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Dan Winters is a photographer who has been admired and honored for his work as a portraitist and illustrator. His iconic images of celebrity have adorned the covers of numerous magazines including Texas Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Discover, Wired and many more. His commercial clients have included Nike, Sony, Saturn, Dreamworks and Twentieth Century Fox. He is also respected for his work in still-life and illustrations. You can discover more of his work by visiting his website. Dan Winters recommends the work of Frederick Sommer. For streaming audio click here or subscribe to the podcast for free via

Stephen Marc, Olympus Visionary photographer and art professor at Arizona State University’s Herberger College of Fine Arts, is recognized for his unique and powerful photographic montages that explore the African Diaspora. His images combine family snapshots, antique photographs and images from his own extensive body of photographic work. The dual themes of all his work are an attempt to tell both his personal story and the story of a culture. Marc’s current project, Passage on the Underground Railroad, explores North America’s Underground Railroad, which moved escaped slaves to freedom. For over four years, he took more than 30,000 photographs of people and places in 21 states and Canada. The project culminated in a book and exhibition of Marc’s Underground Railroad artwork. You can discover more about him and his work by visiting this website. Stephen Marc recommends the work of Jerry N. Uelsmann. For streaming audio click here or subscribe to the podcast for free via

Darryl Sivad picked up his first camera in high school. Richard Avedon invited Sivad to join him in New York City for a rare opportunity – a two-year internship. A delay in transitioning from Detroit to New York cost him that opportunity. However, highly regarded photographer Anthony Barboza did engage Sivad as an assistant. It was here that Sivad was able to refine his own vision as a photographer. Sivad’s passion for photography continues alongside his career as an actor/writer. His images can also be seen in the following publications Black: A Celebration of Culture; I Shook Up the World; Saturday Night/Sunday Morning and Black Renaissance/Black Noire. Sivad has exhibited nationally including most recently at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, the Leica Gallery, the Wadsworth Atheneum of Art, The African American Museum in Philadelphia, PA and the California African American Museum. His work is also in the permanent collections of the Museum of the African Diaspora and the Smithsonian Institute. Sivad’s film and television career has included being a series regular, recurring and guest star on Friends, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The Jamie Foxx Show, ER, The Naked Truth, NYPD Blue, Two and a Half Men, Talkin’ Dirty After Dark, Fear of a Black Hat and A Cinderella Story. You can discover more about his career and work by visiting his website. Also check out a funny short-film, he co-wrote and stars in called The Playmaker. Darryl Sivad recommends the work of Albert Fennar. For streaming audio click here or subscribe to the podcast for free via

Lynn Goldsmith is a legendary portrait, commercial and fine-art photographer who has photographed many of the great entertainers of film, television and music including Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Patti Smith and Miles Davis, just to name a few. Her photographs have appeared on the covers of Life, Newsweek, Time, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, People, and more. She has also created a body of fine-art photography which includes a remarkable series of self-portraits. You can discover more of her work by visiting her website. Lynn Goldsmith recommends the work of Elliot Erwitt. For streaming audio click here or subscribe to the podcast for free via

Richard Newman for over twenty-five years, has worked as a photographer,writer, educator and printer. His work documenting the Exxon Valdez oil spill, in 1989 and 1990, is part of the White House photography archives and is part of the permanent collection at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. He has published three books on photography and been a contributor to two others. Richard's photographs, and writings, have appeared in Digital Photo Pro, View Camera, Lenswork,Outdoor Photographer, Professional Photographer Magazine, Storyteller Magazine,Rangefinder, and the Village Voice. He is currently the National Education Coordinator for Calumet Photographic. You can discover more of his work by visiting his website or following his blog. Richard Newman recommends the work of Dennis Keeley who has been interviewed before on this show. Listen to that interview by clicking here. For streaming audio click here or subscribe to the podcast for free via

Nevada Wier is an award-winning photographer specializing in the remote corners of the globe and the cultures that inhabit them. Nevada's journeys have taken her throughout Southeast Asia, India, China, Nepal, Africa, New Zealand, Central Asia, Mongolia, South America and other obscure regions of the world. Her work is represented for licensing by Getty and Corbis. Nevada has been published in numerous national and international publications, including: NG Adventure, Geo, Islands, National Geographic, Outdoor Photographer, Outside, and Smithsonian. She is a Fellow of The Explorer's Club, a member of the Society of Woman Geographers and was featured in a Northwest Airlines international television and print ad campaign. You can discover more of her work by visiting her website and following her blog. Nevada Wier recommends the work of David Alan Harvey & Alex Webb. For streaming audio click here or subscribe to the podcast for free via

I was playing with my waterproof camera at Scarborough beach in July 2009. Distributed by Tubemogul.

I don't even remember. I think I was trying to capture a little of what happens when it rains at Soul Fest with my waterproof camera. Distributed by Tubemogul.

The Vivitar DVR 810HD is one of the least expensive High Definition digital camcorders on the market today, but is it a bargain buy or just cheap junk? I'd say it's half and half. The 810HD looks, feels, and operates like a real camcorder costing hundreds more, but the video and audio quality are poor at best. The lower-res modes deliver about the same results as recording video on a low-end digital still photo camera (or even a good cell phone camera), and although HD mode does record at 1280x720 720P resolution, the image is pixellated and the unusually low 20 frames per second recording delivers smeary, jittery motion (a sample of this HD footage will be featured in my next video). I would only recommend this camcorder for children, so they can learn how a real digital flash memory camcorder operates, with its various manual controls (exposure, white balance, ISO speeds, etc.), without the expense of buying a real camcorder and then worrying about it getting lost or broken. The 810HD's low-tech MJPEG files can be easily edited with any version of Windows Movie Maker or iMovie and then uploaded to YouTube, such as I did to create this video. But if you are just looking for a good inexpensive camcorder, spend a little bit more and get a model from a known brand with good reviews, such as the pocket-size Kodak Zi6 which is now commonly on sale for under $100. Needless to say, I am now returning this camcorder because it is of no use to me. (Don't worry, Staples, I kept everything in the packaging as perfect as I could!)

The new Vivitar ViviCam VC-8380 will deliver flawless photos with user friendly features. The 8.0-megapixel digital camera has top technology with a slim line body design that can fit in any pocket. Top features include a crystal-clear 3.0-inch LCD display, 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom, 32MB internal memory, and supports SD memory cards. The Vivitar ViviCam VC-8380 is a sure way to capture clear and crisp images in record time.

Vivitar s new ViviCam VC-8370 delivers flawless photos and it s incredibly simple to use! This 8.0-megpixel digital camera is so compact it fits snugly in your pocket, and is ready to capture any scene on the spur of the moment. Other features include a crystal-clear 2.36-inch TFT-LCD display, 3x optical zoom, 5x digital zoom, 32MB flash memory, and support for SD memory cards. Keep the smart ViviCam VC-8370 in your pocket, and you are equipped to take just the right shot, with absolute clarity in record time. Vivitar we make it easy.