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Feb 4th  Episode 19 Video is not the same as Photography

 

Hosts: Dan, Ben, Tommy, Justin

 

More new first impression reviews of the Sony A1

 

Video for Photographers and discussion about how different these mediums are.

 

John Free Street photographer from LA

Hosts this episode: Ben, Dan, Justin, and Tommy

 

Discussion Topics:

If you’re selling used items, do you do legit product photography or do you just snag a few flicks on your iPhone?

 

Cameras as machines and the Analog process and all sorts of metaphors with music. 

 

Zero Image Pinhole Cameras

 

Hasselblad 500 series with digital back

 

Small Rain Sleeve

 

Flex Lens Shade

All of us were here for this one.  Ben, Dan, Justin and Tommy

We talked about:

 

Local Event FOMO

Shooting Icons and Popular eventsHow do  you get reinvigorated  when things are slow or you aren’t feeling inspired?

Hosts: Dan, Ben, Tommy and Guest host Josh Paris

Topics:  We just talked about the two new big dogs released this week and how everything else in the camera world is related.

Sony A1

Lord of the Cameras

 

Fujifilm GFX100S

Hosts this episode: Ben, Dan, Justin, and Tommy

 

Stuff we talked about:

 

Peat Moss and WhiskeyWheated Bourbon

Bernie Memes

 

Leslie Knope Biden Memes

 

Curb Your enthusiasm

 

Nikon Projected Loss

 

Hudson Henry Video about Nikon news

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/881899/nikon-revenue-share-by-segment/

 

Bill Wadman

 

Hell Yeah, or no.   Derek Sivers

 

Jay Maisel-  Light, Gesture, Color

 

Keith Wallach sea lion shot

Episode 14 - Catching up after the Holidays

 

Hosts this episode: Ben, Dan, Justin, and Tommy

 

Discussion Topics:

 

Photographic Goals for the New Year

New stuff we received over the holidaysMatch Technical Thumbs UP grip

 

Sony Experia Phone.

 

Oculus

 

Street Candy Film

 

Larry Fink there will be Music

 

Chi People by Harvey Pullings II

Raymond Molinar Polaroids

Taylor FreesoloRenan Ozturkhttps://www.patagonia.com/films/public-trust/

Hosts this episode: Ben, Dan, Justin, and Tommy

 

Discussion Topics:

Tommy’s Creative Filters:

Prism Lens FX

Spektrem Effects

Alter Rapid Filter System

 

Photoshop Sky replacement feature added. Should you use it? Or shoot your own? How does this effect landscape photography/photographers? Is adding an overlay the same? Photoshop brushes? Where does the line between a photograph and digital art lie? How about the modify hair feature?

 

National Photojournalist association, governing body that decides what is too altered to use for a “photograph”.

Elia Locardi, landscape photographer Dan references.

ON this episode we got talking about the vehicles we use to get out into nature for photography and somehow landed on the new Electric Hummer.  Which led to trailers, which led to whole trucks that are giant pinhole cameras.  

 

Electric Hummer

 

From Tesla to Hummer and more: Here's every electric pickup truck coming

 

AirStream Basecamp Travel Trailershttps://www.alchemytintype.com/The Traveling Tintype Project — THE TRAVELING TINTYPE PROJECT

 

Stephen Schaub

Episode 11 : All the Little Cameras

Hosts this episode: Ben, Dan, Justin and Tommy

Discussion Topics: Webcams, Little cams, travel cams...all that stuff  Then we talked a bit on the Newest Apple stuff that was just announced and ways and tools we have to use phones for all the other stuff. 

Links: 

 

NVIDIA Broadcast App

 

GoPro

 

Matterport  

 

Tile

 

New iPhones

 

HomePod Mini

 

Boom 3D

 

Osmo Action

 

BeastgripThe Director of John Wick Shot an Epic Snowball Fight with the iPhone 11 ProThe iPhone 12’sDJI Gimbals

 

360-degree camera RICOH THETA

Episode 10: To Z or Not to Z

 

All of us are here!  We spent this episode working through the ever-present question:  Is it time to upgrade to a new system?

With Nikon's pending updates to their Z cameras (Which as we release this episode, have already been announced), it's got Justin asking-

Is it time to for the move from DSLR to mirrorless?

Nikon Z6s & Z7s rumors

Z7ii and Z6ii officially announced

NIKKOR Z Mirrorless Lenses

Why the F11 lenses are important - the new normal

Justin’s first camera Sony DSC-U20

Ben’s first camera was a Nikon coolpix

We didn’t mention it, but Dan’s first camera was a Kodak 110- kid’s camera