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**Lens Shark Photography Podcast**

The PetaPixel Podcast is a twice-weekly podcast about the wonderful world of photography. It’s a fusion of news, opinions, humor, and real-world experience, bundled into a show that you can listen to on your way to work.

Subscribe today to stay up to date with what’s going on in the photo industry from one of the-most-listened-to photography podcasts.

Join thousands of photographers from around the world who enjoy host Sharky James’ twice-weekly photo podcast where you’ll have fun, improve your photography and solve those pesky problems you’ve been having. Leave voicemails, send in your questions and get answers!

Latest Episodes:

Ep. 117: A New Nikon 70-200 and Tilt-Shift Are Announced - and more Oct 20, 2016

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Episode 117 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Wyman Meinzer, Official Lone Star State Photographer

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Official Lone Star State Photographer Wyman Meinzer opens the show. Thanks Wyman!

Nikon surprises by announcing the incredibly expensive AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR and PC Nikkor 19mm f/4E ED. (#)

Macphun takes aim at Lightroom with Luminar...and a new approach. (#)

A listener tells a friend her photography is good, regrets it, and wants to know what to do now that friends and family have encouraged her to charge for her work.

Flash Porter aims to help you back up a ton of images in the field without the use of a computer. (#)

Amazon Family Vault extends the free, unlimited photo storage of Prime members to their non-member friends as well. (#)

Outtakes

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Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome!

You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: "Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!"

Ep. 116: How Fast Is Fast Enough? - and more Oct 16, 2016

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Episode 116 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Photographer Jay P. Morgan of The Slanted Lens

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Photographer Jay P. Morgan of The Slanted Lens opens the show. Thanks Jay P.!

Ridiculously fast media cards may be just a couple of years away, but when is fast enough, fast enough? (#)

Sigma's CEO lays out the three reasons why his company makes cameras even though lenses are what they do best. (#)

A free, smart alternative for upscaling your photos. (#)

5 Day Deal 2016 offers $2,500+ in photography goodness for just $97, helps benefit charity and this podcast as well. (#)

A Canadian photographer is imprisoned in Cuba for flying his drone and tells his tale. (#)

Outtakes

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Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome!

Ep. 115: A Mixed Bag Is a Good Bag - and more Oct 13, 2016

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Episode 115 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Photographer, retoucher and digital artist Clinton Lofthouse

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Photographer, retoucher and digital artist Clinton Lofthouse opens the show. Thanks Clinton!

Google ditches yet another service and this time it's one that was quite useful to photographers. (#)

A new web-based service seeks to use AI to tell you if your photos are good or not, but does it actually work? (#)

Listener Bob in Illinois wants to know if his gear should ride in the trunk or his backseat due to temperature. Practical advice is given along with safety concerns are addressed.

An Italian company has a specially-designed Nikon engineered to keep things cool when doing astrophotography. (#)

This Week in Photo (aka "TWiP") has me on for the fourth time. TWiP #486

Photographer Tim Mantoani dies. (#)

Outtakes

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Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome!

Ep. 114: Sony Surprises With the a6500 and RX100 V - and more Oct 09, 2016

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Episode 114 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Photograher Felix Hernandez

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Photographer Felix Hernandez opens the show. Thanks Felix!

Sony stuns and announces the a6500 just 8 months after releasing the a6300...with in-body image stabilization and more. But is it worth upgrading for? (#)

A photographer's gear is stolen in a church pew just minutes before a couple was to wed. The importance of insurance and personal responsibility is discussed. (#)

Sony announces the RX100 V, further improving this class of camera. (#)

Bowens announces two new solid lighting solutions. (#)

Photoshop Elements turns 15. (#)

Noted Canadian artist and photographer Barbara McClatchie Andrews is killed in Mexico. (#)

NYC-based photographer Christopher Serrano dies while trying to shoot photos from the roof of a moving train. (#)

Outtake

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Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome!

Ep. 113: Couches in Fields and Other Nonsense - and more Oct 06, 2016

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Episode 113 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Commercial lifestyle and environmental portrait photographer Erik Valind

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NYC-based photographer, author and educator, Erik Valind opens the show. Thanks Erik!

Listener Joe in Delaware wants to know alternatives to the overdone couch in the field, train tracks, etc. shoots and if more giveaways are coming.

MeFOTO announces a new line of tripods with a removable leg that's not a monopod this time around. (#)

Hoya releases a line of Infrared ND filters to help solve color-shift in newer, high resolution sensors. (#)

Facebook helps make it easier for photographers and others to buy and sell locally. (#)

Google releases the Pixel and Pixel XL and DxOMark's tests show it bests the iPhone. (#)

Dutch photojournalist Jeroen Oerlemans dies in Libya. (#)

Outtake

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Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome!

