A podcast for the working photographer. Veterans of iStockphoto and creators of Stocksy United bring you a photography podcast for pros. We take a deep look at running a photography business, the gear we nerd out over, and what motivates us to turn pictures into a career. We talk about stock photography, cameras, lenses, fashion photography, street style, social media and a healthy dose of whatever.
It's been a while since we took inventory of our workflow and a few things have changed. We talk about our memory card strategies, how we use Lightroom, and hard drive management.
There lots of ways to shoot a great portrait, but there are even more ways to shoot a terrible one. Let's talk about some of the best/easiest techniques to light portrait photography.
Jordan Drake of The Camera Store TV is back to talk about one of the craziest years for cameras.
Tyler's Notes
Best Camera
Sony A9
Sony A7RIII
Nikon D850
Fuji X-T20
Sony a6500
Leica M10
Phones
iPhone X
Samsung Note 8
Google Pixel 2
Gimbles
Zhiyun Crane 2
Moza Air
Beholder
CAME-TV Prophet2
Entry Level ILC
Canon SL2
Olympus EM10 III
Mid Range ILC
Fuji XT-20
Sony a6500
Video
Canon C200
Panasonic EVA1
Panasonic GH5
Sony A7RIII
Sony A9
Lights
Aputure
CAME-TV Boltzen
Quazar science
Digital Sputnik
Audio
SoundDevices MixPre3 and MixPre6
Rode Video Mic Pro +
Aspen Mics Lav
Aputure Lav
Software
Affinity for iPad
pixelmator
CaptureOne
Lightroom Updates
Misc
DJI Spark
Small HD Focus Monitor
54 - PHONE CAMERAS OF 2017: IPHONE 8, GALAXY S8 AND PIXEL 2
Apr 25, 2019
Every year the big tech companies fight over the crown of best mobile camera. Tyler has been testing a few of them and gives his impressions. Cameron has some thoughts on how the format you shoot with can share your creative output.
53 - MEDIUM FORMAT AND HASSELBLAD X1D REVIEW
Apr 24, 2019
After spending some time shooting with the mirrorless medium format Hasselblad X1D, Tyler wants to talk all about medium format cameras. We also touch on Lightroom processing techniques and VSCO.
Things have been changing at Hasselblad lately. New ownership, new leadership, and bold new product directions with the X1D. Everyone I know in the photography community was blown away when they announced they're extremely compact and elegance mirrorless design. It hadn't even occurred to me that a medium format camera could ever be in this small.
After using it for a few shoot in Vancouver and PalmSprings, The image quality definitely lived up to my expectations. Tons of dynamic range, very low noise, fantastic colour depth, and incredible sharpness. None of that is a surprise coming from Hasselblad, their reputation for quality is well earned. I also love the 3:4 image ratio of the large sensor, I would always prefer it over 4:6.
I was surprised to see quite a bit of vignetting in the 45mm f/3.5 when it’s wide open. It cleans up fine in post, but it was quite a bit for a normal lens.
The physical controls were very well designed. The control dial that pops out is beautiful and practical, and release mechanism on the batteries feels very sturdy and satisfying. One improvement I would love to see is a physical control for the exposure compensation, and there are some software bugs in the touch screen interface, but I’ve heard they may have recently been fixed in a firmware update.
I don’t want to go too much further in depth without spending more time with the Hasselblad X1D, but I loved shooting with it in the time I had. From one perspective it can seem very expensive, but from another, it’s a very reasonable price such an incredible sensor and beautiful design. I hope it’s a sign of more great things to come from Hasselblad.
The idea of a 'full frame' image format is the industry standard we all use, but let's take a second to talk about what 35mm really means for photographers.
