The FujiCast Photography Show

Entering the last week of dailies, Kev and Neale contemplate their feelings nine weeks into lockdown as measures start to lift. The X100, F or V? Which is the one to buy? Cookie notifications also under the spotlight and Kev isn't too keen on pop-up-tastic sites it would seem. What makes a good photo? Well, where do we even start? And then Neale has news of his new photography podcast starting Monday 1st June. It's all in today's daily.

You sent your questions in and today Andreas Georghiades, Fujifilm UK's Marketing Manager returns for another no holds barred 'Ask Andreas.' Even if you don't shoot Fuji, this is an episode that may help you understand how the company works with and for its photographers. Also, Mullins is asked why he swapped over to Fujifilm in the first place and Neale starts to reveal a little about a new podcast project he has. It's all in today's bumper edition show. Send your photo questions in to [email protected]

Leonard 'Lennie' Neumann has been photographing life in The States, South Africa, England and France. A candid photographer, he works the streets with a short focal length lens and generous spirit. He is today's special guest on the daily show. Also today, when can we start to advertise our services again? And what happened at midnight last night in sleepy Malmesbury? All the links to today's special will be on the show's website page: www.fujicast.co.uk

Today, what's more important, photographic fame, or are solid business? Do photographers focus on the wrong thing? Tripods, search engines and buying too much gear. The money we've just burned! Just some of the subjects discussed on today's FujiCast Daily. www.fujicast.co.uk

Water and cameras, not a well known bed partner - today we hear why. We also talk Google tricks and where to go if you want great photography without the Insta-hype. And then, just as you thought it was all over, Kev reveals a question to silence Neale, for once. All the links for this show and others: www.fujicast.co.uk

An announcement today on when the daily shows will make way for every Monday again. Today we talk street photography and ask if there is a good lens for social distanced shooting, plus lights, keeping it simple and sound for that video work. As always, complete links to all we talk about on www.fujicast.co.uk

Eclectic is a word we've use a bit of late, but today's Tech Free Tuesday is certainly that. Tuesday's have become the 'let yer hair down day' where we get personal and conversational about life outside photography as much as in. Thank you to those who pose the stranger and more amusing questions. Just some light relief between all the photography questions we get to. Tomorrow back to books and photography.

Martin Parr is our guest on The FujiCast today, internationally admired and acclaimed for his important contribution to documentary photography. His wry observational work champions his subjects whilst gently satirising culture. A true Magnum great. https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/martin-parr/

It's most certainly an eclectic experience today on the Sunday Service edition of the show. We talk music, we talk websites again, there's some more Platon chat and we attempt, attempt, to answer that question about whether photography is our life's mission? Email the show of course with your thoughts, questions and feedback: [email protected]

It's Saturday, so it's interview time! Today, Russell Ord, a Fujifilm X-Photographer who is one of the world's best loved surf photographers. He's fearless and shares his tips for making pictures in the harshest of environments. Also, black and white, can you make a living from it? Send your questions to [email protected] See Russell's work: https://www.russellordphoto.com/

You sent us your how to questions on making websites and how to have them perform best! Squarespace, Wordpress, Adobe, we talk about the players out there. Search engine optimisation and how to track your progress using tools such as Google console. All the handy links will be on our website: www.fujicast.co.uk Remember too that this is a daily show and lives on your photography questions. Send to [email protected]

We're hoping that Gemma (Kev's wife) gives this episode a miss, as Kev seems set on some pretty big next wedding plans. Also today and on a more sobering note, what are we going to do with the extended break from earning professionally? And there's more on the forthcoming Martin Parr interview. Send your questions to [email protected]

Of all the crazy ideas, Kev and Neale discuss opening their own photographic coffee shop. We talk about the lesser discussed Fujifilm camera bodies, alternative lenses and books. Kev's book of the week is Martin Parr's, Only Human. And incidentally there is some Parr news on the show too, as Kev will reveal. Make sure to send your questions in to the show: [email protected] All links to the show are available on the episodes page at www.fujicast.co.uk

Tech Free Tuesday has become one of our favourites on the daily show and today's eclectic collection of questions offers up a real hotch pot (vegan clearly) of quick fire challenges. From war to cameras being trashed to next career decisions. Make sure you send in your Tech Free Tuesday questions to [email protected] and for links to the stuff we talk about, check out the website: www.fujicast.co.uk

