Petapixel Photography Podcast

Here’s episode 37 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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 Michael A. Anderson opens the show. Thanks Mike! A photo project gone wrong sparks controversy and brings up ethical questions. (#) Samsung's camera business is noticeably absent from CES 2016 in Las Vegas. Is the end near? (#) Would you buy a paper camera? (#) A judge rules that a monkey can't own the copyright to its famous selfies. (#) A Leica M to Sony E mount autofocus adapter is in the works. (#) The New York Public Library puts 187,000+ old, public domain photos online. (#) Kodak looks to make film happen again with a 8mm film camera with digita

Here’s episode 36 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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 Spencer Pablo opens the show. Thanks Spencer! Nikon officially announces the D5...and it can shoot up to 3,280,000 ISO. (#) Nikon surprises us all with the D500, a pro-level DX crop-sensor body with D5 tech. (#) Panasonic announces two compact cameras and a cool Leica 100-400mm lens for MFT. (#) Missouri lawmakers call for the ouster of University of Missouri professor Melissa Click. (#) Olympus announces a 300mm f/4 lens for MFT as well as a tough pocket camera. (#) Supposed artist Richard Prince gets sued again over appropriating the work

Here’s episode 35 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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 David duChemin opens the show. Thanks David! A 24-year-old in New York City dies while doing rooftopping photography. (#) Tokina announces their Tokina AT-X 14-20mm f/2 PRO DX ultra-wide zoom lens. (#) Film was the #1 selling photo product during the 2015 holiday season on Amazon.com. (#) A NHL hockey player is injured by a photographers lens during the NHL Winter Classic. (#) Apple has free photo, video and editing workshops worldwide at its Apple Stores. (#) A site quickly finds your top 9 Instagram photos of 2015...something helpful for photographer

Here’s episode 34 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Chris Marquardt from the Tips From The Top Floor podcast opens the show. Thanks Chris! A hotel in South Carolina Tweets requesting not to be photographed with the scene of a great tragedy. (#) Canon's CarePAK Plus protects select Canon bodies and lenses for 13 months. (#) Strobist David Hobby's new venture, Photographer's Oil Collective turns photos into paintings. (#) B&H photo makes the news again as a well-known photographer accuses them of bait-and-switch. (#) The FAA announces tens of thousands of drone registrations amid possible snafus. (#) A look at the

Here’s episode 33 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. France passes a law banning unhealthy, skinny models and requires photo manipulation notices. (#) Sigma's CEO says that Sony will be THE major player in the photo industry. (#) Do Star Wars camera bags say you like Star Wars more than photography? (#) Listener Ed in Pennsylvania wants to know what makes someone "professional" and what to charge. An Olympic silver medalist is nearly hit by a 22 lb. camera drone which fell 65 feet while on his run. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitt

Here’s episode 32 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Tony and Chelsea Northrup open the show. Thanks guys. I'm borrowing Kyle! Anti-gear theft registry LensTag releases interesting data about 2015 thefts. (#) A quick and easy way of removing stubble in Photoshop. (#) A photographer's lens hood ends up on the ice and is mistaken for a puck. We discuss how to secure yours. (#) This quick Mac OS X hack will save you frustration when connecting a device or memory card. (#) A Canadian photographer and his friend brave frigid temps for an amazing shot. (#) Alon in Israel wants to know what type of backdrop he should get fo

Here’s episode 31 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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 Chris Orwig, author of The Creative Fight, opens the show. Thanks Chris. A photographer fulfills a family’s request and creates a controversial family Christmas portrait. (#) Sigma releases a super strong protective ceramic lens filter, but do you even need one? (#) Kodak says it’ll be profitable again in 2016 after years of taking losses in its film business. (#) Adobe Lightroom Mobile v2.1 for iOS is released with some pretty powerful new features. (#) What happens when you drop a Sony a7R in lava? Very, very bad things is what! (#) Listener Cal in

Here’s episode 30 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Sports Illustrated photographer Damian Strohmeyer opens show. Thanks Damian. Two photographers post videos of confrontations utilizing different tactics while doing street photography. (#) A man and his friends shut down the I-45 freeway in Houston to propose to his girlfriend and document it. (#) New Canon billboards seek to give location and situation-based tips to photographers. (#) Todd in Illinois wants to know if he should send his cameras and lenses in for maintenance and cleaning. Adobe once again beats Wall Street earnings expectations thanks to Creative C

Here’s episode 29 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Nikon Ambassador Dixie Dixon opens the show. Thanks Dixie. Media outlets portray U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump as doing a Hitler salute. (#) EnlightPhoto goes out of business and the Orbis ring flash system no more. (#) In a film poll, more than half want to see film photography make a big comeback. An Australian company introduces a product designed to help with newborn photography. (#) 80's tv show "World of Photography" is online and still as relevant today as ever. (#) Flickr and Samsung team up on an app which allows VR viewing of 360° photos on Fli

Here’s episode 28 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Mickey Osterreicher, General Counsel for the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) opens the show. I was honored to have been on Martin Bailey's 500th episode and David Murphy's visual journalism centric show. (#) The National Parks Service is looking for the next Ansel Adams. Is that you? (#) Atmosphere Aerosol is like having a fog machine in a can for more dramatic photos. (#) Is a $400 rain jacket designed for photographers worth it...or even effective? (#) Lumu launches a Kickstarter campaign for Lumu Power, a nextgen attachment for measuring light, f

