Join myself and owner of EssarAitch, Sharon Harrison, talking about putting your working life on TikTok and developing a following to help your business. Sharon posts her daily life in her office, the trials, tribulations, fun and feedback. Not many people are super natural on camera but she makes it feel like you are part of her business life and all that goes with that and being a busy mum with her family. Please follow @essaraitch

James Barnard is back! One year on, exactly, we chat about how his world has changed so much since we first spoke, his TikTok and Instagram presence was flourishing but so much has happened in the past 12 months for him that I wanted to really do a recap with him and see how is world is today, both business and as a recognisable influence on the design industry. And he's such a bloody nice bloke too!

We are super honoured to have one of the industries top Production Designers, Dave Blass, as our guest for the next two episodes. Dave recently worked on Star Trek Picard, The Boys, Justified, Preacher and many more. In part two, Dave talks about his love of music photography as well as his career in TV.

We are super honoured to have one of the industries top Production Designers, Dave Blass, as our guest for the next two episodes. Dave recently worked on Star Trek Picard, The Boys, Justified, Preacher and many more. Dave talks about our love of Star Trek, his path to where he is today and the experiences he's encountered getting there. It's a great conversation!

The Photoshop Creativity Summit - FREE TICKET IN SHOW NOTES In this catch up with industry leading trainer, Dave Cross, we chat about his new online conference and the evolution of events since the pandemic.

In this episode I had a very frank and honest conversation with our guest Radim Malinic about working through mental health and trying to remain creative and undistracted by the social world around us. Radio is a creative director and designer living and working in South West London. He runs Brand Nu, a branding and creative design studio. //In partnership with The photoshop Creativity Summit//

Dave Clayton and Alan Hess are back for 2023! In this first episode of 2023 they have a quick catchup of the events of 2022, what they've been up to since the last episode and talk about getting your shit together for 2023, taxes, plans, schemes and events!!

This week I am so pleased to have Liz Mosley on the show, Liz runs a very successful branding business but also teaches, creates content for Adobe, runs a very good podcast and more. We chat about all the things that make up what running a creative business requires these days to maintain momentum and success.

We're back! This episode is Dave Clayton and Glyn Dewis having a good old chinwag and catch up from The Photography Show, recorded on 18th September 2022. We talk about the show and just what we've each been up to and the usual Dave/Glyn conversation you can expect! This episode is in support of a new local business, AwayDays! Please check out awaydays.co - casual supplies inspired by football culture.

We are leading up the The Photography Show 17-20 September so here is a replay episode of one of the Super Stage guests, Chase Jarvis. Chase is an award-winning artist, entrepreneur and the Founder of CreativeLive and now author of his new book Creative Calling. We chatted with Chase about the creative process and how we should take on the challenge and lifestyle of being a creative person. It was a really interesting discussion and we'd love to hear what you think. Chase's book is available...

We are leading up the The Photography Show 17-20 September so here is a replay episode of one of the Editing Suite guests, Tony Harmer. I am genuinely thrilled to have Tony as our guest this week, Tony is one of my dearest friends, one of the most helpful and genuine people in this industry, he's a walking encyclopaedia of design knowledge and for the next 90 mins we just chat about design, life and our careers.

Please enjoy this replay episode from 2020 with the wonderful Elise Swopes. This week's guest is a delightful young photographer, speaker, influencer and hard working creative powerhouse, New York based Elise Swopes. Elise has taken mobile creativity to a whole new place, having built a name for herself through hard work and persistence, we chat to Elise about her beginnings and how she has crafted her brand and abilities to become one of the brightest new influencers in photography, film...

We are leading up the The Photography Show 17-20 September so here is a replay episode of one of the Super Stage guests, amazing dog photographer, the one they want to be and she's setting the standard, Kaylee Greer. Kaylee is a dear friend and we've done many conferences together, she will also be our LIVE EPISODE guest at the Photography Show! We hope you enjoy this episode.

In this episode I talk to graphic designer and friend of the show, Mark Hirons. Mark created Creative Waffle Podcast way back in his teenage years, he's only 24 now, and we chat about how he built his empire and then walked away from it to pursue his career dreams. We chat about how that was for him mentally and how the sacrifices have been worth it, so far! More info in show notes.

This week I am joined by James Barnard of Barnard.co, a very talented logo and brand designer from the UK but based in Australia. I first saw James on TikTok and followed him immediately, he's doing everything I think a creative should be doing on the platform, so I asked him all about it and his career as a designer. It was great fun, informative and I hope you enjoy it too.

This week I am joined by my good, and fast friend, Debbie Clapper. I met Debbie at Creative South, introduced by recent show guest and good friend, diane gibbs. Debbie has a background in graphic design but pivoted her career and pursued her passion into traditional hand drawn art, which is amazing! Debbie was a fantastic guest, please check out her work and hire her!

This week we are talking office gear. All three of us use our gear in different ways, between video, photography and design. We discuss what gear we love, why we love it, how we use it and what would we add if we could. We discuss Macs, keyboards, tablets, software, audio and what happens when stuff goes wrong!

We welcome the lovely diane gibbs to the show this week, host of creatives ignite podcast and the only person I know who can connect people like a super power! We first met at Creative South conference and been great friends ever since. When you’ve listened, please go and say hi to diane and check out her amazing podcast!!

This week we have the lovely chaps from the Camera Shake Podcast joining us, hosts Nick and Kersten popped in for a chat about all things podcasting, careers and covid. And also, please go and check out their episode #102 where they have our very own Alan Hess as their guest this week - so you two for one this week!

We're back. Again. Damn working schedules. This week we talk about the woes of computers breaking and how to get back working again. In this instance, Apple MacBooks and more! Plus a little round up of what's been going on in our lives and why we're crap at keeping a regular podcast schedule at the moment!

In this 2 parter, Dave and Alan review 2021, previous guests, gear, books, software, experiences and more! We'll be back with lots more in 2022.

In this 2 parter, Dave and Alan review 2021, previous guests, gear, books, software, experiences and more! We'll be back with lots more in 2022.

As part of our plan to enhance and improve the podcast, we are testing out a LIVE chat app called Wisdom, made for podcasters. This Wednesday 15th December 12:30 Pacific / 3:330pm East Coast / 8:3pm UK please join us for a live episode where you can join in. Link in show notes below.

Well, it's been a little while, September actually, but we are back in business after a much needed and enforced break. And we come back in style, we actually got to record in the same room, at Alan's house in San Diego. This is a catch up episode, talking about what we've been up to and what's coming next for us both. Suffice to say, it's good to be back recording again! Huge thanks to @3LeggedThing + @MorallyToxic for supporting my travels with the awesome Valkyrie Camera Bag!