{"podcast":{"title":"Prime Lenses","slug":"prime-lenses-6838205","podcast_index_feed_id":6838205,"rss_url":"https://okra-turtle-gdz8.squarespace.com/prime-lenses-podcast?format=rss","website_url":"https://primelensespodcast.com/prime-lenses-podcast/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653d7c7459950608411fdfb2/717d635f-47f8-4fb1-9fb7-0d975791aafb/Series+Artwork+for+Apple.png?format=1500w","author":"Iain Farrell","episode_count":153,"summary":"A camera is just a tool, but spend enough time with photographers, and you’ll see them go misty-eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small, fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget. I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much, and how they make us feel.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T16:17:31.826609+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/prime-lenses-6838205"},"episode":{"title":"Tim Paton of Irys Photos on life as a commercial photographer","slug":"tim-paton-of-irys-photos-on-life-as-a-commercial-photographer","published_at":"2026-04-29T08:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/prime-lenses-6838205/tim-paton-of-irys-photos-on-life-as-a-commercial-photographer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/prime-lenses-6838205","url":"https://primelensespodcast.com/prime-lenses-podcast/tim-paton","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/653d7c7459950608411fdfb2/t/69f0b420d1af72739457d47f/1779368191790/Tim+Paton.m4a","summary":"Tim Paton is Irys Photos Global Partnerships Manager, and has worked in and around photos a photography his entire career. We spoke recently and he offered to come onto the show to talk about the commercial realities of photography today. This is a great conversation for anyone who wants to make photography their job. More about this show: A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with pho tographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget, I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much and how they make us feel.","meta_description":"Tim Paton is Irys Photos Global Partnerships Manager, and has worked in and around photos a photography his entire career. We spoke recently and he offere…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1667,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/prime-lenses-6838205/episodes/tim-paton-of-irys-photos-on-life-as-a-commercial-photographer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/prime-lenses-6838205/tim-paton-of-irys-photos-on-life-as-a-commercial-photographer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}