Best Dyutima Jha Podcasts (2025)

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#120 - Photo editing tips to elevate your photography & grow your business with Roberta Dallalba - part 1 59:23

3d ago59:23

59:23

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Often, we see editing in isolation from the creative process. In fact, many creatives don’t realise that editing is not an optional step, and miss it. The consequences of weak editing or missing it altogether are never obvious. When our photos don’t stand out, we are unable to create a brand’s style or do…

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#119 - Work for free? Here's how to decide when it's worth it. 27:44

26d ago27:44

27:44

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Free work or working in exchange for anything except $$$ isn’t a NO-NO. In fact, it can be a big fat “YES” too. I share how to easily decide when to work for free. After endless mistakes & many lessons learnt, I’ve created a decision-making process for offers to work for free or in exchange for products. …

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#118 - How to use LinkedIn & video pitching to book more clients with less effort with Candice Ward - Part 3 44:28

2M ago44:28

44:28

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. If we send our rates and the client ghosts us, we blame ourselves for being too expensive. If we don’t send our rates, but request more information and then the client ghosts us, we blame ourselves for sabotaging the opportunity. If we send our rates and the conversation moves further, we think it’s sheer…

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#117 - How to use LinkedIn & video pitching to book more clients with less effort with Candice Ward - Part 2 23:30

2M ago23:30

23:30

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Pitching through email or video is a pain but it is one of the most essential tools for building a business. If it feels frustrating to keep sending pitches without hearing back, then there’s a need to shake things up. This week, Candice Ward, food photographer and business coach for creatives with a back…

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#116 - How to use LinkedIn & video pitching to book more clients with less effort with Candice Ward - Part 1 47:04

2M ago47:04

47:04

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week on the podcast, Candice Ward, a business coach for creatives, food photographer, dessert blogger, and online educator with a background in corporate sales, shares how to use LinkedIn powerfully to boost your leads without stress and overwhelm. She shares different ways to use LinkedIn, how to po…

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#115 - Why collaboration is the secret sauce for business growth & improving photography skills with Aimee Twigger - part 2 28:55

2M ago28:55

28:55

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Collaborations are crazy effective, they double the results and double the impact but can go sideways, which can be detrimental to business growth, which makes it essential to approach them the right way. This week on the podcast, Aimee Twigger @twiggstudios discusses how collaborations could be the secre…

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#114 - Why collaboration is the secret sauce for business growth & improving photography skills with Aimee Twigger - part 1 30:33

3M ago30:33

30:33

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. The struggle of feeling alone in business is real. We all wish for a listening ear, an accountability partner, or a mentor. In some way or the other, most of us wish we had a sounding board to encourage us and complement the gaps in our skills: a no-judgment person who shares the same passion for the miss…

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#113 - 3 ways to confidently work with colour without using the colour wheel 26:20

3M ago26:20

26:20

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. In this week’s podcast, I’m sharing 3 simple ways to work with colour without falling back on the colour wheel. I’m sharing an unconventional approach to simplify the colour selection process to make your photos unique and stunning. The episode covers selecting the number of colours in a photo, working wi…

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#112 - Why creative retreats aren’t a luxury, but a necessity for business growth with Seema Rose - Part 2 43:55

4M ago43:55

43:55

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. In this week’s episode, Seema Rose, a Food & lifestyle photographer whose life’s purpose is to bring Creative communities together through her creative retreats, continues to share why retreats are complete game-changers for business and personal growth. She shares the transformation Creatives can expect …

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#111 - Why creative retreats aren’t a luxury, but a necessity for business growth With Seema Rose - Part 1 42:36

4M ago42:36

42:36

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. In this week’s episode, Seema Rose, a Food & lifestyle photographer, whose retreat invite changed my life and business, and who organizes the most magical creative retreats shares why we need to attend at least one retreat a year. She shares how retreats are complete game-changers, can help us find our cr…

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#110 - Pricing, Photography, Instagram - The Answers You Need to Grow Your Business - part 2 23:18

4M ago23:18

23:18

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. In today’s podcast episode, we’re sharing game-changing advice from successful food photographers, bloggers, and creatives who’ve tackled these same challenges—and come out stronger. 💪✨ This isn’t just inspiration; it’s actionable advice from food photographers, bloggers, and creatives who’ve been where y…

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#109 - Pricing, Photography, Instagram - The Answers You Need to Grow Your Business 23:09

5M ago23:09

23:09

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. I’m not as good as the others. Why would a client work with me? I still don’t know my style. I’m so behind. Should I quote lower so I don’t lose the client? I post regularly on Instagram but no one engages with my content anymore. I feel so lonely on this journey. Who do I speak to? These are a few of the…

