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Wildlife Photography · Dec 20, 2025

Episode 41 - Equipment Buying Tips with Guest Gary Farber

In this episode, Rob and Josh are joined by Gary Farber from Hunts Photo, America’s oldest independent camera store, to discuss tips on purchasing camera equipment. Whether you prefer the in-store personal touch, or scour the internet for the best deals, this episode is worth a listen as the three discuss their own experiences and their approach to those major purchase decisions. Links to Hunts Photo are provided below, together with listener discount codes on some items for those listeners in the US. https://buymeacoffee.com/wildlifephotopodcast Hunts Photo Gary Farber is the Director of Outside Sales and Speciality Markets for Hunt’s Photo and Video, America’s oldest independent camera store, established in 1889. https://www.huntsphotoandvideo.com/ About the Hosts: Rob Read has spent many years as a photography competition organiser; firstly as a founding director of, and primary organiser of Bird Photographer of the Year for the first five years of the competition, and more recently as founder, owner, and organiser of WildArt Photographer of the Year. Josh Galicki has been entering competitions for many years and has had significant success in many, including Bird Photographer of the Year. He is now part of the judging team for WildArt Photographer of the Year. Connect with the Podcast Instagram Account and Facebook Page using the following links: https://www.instagram.com/wildphotopodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570623586727 Get in touch with us directly by sending an email to wildphotopodcast@gmail.com Find out more about your host’s and view their work on their Instagram profiles: Rob - https://www.instagram.com/robreadphotos/ Josh - https://www.instagram.com/galicki_photography/ The WildArt Photographer of the Year competition website can be found here - https://www.wildartpoty.com/

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In this episode, Rob and Josh are joined by Gary Farber from Hunts Photo, America’s oldest independent camera store, to discuss tips on purchasing camera equipment. Whether you prefer the in-store personal touch, or scour the internet for the best deals, this episode is worth a listen as the three discuss their own experiences and their approach to those major purchase decisions.

Links to Hunts Photo are provided below, together with listener discount codes on some items for those listeners in the US.

https://buymeacoffee.com/wildlifephotopodcast

Hunts Photo

Gary Farber is the Director of Outside Sales and Speciality Markets for Hunt’s Photo and Video, America’s oldest independent camera store, established in 1889. https://www.huntsphotoandvideo.com/

About the Hosts:

Rob Read has spent many years as a photography competition organiser; firstly as a founding director of, and primary organiser of Bird Photographer of the Year for the first five years of the competition, and more recently as founder, owner, and organiser of WildArt Photographer of the Year. Josh Galicki has been entering competitions for many years and has had significant success in many, including Bird Photographer of the Year. He is now part of the judging team for WildArt Photographer of the Year.

Connect with the Podcast Instagram Account and Facebook Page using the following links:

https://www.instagram.com/wildphotopodcast/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570623586727

Get in touch with us directly by sending an email to wildphotopodcast@gmail.com

Find out more about your host’s and view their work on their Instagram profiles:

Rob - https://www.instagram.com/robreadphotos/

Josh - https://www.instagram.com/galicki_photography/

The WildArt Photographer of the Year competition website can be found here - https://www.wildartpoty.com/

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