This Week in Photo

AlphaMirrorless 026: Lightroom Importing and Culling

Lightroom has very quickly turned into THE Digital Asset Manager and photo editing tool of choice for most photographers. Juan and Andy not only rely extensively on Lightroom for the management and editing of their images, but they also teach Lightroom extensively and help people who find themselves challenged by Lightroom. In this episode Juan and Andy discuss one of the less glamorous, yet very important topics in Lightroom, Importing and Culling.

We don’t always have all the answers, but if we don’t we will research it and try to give you the best answer we can. So what have you got to lose, go ahead and send in your questions to us by going to this form.

Links mentioned on the episode

* Firmware link for the Sony a6300

* Firmware link for the SonyA7Rii

* Sony Pro Image Support

Wishes of the Week

* Juan: Wish Lightroom was faster

* Andy: New Macbooks!

Picks of the Week

* Juan: Scosche Dual 10 Watt (2.1A) USB Car Charger

* Andy: Anker Quick Charger

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Juan Pons: Website, Facebook

* Andy Williams: Website, Facebook

* AlphaMirrorless Facebook Page

AlphaMirrorless 025: Landscape Photography

Landscape photography is the bread and butter of any outdoor photographer and who isn’t captivated by a beautiful landscape image? Juan and Andy are both passionate landscape photographers and in this episode of the AlphaMirrorless podcast, they’ll share with you their best techniques and tips on landscape photography.

We don’t always have all the answers, but if we don’t we will research it and try to give you the best answer we can. So what have you got to lose, go ahead and send in your questions to us by going to this form.

Links mentioned on the episode

* Clear Sky Chart

* The Photographer’s Ephemeris

* PhotoPills

* Breakthrough Photography

Wishes of the Week

* Juan: I am hoping the Rokinon/Samyang 14mm f/2.8 AF lens performs as well as we all want it to.

* Andy: Fully articulating screens. C’mon, Sony!

Picks of the Week

* Juan: Really Right Stuff Pocket Pod Ultra

* Andy: 35mm f/1.7 SLR Magic Lens. Manual focus, cool blur effects! Here is an example of what this lens accomplishes

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Juan Pons: Website, Facebook

* Andy Williams: Website, Facebook

* AlphaMirrorless Facebook Page

AlphaMirrorless 024: A Primer on Astrophotography

We absolutely love shooting stars, the milky way and the Northern Lights and teach it quite often during the workshops we teach. In this extra long episode of the AlphaDigital podcast, Juan and Andy give you a primer on all things astrophotography. We cover just about every topic from lenses, cameras, settings, accessories and much more.

We don’t always have all the answers, but if we don’t we will research it and try to give you the best answer we can. So what have you got to lose, go ahead and send in your questions to us by going to this form.

Links mentioned on the episode

* Muench Workshops Arches & Canyonlands Night Skies Photo Workshop with Juan

* Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 ED AS IF UMC Lens for Sony E Mount

* Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS Lens for Sony E-Mount (Crop Mount)

* Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 Lens (Crop Mount)

* Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Lens for Sony E Mount

* Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Lens for Sony E Mount

* Batis 25mm f/2 Lens for Sony E Mount

* LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D on Kickstarter

* Sony Alpha a7S II Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only)

* Sony Alpha a7R II Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only)

* Sony Alpha a7 II Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only)

* Sony Alpha a6300 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 16-50mm Lens

* Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 16-50mm Lens (Black)

* Clear Sky Chart

* Dark Sky Finder

* The Photographer’s E...

AlphaMirrorless 023: Juan & Andy Answer Even More of Your Questions

Here is yet another episode of the AlphaMirrorless podcast that is entirely dedicated to answering your questions. We are so pleased with the number and quality of questions you are all submitting, please please keep them coming.

We don’t always have all the answers, but if we don’t we will research it and try to give you the best answer we can. So what have you got to lose, go ahead and send in your questions to us by going to this form.

