Lens Shark Photography Podcast

Episode 137 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play or RSS! Featured: Lensrentals founder, Roger Cicala In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Lensrentals founder, Roger Cicala opens the show. Thanks Roger! Brides magazine offers up advice on choosing a photographer with ridiculous suggestions...from a professional photographer. (#) Photographer Benjamin Von Wong's latest project goes viral getting millions of views...and you might be his next collaborator. (#) Canadian Football League photographer Johany Jutras' home gets robbed while on vacation losing most of her life's work on a dozen hard drives. (#) A new device turns your existing DSLR or mirrorless body into a camera capable of shooting 360 degree video. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 136 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play or RSS! Featured: Photographer, author and educator, Neil van Niekerk In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photographer, author and educator, Neil van Niekerk opens the show. Thanks Neil! I've teamed up with thinkTANK and Mindshift Gear to give away a bag from each of them on my Instagram account (LensShark) to celebrate an incredible 2016 for this podcast! The event that caused the Associated Press to ditch B&W and shoot color forever and set technological advancements in motion. (#) "Tank Man", the photo by storied photojournalist Jeff Widener which is on the short list of the most-memorable, most-influential photos of all-time. (#) A filter seeks to cut out light pollution for your night photography, but rather than going in front of your lens, this one goes inside your mirror box and sits in front of your image sensor. (#) A listener in Israel wants to know if there are any left-handed camera solutions or workarounds for a friend who recently lost his right hand. Michael Bass Designs has potential solutions. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 135 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play or RSS! Featured: Wildlife, landscape and travel photographer Nate Zeman In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Wildlife, landscape and travel photographer Nate Zeman opens the show. Thanks Nate! I've teamed up with thinkTANK and Mindshift Gear to give away a bag from each of them on my Instagram account (LensShark) to celebrate an incredible 2016 for this podcast! Stronger rumors that Canon may be releasing a full-frame mirrorless body which uses its current EF lenses. But will it be a DSLR body minus the mirror or a new form factor? (#) A truly iconic image is created amid tragedy. (#) ZY Optics releases its Mitakon 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro lens. (#) Snapchat's owner, Snap, Inc. files its IPO and sees itself as a camera company with a pile of cash ready to spend on emerging technology companies. (#) Outtake Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 134 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play or RSS! Featured: Photographer Matt Granger In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Photographer Matt Granger opens the show. Thanks Matt! Canon warns of counterfeit lenses, the high percentage of people with fake gear...and what to look for. (#) Instagram hits new heights, why the social media service can be useful to you...and I've teamed up with thinkTANK and MindShift Gear to give away two bags. (#) Lonely Speck announces its new filter to help deal with light pollution in night sky photos. (#) A photographer shooting for The New York Times physically alters a scene, causing them to issue an apology and sparking a debate over journalistic ethics. (#) Adobe records record profits largely thanks to its subscription model. (#) Photographers and filmmakers ask camera makers to bring encryption to their cameras. (#) Please take a minute to take our annual listener survey by clicking here. Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 133 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play or RSS! Featured: Photographer Benjamin Von Wong In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photographer Benjamin Von Wong opens the show. Thanks Benjamin! What do mermaids look like on 10,000 plastic bottles? To raise awareness for the pollution caused by plastic bottles in the world's oceans and the 450 years it takes for them to degrade, photographer Benjamin Von Wong brings this to life in a series of stunning photos. (#) Canon files a patent for lenses with mounts on both ends. (#) Another series of patents from Canon shows a sensor with its ends curved as well as a sensor that is electronically controlled. (#) Syrp introduces a cool new variable ND filter with 5 to 10 stops. (#) Adobe brings Touch Bar support to Photoshop CC, but is it a help or a hinderance after years of doing things without it? (#) A groom allegedly ignores warnings to ground his drone and injures two of his friends. (#) Take our annual listener survey by clicking here please. Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 132 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play or RSS! Featured: Jared Polin (aka "Fro") from FroKnowsPhoto.com In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Jared Polin (aka "Fro") from FroKnowsPhoto.com opens the show. Thanks Jared! Bohus from Fotodiox comes on the show to talk about the Nikon to Sony AF adapter that Sony Artisan Jason Lanier and popular YouTuber Eric Rossi had recent problems with. (#) Lightroom CC gets updated with Reference View and other improvements with version 2015.8. (#) Affinity Photo now does Windows and version 1.5 for both platforms has great new features. (#) Why brand loyalty maybe shouldn't be a thing. (#) A victory for copyright takes place in Germany against Facebook. (#) Kindly take our annual listener survey by clicking here please. Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 131 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play or RSS! Featured: Robin Layton, Nikon Ambassador In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: MeFoto. Save 15% off the MeFOTO product of your choice at MeFOTO.com with the code PetaPixel. Nikon Ambassador Robin Layton opens the show. Thanks Robin! Is getting your camera serviced in your home country the best option or not? (#) Olympus issues a warning for OM-D E-M1 users. (#) Flickr announces the top 10 cameras and tags used in 2016. (#) Listener Gavin wants to know RAW vs. JPG and why. GoPro tries to get a grip as it makes its Karma Grip available. (#) The PetaPixel Photography Podcast annual listener survey. Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 130 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play or RSS! Featured: Gary Hershorn, NYC-based photographer and photo editor In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: MeFoto. Save 15% off the MeFOTO product of your choice at MeFOTO.com with the code PetaPixel. NYC-based photographer and photo editor Gary Hershorn opens the show. Thanks Gary! Capture One Pro 10 drops with speed, usability improvements and more. (#) Luminar gets Touch Bar support along with speed improvements and other use tweaks. (#) First Kai Wong and now Lok Cheung leaves DigitalRev. (#) A Canadian photojournalist is denied entry into the United States. (#) GoPro slips information about cutting its workforce by 15% and other changes into a press release about Hero5 Black sales. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 129 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play or RSS! Featured: Johany Jutras, official Canadian Football League photographer In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Official Canadian Football League photographer, Johany Jutras opens the show. Thanks Johany! Kai Wong leaves DigitalRev and goes it alone. (#) Recent advances in battery technology will mean charging for seconds and getting days worth of power. (#) Casey Neistat closes his vlog, sells Beme to CNN reportedly for $25 million. (#) Cokin teams up with Slik to create a retro tripod. (#) Controversial photographer David Hamilton dies amid controversy. (#) VLC integrates 360, but is that content compelling? (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 128 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play or RSS! Featured: Bohus Blahut from Fotodiox In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Bohus Blahut from Fotodiox opens the show. Thanks Bohus! Fotodiox releases a Nikon to Sony E adapter with full AF control and more. (#) Canon tries another experiment and shows the power of printed photography. (#) US President-elect Donald Trump takes the media to task for choosing double chin photos...and a reality about media coverage. (#) The copyright lawsuit against Getty Images by photographer Carol M. Highsmith comes to an unfortunate conclusion. (#) A browser-based solution for searching online reverse image search images for infringement. (#) Outtake Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 127 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play or RSS! Featured: Dennis Walker, Photo Mechanic creator In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photo Mechanic creator Dennis Walker opens the show. Thanks Dennis! TIME gathers the top 100 most influential images of all-time...but do you agree with the list? (#) Is Canon gearing up to release an 85mm f/1.4? (#) A Kickstarter campaign aims to help you not only bring the right gear with you on a shoot, but make sure it all returns as well. (#) Blockai can help you protect images you post to Instagram as well as other places online. (#) GoPro very much wants its Karma drones back and they're willing to make it interesting to get yours back. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 126 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play or RSS! Featured: Eric Rossi, "The Guy With the Eye" In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. YouTube's "The Guy With the Eye", Eric Rossi opens the show. Thanks Eric! A wedding photographer in the UK pens an open letter to Vicars and Priests who are increasingly giving her a hard time as she does what she's been hired to do. (#) Canon patents a 400mm lens with two built-in extenders which will be more useful to sports, wildlife and other shooters. (#) US President-elect Donald Trump and family ditch the press pool for dinner and 18 media associations take him to task for it. (#) Google's RAISR project aims to up-res images with machine learning and could transform how images are viewed and stored. (#) Listener Tom in Massachusetts wants to know what the heck is up with back button autofocus (aka AF-ON). Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 125 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play or RSS! Featured: Chris Knight, Portrait, fashion and advertising photographer In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: MeFoto. Save 15% off the MeFOTO product of your choice at MeFOTO.com with the code PetaPixel. Portrait, fashion and advertising photographer Chris Knight opens the show. Thanks Chris! Listener Jay in Maryland wants to know if Nikon is a sinking ship he should get off of now, or hold tight. Insight into Nikon's numbers, their place in this industry and talk of the future. (#) Leica pleases dentists and collectors with a red version of its 50mm f/2 and of course it's extremely pricey. (#) Seagate announces a durable, portable 5TB hard drive to store your data on the go. What's your data backup plan? You do have a plan right? (#) DJI announces two impressive new drones amid GoPro's recall of the Karma. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 124 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Bella Kotak, Fine art and fashion photographer In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Fine art and fashion photographer, Bella Kotak opens the show. Thanks Bella! Canon announces the EOS Rebel T6 is a very color scheme many are not very excited about. (#) The feature-rich RAW processor Affinity Photo now does Windows. (#) Nikon announces the D5600 with useful features, but would you upgrade to it from the D5500? (#) Canon patents a hybrid optical/electronic viewfinder, but will we actually see it? (#) A photographer in New Zealand gets knocked unconscious by a bully who cowardly scurries away. (#) A Kickstarter projects aims to make it easier to find your zoom ring, keep it in shape and protect your lens to the extent it can. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 123 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Gordon Laing, CameraLabs In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: MeFoto. Save 15% off the MeFOTO product of your choice at MeFOTO.com with the code PetaPixel. CameraLabs.com founder and CameraLabs co-host Gordon Laing opens the show. Thanks Gordon! Nikon announces reducing its workforce by 1,000 employees as camera sales slide and it puts more resources into its more-profitable businesses. (#) A security guard confronts a listener based on the "professional" looking nature of his gear...and I have a hiding in plain sight solution with includes a #PurpleTripod. Canon's 6D Mark II may be coming out later than expected with reasonable updates, but no 4K video. Is it relevant in 2017? (#) Beleaguered action cam pioneer GoPro recalls its Karma drone. (#) David Beckham uses a photographer's photo without payment nor credit, but can infringement be overlooked in some cases? (#) The New York Times demonstrates a great use case for 360 degree video. (#) Outtake Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 122 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Ken Sklute, Canon Explorer of Light In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Canon Explorer of Light, Ken Sklute opens the show. Thanks Ken! The Chicago Cubs win the World Series, but the images on the front page of the Windy City's two daily newspapers couldn't be more different. (#) Macphun Luminar is available for pre-order, and it's not only powerful, but a lot of fun to use. (#) 5 photographers compete in NYC for $50,000 in prizes on AdoramaTV's "Top Photographer" with Nigel Barker. (#) Apple explains why they ditched the SD card slot, but the answer really doesn't make sense. (#) Adobe adds universal search to Photoshop and underwhelms. (#) Four men who walked on the Grand Prismatic Spring face jail time and stiff fines. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 121 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Portrait photographer Hannah Couzens In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Portrait photographer Hannah Couzens opens the show. Thanks Hannah! Will we see Sony buy controlling interest (or more) in Nikon and give Canon a run for their money anytime soon? (#) Are you wasting your time trying to turn budget clients into higher paying ones? (#) Yongnuo announces a 100mm f/2 and it appears that an 85mm knockoff is on the way too. (#) Lume announces it's Life Lite Kickstarter campaign and raises multiples of what it asks for. (#) Listener Janelle in New Mexico wants to know how to deal with someone who isn't happy with how a shoot is going and decides to take control of it. Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 120 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Kevin D. Liles, Photojournalist and President of the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photojournalist and President of the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, Kevin D. Liles opens the show. Thanks Kevin! Microsoft takes aim at the Apple iMac 27" 5K Retina with it's 28" Surface Studio along with the Surface Dial. (#) The new Microsoft Surface Book packs more power and more battery life in the same form factor. (#) Things TWiP host Frederick Van Johnson and I agree should be in today's cameras, but aren't. Apple's new MacBook Pro is smaller, lighter and adds a Touch Bar, but ditches the SD card slot and other ports in favor of ones you'll now need dongles for. (#) Twitter gets set to deprecate Vine...and a warning about putting all your eggs in one basket. (#) "Afghan Girl" is arrested in Pakistan and Steve McCurry vows to support her. (#) World Press Photo announces a contest for photographers who tinker with reality to tell a better story. (#) Outtake Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 119 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Fine