This Week in Photo (TWiP)

In this episode we’ll dive into a few of the latest news topics affecting photographers, as well as a deep dive conversation into the art of digital storytelling using photography!

One of the much underserved aspects of photography seems to be storytelling. Many photographers enjoy making stunning, and usually technically perfect photographs. But the true artisans are beginning to tell stories with their photography. In this episode we talk about how YOU can start using your camera to weave intricate stories in your viewers minds.

News stories

Instagram Mute feature rolls out

http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/22/technology/instagram-mute-feature/index.html

Instagram All caught up feature

https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/21/scroll-responsibly/

Kodak’s Single-Use Camera

https://www.dpreview.com/news/3599796631/kodak-daylight-single-use-disposable-camera-launched-in-europe

Picks of the Week

GIULIO: Fujifilm X-Pro 1

CRAIG: Westcott LunaGrip https://www.fjwestcott.com/lunagrip

FREDERICK: https://photolemur.com/

Connect with our hosts

GIULIO:

Small Camera Big Picture: http://SmallCameraBigPicture.com

Faces of Ecstasy https://www.behance.net/gallery/290160/Faces-of-Ecstasy

CRAIG:

Lensbaby: http://www.lensbaby.com

 

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TWiP is one of the longest running and most respected photography podcast brand and networks in the world. Subscribe to our podcast, or our YouTube channel to stay entertained, inspired and educated about all things photography.

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In this interview I speak with Marc Silber about his new book The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photographs and the dichotomy between old school photography and new.

Marc is a best selling author, photographer, filmmaker, and producer of the very popular Youtube series Advancing Your Photography, where he has interviewed scores of some of the biggest names in photography. 

He started out learning darkroom skills and the basics of photography at the legendary Peninsula School in Menlo Park, CA, in the ’60s, and moved on to hone his skills to professional standards at the famed San Francisco Art Institute. Marc moved into teaching photography in workshops all over the country, he became renowned as an engaging and helpful speaker and coach, as his greatest joy comes from helping others. 

He loves adventure and you’ll find him out backpacking surfing or snowboarding, or maybe just chilling, taking a walk through Carmel with his wife and Golden Retriever. 

Get the book!:  The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos: 83 Composition Tools from the Masters

AYP Resource page: http://www.silberstudios.tv/dev/ayp-book-resources/

Marc’s YT:  https://www.youtube.com/marcsilber

Marc’s IG:  https://www.instagram.com/marcsilber

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcsilbershow

 

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Black Magic Design is known for creating high-end, robust cameras for content creators of all skill and experience levels. In this interview I sit down with Bob Caniglia from Black Magic Deisgn to discuss their latest cameral release — the Pocket Cinema 4K. We discuss who the camera is for, why they built it and some of the stand-out features they built into it that set it apart from other cameras in its class.

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com

Social Media

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Blackmagic_News

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackmagicnewsofficial/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackmagicDesignOfficial/

Bob Caniglia Bio

Bob Caniglia began working in the film and television industry in 1985 as a part-time cameraman and editor on industrial videos. Bob finished school at night while working full time as a commercial producer/director at a local CBS affiliate.

Eventually, Bob found himself in L.A. as an editor for The Disney Channel and 525 Post Production, later working on music videos for Prince, Madonna and Michael Jackson. Bob also helped Gore Verbinski with his director demo reel, telling him that he would be a feature film director someday.

Leveraging his real-world industry experience, Bob made the transition to working with a variety of production and post-production manufacturers, including Panasonic, Quantel, Snell, DaVinci Systems and Blackmagic Design, where he currently holds the position of Director of Sales Operations. Ever the creative type, Bob is a professional comedian performing around the world under the stage name Bobby Zee. He also has a love for karaoke that just won’t quit.

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If you enjoyed this video, please join our community at http://www.twippro.com – you can support TWiP while continuing the photography conversation. Join the mixer with like-minded photographers, while helping keep us on the air!

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MORE ABOUT TWiP…

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TWiP is one of the longest running and most respected photography podcast brand and networks in the world. Subscribe to our podcast, or our YouTube channel to stay entertained, inspired and educated about all things photography.

+ TWiP PRO SCHOOL – http://www.twipschool.com

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Meet and interact with some of the TWiP hosts, get to know your fellow TWiP PRO community members, and learn how to take your photography to the next level.

In this episode we discuss the truth behind making money with your love for photography — and the possibility of converting your hobby into a profession.

You’ll learn from two professional photographers that are “living the dream” you’ll hear some pleasant surprises and some “tough talk” that may both encourage, and discourage you. But you’ll will definitely come away with a better understanding of the reality of feeding your family with photography.

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Picks of the week!

Robert: Sony A7 III

Jeffrey: Tangent Element Control Surface for Capture One and PhotoShop/Premiere Pro

Frederick: https://www.helloastro.com

Connect:

Robert Evans: http://robertevans.com

Jeffrey Totaro: https://www.jeffreytotaro.com

 

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Please help support TWiP by donating to the network on Patreon. Running a podcast network is not cheap, free or easy! It requires a ton of effort and commitment. Even the smallest donations help us keep things afloat.

