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.
56 - CAMERON'S TAKE ON 2017
Apr 27, 2019
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56 - Cameron's take on 2017
Cameras or whatever
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55 - GEAR OF THE YEAR 2017
Apr 26, 2019
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55 - Gear of the Year 2017
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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
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54 - PHONE CAMERAS OF 2017: IPHONE 8, GALAXY S8 AND PIXEL 2
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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
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53 - MEDIUM FORMAT AND HASSELBLAD X1D REVIEW
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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.
52 - 35MM A.K.A. FULL FRAME
Apr 23, 2019
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52 - 35MM A.K.A. FULL FRAME
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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.
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