Author: Frederick Van Johnson

  • TWiP 392 – The Fashion Episode

    This week on TWiP… it’s a special holiday episode, and this time it’s a triple play focused on three facets of fashion photography. Three interviews to keep you busy over the holiday weekend — the studio, the photographer, and the model.

  • TWiP 391 – Instagram’s InstaGROWTH

    This week, Darlene Hildebrandt & Joseph Linaschke join Frederick to discuss Instagram’s Instagrowth. Plus Adobe plans to purchase Fotolia and Flickr’s under fire for trying to profit from images licenses as Creative Commons.

  • Street Focus 13: The Reunions with Chris Porsz

    I am pleased to share with you a conversation with my good friend and UK photographer Chris Porsz. Paramedic by night and a street photographer by day, Chris wanders tirelessly the streets of Peterborough, England with his camera in his quest to find familiar faces he photographed 30 years earlier in order to shoot a reunion.

  • Your Itinerary 07: Extreme RV’s with Mike Cohen

    Your Itinerary this week is my interview with photographer and RV’er Mike Cohen. When I started this podcast I decided I wanted to have photography enthusiasts on the show in addition to professional photographers. Mike doesn’t make pictures for a living, but I think you’ll find his photography and his travels very interesting. He takes his 4×4 RV to lots of places we would all like to go and photograph.

  • Your Itinerary 06: Interview with Shiv Verma

    Anyone can take people to beautiful places and show them around. Providing a unique experience is what makes the difference between the average photo tour and something wonderful that clients will remember for the rest of their lives. Shiv and I begin by discussing travel, photography and scouting locations, and we ended up trading tips for creating unique trips and providing great experiences for clients.

  • TWiP 388 – Inside the Candid Frame

    This week is Thanksgiving in America and we have a special interview with Ibarionex Perello. He is a photographer, writer, educator and the host of The Candid Frame photography podcast. He has over twenty years of experience in the photographic industry and his photographs and articles have appeared in various publications including Digital Photo Pro, Rangefinder, Shutterbug, Outdoor Photographer and Scott Kelby’s Light It magazines.

  • Introducing TWiP Apparel

    We’re happy to announce the newest addition to the TWiP universe, TWiP Apparel. In response to numerous requests for items displaying the various “colorful TWiP-isms” we proudly present you with our apparel store.

  • Street Focus 10: Building 1 with Susan Rosenberg Jones

    I am pleased to share with you a conversation with NYC photographer Susan Rosenberg Jones. I became aware of Susan’s work through social media. I was really intrigued by her on-going project titled Building 1 where she photographs her neighbors candidly in their own apartments.

  • Your Itinerary 05: Camera Bag Talk with Peter Waisnor

    Your Itinerary this week features my interview with Peter Waisnor. Peter is the Vice President of Tenba and he’s been in the camera bag business for over ten years. Peter and I discuss the current trends in how photographers are packing their camera gear, and we look ahead to what changes are on the horizon.

  • TWiP 387 – DJI Gets Inspired

    DJI ups their drone game with the release of the next generation Inspire 1. Skypixel.com looks to be the 500px of Aerial photos. Plus Kiera Knightly says digital shooters aren’t as connected to their subjects as film shooters.

  • TWiP Meetup: Fine Art Landscape Photography with Serge Ramelli

    [column size=one_half position=first ] Presenter: Serge Ramelli Date: Thursday, Dec 11th, 2014 Time: 7:00 – 9:00PM PT Location: Aperture Gallery, Campbell CA Fee: $12.50 per person [/column] [column size=one_half position=last ] [/column] Serge Ramelli is a veteran landscape photographer. Hailing from Paris, France, Serge has created an amazing body of work as he traveled the world capturing…