Courtney & Zach discuss the work of National Geographic photographer, Kiliii Yüyan in preparation for their upcoming interview with him next week. Kilii is known for his long term projects covering Indigenous people and their close relationships to the natural world around the globe.
Courtney & Zach share photography from Moab, Utah Canyonlands National Park Arches National Park Dead Horse State Park La Sal Mountains
Images by Zach Dobson
Episode 28 – Zach & Courtney take a look through Zach’s archive of basketball photography from around the state of Indiana. Indiana is of course…
Episode 27 – Zach & Courtney take the family to the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Indianapolis, IN. They talk about the experience while looking…
Episode 26 – Photographers are a passionate bunch and always have hot takes about our beliefs and convictions surrounding our art. And this goes all…
Episode 25 – Bringing you the best action and documentary photography from the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games! Zach scoured the internet to find the greatest…
Episode 24 – There is typically lots of fashion & editorial photography that surrounds the Olympics. For this year’s 2026 Winter Olympics, Zach & Courtney…
Episode 23 – What focal length lens do you use for backstage photography? Do you ever use “silent shutter” mode? Do you use fixed focal…
Episode 22 – This week we talk about going behind the scenes and photographing backstage at concerts, shows, and events. When attending a performance, what…
Episode 21 – This week we talk about the late great Martin Parr. Starting in the black & white documentary tradition in the 1970s, Parr’s…
Episode 20 – Cats have been a part of photography since its beginnings. As early as the 1870s, people have been taking silly photos of…
Episode 19 – Indiana University is our alma mater and we love it! After IU football’s Rose Bowl victory over Alabama, we decided to talk…
Episode 18 – In this episode Zach & Courtney talk about how football and photography came up together since the late 1800s. We can see…
Episode 17 – In this episode Zach & Courtney talk about two photographers with opposite approaches of photographing the science of winter. Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley…
Episode 16 – It’s that time of year when the sun sets early and we photographers are forced to practice our low light skills. Candlelight…
Episode 15 – Photographers love to talk about bokeh. So let’s get into it. We talk about the origins of the word and just how…
Episode 14 – Zach has always enjoyed photographing cars. Going to the occasional car shows and gatherings has been a regular part of our family…
Episode 13 – For any household with Swifties, the number 13 has special meaning. So for this 13th episode of Photography is Nothing, Zach &…
This week Zach & Courtney visit Tennessee, both literally and photographically. They discuss Zach’s photos from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, view historical images…
This week Zach & Courtney discuss photographing road trips, including Zach’s photos on the road and in the Florida Keys, plus Joel Sternfeld’s project from…
This week Zach & Courtney discuss their visit to the Indiana State Fair plus Zach’s project documenting fairs & festivals around the state of Indiana…
This week Zach & Courtney discuss starting a photography business and a family at the same time and how they work to fully integrate their…
This week Zach & Courtney follow up with comments from last week’s album choices and discuss everything from lawsuits to successful collaborations between photographers and…
This week Zach & Courtney discuss 8 iconic album covers and the stories behind them. They define what makes an “iconic” album cover, analyze the…
This week Zach & Courtney discuss photography projects that became obsessive, including Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase’s Ravens, Catherine Leroy’s coverage of the Vietnam War, W….
This week Zach & Courtney discuss everyday photography, Zach’s 180 on fireworks photos, an important quote that influenced Courtney, and the work of photographers Sally…
My wife, Courtney, recently threw a birthday party for our 6 year-old that was centered around an epic Nerf Battle. It turned into one of…
This week Zach & Courtney discuss monetizing hobbies, the importance of consent, taking photos when we travel as a family, drawing people in public, and…
This week Zach & Courtney discuss how every single person is meant to create, a Pacers game 7 loss, what makes for a great summer…
Episode 02 – This week Zach & Courtney discuss how AI is getting dumber, photographing kids in the style of a war photographer, how famous…
Welcome to our very first episode of Photography is Nothing! This week Zach & Courtney discuss starting a podcast, literally dropping a $5000 camera, attending…
In May, Union Square Ventures (USV) hosted their annual Portfolio Summit in New York City. Dozens of CEOs and founders of businesses in USV’s active…
Indiana drag queens will get your Sundays off to a great start! Last fall I learned about a monthly drag show in Carmel, Indiana called…
More than 20,000 people ran the 500 Festival Mini-Marathon in Indianapolis last Saturday. The highlight for many runners is taking a 2.5-mile lap around the…
Josef Newgarden visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum last week for the first “An Evening With” event in the newly renovated space. Fans bought tickets…
Last week I spent three days at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum documenting grand reopening events and it’s absolutely GORGEOUS! At first glance of the…
New York City is one of the best places in the world for street photography. There are million interesting things happening at any given moment…
Caleb Hearon’s “So True Live Tour” visited Indianapolis last week. Hearon and guests played a sold out show to around 1400 people at the Egyptian…
For the last hundred years there have been photographers creating documentary photography at museums. Famed photographer Elliott Erwitt documented so many museums around the world…
#1 “Waiting in Flatiron Plaza”March 13, 2025Camera: Fujifilm X-T20Lens: XF 23mm f/2 I was in New York City doing street photography for the first time…
Firelight photography gives a nice warm glow to your photos. It’s challenging to get exposure and focus locked in when you’re using a candle or…
This past weekend was The Eras Tour in Indianapolis and I was THERE! Well, I was downtown documenting the scene outside the show. On Saturday,…
What is color photography, really? As I always say… “Color Photography isn’t about taking photos IN color, it’s about taking photos OF color.” How does…
Photographing a Balloon Glow like Jupiter Flights at Connor Prairie is challenging due to quickly changing light conditions. Digital photography makes this much easier with instant feedback and take a lot of frames. However it is possible on film especially with an automatic mode like aperture priority.
Silver Beach Photography At the end of August, I spent the day with my family at Silver Beach on Lake Michigan in St. Joseph, MI….
The Indiana State Fair is one of my favorite places to take photos. I go each year and there’s always so much to see and…
Gregorian chants echoed off the bleachers as tens of thousands knelt in the darkness, in near-silent prayer & meditation. It was a long way from…
Cars & Coffee photography is something I’ve done regularly this year. When engaging with a familiar subject, it’s important to me to keep it feeling…
Ballet INitiative in a nonprofit dance collective based in Indianapolis, Indiana. My introduction to their group came last winter when one of my kids was…
Last weekend Graham Rahal Performance hosted a cars & coffee event at their location in Brownsburg, IN. I headed out with the boys to see…
We just marked the 40th anniversary of an important NASA mission. What does that have to do with photography? A LOT! Photos from NASA Mission…
Dance Photography I started doing dance photography a few times a year when two of my kids started dancing. Because my love of photography is…
I’m keeping track of my 10 best photos throughout 2024. This started because I thought it would be funny to post “2024 Top 10 Photos”…
In 4 years of studying photography in college, I can’t recall learning of a single indigenous or Native American photographer. In the world of photography…
This past weekend we made our sorta annual visit to Carmel Artomobilia, a car show in our town of Carmel, Indiana. As with most events…
Let’s go behind the scenes of a commercial photoshoot I did recently. This was a 5 day shoot at locations like small businesses in Indianapolis,…
I recently worked with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to document their Verizon 200 at the Brickyard race weekend. There were four races over the weekend…
Having lived in Indianapolis for 17 years now, I always wondered who got to drive the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Camaros I’d see around town each…
The Indianapolis 500 is a month-long celebration during the month of May in Indiana. This year I photographed two different perspectives on the festivities. First,…
I went to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum this spring, and seeing as the Indy 500 is this weekend, now is a great time to…