The Photo Brigade Podcast

On this episode Robert Caplin chats with photographer Chris Nicholson, author of Photographing National Parks about his career path, browse his beautiful nature images from around our country's National Parks, and his new workshop series National Parks at Night. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast! 

On this episode Robert Caplin chats with Gary He, a friend and fellow photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. They talk about Gary's career path, when they both interned in NYC in 2005, and about his newest venture into app development. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast! 

On this episode Robert chats with New York- based photographer Stan Honda, who has worked as a photojournalist for 34 years, most recently for Agence France-Presse (AFP). On top talking and sharing images from his years of covering a wide range of topics including news events, politics, economics, sports and human interest stories, they discuss personal projects including documenting the U.S. concentration camps where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. Most recently he's been pursuing a project involving night sky landscapes, combining his long time interest in astronomy and photography. As an artist-in-residence at four national parks: the Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Wupatki in Arizona and Rocky Mountain in Colorado, he has been photographing the sky and the landscape with the aim of helping preserve our view of the night sky. Sit back, Relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast!

On this episode Robert Caplin chats with photographer Andrew Renneisen who specializes in documenting conflict, race, and ethnic and social issues domestically and internationally. They talk about how he started out, his internships, business, and about his upcoming move to Nairobi, Kenya where he will be represented by Getty Images Reportage. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast! 

On this episode Robert Caplin chats with New York-based photographer Jake Naughton who specializes in stories about LGBT and immigration issues worldwide. They talk about his career path, schooling, his time working for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, his projects near home his travels abroad. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade podcast! 

On this episode Robert Caplin chats with NYC-based independent photographer Cassi Alexandra about her career path that led her to shooting projects for clients such as  The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Bloomberg among others. They talk about schooling, newspaper internships, workshops, as well as Cassi's experience working as a photo editor. Sit Back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade podcast. 

On this episode Jared Polin of FroKnowsPhoto.com chats with Robert Caplin about the brand and social community he's built over the past 5 years. They talk about his background in photography and how he grew his YouTube presence to over 500,000 subscribers, and where things go from here. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast! 

On this episode, Robert chats with photographer Alicia Hansen about her career and NYC SALT, a nonprofit she founded that provides photography programming and mentoring to underserved teens in New York City. They talk about education, workshops, shooting editorial, for Donald Trump's Apprentice, and much more. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade podcast. 

On this episode Robert chats with Canon Explorer of the Light Peter Hurley about his headshot business and associate network. They talk about social media, networking, about speaking, and much more. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast.

On this episode Robert chats with legendary celebrity portrait photographer Nigel Parry. They talk about his career and transition from London to New York while cultivating a client base made up of some of the best publications in the world... and much more. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast.

On our 100th podcast, Robert chats with Mike Isler, who is a stellar photographer, digital tech, first assistant, and aerial technician where he works with photographers from helicopters, airplanes, cranes and rooftops providing assistance, coordination, and most importantly, safety. He's also very skilled with any sort of lighting, whether shooting stills in the studio or on a film set where he works as an assistant camera operator pulling focus, building camera systems, and on top of it all, he's a licensed airplane pilot. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast.

On this episode Robert chats with music and celebrity photographer Drew Gurian about building his business from scratch after years  soaking in knowledge and traveling the world as Joe McNally's 1st assistant. They talk about the importance of networking, promotion, dealing with clients and much more. Drew also talks about landing big clients like Nikon shooting campaigns for newly-released gear. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast!

Robert Caplin speaks with NPPA Lawyer, Mickey Osterreicher, about the importance of photo advocacy. They talk about drones, copyright, 1st Amendment issues, and the importance of being a part of an organization like National Press Photographers Association who will always have your back! Mickey Osterreicher serves as general counsel to the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and is a member of the New York State Bar Association Media Law Committee, among many others. He is also an award winning photojournalist with almost forty years’ experience in print and broadcast. His work has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, Time, Newsweek and USA Today as well as on ABC World News Tonight, Nightline, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News and ESPN. As a lawyer, Mr. Osterreicher has been actively involved in such issues as: cameras in the courtroom, the federal shield law, media access, public photography, ag-gag legislation, anti-paparazzi statutes, drone photography, copyright, fair use

On this episode Robert Chats with Monica Stevenson, an award-winning commercial photographer, fine artist, and director based in New York City and Tryon, North Carolina. They discuss her career, business, social media and much more. Her reputation for lighting mastery and her artisan’s approach to the creative process has been solidly established after working for international brands and agencies. Clients come to Monica for her refined aesthetic, spirited work ethic, and her collaborative nature. Working with her team, she forges enduring relationships with her clients—rooted in the ability to problem solve based on a deep creative knowledge and years of experience. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast!  

On this episode Robert talks with news photographer Craig Warga about his near decade-long stint as a staff photographer at the NY Daily News, his recent transition into the world of freelance photography, the business behind that, family, and much more. Sit Back, Relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast!

On this episode Robert chats with Jared Levy, a director and cinematographer based in Brooklyn, NY. They talk about his career traveling the world working jobs for major clients and the business behind it all. They also talk about Jared's newest project as host of his very own podcast "Art vs Commerce" Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast!

On this episode Robert chats with photo editor Brad Smith, the former Director of Photography at Sports Illustrated where he oversaw all the photographic content. Prior to SI, Brad was the sports photo editor for The New York Times, assistant director of photography for the White House during the Clinton Administration, and director of photography at Sports Illustrated for kids and Sports Illustrated Women. They talk about workshops, promotion, his new projects, and how he uses social media to find great photographers working out in the field. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast. 

On this episode, Robert chats with Ben Lowy about his acclaimed career covering international conflict, natural disaster, as well as commercial work for various brands. They also talk about his his early adoption of mobile photography and social media to tell stories in a new way. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast!Benjamin Lowy is award winning photographer based in New York City. He received a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2002 and began his career covering the Iraq War in 2003. Since then he has covered major stories worldwide. In 2004 Lowy attended the World Press Joop Swart Masterclass, he was named in Photo District News 30 and his images of Iraq were chosen by PDN as some of the most iconic of the 21st century. Lowy has received awards from World Press Photo, POYi, PDN, Communication Arts, American Photography, and the Society for Publication Design. Lowy has been a finalist for the Oskar Barnak Award, a finalist in Critical Mass, included in Magenta F

On this episode Robert chats with veteran wire photographer Gary Hershorn about this nearly four decade-long career working for the wires. They talk about Gary's transition into editing for Flipboard and now as he focuses on using Instagram and other social media to share his beautiful photos of NYC. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade podcast!

On this episode Robert chats with Michael Ip, a freelance photographer and photo editor based in Barcelona. They talk about his career in editing as Senior Photo Editor at Newsweek as well as editing positions at New York Daily News, ABC News, Daily Mail and Maxim. Nowadays he focuses on portraiture and fashion. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast.