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Since today is my first day on the job as a Visionary for Olympus (North America) I am not sure of everything that they have planned for me, but I will be speaking at several large photo conferences here in the USA on their behalf and we are discuss- ing other possibilities. Will you use Olympus equipment for bird photography and perhaps tell us the difference between your DSLR setup as against a mirrorless set up. Absolutely yes and to best under- stand my migration to Olympus, please read this post. I actually wrote it before being named to the North American Visionary team... http://www.photopodcasts.com/ more-gear/what-ive-learned-after- six-months-of-shooting-almost-ex- clusively-with-olympus-micro-four- thirds-cameras Tell us about your famous photo “Cranes in the Fire Mist” Thank you for mentioning it. But as far as Cranes in the Fire Mist goes - I can’t say anymore about it than I have in this post I link to below - if you really want background on that image read the post and I am sure you’ll have more than you need. p h o to fo c u s . c o m / 2 0 1 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / cranes-in-the-fire-mist-revisited/ And you put up a post on Photofocus on how photographers can try to get their own shot similar to yours... you generously share tips and advice, do you think that more and more pros are open to sharing to perhaps 20 years ago or am I wrong and pro photographers have always been open to sharing? When it comes to pros sharing se- crets I can’t spea k for anyone but me and I don’t mind sharing everything. 10 I have always been that way and tend to associate with other pros who are like-minded in that regard. My entire ap- proach to photography is that it is some- thing that has no scarcity. Someone else shooting birds for a living doesn’t diminish me. If they get a great shot that moves people and makes them money - that’s good for the birds and for the in- dustry. Talk to us about your podcasting pro- jects, you were one of the pioneers be- hind This Week in Photo and Photofocus, do you have new podcast plans? I did co-found TWIP with Alex Lindsey and Ron Brinkmann - then I started Pho- tofocus. I sold that a few years ago to my business partner Rich Harrington. I still make guest appearances on both net- works which hopefully shows that all my old podcasting pals and I still get along just fine. I also regularly appeared on hundreds of episodes on the This Week In Tech TWIT network owned by my friend Leo Laporte - I used to do shows there related to Mac computers with a slight emphasis on how they fit into a photographer’s workflow. My new shows all reside at www.photopodcasts.com. I have been working with Marco Larousse on pod- casts for more than two years and he’s a great podcaster and photographer. We have three shows now (4th coming soon) on the network every month. One show deals with gear only, one show deals with mirrorless cameras and the other deals with inspiration - the new show will be Q&A. Finally Scott, where can our readers go to discover more about your amazing photography? Thanks for the kind words. My basic port- folio is at www.scottbourne.com - I post on Instagram at bourne.scott - my Twit- ter account is @scottbourne - my Face- book is www.facebook.com/scottbourne and my LinkedIn page is www.linkedin.com/in/scottbourne