Iain Farrell
@iain-farrell.bsky.social
Nerdy fella living in Scotland and making a weekly podcast about photography called Prime Lenses.
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Iain Farrell
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· Aug 24
Prime Lenses Episode 76 - Two Strangers Trying not to Kill Each Other — Iain Farrell
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Delighted to be able to share this episode of Prime Lenses where I sat down with Joel Meyerowitz, Maggie Barrett, Manon Ouimet and Jacob Perlmutter to discuss their beautiful documentary, Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other.
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This week I’m delighted to welcome Ray Di Pietro to the show to talk about his work as a photojournalist, his collection of wonderful cameras and lenses, and that time he met Marc Maron. #photography
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November 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This week I’m delighted to welcome Ray Di Pietro to the show to talk about his work as a photojournalist, his collection of wonderful cameras and lenses, and that time he met Marc Maron. #photography
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This week on the show, Nitrate Fox talks creative process, book making and ether sickness. It was a new one for me too 😂 an amazing conversation, I hope you all enjoy it. #photographer
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November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This week on the show, Nitrate Fox talks creative process, book making and ether sickness. It was a new one for me too 😂 an amazing conversation, I hope you all enjoy it. #photographer
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Happy Sunday everyone! So pleased to say that my guest this week is Ted Forbes. A photographer and educator I’ve watched on YouTube for many years. I hope you enjoy our conversation. #photography #podcast
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Episode 86 - Ted Forbes — Prime Lenses Podcast - A weekly podcast about photography 📸
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November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happy Sunday everyone! So pleased to say that my guest this week is Ted Forbes. A photographer and educator I’ve watched on YouTube for many years. I hope you enjoy our conversation. #photography #podcast
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Back with an extra episode with AJ Woomer and Dan Rubin discussing AJ's new book. I also share Ali O'Keefe's new video which revisits an older camera and lens combo I also love. You can read it all here, in the Prime Lenses newsletter. #photography
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Repetition and Starting at the Start — Prime Lenses Podcast - A weekly podcast about photography 📸
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October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Back with an extra episode with AJ Woomer and Dan Rubin discussing AJ's new book. I also share Ali O'Keefe's new video which revisits an older camera and lens combo I also love. You can read it all here, in the Prime Lenses newsletter. #photography
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This week my guest was the wonderful Davide De Martis talking about his love of photography, the ingredients needed for great images and how he managed to travel to Wetzlar by unexpected means. #photography #podcast
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Episode 85 - Davide De Martis — Prime Lenses Podcast - A weekly podcast about photography 📸
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October 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This week my guest was the wonderful Davide De Martis talking about his love of photography, the ingredients needed for great images and how he managed to travel to Wetzlar by unexpected means. #photography #podcast
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This week in the newsletter, an extra episode with @philpenman.bsky.social, a return to classic timepieces and a new camera by way of the folks at Silvergrain Classics. #photography #podcast
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If you’re patient, everything old is new again — Prime Lenses Podcast - A weekly podcast about photography 📸
Time is a funny thing. I have a new watch that Alice and the boys bought me, very cute, made of recycled plastic and featuring a snorkelling Snoopy who wants to remind us all to take care. It ticks...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This week in the newsletter, an extra episode with @philpenman.bsky.social, a return to classic timepieces and a new camera by way of the folks at Silvergrain Classics. #photography #podcast
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This week on the podcast I was delighted to welcome the brilliant Jasper Fforde to the podcast. He’s one of my favourite authors so it was a real treat to talk cameras with him. #photography
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October 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This week on the podcast I was delighted to welcome the brilliant Jasper Fforde to the podcast. He’s one of my favourite authors so it was a real treat to talk cameras with him. #photography
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Today in the newsletter a special episode with Brandon Ruffin discussing his new book and the journey he's on along with so many folks who came before him. It's a great talk, I hope you enjoy it. #photography
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Migration Patterns with Brandon Ruffin — Prime Lenses Podcast - A weekly podcast about photography 📸
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October 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today in the newsletter a special episode with Brandon Ruffin discussing his new book and the journey he's on along with so many folks who came before him. It's a great talk, I hope you enjoy it. #photography
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This week I was delighted to welcome Ellie Rothnie to the show. We had a great talk about her wildlife photos, the lenses she loves and why she’s been with Canon since day one. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts. #photography
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Episode 83 - Ellie Rothnie — Prime Lenses Podcast - A weekly podcast about photography 📸
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October 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This week I was delighted to welcome Ellie Rothnie to the show. We had a great talk about her wildlife photos, the lenses she loves and why she’s been with Canon since day one. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts. #photography
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This week in the newsletter, it's all Clankers and Slop, and I hate it.
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Clankers and Slop — Prime Lenses Podcast - A weekly podcast about photography 📸
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October 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This week in the newsletter, it's all Clankers and Slop, and I hate it.
