Episodes
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
Fotobug - Episode 250- How to take photos for online sales
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!
In recent photography news, Nikon is celebrating its first SLR, the Nikon F, with a new Nikon Museum sale that includes a limited-edition wristwatch and repair website iFixit reports that Nikon has contacted more than a dozen independent repair shops that they will no longer be a part of its authorized repair program. Kodak Alaris confirmed Ektachrome E100 will be available to purchase globally in 5-roll 120 'propacks' and 10-sheet boxes of 4x5 film. Adobe announced 'phenomenal' performance in 2019 with more than $11 billion in revenue, as well as record fourth quarter earnings. For more details and more news, watch the podcast!
If you have ever sold an item online, you should know how important good photos are for showing off the item in its best in order to increase sales as well as the sales price. So, Fred and Jim demonstrate a couple of techniques to take the best photos possible. If you are interested in the items demonstrated in the podcast, click on these links for more information!
Photo Table - https://amzn.to/36TS8qx
Photo tent - https://amzn.to/36YULrs
See you next year!
Sunday Sep 01, 2019
Fotobug - Episode 242 - Fotobug Photo Travel Tips
Sunday Sep 01, 2019
Sunday Sep 01, 2019
In this episode, Jim and Fred give tips for traveling photographers!
First, recent photo news. Walmart accidentally listed a DJI Inspire 2 and a Spark drone for $17.95 - no updates if they will honor the error. The FAA is enlisting public feedback on the implementation of the LAANC to expedite access to additional areas for drone flights. Adobe's latest update speeds up computers with more powerful GPUs. Neuralcam is a third party app for IOS that powers night photography with the iPhone using AI. Even more news and details in the podcast.
Jim and Fred have traveled extensively and packing for a remote photo session can be a challenge - so they offer up tips and tricks and suggestions based upon their travel experience. Things to consider are what to take, power requirements, airline restrictions, etc. Please offer up your own recommendations and suggestions!
The Black Hills Photo Shootout in Deadwood South Dakota is right around the corner - please join us! Register at https://blackhillsphotoshootout.myportfolio.com
Sunday Aug 04, 2019
Fotobug - Episode 240 - Remote Flash Triggering
Sunday Aug 04, 2019
Sunday Aug 04, 2019
In recent photograph news, Parrot confirmed they are leaving the toy drone market. A UK photographer has turned a shipping camera into a giant camera! LAANC is now available in the US to allow drone pilots to more easily get permission to fly in previously restricted areas. Wacom Tablet has released a new Cintiq that might be more affordable ($1200). VESA has released new details of the next DisplayPort which can handle video up to 16k. Topaz has released Studio 2 - which might be a free upgrade for current users.
A few episodes back, Jim and Fred posted a how-to to photograph a car and used speedlights fired remotely. Viewers have asked just how to fire a strobe remotely, so in today's podcast, The Fotobug guys discuss techniques to do just that! If you have questions, or suggestions, be sure to leave them in the comments and please subscribe to The Fotobug YouTube Channel!
The Black Hills Photo Shootout is around the corner, last weekend in September and is now taking registrations for the weekend sessions. Check out the podcast for information on how to register and watch the newly released Fotobug promo video for the event!
Sunday Jan 20, 2019
Fotobug - Episode 226 - Exposure Compensation
Sunday Jan 20, 2019
Sunday Jan 20, 2019
CES is wrapping up which usually present news items and 2019 is no exception! Wacom has announced a new Cintiq graphics tablet with more pressure sensitivity and HD screen for $649. DJI has unveiled a smart controller for Occusync 2.0 drones with a built in extra bright 5.5" screen also for $649. The Nemeio keyboard can be customized for different apps and will automatically switch between them. Longsys has released a 1TB SDXC card under the Lexar brand name. Indemnis Nexus has released a parachute system for DJI drones and the FAA has approved it to allow commercial use of drones over crowds of people. Also, the transportation Secretary has introduced a proposal to make it easier for commercial drone operators to fly at night above crowds.
