About this episode
Welcome to Episode 067 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Ben Canales! Ben Canales is a fantastic photographer and videographer living in Portland, Oregon and is widely considered to be one of the pioneers of modern digital night photography. Ben is a partner of a video company called Uncage the Soul Productions where he creates incredible time-lapse and video productions for companies all over the world. You can see the full library of amazing productions over on Vimeo . I believe this is one of the best podcast episodes we've recorded to-date! We covered some great topics this week, including: 1. Ben's journey into night photography. 2. How night photography has evolved. 3. Shooting night video. 4. Framing and composition differences between photography, time-lapse, and video. 5. Location tagging on social media. 6. Abusing locations for our benefit. 7. Creativity, conformity, and the interesting new Instagram page "@ Insta_Repeat " Over on Patreon this week, Ben and I had a fabulous conversation - he answered several listener questions from our Facebook group, explained how he keeps inspired to do night photography, and handled a delicate and complex question regarding responsibility. Please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon ! There's a ton of bonus content over there for subscribers! Your support is critical - it helps with production costs and to improve the podcast over time. Thanks! To learn more about Ben, check out his online presence: Website . Instagram . Vimeo . Here are some artists that Ben recommended for the podcast: 1. Zeb Andrews . 2. Rachel Jones Ross . 3. Tracy Lee . 4. Kayla Sulek. Some examples of Ben's photography can be seen on my blog post at https://www.mattpaynephotography.com/blog/2018/7/f-stop-collaborate-and-listen-episode-67---ben-canales I love hearing from the podcast listeners! Reach out to me via email , Instagram , Facebook , or Twitter if you'd like to be on the podcast or if you have an idea of a topic we can talk about. You can also join the conversation on our Facebook Group ! We've also started an Instagram page and a Facebook page for the podcast, where we'll be sharing updates as we go!