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Chris and Jeremiah hold the fort while Adrian is still away, and things get only mildly apocalyptic: a surprise Google Earth feature briefly let people generate fake satellite imagery, prompting a lively chat about whether photography’s last “trust me, I was there” refuge has now joined the AI slop era. Along the way they poke at truth, metadata, satellites, politics, and why maybe the unexamined photo is the one truly in trouble—before lightening the mood with a slick Obsbot camera and a camera battery that secretly doubles as an AirTag, because apparently even batteries now have a plot.

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Jeremiah joins Chris while Adrian is away, and the conversation starts with the 2026 State of the Photography Industry report. They dig into how photographers are actually using AI right now: less as a replacement for creative vision, and more as a partner for administration, organization, writing, and workflow. From commercial pressure and tightening budgets to the enduring value of real photographic experience, they explore where AI fits, where it threatens, and where human intent still matters most. Chris also shares how AI is helping shape and manage his upcoming book, Abenteuer Fotografie, while both hosts swap stories about using AI to tame massive photo libraries and messy Lightroom catalogs.

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Chris and Jeremiah roam through a lively, imaging-focused news episode packed with big ideas, surprising tech, and a few delightfully odd turns. From the awe-inspiring to the playful, this conversation teases how pictures, motion, and storytelling keep evolving in unexpected ways.

Cosmic Cinema: Vera C. Rubin Observatory Officially Begins Capturing

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At 105°F, photography gets weird in the best possible way. We talk museums, heat-wave film development, the lure of shooting wide open, why your archive might know you better than you do, and how AI is helping read ancient scrolls that nobody has opened in 2,000 years.

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This week we learn that Chris' favourite map projection is Winkel Tripel and that Ade prefers an actual globe. How did we get to that? Well, we started with WWDC 2026 announcements about features for photographers - so we promise there is definitely photography content in this weeks' show!

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Want a new photo superpower? How about something with a low barrier to entry, zero cost, quick to inspire and create and a whole lot of fun? Enter Dirty Little Zine by Rick Vega.

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What is a pure photograph? Yes, we have asked this question before and maybe it's a matter of language as much as anything else. But we now have the ability to generate images so photo-realistic that maybe the only distinction left is the linguistic one.

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When you are working on a series of images, how you present them is a crucial element of the process. What order? How published? How set out? Is there a text narrative? And if you want to allow your viewers to dive deeper where their interest is sparked, how is that achieved? Well, Chris has built a novel way to do this, which we explore today!

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There are a bunch of new opportunities to distribute photos emerging. Well, maybe they have been there before but new ways of working with images and software are bringing them into view. For a few years now, Adrian has shared work on a paid Squarespace website. But here is a free option on GitHub that can be whatever you want it to be! What other options exist out there for us to publish our work?

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