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109 Happy TFOP Holidays! (And fulfilling your family obligations as a photographer) Dec 25, 2019

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Happy Holidays to all our listeners, friends and family! Holidays are a time of photographic opportunity and occasionally obligation. To help you maximise/survive the TFOP team offer these creative ideas. Chris: Move that camera, especially around all those Christmas lights. Ade: Theme a shot - Christmas mugshots with presents - one lens, one light, one plain wall. Or maybe rent a lens so you can have fun and experiment and learn whilst also doing the holiday chores. Or give away photos as you shoot - make people smile! (Selphy dye sub, instant film, zink...). Eimear: I am far more likely to be found sweating in the kitchen on Christmas day. Seriously... I do love looking back at old albums from when I was a kid, Christmas featured heavily in those, simpler times. Jeremiah: Extreme macro holiday-themed image! Don Komarechka, Lenshield, the freelensing helper. Picks of the week: Kodak Ektachrome in 4x5, Zines and Issuu, Photographing light as a wave AND a aprticle, Jermeiah's very own Christmas Vacation.

108 The Ingredients of Creativity Dec 18, 2019

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Chris and Jeremiah discuss a topic that has always been at the foundation of photography and that in future, with sheer unlimited possibilities, play an even greater role: creativity. What is it, what can it be and where will it go? Picks of the week: 99pi - episode "The Kirkbride Plan", Miyu Kojima, kodokushi (link 2), toothpaste for dinner.

107 Movie Production Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (pt 1) Dec 11, 2019

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The start of a mammoth conversation on movie making past, present and FUTURE (of course). We talk colour, equipment, vision and story, story, story in this first slice. Picks of the week: 99pi is a great podcast, and this show in particular. This Unreal Engine resource is a glimpse into the future of production. And how about getting inspired by some of the best ever cinematography.

106 Tech Update Dec 04, 2019

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Sony's 3-layer sensor incorporates not just the light-sensitive pixels, but also some DRAM and logic, sandwiched on top of each other. This enables Sony to achieve high frame rates without the dreaded rolling shutter effect. | Scientists at the university of Utah have developed a lens that is 1000x thinner than regular optics. We speculate about how this could change photography in the future. And it's not all positive. | Out of Germany comes the self-resetting pixel which promises a way to end overexposure once and for all. Chris remembers MIT's Modulo Camera, which proposed the same method. | The traditional method of film makers to animate static 2D images is getting challenged by researchers at the Portland State University. Their 3D Ken Burns effect is AI generated and actually quite mind-blowing.

105 Land Art Photography Nov 27, 2019

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Eimear introduces us to land/earth art, with Andy Goldsworthy's art as a great example. We explore how this art form depends on other media and how you would show and present this art to audiences that are not in the position to go there. VR? Photography? And would that become its own new form of art in the process? | Picks of the week: Samir Belhamra, the art of Andy Goldsworthy

104 Images in the News Nov 20, 2019

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How do we best represent climat change in our images. One newspaper has made some choices - what do the team feel about that. And sports coverage has taken an uncomfortable turn | Picks of the week: A: Obsolete and Discontinued - a book edited by Mike Crawford. The work of Annuar Patjane. Fyuse app | Twitter: @tfopnow

103 How Slow Can You Go? Nov 13, 2019

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This week the team slooooww down. Inspired by a news article about an amazing artist, we discuss the benefits of making images more slowly - different approach, different kit, different outcomes | Picks of the week: Solarcan solography, making long exposures on your phone. And set yourself an assignment with friends! Book: Jeff Bridges: Pictures Volume 2 | Web: thefutureofphotography.com | Twitter: @tfopnow

102 AI Queer Eye for the All-I Oct 30, 2019

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A techy show this week - how to make moving images by extrapolating for a single still. New technology from MIT that can turn still images into video. Could this be the panacea for all photographers that find video really hard? | A bit of background reading on the reason for the show title. | Picks of the week: [Fuji X-Pro 3](), Crazy niche cameras | E: The Tao of Photography by Tom Ang.

101 The Future of Skill Oct 23, 2019

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Over the history of photography, less and less skill was required to take photos. Photography used to be alchemy: chemistry, glass plates, very skillful processes. Then cameras evolved to free us from the requirement of tech skills. But now we have so much choice, so many tools. Is it now harder to produce great images? | Photo highlights: Trent Mitchell's series of images on people who body surf. The art and photography of Felix Hernandez. The Camino Voyage | Picks of the week: New MIT algorithms to make movies from stills. Make your own rocket.

100 What Do We Do Here? Oct 16, 2019

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Show 100!!!!! A huge thank you to all our listeners for all your support and engagement over the the life of TFOP. This week we indulge ourselves in a little reminiscing, talking about our own imagery and speculating wildly. Fun times! – Photo highlights: Speed of development, Body camera behaviour, photographing a black hole, Christian Stangl's Comet, The Art of Noticing, Maria Popova, Sarah Moon – Our photos: J: Western, J: Assasin, A: Flares, E: Rainbow, E: Tightrope, C: Flag, C: Escalator – What we see in the future: Photo tour to Mars with Chris, solution to protecting artist's work, teaching fine arts in school, photo archaeology.

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