Hone Your Skills
Reach new levels of creativity and capability in your photography and conservation visual storytelling skills with these specially curated podcast episodes

Episode 060: The Evolution of a Photo Editor – An Interview with Susan McElhinney of Ranger Rick Magazine
Ranger Rick Magazine might just be as familiar and well-loved to us nature photographers as that famously yellow-bordered magazine, National Geographic. But how familiar are you with the woman who sits in the editor's chair at this favorite kids' publication, and selects the storytelling images that fill the pages? Well, you're about to learn a whole lot...
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Episode 059: How to Make Time for Photography (Even When Life Gets Busy)
It's easy to let your creative time slip to the back burner... or slip off the stove entirely. This surprisingly powerful tool will help you both make time for your photography AND make great forward progress on your projects.
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Episode 058: 3 Types of Conservation Stories You Can Photograph Near Home
You're ready to photograph a story... but what kind of story will it be? If you've never tackled a photo story before, this is your first hurdle. But don't worry - here are three types of photo stories that offer clearest place to begin your adventure.
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Episode 057: 6 Surprising Resolutions for Conservation Photographers
Episode 057 6 Surprising Resolutions for Conservation Photographers Ready to move beyond excuses and change your photography game? Join me as I walk you through six New Year’s resolutions to get you there! Show Notes It is the first day of the new year and I reckon we all have the same thing on our minds – thank goodness 2020 is finally over! So, with the hope that 2021 is going to be better, is there a better time to share six resolutions for conservation photographers? You might be rolling your eyes at the idea of resolutions, but these are
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Episode 054: Avoid These Two Common Pitching Pitfalls
Have your conservation photography stories been rejected (or ignored) by editors time and time again, but you have no idea where you are going wrong?
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Episode 052: Part 3 – Behind the Scenes of a Long Term Photography Project
To make progress on a big photography project, it's important to clear the table of distractions and old baggage. Here are three huge decisions I needed to make inside my creative work and my business to be able to focus fully on Watershed Sentinels.
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Episode 049: The Secret to Confidence? It's NOT About You
If you're the type to get nervous about putting your work out in the world, well… you have a surprise super-power not everyone else has. Curious what it is? We're talking all about how you can use it to your advantage
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Episode 48: Quit Donating Your Images (Why + Tips for How to Say No)
Donating images... You might not suspect it, but this is actually a hot-button issue with some genuinely important consequences. So, we’re digging into 3 reasons why donating images can be counterproductive to conservation (and even to the organizations you’re donating to), and 2 situations when you definitely can feel confident in donating your images.
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Episode 047: Be a Better Volunteer with These 7 Business Mindset Strategies
Use business mindset strategies to become an even more effective, joyful, and respected volunteer conservation photographer with your favorite local organizations.
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Episode 046: Part 2 – Behind The Scenes of a Long-Term Photography Project
Welcome to part two of a multi-episode series that dives behind the scenes of my photography project Watershed Sentinels! We're exploring the ups, the downs, and strategies for project success.
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Episode 045: From Getting Started to Making Big Change – Inspirational Advice From Our Interviews
The motivation to get moving, to overcome an obstacle, to dream BIG usually comes from conversations with friends and mentors. And that's what we're dishing up in this episode. Prepare yourself for inspiration and motivation, no matter what stage you're in as a conservation photographer.
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Episode 043: Use Tracking Skills to Find & Photograph Elusive Wildlife – An Interview with David Moskowitz
How do you get those epic images of hard-to-find animals? Knowing how to read the landscape is a huge help. Join David Moskowitz, an expert in track and sign and a pro conservation photographer, as he reveals how these skills have provided amazing photo opportunities in the field.
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