Candela: Photography & Cinematography Masters

Street photographer Matt Stuart discusses his coverage of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, the wake-up call that was a plastic bullet whizzing past his head at a Hong Kong protest, how to balance creative work with work that puts food on the table, ...

Bronx-born photographer Joel Meyerowitz sits down with hosts Alan Schaller and Christopher Hooton to discuss photography as zen archery, New York in the 1970s, a chance meeting with Henri Cartier-Bresson on the street, and how Joel became the only ph...

Giving work a title can be an awkward thing. Too ambiguous? Not ambiguous enough? What about commercial or categorisation considerations? Alan and Chris chew all this over, Chris gives his theory that there are generally four kinds of title, and the ...

Dan Sackheim has become a go-to director for television in Hollywood, directing episodes of Game of Thrones, Ozark, Better Call Saul, True Detective, The Leftovers and other major shows. He joins Alan Schaller and Christopher Hooton to discuss the sp...

In this episode, hosts Alan Schaller and Christopher Hooton consider to what extent fancy cameras and equipment bring you better results, how this differs in terms of photography and film, and the hidden advantages of lower-end kit.

Vogue and GQ portrait photographer Vincent Peters joins Alan Schaller and Christopher Hooton to discuss modern celebrity, the need to leave something "unavailable" in an image, and the possibility that digital content is becoming to our brains what p...

You've got a great scene or subject in front of you, now where are you going to position the camera? Angles and perspectives are the focus of this episode, with hosts Alan Schaller and Christopher Hooton explaining how they think about them both in t...

Academy Award-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister talks to hosts Alan Schaller & Christopher Hooton about his collaborations with Christopher Nolan, his beginnings as a news cameraman, a life-changing chance meeting with Robert Altman, managing to ...

Almost all projects – from amateur to the highest levels – involve sacrifices, but when should you make concessions and when should you stick to your guns? In this episode, hosts Alan Schaller and Christopher Hooton discuss compromise in creativity. 

How does lighting and lens choice work underwater? Photographer Cristina Mittermeier joins hosts Alan Schaller and Christopher Hooton to discuss the majesty and the difficulty of shooting marine life, 'split photography' that captures both what's ben...