Today, some useful hints for video conferencing with prospective clients, back button focusing, plus designing a new Wordpress website. Later this week on Friday we'll be having a website special. So whether it's a professional shop window or hobbyist site to show off your fantastic photography, if you need advice, contact us by email with your questions in time for a special episode later this week: [email protected] Mullins new BW presets: https://www.ministryofshadows.co.uk/store

Today's show is about lockdown projects and we visit and revisit in one case, listeners and friends of the show from north, east, south and west to hear about what they've seen, recorded and photographed over the last few months. We also talk about blogs and if they're still important for your business. All links to the photographers featured today are on the #110 show notes at www.fujicast.co.uk

Neale admits to being a keen fan of today's Saturday interviewee, Elke Vogelsang, certainly one of Europe's most celebrated dog photographers. It's niche, but there is so much to learn from Elke, a humorist when it comes to photographing her subject. She shares some life lesson thoughts and observations about her journey. Also the boys start to discuss a particular street portrait project. Keep sending your thoughts and questions to the daily show: [email protected]

What is that perfect lens if you were cast away on a desert island with one piece of glass to document your travels? We talk Platon, books, even posing chairs and the perfect wedding band. It's an eclectic episode today. Remember to email the show with any questions and thoughts about photography during the time of lockdown: [email protected]

The FujiCast is a daily show during lockdown for photographers of all genres and all abilities. Send your questions to the show [email protected] and make sure you visit the show's website for episode updates and reference material including films, books and links to topics discussed. https://www.fujicast.co.uk

We talk about fujifund.org, your chance to purchase fine art pictures for Covid relief. Also today, we talk about the man who apparently inspired Photoshop, give some advice about shooting the sea, try to find a cheaper alternative to Photo Mechanic, deal with back button focusing and talk about Wordpress for your photography websites. All that in half an hour? Surely not. Write to the show [email protected]

Today on the show, DPI. What does it mean and how important is it? Do I choose 72 or 300? Help? What happens if an over zealous creative director adds unreal instagram filters to your photographic work? Kev's on a 'no booze' week, how is it going? And when do you know if you're ready to start charging people money for your photography? Maybe it's time to think about turning pro? There's also the results to last Wednesday's Daily Photo Challenge and the book of the week comes from Angus O'Callaghan. Email us: [email protected]

It's Tech Free Tuesday - ask what you like of the boys photographically or otherwise! Kevin has a thing or two to say about the training and workshop industry. Are there good events to attend? Are there too many? Are the facilitators experienced enough? Also, is that look of concentration grumpy, or a photographer's 'resting face.' Our favourites from last Monday's Daily Photo Challenge and a new competition hits the show; the Daily Caption Competition. The pictures are printed on our FujiCast Facebook group and we vote for our favourite two days later. Winning captions and the photo will be displayed on www.fujicast.co.uk

Your questions answered from the mail bag and one of those is all about a new cinema camera to complete the X series line. Is it on the horizon and what could it have? Also today, school photography during lockdown and the new caption competition launched. Send your questions in to [email protected]

Our Sunday guest is established commercial shooter Stuart Bingham, who has not just bought and worn the teeshirt, but shot it too. He talks about the tentacle like nature of commercial work where one commission can lead to so many others. ALSO, how to shoot Day in the Life sessions with Kev. Remember to keep sending your tech and non tech photography questions in so that we can chat about your passions and businesses. Send to: [email protected] Find all links to Stuart's work and the topics we talk about by going to https://www.fujicast.co.uk

It's Saturday so we have a guest on the daily show. A gentle weekend meander with Donna Svennevik, a New York based photographer who has photographed presidents, gang leaders and showbiz personalities. Equally Donna is a personal project story maker, so we touch on the subject of making the everyday your canvas. Donna's site: http://donnasvennevik.com/ Full details of all topics: https://www.fujicast.co.uk

A superyachts photographer who shoots weddings by the weekend? Intriguing combination and proof that our listeners are a varied collective. Also today, vintage lenses, how long SHOULD my camera batteries last, the Daily Photo Challenge and finding extraordinary in the ordinary on the street. The new site: www.fujicast.co.uk Send your photos for the caption comp to: [email protected]

