Petapixel Photography Podcast

Here’s episode 79 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photographer and Lensbaby founder Craig Strong open the show. Thanks Craig! Canon super sizes by patenting a 1000mm lens. (#) Calumet Photographic and Bowens Lighting are acquired with plans for expansion. (#) The British Journal of Photography raises a ton of cash to keep things going strong and serve its digital audience. (#) A top photojournalist and his interpreter are killed in Afghanistan. (#) Sony Artisan of Imagery and host of "The Photo Show" live on Facebook, Brian Matiash, features the PetaPixel Photography Podcast calling it "One of the best photography podcasts I've ever h

Here’s episode 78 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Photographer William Barrington-Binns opens the show. Thanks William! A woman in Yellowstone National Park shows how NOT to photograph wildlife. (#) A new program uses artificial intelligence to help you more quickly cull your photos and get on with post-production. (#) Canon's flagship EOS-1D X Mark II doesn't play well with certain Sigma lenses...currently. (#) A famed hockey photographer's lens drops to the ice during the NHL Stanley Cup Final

Here’s episode 77 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sony Artisan of Imagery Tony Gale opens the show. Thanks Tony! The drumbeat in the industry is that Nikon is set to release a mirrorless body built around a body with a "large sensor" at (or before) the big Photokina 2016 show in Germany in September. (#) A wrap-up (hopefully) on photojournalist Steve McCurry as he seemingly walks away from photojournalism, puts out conflicting messages...and an exhaustive discussion on photojournalism-based podcast "Around the Lens" . (#) The Unfade app seeks to rescue your old photos. (#) Google Photos turns one topping 200 million users with some pr

Here’s episode 76 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Wedding and portrait photography Marius Igas opens the show. Thanks Marius! Additional altered photos by famed photojournalist Steve McCurry are found, his blog is removed, the NPPA criticizes and the community wonders if McCurry's legacy is tarnished by this or not. (#) Content-Aware Crop comes to Photoshop CC and works some magic. (#) A Sigma 85mm f/1.4 Art series lens seems to be on the horizon. (#) Photographer Don Komarechka (yes, the snowflake guy!) calls on Adobe and others to stop stripping valuable metadata from processed RAW files. (#) Western Digital officially acquires SanD

Here’s episode 75 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photojournalist and Around The Lens visual journalism podcast host David J. Murphy opens the show. Thanks David! A reality tv star makes an embarrassing post to his 16 Million+ followers on Instagram. (#) The Canon 5D Mark IV seems to be nearly release. Will it have 4K video inside? (#) Lensbaby to release a rugged waterproof lens for GoPros . (#) Facebook rejects a photo that a feminist group submitted...but the photo may actually have been misappropriated. (#) Twitter to make it so images, videos, Twitter handles and more will no longer count against 140-character limit. (#) A univer

Here’s episode 74 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, Nikon Ambassador and Think Tank Photo co-founder Deanne Fitzmaurice opens the show. Thanks Deanne! Nikon announces a handful of camera bodies it will now repair through authorized repair facilities despite being grey market. (#) Canon patents a superzoom lens sure to drop jaws if it actually materializes. (#) Luminous Landscape founder Michael Reichmann, dead at age 71. (#) Fujifilm announces a 2x teleconve

Here’s episode 73 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Portrait and fashion photographer Joseph Parry opens the show. Thanks Joseph! A group of men ventures off a path at Yellowstone and warrants are issued. (#) Canon conducts a survey and finds that 80% of US photographers think their photography is "good to excellent". (#) FujiFilm is reportedly on the hunt for the leaker of a video showing the upcoming X-T2. (#) Listener Erick in San Antonio, Texas wants to know why I like Rangefinder Magazine so much. A rather large camera drone collides with a model's head...and reasons why photographers/videographers/drone owners should carry liabili

Here’s episode 72 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Gravity Backdrops founder Mimi Stojanovic opens the show. Thanks Mimi! Calvin Klein's latest campaign raises questions about what's too far in photography. (#) Little-known Corel AfterShot Pro seeks to kill Lightroom on speed. (#) Canon seems ready to drop the 16-35mm f/2.8L III and add another lens more suited for the 5Ds and 5DsR. (#) Samsung announces their 256 GB microSD card for 4K video and more. (#) Canon announces a 28mm macro lens with b

Here’s episode 71 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sony Artisan of Imagery and V.P. of Photography for ON1, Matt Kloskowski opens the show. Thanks Matt! Can noted photojournalist Steve McCurry exhibit photos from personal work which have alterations or must he be held to a rigid standard? (#) Recent earthquakes in Japan cause production delays for Sony, Nikon and Fujifilm. (#) A fool and his friends destroy a historic Florida landmark with a  played out steel wool "spinning" photography fail. (#) A 24-year-old man destroys a 126-year-old statue in Portugal thanks to his careless photography. (#) A Russian man with a spear takes out a c