art and portrait photographer Jessica Drossin In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Fine art and portrait photographer Jessica Drossin opens the show. Thanks Jessica! Canon is rumored to be working on a full-frame mirrorless system which takes its current EF mount lenses, but there may be an intermediate step in the meantime. (#) The PLUG aims to give you two wall outlets to power your devices no matter where you are. (#) Kodak goes retro in one way, but modern in another. (#) Launch a Kickstarter campaign for a cool device...and maybe it'll get knocked off before yours hits the market. (#) Sweden bans drones from being flown in public. Is your country next? (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 118 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Advertising and commercial photographer Hamish Campbell In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Advertising and commercial photographer Hamish Campbell opens the show. Thanks Hamish! A photographer slaps the Trump campaign with a copyright suit. (#) The important of taking workshops to further your photography skills and what to look out for. (#) Format comes out tops according to Wise Buyer for portfolio websites. (#) Listener John in Connecticut wants to know what happens when you dial in exposure compensation versus just changing your shutter speed or aperture. An ultra wide-angle lens for Micro Four-Thirds cameras that can see behind it is on the horizon. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 117 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Wyman Meinzer, Official Lone Star State Photographer In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Official Lone Star State Photographer Wyman Meinzer opens the show. Thanks Wyman! Nikon surprises by announcing the incredibly expensive AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR and PC Nikkor 19mm f/4E ED. (#) Macphun takes aim at Lightroom with Luminar...and a new approach. (#) A listener tells a friend her photography is good, regrets it, and wants to know what to do now that friends and family have encouraged her to charge for her work. Flash Porter aims to help you back up a ton of images in the field without the use of a computer. (#) Amazon Family Vault extends the free, unlimited photo storage of Prime members to their non-member friends as well. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 116 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Photographer Jay P. Morgan of The Slanted Lens In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photographer Jay P. Morgan of The Slanted Lens opens the show. Thanks Jay P.! Ridiculously fast media cards may be just a couple of years away, but when is fast enough, fast enough? (#) Sigma's CEO lays out the three reasons why his company makes cameras even though lenses are what they do best. (#) A free, smart alternative for upscaling your photos. (#) 5 Day Deal 2016 offers $2,500+ in photography goodness for just $97, helps benefit charity and this podcast as well. (#) A Canadian photographer is imprisoned in Cuba for flying his drone and tells his tale. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 115 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Photographer, retoucher and digital artist Clinton Lofthouse In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photographer, retoucher and digital artist Clinton Lofthouse opens the show. Thanks Clinton! Google ditches yet another service and this time it's one that was quite useful to photographers. (#) A new web-based service seeks to use AI to tell you if your photos are good or not, but does it actually work? (#) Listener Bob in Illinois wants to know if his gear should ride in the trunk or his backseat due to temperature. Practical advice is given along with safety concerns are addressed. An Italian company has a specially-designed Nikon engineered to keep things cool when doing astrophotography. (#) This Week in Photo (aka "TWiP") has me on for the fourth time. TWiP #486 Photographer Tim Mantoani dies. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 114 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Photograher Felix Hernandez In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Photographer Felix Hernandez opens the show. Thanks Felix! Sony stuns and announces the a6500 just 8 months after releasing the a6300...with in-body image stabilization and more. But is it worth upgrading for? (#) A photographer's gear is stolen in a church pew just minutes before a couple was to wed. The importance of insurance and personal responsibility is discussed. (#) Sony announces the RX100 V, further improving this class of camera. (#) Bowens announces two new solid lighting solutions. (#) Photoshop Elements turns 15. (#) Noted Canadian artist and photographer Barbara McClatchie Andrews is killed in Mexico. (#) NYC-based photographer Christopher Serrano dies while trying to shoot photos from the roof of a moving train. (#) Outtake Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 113 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Commercial lifestyle and environmental portrait photographer Erik Valind In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. NYC-based photographer, author and educator, Erik Valind opens the show. Thanks Erik! Listener Joe in Delaware wants to know alternatives to the overdone couch in the field, train tracks, etc. shoots and if more giveaways are coming. MeFOTO announces a