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3/29/2018 0 Comments

Camera and Inspiration #12 | PPN | Beauty and still life photography inspiration with Zoë Noble

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This is episode #12 of the Camera and Inspiration show at “PPN - Photo Podcast Network” for March 2018.


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  • Zoë Noble is an incredible beauty and still life photographer as well as a very skilled retoucher from England. She is passionate about crafting stories with beautiful light. Her images are bold and graphic and sometimes idiosyncratic, and her editorial work has been published in Vogue Arabia, Harper’s BAZAAR Arabia and ELLE Japan. And she has been commissioned by brands such as Sony, Ableton L’Oreal Paris just to name a few.
 
  • Zoë picks this month inspirational photographer: Ben Hassett. He a self-taught beauty photographer from England who now lives and works in New York City and has the reputation as one of the worlds best beauty photographers. Please check out his work on his website: http://www.benhassett.com
 
  • In the main part of this episode, Marco and Zoë discuss how she became a self taught beauty and still life photographer and how her photo retouching skills help her to get constant jobs even in tough beauty photography market. Zoë also shares how she approaches her photo assignments and gives great advice for beginning beauty photographers.
 
  • Marco’s inspirational photo book of the month is called: “50 Portraits” - by Gregory Heisler. B&H: https://bhpho.to/2GIA9dc 
Amazon Germany: https://amzn.to/2J3slB6



Here are the links to Zoë’s work and social media accounts:

Web: http://www.zoenoble.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY3OplDBTeMNeOKtkBOkqiQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zonophoto/
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ZoNoPhoto
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZoeNoblePhotography


Please support our show by using our B&H affiliate link (click here) that will not cost you a penny more than when you are buying at B&H without our link. And the more this link will be used to buy at B&H, the more giveaways we’ll be able to give back to our listeners through B&H. It really is a “win-win” situation :)


And please share this podcast with your friends and subscribe via iTunes. We would also love to get your feedback. Is there anything that you want us to cover on the show in the future? And we would appreciate if you could take a short moment to rate or post a quick review for our shows on iTunes.

For more information on Marco Larousse follow him on Twitter: @HamburgCam

About this show:
On the monthly “Camera and Inspiration” podcast show of the PPN - Photo Podcast Network, Marco and usually a guest discuss the essence of photography and how to photograph with more intent. Determining the “why” before the “how” in photography is essential to understanding your subject better and create stronger images. In each episode, they introduce you to an inspirational photographer of the month and also share an inspirational photo book of the month.
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Zoë Noble

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Marco Larousse is a journalist and a fine art, street and documentary photographer, a educator, speaker, and podcast producer of photography related topics - MarcoLarousse.com. Marco has a background in photography of 30+ years.

Marco's approach to photography is "reduce to the basics and focus on the story and the subject." Growing up with the limitations that film photography has taught him, he still enjoys the basic approach to photography today. For Marco the camera is a tool and a mere extension of his instincts.

Marco is Co-Founder, Host and the Producer at Photo Podcast Network. 

Contact Marco on: Twitter @HamburgCam​   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcoLarousse1   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marco.larousse/

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3/21/2018 0 Comments

More Gear Show #12 | PPN | Modern lens adapters and how they can benefit your creativity and save you money

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The More Gear Show topic this month is: Modern lens adapters and how they can benefit your creativity and make you less dependent on camera brands.

This episode is sponsored by:

Skylum and Luminar 2018 - The most innovative photo editor for Mac and PC.


This More Gear Topic will be about lens adapters and you may be surprised what kind of options are out there today because this segment has really seen some interesting innovation far beyond a simple metal mount adapter from a decade ago. And it would not surprise me if you will start to look around for vintage lenses to give it a try after you’ve listened to this show.