The special feature on this podcast is from the new Fotobug Youtube channel Photo Course. This video covers exposure compensation - what it is and how and when to use it! Please check out the other course videos and please consider subscribing to The Fotobug YouTube Channel!
Sunday Apr 29, 2018
Fotobug - Episode 207 -All About Beanbags!
Sunday Apr 29, 2018
Sunday Apr 29, 2018
Before we tell you all there is to know about beanbags, there was more photographic news in the last couple of weeks!
Chinese company Xiaomi may purchase GoPro. Details on the potential buy-out are sparse at this point, but a report claims the deal could be worth as much as $1 billion. One of the weirdest copyright cases in the history of photography is finally over. The courts have sided with photographer David Slater and rejected PETA's claim that the monkey who took the infamous selfie has any claim over the photograph's copyright. Skylum Software has released the latest update to its image processing software Luminar. The large-format digital LargeSense LS911 is the "world's first 8x10 digital single shot camera for sale and will set you back $106,000!! Gopro will now accept any old digital camera for trade-in. The program first launched last year, but only as a temporary promotion limited to previous-generation GoPro cameras. SmugMug has acquired struggling photography site Flickr. DxO Labs has filed the initial proceedings to start the bankruptcy process in France. The latest update to Lightroom Classic CC brought with it a slew of major bugs, including some that would cause the program to crash. For more details and more, check out the podcast.
Beanbags - what are they good for? Well, be sure to check out this week's podcast as Fred and Jim will tell you everything there is to know about Beanbags, including field uses and even the best things to use as fill material - pros and cons! Please also check out the new Fotobug YouTube channel for this video and lots more - please subscribe so that we can add a lot more new material including previous videos from The Fotobug vault. If you would like to purchase your own beanbag, please check out Rob Daugherty's website, The Vest Guy, to buy the beanbags that Fred and Jim used in this podcast. Thanks to Rob for providing us with these great bags! https://thevestguy.com/
Also, EMS Photo Adventures still has a couple spots open for the Colorado Dude Ranch workshop in Colorado led by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, Essdras Suarez - just prior to the Black Hill Photo Shootout - this would be a great combination! http://emsphotoadventures.com/
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
Fotobug - Episode 206 - Real Estate Photography with Robert Wicker
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
Robert Wicker joins The Fotobug to discuss how to make money in real estate photography!
In recent photoraphy news, a group of children cleaning up a beach in Taiwan found a camera lost by a Japanese tourist in 2015. Remarkably, the camera still functioned and the camera was returned to her! A new partnership between drone maker DJI and Pond5 may make it easier for aerial photographers with 107 certification to sell their footage. Adobe recently released new updates, but there have been some issues with the Lightroom update - slowdowns and pre-sets out of order. Fuji announced it will stop producing all B&W film stock and paper beginning in October. For more, be sure to watch the podcast!
Robert Wicker is a professional real estate photographer from Melbourne, Fl and has agreed to share his tips on earning income in real estate photogaphy. He discusses equipment and allows us to follow up as captures images in some homes up for sale and discusses potential issues and how to overcome them to get the best angles to set yourself apart from amateurs.
The Fotobug YouTube channel is now live! Please take a moment to subscribe - CLICK HERE! We will soon be adding original material as well as classic how-tos, interviews, and reviews from our video vault!
Sunday Feb 18, 2018
Fotobug - Episode 202 - Monarch Butterfly Time Lapse
Sunday Feb 18, 2018
Sunday Feb 18, 2018
Tune in to the podcast for full information on recent photography news! GoPro has enhanced its GoPro Plus subscription service to allow for the replacement of 2 broken cameras. As of Feb. 12, 500PX is removing all photo classes from its website. A photography workshop leader in Hawaii died after being overcome from fumes from the local volcano. RGG EDU is giving away a $300 8 hour photography course for beer photography. Sign up at rggedu.com. Skydio is releasing a new drone referred to as a flying camera. A science photographer has photographed a single atom!
