Travel, Photography, and Life with Brendan van Son Brendan van Son

I'm going to weigh into the area of AI photography and, maybe more so, AI generated photography. On this episode, I talk about how it's sort of ruined my feelings about photography. Also I dive into the legality of AI generated photography and talk about some other related topics.

Some of the links I mentioned in the photography podcast are:

The blog post: https://brendansadventures.com/is-ai-photography-here-to-stay-ethics-goals-and-questions/

My WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaE8plt5fM5WZ2oSPD1W

My Photo Workshops:
https://brendansadventures.com/travel-photography-workshops/

This was one of the wildest 6 days of my life. I spent 5 nights sleeping on buses. I didn't change my clothes, and I must have smelled horribly. I travelled all the way from Annai, Guyana to Medellin, Colombia via Venezuela over 6 days without sleeping in a bed.

I hitchhiked with some less-than-ideal members of Venezuelan society. I got stuck in Caracas. And I just had a bunch of weird things happen.

This is the story of that series of unfortunate events in Venezuela.



Story about Annai: https://www.brendansadventures.com/whats-in-a-road-a-look-into-guyanas-north-rupununi/

So, no storytelling today, just photography.

I just got back from Patagonia, and I had an awesome time. We made lots of great photos, and had some really special moments. But, I did spot a lot of photographers making mistakes. In fact, I think that this is the first time I've been around so many other photographers in awhile, and I was definitely more aware.

On today's episode, then, I'm going to walk through 4 mistakes landscape photographers make.

Back in 2011 I arrived in Suriname. This is the story about how I got there, and the series of misadventures that led to me being totally broke.

I slept on the beach because I couldn't afford a hotel. I snuck food from hostel fridges. I did all I could to survive the simple fact that I just didn't have any money what-so-ever.

I became a travel photographer almost on accident. I had the goal of travelling, and I was following the mantra of "find what you love doing, and then find out how to make money that way." I loved travel, and be it leading tours, writing, driving tour buses, or taking photos I was going to travel for a living no matter what.

This is the story about how I accidentally became a travel photographer.

https://www.youtube.com/brendanvanson

Travel photography is a career I sort of fell into. Along there way, there were countless stories. On this podcast, I'm going to focus on the stories that brought me to where I am today. Whether it's being broke and sleeping on beaches in Brazil, or nearly dying in the Congo, or travelling all of Africa on a scooter, these are the stories way behind the photos.