Thorsten Overgaard: A lot of great photographers did their best work when they didn't know how to do it
In this episode I am talking with Thorsten Overgaard ( Magic Of Light ) about his photography, Leica cameras and much more. Thank you so much for joing us on this episode. If you like this content and want to see more consider subscribing and sharing it with your friends, it really helps producing more videos like this one and if you really want to get notified use the bell icon. ou can find this podcast live on Youtube where you can ask questions in the real time or find us in your favorite podcast application.
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0:00:00 - Hello there!
0:00:16 - Introduction
0:01:24 - How did Thorsten get into photography
0:06:19 - Did you imagine doing photography for living?
0:07:40 - How did you got back into photography?
0:08:48 - How to earn living with photography
0:09:12 - Why did Thorsten Overgaard pulled his archive from Getty Images?
0:11:18 - To be successful artist you have to be an entrepreneur
0:19:29 - Helmut Newton and Ansel Adams
0:23:24 - How many pictures does Thorsten von Overgaard take per year?
0:24:44 - I don’t always take pictures
0:27:59 - Editing process
0:29:51 - Is Thorsten ever nervous about taking a picture?
0:30:53 - Subjects Thorsten avoids
0:34:56 - The right way of starting as an artist
0:36:17 - Talking about commercial work
0:39:15 - Postcards by Thorsten von Overgaard
0:42:47 - Thorsten’s system to organise pictures
0:45:24 - How much editing is too much editing?
0:51:21 - How do you decide between horizontal and vertical picture and when to crop the image?
0:54:12 - Have you already taken your best image?
0:57:32 - Have you ever tried different styles of street photography?
0:58:13 - Finding your style
0:59:54 - Henri Cartier-Bresson and his portrait style
1:01:30 - Your style is unique
1:05:34 - Your first 10 000 photos are your worst
1:10:40 - What would be Thorsten’s one camera and one lens
1:11:01 - What is so magical about Leica?
1:14:23 - Is Leica M a luxury object?
1:16:35 - Could Leica M-D (or Leica Monochrom)be your only camera?
1:21:20 - What should be your first Leica camera?
1:22:00 - Leica Q3 with 35mm or 50mm Lens?
1:23:45 - Leica M12 wishlist?
1:25:04 - Have you ever wanted to become Leica ambassador?
1:26:31 - What about different cameras for street photography? iPhone, Ricoh GR, FUJI…
1:31:48 - How do workshops of Thorsten von Overgaard look like?
1:38:10 - How much can be learned and how much is a talent
1:41:54 - How to be original?
1:48:42 - What are you usually looking for when you are judging photography competitions?
1:52:53 - the end