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#108 - 3 questions you should be asking this year to grow your business 29:10

5M ago29:10

29:10

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week on the podcast, I’m sharing 3 questions you should be asking yourself this year if you want to grow your business. We all have a long wishlist or goals for the year but I’m giving you just 3 simple things to think about that will help you get laser-focused, give you direction, and make it easier…

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#107 - How to have a business breakthrough when you’re at your lowest 58:30

6M ago58:30

58:30

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. In this week’s podcast, grab a box of tissues and join me for an emotional yet powerful episode where I share how to turn your low point in life into a high point, How to have a breakthrough when you’re at your lowest & How to grow your business when you're going through a rough phase. I spent days thinki…

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#106 - How to create, pitch & monetize a cookbook without overwhelm with Jessie Sierra Ross - Part 2 43:11

6M ago43:11

43:11

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week on the podcast, Jessie Sierra Ross, Food blogger, TV personality, and cookbook author shares everything about writing your cookbook without overwhelm. In this part, she discusses writing, photographing, pitching, working with a publisher, the role of an editor, negotiating contracts, sequence of…

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#105 - How to create, pitch & monetize a cookbook without overwhelm with Jessie Sierra - Part 1 48:46

7M ago48:46

48:46

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. What if creating our cookbook was the breakthrough we need in our business? What if Writing our cookbook is actually a gateway to bigger opportunities? What if it is actually the missing piece of the puzzle that can set us up for the success we are looking for? Truth is, that creating your own cookbook is…

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#104 - How to elevate your visual storytelling skills to hook your audience & attract clients 57:54

8M ago57:54

57:54

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Food photographers are called visual storytellers for a reason. We are known to create photos that tell a story, and transport a viewer into the frame. The best part is that we can tell if our photos have a strong storytelling element in them or not because it shows. It shows in the results that they brin…

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#103 - How to create a professional photography portfolio to grow your business - part 2 50:46

8M ago50:46

50:46

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Being laser-focused about where we want to take our business and working on the right aspects that will bring results. Creating a portfolio and marketing it, is a huge part of building a photography business. In fact, it is the key step in starting right because if the client does not like what they see, …

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#102- 3 Powerful Ways to Bounce Back from a creative block without sabotaging your self-esteem 19:37

9M ago19:37

19:37

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week on the podcast, I’m sharing 3 powerful ways to bounce back when you’re not loving your work. I share ways to shift your focus, your energy and your photography efforts when you’re feeling stuck or blocked. Some of the ways might feel counterintuitive but are highly effective. I share how to look…

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#101 - How to create a photography portfolio that grows your business with Lucia Marecak - part 1 50:32

9M ago50:32

50:32

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Our portfolio is a reflection of our skill, style, and aspiration as a photographer. So, the portfolio must be built with intention and strategy. The work in our portfolio must be cherry-picked and chosen strategically. It is the intention and strategy that brings results. Knowing how to create photos for…

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#100 - 3 Surprising lessons every photographer needs for a successful business 31:35

10M ago31:35

31:35

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Now, did you know that about 20% of all small businesses fail within the first year, half of the remaining fail within the first five years, and only about one in three get to the 10-year mark? In this week’s milestone episode, as we celebrate the 100th episode, I want to share the top 3 lessons that made…

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#99 - 5 Professional Replies to Client requests for RAW Files without losing their trust 30:03

11M ago30:03

30:03

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week on the podcast, I’m sharing 5 reasons why you shouldn’t share RAW files with a client and how to communicate it professionally. I share 5 critical aspects of RAW file sharing that clients may not be aware of, and maybe you too. Even if you do, you may not be bringing it up with the client thinki…

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#98 - How to build a six-figure food photography business with Sam Adler - part 2 46:07

11M ago46:07

46:07

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. In this week’s podcast, we continue our conversation with Sam Adler, a food photographer, Saveur Blog Award winner, and food blogger about what it takes to become a 6-figure food photographer. Sam already has a 6-figure food photography and blogging business. She also has 3 kids, and is aiming to make a m…

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#97 - How to build a six-figure food photography business with Sam Adler - part 1 52:45

12M ago52:45

52:45

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. When we see others finding a level of success that looks too far-fetched, we begin to believe that it is not possible for us. Instead, when we take the success of others as proof that it is indeed possible & tell ourselves that if others have achieved it, then it must be doable, we begin to make way for m…

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#96 - How to attract success without working more hours with Megan Porta - part 2 37:47

