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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. 107: Are the Sidelines a Place for a Parent With Two Kids Strapped to Them? - and more Sep 16, 2016

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Episode 107 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Jason O. Watson, CodeReplacements.com creator

In This Episode

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CodeReplacements.com creator Jason O. Watson opens the show. Thanks Jason!

Supermom...or an irresponsible mom? The Internets are divided about a mom putting her children in harm's way while shooting on the sidelines of a high school football game. (#)

The Fujifilm X-T2 arrives in the hands of photographers (including myself - Thanks digiDIRECT!) and Fujifilm warns of delays as it tries to meet demand. (#)

Getty Images tries to get the $1 Billion copyright suit against them tossed. (#)

Two podcasts had me on their shows. Host Nick Page and I talk about photographers being jerks on "Tripod" and the world's largest, most-listened-to podcast for everything iOS, "Today in iOS" asked for my take on the camera systems in the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. (#)

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!

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. 106: A Zeiss Loses out to a Sony - and more Sep 11, 2016

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Episode 106 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Peter Dering, Peak Design Founder & CEO

In This Episode

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Peak Design founder & CEO Peter Dering opens the show. Thanks Peter!

A Sony beats a Zeiss, but another Zeiss is a solid alternative for quite a bit cheaper. (#)

How far is too far when it comes to retouching photos? Well, a new tool makes it really easy. (#)

Is Canon set to release lenses with digital displays in them? (#)

Shutterstock's new Photoshop plugin one ups Adobe Stock. (#)

Three great new Zeiss lenses further flesh out the Milvus line. (#)

Two photographers allege that 80s rock band Motley Crüe used their photos on merch without permission or payment. (#)

Outtake and After Show

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.

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Ep. 105: Are Apple's New iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Worthy Tools to Photographers? - and more Sep 08, 2016

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Episode 105 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Lars Boering, World Press Photo Managing Director

In This Episode

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World Press Photo Managing Director Lars Boering opens the show. Thanks Lars!

Thank you to those who entered our Think Tank Photo camera bag giveaway!

Apple announces the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, but what do mean to photographers and mobile photography? (#)

Canon plans on selling its sensors, but could we see them in the bodies of Nikons and other camera brands? (#)

Fools destroy a natural landmark on the Oregon coast. (#)

Nikon launches its Nikon School Online with some top name instructors. (#)

Garmin beats GoPro to market with a voice-activated action camera. (#)

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. 104: A Surefire Way to Make Grandma Happy - and more Sep 04, 2016

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Episode 104 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured photographer: Jerome Taylor

In This Episode

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Agence France-Presse photojournalist Jerome Taylor opens the show. Thanks Jerome!

How to do some good with your photography, make someone's day and help improve the image of photographers.

Instagram with the most underwhelming "feature" of the year. (#)

Yongnuo drops a 35mm lens at half the price of Nikon's. (#)

Snapseed v2.9 now allows editing of RAW files on iOS devices. (#)

Tamron updates its beastly 150-600mm lens with cool new features. (#)

An 11 week college-level photography course complete with materials is available online. (#)

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. 103: How Does the Nikon D500 Really Perform? - and more Sep 01, 2016

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Episode 103 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Jeff Harmon, Photo Taco podcast

In This Episode

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Photo Taco podcast host Jeff Harmon opens the show. Thanks Jeff!

Me on the Photo Taco podcast August 30, 2016 episode "Sports Photography with Sharky James".

Our Think Tank Photo camera bag giveaway!

My assessment on how the Nikon D500 handles and performs as well as discussion about settings and my approach in low-light.

Sony drops a 50mm f/2.8 Macro lens. Do you shoot macro? (#)

A cool device for mounting your cameras to your wall and still being able to use them when you need to. (#)

A man in Kentucky sets bombs in trail cameras, but dies before telling authorities where they are and how many. (#)

New commercial drone regulations go into effect in the US. (#)

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. 102: Is the Canon 5D Mark IV a Worthy Upgrade - and more Aug 28, 2016

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Episode 102 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Gary Fong

In This Episode

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

Photographer and Lightsphere inventor Gary Fong opens the show. Thanks Gary!

