We often hear about fashion and clothing stylists and even food stylists, but every bit as important is the prop stylist. The folks who curate all the finishing touches that give a shot its sense of time and place. Prop stylists are often the real behind the scenes heroes of the amazing images that we see in magazines and advertisements.

New York based Robin Zachary is a Prop stylist with experience at all levels of the creative process, from prop styling, to creative direction and even photography. With over 20 years of experience in the advertising capital of the world, I knew that Robin would be the perfect person to speak with to gain insight into the world of collaborating with prop stylists.

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Links

Website URLs:

https://www.robinzachary.com

https://www.thepropstylingexperience.com/

Instagram URL:

https://www.instagram.com/robinzachary/

Facebook URL:

https://www.facebook.com/robinzacharystylist

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Episode Web Page: https://www.joeedelman.com/prop-stylist

My Website & Portfolio: https://www.JoeEdelman.com

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FTC Disclosure: No sponsors have paid for inclusion in this video. I am an Olympus Visionary photographer, a Delkin Image Maker, a TetherTools Pro and a StellaPro Champion of Light. These companies do provide me with various pieces of gear that I frequently discuss or mention, however all words and opinions are my own, and I was not asked to produce this podcast.

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Wedding Photography. So many new photographers decide to shoot weddings because they think it is a sound money making genre. So many wedding photography businesses fail quickly because said photographers had no idea how much work is actually involved in shooting a wedding and running a wedding business. It takes a special person to not only be good at wedding photography, but also to be able to make it a full-time business that supports a family of 4.

This was not the case for my guest Mr. Joseph Ellis. Along with his wife Stephanie, Joseph has shot over 800 weddings in the last 20 years after transitioning to weddings from his early career as a photojournalist. Together, the couple owns and operates Big Wall Family Photography studio in Dallas, Texas. 

Joseph shared some great advice for new wedding photographers and lots of details about how he works with wedding couples and the gear he uses.

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Website URLs:

http://www.josephmark.com 

http://www.bigwallstudio.com

http://www.familyphotolife.com

Instagram URL:

https://www.instagram.com/josephmarkphoto/

Facebook URL:

https://www.facebook.com/josephmarkphoto

YouTube URL:

http://www.youtube.com/josephellisphotographer

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Episode Web Page: https://www.joeedelman.com/joseph-ellis

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Don't forget to check out THE LAST FRAME LIVE

Wednesday evenings at 6:00PM ET US on YouTube!

Visit: http://lastframe.live for past episodes.

Calendar of upcoming Live-Online Presentations & Speaking Events:

https://www.joeedelman.com/edu/

I would love to be your PHOTOGRAPHY MENTOR! https://www.joeedelman.com/mentoring-for-photographers/

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FTC Disclosure: No sponsors have paid for inclusion in this video. I am an Olympus Visionary photographer, a Delkin Image Maker, a TetherTools Pro and a StellaPro Champion of Light. These companies do provide me with various pieces of gear that I frequently discuss or mention, however all words and opinions are my own, and I was not asked to produce this podcast.

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I had a great conversation this week with Mr. Marc Silber. Marc is a life-long photographer, best-selling author three times over, filmmaker and host of the Advancing Your Photography YouTube series.

Marc started out learning darkroom skills and the basics of photography at the legendary Peninsula School in Menlo Park, CA, in the '60s. If you are not familiar with the Peninsula School, they are renowned for their no-grade approach to education and support of student collaboration, positive risk-taking, and creativity. Marc moved on to hone his skills to professional standards at the famed San Francisco Art Institute and has since moved into teaching photography in workshops all over the country.

One of the things I admire most about Marc is his dedication to education. Not just sharing his knowledge and experience, but his own continuing education, and you will see in his books, his videos, and even in our conversation, that he has a brilliant quote from an inspirational photographer for almost any situation.

But his quotes are not just focused on iconic names like Adams and Leibovitz. He also makes it a point to learn from new photographers. When I booked Marc to be on the podcast, he shared a list of things that he has recently learned from talking to budding photographers, and I thought that would make for a great conversation and provide some excellent teaching opportunities.

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Links

Website URL:

https://www.silberstudios.com/

https://marcsilber.smugmug.com/

Instagram URL:

https://www.instagram.com/marcsilber 

Facebook URL:

https://www.facebook.com/marcosilber

YouTube URL:

https://www.youtube.com/marcsilber

To purchase Marc's book Advancing Your Photography: Secrets to Making Photographs that You and Others Will Love

Visit: https://www.advancingyourphotography.com/ 

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Don't forget to check out THE LAST FRAME LIVE

Wednesday evenings at 6:00PM ET US on YouTube!

Visit: http://lastframe.live for past episodes.

Calendar of upcoming Live-Online Presentations & Speaking Events:

https://www.joeedelman.com/edu/

I would love to be your PHOTOGRAPHY MENTOR! https://www.joeedelman.com/mentoring-for-photographers/

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FTC Disclosure: No sponsors have paid for inclusion in this video. I am an Olympus Visionary photographer, a Delkin Image Maker, a TetherTools Pro, and a StellaPro Champion of Light. These companies do provide me with various pieces of gear that I frequently discuss or mention; however, all words and opinions are my own, and I was not asked to produce this podcast.

Support the show (https://paypal.me/joeedelman)