Time lapse photography is a great way to visual events that may take considerable time in reality. Jim discusses taking time lapse sequences of the life cycle of a monarch butterfly. Monarchs are amazing insects that migrate between Canada and Mexico over several generations. They begin life from an egg about the size of a pin head laid on a milkweed plant. The emerging caterpillers increase in size around 1600xs then crawl away and pupate. Ten to fourteen days later, they emerge as a beautiful monarch butterfly and the cycle repeats.
An expanded version of this time lapse instructional video will soon be placed on the new Fotobug YouTube Channel - subscribe today!
Sunday Jan 07, 2018
Fotobug - Episode 199 - Cleaning mirrorless sensor with Justin Edelman
Sunday Jan 07, 2018
Sunday Jan 07, 2018
Happy New Year and welcome to 2018!
In the news for the new year, DxO has announced that a new version of the Nik collection is in the works. No word on release date or price. Pschologists have identified a mental disorder called 'selfitis' for people who compulsively must take seflies. Darkable is a new open source alternative to Lightroom now available for Windows, although it is still under development. Tamron has created a 'VIP Club' for those who own four or more Tamron lenses. Play the podcast for another story about a lost camera and recovered images! The Pitta is a new modular camera now available on Kickstarter and has already raised $250,000.
If you are concerned about dust on your mirrorless camera sensor, our guest, Justin Edelman, shows how to safetly clean your sensor. Justin takes us step by step on removing hair and dust from the camera sensor using a Sony mirrorless camera.
Coming up on future podcasts we plan more how-tos as well as product reviews and great interviews, so we recommend you subscribe and be sure to like us on our Facebook page!
Sunday Nov 26, 2017
Sunday Nov 26, 2017
Jim is currently traveling to Antarctica so there will be no news for the current episode, but Jim and Fred will be back in two weeks with all the latest photography news!
Back in September, Jim conducted a light painting workshop on a one room schoolhouse at the Black Hills Photo Shootout in Spearfish, SD. The workshop only demonstrated how to light a building and simliar objects, but there was no time for classroom instruction, so Jim decided to show how to do the layering technique for light painting in Photoshop.
In addition, Jim and Fred offer up two interesting videos from Adobe on enhancements that may be available in future versions of Photoshop, Premiere and perhaps After Effects. These enhancements are based upon the content aware fill now in Photoshop and we think you will find these videos to be interesting!
Sunday Apr 02, 2017
Fotobug - Episode 179 - Bismuth crystals
Sunday Apr 02, 2017
Sunday Apr 02, 2017
Today's podcast features a segment on creating bismuth crystals for macro photography.
In recent news, Popular Photography magazine is shutting down operations, including their website. The Azure rock formation, featured in Game of Thrones has fallen into the sea after a large storm. Olympus has announced the end of it's four thirds system. A camera lost in a shipwreck in 2012 has been found and the images on the Lexar memory card were able to be recovered! A judge dismisses charges against a Kentucky man who shot down a drone flying over his property. Also watch the podcast to learn the correct way to pronounce 'bokeh'! Watch the podcast more even more news!
Jim demonstrates how to create bismuth crystals for closeup photography. Bismuth is an element similiar to lead with a low melting point, but is not harmful to people or the environment. In fact, it is the main ingredient in Pepto Bismal! Do be careful if you try this yourself as bismuth must be heated to 500 degrees F to melt and requires a slow cool off period in order to form crystals. We recommend melting it out doors and be sure to wear proper gloves and eye protection and keep everything away from other flammable objects! Please share your images on Facebook with us if you decide to try this for yourself!
The Black Hills Photo Shootout will soon be open for reservations and more information can be found at www.thephotoshootout.com. Hope to see you there!