Links mentioned on the episode

* Muench Workshops Grizzly Bears and Northern Lights Photo Workshop

* Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 Lens (Sony E-Mount)

* Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Lens for Sony E Mount

* Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS Lens for Sony E-Mount (Black)

* Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 ED AS IF UMC Lens for Sony E Mount

Wishes of the Week

* Juan: Good weather on my Yellowstone trip next month

* Andy: Solid performance of the 2x teleconverter for the new Sony 70-200

Picks of the Week

* Juan: ThinkTank Airport International V 2.0 Rolling Camera Bag (Black)

* Andy: MindShift Gear Multi-Mount Holster 30 (Green and Gray)

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Juan Pons: Website, Facebook

* Andy Williams: Website, Facebook

* AlphaMirrorless Facebook Page

AlphaMirrorless 022: Focus on Focus

On this episode of the AlphaMirrroless podcast Juan and Andy walk you through the myriad of settings and options for the auto focus system on the Alpha Mirrorless cameras. As many of you know there are many many options and settings for the auto focus system on the Alpha cameras and it can be a bit daunting to make sense of it all. We spend this entire episode walking throigh the options available and when you should be using them.

As always, if after listening to this episode you have any questions about the AutoFocus system, send them our way. We will do our best to answer them on a future episode of the podcast.

We don’t always have all the answers, but if we don’t we will research it and try to give you the best answer we can. So what have you got to lose, go ahead and send in your questions to us by going to this form.

Links mentioned on the episode

* Sony’s new 70-200 f/2.8 G Master zoom lens

* Sony’s a7R II help guide

* Sony’s a6300 help guide

* Sony’s a6000 help guide

Wishes of the Week

* Juan: I know I will sound like a broken record, but I wish the menus were a little better organized, the AF items are scattered across the menu system making it difficult to make simple adjustments

* Andy: Program button on lens to give +/- X amount of EV compensation. I have the button programmed now to go to the ev comp screen, but it would be cool to have “bam!” +1 just by pushing that button. Think, birds against the sky…

Picks of the Week

* Juan: New Drobo 5Dt

* Andy: Sony’s new 70-200 f/2.8 G Master zoom lens

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Juan Pons: Website, Facebook

* Andy Williams: Website, Facebook

* AlphaMirrorless Facebook Page

AlphaMirrorless 021: Making Infrared Images

We are always looking to make unique and interesting images, and Infrared photography gives us a totally different and unique look to the world around us. The technology can be a little difficult to understand, in this episode of the AlphaMirrorless podcast, Juan and Andy explain what Infrared photography is, where to get a camera converted to IR, and how to go about making images.

We don’t always have all the answers, but if we don’t we will research it and try to give you the best answer we can. So what have you got to lose, go ahead and send in your questions to us by going to this form.

Links mentioned on the episode

* Muench Workshops Primer on Infrared Image Processing

* LifePixel IR conversion (SuperColor IR)

* Lens Considerations for making IR images

* Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 16-50mm Lens (Black)

* Adobes DNG Profile Editor for Mac

* Adobes DNG Profile Editor for PC

Wishes of the Week

* Juan: Lots of puffy clouds in your sky

* Andy: I wish that the 70-300 Sony G lens I just bought is AWESOME

Picks of the Week

* Juan: RRS Narrow Plate for Pocket Point and Shoot cameras (fits great on the a6000)

* Andy: Neewer filter wrenches

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Juan Pons: Website, Facebook

* Andy Williams: Website, Facebook

* AlphaMirrorless Facebook Page

AlphaMirrorless 020: Long Lens Options for Alpha Mirrorless Shooters

The Alpha Mirrorless camera system has an impressive selection of available lenses from multiple vendors, yet one of the most glaring omissions in this selection are long focal length lenses. As wildlife and nature photographers both Juan and Andy rely on long lenses daily to make their images. On this episode of the AlphaMirrorless podcast, Juan and Andy share the long lenses they rely on and other options available. Plus they answer a few of your questions.

We don’t always have all the answers, but if we don’t we will research it and try to give you the best answer we can. So what have you got to lose, go ahead and send in your questions to us by going to this form.

Links mentioned on the episode

* Metabones Explains the Significance of Its “Native AF” Firmware in Relation to Its “Ubiquitously Fast Autofocus” Vision

* Metabones Green and Advanced Modes

* Metabones T Smart Adapter Mark IV for Canon EF or Canon EF-S Mount Lens to Sony E-Mount Camera

* Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 16-50mm Lens (Black)

* Sony Alpha a6300 Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only)

* Sony Alpha a7R II Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only)

* Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens

* AlphaMirrorless Facebook Page

Wishes of the Week

* Juan: I wish I had more time to shoot more for myself

* Andy: While I’m generally happy with my Canon 100-400 and MB adapter. Still want Native Sony Lens at 400mm. I want to have all the focus modes and methods available to me! And I want the fastest possible AF.

