Jem Schofield is a producer, DP and educator and the founder of theC47, a full-service production company that focuses on video production, filmmaking, consulting & education. Jem spends most of his time producing content, educating others and joins Ryan to discuss how to prepare for small to no crew productions, the essential roles that need to be filled, and when to hire out for specialists.

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• David Carson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Carson’s images are featured extensively in the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography that was awarded to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch photo staff. In 2008, his multimedia project “Reporting for Duty” won a regional Emmy award for Advanced Media – Interactivity. We talk with David about his experience covering Ferguson, and how much of his team’s previous work prepared them to better understanding the issues that were front and center. David shares his take on newsrooms that have lost photojournalist, the future of staff photographers and why they matter even in our current visual age.
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Zach Sutton is a Los Angeles Photographer specializing in headshot, beauty, and portrait photography. He is also our blog editor! Sarah and Joey talk with Zach about how he built his brand, grew his network, and has become a thriving photographer. He shares why he thinks you should always test shoot, SEO tips, and addresses the ever difficult issue of how to price yourself.

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• Equipment mentioned:
  • Alien Bees
  • Innovativ Production Cart
  • Profoto
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Ally is joined by Katrina Medoff and Tracy Sayre who are the executive co-directors of the Women's Weekend Film Challenge which is a women-in-film initiative that places professional filmmakers on crews that write, shoot and edit a short film in just one weekend. Through the WWFC, they have produced 24 films to date with more than 500 professional female filmmakers in New York City. These films have already been selected for 60 film festivals and counting, including the HBO Women in Comedy Festival and Fantasia Film Festival.

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• WWFC Instagram
• WWFC Twitter
• WWFC Facebook
• WWFC LinkedIn
• WWFC YouTube
• The Lensrentals Podcast is a production of Lensrentals, founded by Roger Cicala. Our production staff includes Drew Cicala, Ryan Hill, Sarah McAlexander, SJ Smith, Julian Harper, John Tucker, and Zach Sutton. Other contributors include Roger Cicala, Joey Miller, Ally Aycock Patterson, Joshua Richardson, and Philip Robertson.
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Impact damage, sensor scratches, and shutter failure, oh my! Lensrentals Founder Roger Cicala is once again joined by Repair Manager Aaron Cloz and Senior Photo Tech Joey Miller and this time they’re talking about all the ways you can break a camera, what can be fixed, and what is always a kiss of death. 

• Resources Mentioned:
  • Video on how to clean your camera sensor
  • Blog post on how to clean your camera sensor
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Roger is joined by our Repair Manager Aaron and Senior Photo Tech Joey to discuss broken lenses, the types of repairs they’ve encountered, what they think can be attempted at home, and how to prevent repairs from being needed in the first place! They dish on which repair center takes the longest to get the gear back from, what environments they can count on to break a lens and advise the best gear for shooting in the rain. In this talk, they reference PhotoTech which is an authorized service center for Sony and Nikon they enjoy working with.

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It’s our year-end review of photography. Host Ryan Hill is talking with Lensrentals Quality Control Manager Joey Miller and Blog Editor Zach Sutton about their favorite gear of the year, what they’re looking forward to next year, and what photographers inspired them. Before first, Lensrentals Founder Roger Cicala wasn’t able to join for the full conversation so he recorded a kind of annual report sharing his insights on the year in optics. 

• Mentioned in this episode:
  • Fuji GFX 100S Medium Format Mirrorless
  • Fuji X-T4
  • Fotodiox Pro Fusion Smart Autofocus Canon EF to Fuji GFX
  • Canon RF 5.2mm f/2.8L Dual Fisheye 3D VR
  • Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L DS
  • How Lens Adapters Work & Why You Should Try Them
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This week we’re wrapping up the year from a video perspective. Lensrentals Product Development Supervisor Ally Aycock Patterson and LensProToGo Video Producer Dom Boisvert join host Ryan Hill to discuss their favorite products of the year, the state of the industry today, and what each person hopes to see in the future. 

• Mentioned in the episode:
  • Sony FE C 16-35mm T/3.1 G
  • Deity Deluxe 2-Person Wireless Omni Lavalier Mic System
  • Tentacle Sync E Timecode Generator
  • DJI Ronin 4D
  • ARRI Orbiter
  • ARRI L5-C LED Fresnel 3-Light Studio Kit
  • Canon EOS R3
  • Nikon Z 9
  • Canon EOS R5
  • Canon RF 5.2mm f/2.8L Dual Fisheye 3D VR 
• Resources:
  • DPReview article on the Nikon Z9 initial review 
  • The New York Times VR articles
  • Memoria
  • Summer of Soul
  • Dune
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Yeehaw, it’s a photo gear rodeo y’all! Ryan, Joey, and Zach host our first return guest, Barney Britton, Senior Editor at DPReview. We're talking about several new and upcoming releases from Canon, Sony, Fuji, and yes, Nikon too!

• Mentioned in this episode:
  • Canon 5.2mm f/2.8 dual fisheye
  • Canon 8-15mm f/4L Canon 85mm f/1.2L DS Fuji GFX 50S II Fuji GFX 100S Canon EOS R3 Canon 1DX Mark III Sony A9 Mark II Sony A1 Nikon Z9
• Resources:
  • Canon Official 5.2mm Dual Fisheye Sample Footage
  • DPR GFX 50S II Review
  • DPR Canon R3 Preview
  • DPR on the Canon R3’s Eye-Tracking AF
  • DPR Nikon Z9 Preview
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Welcome back to one of our favorite types of episodes where we’re answering more of your questions about all things relating to photography and cinematography. Ryan is joined by Joey, who will be answering photo questions and for all things video we’ve got one of our video producers here too, Dom is back! We’ll cover everything from the history of Lensrentals, to why it’s so hard to find a decent video camera that shoots decent stills.

• Resources mentioned
  • Indie Film Lab
  • Firefly Electric 
  • Lensrentals Podcast episode: How Indie Film Lab Keeps Film Alive
  • Lensrentals Podcast episode: How Lensrentals Reached A Million Orders 

• Gear
  • Sony PXW-FS7
  • Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG
  • Sigma 50mm f/1.4 HSM Art DG  
  • Sigma HSM Art 85mm f/1.2 DG 
  • Sigma 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM 
  • Canon 50mm f/1.2 
  • Canon CN-E Cine Lenses 
  • Canon EOS C300 Mark III 
  • Canon 5D MK III 
  • Canon 5D MK IV
  • Rokinon Zeen Cine Lenses
  • Zeiss CP2 Cine Lenses 
  • Zeiss CP3 Cine Lenses 
  • Apature LS C300d II
  • Kessler Shuttle Dolly System 
  • Kessler Shuttle Dolly Kwik Rail Kit 
  • C-Stands

• The Lensrentals Podcast is a production of Lensrentals, founded by Roger Cicala. Our production staff includes Drew Cicala, Ryan Hill, Sarah McAlexander, SJ Smith, Julian Harper, John Tucker, and Zach Sutton. Other contributors include Roger Cicala, Joey Miller, Ally Aycock Patterson, Joshua Richardson, and Philip Robertson.
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