Photography Chat with Merlin

Jan 25 2024 115 ep. 91 mins 12
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A weekly chat on Instagram Live with different photographers from all around the world and from all walks. No agenda, just organic discussion and sometimes questions from the folks watching the live stream. Topics vary between guests but it is always a lot of fun.

Follow me on Instagram @merlindb to check out the live stream every Thursday at 8pm EST.

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Photography Chat s.4 ep.1 Lauren Johnson

Jan 25 2024 63 mins  
After taking a year off to regroup the chat is back and we are kicking it off with the awesome Lauren aka @coolperolike on the instagram. She is a rad photographer and human in the Bay Area, but I will let her speak for her self :)"hi i’m lo! i don’t know how to talk about myself so i guess i’ll start with i’m a photographer and i shoot everything from instant photos to

Photography Chat s.3 ep.45 Matthew Burt

Nov 17 2022 125 mins  
Matthew s a wicked awesome cat, so much fun to chat it out with him. He shared how he got started with film photography and his connection to skateboarding with it. We talked about punk music and going to live shows. He shared how he get involved with Filmphotographic and his involvement with Our City which was a cool exhibition. Then we finished off with being old but still rockin

Photography Chat s.3 ep.44 Iris Sagitta

Nov 10 2022 108 mins  
I am so glad to have finally connected with @irisxsagitta she is so rad to chat with. She shared with us how she got started with photography. Then we got into social media and the relationships that we have with different platforms. From there we got into the intention of shooting, the importance of the tangible, and creating images just for yourself. We got into film stocks and t

Photography Chat s.3 ep.43 Juan Martinez

Nov 03 2022 76 mins  
We’ve been talking about having Juan of @beersandcameras on the chat for a while now and we were finally able to make it happen. He talked to us about his recent trip to Germany to see the Leica HQ during the new M6 launch. We got into how Beers & Cameras got started and what the future looks like for the group. We talked about male domination in the photography world and abo

Photography Chat s.3 ep.42 Mario Machon

Oct 27 2022 116 mins  
I have not laughed so much in a while, chatting with @maxsprkplg tonight was so rad. Mario is such a chill dude and his talent for camera-building is incredible. We talked a little bit about my trip down to the states for Polacon. We also got into what was fun about Polacon for both of us and some of the moments we shared there. We got into a bunch of silly movie remake ideas and t

Photography Chat s.3 ep.41 Abel Flamingo

Oct 20 2022 135 mins  
Oh boy did we ever have an animated chat tonight. We talked about the new Leica M6 release, shooting instant film, fav alcohols, Jesus, baby Hitler and time machines, why malt liquor is for kids, and cameras that fuck. It was nice to catch up with Abel after spending so much time in person with him over the last couple of months. Looking forward to more hangs and adventures in the

Photography Chat s.3 ep.40 Ethan Moses aka Cameradactyl

Oct 13 2022 108 mins  
What a rad time chatting with one of the sweetest boys from @sweetboysuniversity Ethan is a real mensch and a super interesting cat. A real renaissance man of the ’20s. We talked about stuff all over the map, from his work on ultra-large format cameras to his work on 3D printing all kinds of things. Check out his page for more cool things."Ethan Moses is the stable genius beh

Photography Chat s.3 ep.39 Jason Lee

Oct 06 2022 111 mins  
Such a rad time chatting it out with Jason in his studio. We talked about his latest exhibition in San Diego ah @plnu that is running until November. We got into who inspires him and what kind of work he has planned. We got onto talking about making books and chatted about @filmphotographic and his upcoming Leica show in London in 2023. Alberta showed us some of her artwork and wil

Photography Chat s.3 ep.38 Polacon 7

Oct 01 2022 36 mins  
The state of the emulsion panel for Polacon 7 was dope. So nice to hang out with all these folks again in Denton. Some technical difficulties but we got through it all. I haven't seen some folks since 2019 so it was nice to catch up with old friends and make some new ones. Polacon is a yearly celebration of Instant Film that happens in a few cities across North America.Support

Photography Chat s.3 ep.37 Ray Barbee

Sep 15 2022 76 mins  
It took a while but it was incredible to have @r.barbee on the chat. Such rad energy and is a great storyteller. He talked about how he got into photography and shared some of his stories about going pro and his love of Ilford (and Kodak too). We got into his music and he shared some of his fav pedals and what musicians have inspired him. He talked to us about which photographers h