Capturing Light Podcast is a Director of Photography’s Podcast that both inspires and educates filmmakers with cinematography tips, tools and techniques by other cinematographers from around the world. Learn about digital video and film cameras, lighting and camera equipment, the film industry, and listen to interviews with film industry professionals about their work on tv shows, commercials, films, music videos, web series, and documentaries.
Capturing Light - A Director of Photography's Podcast
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Capturing Light Podcast is a Director of Photography’s Podcast that both inspires and educates filmmakers with cinematography tips, tools and techniques by other cinematographers from around the world. Learn about digital video and film cameras, lighting and camera equipment, the film industry, and listen to interviews with film industry professionals about their work on tv shows, commercials, films, music videos, web series, and documentaries.
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Recent Episodes
June 26, 2026
Capturing Light – Episode 173 with Julia Swain
<body><p></p> <div class="is-root-container is-desktop-preview is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content block-editor-block-list__layout"> <h2 id="block-ed55fcd9-abc8-484d-890b-c970cc4552f3" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-heading rich-text" role="document" contenteditable="true" aria-multiline="true" aria-readonly="false" aria-label="Block: Heading 2" data-block="ed55fcd9-abc8-484d-890b-c970cc4552f3" data-type="core/heading" data-title="Heading 2" data-wp-block-attribute-key="content">In this episode, we talk about</h2> <ul id="block-a9153a6a-944f-4dd3-b3fe-ccd028c556ec" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-list block-editor-block-list__layout" tabindex="0" role="document" draggable="true" aria-label="Block: List" data-block="a9153a6a-944f-4dd3-b3fe-ccd028c556ec" data-type="core/list" data-title="List" data-is-drop-zone="true"> <li id="block-c6bf5392-720b-4a4c-9271-1d2a78108bdc" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-list-item block-editor-block-list__layout" tabindex="0" role="document" draggable="true" aria-label="Block: List Item" data-block="c6bf5392-720b-4a4c-9271-1d2a78108bdc" data-type="core/list-item" data-title="List Item"> <div class="block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text" role="textbox" contenteditable="true" aria-multiline="true" aria-readonly="false" aria-label="List text" data-wp-block-attribute-key="content">Voicemails for Isabelle</div> </li> <li id="block-b5f317eb-2f10-4e51-8e70-66ba401e74ce" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-list-item block-editor-block-list__layout" tabindex="0" role="document" draggable="true" aria-label="Block: List Item" data-block="b5f317eb-2f10-4e51-8e70-66ba401e74ce" data-type="core/list-item" data-title="List Item"> <div class="block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text" role="textbox" contenteditable="true" aria-multiline="true" aria-readonly="false" aria-label="List text" data-wp-block-attribute-key="content">Julia’s approach to pre-production</div> </li> <li id="block-cb3475d7-6ba2-45e0-91a4-1a6b883173fd" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-list-item block-editor-block-list__layout" tabindex="0" role="document" draggable="true" aria-label="Block: List Item" data-block="cb3475d7-6ba2-45e0-91a4-1a6b883173fd" data-type="core/list-item" data-title="List Item"> <div class="block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text" role="textbox" contenteditable="true" aria-multiline="true" aria-readonly="false" aria-label="List text" data-wp-block-attribute-key="content">Building great relationships with directors</div> </li> </ul> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary="true">Director of Photography: Julia Swain</strong></h2> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-5696" src="https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/swain-bts01-1536x1024-1-1024x683.jpg" alt="" width="345" height="230" loading="lazy" srcset="https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/swain-bts01-1536x1024-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/swain-bts01-1536x1024-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/swain-bts01-1536x1024-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/swain-bts01-1536x1024-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/swain-bts01-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px" /></p> </div> <div class="components-placeholder block-editor-media-placeholder is-large has-illustration"> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.juliaswain.net/">https://www.juliaswain.net/</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/juliaswain/">https://www.instagram.com/juliaswain/</a></p> </div> <h2>Check out the Screen Grabs:</h2> <div id="attachment_5699" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5699" class="size-large wp-image-5699" src="https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_for_Isabelle_n_01_44_32_11-1024x428.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="334" loading="lazy" srcset="https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_for_Isabelle_n_01_44_32_11-1024x428.jpg 1024w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_for_Isabelle_n_01_44_32_11-300x125.jpg 300w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_for_Isabelle_n_01_44_32_11-768x321.jpg 768w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_for_Isabelle_n_01_44_32_11-1536x642.jpg 1536w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_for_Isabelle_n_01_44_32_11.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5699" class="wp-caption-text">Voicemails for Isabelle. Nick Robinson as Wes in Voicemails for Isabelle. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix</p></div> <div id="attachment_5698" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5698" class="size-large wp-image-5698" src="https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_for_Isabelle_n_01_25_00_07_R-1024x428.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="334" loading="lazy" srcset="https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_for_Isabelle_n_01_25_00_07_R-1024x428.jpg 1024w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_for_Isabelle_n_01_25_00_07_R-300x125.jpg 300w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_for_Isabelle_n_01_25_00_07_R-768x321.jpg 768w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_for_Isabelle_n_01_25_00_07_R-1536x642.jpg 1536w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_for_Isabelle_n_01_25_00_07_R.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5698" class="wp-caption-text">Voicemails for Isabelle. Zoey Deutch as Jill in Voicemails for Isabelle. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix</p></div> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-5697" src="https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_Flaner-1024x576.png" alt="" width="800" height="450" loading="lazy" srcset="https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_Flaner-1024x576.png 1024w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_Flaner-300x169.png 300w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_Flaner-768x432.png 768w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_Flaner-1536x864.png 1536w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Voicemails_Flaner.png 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></p> <div class="components-placeholder block-editor-media-placeholder is-large has-illustration"> <p><strong>Thank you for listening:</strong> Please let me know what you learned or thought of the show today. <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/capturing-light-a-director-of-photographys-podcast/id1444495664"><strong>Subscribe to the podcast</strong>.</a></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://discord.gg/ZjarDvQH"><strong>Join The Direct The Photography Community</strong></a></h3> </div> <p></p> </body>
