PhotoActive
A podcast about photography and the Apple ecosystem.
Displaying all 6 Episode of PhotoActive with the tag “photo book”.
-
Episode 186: A Surrender: Markus Naarttijärvi and Daniel Agee
May 16th, 2025 | 42 mins 18 secs
a surrender, apple, cameras, daniel agee, iphone, jeff carlson, kirk mcelhearn, lenses, markus naarttijärvi, photo book, photo editing, photo organization, photography, podcast
It’s another photo book! We’re joined by photographer Markus Naarttijärvi and publisher Daniel Agee to talk about Markus’s new book A Surrender. When we last talked to Daniel, he was at photo service Glass, but now he’s struck out on his own to form the publishing company Good Fight, and A Surrender is the first title.
-
Episode 185: Quintin Lake’s Book The Perimeter
May 2nd, 2025 | 35 mins
apple, cameras, iphone, jeff carlson, kirk mcelhearn, lenses, photo book, photo editing, photo organization, photography, podcast, quintin lake, the perimeter
Quintin Lake traversed the Coast of Britain over several years, photographing and documenting the journey. Now, he’s turned his well-received project into a new photo book called The Perimeter. We welcome Quintin back to PhotoActive not just as a guest, but as an in-person guest with Kirk in his house in the UK.
-
Episode 134: Mike Hipple Lived Through That
February 3rd, 2023 | 32 mins 38 secs
1990s, 1990s music, apple, cameras, iphone, jeff carlson, kirk mcelhearn, lenses, mike hipple, musicians, photo book, photo editing, photo organization, photo project, photography, podcast, portraits
We’re excited to welcome photographer Mike Hipple to talk about his latest book “Lived Through That: 90s Musicians Today.” What started as an artistic distraction to photograph creative people spawned a book of iconic 1980s musicians, “80s Redux!,” which he followed up with this book of notable music makers of the next decade. We talk about working on such a large project, dealing with unexpected adversity, and improvising on the fly.
-
Episode 109: Joe McNally Is The Real Deal
January 21st, 2022 | 32 mins 15 secs
apple, book, cameras, guest, interview, iphone, jeff carlson, joe mcnally, kirk mcelhearn, lenses, mcnally, photo book, photo editing, photo organization, photography, podcast, rocky nook, the real deal
Joe McNally, who humbly refers to himself as a “working photographer,” has shot everything from high-concept editorial to the Olympic games, and established a reputation as one of the most generous photographers in the business. We talked with Joe about his dogged start on the streets of 1970s New York City and how he’s built his career, which he chronicles in his new book, The Real Deal: Field Notes from the Life of a Working Photographer.
-
Episode 74: Michael Kenna and His New Book 'Buddha'
August 14th, 2020 | 46 mins 21 secs
apple, buddha, cameras, film photography, interview, iphone, jeff carlson, kenna, kirk mcelhearn, lenses, michael kenna, photo book, photo editing, photo organization, photography, podcast
We’re pleased to welcome back Michael Kenna to the PhotoActive podcast. In this episode, we chat with him about his new book Buddha, how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected a photographer that spends much of his time traveling, and the value of finding treasure in one’s photo archive.
-
Episode 14: Chris Marquardt Goes Wide-Angle
August 31st, 2018 | 40 mins 39 secs
chris marquardt, landscape photography, photo book, photo technique, photography, rocky nook, technique, wide-angle
Photographer, podcaster, and author Chris Marquardt just published Wide-Angle Photography (published by Rocky Nook), and he joins us to talk about the time he took only a 24mm lens on a photo tour and fell in love with wide-angle lens photography. We cover composition, thinking in wide-angle terms, and shooting with tilt-shift lenses.