{"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":"Basketball - Photography is Nothing with Zach Dobson & Courtney McCracken","slug":"basketball-photography-is-nothing-with-zach-dobson-courtney-mccracken","published_at":"2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/photography-is-nothing-7391177/basketball-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/Basketball---Photography-is-Nothing-with-Zach-Dobson--Courtney-McCracken-e3gq22v","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fd036364/podcast/play/117294623/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-22%2F420522325-44100-2-b49d1b71993e.mp3","summary":"Episode 28 - Zach & Courtney take a look through Zach’s archive of basketball photography from around the state of Indiana. Indiana is of course the best state in the country for basketball. In this episode, Zach & Courtney talk about their own experiences with the sport as well as go in-depth on Zach’s photos and his approach to photographing basketball. “Photography is nothing–it's life that interests me.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson Index 0:00 - Zach & Courtney each played one season of basketball 0:56 - Getting the NBA Finals patch on the Pacers jersey 3:44 - In 49 states it’s just basketball, but this is Indiana 4:51 - The largest high school gyms in the country are in Indiana 6:54 - What it was like in the 90’s 9:58 - Zach’s basketball photography 10:19 - Practicing free throws 11:19 - Player intros in black & white 14:19 - Photographing basketball above the rim 16:50 - The crowd jeers during free throws 18:58 - Why take photos from low angles 20:01 - Zach is in the Indiana High School Basketball Hall of Fame 21:39 - Inspiration from a photo of Babe Ruth 22:47 - Photographing basketball behind the scenes 24:57 - Why photographing with a wide lens is better 26:03 - Photographers photographing photographers 27:02 - Photographing the scale of the games 28:29 - Basketball is THE entertainment in small towns 30:38 - Trey Lyles before he played in the NBA 31:26 - Zach’s favorite cheerleader photo 32:32 - Courtney says the physical closeness of sports is important for boys 34:21 - A detail photo from a small town gym 34:50 - A look of confusion from the head coach 35:50 - The Wigwam in Anderson, Indiana 37:11 - The Indianapolis Indians are approved by the Miami tribe 39:24 - Photographing for the Indiana Pacers 41:25 - Basketball is the good part of Indiana…","meta_description":"Episode 28 - Zach & Courtney take a look through Zach’s archive of basketball photography from around the state of Indiana. Indiana is of course the b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2685,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/photography-is-nothing-7391177/episodes/basketball-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/basketball-photography-is-nothing-with-zach-dobson-courtney-mccracken.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}