Welcome to episode 25! Consider subscribing if you haven’t already.
In this episode:
00:01:04 – Wedding industry “The Knot” polls wedding shooters and finds out what they really make.
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00:07:46 – Another photographer gets plowed into by a horse while shooting a horse race. How can you protect yourself? See it here.
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00:10:28 – A Texas Republican introduces a bill which would make it illegal to photograph law enforcement within 25 feet of them. Read more about it here.
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00:14:26 – Actress/troublemaker Lindsay Lohan posts a photo on Instagram with some pretty bad Photoshopping…then follows it up with a racial slur. See it here.
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00:16:52 – Photoshop experts use version 1.0 from 25 years ago with pretty comical results. See it here.
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00:17:25 – Researchers find that posting the “perfect picture” has kept them from enjoying life.
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00:20:01 – YouTube introduces 360 degree videos. Can you make use of this? Read about it and see them here.
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00:21:30 – Nikon finally ships the MB-D16 battery grip for the Nikon D750…some 6 months after the D750 began shipping. Is Nikon just not the company it used to be? Buy the Nikon MB-D16 here or get the much cheaper Neewer aftermarket version here. (Affiliate links)
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00:22:44 – Camera app Zither seeks to help you better organize your camera’s most important information. Get it here.
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00:23:09 – Rollei’s assets are set to be auctioned off in Germany. But why did they have a creepy mannequin? See the photos here.
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00:24:05 – Thomas Blanchard creates a stunning time-lapse of flowers blooming with 9,620 RAW images. See it here.
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00:25:01 – Photographic jeweler Leica, who makes overpriced cameras for doctors, dentists and other rich guys, survives the transition into the digital world. Read the Wall Street Journal’s article here.
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In Drone News…
00:28:50 – Chinese drone maker DJI is on pace to do $1 Billion in sales in 2015.
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00:30:52 – Our YouTube video with an in-depth preview of Nikon’s D7200 reaches nearly 6,000 views. Find it at YouTube.com/LensShark
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Announcement:
Free camera giveaway coming up!
The winner’s choice of a Nikon D750, Canon 7D Mark II or Sony A7s!
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Welcome to episode 24! Consider subscribing if you haven’t already.
In this episode:
00:01:21 – A U.S. Navy veteran catches flack for photographing a solider cradling his 8-day-old baby using the U.S. flag. Read more about it here.
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00:04:53 – Is Canon getting ready to update its amazing 50mm f/1.2L lens? Get the current one here. (affiliate link)
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00:05:48 – Los Angeles County agrees to pay three photographers $50,000 and train its deputies that photography is not a crime.
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00:09:47 – Eye-Fi releases what it’s calling “The most powerful wireless SD card ever”. Buy it here. (affiliate link)
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00:10:48 – People are up in arms over The New York Times excluding former U.S. President George W. Bush in a front page photo of President Obama and thousands of others marching in Selma, Alabama to commemorate a famous march in the civil rights movement 50 years earlier. See the photo here.
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00:24:46 – A Vogue magazine editor/princess humiliates a 65-year-old homeless woman in Paris, France by posting a photo to Instagram. See the photo here.
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00:27:19 – Bloomberg Politics apologizes after putting Hillary Clinton’s head from one photo on her body from another photo and blames this dodgy Photoshop job on being rushed. Then TIME magazine seemingly adds horns to her by mistake (or was it on purpose?). See the photos here.
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00:29:34 – An apartment complex near Orlando, Florida forced tenants to sign a contract with a social media addendum in which they agreed to pay a $10,000 fine if they talked negatively about the complex and its owners. Additionally, the contract transferred rights of any photo taken by residents on the property to the complex.
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00:32:28 – Midnight Rider director Randall Miller and producer Jay Sidrish are held accountable for the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones. Jones died after being struck by a train on tracks during filming for the movie.
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In Drone News…
00:35:53 – The 23-year-old woman who attacked a 17-year-old drone operator because she thought he was a pervert and shooting video of women in their bikinis on a beach, may have the charges dropped. Watch the video of the attack here. (Warning: bad language)
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Announcement:
Free eBook! – The Lens Shark Quickstart Guide to Perfect Exposure.