+ TWIP PRO – http://www.twippro.com

If you enjoyed this video, please join our community at http://www.twippro.com – you can support TWiP while continuing the photography conversation. Join the mixer with like-minded photographers, while helping keep us on the air!

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TWiP is one of the longest running and most respected photography podcast brand and networks in the world. Subscribe to our podcast, or our YouTube channel to stay entertained, inspired and educated about all things photography.

+ TWiP PRO SCHOOL – http://www.twipschool.com

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In this interview I discuss street photography with Los Angeles based photographer Nancy Lehrer. We go into her reasoning behind choosing this genre, her gear choices, post-processing, photographer safety and more.

Nancy Lehrer, is an independent photographer based in Thousand Oaks, California who uses photography to capture her unique world-view. In her recent book “Life Happens in Color – A Street Photography Manifesto”, Nancy declares her commitment to the use of color, and to telling compelling visual stories. Nancy has a master’s degrees in Music Performance and Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

She has studied photography from several American photography masters including Jay Maisel, Sam Abell, Gerd Ludwig, and Arthur Meyerson. She has exhibited and received local and national awards and lectures on photography throughout California.

Website: http://www.inancyimages.com

Blog: http://blog.inancyimages.com

Purchase the Life Begins in Color:  http://www.blurb.com/user/store/inancy

 

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Please help support TWiP by donating to the network on Patreon. Running a podcast network is not cheap, free or easy! It requires a ton of effort and commitment. Even the smallest donations help us keep things afloat.

+ TWIP PRO – http://www.twippro.com

If you enjoyed this video, please join our community at http://www.twippro.com – you can support TWiP while continuing the photography conversation. Join the mixer with like-minded photographers, while helping keep us on the air!

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MORE ABOUT TWiP…

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TWiP is one of the longest running and most respected photography podcast brand and networks in the world. Subscribe to our podcast, or our YouTube channel to stay entertained, inspired and educated about all things photography.

+ TWiP PRO SCHOOL – http://www.twipschool.com

Continue your learning experience at the TWiP PRO School! We’ve got loads of “instant access” digital courses available for you to dive into NOW. Many courses are taught by some of your favorite TWiP personalities!

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Meet and interact with some of the TWiP hosts, get to know your fellow TWiP PRO community members, and learn how to take your photography to the next level. Everyone is welcome — all skill-levels, camera types, and photographic interests.

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Panasonic and Leica have been hitting out of the park lately with some stunning lenses for the micro four-thirds platform. The latest being the Leica 200mm f2.8 lens.

The first thing I noticed was the small size and relative heft of the lens. The first impression it leaves you with is that it is solid, well-made and built for serious photography work.

One of the cool things I immediately noticed about the lens was the inclusion of a memory button. You can preset a focus distance, then immediately recall it at the touch of a button. I can see how this feature would be invaluable for situations when you’re relatively immobile, waiting for action to happen in a particular spot.

Stabilization

The fact that Panasonic seems to be making image stabilization standard on all of their cameras is fantastic. But never is it more important than on longer focal length lenses like the 200mm. And the fact that Panasonic has included IS in the lens means you can activate DUAL image stabilization for up to 5 stops of added stability.

The autofocus speed was extremely fast… with and without the teleconverter. Which I can see as a must for far away fast-moving subjects like cars or birds.

Accessories

Accessories that come with the lens include a 1.4x teleconverter that increases the effective range to 280mm at f4.0 – that would be 560mm on full-frame cameras. There’s also an optional 2.0x teleconverter that will increase the range to 400mm or 800mm on full-frame cameras.

A well-made plastic lens hood with a set screw. And an optional tripod mounting foot. Plus you get soft cases for the lens and the teleconverter.

Image Quality

The image quality coming out of this lens is just stunning. And unexpected for such a long focal length lens at f2.8 the image quality was very good. And at at f4.0 it was EXTREMELY good! I can see why this lens is so expensive. Plus the beautiful bokeh that you get at such long focal lengths makes almost every background into beautiful mush!

Like I said in the intro, this lens represents an important addition to the micro four-thirds lens line-up. The lens is built like a tank, but at the same time it’s much smaller than the full-frame equivalents.

However, this is NOT a cheap lens, at the time of this recording it’s priced at about $2,500 – that includes the 1.4x teleconverter.

If your genre of photography calls for long, fast glass — and you can afford it, this lens is a must-have for your collection. And even if you can’t afford it, you might consider renting one for those missions that call for this kind of reach.

Check out the Panasonic Lumix 200mm f2.8 on Amazon

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TWiP is one of the longest running and most respected phot...

Mighty Networks is building a platform for niche communities. Though you may be tempted to compare Mighty Networks to Facebook Groups, that comparison is not exactly accurate. In many ways, they’re more powerful, and focused on providing a comfortable and secure experience for members.

In this interview I speak with founder Gina Bianchini and Brian Vu about target markets, feature set, the competition and future plans for Mighty Networks.

Check out Mighty Networks here: http://www.mightynetworks.com

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TWiP is one of the longest running and most respected photography podcast brand and networks in the world. Subscribe to our podcast, or our YouTube channel to stay entertained, inspired and educated about all things photography.

