#billymonday

“In Conversation 8″ on Saturday, April15th at 18:00 UTC (GMT)

… with Pete @tvoom​ admin of @photosworthseeing​ and Fern @qbn-scholar​  admin of http://luxlit.net, and special guest Billy Monday @billymonday​

Planned topics this month:

- Portrait photography - Nude photography - Censorship in social media

Shownotes (clickable on YouTube):

00:00:01  Pre-Show (Pete’s first “viral” video and discussing online haters) 00:04:31  Introductions and "warning" that nude Photography will be shown on this video! 00:08:31  Fern shares his screen (NUDE PHOTO by Billy Monday) and question for Billy about working with models and getting to that final creative image 00:09:53  Billy: working with models and “objectifying” them (in a positive way) 00:11:49  Pete experiences with shooting with a professional model and the difference between working with actors   00:15:28  Fern (question for Billy): what seems like a mistake when shooting becomes a beautiful photo later on… does that happen to you? 00:17:47  Billy “Two types of photographers": hunter/gatherers and farmers” 00:19:12  Pete "why I'm a “Canon Photographer” 00:21:07  Fern (question for Billy): How much planning is involved?" 00:24:45  Pete: "What is the difference for you to shoot people with and without clothes? 00:26:40  Fern (question for Billy): Do you shoot other subjects than nudes? Do you shoot male nudes?" 00:28:25  Fern (question for Billy): What inspires you? 00:30:50  Fern’s “weird” confession (waterfalls are involved) 00:32:08  Billy: coining the term Landscape Nude (“It’s more than a naked girl, it’s about the form in nature”) 00:32:54  Pete: “There’s nothing more natural than a nude person.”   00:35:20  Pete: “Nudity does not automatically have anything to do with sex.” and building trust with nude models 00:39:09  Billy: building trust with models makes it easier to plan shoots 00: 39:48  Pete (to Billy): Does it happen during a shoot that a model says “No, I won’t do that”? 00:41:01  Fern: “I’m a hunter gatherer” and praises Pete’s nude photograph 00:44:05  Pete: how he feels about porn blogs (on Tumblr) 00:45:34  Fern: can you stop your content from being appropriated? 00:46:07  Pete: why he prefers posting portraits and nudes to platforms like Flickr vs Tumblr 00:48:40  Fern (question for Billy): Do you ever let the models drive? 00:53:05  Pete: (opens discussion about social media) What can we show?! YouTube guidelines, Female nipples vs Male nipples? 00:55:41  Billy: Censorship on Instagram. “It’s a fool’s errant to try and change (social media) platforms… The thing that needs to change is society.” 00:58:09  Fern’s rant about censorship of women on Facebook 01:01:43  Fern (question for Billy): Have you seen the film“Blow-Up” and what do you think about that kind of representation of a photographer? 01:06:22  Pete: How much does ego comes to play when taking photos? 01:10:41  Billy: defining a style in what you do. “I do have defined set of ideas in my mind on what I do and what I specifically won’t do.” 01:13:06  Fern (question for Billy): Do you do what you do because you enjoy it? Do you like your art enough to put it up in your house and live with it? 01:14:53  Pete’s pet peeve: being bashed for being proud of your work. 01:18:15  Pete: Analog photography, “It has never been dead, it’s still there and will still be there.” 01:19:35  Pete (question for Billy): where do you draw the line between processing a photo and retouching a photo? 01:25:06  "WARNING": Nude photos to be shown (Billy and Fern take a little break) 01:26:42  Pete talks about PWS and PWS - Fine Art Nudes 01:29:10  Fern talks about posting nudes on Luxlit and Lensblr 01:34:55  Billy shares his screen: Pete & Fern discuss Billy’s photos (**NUDE PHOTOS!**) 01:53:35  Pete talks about the magic of photography 01:56:00  Fern discusses quotes by Cartier Bresson and Richard Avedon and the romantization of the past (film format) 01:59:27  Billy “Thank you for a great conversation!” 01:59:53  Fern (to Billy): Are you an artist? 02:00:36  Billy: “Art is communication” 02:01:42  Fern: “There’s Art and ART” 02:03:38  Pete: “You cannot produce art” 02:06:36  Steve Martin’s quote: “I believe entertainment can aspire to be art and can become art but if you set out to make art you are an idiot” (Pete) 02:07:49  Billy: “It’s important to approach it (photography) with an intent. An artistic intent, from the beginning.” 02:09:47  Pete’s rant about calling yourself and artist, limiting yourself and putting yourself in a box 02:11:44  Fern: feeding your ego vs. following your calling 02:14:09  Pete and Fern: Thank Billy Monday for joining in the conversation! 02:14:52  Final goodbyes!  

See Billy's work at: https://billymonday.tumblr.com/

Edit: Huge thank yous to @ravenheart-girl for the shownotes!