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I first met photographer Grant Brittain at my friend’s backyard ramp (The Old Bro). In fact, I was taking skateboard pictures of my Skatopia friends. And Grant Brittain shows up to the session (he is a good friend of Bill Billing)! Yes, it was intimidating to take pictures in front of this master of photography. But Grant made his way over to me and quickly put me at ease. I always knew of Grants contributions to skateboarding. But on that day back in 2009 (or so), I realized what a generous guy he is.
This podcast is literally the second conversation I have had with Grant Brittain. And I hope it gives you a glimpse into his personality, craft, and journey.
podcast topics
- skateboarding documentary accuracy
- Stacy Peralta
- Del Mar Skatepark
- Skatopia
- Bill Billing
- Wally Inouye
- Chris Strople
- Ed Economy
- Caster skateboard
Art major in school- first photo
shot on a Canon Ae1 - Kodachrome 64
- Kyle Jensen was the first person photographed
- Sonny Miller
- first experience in a darkroom
- Chris Miller pole cam photo
- photography origins
film slows down your workflow- Fe Nikon
- novice photographer gear
recomendations - get a used film camera
- get in a darkroom
- the expense of film makes you slow down the workflow
- photographers who are anti-digital
- “I’m going to be a photographer until the day I die”
flash photography
- Nikon fm2 changed everything
- K-Mart focal flash
- Jim Goodrich
- Hasselblad
hypersync - flashpoint, Godox
- Qflash
Pocketwizard - light flare
- Terry Richardson
- Yashica T4
- portraiture
- Richard Avedon
- Irving Penn
- available light
- Transworld visual style
- books, lectures, mentors, college
skateboard photographers then and now
- skateboard photographers shoot their friends
- Tod Swank
- Dave Swift
- Christian Hosoi
- Marina Del Ray skatepark
- how does a photographer find their style
- book, workshop, and museum
- framing a skateboard shot with a fisheye lens
- Warren Bolster brought the fisheye from surfing to skateboarding
- early 20th and
mid century photography - Ralph Gibson
- Dorathea Lange
- John Humphreys
more J. Grant Brittain podcast episodes
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