new line of tripods with a removable leg that's not a monopod this time around. (#) Hoya releases a line of Infrared ND filters to help solve color-shift in newer, high resolution sensors. (#) Facebook helps make it easier for photographers and others to buy and sell locally. (#) Google releases the Pixel and Pixel XL and DxOMark's tests show it bests the iPhone. (#) Dutch photojournalist Jeroen Oerlemans dies in Libya. (#) Outtake Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 112 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Lisa Bettany, photographer and Camera+ co-founder In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photographer and Camera+ co-founder Lisa Bettany opens the show. Thanks Lisa! Should photographers have to ask permission in before photographing someone in public? (#) Samyang indicates that Canon and Nikon mounts are in the works for their autofocus lenses previously available in Sony E-mount. (#) Photos and videos posted to Facebook from your smartphone and tablet aren't necessarily in high resolution without this setting. (#) Laowa unveils one of the most unusual lenses we've ever seen. (#) Listener Dave Dougdale wants to know how best to focus on swimmers consider they're creating splashes of water that might grab your camera's focus...and a bonus tip for easily lighting dark indoor pools. Reviewers pan the new DJI Mavic Pro...but apparently don't know how to focus the drone's camera. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 111 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Headshot and portrait photographer Nechama Leitner In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. NYC-based headshot and portrait photographer Nechama Leitner opens the show. Thanks Nechama! Listener Jack wants to know why portrait orientation seems to be out of favor in recent years...even for portraiture. Olympus explains image stabilization's theoretical limitation, but is IS becoming less relevant as we get higher and higher usable ISOs? (#) Instagram now allows you to save posts as a draft so you can create then post when it has a better chance of being seen. (#) Sigma announces development of lenses for Sony's popular E-mount. (#) Hensel one-ups Profoto, but with a TTL-free monolight. (#) DJI announces it's Mavic Pro foldable drone with features the recently-announced GoPro Karma drone doesn't have. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 110 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Brad Smith, former Sports Illustrated Director of Photography In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Former Sports Illustrated Director of Photography, Brad Smith opens the show. Thanks Brad! Lightroom gets a much-needed speed boost with Smart Previews. (#) Amazon ditches its $12/year unlimited storage...and finally launches a photo printing service to Shutterfly's chagrin. (#) Panasonic reveals its upcoming GH5 body with stills and video features. (#) 500+ million Yahoo! passwords were hacked...and why you need to change yours on Flickr and elsewhere ASAP. (#) Alien Skin releases its Exposure X2 software. (#) Flickr throws its Marketplace stock service overboard. (#) Outtake Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 109 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Dany Eid, Nikon and Carl Zeiss Ambassador In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Nikon and Carl Zeiss Ambassador Dany Eid opens the show. Thanks Dany! Sony revives the zombie that was the Sony A-mount system with the incredibly compelling a99 II. (#) Sigma announces three new lenses; an 85mm f/1.4, a 12-24mm f/4 and a 500mm f/4 . (#) Olympus announces the OM-D E-M1 Mark II; a Micro Four-Thirds body with some really sweet features. (#) SanDisk reveals the world's largest SDXC card at 1TB, but do you want all your egg's in that big of a basket? (#) Fujifilm announces its first mirrorless medium format camera and 6 G-mount lenses for it. (#) GoPro finally shows off its foldable Karma drone, with removable stabilizer and backpack for just $799. (#) Nikon not only releases its KeyMission 360, but two other models as well. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 108 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Leigh Diprose, Australian commercial photographer In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Australian commercial photographer Leigh Diprose opens the show. Thanks Leigh! Canon's halfhearted attempt to compete in the mirrorless market meets with a lack of enthusiasm. (#) Pentax's K-1 full-frame sensor comes in 3rd in DxOMark's testing and smokes the new Canon 5D Mark IV's sensor. (#) How I failed to plan and came up short at the football field. Canon releases it's EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 IS II with the new digital information display. (#) A photographer in Belarus goes up against state-run television, loses a copyright claim and has to see his images used against his will. (#) Outtake Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 107 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Jason O. Watson, CodeReplacements.com creator In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. CodeReplacements.com creator Jason O. Watson opens the show. Thanks Jason! Supermom...or an irresponsible mom? The Internets are divided about a mom putting her children in harm's way while shooting on the sidelines of a high school football game. (#) The Fujifilm X-T2 arrives in the hands of photographers (including myself - Thanks digiDIRECT!) and Fujifilm warns of delays as it tries to meet demand. (#) Getty Images tries to get the $1 Billion copyright suit against them tossed. (#) Two podcasts had me on their shows. Host Nick Page and I talk about photographers being jerks on "Tripod" and the world's largest, most-listened-to podcast for everything iOS, "Today in iOS" asked for my take on the camera systems in the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. (#) Outtake Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 106 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Peter Dering, Peak Design Founder & CEO In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Peak Design founder & CEO Peter Dering opens the show. Thanks Peter! A Sony beats a Zeiss, but another Zeiss is a solid alternative for quite a bit cheaper. (#) How far is too far when it comes to retouching photos? Well, a new tool makes it really easy. (#) Is Canon set to release lenses with digital displays in them? (#) Shutterstock's new Photoshop plugin one ups Adobe Stock. (#) Three great new Zeiss lenses further flesh out the Milvus line. (#) Two photographers allege that 80s rock band Motley Crüe used their photos on merch without permission or payment. (#) Outtake and After Show Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 105 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Lars Boering, World Press Photo Managing Director In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. World Press Photo Managing Director Lars Boering opens the show. Thanks Lars! Thank you to those who entered our Think Tank Photo camera bag giveaway! Apple announces the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, but what do mean to photographers and mobile photography? (#) Canon plans on selling its sensors, but could we see them in the bodies of Nikons and other camera brands? (#) Fools destroy a natural landmark on the Oregon coast. (#) Nikon launches its Nikon School Online with some top name instructors. (#) Garmin beats GoPro to market with a voice-activated action camera. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 104 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured photographer: Jerome Taylor In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Agence France-Presse photojournalist Jerome Taylor opens the show. Thanks Jerome! How to do some good with your photography, make someone's day and help improve the image of photographers. Instagram with the most underwhelming "feature" of the year. (#) Yongnuo drops a 35mm lens at half the price of Nikon's. (#) Snapseed v2.9 now allows editing of RAW files on iOS devices. (#) Tamron updates its beastly 150-600mm lens with cool new features. (#) An 11 week college-level photography course complete with materials is available online. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 103 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Jeff Harmon, Photo Taco podcast In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photo Taco podcast host Jeff Harmon opens the show. Thanks Jeff! Me on the Photo Taco podcast August 30, 2016 episode "Sports Photography with Sharky James". Our Think Tank Photo camera bag giveaway! My assessment on how the Nikon D500 handles and performs as well as discussion about settings and my approach in low-light. Sony drops a 50mm f/2.8 Macro lens. Do you shoot macro? (#) A cool device for mounting your cameras to your wall and still being able to use them when you need to. (#) A man in Kentucky sets bombs in trail cameras, but dies before telling authorities where they are and how many. (#) New commercial drone regulations go into effect in the US. (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 102 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Gary Fong In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Photographer and Lightsphere inventor Gary Fong opens the show. Thanks Gary! The Canon 5D Mark IV has been announced, but is it an exciting update to the 5D Mark III...or just a solid attempt? (#) Canon announces two new lenses and a WiFi adapter. (#) Photographer Jasmine Star once again is accused of plagiarism, but after shaking it off in 2013, has it had any effect on her career and/or reputation? (#) A ridiculous law in Nice, France has upset the Internets (that's right...the Internets)...as an official wants to limit the rights of those photographing police. (#) A rumor that Sony will move to 16-bit lossless RAW in its cameras. (#) Guest outro: Arizona Rattlers and Northern Arizona Suns team photographer Matt Hinshaw. Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 101 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Paul Nisely, Sporting News Director of Photography In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sporting News Director of Photography Paul Nisely opens the show. Thanks Paul! A photographer/videographer in Hawaii is given varying reasons why Sony wouldn't fix his a7s II then goes public and gets their attention. (#) SmugMug steps up and saves the day...along with 200 million photos of now-defunct Picturelife. (#) Think Tank Photo updates their Shape Shifter bags to v2.0 with some great new upgrades. (#) 9-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has an arguably reasonable demand for future shoots. (#) Canon patents a new sensor design which would improve performance at the edges. Is it the sensor in the 5D Mark IV? (#) A new camera slider is super-compact and pretty darn cool looking. (#) After show: Comparison of my daughter's outro over time. Guest outro: David J. Murphy of the Around the Lens podcast. Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Episode 100 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured photographer: Joe McNally In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Photographer and Nikon Ambassador Joe McNally opens the show. Thanks Joe! A photographer insures his gear only to find out that it's not covered due to how it was stolen. (#) 500px Labs creates an insanely awesome way of looking for images to license and for inspiration. (#) Flash is soon to be dead and if your website is built with it, you have limited time to change that or lose traffic and business. (#) Is the Nikon 1 system dead as we've been saying for awhile now on the show? (#) Are Brooks Institute's students out of luck? (#) 100th Episode After Show: Q: Is there going to be a Lens Shark World Tour? Q: How did "Nexxxxt!" start? Q: What's up with "It's f/8 and 250th of a second outside. It's time to shoot!"? Q: How many people listen to the podcast and where are they from? Q: Sharky James, have you ever been recognized in public and if so, how did that go? Q: How does an episode come together? Q: What does the podcast mean to Sharky James? Q: What's the best part about doing the show? Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Here's episode 99 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sony Artisan of Imagery Patrick Murphy-Racey opens the show. Thanks Patrick! Nikon severely underwhelms with the D3400 which is basically a slightly upgraded D3000 with some features taken away. (#) Friend of the show (and fellow listener) Doug Kaye from TWiP Network's "All About the Gear" has a $100 off deal for his Cuba workshops in honor of our 100th episode! Use discount code "SHARKY". Check out his Cuba pics and more. Canon patents a variant of a crazy superzoom that may or may not materialize...but why? (#) Leave your camera bag unattended in a big city and the bomb squad may just blow it up! (#) A photojournalist's gear gets splattered by pink fire retardant dropped from a firefighting plane above his home. (#) Parks Canada bans the use of devices to locate collared animals as "wildlife photographers" ruin things for everyone else. (#) Datacolor puts together an incredible bundle for those who want an end-to-end focus and color management system. (#) We're one episode away from our milestone 100th episode! Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Here's episode 98 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. SI photographer and NebraskaProject.com's Bill Frakes opens the show. Thanks Bill! After more than 70 years, storied Brooks Institute comes to and end. (#) Additional rumors about the Canon 5D Mark IV. (#) Eye-Fi kinda sorta changes its mind on its older cards. (#) An inventor in Japan creates a gyro stabilizer inside a microSD to SD card adapter. (#) A photographer in Poland rescues a young eagle stuck in coastal mud for a second time and it's all caught on amazing drone video. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Here's episode 97 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photographer Mary Grace Dela Peña opens the show. Thanks Grace! Samyang drops a 20mm f/1.8 wide-angle manual focus lens in many mounts. (#) Zenfolio customers may want to turn a certain feature off as it's on by default. (#) Kit Sentry is officially abandoned, leaving its Kickstarter backers without a refund as the future of F-Stop Gear remains in question. (#) An elegant, but infrequently-used method of reducing the exposure of your background. (#) Recent newsmaker Getty Images, crushes it at the Rio Olympics as its team culls approximately 1.5 million photos in 18 days and deliver them 120 seconds at a time. (#) As we near our 100th episode, I'd like to know what you'd like to know about the show for Episode 100. Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Here's episode 96 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Noted fashion photographer and host of "Top Photographer", Nigel Barker opens the show. Thanks Nigel! A photographer gets robbed of $40,000 US worth of gear in Rio ahead of the Olympics. (#) KitSentry is still vapor and a report questions the future of F-Stop Gear. (#) Rumors that Sony is set to drop a 16-35mm f/2.8 at Photokina...and I finally choose a camera system. (#) Zuma Press sues Getty Images for Getty's second major copyright infringement lawsuit in a week. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Here's episode 95 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photojournalist Heath Holden opens the show. Thanks Heath! An enthusiastic supporter of Donald Trump pays the price in his photography business. Is it wise to pick a side when you're in business? (#) Canon reportedly is set to introduce a SD card which adds WiFi capability to its cameras. How very 2007 of them...or should WiFi come standard in cameras now? (#) Samyang introduces a 35mm f/1.2 lens in various mounts. (#) A photographer finds her images being sold in an unlikely place. (#) Instagram is adds stories, is set to offer comment management tools...and why you should seriously consider expanding your Instagram efforts as a photographer. (#) The future is here...you can now print full color holograms with a standard inkjet printer. