What’s Good! (Photography‪)‬ Ryan Walter Wagner

In this episode I talk about photography studios and why or why not to consider having one or if you even need one.  I discuss my experiences with and without having a photo studio to work out of.

A conversation with Christian Nambayan who is hoping to pick my brain about how to boost his photography career.

Episode 6 

with guest Jordan Lane - In this episode we talk about organizing photos and what metadata is and why it's useful.  

You can find more about Jordan here: https://linktr.ee/thefresheye

As promised, here are some resources for topics we covered in this episode.

This youtube playlist has data editing guides for the three software suites we discussed.

Here is an explanation of flat vs. hierarchal keywording structures.

Here photographer Michael Greco explains his naming system for both digital files and external HDs. The Pro Storage/How To Archive blog also has a lot of posts aimed at photographers.

Here's a piece aimed at optimizing image metadata for web SEO.

There are a ton of web resources to learn Excel and other database software; if you have a library card, there is often access to digital resources like LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda) to learn a ton of skills for free. Here's a two-hour beginner course and a more thorough 6-hour one, both on youtube.

There's a piece of software called Exif Tool that's extremely powerful for users that are looking to bulk-update *just* the metadata. It's a command-line type interface, but if you can get past the intimidation factor of what looks like coding (I'm not a coder either) it allows you to do all of the updates you would do via Lightroom, Photo Mechanic etc. without needing to view the images and all of the clicking.

Here is a link with more details about IG scraping for content and metadata:

https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/web-scraping-instagram-with-selenium-b6b1f27b885

In this episode I talk with Christopher Edmonstone, a Vancouver photographer known for his concert photography and many fun and interesting projects.  His latest being 'Me, Myself & I' a self portrait project made during the COVID pandemic. 

What's Good! A photography Podcast, Episode 4 - Persistence 

In this episode I talk about being persistent in your work.  I encourage you to keep trying and keep "going for it", to find your style, your audience and ultimately your satisfaction in achieving your goals after all of your hard work!

What's Good! A podcast with a laidback look at photography

In Episode 3 I talk about the importance of Personal Projects.  A quick run though of why you should be creating and working on your own personal projects.