One hundred shows! And still climbing. The weekly podcast about photography went daily as lockdown stopped our commercial photographic activity and so today we've reached, earlier than planned, one hundred episodes. Today a special, a different kind of show from the usual photographic Q&A. We talk GRATITUDE and get personal. Also today NEWS... the launch of the NEW website. www.fujicast.co.uk

Today, black and white presets, a new Daily Photo Challenge, Kev's affordable photography book you should buy when it's safe to start spending money again, how will we eat at weddings wearing masks and that question; is your camera merely a tool? Oh and the complaints phone is ringing off the hook following Kev's loose talk. ;-) AND we launch next week's new challenge. Send your questions and caption pictures to: [email protected]

It's Tuesday, so for the second week it's Tech Free Tuesday, anything you like, as personal as you like. This week Kev admits to missing the start of a wedding, people with GAS, folk who click their fingers for portraits, the Bokeh Chicken makes an appearance, and sort of, sort of, news of the next conference, or gathering, or whatever it's going to be called! ;-) Send your questions for next week's TFT: [email protected]

Start of a new week, so Kev and Neale have the results to last Friday's penultimate Bar Nuts Quiz, there's a new Daily Photo Challenge and questions on sanity, face masks and calibrating your screen for all monitors everywhere. Is that really possible? Artlist music for creatives: https://artlist.io/Neale-58765 Write to the boys with your questions, tech and non tech: [email protected]

The UK based photojournalist Ian Forsyth joins us on the show today to talk about the freedom to shoot, the ethics of shooting news, press freedom and being a stringer in the competitive field of photojournalism. Also today, making a leap of faith, and finding your confidence to ask strangers for a portrait. Ian Forsyth: https://www.room2850.com/

The weekend has arrived and with it an interview. So prep a coffee and get some strong working advice on what you need from start to finish to go shoot real estate. Sincere thanks to Jon Buscall for his amazing help and time in making this episode and providing a Dropbox link to images you can practise on and sites to visit plus complete breakdown of focal lengths and kit required. Oh, and an invite to take the show to America. One day. PDF and files: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lh1lqsl5w8ijhtp/AADgV-ldVePIp0oo_F3XRww4a?dl=0 Jon's site: www.moondog.photography

What? A complaint? Seriously? What two? Double seriously? Today we talk infrared, Lightroom, X-T3 v X-Pro3, there's a studio invasion Kevin's side and we introduce a thumpingly good photo challenge that you may want to take into the weekend. Thanks to Gabrielle Motola today for solving the IR question. Gabrielle's IR page: https://www.gabriellemotola.com/i-r FujiCast site: https://www.fujicast.co.uk

A real mixed bag today. Get it? Bag. Camera bags. Oh suit yourself. So, we talk camera bags, how to set up your X100 flavoured camera, winners in the World Press Awards and invite you to submit your best black and whites to the Ministry of Shadows. There's also a new Daily Photo Challenge. Submit to Ministry of Shadows: https://www.ministryofshadows.co.uk/submissions Send your questions: [email protected]

Back to a smidge of tech talk today. We talk batteries, street work, and audio to make your stories sing! Also it being a Wednesday, Kev has another book to tell you about from his BOOKS YOU NEED TO BUY WHEN IT'S SAFE TO START SPENDING MONEY AGAIN feature, though we think you'll need to save a few pennies for this particular one - and of course there's another Daily Photo Challenge. Send your questions to [email protected]

First of our No Tech Tuesdays where you get to ask Neale and Kevin anything that comes to mind as long as it's tech free. A real mixed bag and the boys almost come unstuck immediately with the question; have you ever fallen out? There'll be a new Daily Photo Challenge too. Send in your questions about photography to [email protected]

Today, the multi award winning photojournalist Adam Gray on his access to hospitals and the streets of NYC during Covid-19. This interview is also in vision. We'll have the answers to last week's Friday quiz and a new Daily Photo Challenge plus your questions on macro lenses and fights at weddings! Adam Gray: http://www.adamgrayphotography.com/ Adam in vision: https://youtu.be/sxtJYULoGdc Artlist: https://artlist.io/Neale-58765 The hosts: https://www.fujicast.co.uk/theboys/

There are various milestones on the Podcastsphere. And this episode is one of them. Getting past just seven episodes is often cited as the first achievement. 75% of podcasts are no longer in production. Reaching your first 10K downloads is another. Today, with your help and that brick by brick approach, we reach our quarter millionth download. Who that actual person will be, we just don't know, but maybe, just maybe it's you. It's not a pomp and ceremony show today, but we might just mention it, along with the perfect first mirrorless and a recipe from Chef Kev!