June 23, 2026
Capturing Light – Episode 172 with Les Gaddis
<body><p></p> <div class="editor-visual-editor__post-title-wrapper edit-post-visual-editor__post-title-wrapper" contenteditable="false"> <h1 class="wp-block wp-block-post-title block-editor-block-list__block editor-post-title editor-post-title__input rich-text" role="textbox" contenteditable="true" aria-label="Add title" aria-multiline="true">Capturing Light – Episode 172 with Les Gaddis</h1> </div> <div class="is-root-container is-desktop-preview is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content block-editor-block-list__layout"> <h2 id="block-ed55fcd9-abc8-484d-890b-c970cc4552f3" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-heading rich-text" role="document" contenteditable="true" aria-multiline="true" aria-readonly="false" aria-label="Block: Heading 2" data-block="ed55fcd9-abc8-484d-890b-c970cc4552f3" data-type="core/heading" data-title="Heading 2" data-wp-block-attribute-key="content">In this episode, we talk about</h2> <ul id="block-a9153a6a-944f-4dd3-b3fe-ccd028c556ec" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-list block-editor-block-list__layout" tabindex="0" role="document" draggable="true" aria-label="Block: List" data-block="a9153a6a-944f-4dd3-b3fe-ccd028c556ec" data-type="core/list" data-title="List" data-is-drop-zone="true"> <li id="block-c6bf5392-720b-4a4c-9271-1d2a78108bdc" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-list-item block-editor-block-list__layout" tabindex="0" role="document" draggable="true" aria-label="Block: List Item" data-block="c6bf5392-720b-4a4c-9271-1d2a78108bdc" data-type="core/list-item" data-title="List Item"> <div class="block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text" role="textbox" contenteditable="true" aria-multiline="true" aria-readonly="false" aria-label="List text" data-wp-block-attribute-key="content">Why film school.</div> </li> <li id="block-b5f317eb-2f10-4e51-8e70-66ba401e74ce" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-list-item block-editor-block-list__layout" tabindex="0" role="document" draggable="true" aria-label="Block: List Item" data-block="b5f317eb-2f10-4e51-8e70-66ba401e74ce" data-type="core/list-item" data-title="List Item"> <div class="block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text" role="textbox" contenteditable="true" aria-multiline="true" aria-readonly="false" aria-label="List text" data-wp-block-attribute-key="content">My experience at AFI</div> </li> <li id="block-cb3475d7-6ba2-45e0-91a4-1a6b883173fd" class="block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-list-item block-editor-block-list__layout" tabindex="0" role="document" draggable="true" aria-label="Block: List Item" data-block="cb3475d7-6ba2-45e0-91a4-1a6b883173fd" data-type="core/list-item" data-title="List Item"> <div class="block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text" role="textbox" contenteditable="true" aria-multiline="true" aria-readonly="false" aria-label="List text" data-wp-block-attribute-key="content">Cycle Films, Thesis Films, Visual Essays</div> </li> </ul> <h2><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary="true">Director of Photography: Les Gaddis</strong></h2> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-5692" src="https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DSCF0554-683x1024.jpg" alt="" width="253" height="380" loading="lazy" srcset="https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DSCF0554-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DSCF0554-200x300.jpg 200w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DSCF0554-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DSCF0554-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DSCF0554-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DSCF0554-scaled.jpg 1707w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px" /></p> </div> <div class="components-placeholder block-editor-media-placeholder is-large has-illustration"> <p class="has-text-align-center"><a href="https://www.lesgaddis.com/">https://www.lesgaddis.com</a></p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lesgaddis">https://www.instagram.com/lesgaddis</a></p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4781966/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_in_0_q_les%20gaddis">https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4781966/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_in_0_q_les%20gaddis</a></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"></h2> <p><strong>Thank you for listening:</strong> Please let me know what you learned or thought of the show today. <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/capturing-light-a-director-of-photographys-podcast/id1444495664"><strong>Subscribe to the podcast</strong>.</a></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://discord.gg/ZjarDvQH"><strong>Join The Direct The Photography Community</strong></a></h3> </div> <p></p> </body>
May 14, 2026
Capturing Light – Episode 171 with Lakmé Iyengar
<body><p></p> <h2>In this episode, we talk about</h2> <ul> <li>Navigating the industry</li> <li><b>Differences between Live Action and Stop Motion Cinematography</b></li> <li>Tools used for Stop Motion</li> <li>The importance of animators in stop motion.</li> </ul> <h2 class="has-text-align-center" style="text-align: center;"><strong>Director of Photography: </strong>Lakmé Iyengar</h2> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-5687" src="https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lakme-1024x997.jpeg" alt="" width="338" height="329" loading="lazy" srcset="https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lakme-1024x997.jpeg 1024w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lakme-300x292.jpeg 300w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lakme-768x748.jpeg 768w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lakme-1536x1495.jpeg 1536w, https://gaddisvisuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lakme.jpeg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lakmeiyengar.com/">https://lakmeiyengar.com/</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sliyengar">https://www.instagram.com/sliyengar</a></p> <h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Check out The Links Below:</strong></h2> <p><a href="https://lakmeiyengar.com/dormilon">https://lakmeiyengar.com/dormilon</a></p> <p><a href="https://discord.gg/ZjarDvQH">Join the Community – </a></p> </body>
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