The photographic industry once overlooked the importance of accurate skin tone reproduction for people of color. Now, new technology touted in Google’s latest smartphones promises to render darker skin tones in a more accurate way. 

In this episode, we'll take a look back at some of the industry's problems with skin tone through the years, and discuss strategies for ensuring better color accuracy and exposure.

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It’s easy to get jaded after doing something for decades, months or even days. Then something unexpected happens. Sometimes a routine photo assignment turns out to be much more memorable – and maybe a little painful!

Collectively, humans are taking an estimated 1.4 trillion photos a year. In a single day, we shoot more photos than were taken during the first 100 years of photography. What are we losing when we’re constantly shooting, and where do the images eventually end up?

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If you don’t feel inspired by your subject matter, maybe you’ve outgrown it. Perhaps you need to move the goalposts farther out to challenge yourself. Or maybe, it’s time to pass the torch.

I recently returned from DragonCon in Atlanta, where I questioned my own motivations for taking photos. Although I was carrying a lot of camera gear, I discovered I wasn't inspired to use it.

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Renting time on telescopes, managing your color, and bringing an old laptop back to life with free software. In this episode, I take off on some photographic tangents as I fall down three technological rabbit holes.

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If you’re just starting out as a photographer, undoubtedly there is pressure to “git gud” and start making money. Don’t fall into that trap. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being an amateur photographer. Think about the freedom you have. Freedom to shoot when, where, how and what you want. Freedom to constantly experiment. Freedom to create your art. 

Articles mentioned:

The Overjustification Effect: https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/overjustification-effect/

Why I Never Charge for Photography (Medium): https://medium.com/@robert.rittmuller/why-i-never-charge-for-photography-4ae992c61ea1

Being a Pro to be an Amateur: https://blog.mingthein.com/2014/09/13/being-a-pro-to-be-an-amateur/

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Have you ever considered why a particular album, or musical playlist is your favorite? What makes an album great? Today, we talk about the importance of sequencing images, and what our favorite music can teach us about that process.

Music mentioned on this episode:

Kind of Blue by Miles Davis (Full album, YouTube)

Random Access Memories by Daft Punk (Full album, YouTube)

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails (Full album, YouTube)

"Strobe" by Deadmau5 (YouTube)

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Like vinyl records, typewriters, fountain pens and mechanical watches, film photography seems to be back in vogue. For some of us, it never really left.

This show will be a little different because I’m not pitching any questionable advice today. I’m just reminiscing about film photography, which I’m seeing more and more interest in these days, despite efforts of the industry to get rid of it altogether.

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Are you unhappy with your progress as a photographer? Creatively, do you feel like you’ve reached a plateau, or worse, have you fallen into a valley? If so, it may be time to let go of what you’ve done in the past, to influence and shape your future.

In this episode I talk about letting go of cameras and lenses I've owned for nearly a quarter century, and how letting go of bad habits and preconceptions can make us better, or at least happier, photographers.

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We generally want to remember important moments in our lives. We take photos to document life events; we post memorable moments to social media, and so on. But what about the more mundane days of our lives? Photography can help you remember those too. Today, I'm talking about one of the unintended side-effects of shooting daily -- building a "second brain."

Links:

What smartphone photography is doing to our memories: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/3/28/17054848/smartphones-photos-memory-research-psychology-attention

Taking Pictures Can Help You Remember—But There’s a Catch: https://www.cambridgebrainsciences.com/more/articles/taking-pictures-can-help-you-rememberbut-theres-a-catch

How Taking Photos Impacts Our Memory: https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/photo-impact-memory/

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