Petapixel Photography Podcast

Here’s episode 27 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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 Don Komarechka opens the show. Thanks so much Don. Samsung official denies rumors Nikon is buying it's NX technology...but they've denied things before. (#) The City of Chicago agrees to pay a photographer $100,000 for its police allegedly beating him in 2012. (#) Snowflake photography guru Don Komarechka release a photo 2,500 hours and 5 years in the making. (#) India gets caught with a bad Photoshop job as they release a composited photo passed off as true. (#) 2014 camera sales show where Canon, Nikon and Sony stood at the rise of full-frame mirrorl

Here’s episode 26 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Celebrity beauty photographer Matthew Jordan Smith opens the show. Thank you so much Matthew. Did Nikon make a bold move and acquire Samsung's mirrorless technology? (#) People are naming their kids after Instagram filters?!!! Uggh. (#) Capture One Pro 9 is released. Is it a Lightroom killer? How about a quicker alternative? (#) Haven't spent enough on your Leica? Now you can some Leica shutter speed dial cufflinks and pendants. (#) Famous Australian landscape photographer Ken Duncan gets confronted by authorities while shooting in public. (#) Is Yahoo! getting set

Here’s episode 25 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Pratik Naik of Solstice Retouch opens the show. Thank you Pratik. Legendary war photographer Don McCullin says digital photography can't be trusted. (#) Samsung officially drops its camera business from the UK. (#) The media misidentifies a Moroccan woman labeling her as a Paris suicide bomber. (#) Did Sigma really reject Canon's advances? (#) Holga cameras officially come to an end. RIP Holga. (#) It took 60 years, but World Press Photo finally has a code of ethics. (#) VCSO cuts the price of its film simulation software in half...and it's permanent. (#) Instagram

Here’s episode 24 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Martin Bailey of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast opens the show. Thank you Martin. Canon USA takes on the gray market as it sues a number of retailers. (#) Time Inc.'s new contract for photographers a bit (read: a lot) overreaching. (#) Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson is quite capable photographer as well. (#) A Japanese company shows off a clear lens adapter which allows for creative lens flares. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShar

Here’s episode 23 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Eric Draper, Chief Photographer of the George W. Bush presidency opens the show. Thanks Eric. Leica announces the Leica M (Typ 262) with slimmed down features. (#) Samsung officially pulls their camera business out of the German market. (#) COOPH (The Cooperative of Photography) comes out with its Grey Chart Cap. (#) The police are called when a citizen thinks they see someone carrying a machine gun (it was a tripod). (#) Amazon now allows you to share your unlimited photo storage plan. (#) Leica is said to be set to announce the Leica X-U (Typ 113), an underwater

Here’s episode 22 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Matt Granger of MattGranger.com opens the show. Thanks Matt. Special thanks to Trey Ratcliff, who listened to our show will broadcasting live from Bali on Facebook. (#) Reuters issues a worldwide ban on RAW. (#) Nikon announces the development of the D5. Is this at all a surprise? (#) Adobe issues the Lightroom CC 2015.3 and 6.3 updates to squash bugs and more. (#) Gura Gear goes with the Tamrac name moving forward and releases new bags. (#) A foolish person alters a photo of a Sikh man putting a bomb vest on him and Quoran in his hands, it goes viral and the media

Here’s episode 21 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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 Miguel Quiles opens the show. Thanks Miguel. An already ridiculous story gets even more ridiculous in the Monkey Selfie case. (#) Good news for the camera industry as sales seem to stabilize after a few rough years. (#) The photographer who helped a wedding couple in need receives great photo karma. (#) News organizations ban together in an open letter to the music industry and performers. (#) If you use the InstaAgent app, you may want to delete it ASAP and change your login info. (#) Is Samsung getting ready to exit the camera market or ar

Here’s episode 20 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. My good friend Ted Forbes of "The Art of Photography" opens the show. Thanks Ted. A University of Missouri professor fans the flames and turns students against student journalists. We hear from the student journalist who shot the video in his own words. (#) Photographer Trey Ratcliff designs the ultimate HDR software, Aurora HDR. (#) The Interactive Exposure Tool launches to help photographers understand the "Exposure Triangle". (#) A photojournalist withdraws from a prestigious competition in Australia for altering a photo. (#) Lytro reimagines Virtual Reality (VR

Here’s episode 19 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Celebrity portrait photographer Michael Grecco opens the show. Thanks Michael! Sony announces the a68, its first A-mount camera in a long time. Is this camera interesting to you? (#) B&H warehouse workers score a victory and vote to unionize. How will things change for workers? (#) Moo announces business cards with an NFC chip inside. Will you get these for your photo business? (#) How far has technology come in the 17 years from the Canon D2000 to the Canon 5Ds R? (#) Why do people ask photographers to work for free when they wouldn't ask members of other prof

Here’s episode 18 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. A very enthusiastic Peter Hurley opens the show. THANKS SO MUCH PETER! (See what I did there?) Fortune magazine says that Portrait Photographer is one of the top 5 best careers for work-at-home parents. (#) What happens when you tell 6 photographers something different about their subject? Canon knows. (#) Sony releases powerful firmware for the a7 II giving it 14-bit uncompressed RAW and phase detection autofocus with adapted lenses. (#) National Geographic slashes 9% of its staff in advance of 21st Century Fox taking the reigns. (#) Polaroid sues GoPro over it's

