Jonathan Mehring's guest appearances

Jonathan Mehring

Visual Revolutionary

Beyond Boards

Fred Mortagne

Sam Jones

Sandro Miller

Mike Lewis

Jason Lee

Jeremy Cowart

Jeff Johnson

Aaron Rose

Larry Chen

Randal Ford

Marc Silber

Sean Tucker

Sebastian Meyer

Michael Grecco

Kenna Klosterman

OwlTail

Episode 15 with Jonathan Mehring, photographer &amp; film director from Richmond, Virginia. Together we talked about him growing up skating in Virginia, picking up a camera and shooting his friends skating, studying photography in college, his first photography gigs for Slap and Skateboarder Magazine, traveling around the world shooting photos with some of the best skaters of the last two decades, publishing "Skate the world" with National Geographic, getting into more commercial work for brands like Vans, Nike or Converse to name a few, his latest documentary "Walls cannot keep us from flying" about skateboarding at youth empowerment program SkateQilya in Palestine... and as usual a few bonus questions from friends!  Intro (00:12)  Growing up in VA (01:07)  Studying photography (10:46)  First photography jobs after college (22:59)  First few years in NYC (34:50)  Starting to travel (36:25)  Most memorable trips (48:33) Vietnam trip with Visual Traveling: “the killing season” (50:32)  National Geographic book “Skate the world” (53:19) Favorite photos (01:01:04)  Favorite people to shoot with (01:03:13)  "Walls cannot keep us from flying" documentary (01:08:38)  Questions from friends (01:14:40)  Conclusion (01:35:04)   

Episode 15 with Jonathan Mehring, photographer &amp; film director from Richmond, Virginia. Together we talked about him growing up skating in Virginia, picking up a camera and shooting his friends skating, studying photography in college, his first photography gigs for Slap and Skateboarder Magazine, traveling around the world shooting photos with some of the best skaters of the last two decades, publishing "Skate the world" with National Geographic, getting into more commercial work for brands like Vans, Nike or Converse to name a few, his latest documentary "Walls cannot keep us from flying" about skateboarding at youth empowerment program SkateQilya in Palestine... and as usual a few bonus questions from friends! <ul><li>Intro (00:12) </li> <li>Growing up in VA (01:07) </li> <li>Studying photography (10:46) </li> <li>First photography jobs after college (22:59) </li> <li>First few years in NYC (34:50) </li> <li>Starting to travel (36:25) </li> <li>Most memorable trips (48:33)</li> <li>Vietnam trip with Visual Traveling: “the killing season” (50:32) </li> <li>National Geographic book “Skate the world” (53:19)</li> <li>Favorite photos (01:01:04) </li> <li>Favorite people to shoot with (01:03:13) </li> <li>"Walls cannot keep us from flying" documentary (01:08:38) </li> <li>Questions from friends (01:14:40) </li> <li>Conclusion (01:35:04)  </li> </ul>

Episode 15 - Jonathan Mehring

On this episode I sit down with Jonathan Mehring to talk about how he went from a kid growing up in a holler in Virginia in a log home his "return to the land" parents built with no concrete in sight, to a skateboard enthusiast and one of the most well traveled skateboard photographers in the world, and finally the way that would lead him to working with National Geographic on his book "Skate the World" to help spread the global message of skateboard culture.  As a kid growing up in a rural town with pretty adventurous and outdoor enthusiastic parents, skateboarding wasn't necessarily the first thing that you would assume would become the driving force of Jonathan's life, but while driving around one day, he got a glimpse of a skater airing it out over a privacy fence of a backyard ramp and that scene would stick with him and alter the direction of his life.  Once that passion was paired with a high school photography class, his future was suddenly becoming more clear.  He would go on to study photography in college and try to ignore the advice his professors gave him to give up on the idea of photographing something like skateboarding. Before long he proved them wrong by signing on as a photographer with slap magazine.  After a long run there, and several trips to Europe, he got the travel bug and an opportunity to work with Skateboarder.  It would be at that publication that he would soon birth a mission to go to the most remote skate locals he could imagine and create editorial skate trips like no one else had ever seen.  During our conversion we talk about what it was like to ride motorcycles from Hanoi to Saigon looking for skateable terrain, how he convinced a magazine to let him spend months on the Trans Siberian Railroad, what it was like to realize that he had helped get National Geographic interested in skate culture, and the advice he gives to others with big dreams of travel and photography.   To Learn More About Jonathan Mehring Visit: http://www.mehringphoto.com And Follow Him on Instagram At: https://www.instagram.com/mehringsbearings/ To Learn More About Visual Revolutionary Visit: http://www.visualrevolutionary.com And Follow on Instagram At: https://www.instagram.com/visualrevolutionary/

On this episode I sit down with Jonathan Mehring to talk about how he went from a kid growing up in a holler in Virginia in a log home his "return to the land" parents built with no concrete in sight, to a skateboard enthusiast and one of the most well traveled skateboard photographers in the world, and finally the way that would lead him to working with National Geographic on his book "Skate the World" to help spread the global message of skateboard culture.  As a kid growing up in a rural town with pretty adventurous and outdoor enthusiastic parents, skateboarding wasn't necessarily the first thing that you would assume would become the driving force of Jonathan's life, but while driving around one day, he got a glimpse of a skater airing it out over a privacy fence of a backyard ramp and that scene would stick with him and alter the direction of his life.  Once that passion was paired with a high school photography class, his future was suddenly becoming more clear.  He would go on to study photography in college and try to ignore the advice his professors gave him to give up on the idea of photographing something like skateboarding. Before long he proved them wrong by signing on as a photographer with slap magazine.  After a long run there, and several trips to Europe, he got the travel bug and an opportunity to work with Skateboarder.  It would be at that publication that he would soon birth a mission to go to the most remote skate locals he could imagine and create editorial skate trips like no one else had ever seen.  During our conversion we talk about what it was like to ride motorcycles from Hanoi to Saigon looking for skateable terrain, how he convinced a magazine to let him spend months on the Trans Siberian Railroad, what it was like to realize that he had helped get National Geographic interested in skate culture, and the advice he gives to others with big dreams of travel and photography.   To Learn More About Jonathan Mehring Visit: <a href="http://www.mehringphoto.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.mehringphoto.com</a> And Follow Him on Instagram At: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mehringsbearings/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/mehringsbearings/</a> To Learn More About Visual Revolutionary Visit: <a href="http://www.visualrevolutionary.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.visualrevolutionary.com</a> And Follow on Instagram At: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/visualrevolutionary/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/visualrevolutionary/</a>

Episode 105: Jonathan Mehring / Commercial and Skateboard Photographer / Director / World Traveler 