51 - FOLLOWUPISODE
Apr 22, 2019
50 - SONY, STATS AND YOUTH
Apr 21, 2019
49 - SOME LIKE IT WIDE
Apr 20, 2019
48 - NEW YEAR'S RITUALS
Apr 19, 2019
47 - WHO NEEDS RULES
Apr 18, 2019
46 - THE CANON 5D MARK IV
Apr 17, 2019
45 - THE NIKON D750 AND SHOOTING 1
Apr 16, 2019
44 - HOW MANY PHOTOS DOES IT TAKE
Apr 15, 2019
43 - WORK AND LIFE
Apr 14, 2019
42 - THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB
Apr 13, 2019
41 - NAB IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDE
Apr 12, 2019
40 - THE A7RII, TYLER'S NEW BIG LITTLE CAMERA
Apr 11, 2019
39 - FIXING LIGHT
Apr 10, 2019
38 - HOW TO KEEP SHOOTING WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT
Apr 09, 2019
BONUS WHATEVER - THE FORCE AWAKENS
Apr 09, 2019
37 - GEAR OF THE YEAR 2015
Apr 08, 2019
36 - CAMERA KITS FOR EVENT, PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHERS
Apr 07, 2019
35 - WISHLIST
Apr 06, 2019
34 - HOW TO CARRY A CAMERA
Apr 05, 2019
33 - NEXT LEVEL POST PRODUCTION AND THE TROUBLE WITH CLIENTS
Apr 04, 2019
32 - YOU CAN'T JUST DELETE THEM ALL
Apr 02, 2019
31 - SHOOTING FROM BELOW
Apr 01, 2019
30 - COMMERCIAL VIDEOS, SCANNING FILM, AND MINECRAFT
Mar 31, 2019
29 - SHOOTING LIVE MUSIC
Mar 30, 2019
28 - THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF OBSESSING ABOUT GEAR
Mar 29, 2019
27 - DREAM CAMERA
Mar 28, 2019
26 - COMPARING YOUR WORK
Mar 27, 2019
25 - SELECTING YOUR BEST WORK
Mar 26, 2019
24 - REVIEW OF THE CANON 50MM F/1.8 STM
Mar 25, 2019
23 - POINT AND SHOOT REVIEWS: THE FUJI KLASSE AND CONTAX T2
Mar 24, 2019
22 - THE BOKEH CRUTCH
Mar 23, 2019
21 - THE BUSINESS OF STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY, WITH SEAN LOCKE
Mar 22, 2019
20 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Mar 21, 2019
19 - HOW HIGH ISOS CHANGED EVERYTHIN
Mar 20, 2019
18 - NAB SHOW 2015
Mar 19, 2019
17 - INSTAFAME
Mar 18, 2019
16 - LIGHTROOM KEYWORDS
Mar 17, 2019
15 - PHOTOGRAPHERS MAKING MOVIES
Mar 16, 2019
14 - FLICKR IS STILL COOL
Mar 15, 2019
13 - PLANNING & PRODUCING, W/GUEST KIRK OF MASTIN LABS
Mar 14, 2019
12 - STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY PHILOSOPHY
Mar 13, 2019
11 - SHOOTING NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Mar 11, 2019
10 - KEEPING LIGHT METERS RELEVENT THE AGE OF DIGITAL
Mar 10, 2019
9 - DO YOU WANT TO BE A GENERALIST OR SPECIALIST?
Mar 09, 2019
8 - THE TRAVELING PHOTOGRAPHER
Mar 08, 2019
7 - LIGHTROOM PRESETS: WE COMPARE VSCO, MASTIN LABS AND REPLICHROME
Mar 07, 2019
6 - PORTFOLIO PLATFORMS
Mar 06, 2019
5 - HOW TO BACKUP TOO MANY GIGABYTES
Mar 05, 2019
4 - THE YEAR IN GEAR: 2014
Mar 04, 2019
3 - PRIME VS ZOOM LENSES: HOW YOUR LENS EFFECTS YOUR PHOTOS
Mar 03, 2019
2 - IS THERE REALLY A FILM RENAISSANCE GOING ON?
Mar 03, 2019
1 - INTRODUCING CAMERAS... OR WHATEVER
Mar 02, 2019
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