Episode 110. Extreme Time-Lapse Photography with Louie Schwartzberg — Filmmaker for Nat Geo, Disney, Netflix: a Journey of Gratitude, Wonder, and Awe

Louie Schwartzberg is a filmmaker who has spent more than four decades revealing the hidden beauty of the world around us. A pioneer in time-lapse, macro, and high-speed cinematography, his work has appeared in National Geographic, Netflix, and DisneyNature films and series including Fantastic Fungi, Moving Art, and Wings of Life, helping millions see nature and time itself in an entirely new way.

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Episode 109. Leoni Kolberg the Cyclonaut: Lessons from World Travel on a Bicycle, Resilience, Self-Reliance, Presence, and Letting Go

In this episode, I sit down with Leoni Kolberg, better known as LaserLeo the Cyclonaut, who has spent the past several years living on a bicycle, cycling across continents, sleeping in a tent, and navigating the world, and her inner landscape, one mile at a time

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Episode 108. Suzi Eszterhas: Quiet Wildlife Photography, Cultivating Vulnerability, and the Power of Patience

Suzi Eszterhas joins the Beyond The Lens Podcast to talk about ethical wildlife photography, patience in the field, animal behavior, and photographing mothers and baby animals. We discuss vulnerability, stillness, conservation, long-term projects, and what it takes to build a meaningful career in wildlife photography.

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Episode 107. Kiliii Yüyan: National Geographic Photographer on Creative Vision and the Magic Sweater Exercise, The Art of Observation, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Kiliii Yüyan is a photographer, filmmaker, public speaker, and National Geographic Explorer. He captures life of the polar regions, beneath cold seas, and within the heart of human communities. His photographs are intimate and sensory, crafted from deep, long-term immersion.

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Episode 105. Joseph Rossbach: Landscape Photography and ‘Manufacturing Inspirado,’ Desert and Swamp Vibes, & Finding Your Creative Flow

Joseph Rossbach is an American landscape photographer and educator who has built a life around wild places, quiet light, and the type of images that reward patience. Over the past two decades, he’s explored everything from the slot canyons of Utah to the cypress swamps of the American South and everywhere in between.

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Episode 104. Patrick Fore: The Terrible Photographer and Navigating the Emotional and Psychological Landscape of Professional Photography

Patrick Fore is a commercial photographer and art director from San Diego, California. He spent four years as lead photographer and brand designer for Taylor Guitars and now runs his own commercial photography studio. 

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Episode 103. Bryan Grieg Fry: Welcome to the Dark, Strange, and Dangerous World of the Venom Doctor

Bryan Grieg Fry is an Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Queensland. He’s a herpetologist and venomologist who leads the Venom Evolution Laboratory, working on venoms from a wide range of reptiles, centipedes, insects, scorpions, spiders, and venomous mammals. He’s also known as the “Venom Doc.”

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Episode 102. Katie Orlinsky: National Geographic Photographer on Vanishing Caribou, Managing Solitude, Obsession, Endurance, and Working the Edge of the Arctic

Katie Orlinsky has spent the past decade documenting life in the Arctic, a place where climate, culture, and survival are all intertwined. Her latest exhibition, Vanishing Caribou, now showing at the Natural History Museum in Siena, Italy, captures the heartbreaking decline of Arctic caribou and the Indigenous communities whose lives depend on them. In this conversation, we talk about how she built the project, the balance between beauty and loss, and what it means to tell stories that help the world see differently.

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Episode 101. Sean Tucker on Photography and Meaning, Protecting Highlights, Embracing Shadows, and Authentic Creating From Failure

Sean Tucker is a photographer, filmmaker, author, and public speaker from the UK. His YouTube channel, which has more than 600,000 subscribers, features videos about photography, creativity, and living a creative life.

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