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The Fotobug Photography podcast for travel and nature photographers. Interviews, training, reviews, and more!
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Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Cheyenne Glade Wilson is a western photographer known as the Native Cowgirl. Jim and Fred are proud to interview her on this week's podcast! Cheyenne was also one of the virtual workshop instructors for this years Black Hills Photo Shootout Virtual event held in September. Check out the interview and check out her blog and gallery at https://www.thenativecowgirl.com/ !
In recent news, CAMERADACTYL is a Kickstarter project for a new slide scanner! GoPro has announced a new camera, the Hero 9. Sony is closing down it's operations in Brazil. The comedy wildlife photo awards have announced the 44 top images for 20202. Canon's EOS webcam app is now out of beta. Skylum has announced it's next line of Luminar software and On1 is releasing it's latest raw converter! Even more in the podcast!
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Sunday Sep 13, 2020
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
The Black Hills Photo Shootout Virtual Event is coming up in a few days and so Fred and Jim have invited the organizer of the event to come on the podcast and talk about the event! There is still time to register! https://blackhillsphotoshootout.online/ Don't miss out - SIGN UP NOW!
In recent photo news, Photoshop now has a plugin that will randomly put up jokes and puns while you are working. Microsoft has an AI algorithm that can detect deep fake images and videos. Canon Australia is shutting down their operations. DAIN can create near perfect slow motion footage from normally captured footage.
For more details and more news, tune in to the podcast!
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Charlie Borland is a professional photographer who will be one of the instructors at the Black Hills Photo Shootout Virtual event in September. Check out Charlie's website and online photo courses at www.borlandphoto.com.
In recent photography news, Lightroom CC for IOS and iPadOS deleted settings and catalog for some users. The issue has now been fixed by Adobe. Sony is another company that is releasing an app to allow Sony cameras to be used as webcams. PhotoPlus event this year will also be a virtual event due to Covid-19.
Registration is now open for the Black Hills Photo Shootout at the end of September! Register at https://blackhillsphotoshootout.online - sign up now for this 10th anniversary event!
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
On today's podcast, we welcome Erica Robinson, Tamron Technical Representative. Erica will be one of the virtual instructor's at the Black Hills Photo Shootout this September. Erica also loaned out Tamron lenses to try out at previous Photo Shootout events. Check out Erica's photo gallery at her website, www.ericarobinsonphoto.com. Sign up for the Black Hills Photo Shootout at https://blackhillsphotoshootout.online/
Watch the podcast for the latest photography news! Alter, maker of the Kickstarter project, Rapid Filter System is closing up operations. Canon servers were hacked. LRTimelapse has released a new update! Lots more in the podcast!
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Jim and Fred invite Minnesota based photographer Tomás Alvarez to the podcast. Tomás is one of the newest instructors this year for the Black Hills Photo Shootout which will be a virtual event this year due to the pandemic. Please go and check out Tomás' website - www.tomalvarez.com and check out his wonderful galleries. We both recommend signing up for his BHPS workshops this year!
In recent news, Nikon has released a new camera, the Z5 and is also introducing a web cam app to allow Nikon cameras to be used as webcams. A researcher is attaching small "bug size" cameras to beetles to get a 'bug's eye' view of the world! Associated Press is now providing all their journalists with Sony cameras. The Consumer Entertainment Show for 2021 will be a virtual event. Watch the podcast for even more details and more news!
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Jim and Fred interviews photographer Jeff Cable!
In recent news, LucidPix AI app turns ordinary images into 3D photos. Canon has announced Image Connect to connect photographers to potential customers. Canon also shows off a new AI plugin for Lightroom Classic that will cull images for you. Sandisk has revealed an 8 TB SSD prototype and a 1 TB flash drive. GoPro's defunct Karma drones would not take off in 2020 due to a GPS glitch. DJI has posted an article with issues it has with the new FAA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for remote identification of drones.
The Fotobug featured guest is Jeff Cable who photographed several Olympic games, and will be covering the upcoming summer games in Japan as well as the winter Olympics in Beijing. He also leads a number of interesting photo workshops are the globe through his website and also through M&M photo tours.
Check out Jeff's website at www.jeffcable.com
Check out M&M at www.mmphototours.com
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Sunday Feb 03, 2019
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
Fred and Jim have an interesting interview with a professional photographer in the current podcast!
In recent photography news, DJI announces that a group of employees banded together to overcharge the company 20% for parts costing the company $147 million dollars. Sony is forming a subsidiary in Amsterdam to avoid issues as a result of Brexit. Newark airport was shut down when 2 pilots spotted what they believe were drones flying at 3500 feet, 9 miles from the airport. A rare contact sheet of Marilyn Monroe is up for sale at eBay - currently at $195,000. WikiShootme is a website that allows photographers to contribute photos based upon their location that may be needed for Wikipedia. Irix Edge Light Pollution Filter is a new filter to remove the yellow mercury vapor light from city photos at night. Listen to the podcast for more!
The Fotobug guest is Glenn Nielsen, a professional portrait photographer based in Tampa who specializes in newborn photos. He explains why it is important to have a marketing niche and the importance of treating professional photography as a business. To see more of Glenn's images, check out his website at www.TampaBeginnings.com If you have questions or comments please don't hesitate to leave them in the comments section and please check out he new Fotobug YouTube channel!
Sunday Nov 11, 2018
Sunday Nov 11, 2018
In recent news, Fotolia will be shutting down their service by November of 2019 and transferred to Adobe Stock. Hong Kong based CARBON launched a Kickstarter campaign to produce a hand-cranked instant film camera using Instax film. Also on Kickstarter, ONDU is running a campaign to produce more pinhole cameras. The latest update of Luminar contains and AI based sky enhancer. DJI drones in the UK have been falling out of the sky due to bad battery cells. Also, DJI has released a new Mavic Pro Enterprise for first responders. Epson has released a new textured ink-jet printer under the Legacy range of papers. For more news and more details, watch the podcast!
At the Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup in September, Fred and Jim met a young man who was traveling throughout the country - 50 states in 50 days and invited Daniel Seddiqui to appear on the current podcast. Daniel carefully planned out his venture and wanted to visit and participate in iconic events in all 50 states - 1 state per day! Daniel also taped his venture and segments are currently appearing on The Weather Channel. We urged Daniel to create a YouTube channel and we will share the link once he has it established.
Stay tuned for upcoming episodes featuring Jim's trip to Iceland, review of the Ronin-S gimbal and the new LitraPro LED light.
Sunday Sep 30, 2018
Sunday Sep 30, 2018
A couple months back, Fred and Jim did a review of the Litra Torch and gave it a big thumbs up! Litra just completed a Kickstarter project for a newer light - the LitraPro and the Litra Business Development Manager, Andrew Siminoff agreed to sit down and show off the new LitraPro! The Kickstarter project has now ended, but the new LitraPro will be availble before the holidays (and can be pre-ordered now!). The new light is larger and brighter than its little brother. It can also be switched from daylight to tungsten in 100K increments. It also is water proof down to 100' underwater. There are a number of accessories that can be purchased separately including barn doors, soft boxes, honeycomb gird and more! Check out all the features at https://litra.com/
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Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Jim and Fred are currently in South Dakota, so there won't be any photography news until the next podcast! Our special guest is a friend we made three years ago at the Tampa Bay Photo shootout, David Guy Maynard! David is not only a photographer, he is also a musician, gourmet cook, song writer, poet and more! You alos need to check out his website and workshops at www.dmaynardphotography.com/ David is also active on Facebook and Instagram.
Be sure to tune in fof th next podcast for highlights of the Black Hills and interview with Bill Fourtney!