Shutter Stories: A Canon Podcast on Photography, Filmmaking and Print
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97 episodes
Moment #1: Developing an individual style and carving a niche
Welcome to Shutter Stories Moments, a brand new series of short-form podcasts. Each episode we will bring you advice, guidance and anecdotes from our incredible guests. You’ll hear some highlights from our main episodes as well as some never he...
Shutter Stories Special - How it's done: Skate the Museum
What happens when you take four world-class skaters and let them loose in one of Britain’s most iconic buildings? Canon's latest exciting, trick-driven collaboration with Red Bull: Skate the Museum! Join Ilvy Njiokiktjien as she mee...
Moment #3: Unpacking proud moments
Welcome to the third episode in our short-form podcast series, Shutter Stories Moments. World Photography Day is a day to celebrate the art of storytelling. In honour of World Photography Day 2023, we have brought together...
Moment #2: Getting your start in the industry
Welcome to the second episode in our new short form podcast series, Shutter Stories Moments. This episode features stories and advice from photographers and content creators across genres, about just how they got their start in the...
Welcome to Shutter Stories Season 4
We're kicking off a new season of Shutter Stories in March 2023 as we talk about photography, filmmaking and content creation. Please join us every month for a new episode on your favourite streaming services or on the Canon Europe YouT...
International Women’s Day: Embracing Equity with Rosie Lugg and Nicole Chapoteau
It’s International Women’s Day and the theme for 2023 is ‘embracing equity’, but how does this apply to photography and content creation? Canon Ambassador and professional photographer, Ilvy Njiokiktjien speaks to the Fashion Direc...
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How I learned to take pictures again: Adventure photographer’s life-changing journey
Capturing images of kite-surfing and outdoor adventure sports is a tricky area of photography at the best of times, but what about after a life-changing accident that leaves you unable to use your arms or legs?Ydwer van der Heide ...
Beyond the Glam: photographing Eurovision and more with Corinne Cumming
Saturday 13th May 2023 marks the grand final of the 67th Eurovision Song Contest which is taking place in Liverpool, UK. But what does it take to photograph such an illustrious event? How do you capture the majesty of it all?Canon Ambas...
Conservation and adventure: capturing Earth’s rapidly changing ecosystems
Although most people have heard of climate change and the extinction of many species, very few have seen and experienced first-hand how animals, ecosystems and people suffer because of it. In this episode, our host Ilvy Njiokiktjie...
History, culture and collective memory: how photography has shaped the world
The invention of photography in the 19th century had a revolutionary impact on the world in many ways and it continues to shape our understanding of the world today. In this episode, our host Ilvy Njiokiktjien (Canon Ambassador and...
Framing the field: celebrating diversity in sports photography
Canon is the official imaging supplier of Rugby World Cup France 2023 so in honour of the Women’s & Men’s Rugby World Cup 2023, we will be celebrating the diversity in sports photography in this episode of Shutter Stories. Our...
Advocacy through art: challenging traditional representations of Africa
Join Ilvy at Tate Modern art gallery in London as she discusses the incredible exhibition A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography with Aïda Muluneh, a fellow Canon Ambassador whose work features in the exhibition and Osei...
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Reframing masculinity: disrupting men's fashion photography
Join host Ilvy Njiokiktjien as she speaks to two creators, Cecilie Harris and Jamie Ferguson, who are challenging the traditions of men’s fashion photography. As well as discussing the ways in which the men’s fashion world is changing a...
Developing resilience: coping with trauma in photojournalism
War correspondents experience similar rates of PTSD as combat veterans so in this timely episode, our host Ilvy Njiokiktjien is joined by professor of psychiatry Dr ...
Love and Business: how to thrive as a couple in wedding photography
Weddings, with their whirlwind of emotions and fleeting moments, demand intimacy, trust, and coordination. And who better to navigate these intricacies than a married couple who own and operate a wedding photography business together? ...
Capturing Tomorrow: The Impact of Future Tech on Imaging
From the dawn of the daguerreotype to the era of mirrorless technology, the imaging landscape has continually evolved, driven by technological advancements that have reshaped how we capture and tell stories. In fact, we could be living through ...
Imaging Trends to watch out for in 2022
What does the current imaging landscape look like and how are pro photographers using new technologies? And what is the shape of things to come? In this Shutter Stories episode, Ilvy Njiokiktjien discusses key trends from 2021 that look set to ...
Introducing the Canon EOS R5 C
The new Canon EOS R5 C is a true hybrid camera, one that offers the ability to record both high quality video footage and capture superior stills. It's also the smallest Cinema EOS camera to date. In today's episode we'll be discussing the EOS ...
Overcoming fear with creativity, with Dafna Tal
Can our fear be something we as image-makers use to drive our creativity? In this inspirational episode, visual artist and Canon Ambassador Dafna Tal tells our host, Ilvy Njiokiktjien, how her new project Anchor Point explores the idea of...
Sarah Waiswa: Building a photographic community
In our International Women’s Day episode, Ilvy chats with Sarah Waiswa, a photographer and Canon Ambassador who co-founded the African Women in Photography network. This organisation is designed to showcase for the work of female and non-binary...
The future of visual storytelling
Ilvy discusses the future of visual storytelling with three Canon Ambassadors and expert image-makers. Photojournalists Ivor Prickett and Laura El-Tantawy have a wealth of experience covering dramatic, emotive and often dangerous situations...
The changing world of food photography
Food photography is everywhere - and more people than ever are snapping pictures of their dinner. But what does it take to create truly exciting and delicious-looking images of food in a world where almost everyone has a smartphone in their poc...
The science behind wildlife photography
In today's episode Laura El-Tantawy sits down for a fascinating and in-depth discussion with Norwegian wildlife photographer, Canon Ambassador and scientist Audun Rikardsen. Audun's incredible work presents beautiful and original images of wild...
Everything you need to know about the Canon EOS R7 and EOS R10
In this bumper episode we go in-depth on Canon’s two brand new mirrorless cameras, the first two APS-C format cameras of the R-System: the EOS R7 and EOS R10. Lucy Hedges talks with photographers and vloggers Dani Connor and Diana Milos who hav...
Meet the new Canon Video Ambassadors
In this special episode, Ilvy Njiokiktjien meets the new crop of Canon Ambassadors, who all specialise in videography to find out about their lives and careers. In the first part of the episode she talks with videographers Tania Freimuth, Franc...