Today's Saturday guest on the daily show is proof that if you have a passion for a genre, anything really is possible. Football or soccer photography is one of the most competitive genres of sport shooting to engage in, so within a matter of a few years, how has Martyn Haworth gone from shooting non league to THE BIG LEAGUE? Also today a slight hint, only slight, of things to come. Martyn's website: https://mhaworth.co.uk/

Well the questions get personal today. We also talk GAS and whether it's really necessary to have every piece of new kit plus it's the Friday Bar Nuts Quiz to test your photo knowledge. Answers Monday plus Kev brings the final Daily Photo Challenge of the week. Don't forget to keep emailing your questions and what you're doing during lockdown to [email protected]

Today a more general Q&A after the mammoth episode of yesterday. Is the GFX a good wedding camera? What kit do you wish you'd never sold? Real estate photography, do I have the right glass for it? There's a new Daily Photo Challenge too set by Kev. Contact the show with your lockdown questions and comments [email protected]

Well maybe not Hollywood per sae, but on film sets around the globe (when we reopen for business). Today Keith Bernstein reappears to answer the questions you've sent in about being a television and films set and stills photographer. And Kevin sets the most daring DAILY PHOTO CHALLENGE yet! A monster sized episode. Keith's work: https://www.keithbernstein.co.uk/

This lockdown thing. It's hard to record a podcast when you're studio is constantly invaded? Also today, probably one of the best photo disaster stories we've received, an invite to submit to The Ministry of Shadows and why Neale shouldn't be allowed any more Easter Eggs! MOS: https://www.ministryofshadows.co.uk/

Today's show features Tim Johnston, a minimalist Brand and Editorial Photographer based in London. He talks about how photography has helped his anxiety, particularly helpful during lockdown. We also have the answers and winners to last week's photo challenge and Friday's Bar Nuts Quiz. That Mullins has an important announcement too about a new website. Tim Johnston: https://www.shrimbo.com/ MOS: https://www.ministryofshadows.co.uk/

Hong Kong Fujifilm X-Photographer Gary Tyson features on the Easter Sunday version of The FujiCast Daily. Life in Manila is quite hardline lockdown and Gary lets us know how the photography business in Asia has been affected. You'll hear a super tip too on how to interact with subjects on the street. Keep sending your questions, thoughts and interactions to [email protected] Gary Tyson: https://www.f8.photography/

The daily photo podcast goes a little more on brand today although we think it's a great listen for all flavours, in terms of understanding what the camera companies are doing at this time for their customers. Andreas Georghiades the Marketing Manager for Fujifilm UK takes questions that you wrote in with. Also a throw forward to a second special tomorrow as we speak to 'our man' in Manila, photographer Gary Tyson. Write to the show: [email protected]

You've been particularly great with your questions of late and today, one for Kevin he wasn't quite expecting; pictures that should never leave the edit suite. There's another Daily Photo Challenge and it being a Friday, the new photography quiz. Keep your questions, thoughts and lockdown stories coming in to [email protected]

Today on the show, probably the hardest challenge we have ever set plus a question on what floats our boat, spiritually and artistically in a picture. Kev gets some Instagram lessons and Neale reveals what he's holding out for once lock in is done and we tentatively all return to that place called work. Daily Photo Challenge page to visit: https://bit.ly/JohnDowning-quiz Write in to [email protected]

In today's episode we answer the five 'big' questions posed by a new photographer two years into his business. We have Kev's 'Book you should buy when it's safe to spend money again' and there's another Daily Photo Challenge. Send your questions for the show to [email protected]

No it's not clickbait, it's actually a question received in the last few days about news doing the rounds on a drug to battle Covid-19 developed by another division within the Fujifilm corporation. Also today personal projects and some advice from American photographer Tony Reidsma. Plus the launch of a new daily photo competition. Tony's site: http://tonyreidsma.photography Contact the show: [email protected]