Northborders (Mike) and 7th Era (Liam) are photographers and YouTubers based in Melbourne, Australia. These two are easily some of the most talented creatives in this space, so I couldn’t help but want to get them in for a round-table conversation on all things photography.
Unsurprisingly, they’re both part of a new generation ditching university degrees to focus on real world experience, which accelerates their further potential in the process.
In this episode we covered:
- How they met each other
- How they got into photography
- Ditching uni and travelling
- Photogenic Phones and their presets
- Youtube and collaborations
- Their go-to kits
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SHOW NOTES:
00:49 – Introduction
01:59 – We have a giveaway
04:44 – Selecting Instagram names
09:21 – How Mike & Liam met
16:05 – How Mike got into photography
21:33 – How Liam got into photography
25:37 – Ditching uni, travelling together
35:40 – Turning photography into a career
39:04 – You don’t need to go to uni
44:09 – Advice to those starting out
55:25 – Structure & explaining what they do
57:24 – Ego and authenticity
01:03:08 – Photogenic Phones, their presets
01:09:04 – YouTube and collaborations
01:13:44 – Their go-to camera
01:14:24 – Lenses they use 80% of the time
01:17:06 – Drones and extra equipment
01:19:10 – Software and storage
01:23:54 – Who they look up to
01:26:21 – Pinterest is underrated
01:27:34 – What’s in the fridge
01:28:12 – Daily routines
01:32:16 – Best purchase under $200
01:32:30 – If they could have a billboard anywhere
01:34:08 – The Nikon meme
Links:
- Northborders on Instagram , YouTube
- 7th Era on Instagram , YouTube
- Nikon D810
- Crop vs full frame cameras
- Flip Cameras
- Nikon D3200
- Dutton Garage
- Peter McKinnon
- Canon 80D
- David Dobrik
- Casey Neistat
- Hayden Pedersen
- Lewis Spears
- Steph Smith
- Epidemic Sound
- Sony a7R III
- Sony G Master 24-70mm F2.8 lens
- Sony G Master 16-35mm F2.8 lens
- Prime lens (fixed)
- Kit lens
- DJI Phantom 4 Pro
- DJI Mavic
- Adobe Lightroom
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Final Cut Pro
- NAS Drive
- LaCie 5TB
- Limon Fan
- Khyzyl Saleem
- Gary Vee
- 19 Tones