12M ago37:47

37:47

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. In this week’s podcast episode, we continue our conversation with Megan Porta, an OG food blogger and the founder of the Eat Blog Talk podcast. We talk about habits and thoughts essential to attract success as a Creative. Megan helps entrepreneurs break through their limiting beliefs and achieve breakthro…

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#95 - How to attract success without working more hours with Megan Porta - part 1 26:25

1y ago26:25

26:25

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. If you’ve been working hard and not finding the success you desire, you might be missing the same piece of the puzzle as I was. We love learning about creativity and photography. We tend to invest our time and money in them thinking that getting better at those skills will pave the path for our success. A…

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#94 - How to partner with brands for sponsored content with M. Aimee Tan - Part 2 45:34

1y ago45:34

45:34

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week on the podcast we continue our conversation with M. Aimee Tan, a professional food and beverage photographer, food stylist, creative director, recipe developer, and content creator based in Canada, who reveals everything you need to know about creating sponsored posts for brands. Aimee works wit…

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#93 - 4 reasons why a food photography business may not be the right fit for you 33:27

1y ago33:27

33:27

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. In this week’s podcast, I’m sharing 4 practical reasons why pursuing food photography as a business may not be the right career choice for you. As someone who advocates turning your passion into your profession, I had a tough time creating this episode, but it was important to share the 4 main areas you n…

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#92 - How to partner with brands for sponsored content with M. Aimee Tan - part 1 47:47

1y ago47:47

47:47

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week on the podcast, M. Aimee Tan, a professional food and beverage photographer, food stylist, creative director, recipe developer, and content creator based in Canada, reveals everything you need to know about creating sponsored posts for brands. Aimee works with local, and global clientele as well…

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#91 - How to create captivating food videos and monetize your content with Eva Kosmas Flores - Part 2 42:04

1y ago42:04

42:04

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Most photographers start a full-time or part-time business with passion and enthusiasm. But over time, when the rubber hits the road, they begin to run out of steam because they hit a roadblock - How to grow the business and make more $$ every month? How to scale the business, a natural progression? Where…

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#90 - 5 quick tips to improve the lighting in your food photography 18:23

1y ago18:23

18:23

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. This week on the podcast, I’ve 5 quick tips to improve the lighting in your food photography. There is always so much to learn about light. Small, subtle changes can completely change the feel of a photo. It can take a photo from realistic to artistic, with never-ending options. Flatlay photography, addin…

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How to create captivating food videos and monetize your content with Eva Kosmas Flores - Part 1 42:16

1y ago42:16

42:16

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. The future is looking towards food in motion. I mean, look at social media. We’re seeing a surge in food videos. Look at client briefs. They want their products to be captured in action. Look at our potential of being able to convey a visual story of food way more powerfully through videos. There is no de…

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#88 - Why your photography business is not taking off 23:11

1y ago23:11

23:11

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Have you ever looked at another photographer and wondered why they’re doing better than you? Why is their business more successful than yours? Why have they achieved what you’ve not? Why is your business not growing like theirs? Will your business ever look like theirs? Will you ever be as successful as t…

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#87 - The hidden realities of being a professional food photographer with Francesco Sapienza - Part 2 53:24

1y ago53:24

53:24

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Have you noticed that a basic food photographer can have a thriving business and Have you also noticed that a brilliant photographer may not really be making enough in their business? This is more common than you might think. Photography talent is very different from business acumen. They’re both complete…

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#86 - Side Back light - When to use & avoid it in food photography 18:10

1y ago18:10

18:10

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Have you ever been in a photoshoot and felt something was off, but you couldn't quite figure it out? Most of the time, it's because of one big reason – light. But instead of tackling light, our tendency is usually to start fussing with props and backdrops and composition, thinking that is the problem when…

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#85 - The hidden realities of being a professional food photographer with Francesco Sapienza - part 1 49:44

1+ y ago49:44

49:44

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. What do you think it takes to be a successful commercial food photographer? Excellent camera skills? High level of Creativity? Crazy passion for photography? Expensive photography equipment? What if I told you, none of the above are deal breakers to be a commercial photographer. It takes more than camera …

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#84 - How to know when to create large compositions 25:23

1+ y ago25:23

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Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Is creating compositions a challenge for you? I can totally see why. First off, for the simple reason that composition is art. It is subjective and everyone’s style is different. So it really leaves a lot of grey area on whether a certain technique works or not. Secondly, because composition is an art, it…

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#83 - Don’t lose a year. Make this easy goal setting tweak now 18:35