Ep. 112: Should You Even Have to Ask? - and more Oct 02, 2016

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Episode 112 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Lisa Bettany, photographer and Camera+ co-founder

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Photographer and Camera+ co-founder Lisa Bettany opens the show. Thanks Lisa!

Should photographers have to ask permission in before photographing someone in public? (#)

Samyang indicates that Canon and Nikon mounts are in the works for their autofocus lenses previously available in Sony E-mount. (#)

Photos and videos posted to Facebook from your smartphone and tablet aren't necessarily in high resolution without this setting. (#)

Laowa unveils one of the most unusual lenses we've ever seen. (#)

Listener Dave Dougdale wants to know how best to focus on swimmers consider they're creating splashes of water that might grab your camera's focus...and a bonus tip for easily lighting dark indoor pools.

Reviewers pan the new DJI Mavic Pro...but apparently don't know how to focus the drone's camera. (#)

Outtakes

Connect With Us

Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome!

Ep. 111: Does Portrait Orientation Have a Future? - and more Sep 29, 2016

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Episode 111 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Headshot and portrait photographer Nechama Leitner

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NYC-based headshot and portrait photographer Nechama Leitner opens the show. Thanks Nechama!

Listener Jack wants to know why portrait orientation seems to be out of favor in recent years...even for portraiture.

Olympus explains image stabilization's theoretical limitation, but is IS becoming less relevant as we get higher and higher usable ISOs? (#)

Instagram now allows you to save posts as a draft so you can create then post when it has a better chance of being seen. (#)

Sigma announces development of lenses for Sony's popular E-mount. (#)

Hensel one-ups Profoto, but with a TTL-free monolight. (#)

DJI announces it's Mavic Pro foldable drone with features the recently-announced GoPro Karma drone doesn't have. (#)

Outtakes

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Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome!

Ep. 110: The Photokina 2016 Mega Episode – Part 2 - and more Sep 25, 2016

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Episode 110 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Brad Smith, former Sports Illustrated Director of Photography

In This Episode

If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us.

Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section.

Former Sports Illustrated Director of Photography, Brad Smith opens the show. Thanks Brad!

Lightroom gets a much-needed speed boost with Smart Previews. (#)

Amazon ditches its $12/year unlimited storage...and finally launches a photo printing service to Shutterfly's chagrin. (#)

Panasonic reveals its upcoming GH5 body with stills and video features. (#)

500+ million Yahoo! passwords were hacked...and why you need to change yours on Flickr and elsewhere ASAP. (#)

Alien Skin releases its Exposure X2 software. (#)

Flickr throws its Marketplace stock service overboard. (#)

Outtake

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Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

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Ep. 109: The Photokina 2016 Mega Episode - Part 1 - and more Sep 22, 2016

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Episode 109 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Dany Eid, Nikon and Carl Zeiss Ambassador

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Nikon and Carl Zeiss Ambassador Dany Eid opens the show. Thanks Dany!

Sony revives the zombie that was the Sony A-mount system with the incredibly compelling a99 II. (#)

Sigma announces three new lenses; an 85mm f/1.4, a 12-24mm f/4 and a 500mm f/4 . (#)

Olympus announces the OM-D E-M1 Mark II; a Micro Four-Thirds body with some really sweet features. (#)

SanDisk reveals the world's largest SDXC card at 1TB, but do you want all your egg's in that big of a basket? (#)

Fujifilm announces its first mirrorless medium format camera and 6 G-mount lenses for it. (#)

GoPro finally shows off its foldable Karma drone, with removable stabilizer and backpack for just $799. (#)

Nikon not only releases its KeyMission 360, but two other models as well. (#)

Outtakes

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Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome!

Ep. 108: Why the Canon EOS M5 is a Mirrorless Mess - and more Sep 18, 2016

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Episode 108 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Leigh Diprose, Australian commercial photographer

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Australian commercial photographer Leigh Diprose opens the show. Thanks Leigh!

Canon's halfhearted attempt to compete in the mirrorless market meets with a lack of enthusiasm. (#)

Pentax's K-1 full-frame sensor comes in 3rd in DxOMark's testing and smokes the new Canon 5D Mark IV's sensor. (#)

How I failed to plan and came up short at the football field.

Canon releases it's EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 IS II with the new digital information display. (#)

A photographer in Belarus goes up against state-run television, loses a copyright claim and has to see his images used against his will. (#)

Outtake

Connect With Us

Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome!

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