Here’s episode 27 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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 Don Komarechka opens the show. Thanks so much Don. Samsung official denies rumors Nikon is buying it's NX technology...but they've denied things before. (#) The City of Chicago agrees to pay a photographer $100,000 for its police allegedly beating him in 2012. (#) Snowflake photography guru Don Komarechka release a photo 2,500 hours and 5 years in the making. (#) India gets caught with a bad Photoshop job as they release a composited photo passed off as true. (#) 2014 camera sales show where Canon, Nikon and Sony stood at the rise of full-frame mirrorl

Here’s episode 26 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Celebrity beauty photographer Matthew Jordan Smith opens the show. Thank you so much Matthew. Did Nikon make a bold move and acquire Samsung's mirrorless technology? (#) People are naming their kids after Instagram filters?!!! Uggh. (#) Capture One Pro 9 is released. Is it a Lightroom killer? How about a quicker alternative? (#) Haven't spent enough on your Leica? Now you can some Leica shutter speed dial cufflinks and pendants. (#) Famous Australian landscape photographer Ken Duncan gets confronted by authorities while shooting in public. (#) Is Yahoo! getting set

Here’s episode 25 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Pratik Naik of Solstice Retouch opens the show. Thank you Pratik. Legendary war photographer Don McCullin says digital photography can't be trusted. (#) Samsung officially drops its camera business from the UK. (#) The media misidentifies a Moroccan woman labeling her as a Paris suicide bomber. (#) Did Sigma really reject Canon's advances? (#) Holga cameras officially come to an end. RIP Holga. (#) It took 60 years, but World Press Photo finally has a code of ethics. (#) VCSO cuts the price of its film simulation software in half...and it's permanent. (#) Instagram

Here’s episode 24 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Martin Bailey of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast opens the show. Thank you Martin. Canon USA takes on the gray market as it sues a number of retailers. (#) Time Inc.'s new contract for photographers a bit (read: a lot) overreaching. (#) Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson is quite capable photographer as well. (#) A Japanese company shows off a clear lens adapter which allows for creative lens flares. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShar

Here’s episode 23 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Eric Draper, Chief Photographer of the George W. Bush presidency opens the show. Thanks Eric. Leica announces the Leica M (Typ 262) with slimmed down features. (#) Samsung officially pulls their camera business out of the German market. (#) COOPH (The Cooperative of Photography) comes out with its Grey Chart Cap. (#) The police are called when a citizen thinks they see someone carrying a machine gun (it was a tripod). (#) Amazon now allows you to share your unlimited photo storage plan. (#) Leica is said to be set to announce the Leica X-U (Typ 113), an underwater

Here’s episode 22 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Matt Granger of MattGranger.com opens the show. Thanks Matt. Special thanks to Trey Ratcliff, who listened to our show will broadcasting live from Bali on Facebook. (#) Reuters issues a worldwide ban on RAW. (#) Nikon announces the development of the D5. Is this at all a surprise? (#) Adobe issues the Lightroom CC 2015.3 and 6.3 updates to squash bugs and more. (#) Gura Gear goes with the Tamrac name moving forward and releases new bags. (#) A foolish person alters a photo of a Sikh man putting a bomb vest on him and Quoran in his hands, it goes viral and the media

Here’s episode 21 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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 Miguel Quiles opens the show. Thanks Miguel. An already ridiculous story gets even more ridiculous in the Monkey Selfie case. (#) Good news for the camera industry as sales seem to stabilize after a few rough years. (#) The photographer who helped a wedding couple in need receives great photo karma. (#) News organizations ban together in an open letter to the music industry and performers. (#) If you use the InstaAgent app, you may want to delete it ASAP and change your login info. (#) Is Samsung getting ready to exit the camera market or ar

Here’s episode 20 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. My good friend Ted Forbes of "The Art of Photography" opens the show. Thanks Ted. A University of Missouri professor fans the flames and turns students against student journalists. We hear from the student journalist who shot the video in his own words. (#) Photographer Trey Ratcliff designs the ultimate HDR software, Aurora HDR. (#) The Interactive Exposure Tool launches to help photographers understand the "Exposure Triangle". (#) A photojournalist withdraws from a prestigious competition in Australia for altering a photo. (#) Lytro reimagines Virtual Reality (VR

Here’s episode 19 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. Celebrity portrait photographer Michael Grecco opens the show. Thanks Michael! Sony announces the a68, its first A-mount camera in a long time. Is this camera interesting to you? (#) B&H warehouse workers score a victory and vote to unionize. How will things change for workers? (#) Moo announces business cards with an NFC chip inside. Will you get these for your photo business? (#) How far has technology come in the 17 years from the Canon D2000 to the Canon 5Ds R? (#) Why do people ask photographers to work for free when they wouldn't ask members of other prof

Here’s episode 18 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, 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. A very enthusiastic Peter Hurley opens the show. THANKS SO MUCH PETER! (See what I did there?) Fortune magazine says that Portrait Photographer is one of the top 5 best careers for work-at-home parents. (#) What happens when you tell 6 photographers something different about their subject? Canon knows. (#) Sony releases powerful firmware for the a7 II giving it 14-bit uncompressed RAW and phase detection autofocus with adapted lenses. (#) National Geographic slashes 9% of its staff in advance of 21st Century Fox taking the reigns. (#) Polaroid sues GoPro over it's