Picks of the Week

* Juan: LifePixel IR conversion (SuperColor IR)

* Andy: Fast SD Cards, 95mb/sec+ SDXC, so that your cards aren’t limiting you in terms of write speeds.

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Juan Pons: Website, Facebook

* Andy Williams: Website, Facebook

AlphaMirrorless 019: Juan Answers More Of Your Questions

We love when we get your questions and you have all been incredible with the high quality questions you have been sending us. Please keep them coming, we will try to dedicate at least one episode a month to answering your questions. On this episode of the Alpha Mirrorless Podcast, Juan answers your questions solo, unfortunately Andy is still traveling leading a workshop north of the Arctic Circle.

We don’t always know the answers, but if we don’t we will research it and try to give you the best answer we can. So what have you got to lose, go ahead and send in your questions to us by going to this form.

Links mentioned on the episode

* Sony-Zeiss Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA Lens

* Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Lens for Sony E Mount

* Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Lens for Sony E Mount

* Rocket Blaster Dust-Removal Tool (Small, Black)

* Arctic Butterfly 724 (Super Bright)

* Sensor Gel Stick for Sony

* Aeroclipse Digital Sensor Cleaning Fluid

* Sensor Swab ULTRA (Type 3, Box of 12)

* Metabones T Smart Adapter Mark IV for Canon EF or Canon EF-S Mount Lens to Sony E-Mount Camera

* Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 16-50mm Lens (Black)

* Sony Alpha a6300 Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only)

* Sony Alpha a7R II Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only)

* AlphaMirrorless Facebook Page

Wishes of the Week

* Juan: Menu parity across camera models

Picks of the Week

* Juan: Urban Approac...

AlphaMirrorless 018: An Interview With Marc Muench

In this episode of the AlphaMirrorless Podcast Juan has the privilege of interviewing one of of the contemporary masters of landscape photography Marc Muench. Marc is a third generation photographer who has collaborated on and published several landscape photography books with his father, David Muench, and has had a number of solo landscape photography books published, in addition to extensive publication of his work inside and on the covers of magazines like National Geographic, Skiing, Outside, Time, and Reader’s Digest.

In addition, Marc is a founding partner on Muench Workshops, one of the premier photo workshop providers in the world.

As a disclaimer, Marc is a good friend of both Juan and Andy, Andy is a founding partner in Muench Workshops and Juan is one of the Pros teaching at Muench Workshops.

We’d love to hear from you, please send any comments, feedback or questions to us by going to this form.

Products Mentioned on this Episode

* LifePixel

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Marc Muench: Website, Facebook

* Juan Pons: Website, Facebook

AlphaMirrorless 017: Developing a Strategy for Backing Up Your Images

You are backing up your images right? We spend so much time, effort and resources in our quest to make great images, yet so many don’t have a good image backup strategy. There are endless strategies to backing up your work with while on the road and back at your home or studio, so don’t let anyone tell you that there is only one way to backup your images. Just make sure your strategy is a sound one and simple enough that you are consistent with it.

In this episode of the Alpha Mirrorless podcast, Juan and Andy discuss their image backup strategies. While they both have different approaches, they share one thing in common, simplicity. They also share some of the tools and services they depend on to ensure the integrity of their work.

On this episode of the podcast I mention that due to travel schedules we would be skipping the next two weekly episodes, however I have been able juggle my schedule around a bit and was able to record two new episodes for you guys, so we won’t be skipping any episodes after all. Enjoy!

We’d love to hear from you, please send any comments, feedback or questions to us by going to this form.

Products Mentioned on this Episode

* Samsung Portable SSD T1 1TB USB 3.0 Drive

* Samsung 1TB T3 Portable Solid State Drive

* Anker USB 3.0 4-Slot Card Reader

* Anker USB 3.0 SD Only Card Reader

* Drobo 5D & 5Dt

Wishes of the Week

* Juan: Faster Upload speeds from home internet providers

* Andy: Portable Hard Drive with SD Card reader, that I can use with LR Mobile

Picks of the Week

* Juan: Crashplan

* Andy: Backblaze

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Juan Pons: Website, Facebook

* Andy Williams: Website, Facebook