How To Become A Rockstar Photographer Podcast with Matthias Hombauer

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HTBARP 10 Javier Bragado: Being A Pro Heavy Metal Photographer Jun 27, 2017

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Todays guest is Madrid based Heavy Metal photographer Javier Bragado.

I met Javier the first time in buenos Aires when we did our concert photography exhibition together with Matias Altbach and Dana Distortion (who I interviewed in Episode 5). Since than I become a fan of Javiers work and personally speaking he is one of the best out there.

We will talk about how he used myspace to get started as music photographer, what struggles he had to face in the beginning, how it feels to be on stage with Alter Bridge, his view on the music business and what approaches he is using to stand out in the crowded concert photography world.

HTBARP 9 Jason Miller: LinkedIn Marketing For Concert Photographers Jun 20, 2017

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Jason Miller is a London based music photographer and the global content and social marketing leader at LinkedIn.

For everyone who is not familiar with LinkedIn. In Jasons words it´s “a professional network, where you connect with your online professional identity.”.

You might ask now, “Why the hell has no one ever told me to use this platform?”

No worries, 99% of all concert photographers are not using LinkedIn to get in contact with band managements or promotors and so on.

Therefore I am super excited to have someone like Jason on the Podcast to reveal the social media secrets for concert photographers that no one is talking about.

HTBARP 8 Drew Gurian: Intersection of Music and Lifestyle Photography Jun 13, 2017

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Todays guest is New York based music and lifestyle photographer Drew Gurian.

He got his start in the industry traveling the world with world-renowned photographer, Joe McNally for five years, as his first assistant and right-hand man. He was travelling close to half a million miles in the air, he assisted Joe with client shoots, workshops and conferences around the world, working with tens of thousands of people.

I am pretty excited that Drew found the time to sit down with me and discuss his photography approach when it comes down to portraits and concerts shots. We talk about his collaboration with Mumford and Sons, how to survive in the photography business and which marketing approach Drew takes to stay on top of the game.

HTBARP 7 Tim Thornton: Being the guitarist and drummer of FINK Jun 06, 2017

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Todays guest is Tim Thornton (guitarist and drummer of the UK band Fink).

I worked with Fink several times over the last 3 years and it’s been a fruitful collaboration. They used one of my concert photos in their live album “wheels turn beneath my feet”, I photographed their tourposter for their world tour in 2015 and I joined them for 3 days tour in Austria. Through these collaborations we became friends and I am excited Tim found the time to join my show.

Tim will reveal how he got started as musician and how Fink evolved from a students band to a successful indie band. We will talk about his life on tour, how he sees the music business as a musician and what factors are important for him when choosing to work with photographers.

Furthermore, Tim is also an author and we’ll dig into his first book „The Alternative Hero“, which The Guardian titled as „The indiest book of all time“ and he’ll talk about his crowdfunding campaign to get his 3rd book out.

HTBARP 6 Alexander Hallag: Self-Publishing Your Own Photo Book May 30, 2017

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Todays guest is New Zealand based music photographer Alexander Hallag.

Recently I ordered his book "Shhh...the music is talking” about the New Zealand Music scene and was hooked by his work. Therefore I invited him to sit down with me and talk about the complete process from starting with the book idea in mind to finally having an awesome 200 pages coffeetable book in hands. Alexander will reveal his challenges during this 5 years project and he will share his best tips on how you can self publish your book too.

Make sure to listen until the end of this inspiring interview, where we talk about our concert photography community and why we should support each other.

HTBARP 5 Dana Distortion: Dealing with Challenges as a Music Photographer May 23, 2017

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Todays guest is my friend and awesome music photographer Dana Distortion from New York. I met Dana the first time in Buenos Aires, Argentina, when we both were part of the Highlights exhibition in 2016. Sometimes you meet a person for the first time and you have the feeling you know each other already for a long time. This was the case with Dana and we became close friends.

This episode is the most inspirational (at leat for me) so far. Dana will talk about how to fight challenges as music photographer, but also as a human being in general. She will reveal what’S her motivation to do the things she loves the most. We’ll talk about why man struggle as much as women in the field of music photography and how she came up with the idea to use a step stool in the photo pit and by the way started a trend. Why she loves wearing Band T shirts, and how she started her own fashion label.

HTBARP 4 Steve Brazill: Photo Contracts and Photo Pit Etiquette May 16, 2017

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I know Steve as someone who is really working hard to give back to our concert photography community and I guess this is also the reason why we connected instantly. Beside shooting Rockstars he is working at a Radio station and helped me to set up this podcast. so special thanks to you Steve for helping me out. In this episode we will talk about on how to deal with rights grabbing contracts, a topic that is getting more and more attention in the music business lately. Steve will reveal his point of view when it comes to photo pit etiquette and he’ll talk about his own podcast “Behind The Shot”.

HTBARP 3 Peter Neill: Working with U2, The Script and Queen May 08, 2017

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Peter Neill is a London based music photographer and former IT professional. He is also Head of Content at "Be-Hookd", a social media agency that helps musicians with their social media presence. In this episode, Peter will talk about how he landed his first concert photography job for U2, how he felt when he was working with one of his livelong idols Queen and what he loves about when shooting for The Script. Peter will reveal his approach when shooting portraits and we`ll discuss why social media is becoming more important than ever for bands and concert photographers. Furthermore he'll talk his best tips for using Twitter and the importance of using the right hashtags.

HTBARP 2 Kevin RC Wilson: Becoming An Ambassador for Think Tank, Black Rapid and Carl Zeiss May 01, 2017

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Kevin RC Wilson is a New York based music photographer and former media and marketing professional. He also owns a tattoo studio and was the curator of an art gallery called “Sacred Gallery” for the last 7 years. In this episode, Kevin will talk about how his tattoo studio helped him to get in contact with bands such as Misfits, Jane’s Addiction and Lamb of God. Why you should never act like a fangirl/boy and how he landed his ambassador deals with companies such as Think Tank, Black Rapid and Carl Zeiss. Furthermore we’ll discuss the best marketing tips and social media platforms for concert photographers.

HTBARP 0 Matthias Hombauer: Why I started this Podcast May 01, 2017

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Going through hundreds of emails and comments, I realised that almost everyone experiences struggles in this industry. It´s hard to decide which equipment and camera settings you should use when starting out as concert photographer, it´s challenging to get Photo passes for the big shows, it´s almost impossible to shoot directly for your idols and making money as concert photographer seems to be a dream everyone is chasing but only a few photographers are able to achieve. This made me think. How valuable would it be to learn from the best and most influential music photographers on this planet? Hear their secrets, struggles, successes and crazy stories from their Rockstar life in order to help you kickstart your career as concert photographer. This was the reason why I started with my HTBARP Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, check out show notes, and more at http://www.howtobecomearockstarphotographer.com/htbarp-0-why-i-started-this-podcast-with-matthias-hombauer/

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