Author: Frederick Van Johnson

  • TWiP 386 – What’s up with Nikon & Canon?

    Dave Dugdale & Valérie Jardin join Frederick to discuss whether professional photographers are really leaving Nikon & Canon en masse or if it’s all just media hype. Plus Amazon Prime members now get unlimited photo storage and Lytro offers up access to it’s light field technology for $20K.

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    Street Focus 08: Q&A and Street Challenge

    On this episode of Street Focus, I answer questions sent by Mark Reierson and Steve Brokaw about making money with your street photography. Also, what to do in a situation when someone confronts you on the street about taking their picture. And how to mix fashion and street photography. And there’s a new Street Challenge! MOTION!

  • TWiP Talks 6: FroKnowsPhoto on DSLR Video

    In this TWiP Talks interview I sit down with prolific YouTuber, Podcaster and Photographer Jared Polin aka FroKnowsPhoto. We discuss his new approach to teaching photographers how to navigate the mysterious world of creating professional quality videos using “regular” equipment.

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    TWiP and Panasonic at Photo Plus Expo 2014!

    What a great show this years Photo Plus expo was! This year TWiP worked with the Panasonic USA team to conduct a series of “TWiP Talks-style” interviews with their talented Lumix Luminary team, and other industry professionals. Each interview was recorded in beautiful 4K resolution (though I believe standard HD resolution was uploaded to YouTube). The…

  • TWiP 385 – Where the Party At?

    Thomas Hawk & Doug Kaye join Frederick to discuss social networking for photographers. Plus a recap of Photo Plus Expo, a new service called Mylio is here to help you organize your photos across your devices, and Pixelmator comes to the iPad.

  • Your Itinerary 01: An Interview with Juan Pons

    Episode 1 of Your Itinerary is part one of my two-part interview with nature and wildlife photographer Juan Pons. Juan just led his first RV photo workshop and he took a five week trip in his Airstream last summer. Juan and I talk about some of the ins and outs of different types of RV’s, and what it’s like to travel and shoot from an RV.

  • Your Itinerary Episode 00: Hello World!

    The TWiP audience has spoken, and one of the most requested topics for the show has been travel photography. After much searching and vetting, I’m really excited to announce the newest addition to the TWiP Network — “Your Itinerary” with host Rob Knight!

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    Street Focus 05: Q&A and Street Challenge

    On this episode of Street Focus, I answer questions sent by Mark Reierson and Steve Brokaw about making money with your street photography. Also, what to do in a situation when someone confronts you on the street about taking their picture. And how to mix fashion and street photography. And there’s a new Street Challenge! MOTION!

  • TWiP Talks 5: Beauty After Breast Cancer

    This project, Beauty After Breast Cancer, is a book being produced by Katelyn Carey, a nurse who had a preventative mastectomy at the age of 29. Together with photographer and TWiP host Joseph Linaschke, they are working with a team of devoted professionals in the Ashland, OR area, to create a Kickstarter funded resource unlike anything currently available.

  • TWiP 382 – Ello, Anyone There?

    In this episode of TWiP, Jeffrey Totaro & Darlene Hildebrandt join Frederick Van Johnson to talk about the new social network on the block – Ello. Plus GoPro adds some new 4k hardware to their action camera lineup.

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    A Photographers’ Christmas in October

    It’s happening again. Only a few select people knew about it last time, and no one knew when or even IF it would happen again. But today — here we are. I am, of course, referring to the famous 5DayDeal event that kicked off today. It’s an amazing deal for anyone wanting to learn more…

  • TWiP 381 – The Definitive Guide to Photo Storage

    In this special round­table episode of TWiP, we dive DEEP into the mysterious world of image backup and archiving. Industry experts Don Komarechka, Topher Martini and Doug Kaye join Frederick Van Johnson to help remove some of the mystery around keeping your precious photos safe.