I met Jason Theaker a few years ago when I had just started using my digital camera and again a few years later when I first picked up my large format camera. We’ve met up a few times over the past years and each time we enjoy a chat about photography and a talk through some of our pictures and I’d like to share that enjoyment with you. We picked six photographs to talk through and have split the conversation into three videos of approximately 10-15 minutes each. Jason is a long time flickr user and his thoughtful posts and consistently appealing photography has created an audience that many people pay dearly for. If you want to see more of Jason’s work you can got to his flickr account at http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoimage or at http://www.jasontheaker.com/ and he also gives workshop tuition at http://www.landscapeinspired.com/
A Conversation with Jason Theaker
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Apologies for the delay in replying, I have just returned from a trip to the lakes…
Anyway, thanks so much for your warm complementary words (TB2012?) it sounds like you have to deal with similar family orientated photography shoots too. It’s a real challenge walking with the family (especially my wife!) when you want to immerse yourself in photography and cant. Anyway, I wouldn’t have it any other way…On May 3, 2011 at 8:46 am • Reply
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Thoroughly enjoyed watching all 3 videos and I think its good that you sometimes deviate from talking about photography for a few moments, some interesting stories from both Jason and Tim’s part whilst also talking about interesting little topics such as walking from one location to the other, highlighting the dangers of getting cut off or how you walked down the horrible path to the bay, for me personally it just helps me to enjoy the video more and make me imagine what its like. Pure photography talk for 40 minutes is enough to drive any man insane

Keep up the great work.On April 26, 2011 at 10:04 pm • Reply-
Apologies for the delay in replying, I have just returned from a trip to the lakes…
I totally agree with you about 40 minutes of photography talk! After all it’s the stories behind the images that cement the memories for years to come. For me the images without the stories, would be of lesser value… The thing is, whether or not they are valuable to others, is I suppose down to whether or not they resonate with their experiences. Anyway, I’m glad you found the videos interesting, and thanks for the kind words.On May 3, 2011 at 8:50 am • Reply
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It’s great hearing the stories behind the pictures. I know, Jason, you write a lot in your descriptions to help contextualise your photos, but this medium makes it feel so much more personal. I liked the conversational approach, it gave it a pleasant informality. It felt like I had joined you guys in the room. Imagine your favourite album. You’ve heard it time and again, you know it inside out. Just as you think you’ve gotten as much out of it as you’re going to, you go to an intimate acoustic gig where you’re given an insight into the song writing process. When you return to your album, it feels richer for it, more colourful. Well it’s kinda like that. Nice one.
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Thanks for your very kind words, and I’m glad you found the interview interesting. Funny people keep calling me informal, strange but I don’t know any other way, or anything else, for that matter. Once again, thanks for such a thoughtful response. Jason
On May 12, 2011 at 10:08 am • Reply
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