Peter Cavanagh is a wildlife photographer who has been taking pictures since he was a boy in England. Peter's migration to the photography and study of bird flight evolved from his study of flight aerodynamics for aircraft pilot qualifications; his professional training in anatomy, biomechanics, and high-speed photography; and his love of nature and the outdoors.Peter's images have been included in the Audubon Society's Top 100 Bird Photographs of the Year, he is a member of the North America...
Chase Jarvis is an award-winning artist, serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and one of the most influential photographers of the past decade. He has created campaigns for Apple, Nike, Red Bull and dozens of other Fortune 100 brands.Chase has had fine art shows in the USA, Europe, and the Middle East, was a contributor to the Pulitzer-Prize winning New York Times story Snowfall, and earned an Emmy nomination for directing and producing the music documentary Portrait of a City.He also cr...
Sam Abell is one of America's most influential and celebrated documentary photographers, best known for his rich, expressive, color photo-essays for National Geographic magazine where he made images for more than 30 years.Known as the ‘Quiet Photographer” Sam Abell has defined his career with patience, deliberation, and making carefully crafted imagery. In addition to his work with National Geographic, he’s also published many books over his career, including The Life of a Photograph, Stay Th...
Melissa Groo is an American conservation photographer and writer. She is a Sony Artisan of Imagery, an Associate Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers, an advisor to the National Audubon Society on photography content and ethics, and a contributing editor to Audubon magazine.Her work has also appeared on the covers of Smithsonian, Natural History, Living Bird, and Outdoor Photographer magazines and in publications such as National Geographicand National Wildlife.M...
Bill Wallauer is a cinematographer and filmmaker with the Jane Goodall Institute. He’s also a public speaker, scientific advisor and lover of chimpanzees and all wildlife across the globe.Bill joined the Jane Goodall Institute's Gombe Stream Research Center in 1989 while on assignment for the U.S. Peace Corps in southern Tanzania. As a cinematographer, he was the first to capture footage of a wild chimpanzee birth on film.In addition, Bill has served as camera operator and scientific advisor ...
Vincent Ledvina, AKA “The Aurora Guy,” is a Space Physics Ph.D. student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a night sky photographer, aurora fanatic, science communicator, and educator living in Fairbanks, Alaska.Vincent, originally from Minnesota, has been a photographer since the age of 16. He earned his B.S in Physics from the University of North Dakota and now does his thesis research on how auroral beads form and how they relate to the auroral substorm process.In this episode, Vincent...
Sean Collins and Dan Modern interview Richard Bernabe on the Crafted Process Podcast about Richard's most recent trip to Namibia where he was attacked and bitten by a fur seal, wildlife photography, travel, managing a photography business, podcasting, and much more.This episode is co-published on the Crafted Process Podcast, which brings new creative processes to light through stories and ideas to give you the insight of how others make things happen in the creator world.Notable Links:Crafted...
Malin Fezehai is an Eritrean-Swedish New York-based photographer, filmmaker, and visual journalist. She's worked in more than forty countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and America. In addition to being a National Geographic Explorer, she's also worked for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many other media organizations around the world.In 2016, Malin was commissioned by the United Nations to photograph survivors of violent extremism across Sub-Saharan Africa. This project b...
Photographer Frans Lanting has spent decades capturing the Earth’s diverse wildlife and landscapes, weaving a personal visual narrative that highlights both the beauty and the fragility of our planet.Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, his work has led him across the globe, from the lush rainforests of the Amazon to the stark wilderness of Antarctica. Throughout his career, Lanting has been recognized with numerous accolades, solidifying his reputation as a master of his craft. Notably, he...
Jay Silverman is an award winning director, producer, filmmaker, writer, and photographer from Santa Monica, California.Jay’s films have been awarded numerous Best Feature and Audience Awards at festivals across the country, along with being honored with Belding, Telly, Promax, and Lucy Awards for his commercial work. In addition, he has also been recognized for his achievements in creating and producing many national PSA campaigns for the American Cancer Society, the Foundation for the...
