A voicemail from our friend Dave Dugdale of LearningDSLRVideo.com prompts today’s topic of discussion in episode 91 of the Digital Convergence Podcast: The Art of the Interview. Dave asks Chris about how to ask questions in an interview that pulls the story out of the person being interviewed. Chris Fenwick and planetMitch and I dig into our archive of past shows to help us answer that question.

Today, my podcasting compadres Chris Fenwick and planetMitch join me in talking about a huge number of product announcements (and, no, we barely even mention the iPhone 5 but really 6). We play our first voicemail feedback from two  fans of the DCP. We love the feedback! Finally we hit the hot button topic of photography in public places in a post-9/11 world. planetMitch shares his unsettling experience of having the police called on him while he was testing photo gear.

In today’s episode of the Digital Convergence Podcast, the Emerson, Lake, and Palmer of podcasting - Chris Fenwick, planetMitch, and I – address our huge backlog of listener feedback and questions. Our listeners literally become a part of the show!

Patrick Moreau returns today in episode #88 of the Digital Convergence Podcast, along with Stillmotion's Justin Demers, to talk with planetMitch and I about music and sound design for filmmaking.

In this week's episode of the Digital Convergence Podcast, Chris Fenwick, planetMitch, and I talk with Patrick Moreau of Stillmotion. Patrick has truly transformed event filmmaking. In this episode, Patrick talks about their new app: SMAPP. The app was created to help make filmmaking more approachable and easier to understand. Stillmotion is also releasing a 380 page book (it's currently at the printers). Patrick says that this book, "is probably the best thing we've done as a team." Patrick talks, too, about the We can't wait to read it. As usual, though, we take the road less traveled and take a number of detours where we discuss everything from high frame rate video versus the 24p film aesthetic to pondering the question: is everything a re-mix?

Ron Dawson of DareDreamerMag and Crossing the 180 podcast join Chris Fenwick, planetMitch, and I in this info-packed episode of the Digital Convergence Podcast. Today's topic is "Minding Your Business" - picking up from where we left off in our discussion of deadbeat clients. Chris and Ron weigh in on what they do when a customer asks for multiple revisions. They also share their strategies for getting paid.

The lead story from the planet5d.com newsroom is Canon's release of the version 2.0 firmware update for the Canon EOS 7D. planetMitch explains what is in this update and what it means for photographers and videographers. As usual we go on a tangent on the value of having malleable hardware - hardware that can be updated with new features with just a software update. We talk, too, about the Blackmagic Design Cinema Camara - can it be rightly called a "baby Arri?"

Bruce Logan and Elliott Rosenblatt join Chris Fenwick, planetMitch, and I (Carl Olson) to talk about the Hollywood Master Seminar with Bruce Logan event to be held August 18 and 19, 2012, at EVS Studios. In today’s episode of the Digital Convergence Podcast, Bruce and Elliott talk about what students can expect to learn at the seminar. Though the focus is on feature films, the principles apply and scale to corporate, commercial, and event filmmaking. Since it’s a live event, students will have the opportunity to ask questions and benefit from hands-on demonstrations involving actors and gear.

So much to learn, so little time… hence the Digital Convergence Podcast crew is here to save the day with just-in-time-learning. Chris Fenwick, planetMitch, and I (Carl Olson in case you didn’t know) tackle information overload in this episode of the Digital Convergence Podcast. What was supposed to be a Top 10 podcasts show turned into more of a philosophical discussion about how to learn and what to learn instead of listing podcasts and blogs specifically (though we do mention a few). Have you noticed how many parenthetical statements I’ve made in this short paragraph? Well, that’s the way this episode flows, too. Its a bit of a long and winding road… sorry about that!

Chris Fenwick returns from an 11 day editing gig for Minis Takes The States 2012 tour while planetMitch is away in Austin, Texas. So, what’s it like to work on a touring bus editing until the wee hours of the morning? How do you decide what footage to use in each episode? How do you manage that much media? What video editor is best suited for cranking out over two dozen videos over the course of 11 days? Some of Chris’ answer will unsurprisingly surprise you.