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Raw Podcast - EP49 - A conversation with Tim Millen
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Episode 49 – Tim Millen (This Modern Love)
In this episode, we chat with Tim Millen — the creative mind behind This Modern Love, and a man who lives a bit of a double life. By day, he’s a wedding photographer capturing real moments with honesty and heart. But when the cameras are down, you’ll find him in the studio painting — a slower, more solitary process that gives him space to reflect and create differently.
We talk about everything from his childhood influences and the cousin who handed down a photojournalist’s camera, to the artistic contrast between film and digital, painting and photography. There’s loads here about creative constraints, the pressures of the job, and the little things that keep us going — like staying hydrated and knowing when to drive less.
Highlights include:
• The parallels between painting and photography
• Why setting creative rules can be freeing
• Balancing commercial work with personal projects
• Shooting weddings on film in a digital world
• What the Helsinki Bus Station Theory has to do with finding your style
• Building rapport and capturing silent moments
• Working through wedding nerves — especially when shooting fellow photographers weddings.
• The ongoing journey of maintaining passion in a saturated industry
Show Links.
https://www.thismodernlove.co.uk/https://www.timmillen.com/
Helsinki Bus Station Theory – Arno Rafael Minkkinen
BuzzFeed Feature – “The Most Beautiful Wedding Photos Ever”
Kirsten Lewis
Follow us on Instagram:
@therawpodcast
@davidmcclellandphotography
@moathillphotography
@thismodernlovephoto
50 episodes
Manage episode 482782668 series 1163369
Episode 49 – Tim Millen (This Modern Love)
In this episode, we chat with Tim Millen — the creative mind behind This Modern Love, and a man who lives a bit of a double life. By day, he’s a wedding photographer capturing real moments with honesty and heart. But when the cameras are down, you’ll find him in the studio painting — a slower, more solitary process that gives him space to reflect and create differently.
We talk about everything from his childhood influences and the cousin who handed down a photojournalist’s camera, to the artistic contrast between film and digital, painting and photography. There’s loads here about creative constraints, the pressures of the job, and the little things that keep us going — like staying hydrated and knowing when to drive less.
Highlights include:
• The parallels between painting and photography
• Why setting creative rules can be freeing
• Balancing commercial work with personal projects
• Shooting weddings on film in a digital world
• What the Helsinki Bus Station Theory has to do with finding your style
• Building rapport and capturing silent moments
• Working through wedding nerves — especially when shooting fellow photographers weddings.
• The ongoing journey of maintaining passion in a saturated industry
Show Links.
https://www.thismodernlove.co.uk/https://www.timmillen.com/
Helsinki Bus Station Theory – Arno Rafael Minkkinen
BuzzFeed Feature – “The Most Beautiful Wedding Photos Ever”
Kirsten Lewis
Follow us on Instagram:
@therawpodcast
@davidmcclellandphotography
@moathillphotography
@thismodernlovephoto
50 episodes
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