Announcement:
Free camera giveaway coming up!
The winner’s choice of a Nikon D750, Canon 7D Mark II or Sony A7s!
Listener questions needed:
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Welcome to episode 23! Consider subscribing if you haven’t already.
In this episode:
00:01:37 – Triggertrap apologizes to backers of its Kickstarter campaign despite raising nearly 6 times more than they asked for. Find out why.
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00:07:59 – Nikon takes two years to release an underwhelming update to the D7100. We break down the D7200 which you can pre-order now. (affiliate link)
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00:12:45 – An English photographer thinks quickly and photographs a weasel on the back of a woodpecker in flight as it tries to escape. Check out the article and photos here.
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00:14:43 – HP licenses a photograph through Getty Images for use as wallpaper on their laptops and nets a Turkish photographer a surprising amount.
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00:16:03 – Bloomberg reports that stock photo giant Getty Images burns through one-third of its cash reserves in a short period of time as photographers struggle to make money with them.
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00:17:57 – Nikon diversifies by purchasing a business as DSLR sales continue to decline.
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00:21:45 – A group of anonymous nature photographers voice their outrage over photos of a frog riding atop a beetle. See the photos here.
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00:23:33 – With more waffles than at IHOP, World Press Photo takes action, stripping a photojournalist of his first place win.
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00:26:30 – Sony further builds out it’s E-mount line with the announcement of 4 new lenses bringing the total available to 11. They are a 28mm f/2, a 35mm f/1.4 Zeiss Distagon, a 90mm f/2.8 Macro with OSS and a 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 with OSS as well as 4 ultra-wide and fisheye converters.
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00:29:17 – The House of Lords EU Committee publishes a report on drone use in the European Union outlining its concerns.
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00:31:46 – Beach goers cheer as a jetliner flies just feet over them as it lands near the end of a small runway on the caribbean island of St. Maarten. See more photos shot at Maho Beach here.
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00:32:58 – High-end strobe maker Profoto announces the B2, a unit they say can be used on-camera as well as off-camera and offers some outstanding features…at a price. You can purchase the Profoto B2 now. (affiliate link)
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00:34:18 – Some confusion over the rear gel slot in Canon’s new 11-24mm f/4 lens.(affiliate link)
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00:34:51 – Can you make more than beer money shooting for a stock photo site with 250,000 photographers submitting images? Check out Twenty20 here.
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00:37:24 – A photographer teams up with Arizona State University to install a solid metal camera which will photograph the Tempe, AZ skyline for 1,000 years. Will it work?
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00:38:59 – A Chinese company introduces a $64 competitor to the GoPro.
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00:40:07 – Do you like the look of film, yet just don’t want to shoot it? You might be interested in this suite of presets which has fooled many film shooters. Check them out here.
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00:40:42 – Bag maker Lowepro announces a line of camera bags for fancy people to hold their fancy gear. Check out Lowepro bags here (affiliate link).
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00:42:02 – iPhoneographers capture stunning images shot with the iPhone 6 which Apple is displaying on billboards around the world. Have smartphones come of age in the photography realm?
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00:43:08 – A photographer uses a Light Blaster to project an image and propose to his girlfriend of 8 years during their annual photoshoot while capturing it all using GoPros.Check out the Light Blaster. (affiliate link) and the video of the proposal here.
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00:44:00 – Urban explorers utilize Instagram to break the law and risk their lives to photograph New York City from atop skyscrapers. Is photography worth the risk?
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Announcement:
Free eBook! – The Lens Shark Quickstart Guide to Perfect Exposure.
Announcement:
Free camera giveaway coming up!
The winner’s choice of a Nikon D750, Canon 7D Mark II or Sony A7s!
Listener questions needed:
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This is audio from the video I posted on YouTube.com/LensShark Subscribe to the podcast: http://bit.ly/LensSharkiTunes To order the Nikon D7200: http://www.LensShark.com/Nikon-D7200 This is a seemingly minor upgrade to the D7100, but is still a very nice camera and at a very reasonable price. Some quick specs: 24.2 Megapixel APS-C crop-sensor No OLPF (Optical Low Pass […]
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