Podcast

  • TWiP #254 – The Psychology of Photography

    This week on TWiP, Derrick Story and Bruce Clarke join Frederick to discuss the topic of the Psychology of Photography – specifically the photography mindset. We also run down the latest news from Canon, Nikon, BlackBerry, and Olympus. And an interview with Playboy shooters Arny Freytag and Jarmo Pohjaniemi.

  • TWiP #253 – The Retouching Debate

    This week on TWiP we’re discussing possible entry-level full-frame dSLRs from Nikon & Canon, a teenager petitions Seventeen magazine to publish non-airbrushed images, the Olympics is looking to ban the sharing of photos via social networks, and home furnishing giant IKEA enters the camera market.

  • A Review of the FujiFilm X-Pro1 with Doug Kaye

    Doug Kaye and Frederick Van Johnson sit down in Google+ Hangout to discuss the brand new Fuji X-Pro – the beginning of a new kind of camera system from the minds at Fujifilm. The new system comes complete with a brand new mount as well as new glass.

  • TWiP #251 – Leaky Light?

    This week on TWiP: 5D Mark III Light Leak issues, new 4K video cameras from Canon, model releases, a Google+ Conference for photographers and an interview with Reid Warner from SnapKnot.com.

  • Simplicity. The Key to Making Great Portraits

    The trick to making great portraits is simplicity, and that’s as true for technique as it is for composition and gesture. I can never understand why so many folks are unable to just see the light and move the subject into that light.

  • TWiP #249 – How the Sausage is Made

    This week on TWiP we’re experimenting using a Google Hangout to discuss Yahoo layoffs and lawsuits, Instagram on Android, monitors for photographers, and an interview CJ Chilvers on minimalist photography.

  • TWiP #246 – Pinterest’s Interest

    This week on TWiP: Is Pinterest helpful or harmful for photographers? The Daily Mirror uses a stolen image to illustrate a story about serial killers, a photographer kills the subject he was sent to cover, and Frederick sits down for a chat with photographer Dan Alban to talk about running a brick and mortar studio.

  • Nikon introduces the D800!

    With the release of its new D800 and D800E cameras boasting 36 megapixels, Nikon has carved a trajectory away from what many futurists envisioned and wowed us all in the process.

  • TWiP #238 – Deviantly Artistic

    This week, Frederick sat down with the Advisor in Chief from deviantART – Josh Wattles to learn more about the site, discuss who it is targeted at, notable artists on the site, and what the future holds for deviantART.

  • Going, Going, Going… Pro!

    Ever wanted to know what it would take to “Go Pro” with your photography? Guest contributor Patrick Reed reviews the book he says will help you do just that.

  • TWiP #237 – Bourne to Be Wild

    This week on TWiP: Scott Bourne gets hands-on with a Lytro camera, a look back at some of the announcements coming out of CES, Adobe backtracks on their upgrade pricing for CS6, and a new online service lets photographers make money from photographing strangers.

  • TWiP #233 – Vincent LaForet on Shooting DSLR Video

    In this chat Vincent and Frederick discuss the then and now. How the industry has changed, and what might be next. And he gives plenty of tips on how “regular folk” can get started shooting professional-looking video without taking out a 2nd mortgage.

  • TWiP #232 – There’s A Yak For That

    This week on TWiP: dSLRs banned from a UK tube station, iPhone photos find their way into stock photography, Kodak burning through $70 million a month, and CF cards to be replaced by smaller XQD format.

  • New eBook! Vision is Better 2

    David duChemin has had one hell of a year. Let’s see: Divorce, self-induced homelessness, falling off of a wall in Italy and breaking both feet (and his pelvis); and the subsequent fight to walk again. He has taken the time to chronicle his year in this amazing ebook along with some incredibly salient words about “gear lust”.

  • TWiP #231 – Only $30 to Touch Their Junk

    This week on TWiP: CNN lays off photojournalists citing the accessibility of quality cameras, brick and mortar camera shops start charging you touch the goods, looking back a the most memorable stories and images from 2011, and an interview with Paul C. Buff.