328: Xuan-Hui Ng - Healing Grief Through Nature Photography and the Power of Mentorship

Photography has the ability to heal. It can help us process grief, learn to be better humans, and grow a wonderful relationship with nature. Mentorship with a caring mentor can help us to develop these benefits, and this one of the reasons this week's guest of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen Podcast, Xuan-Hui Ng, has been able to make such evocative and interesting work. On this week's episode, we discuss: How Xuan got her start in photography. How Xuan has rediscovered herself by photographing the landscapes of Japan. How photography has become a vehicle to help her process grief. How she is able to photograph ephemeral moments. Learning about the landscapes of Japan. Xuan's secrets to launching her successful career in photography. How nature photography has enhanced her life. How Xuan works in projects. The power of mentorship and how it helped her elevate her work. And a lot more! Other topics/links discussed on the podcast this week: Support the podcast on Patreon. My article about Xuan in On Landscape. Santa Fe Workshops. Elements Photo Magazine. Mary Virginia Swanson. Watch podcast episodes on YouTube, where we overlay photos with our conversation via video. Here is who Xuan recommended on the podcast this week: Samuel Feron. Maurice Henri. Nevada Wier. Daniel Kordan. Seth Resnick. Ragnar Th. Sigurðsson. I love hearing from the podcast listeners! Reach out to me via Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter if you'd like to be on the podcast or if you have an idea of a topic we can talk about. We also have an Instagram page, a Facebook Page, and a Facebook Group - so don't be shy! We also have a searchable transcript of every episode! Thanks for stopping in, collaborating with us, and listening. See you next week. P.S. you can also support the podcast by purchasing items through our B+H affiliate link.

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This photography podcast takes you well beyond camera gear each week with weekly interviews and panel discussions with professional photographers, industry insiders, enthusiasts, and hobbyists alike. Our candid but laid-back conversations deeply explore the craft of photography, and psychological drivers relating to creativity, motivation, inspiration, and workflow. We also discuss social media, photography business practices, marketing, sales, and hot topics impacting photographers from all genres, with a particular focus on landscape, nature, and wildlife photography. The show is hosted by Matt Payne, a professional full-time nature photographer and the co-founder of the internationally renowned photography competition, the Natural Landscape Photography Awards. Matt is also a mountaineer, climbing the highest 100 mountains in Colorado. Matt leverages skills he gained in pursuit of his Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology to dig deeply into the hearts and minds of his passionate guests, revealing secrets and inspiration in every episode.