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Here's episode 94 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Photographer and creator of Plotagraph Pro, Troy Plota, opens the show. Thanks Troy! A noted photographer sues Getty for $1 Billion. (#) Plotagraph Pro is announced and seeks to breathe new life into your photos. (#) More rumors about the Canon 5D Mark IV as its announcement nears. (#) Rumors that Sony will be updating it's a99, but is the A-mount system have any life in it. (#) Yahoo! gets parted-out as Verizon acquires Flickr and other key assets as EyeEm offers a solution in Flickr's uncertainty. (#) A Kickstarter campaign for a mid-level monolight with some high-end features. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Here's episode 93 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Travel and landscape photographer Peter Flindell opens the show. Thanks Peter! Nikon announces the world's fastest autofocus 105mm lens. (#) Adobe releases Lightroom for Apple TV. (#) Venus Optics announces the world's widest rectilinear f/2.8 lens. (#) A new service seeks to help you find images of yours which have been stolen and establish who owns them. (#) Stats on which cameras, lenses and settings are most-used in millions of images online. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Here's episode 92 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Out of Chicago & Out of New York Photography Conference founder Chris Smith opens the show. Chris has kindly hooked up our audience with $100 off the Out of New York 2016 conference by using discount code "SHARKY"! Thanks Chris! Quite a few rumors of new gear coming up with Photokina 2016 rapidly approaching. (#) The thought process that goes into a photojournalist prepping for the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. (#) Affinity Photo ups its game with helpful new features in v1.5. (#) Paul C. Buff releases its cool new DigBees strobes. (#) Canon patents what would be the ultimate walk around lens for many people, but will we ever see it? (#) Seagate announces a ginormous hard drive, but is it reliable and would you put all your eggs in one basket? (#) Walkera announces a new superzoom option for its Voyager 4 drone. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Here's episode 91 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photo educator and landscape photographer Scott Davenport opens the show. Thanks Scott! A photographer in the UK tests his rights on the streets of London and what you need to know about your rights to shoot in public, property releases and more. (#) Red Zone...Green Zone...just how foolish was he? (#) Canon patents a high-end point-and-shoot with an APS-C size sensor. (#) Phase One teams up and creates two new lenses with blue rings. (#) A photographer manages to damage three incredibly expensive sports cars during a photoshoot. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Here's episode 90 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Photographer Nicky Digital opens the show. Thanks Nicky! Peak Design announces three new bags in another already successful Kickstarter campaign. (#) A foolish photographer and his assistant enter a nuclear exclusion zone for an eerie photoshoot as they risk their health. (#) A new UV filter and circular polarizer are announced featuring the incredibly strong Gorilla Glass. (#) A police department in the UK says photographing women without their permission is a hate crime, thus putting street photographers at risk of being arrested. (#) DJI announces its first zoomable camera for camera drones to the dismay of sunbathing neighbors everywhere. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Here's episode 89 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Fashion, portrait and automotive photographer Alex Stone opens the show. Thanks Alex! A man in a truck endangers the life of photographer Alex Stone on a road and is later arrested and charged. We hear from Stone in his own words. (#) An incredible image of a woman being arrested by police at a protest in Louisiana goes viral and how you can make your photography more impactful through storytelling. (#) Zeiss announces a 50mm f/1.4 lens with a large price tag and Sony reveals the price of its 70-200mm f/2.8 G Master lens. (#) Thom Hogan talks about the 7 reasons he'll stick with his Nikon cameras...and I discuss the honeymoon being over between me and mirrorless and trying to decide which system to go with. (#) Light raises $30 million and inches closer to bringing the L16 to market, but who is this camera for? (#) Hasselblad and DJI gear up to launch a medium format drone photography platform. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Here's episode 88 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section. Sony Artisan of Imagery Marc Weisberg opens the show. Thanks Marc! Fujifilm announces its flagship X-T2 body with a number of speed improvements. But how does it stack up to Sony's offerings? (#) DxOMark proclaims Tokina's 24-70mm f/2.8 tops over two Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 lenses. (#) ON1 wants photographers to contribute their top feature requests for their upcoming Photo RAW program. (#) Samsung announces a new memory card format it's trying to make happen. (#) An extremely useful tool for more-accurately determining if conditions will be suitable enough for doing night photography. (#) A camera strap with somewhat limited usefulness aims to keep your neck and back from hurting. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"