The Nerdy Photographer Podcast

It can be very difficult for creative minded people like photographers to get their brains in "business mode." Folks like us are just used to thinking creatively. So, when we need to create a brand strategy that differentiates us from the rest of the creatives out there so that our business can thrive, we may find ourselves unsure of what to do.

Where do you even get started? Well, that's what this episode is about! Sit back and listen AND BE READY TO TAKE SOME NOTES. There is some homework at the end of this episode.

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Episode Promos

This episode includes promotions for the following:

• Let's Be Real Unposed Photography Prompts
• Audible Plus Premium Free Trial
• Crime Diner Podcast
• SpyHards Podcast

About My Guest

Founder of Mercurylab, Beth Taubner has been a Transformational Brand Strategist and Creative Director working with strategy and creative communications for over 20 years. Beth has developed a proprietary approach to branding using a combination of psychological, visual and analytic processes. Beth has developed a profound emotional branding process enabling clients to come to market with a focused blueprint for success, rooted in authenticity, consciousness and real-world success.

Beth offers one-on-one consulting and coaching, and business consulting on strategic brand and creative development, communications, content creation, marketing and implementation worldwide.

You can find Beth and Mercurylab on Instagram or at their website.

Only When I Dream Fine Art Photography Exhibition

Only When I Dream is a group exhibition curated by Beth Taubner and Andrew Coningsby. The exhibition is comprised of fine art photographs, original illustrations and one video and sound installation, all of which resonate with the exhibition topic. Artists exhibiting include renowned fine art photographers Morag Patterson, Ted Leeming, Claire Rosen, Gina Glover, multi-media artist Carol Sharp along with esteemed illustrators Sam Falconer and Martin O’Neill. Only When I Dream will stimulate the viewer as we ask them to go on a multiplicity of journeys with us.

The Celtic, poet, theologian, and philosopher John O’Donohue spoke about “the invisible world” that is constantly intertwining what we are able to know, and see. This exhibition is about memories and dreams, real or fabricated.

Dreaming can be moments that crystallize yearnings, ethereal and romantic. They can be stories that we conjure tied to memories from the past, or the imagined past, therefore nostalgic and informed by memory or longings. We might experience highly sensory and visual waking or sleeping dreams where the mind and imagination travel to distant lands, or just next door. Our dreams might conjure untamed places in the physical world we have been to and long to experience again.

O’Donohue said that a dream is a sophisticated, imaginative text full of figures and drama that we send to ourselves. These concepts are explored through the multi-dimensional language and visual landscape of Only When I Dream.

Only When I Dream will be on display at the Coningsby Gallery from August 30th until September 10th of 2022 from 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM. The gallery will be closed on September 4th. More information can be found at the gallery website - https://www.coningsbygallery.com/

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THE WORM IS THE SPICE. THE SPICE IS THE WORM!

Why am I the nerd that I am?

What does it take for a nerdy topic to make me emphatic in my feelings about it?

Why does Coke taste so much better than Pepsi?

These are just some of the questions we will tackle in NERD QUESTS, a new Nerdy Photographer Podcast series exploring topics near and dear to my nerdy little heart.

On this episode, I sit down with Jim from the Film Rage Podcast to talk about Dune. Not just the recent film production, or the 1980s David Lynch film, but all iterations of Frank Herbert's science fiction classic.

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Hit me with your favorite Dune quote or aspect of the Dune universe and let's keep the quest going!

I'm excited to have Peter Hurley, the king of headshots, on the podcast. In this episode, we talk about what Peter feels was the best investment he ever made in his photography business, staying relevant and reaching your audience on social media, and getting comfortable with who you are as a person to communicate more genuinely with potential clients.

Peter also discusses having the opportunity to be an NFL sideline photographer, finding lost things, and the topic he thinks will dominate the photography landscape in the near future.

About My Guest

Peter Hurley is a world-famous photographer, an official partner of Canon and B&H Photos, and is the creator of Headshot Crew, the world’s largest team of headshot and portrait photographers. Peter authored The Headshot - an in-depth book on the importance of a proper headshot and how to take the best shots possible. Peter has been featured on Fstoppers, Popular Photography and has also participated in TEDx Talks. Peter has recently launched the first-ever photography-inspired NFT collection, Shabangrs. The 2500-piece collection was created in honor of photographers and creatives around the world who haven't gotten much attention from the NFT space.

Episode Promos

This episode includes promos for the following:

• The Wedding Photo Hangover Podcast
• Nerdy Photographer Let's Be Real Unposed Photography Prompts
• Nerdy Photographer Photography Contract Templates

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As photographers, we receive a lot of weird Photoshop requests from our clients. Podcast listeners have sent me a HUGE list of weird requests that they have received in their careers. Seriously, this list is several hundred entries long and the requests range from slight silly to absolutely insane to downright racist.

On this episode of the podcast, Mel and Dwayne from the Filters Removed Podcast join me once again to go over some listener submitted Photoshop requests, as well as sharing a few stories of our own.

Episode Promos:

• Nerdy Photographer Merchandise
• Let's Be Real Unposed Photo Prompts
• ODPH Podcast

Support The Podcast

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About My Guests

Filters Removed Podcast

The Filters Removed Podcast is a photography comedy podcast focused on anonymous true stories about photographer bloopers and misadventures. You can find the podcast at their website, as well as Instagram and Facebook.

Melissa Johnstone

Melissa is a wedding and portrait photographer based in Winnipeg, MB Canada. She runs fun photography workshops when not in a pandemic, but right now podcasting is what she looks forward to weekly. She is obsessed with Scrabble and sour candy. You can find her on her website and over on Instagram.

Dwayne Larson

Dwayne is a wedding and concert/event photographer based in Winnipeg, MB Canada. He goes to 3-5 concerts a week the live music was a thing. He is obsessed with collecting vinyl records and recording podcasts. You can see more of Dwayne’s work on his website and on Instagram.