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This week in the newsletter I was able to have a chat to Seth from Leitz Cine about their new line of Hektor lenses. #photography
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Old Soul, New Glass — Prime Lenses Podcast - A weekly podcast about photography 📸
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October 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This week in the newsletter I was able to have a chat to Seth from Leitz Cine about their new line of Hektor lenses. #photography
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This week on the podcast I spoke to @bilbrown.bsky.social about why we make photos and what it means to be a photographer. It was a great conversation. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. #photography
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Episode 81 - Bil Brown — Prime Lenses Podcast - A weekly podcast about photography 📸
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September 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This week on the podcast I spoke to @bilbrown.bsky.social about why we make photos and what it means to be a photographer. It was a great conversation. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. #photography
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I've updated the website for the podcast. New look, new URL, new episodes every week with some amazing photographers. Hope you like it! #photography
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September 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I've updated the website for the podcast. New look, new URL, new episodes every week with some amazing photographers. Hope you like it! #photography
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This week in the newsletter, Incentive Misalignment between community and platform, and a little bit of GAS with Ali from One Month, Two Cameras. #photography
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Incentive Misalignment — Iain Farrell
This week I learned that the incentives of Reddit are not always the same as the incentives of their community and I messed up.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This week in the newsletter, Incentive Misalignment between community and platform, and a little bit of GAS with Ali from One Month, Two Cameras. #photography
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Fun quick blog post about the Apple Crossbody strap which makes a neat camera strap if you have a small camera like the RX100, mGRIII, X-Half or digicam like the G7x. #photography
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September 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Fun quick blog post about the Apple Crossbody strap which makes a neat camera strap if you have a small camera like the RX100, mGRIII, X-Half or digicam like the G7x. #photography
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This week I’m thrilled to welcome Pete Souza to the show to talk about his career in print and at the Whitehouse for two Presidents. Listen now. #photography
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Episode 79 - Pete Souza — Iain Farrell
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September 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This week I’m thrilled to welcome Pete Souza to the show to talk about his career in print and at the Whitehouse for two Presidents. Listen now. #photography
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This week in the newsletter, a thought on the power of words and why there's no such thing as traditionally creative. #art #photography
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Mo problems, mo creativity — Iain Farrell
I saw an old friend last week and they reminded me of the importance of words and the stories we tell ourselves because something that starts out as just a silly comment, if unchecked, can become fact...
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September 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This week in the newsletter, a thought on the power of words and why there's no such thing as traditionally creative. #art #photography
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A very happy Sunday one and all! This week I was delighted to welcome Goughie to the show to talk about some lovely lenses and how YouTube and his work talk to one another. It's a great chat. #photography
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Episode 78 - Goughie — Iain Farrell
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September 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A very happy Sunday one and all! This week I was delighted to welcome Goughie to the show to talk about some lovely lenses and how YouTube and his work talk to one another. It's a great chat. #photography
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If the podcast documents the thoughts of photographers, then it's the newsletter where I document mine and this week I found that I was a bit stuck. So I wrote about it. I hope you'll join me and subscribe if you haven't already. #art
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I haven’t arted very well this week — Iain Farrell
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September 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
If the podcast documents the thoughts of photographers, then it's the newsletter where I document mine and this week I found that I was a bit stuck. So I wrote about it. I hope you'll join me and subscribe if you haven't already. #art
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Happy Sunday everyone! This week I was delighted to welcome Charys and Marwan from Silvergrain Classics to the show to talk about the magic of analogue photography, print and to get the latest on the Wideluxx revival.
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Episode 77 - Silvergrain Classics — Iain Farrell
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August 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Happy Sunday everyone! This week I was delighted to welcome Charys and Marwan from Silvergrain Classics to the show to talk about the magic of analogue photography, print and to get the latest on the Wideluxx revival.
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This week in the newsletter I spoke with friends about projects they're working on to share with you all inspired by the spirit of Ubuntu. You can find out more, here
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The Spirit of ubuntu — Iain Farrell
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August 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This week in the newsletter I spoke with friends about projects they're working on to share with you all inspired by the spirit of Ubuntu. You can find out more, here
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Delighted to be able to share this episode of Prime Lenses where I sat down with Joel Meyerowitz, Maggie Barrett, Manon Ouimet and Jacob Perlmutter to discuss their beautiful documentary, Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other.
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Prime Lenses Episode 76 - Two Strangers Trying not to Kill Each Other — Iain Farrell
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August 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Delighted to be able to share this episode of Prime Lenses where I sat down with Joel Meyerowitz, Maggie Barrett, Manon Ouimet and Jacob Perlmutter to discuss their beautiful documentary, Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other.
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August 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Morning! I created some Roswell Time for a blog post, inspired by @simonsinek.bsky.social and @ellecordova.bsky.social. I think we have to make that term stick! :D #creativity #boredom
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August 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Morning! I created some Roswell Time for a blog post, inspired by @simonsinek.bsky.social and @ellecordova.bsky.social. I think we have to make that term stick! :D #creativity #boredom
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