26. The WHY of photography with Alex Kilbee

This time on the podcast, we welcome a different kind of creator, Alex Kilbee from The Photographic Eye YouTube channel. You’ll get to hear about his early professional days, his views on film versus digital, and the importance of a good lens. Then you’ll find out why Alex first ever started the YouTube Channel, the skill of making the channel grow, and his hopes for the future…and the possibility of staring a new channel next year. Alex on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePhotographicEye Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/thephotographiceye Alex on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thephotographiceyeyt   READ ME I publish weekly on Medium and you can find my blogs here https://medium.com/@Davidtalkingtech/membership GET IN TOUCH  [email protected] CATCH ME ON TWITTER https://twitter.com/Dtalkingtech   00:00 Intro 01:00 The early days 09:30 Film v digital 14:00 Early career  20:00 The professional life 24:45 Why Alex shoots Canon  27:25 The importance of the lens  30:00 Views on mobile phone photography 35:00 The Photographic Eye (TPE) YouTube channel 43:20 Starting the channel & audio! 49:00 The art of being personal and the community 55:55 The future of the channel & shorts 64:00 In to the New Year 66:00 The art of a great portrait 67:00 Wrapping up