{"podcast":{"title":"Photography is Nothing","slug":"photography-is-nothing-7391177","podcast_index_feed_id":7391177,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fd036364/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://zachdobson.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42348577/42348577-1750269618701-b49d7d9b45ece.jpg","author":"Zach Dobson and Courtney McCracken","episode_count":36,"summary":"Photography is Nothing with Zach Dobson and Courtney McCracken is a weekly conversation about photography and all its impact. Each week Zach and Courtney discuss their latest adventures, life lessons, and anything else that sounds interesting. Photography is Nothing invites you into the conversations they were already having as a married couple running a photography and media company in the current world. “Photography is nothing—it’s life that interests me.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/photography-is-nothing-7391177"},"episode":{"title":"Baseball - Photography is Nothing with Zach Dobson & Courtney McCracken","slug":"baseball-photography-is-nothing-with-zach-dobson-courtney-mccracken","published_at":"2026-04-29T06:16:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/photography-is-nothing-7391177/baseball-photography-is-nothing-with-zach-dobson-courtney-mccracken","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/photography-is-nothing-7391177","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/photography-is-nothing/episodes/Baseball---Photography-is-Nothing-with-Zach-Dobson--Courtney-McCracken-e3ikgip","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fd036364/podcast/play/119210009/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-29%2F423094293-44100-2-44e40edcd5ca5.mp3","summary":"Episode 33 - In this episode, Zach & Courtney talk about their recent trip to the ballpark and learn about a photographer from the golden age of baseball. Charles M. Conlon photographed baseball between 1904-1941, taking absolutely gorgeous photos of some of the game’s most famous names. “Photography is nothing–it's life that interests me.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson Index 0:00 - Intro: Photographers need to share their photos 0:53 - Going to an Indianapolis Indians baseball game 6:15 - Photos of being a spectator at the baseball game 9:04 - One of the greatest baseball photographers: Charles M. Conlon 12:05 - Photo of Ty Cobb sliding into third base 17:49 - Portraits from the golden age of baseball by Charles Conlon 24:25 - Conlon photographs Shoeless Joe Jackson w/ Black Betsy 26:53 - Cornelius McGillicuddy aka Connie Mack 28:16 - Rube Waddell 31:14 - Charles Conlon focused on the people & personalities 32:48 - Masking photos the old fashioned way 40:07 - Charles Albert “Chief” Bender 41:01 - Photographing players’ wives and children 44:05 - Why Charles Conlon destroyed half of his negatives 45:51 - Part of being a photographer is sharing your work Find Zach Website: https://zachdobson.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachdobsonphoto/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zachdobsonphoto Threads: https://www.threads.com/@zachdobsonphoto Find Courtney Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/courtneymccracken_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@happy_life_lessons Threads: https://www.threads.com/@courtneymccracken_ About the Podcast Photography is Nothing with Zach Dobson and Courtney McCracken is a weekly conversation about photography and all its impact. Each week Zach and Courtney discuss their latest adventures, life lessons, and anything else that sounds intere…","meta_description":"Episode 33 - In this episode, Zach & Courtney talk about their recent trip to the ballpark and learn about a photographer from the golden age of baseb…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3028,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/photography-is-nothing-7391177/episodes/baseball-photography-is-nothing-with-zach-dobson-courtney-mccracken/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/photography-is-nothing-7391177/baseball-photography-is-nothing-with-zach-dobson-courtney-mccracken.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}