Kev is wondering who sent red roses last Friday, was it you? On the show today, recommendations for a good zoom lens sub £400, just how good is the new Fujifilm X-M5, starting from scratch as a photographer, X100V as a powerhouse, audio kit to accompany your photo storytelling, perfect lenses for travel photography, Kev’s post-retirement plans, can you become a pro wedding photographer in your 50s, and a peak inside Neale and Kev’s kit bags. Plus there’s a bonus question on Judo!

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Don’t tell Kev, but Wales lost the rugby - at the time of recording, he was completely unaware! Shhh. Neale finds himself on a commercial shoot where things go bump in the night. Also, on the show, why are so many pictures shot in a vertical fashion? Kev isn’t convinced the world needs vertical images AT ALL!

We talk about the number of pictures shot at weddings, gallery stats, the best time to send images to a client, taking a tripod v shooting using IBIS, updating your website to court search engines, showing pictures online that have feeling, understanding how to use ai and upselling social photography packages.

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Kev gets dewy-eyed over the music of Ralph McTell, remember the Streets of London, and Neale is feeling hopeful and buoyant about people and business in 2025. Questions today about the best camera for sports photography from the Fujifilm range, the quirks of Auto ISO, content insurance for kit away from home, more issues, photo challenges for 2025, content creators snapping your original ideas, and what software the boys use for editing video.

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The boys hit the resolutions road running and answer questions about their photographic callings and choices in life and ‘employing’ your partner as a second shooter. Also, today, should you let your camera choose ISO for every condition, facial recognition and battery drainage, focusing on eyes through reading glasses, Squarespace websites, HEIF format speed issues in post-production, the pictures that affected us from 2024, battling muddy images and how do you squish photos for optimal web use?

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The boys cancel Christmas, well, the pre-Chrimbles planned episode at any rate, with Kev’s home town hit by the Malmesbury Malaise, so our exploration into the cavernous Cupboard of Doom will have to wait until ’25. In the meantime, we have the winner of the Lowa boots; discuss how to expand your Insta reach and answer, “Why does my Fujifilm camera keep asking me to recycle the power?" Also, how to wear the cloak of invisibility when trying to act unobtrusively as a candid photographer, what defines a strong black and white image relative to the technical approach and a Zine of the Week by Kenny Gordon from Glasgow - a celebration of football.

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Kev is photographing in the boxing ring with a GFX; hope he can duck out the way quick enough! Questions today into the show about making a macro investment, finding a perfect workflow that isn’t complicated when it comes to saving our precious pictures for all time, will more and better ai editing software reduce the need for personal presets, in wide-angle land - what’s too wide when it comes to hitting the dance floor at a wedding to get super expressive shots, what does it mean to drag a shutter, and am I wise to register a domain more locally sounding that a dot com? The book of the week is You Rebel Scum by Daz Smith, a ten year project to document ‘rebels in society.'

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Neale’s entering the yuletide spirit early, Kev's fine tuning the recipe for humbug, but they’re both keeping their heads down when it comes to current affairs. Thank St. Nicholas for photography as today on the show we demystify the questions of tech that bamboozle you, whilst Kev explains why he is de-Muskifying at the same time. Why did Threads not quite make the noise creatives thought it may, how can I tell my client that the events pictures I have made are not to be presented free of charge to other parties and what’s the proudest achievement of your photographic career, so far? Also today, buying third party STUFF for your Fujifilm camera kit and enjoying vintage lenses. The book of the week is Pentwyn No. 3 Colliery from one of our supporters, Martin Ellard.

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Kev and Neale return from their holidays, straight into the questions you’ve been sending in about photography and Fujifilm cameras. Questions today about learning from photobooks and what sorts of titles offer an opportunity to improve your photography, uninvited shutter speeds in auto ISO, a 56mm that won’t manually focus, how the change of seasons changes our personal photography, finding truly original creative paths, discontinued cameras we lament the passing of, the rise of content creation - is it a worry for professional photographers?

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Is wedding photography still a viable business for somebody setting out today and can/are content creators spoil the party, should I be using ChatGPT instead of Google, and how do I stop people smiling inanely in portraits?

Also on the show, in-camera recipes, mobile Lightroom, packing light for a trek, compatible lenses for higher resolution camera sensors, thoughts about wide angles, Fujifilm’s 10-24 and Sigma's alternative, the real reason why battery chargers no longer come with cameras and smart investments: and what’s the smarter investment, a new camera or new lens?

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Kev and Neale discover the powerful secrets of ’the buried sausage’ and start to think about a new HoP event! Also this week, buying replacement STUFF, what to do when someone at a busy event asks you to avoid photographing them, Neale gets pinned against a wall by a Legionnaire, what guarantees can your contract provide in case of an unintended early demise, live view quandaries, setting up a new X100vi, Kev’s workflow, X Raw Studio and why is my tone out of LR a little muddy? 

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