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In this episode we discuss Google’s recent upgrades to their popular Google Photos service. And the implications of what seems to be a constant progression of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computational photography being applied to an art once ruled by humans and talent.

Street photographer Nancy Lehrer, and LearningVideo.com founder Dave Dugdale join to discuss the impact of machine learning and artificial intelligence on photography.

Show Topic

Artificially Intelligent Photography

https://www.androidcentral.com/whats-new-google-photos-google-io-2018

Connect with Nancy Lehrer:

Website: http://www.inancyimages.com

Blog: http://blog.inancyimages.com

Blurb Bookstore:  http://www.blurb.com/user/store/inancy – Where you can purchase Life Happens in COLOR – A Street Photography Manifesto

Connect with Dave Dugdale:

http://www.learningvideo.com

 

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If you enjoyed this video, please join our community at http://www.twippro.com – you can support TWiP while continuing the photography conversation. Join the mixer with like-minded photographers, while helping keep us on the air!

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TWiP is one of the longest running and most respected photography podcast brand and networks in the world. Subscribe to our podcast, or our YouTube channel to stay entertained, inspired and educated about all things photography.

+ TWiP PRO SCHOOL – http://www.twipschool.com

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Meet and interact with some of the TWiP hosts, get to know your fellow TWiP PRO community members, and learn how to take your photography to the next level. Everyone is welcome — all skill-levels, camera types, and photographic interests.

TWiP ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

• Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/thisweekinphoto

• Facebook Group – http://www.facebook.com/thisweekinphotography

• YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/thisweekinphoto

• Instagram –

In this interview I discuss the newest project from the 5DayDeal team — they call it The Creative Highway. It’s a collection of learning resources from a diverse group of creative professionals. Find out the juicy details in this interview with the brains behind the project, Griffin Stewart and Corwin Hiebert.

Check it out at: http://www.twip.pro/CreativeHighway

And…

https://twitter.com/cr3ativehighway

https://facebook.com/cr3ativehighway

http://instagram.com/Cr3ativeHighway/

Connect with Griffin directly at:

https://www.instagram.com/worldtravlr/

http://twitter.com/griffins

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Please help support TWiP by donating to the network on Patreon. Running a podcast network is not cheap, free or easy! It requires a ton of effort and commitment. Even the smallest donations help us keep things afloat.

+ TWIP PRO – http://www.twippro.com

If you enjoyed this video, please join our community at http://www.twippro.com – you can support TWiP while continuing the photography conversation. Join the mixer with like-minded photographers, while helping keep us on the air!

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MORE ABOUT TWiP…

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TWiP is one of the longest running and most respected photography podcast brand and networks in the world. Subscribe to our podcast, or our YouTube channel to stay entertained, inspired and educated about all things photography.

+ TWiP PRO SCHOOL – http://www.twipschool.com

Continue your learning experience at the TWiP PRO School! We’ve got loads of “instant access” digital courses available for you to dive into NOW. Many courses are taught by some of your favorite TWiP personalities!

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Meet and interact with some of the TWiP hosts, get to know your fellow TWiP PRO community members, and learn how to take your photography to the next level.

Veteran panorama photographer Ron Pepper, and Small Camera Big Picture pioneer Giulio Sciorio join to discuss Nikon’s mirrorless plans, DxO’s bankruptcy and more…

Giulio Sciorio: http://giuliosciorio.com

Ron Pepper: http://www.panoramanetwork.com

News:

Nikon goes Mirrorless?!

http://www.canonrumors.com/nikon-confirms-new-mirrorless-system-coming-in-early-2019-what-about-canon/

https://nikonrumors.com/2018/04/30/nikon-new-mirrorless-camera-will-be-brought-to-market-by-next-spring.aspx/

https://www.slrlounge.com/nikon-confirms-new-mirrorless-camera-should-arrive-by-spring-2019/

DxO Labs Files for Bankruptcy (Chapter 11) Protection

https://petapixel.com/2018/04/30/dxo-confirms-bankruptcy-says-nik-collection-update-still-on-track/

https://www.dpreview.com/news/3183155798/dxo-labs-confirms-bankruptcy-but-promises-updates-to-nik-collection-and-dxo-photolab

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If you enjoyed this video, please join our community at http://www.twippro.com – you can support TWiP while continuing the photography conversation. Join the mixer with like-minded photographers, while helping keep us on the air!

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MORE ABOUT TWiP…

+ THIS WEEK IN PHOTO – http://www.thisweekinphoto.com

TWiP is one of the longest running and most respected photography podcast brand and networks in the world. Subscribe to our podcast, or our YouTube channel to stay entertained, inspired and educated about all things photography.

+ TWiP PRO SCHOOL – http://www.twipschool.com

Continue your learning experience at the TWiP PRO School! We’ve got loads of “instant access” digital courses available for you to dive into NOW. Many courses are taught by some of your favorite TWiP personalities!

+ TWiP MEETUPS – http://www.thisweekinphoto.com/meetups

Meet and interact with some of the TWiP hosts, get to know your fellow TWiP PRO community members, and learn how to take your photography to the next le...