George Nobechi is a Japanese-Canadian photographer living in Nagano, Japan. His work is often described as evoking solitude, duality and longing. Being bicultural, he is simultaneously an insider and outsider in both Eastern and Western cultures and this is reflected in his sensibility and vision.Topics Richard and George discuss:• Japanese and Canadian cultures• Working with Sam Abell• The concept of Nukumori • Quiet Images• Being both an insider and outsider in Eastern and Western cul...
Guy Tal is an American nature and landscape photographer, the author of several books, a regular contributor to photography publications such as LensWork and On Landscape, a prolific blogger, and educator. He resides in Torrey, Utah.Guy primarily photographs and writes about the Colorado Plateau in the American Southwest. He describes himself as a self-expressive artist who uses the camera to capture images of the wilderness near his home that act as visual metaphors for his emotions an...
Matt Richtel is a Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times writer and journalist from San Francisco, USA. He's also the author of ten books, including New York Times best selling A Deadly Wandering and Inspire: Understanding Creativity. A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul which addresses the science of creativity. Matt obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley and an MS from the Columbia School of Journalism. He...
Art Wolfe is an American nature, wildlife, and cultural photographer who travels the world leading photography workshops and creating award-winning images for his dozens of books. His photography career spans five decades and covers every continent on Earth.Art graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in fine art and art education. Art is the proud recipient of the Nature’s Best Photographer of the Year Award, the North American Nature Photography Association’s Lifetime Achiev...
Matthieu Paley is a French photographer who has traveled the world working for National Geographic magazine. Focusing his efforts on regions that are misrepresented and misunderstood, he is committed to issues relating to diminishing cultures and the environment.Matthieu is the the recipient of numerous awards and has published several books of his work and his fine art images have been exhibited in galleries worldwide, including museums. He is regularly commissioned for commercial photograph...
Rick Sammon is an American photographer of many decades. He's a tireless, prolific and inspirational image maker and one of the most active photographers working today. He divides his time between creating images, leading photo workshops, making personal appearances, and writing books - always educating, creating and inspiring people. He's also incorporated smartphone photography into his professional work, which is the primary topic of the conversation.Topics Richard and Rick discuss:• Embra...
Peter Gros and Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant are hosts of the new Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom Protecting The Wild’ TV show airing on NBC, which is the successor to the classic Wild Kingdom that aired on the same network from 1963 – 1988. Peter Gros was a host from the original series during episodes in the 1980s and Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is a National Geographic Explorer and research faculty member at the University of California – Santa Barbara. Wild Kingdom is one of the most beloved wildlife pr...
John Stanmeyer is an award-winning photographer, filmmaker, and educator, dedicated to social, humanitarian, and political issues that define our times. For more than than 20 years, John has worked nearly exclusively with National Geographic Magazine, producing more than 18 stories, resulting in more than 14 covers. Between the years of 1998 and 2008, John was a contract photographer for TIME magazine. His years with TIME resulted in 18 cover images and 100 plus stories. John is the reci...
Dr. Tom Smith is a professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah where he studies human-wildlife conflicts, particularly involving all three species of North American bears and mountain sheep. He also worked with the United States government in southwestern Alaska where he served from 1992-2006 as a research biologist for the National Park Service and USGS.Topics Richard and Dr. Smith discuss:• Precautions before entering bear country.• Bear Spray versus a gun• Grizzl...
Mike Olbinski is a Phoenix, Arizona-based storm chasing and extreme weather photographer and cinematographer. His passion is capturing extreme weather events like tornados, haboobs, supercells, and lightning events on camera and stunning cinematic time lapse videos. Topics Richard and Mike discuss:A Texas tornado that was one of Mike's 2023 highlightsWhat is an haboob and how are they created?Mike's career-altering haboobSupercells and mesocyclonesStorm chasing and risk takingThe d...