Author: Antonio Marques

What’s your Level in Photography – The Results

The results of our poll “What’s your Level in Photography” are out.

For the past weeks we had open a poll in which we asked What’s your Level in Photography. As explained, we intended to see if the content we are providing in our podcasts is adequate to the audience that listens to the show.

Before going into the results, we’d like to express our thanks to all of you who voted. The participation was great…

So, from the 127 votes:

The biggest piece of the pie goes for the Serious Hobbyists (47%), followed by Enthusiasts, Semi-Pros, Beginners and Pros with 25%, 17%, 9% and 2%, respectively.

These results confirm our assumption of whom our listeners are and probably the biggest surprise was the low number of Professional photographers listening to the show… or maybe not.

In any case, thanks again for your participation.

In the next days episode #6 will be released (what a good discussion we had on this one). After that, a new poll will be open.

For now, share your thoughts about these results on the comments sections bellow. Is our content matching our audience or not really?

If you’re new around, don’t forget to point your podcatcher of choice to our feed to receive the latest episodes as soon as they come out.

See you on the other side of the microphone…

PhotoNetCast #5 – Pros and Cons of Geotagging and Traditional versus Online Shops for photography

In the episode 5 of PhotoNetCast we discuss the Pros and Cons of Geotagging and talk about the advantages of supporting your local retailers.

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In the episode 5 of PhotoNetCast we discuss the Pros and Cons of Geotagging and talk about the advantages of supporting your local retailers.

Thanks to all that left comments on the previous show and to all that are participating in our poll, it’s a great help for us. The poll will be open for a few more days, just in case you haven’t cast your vote. Afterwards, a new one will come…

Going into the technical side, we tried to improve the sound quality and, although I feel it’s better than the previous episodes, we’d like your feedback on this. Do you notice some improvements?

Before going into the show notes, one of the topics that we are going to discuss on the next show is Analog vs. Digital Photography. I know that this can be a controversial topic and I’m sure you have your opinions on the advantages and disadvantages of each. Which one do you use and prefer and why? Use the contact form or leave us a voice message. We’d much appreciate your input on this.

And now to the show…

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Show Notes

Pros and Cons of Geotagging

The subject of Geotagging is popping up more and more. But is it worth the effort? To whom does it provide value? Listen to what we have to say on this.

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Traditional versus Online Photography Shops

With the increased convenience and often lower prices, online shops are one of the primary locations to look for new photographic equipment. But the traditional shops can still compete, mainly by offering something that online shops will never be able to: personal service.

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PhotoNetCast #4 – Keeping your photos safe with regular backups and Embarrassing Moments

On today’s show we cover the backup procedure each of us uses and share some embarrassing moments / newbie mistakes we made in the field. We hope you like it.

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Keeping your photos safe with regular backups and Embarrassing Moments

After three attempts we finally managed to release a show a little bit shorter. This is probably the length we are going to aim at on future episodes. What do you think? It’s too long still or good enough?

On today’s show we cover the backup procedure each of us uses and share some embarrassing moments / newbie mistakes we made in the field. We hope you like it.

And although we don’t mention it in the show, we have an open poll. We’d like to know a little more about your level in photography. This will help us plan what topics to cover on future episodes.

Also, there is a new way for you to interact with us besides the comments, email or voice messages. Let’s say that you are going through your regular blog posts and read something that interests you and you’d like for us to discuss in the show or at least share our point of view. Bookmark it on del.icio.us with the tag for:photonetcast and we’ll see it for sure.

And now, on with the show…

 

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Show Notes

Backup your Photos

If you remember the last show, we were discussing how to organize your photos and ended the discussion before going into backups. In this show we go right into it and share our way of doing regular backups and what we do to prevent loss of files, even if something goes wrong with the drives.

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Embarrassing moments / Mistakes on the field

Every photographer has, at some time or other, made mistakes that are typical of beginners. In this segment we share your own stories. We wanted to make it funny, but beyond that, we wanted to alert you to some errors that you can easily prevent. We’ve made them so that you don’t have to (well, not really, but you can always keep them in mind).

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