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The Fotobug Photography podcast for travel and nature photographers. Interviews, training, reviews, and more!
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Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Jim and Fred once again headed to South Dakota for the annual Black Hills Photo Shootout. In addition, they stopped in Louisville Ky to visit Mike Mathews and Chris Klapheke and even had dinner with Adam Jones. Be sure to save the date for the last week of September next year for BHPS 2022!
Be sure to subscribe the The Fotobug YouTube channel to see the western scifi film Jim and Fred photographed at 1880 town in South Dakota!
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Platypod is coming out with a new and unique design for a ball head that is pure genius! Funded via Kickstarter, there are two models, the Elite and the Ergo. While Jim was an early backer of the project, due to Covid and supply chain issues, the final release of both units was delayed, but Skip Cohen, marketing VP for Platypod, loaned out two pre-production units. This is an early look at the two ball heads. The final versions should be available to the public after the first of the year!
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Fred and Jim are currently on their way to North and South Dakota to conduct photo workshops for the Black Hills Photo Shootout. So, they decided to pull from The Fotobug vault a review of the Platypod Ultra that they conducted back in 2017 - but still relevant today! Hope to see some of you in the Dakotas!
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Fred and Jim will be heading out shortly to conduct workshops in North and South Dakota and decided to share some of their travel tips with their viewers. Jim does a lot of foreign travel and hopefully once Covid restrictions are lifted, both guys will be traveling more and we hope you will too! So, check their tips out and be sure to share some of yours!
Also check out the latest in photographic news!
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
One way to embellish your macro photos of plants, flowers and cobwebs are by adding a few water drops like morning dew. It is easy to "dew" (do?!) - just carry a little spray bottle with a mix of glycerin and water with you. Both are inexpensive and then you will always have a little dew or rain drops in your pocket to enhance your plant photography!
Registration for the Black Hills Photo Shootout is now available and the workshops are filling up fast! Go to https://blackhillsphotoshootout.com now to sign up! Also check out the Dakota Adventure the week before at Teddy Roosevelt National Park. Hope to see you there!
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve is located at the southern end of St. Petersburg bordering Lake Maggiore. This is a great city park to view and photograph alligators, turtles, hawks, eagles, owls, and more. It is also great for migratory birds in the fall and spring. The preserve is 245 acres and contains 6 miles of hiking trails. There is also a raptor rehab center for rescued owls, eagles, and hawks. Fotobug recommended!
Workshops at the Black Hills Photo Shootout at the end of September are filling up fast! This includes the Dakota adventure at Teddy Roosevelt National Park and 1880 Town! https://blackhillsphotoshootout.com/ to register!
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
In The Fotobug continuing series on places to photograph in Florida, don't overlook Fort DeSoto in St. Petersburg. Fort DeSoto is a Pinellas County park and is named after the Fort that was built there in the late 1800s to protect Tampa Bay but was never involved in any battles. However, it is one of the best birding spots in Florida, especially in the Spring and Fall. It is also one of the few places to spot the white morph reddish egret!
Not much in current photographic news, but the Black Hills Photo Shootout registration is now available! The Shootout will again be the last weekend in September and will take place in Sturgis South Dakota and a special event on Friday at 1880 Town. Fred and Jim are conducting a pre-workshop at Teddy Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota September 22-24th and the spots are filling up quick - on the registration page it is labeled Dakota Adventure - so please go a sign up now!
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Sunday Jul 18, 2021
Sunday Jul 18, 2021
Fred and Jim welcome photographer Zoe Gregory to the podcast! Zoe is a Washington D.C. based photographer who has tapped in to her entrepreneurial spirit in order to earn money from her photography and shares her story with us. She recently took up photography seriously and we hope her story will motivate and encourage others with a desire to make money with their cameras in addition to just enjoy making great images! We recommend you check out Zoe's Instagram page - ZoeGregoryPhoto on Instagram.
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Registration for the Black Hills Photo Shootout coming up this September is now open! Go to https://blackhillsphotoshootout.com to register. There are 3 big events this year: The main Black Hills Photo Shootout in Sturgis, a pre-workshop event at 1880 Town in South Dakota, and another pre-workshop at Teddy Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota hosted by Jim and Fred! We hope to see you there!
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Two episodes back Jim and Fred tested out the Pluto camera trigger with the drip attachment. In this episode the guys test out the sound and laser triggers and get really wet doing so! First up is capturing water jumping out of wine glasses (plastic in this case!) and an apple Splashing into a glass salad bowl (real glass!).
Also, the latest news of course! Please subscribe to The Fotobug YouTube channel for even more photography related videos!
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
A few weeks ago, Jim and Fred visited Cape Coral to photograph the burrowing owls that are very prevalent there. However, they were a little early for the young hatchlings so they returned again, but this time the hatchlings were more like teenagers, but there were a lot of them! They did get to photograph a rare owl, however, with a regressive genetic trait that causes the iris to be solid black. This only occurs in 1% of the owl population, normally they have yellow irises!
There was plenty of news since the last podcast, so be sure to watch the entire episode to catch up on all the latest photo news!
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