John Harris

John R. Harris is a photographer, a writer, and the Senior Producer of the B&H Photography Podcast. His photography has been exhibited at the International Center of Photography, the Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum. A book of his photographs, Garzon, was published in 2011, and his work has appeared in numerous publications. As an on-set still photographer, he has worked on such films as The Motorcycle Diaries, Everybody Has a Plan, and Sunlight, Jr. See his Instagram feed here: @jrockfoto

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Podcast: The Book Exists - Joan Liftin, Minor Matters Books, and "The…

6 years ago

On this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we welcome editor, educator, and photographer Joan Liftin, and Michelle Dunn Marsh, founder and publisher of Minor Matters Books. In the first half of the show, we speak with Liftin about her…

Photojournalism

Photography Books

FUJIFILM Announces 19-45mm T2.9 Large Format Cinema Lens

6 years ago

FUJIFILM has announced the development of a new wide-angle zoom lens for its Premista line of cine lenses, which are designed for large format video and film cameras. The FUJINON Premista 19-45mm T2.9 lens will join the Premista…

Pro Video Lenses

Podcast: Becoming Sculpture—Cameraless Photography with Alison Rossiter

6 years ago

One of the remarks that stuck with me from this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast was Alison Rossiter’s casual mention, “I know how to rock a tray.” Rossiter is noted for her cameraless fine art photo prints, often made on expired photographic paper, some sheets dating back one hundred years or more. Her comment was a…

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Podcast: All in the Family, with Julie Blackmon, and a New Normal for Photo…

6 years ago

We present a fun and insightful conversation on this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, perhaps due to the Midwestern charm of photographer Julie Blackmon and the enjoyable discussion of her wonderful tableaux vivants of family life in middle America. We also welcome back to…

Fine Art Photography

Medium Format Accessories

Podcast: New Camera and Lens Announcements—Summer 2020

6 years ago

On this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we welcome Kevin Rickert, who is a camera and lighting Senior Sales Trainer for B&H. Rickert teaches and updates the Pro Photo staff on all the features and specs of new cameras and often gets these cameras in his hands well before anyone else. Could there be a better…

Mirrorless Cameras

SLR Lenses

Vlogging

Olympus Announces the OM-D E-M10 Mark IV Camera and the Compact 100-400mm Lens

6 years ago

Olympus has announced its latest OM-D series mirrorless camera, the OM-D E-M10 Mark IV, which becomes the fourth iteration of this compact Micro Four Thirds camera since the series debuted in 2014. The E-M10 is the sleekest camera in the OM-D lineup and this latest Mark IV is not only…

Podcast: Internal Thoughts about Past Histories—Aaron Turner and Laylah…

6 years ago

On this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we present a conversation with two photographers. We start with Aaron Turner, who is also a scholar, an archivist, and the host of the podcast “Photographers of Color.” Turner stays with us as we speak later with Laylah Amatullah…

Documentary Photography

Street Photography

Portrait Photography

Compact Hybrid Digital Instant Cameras

6 years ago

If you have someone under 20 years old in your life, you probably know that photo prints are in fashion again. I’m not necessarily referring to darkroom prints on fiber paper, but prints made from disposable cameras that appear in an envelope after being sent “somewhere” and, more so, prints from instant cameras. FUJIFILM and the…

Instant Cameras

Instant Film Cameras

Point & Shoot Cameras

A Mini Look at Ultra-Compact Point-and-Shoot Cameras

6 years ago

The supposed death of the point-and-shoot camera notwithstanding, there are many types of compact cameras available for the novice and pro, and many reasons to enjoy a point-and-shoot instead of the phone camera. At prices of less than $100 and lengths less than 4", there exists a group of stand-alone cameras that offers features most smartphones still do not—optical zoom lenses, image…

Point & Shoot Cameras

Garden Photography with Larry Lederman

6 years ago

Whether photographing your own garden or the sculpted acreage of the Rockefellers, following the light and finding infinite new angles to present the flora is time well spent. That is the clear takeaway from this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast with photographer Larry…

Landscape Photography

Nature Photography

Podcast: Profoto Lighting with Cliff Hausner and Shar Taylor

6 years ago

On this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we discuss lighting gear from the best, with the best, Shar Taylor and Cliff Hausner, of Profoto. Taylor is a past guest on our show and Hausner is one of the most recognized people in the New York…

Photography Lighting

Monolights

Flash & Accessories

Podcast: Redefine the Medium—A Conversation with Duane Michals

6 years ago

Our conversation on this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast is with the fabulous and innovative Duane Michals. Of the many comments he made about his photography practice, a practice that has been commercially and artistically successful for almost sixty years, one…

Documentary Photography

Portrait Photography

OPTIC 2020 Roundup: New Gear from Canon and Sigma

6 years ago

This week on the B&H Photography Podcast, we welcome two old friends of the podcast to talk about the latest gear from their respective companies. First up is Rudy Winston, Technical Advisor at Canon USA, and then we welcome Marc Farb, Technical Rep from Sigma. Both Winston and Farb are breaking records with this, their fifth visit…

Podcast: Saul Leiter and the Saul Leiter Foundation

6 years ago

On this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we welcome Margit Erb and Michael Parillo, of the Saul Leiter Foundation, to discuss Saul Leiter’s career and their work preserving the art and the legacy of this pioneer of color photography. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Leiter…

Street Photography

Fashion Photography

Fine Art Photography

Podcast: Leica Ambassadors Ashly Stohl and Craig Semetko

6 years ago

On today's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we are joined by Craig Semetko, a documentary and street photographer who is much more than those two descriptors. He came to photography from a career in performance and comedy and that makes a lot of sense, noting the…

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