PhotoNetCast #90 – Looking back, looking forward

Besides a good discussion on the latest news topics, we look back at the ending year and share some of what’s coming in 2015.

We hope you had a great Christmas together with your loved ones (and that Santa has been generous with the photographic treats).

For the last episode of the year, we decided to have a quick look into the past year, from our photography ventures and also from PhotoNetCast’s perspective. At the same time, we briefly discuss what we have planned for 2015, and what we expect to change during the year.

We also address some of the news topics: the appearance of a new file format that wants to take JPEG head on; Flickr backtracks on the whole Creative Commons for Wall Art thing; Fuji firmware updates add features for X-T1, X-E2, X-E1, and X-Pro1, Metz, a leading provider of lights just a few years back, files for insolvency; a new service that promises centralising all your social media photo uploads; Time UK being naughty with rights grabs; and lastly a Toronto Gallery Buys the Entire Collection of Vivian Maier Negatives Owned by Jeffrey Goldstein.

After all this, the show was just getting too long so we’ve split it in two, with Listener Questions and Selected from the Web coming up on a separate episode, just after the New Year.

 

 

Hope you enjoy the show and, as always, feedback and suggestions are very much appreciated.

From all of us at PhotoNetCast, we wish you a great entry into 2015.

PhotoNetCast #55 – Mobile photo apps, and other topics

On the first PNC of the year, we answer listener questions, talk about some news topics, and discuss mobile photo apps.

First of all I have to apologize for the delay in releasing this episode. It was recorded in the beginning of January, but only now I had the time to edit and publish. Hope you understand.

We start the show by answering a few listener questions (see below), continue with a short revision of some interesting topics on the news, namely the new “wireless lens” cameras and the discovery of a large amount of work by Vivien Maier, and get into the main topic talking about mobile photo apps. Unfortunately we only had “one side of the equation” with iPhone users, no Android or other platforms were discussed.

If you’re interested, here’s the list of the photo apps we mentioned, and their prices (at the time we recorded) on the iTunes store:

Photocalc – $2.99; Xposure – free; Photogene – $1.99; Focalware – $4.99; Nightcamera – $0.99; The Photographer’s Ephemeris – $8.99; Instagram – free; 360 Panorama – $1.99; ToonPaint – $1.99; See This! – $0.99; Easy Release – $9.99; Hipstamatic – $1.99 (plus add-ons); iFolio – free; Massive Dev Chart – $7.99; BestCam $2.99; 100 Cameras in 1 $1.99; Fotomatic $1.99; Camera+ $1.99; True HDR $1.99; Autostitch $1.99; Sunrise Sunset $0.99, Shakeitphoto $0.99, Flickr (Free); Filterstorm $3.99; Picture Show $1.99; White Sands Fine Art ePhotobook $4.99

 

UPDATE: Episode #56 is also recorded and will be released soon. Trey Ratcliff is our guest on that one. Still on mobile photo apps, we have a bunch of giveaway codes for 2 other apps, Photo Verse and Pixelsync but you’ll have to listen to it to know how to score one of these codes.

For now, enjoy the show…

 

 

 

Show Notes

 

Listener questions

  • David Falk: Hi guys, I need to get a shutter release cable and I would like your opinion on the main features I should be looking at. Any particular one you recommend? Thanks and keep up the great work with the show.
  • Peter Johnson: I have some extra batteries that I use when travelling. When not travelling I keep using and recharging the same battery. Do you think this is the best approach? Would you keep your spare batteries recharged or let them dry and recharge only before needing?
  • Matt Kuhn: Hey guys, I have a quick tech question for you. I shoot raw, and would like to be able to import my images and keep the in camera settings after import, so black and white or sepia or saturation or … maintains the same as it was shot in camera, instead of readjusting my images in the computer. I import and do the bulk of my processing in LR3, and would love to hear that this is possible.

News

Selected from the Web