just wanted to get started...............

    • 48 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
24 Ratings

24 Ratings

mad jeff ,

Engaging Listening

Always an engaging listen, these casual conversations that appear unplanned and unscripted give you a real insight into what makes the subject of Ian’s interview tick. Informal, informative and entertaining, a great listen always. Keeps me amused on long car journeys! Highly Recommend.

Suze219 ,

Honest, informative and entertaining

As a very new hobbyist photographer, this podcast has opened up the history of photography to me through the discussions of photographers, books and art. Equally important is the focus on finding your own voice; both presenters have done in their own ways. The discussions are fascinating, particularly about the relationship of the photographer to their subject. Inspirational, irreverent and thought-provoking, as well as funny AF.

Polaroid666 ,

Hands-down favourite - actually ABOUT photography

Highly entertaining, funny, inspiring and informative / useful with great guests. I've discovered more great photographers and photography books (either directly or indirectly) that I'd never heard of before as a result of listening to these podcasts (I always end up down a rabbit hole). Not wanting to blow too much smoke up their proverbials but, as far as I can tell, there's nothing else out there that even comes close to this. Thanks chaps, sterling work.

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