Here’s episode 70 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. "Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on Assignment" author Rena Silverman opens the show. Thanks Rena! Will we see the rumored Sony mirrorless medium format system at Photokina 2016 in Germany, the a9 sports/action body...or both? (#) Photographer Thomas Heaton with tips on pricing prints. (#) Light at the end of the tunnel in the Vivian Maier legal battle. (#) TIME Magazine names two cameras to their "50 Most Influential Gadgets o

Here’s episode 69 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Photographer and founder of LensCoat, Scott Elowitz opens the show. Thanks Scott! I talk to photographer David duChemin about the five years since his famous fall off a wall in Pisa, Italy back in 2011. Interesting details about Canon's Q1 2016 earnings. (#) The Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery devalues a photographers image of Prince by releasing it without her permission. (#) Leica releases a camera with no LCD screen, no vid

Here’s episode 68 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Photographer and Alpha Mirrorless co-host Juan Pons opens the show. Thanks Juan! ON1 gets set to take on Adobe with its RAW processing program. (#) Is the upcoming Canon 5D Mark IV going to be yet another incremental upgrade? (#) Unbelievably, yet another problem with the otherwise awesome Nikon D750. (#) A Sony hack allows for new functionality in its Alpha cameras. (#) Rumors of the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II hints at a sports boost. (#)   Conne

Here’s episode 67 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Sydney Australia-based photographer Geoff Zhang opens the show. Thanks Geoff! Photographer and good human Zack Arias effects change in Morocco while demonstrating the capabilities of his Fujifilm gear. (#) The MonoShot aims to be a multi-use platform for your smartphone. (#) Did Calvin Klein jack a photographer's most-known image for a recent campaign? (#) Tips from a seasoned pro on how to shoot National Geographic style photos. (#) Is optical z

Here’s episode 66 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Photographer and founder of 5DayDeal, Griffin Stewart opens the show. Thanks Griffin! Republican candidate for President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, is sued by two photographers for copyright infringement. (#) Three really fast lenses are on the way from Russian maker Zenit. (#) The UC Davis pays to try to erase an ugly moment in its past from the Internet. (#) My very first appearance on This Week in Photo (aka TWiP). A new device tha

Here’s episode 65 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Photographer Tony Bynum opens the show. Thanks Tony! Angry moms in the UK descend on three photographers and smear them online. (#) Zeiss announces its Batis 18mm f/2.8 ultra wide-angle lens for Sony E-mount. (#) A photographer trusted by Canon with a pre-production 1DX Mark II has it and other gear totally $34,000 stolen...and a lesson in how not to draw attention to your car full of gear. (#) The Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 with it's "soap bubble" boke

Here’s episode 64 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Photographer and The Photo Brigade podcast host Robert Caplin opens the show. Thanks Robert! Now that it's been out for a little bit now, my thoughts on the Sony a6300 with some additional thoughts from the awesome Gordon Laing of CameraLabs.com and "All About the Gear". A survey of about 15,000 brides show the amount spent on wedding photography is on the rise. (#) Strong rumors suggest a full-frame Canon mirrorless body which takes their curren

Here’s episode 63 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Sony Artisan Jason Lanier opens the show. Thanks Jason! We reach out to photographer Jason Lanier on the incident in Fort Worth, TX in which a man drove over his camera gear with his truck. We also discuss precautions to better protector yourself and your gear. (#) Is Sony's full-frame, DSLR-like a9 mirrorless sports/action body on its way? (#) Gap causes a stir with a Gap Kids campaign, but there's a backstory. (#) Terrill wants to know whether

Here’s episode 62 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Sony Artisan and Capture Your Story host Me Ra Koh (aka "The Photo Mom") opens the show. Thanks Me Ra! Did a photographer get duped by a mother accused of killing her daughter? (#) Matt Granger, photographer and host of #TOGLIFE, has me on Episode 19 of his popular show! Canon in Canada jacks prices by a full 20%! (#) Fujifilm sees record sales with their Instax cameras and instant film. (#) Think Tank Photo releases its biggest bag yet, the Prod

Here’s episode 61 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Photographer, author and Fastermind.co founder Dane Sanders opens the show. Thanks Dane! A headshot client turns on a photographer threatening with him ruin. We check with attorney Mickey Osterreicher on the legal issues involved. (#) Free training to go with Google's recently-free Nik Collection. (#) The photo industry has some winners and losers this Aprils Fools' Day. (#) Many photos shot during the Great Depression have holes in them. (#) Bra

Here’s episode 60 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor:  FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Emerging photographer Dragos Ionescu opens the show. Thanks Dragos! Sony announces two full frame lenses: a 50mm f/1.8 and a 70-300mm f/4.5-f/5.6. (#) It appears that Flickr will indeed be sold as will Yahoo!. (#) Signs point to a Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art coming. (#) Sony announces its RX10 III super zoom compact camera with 4k and more. (#) An author outlines reasons why everyone should show off their photography. (#) A photographer ima