Tim Paton is <a href="https://www.irysphotos.com">Irys Photos</a> Global Partnerships Manager, and has worked in and around photos a photography his entire career. We spoke recently and he offered to come onto the show to talk about the commercial realities of photography today. This is a great conversation for anyone who wants to make photography their job. More about this show:A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with pho<a href="https://primelensespodcast.com/prime-lenses-podcast/alex-taylor">tographers talking</a> about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget, I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much and how they make us feel.

Episode 112 - Mark Mann

A camera is just a tool, but spend enough time with photographers, and you&#x2019;ll see them go misty-eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small, fast prime that they had in their youth.
Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget. I&#x2019;m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much, and how they make us feel.