The Canon 5D Mark IV has been announced, but is it an exciting update to the 5D Mark III...or just a solid attempt? (#)

Canon announces two new lenses and a WiFi adapter. (#)

Photographer Jasmine Star once again is accused of plagiarism, but after shaking it off in 2013, has it had any effect on her career and/or reputation? (#)

A ridiculous law in Nice, France has upset the Internets (that's right...the Internets)...as an official wants to limit the rights of those photographing police. (#)

A rumor that Sony will move to 16-bit lossless RAW in its cameras. (#)

Guest outro: Arizona Rattlers and Northern Arizona Suns team photographer Matt Hinshaw.

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. 101: A Photographer's Sony Service Nightmare - and more Aug 25, 2016

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Episode 101 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured: Paul Nisely, Sporting News 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.

Sporting News Director of Photography Paul Nisely opens the show. Thanks Paul!

A photographer/videographer in Hawaii is given varying reasons why Sony wouldn't fix his a7s II then goes public and gets their attention. (#)

SmugMug steps up and saves the day...along with 200 million photos of now-defunct Picturelife. (#)

Think Tank Photo updates their Shape Shifter bags to v2.0 with some great new upgrades. (#)

9-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has an arguably reasonable demand for future shoots. (#)

Canon patents a new sensor design which would improve performance at the edges. Is it the sensor in the 5D Mark IV? (#)

A new camera slider is super-compact and pretty darn cool looking. (#)

After show: Comparison of my daughter's outro over time.

Guest outro: David J. Murphy of the Around the Lens podcast.

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. 100: Our 100th Episode! - and more Aug 21, 2016

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Episode 100 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Featured photographer: Joe McNally

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.

Photographer and Nikon Ambassador Joe McNally opens the show. Thanks Joe!

A photographer insures his gear only to find out that it's not covered due to how it was stolen. (#)

500px Labs creates an insanely awesome way of looking for images to license and for inspiration. (#)

Flash is soon to be dead and if your website is built with it, you have limited time to change that or lose traffic and business. (#)

Is the Nikon 1 system dead as we've been saying for awhile now on the show? (#)

Are Brooks Institute's students out of luck? (#)

100th Episode After Show:

Q: Is there going to be a Lens Shark World Tour?

Q: How did "Nexxxxt!" start?

Q: What's up with "It's f/8 and 250th of a second outside. It's time to shoot!"?

Q: How many people listen to the podcast and where are they from?

Q: Sharky James, have you ever been recognized in public and if so, how did that go?

Q: How does an episode come together?

Q: What does the podcast mean to Sharky James?

Q: What's the best part about doing the show?

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. 99: Nikon Takes a Little and Gives a Little with the D3400...Very Little - and more Aug 18, 2016

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Here's episode 99 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show.

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.

Sony Artisan of Imagery Patrick Murphy-Racey opens the show. Thanks Patrick!

Nikon severely underwhelms with the D3400 which is basically a slightly upgraded D3000 with some features taken away. (#)

Friend of the show (and fellow listener) Doug Kaye from TWiP Network's "All About the Gear" has a $100 off deal for his Cuba workshops in honor of our 100th episode! Use discount code "SHARKY". Check out his Cuba pics and more.

Canon patents a variant of a crazy superzoom that may or may not materialize...but why? (#)

Leave your camera bag unattended in a big city and the bomb squad may just blow it up! (#)

A photojournalist's gear gets splattered by pink fire retardant dropped from a firefighting plane above his home. (#)

Parks Canada bans the use of devices to locate collared animals as "wildlife photographers" ruin things for everyone else. (#)

Datacolor puts together an incredible bundle for those who want an end-to-end focus and color management system. (#)

We're one episode away from our milestone 100th episode!

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. 98: Iconic Brooks Institute to Close After 70 Years - and more Aug 14, 2016

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Here's episode 98 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show.

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.

SI photographer and NebraskaProject.com's Bill Frakes opens the show. Thanks Bill!

After more than 70 years, storied Brooks Institute comes to and end. (#)

Additional rumors about the Canon 5D Mark IV. (#)

Eye-Fi kinda sorta changes its mind on its older cards. (#)

An inventor in Japan creates a gyro stabilizer inside a microSD to SD card adapter. (#)

A photographer in Poland rescues a young eagle stuck in coastal mud for a second time and it's all caught on amazing drone video. (#)

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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