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Pete Souza was President Barack Obama’s Chief White House Photographer for eight years. His books, “Obama: An Intimate Portrait”, “Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents”, “Dream Big Dream: Photographs from Barack Obama’s Inspiring and Historic Presidency”, and “The West Wing and Beyond: What I Saw Inside the Presidency” highlight just some of the two million images he created in the Obama years. Pete joins us to talk about the latest book, his time with the Obama administration, and his thoughts on the state of our nation.

Valérie Jardin is a legendary street photographer, author, workshop leader and podcaster. In a moment of lapsed judgement, she agreed to join us to talk about the joys and challenges of photographing strangers.

To celebrate a year of Photocombobulate, we’re coming back to where we started by talking about the joy of photography.

Hindsight is 20/20, and with Jeff and Mason back home after two epic trips it’s time to talk about the lessons learned on the road. Mason spent 10 days exploring the Canadian Rocky Mountains while Jeff bopped around Europe visiting Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice and Tuscany. Listen in as these two mildly-experienced travelers talk about making photos while vacationing with family.

For many of us, getting outside to make photos is a source of great joy. When you can settle in and soak up the sights, sounds and smells of nature, it can make the practice of being outside incredibly therapeutic and satisfying. In this episode, we talk about camping and how for us it’s more than just staying in nice places to make photos.

The best outdoor photos are made when the weather is dynamic, but frozen feet and soggy britches will kill your stoke for making amazing photos faster than you can say “Gore-Tex”. In this episode, we talk outdoor clothing, specifically how to dress for success when the elements are conspiring to make epic scenes and maximum misery.

No, robots aren’t coming to kill photography! With the onset of computational photography, machine learning and artificial intelligence, cameras and photo processing software can do more than ever. In this episode we break down the real potential of this emerging technology to transform our creative processes.

Digital photography is well, digital. Much of our creative process is spent on a computer and in this episode Jeff and Mason talk about their computers, both Apple MacBook Pro’s with the incredible M1 Max processor.

We’ve made some big mistakes, and no - this podcast isn’t one of them! In this episode we share some of our blunders in hopes that you can learn from them, just like we have.

Scott Kelby knows how to make great travel photos, and since we’re all itching to get out of our homes and explore the world with our cameras, he’s our guest for a long conversation on travel photography.