Fotobug - Episode 181 - Colombia Photo Trek

Welcome to the next podcast!  In recent news, DJI's new Phantom 4 Advanced offers more storage capacity and longer flight times.  Sony has now replaced Nikon as the 2nd in USA full-frame interchangeable lens camera market.  Canon has published a free tutorial for photographing the solar eclipse on August 21 - http://learn.usa.canon.com/resources/articles/2017/eclipse.shtml .  A new Kickstarter campaign is seeking funds for Solarcam, a long exposure pinhole camera in an aluminum can that records on a 5x7 B&W Ilford paper.  GoPro has unveiled Fusion, a spherical camera that can capture regular and VR video at 5.2k resolution.  Even more news on the current podcast!

 

Jim recently returned from a photo tour of Colombia, South America to evaluate sites for future photo tours/workshops.  He presents some of the video shot during the tour including a hike in Cocora Valley and a ceremony planting a young wax palm.  Jim plans to return next spring to Colombia to visit the best sites he recently visited with a group of 6-8 photographers.  If you would be interested in receiving information on this tour, contact Jim at jim@thefotobug.com to be added to the contact list!

Coming up in September is the Black Hills Photo Shootout - go to www.thephotoshootout.com for more information and to register for the weekend workshops.

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