Here’s episode 17 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Music photographer Adam Elmakias opens the show. Thanks so much Adam. A judge in Kentucky clears a man who shot a drone out of the sky above his property. (#) Listener Nicky of Nicky Digital in New York City contacts Adobe to help speed up Lightroom. (#) Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York has a second book hit the New York Times Best Sellers list. (#) Snapseed v2.1 for Android allows for RAW file editing. (#) Railway operator Network Rail in the UK shows how many people pose for photos at a single rail crossing in one day. (#) Canon's future 120 megapixel DSLR m

Here’s episode 16 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Renowned wedding photographer Jerry Ghionis open the show. Thanks so much Jerry. Canon announces disappointing earnings...and rumors talk about a full-frame mirrorless Canon body coming. (#) I proclaimed Sony A-mount dead. Sony Alpha Project Manager Kenta Honjo says otherwise. I adjust my assessment. (#) Photographers in Singapore inject air and styrofoam in fish to lure eagles and I reach out to Moose Peterson for comment. (#) Sony is said to acquire Toshiba's sensor manufacturing plant and further dominate. (#) Instagram announces Boomerang. Will you find a way t

Here’s episode 15 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Yannick Verhoeven of Parallax Pictures in The Netherlands opens the show. Terrorist group ISIS repurposes a photographer's work for its propaganda campaign. (#) Lensbaby announces its new Composer Pro II with Edge 50 Optic (#) Singer, actress and model Zendaya calls out a magazine for manipulating her image. (#) Actress Kate Winslet talks about the "no retouching" clause in her modeling contract for L'Oréal. (#) Nikon releases a camera...in the form of a Nanoblock Nikon F. (#) PocketWizard announces its Plus IV transceiver for off-camera flash triggering. (#) Janet

Here’s episode 14 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. David Hobby of Strobist.com opens the show. Thank you so much David. Did Sony UK basically confirm that Sony A-mount is dead? (#) Leica fields a serious mirrorless body...so why can't Canon and Nikon? (#) Elmer Fudd was a photographer before he took up shooting...with a rifle?!!! (#) A customizable toolbar is coming to Photoshop CC...finally! (#) ZY Optics announces the world's fastest 135mm lens at f/1.4...and it's pricey. (#) Janet Jackson out-Dweezil's Dweezil and has an even more ridiculous stipulation. (#) Do you have the patience to shoot at ISO 6? If so, thi

Here’s episode 13 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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 Andrea Joki of Ajaton Joki Photography opens the show. Adobe announces that it's going to restore the previous import experience with the next "dot release". (#) Sigma announces its 20mm f/1.4 Art for Canon, Nikon and Sigma cameras. (#) Polarr Photo Editor 3 has launched for Web, Chrome and Windows 10. (#) A $2 find at a junk shop turns out to be a $5,000,000 photo of outlaw Billy the Kid. (#) A boudoir photographer posts a letter from the husband of a client which goes viral. (#) Zeiss announces the pricey Otus 28mm f/1.4 for Canon and Nikon. (#) Memo

Here’s episode 12 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widgetfor 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. Dr. Eric R. Fossum, inventor of the CMOS image sensor, opens the show. B&H warehouse workers stage a protest and try to unionize amid strong allegations (#) Canon announces a new mirrorless camera, the EOS M10. But can this "selfie" camera compete? (#) New sensor technology being worked on by Dr. Eric R. Fossum at Dartmouth may change photography. (#) Photography pioneer Hilla Becher dies at age 81. (#) According to Improve Photography's Jim Harmer, Adobe Lightroom is 600% slower than the competition. (#) Flickr now lets users download videos in the same way vid

You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308 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. Fashion photographer Lara Jade opens the show. Adobe apologizes after pushing out a buggy Lightroom 6.2 release. (full story) Has Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza switched to Sony from Canon? (full story) DJI announces the 3-axis Osmo for handheld video stabilization. (full story) 500px makes some welcomed changes to its popular website. (full story) A new company announces the Light L16 with 16 cameras in one body. (full story) A woman is arrested for foolishly doing a photoshoot on Washington D.C.'s Metro tracks. (full story) Sony spins off its sensor division amid amazing success in the that business. (full story) CBS Tweets a P

You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308 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. Jon Willey, Director of Photography for the NFL's Miami Dolphins opens the show. Musician Dweezil Zappa defends his seemingly rights-grabbing concert photography contract. (full story) Remember Kodak? In 1956 they had pretty interesting (and perhaps useless) tips for those photographing Disneyland. (full story) An Australian photographer turns to the Internets (yes, the Internets) to locate a bride and groom in his photos. (full story) NASA does quite a bit of manipulation in Photoshop...but for very good reasons. (full story) A UNICEF campaign aims to help end bullying. Is this a photo project you can bring to your community? (full story) A Sony sm

You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308 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 Sue Bryce opens the show. Rapper T.I. upsets a photographer when his team uses her photo to promote his birthday party extravaganza without permission then proceeded to mock her. (full story) Photographer Porter Yates travels the world to document peoples of the world and wins EyeEM's "Photographer of the Year". (full story) A Texas school district now requires students to sign a "Work for hire" contract and surrender their copyright. (full story) Don't even think about photographing someone with freckles using infrared. (full story) A Swiss TV station ditches its fancy gear and shoots the news with iPhones. Is this the future of news g

You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308 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. This Week in Photo host Frederick Van Johnson opens the show. Jim Harmer with the Improve Photography podcast gives an audio response to a story we reported on Episode 6. U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump goes on the attack over a photo shot at a campaign stop. (full story) Should animal rights extend to copyright? Find out who has sued on a monkey's behalf. (full story) Lens Battle helps you compare the quality of lenses in a more logical, interactive way. (full story) Photoshop Elements 14 features cool new features. Do you need the full version of Photoshop? (full story) Japanese photojournalist Kikujiro Fukushima dies at age 94.  (full st