Photography Chat with Merlin

It might be time to check out the mid-west again. Hanging with @ryan_akerberg this evening was a lot of fun. We talked about what got him started, turned out we have a common thread in our photograph…

It was nice to finally chat with @minwoo.films we’ve been trying to get together since I moved down to the lower mainland in 2021. He’s freshly graduated and getting to work on his career in the film…

Melissa was such a fun guest, she was born into photography as her father was a photographer and got her started early. She does rad street photography and is also an accomplished boudoir photographe…

A big thank you to Henri for inviting us into his space and sharing his stories. He talked about how he got started with photography and we dove into a few of his man books. He talked about Flapjacks…

Chatting with @andyo7 tonight made me really miss Denton. Can’t wait to make it down this September for the next @instantfilmsociety PolaCon. Andy share with us his inception story into the photo wor…

Technical difficulties aside it was rad chatting it out with @nicolemarsden13 tonight. She has such an incredible eye for capturing abandoned places and her style with predominantly expired film lend…

It was rad to get to know @cactuskillerr a bit more tonight. Kris has been working on building up the @lonestardarkroom in Dallas Texas and also has a budding tattoo practice that you can find out mo…

Back in the before times, Alicia the proprietor of @queensshophair hosted my first solo exhibition and release of my first book. With the pandemic easing, she has started gallery programming in her …

We got weird on this episode and it was a lot of fun. @octaviasharpphotography shared a bit about how she got started with photography and then we got into life stuff. We talked about food quite a bi…

All hail West Texas :) It was so nice to reconnect with @sarabutton who joined us from Marfa Texas while hanging out in her newest venture the @marfafilmshop before she headed out for an Instax Photo…

Apologies for the audio on this episode. Hadn't dialed in the new setup yet. Will be better on the next one.

Well, I think that the first in-person chat went really well. I had a great time talking …

What a chat, so rad to see @danieltrodrigue albeit virtually; love that guy. He shared how he got started doing photography which lead to teaching (he’s an OG Polaroid head) some really great stories…

I love the community that is here on the grams, I have been lucky to meet so many great people and @kate.gos is one of them for sure. Kate chatted about how she got started with photography and about…

We had fun on the chat tonight @johnnythebandit talked about how he got started and got into a project he is working on that sounds really interesting around double exposures. He got into how the fil…

Oh man, I love this guy, what a treat to catch up with @brian_brooks and hear about how PolaCon Bay Area went this year. We spent some time on the great community that is @instantfilmsociety and how …

This episode was a great adventure. It was a pleasure to chat with Diane about her work and get to know her more. I really loved that she photographed her whole book with an iPhone proving you don’t …

Holy Hannibal this was a fun chat, @stevereevesmsp is an awesome dude. We got into a bit of politics so trigger warning there but then we dipped into photo road trips and how rad they are. He talked …

It was a real pleasure to chat it out with @daniellegoshay tonight. We talked about some of her projects coming up, a book on the history of wheat pasting with @jumblefacefoto, and a group show she i…

@msdakotalee was a treat to have on the chat. She talked about how modeling go her started down the path to be a photographer. We shared our mutual love of swearing and how fun it is :p we talked a l…

I had a most excellent time catching up with @kerenhitterman and chatting about what got her started on her photography journey, what inspires her, and what kind of things she’s been working on. She …