The Conversation Today

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.In this episode, David Kapernick: Life as a Professional Photographer Part 2, David discusses the impact of A.I. on photography and shares stories behind some of the memorable images he has captured throughout his career—including F18 Super Hornets flying through Brisbane for The River fire Festival and how every year on social media, right on cue, people think it’s A.I. Also a funny story about photographing an escaped bull on a busy

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.In this two part episode, I talk with professional photographer David Kapernick, whose passion for photography began when his dad gave him a Box Brownie camera.David spent 18 years working at The Courier-Mail in Brisbane, photographing the worlds of sport, music and everyday life. He shares fascinating stories from his career, how well known people deal with fame and explains the composition, lighting and techniques behind some of history's

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.In this episode, we revisit Bill Fox-Taylor, recorded around three months after our first interview, shortly after Bill had turned 94.By this stage, Bill’s health had deteriorated, but we still managed to talk about many aspects of his remarkable life, with the help and input of his wife and carer, Hellie.Bill spoke about his first job as an office boy in the Manchester Corporation Waterworks Department, his time serving in the Royal Air

In this episode, we meet 93-year-old Bill Fox Taylor, who lives with vascular dementia. Bill has good days and bad, but on the day we recorded this conversation, he was alert, talkative and ready to share memories from an extraordinary life.Bill takes us back to his childhood in England during the 1930s and 1940s, including his memories of World War II and German planes bombing a small pond near his home, this was exciting for Bill because when it rained the pond was bigger. He recalls his time in

In the very first episode of The Conversation Today, I talk with Stephanie, who grew up in a small town in California.Stephanie shares the heartbreaking story of losing her 15-year-old sister in a car accident when she was just six years old, before she was even old enough to fully understand what death meant.She also opens up about some of the other challenges she has faced throughout her life, including depression, anxiety, an abusive relationship, and a devastating accident in her twenties when