308: Michael Rababy - California Love: A Visual Mixtape Curated Photo Book

06/28/22 • 71 min

Michael Rababy is a documentarian photographer, photo curator, and author of the book “California Love: A Visual Mixtape”. Michael has releases several photo books over the past few years. His most recent is called California Love, a visual mix tape. In it there are over 600 photos from more than 100 Californian photographers where they all share their experience of what its like to live and create in California.

It’s a really enjoyable photo book with lots of variety.

In this episode Michael shares the basics of how to create a book, and then we dive into his wheel house of curating. How to choose which images stand out above the rest, and how to develop your style and voice as a photographer.

Resources:

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It’s a really enjoyable photo book with lots of variety.

Resources:

Download your free copy of
46 Creative Photo Ideas to Get You Out of a Rut
at https://creativeimageideas.com/

Connect with Raymond!

Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
Get your Photo Questions Answered on the show - https://beginnerphotopod.com/qa
Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

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Rewind: Kelly Lawson - Product Photography : a Beginners Guide

Kelly Lawson left her health care career of 7 years to pursue photography. Shortly after needing to take her own product photos for her business website did she fall in love with product photography. Today on top of shooting products for brands she is also teaching product photography to new photographers.
In This Episode You'll Learn:

What was the hardest part about photography to learn when getting started
How she got started photographing products and why
Where to come up with ideas for product photography shots
How to add expression and emotion to your product photography
Common mistakes made by new product photographers
How Kelly got her first client, and how you can too
What Kelly is doing this week to market her business
How to charge for product photography, and what to deliver

Resources:

Kelly Lawsons’ Product photography masterclass
Kelly Lawson’s website
Kelly Lawson on Instagram
Kelly Lawson on Pinterest
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309: How to Keep Passion for Photography while Juggling a Life

When I posted in the BPP FB Community asking what others were struggling with in photography, hands down the answer that members resonated with most was from Diego Chavez “Trying to keep up with my passion for photography while juggling life”

As a husband and father and habitual starter of ideas that pop into my head but rarely see them to completion, I totally understood the feeling. That said I've also taken photography pretty far past the starting line. So today I want to share some tips and ideas that have helped me to keep up with my passion of photography while juggling a life.
Resources:

Download your free copy of
46 Creative Photo Ideas to Get You Out of a Rut
at https://creativeimageideas.com/

Connect with Raymond!

Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
Get your Photo Questions Answered on the show - https://beginnerphotopod.com/qa
Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!