1+ y ago18:35

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Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Whether it’s the start of the year or not, we all find ourselves at different points in our journey setting new goals, striving to achieve existing ones, or perhaps even questioning the necessity of setting goals altogether. Regardless of our stand on goal setting, we all have ambitions for our creative j…

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#82 - How to build a photography business while balancing family - part 2 with Tessa Huff 37:04

1+ y ago37:04

37:04

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Being a full-time photographer and running a business can be very overwhelming.esp when everyone around is constantly hustling. Someone is working with food52 Someone is shooting for Delicious magazine Someone just made $500,000 by selling their online course Someone is talking about completing 10 years i…

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#81 - Take your lighting to the next level in food photography 21:07

1+ y ago21:07

21:07

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Have you ever taken a photo and thought - “Ughh! that looks dull” “Why does my photo look flat” “That food does not look delicious” “Why doesn’t my photo pop” “Ok, that looks good but I wish it was better” “Gosh! I did everything right but there’s still something missing” Truth is, 90% of the time that mi…

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#80 - How to build a photography business while balancing family - part 1 with Tessa Huff 40:06

1+ y ago40:06

40:06

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. If you had to uproot yourself and move to a new country, you had to shut down your business And when you moved to the new country with the hopes of starting a new business, You found out that you had a baby on the way. How would you feel at that point in life? Would you be excited at the prospect of build…

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#79 - How to find a higher purpose & make food photography more meaningful 23:00

1+ y ago23:00

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Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Look at you stepping into the new year with a smile! Well, I hope you’re smiling because it's the time of the year when fresh starts and new beginnings feel a lot easier to make. I don’t know about your goals but a big goal for me last year and the year before was to not quit food photography. Yep! It was…

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#78 – How to take a cookbook shoot from start to finish with Diana Muresan – part 2 45:39

1+ y ago45:39

45:39

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Few years ago I received an enquiry from a brand for a cookbook photoshoot. They had seen my work and wanted to know more about my process and also my rates for the project. I shrieked. I mean who doesn’t want to shoot a cookbook. Almost every photographer dreams of it. I did too. I was excited reading th…

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#77 - How to take a cookbook shoot from start to finish with Diana Muresan - part 1 47:07

1+ y ago47:07

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Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Ever dreamt of shooting a cookbook? How would you feel seeing your work in print? How would you feel if you opened a cookbook and found your photos on large pages staring right back at you? I don’t think I’ve ever met a photographer who didn’t want to see their work in print, who wasn’t excited by the tho…

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#76 - How to save time & money when investing in photography gear 17:58

1+ y ago17:58

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Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. I don’t know which camera to buy. Is this lens worth the cost? Should I go for flash or continuous lights? Deciding on which camera equipment to buy is never easy. It almost always comes down to our budget and whether it’s worth the investment. Have you ever bought a piece of gear and found that it wasn’t…

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#75- Not making enough money in food photography? 3 common mistakes to avoid 18:32

1+ y ago18:32

18:32

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. A few weeks ago someone on social media commented on one of my posts saying that in their opinion they didn’t believe that food photography could ever be a full-time career, that it could be profitable or be taken up professionally. I didn’t say much to this because we are all welcome to have our opinions…

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#74 - How to create a resilient food photography business unaffected by social media changes with Madhushree & Anindya Basu - Part 2 36:43

1+ y ago36:43

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Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Would you like more followers on social media? More likes? More engagement? YES? Almost everyone wishes they had a larger following on social media. Infact, there are courses in the market on “How to get 300k followers in 30 days.” Sounds tempting, right? Who wouldn't want a larger community? Why not? But…

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#73 - The #1 lighting mistake in moody photography 22:27

1+ y ago22:27

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Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Let’s say you have a friend who loves your photography.. ..but they don’t really understand the technicalities. One day you post a moody photo And they absolutely love it. So they ask, “how did you create it?” And you get excited and start telling them all about light and how light creates mood. But how c…

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#72 – The #1 mistake to avoid when investing in a course 21:30

1+ y ago21:30

21:30

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Have you ever bought a course, and then left it for some or the other reason without completing it? Have you ever bought a course, completed it but it never really gave you results. Didn’t help much. Most of us have invested in courses in our creative lives and gone through the pain of certain courses not…

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#71-How to create a resilient food photography business unaffected by social media changes with Madhushree & Anindya Basu 51:53

1+ y ago51:53

51:53

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me. Instagram has gone through such massive changes in the last year that we food photographers & bloggers are finding it difficult to love it like before. Some creators are thriving. Some have left the platform. Some have distanced themselves. Some return only for the community and conversations. It has impa…

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