Jack and John are honored to have two of our dear friends on the program; Guy Tal and Colleen Miniuk. Both of these amazing people have new books, either out or coming soon, focused on self-discovery, philosophy along with some amazing photography. We are pleased to welcome them both on the program to discuss their books and how their creative lives have been impacted and grown as a result of their self-discovery work. Listen in to this amazing episode with two of the BEST people!
Colleen Miniuk, So Said The River
For 40 years, Colleen Miniuk relentlessly pursued perfection, 
achievement, and success without finding happiness. Then she found herself unexpectedly facing the end of her marriage. To cope with the devastating loss, she and her mother, Jacque, attempted to paddle across Lake Powell, a reservoir along the Colorado River on the Utah-Arizona border. Like life, the trip did not go as planned.
How do you find fulfillment, especially while navigating life’s hardships?
How do you become a free-flowing river when you’ve run into a dam and life tries to turn you into a reservoir?
During her raw adventures on the Colorado from Moab to Lake Mead, Colleen challenges beliefs, confronts fears, and finds the courage to live deliberately and authentically. Out of the storms and rapids, she discovers that “happily ever after” sometimes looks different than what we have been told.
So Said the River shares one woman’s riveting journey of self-discovery. It encourages readers to create their own definition of success and inspires confidence in those who have chosen, or may choose, non-traditional ways to live one’s life.
So Said The River Book: https://www.sosaidtheriver.com
Colleens Website: https://www.colleenminiuk.com
Guy Tal, Be Extraordinary
An inspiring, educational, and practical book about philosophy and art, and finding a personally meaningful life. 
Teacher, philosopher, and author Guy Tal has written several best-selling books on photography, creativity, and expression. While it would be understandable to label Guy a “photographer,” it is more accurate to call him a philosopher and artist who has forged a creative life on his own terms: a life shaped by his love of nature, his interest in science and philosophy, his individualistic temperament, and his desire to create art that is expressive and significant in the ways most meaningful to him.
In Be Extraordinary: Philosophical Advice for Photographic and Other Artists, Guy shares his knowledge of philosophy and art, then offers advice on how to implement it into your own work. In the first part, “Foundations,” Guy lays out a conceptual framework for the book with short essays about philosophy and art. In the second part, “Practical Advice,” he offers a series of brief essays aiming to enable and empower you to apply the foundational philosophies to your own life and work. Together, the two parts demonstrate how Guy has carefully fashioned his own perspective on philosophy, art, and life, and offer you a set of tools for finding your own path.
Be Extraordinary: https://guytal.com/books/be-extraordinary
Guys Website: https://guytal.com
The We Talk Photo podcast is dedicated to being an entertaining, informative and lighthearted discussion about a wide range of photographic topics centered around landscape and nature photography. Hosted by Jack Graham and John Pedersen, long time industry professionals, they will bring you in to their conversations about gear, recent trends, insightful interviews with industry leaders as well as entertaining stories from their collective experience in the photography business.
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Alister Benn and my wife, Norwegian artist Ann Kristin Lindaas. Our idea is to strip photography education back down to the absolute basics; the landscape, our engagement, passion and expression. Yes, there are all sorts of techniques, styles and locations, but we often forget why we picked up a camera in the first place, we love being in nature.
Listen as they talk about Ricks latest projects, his trip to Alaska, AI and his foray in to iPhone photography. It’s a lively and engaging discussion spanning many different topics, including a path down the musical street, but also how it can relate to photography and creativity.
Join them in talking with Colleen Miniuk about photography, creativity and the path of discovery through life ups and down. Colleen has a new book coming out in the summer of 2024 which is a chronicle of her journey along the Colorado river and her self-discovery along the way. Always a joy to have her on the show with her uplifting energy and insightfulness around being a photographer, artist and good person!
amazing photographer and all-around fantastic guy on our podcast to talk about his latest book, Wild Lives, as well as his travels and experiences over the many years in photography. Due to the length of this discussion, we have broken it up in to 2 parts, this being the 
decided to turn my attention to the thing I enjoy most – inspiring other photographers to be the best they can be. Now I use my photography skills and teaching experience to guide others to find artistic freedom through their photography.”