Gear that Marco discussed in this episode:

Basic lens adapters without optical elements or electronic connectors for aperture control. These are best used for vintage manual focus lenses with physical aperture rings around the lens:

  • FotodioX Pro Lens Mount Adapter for M42 to Canon EF-Mount cameras: ca. $10 https://bhpho.to/2pqgVQ0

  • FotodioX Olympus OM Pro Lens Adapter for Fujifilm X-Mount Cameras: ca. $23 https://bhpho.to/2psLeFp

  • Vello Olympus OM Lens to Micro Four Thirds Camera Lens Adapter: ca. $40 https://bhpho.to/2pyKor5  

Mechanical MF lens adapter for lenses without an aperture ring. These adapters have an extra set of aperture blades that allow you to stop down the lens without having to activate the internal electronic aperture blades inside the lens:

  • Vello Canon EF/EF-S Lens to Fujifilm X-Mount Camera Lens Adapter with Aperture Control: ca. $70 https://bhpho.to/2FWaBG1

  • Vello Canon EF/EF-S Lens to Micro Four Thirds Camera Lens Adapter with Aperture Control: ca. $60 https://bhpho.to/2DKw3ff

Fully automatic adapters allow the use of electronic lenses on different mount systems. Such as Canon EF lenses to Sony E Mount. The AF and aperture control are enabled when using these adapters:

  • Metabones T Smart Adapter for Canon EF or Canon EF-S Mount Lens to Select Micro Four Thirds-Mount Cameras: ca. $400 https://bhpho.to/2ptLJ2d

  • Metabones Canon EF/EF-S Lens to Sony E Mount T Smart Adapter (Fifth Generation): ca. $400 https://bhpho.to/2psQusF


Speed booster adapters are another alternative that can offer two advantages:

  1. An internal lens element reduces the image size before it hits the sensor - effectively increasing your field of view and eliminating the crop factor. This can be very useful to maintain the field of view of a full frame lens on crop sensor cameras such as APS-C or m4/3. With these adapters, a 35mm FF lens can give you a FOV close to 35mm on your APS-C or m4/3 sensor camera.
  2. By bundling more light and sending it to the sensor, you can also gain an additional stop (or more) of light and reduce higher ISO values in low light.  

  • Metabones Canon FD Lens to Fujifilm X-Mount Camera Speed Booster ULTRA: ca. $450 https://bhpho.to/2DJOL6x
 
  • Metabones Olympus OM Lens to Fujifilm X-Mount Camera Speed Booster ULTRA: ca. $450 https://bhpho.to/2ptH68h
 
  • Metabones T Speed Booster XL 0.64x Adapter for Full-Frame Canon EF-Mount Lens to Select Micro Four Thirds-Mount Cameras: (1.3 stops more light) ca. $650 https://bhpho.to/2FXQcQJ


More links related to this episode:

  • Here is the complete B&H lens adapter section: https://bhpho.to/2DJqwWr
 
  • And here are some used manual lenses from the B&H used lens department: https://bhpho.to/2FQXVUW


For more information on Marco Larousse follow him on:
Website: www.MarcoLarousse.com
Twitter: @HamburgCam
Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarcoLarousse1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marco.larousse/


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Please support our show by using our B&H affiliate link (click here) that will not cost you a penny more than when you are buying at B&H without our link. And the more this link will be used to buy at B&H, the more giveaways we’ll be able to give back to our listeners through B&H. It really is a “win-win” situation :)

And please share this podcast with your friends and subscribe via iTunes. We would also love to get your feedback. Is there anything that you want us to cover on the show in the future? And we would appreciate if you could take a short moment to rate or post a quick review for our shows on iTunes.
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Author

Marco Larousse is a journalist and a fine art, street and documentary photographer, a educator, speaker, and podcast producer of photography related topics - MarcoLarousse.com. Marco has a background in photography of 30+ years.

Marco's approach to photography is "reduce to the basics and focus on the story and the subject." Growing up with the limitations that film photography has taught him, he still enjoys the basic approach to photography today. For Marco the camera is a tool and a mere extension of his instincts.

Marco is Co-Founder, Host and the Producer at Photo Podcast Network. 

Contact Marco on: Twitter @HamburgCam​   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcoLarousse1   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marco.larousse/

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3/14/2018 2 Comments

We Shoot Mirrorless #12 | PPN | Sony a7 III, Canon EOS M50, Olympus FW updates, and more

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On this episode #12 of the “We Shoot Mirrorless” podcast for March 2018, Marco and Scott discuss these new products and mirrorless topics:

This show is sponsored by:

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  • Scott has been flying more miles in the past month, than most of the migratory birds that he photographs usually fly in a whole year. And he tells us what he has been up to.

  • Next, they cover the current mirrorless industry news and comments by executives regarding the growth and bright future of the mirrorless imaging market.

  • Sony launched their new a7 III - a full frame mirrorless camera with 24MP BSI sensor and 5-Axis image stabilization. Sony says that this camera has improved AF speed and battery capacity that is about twice as powerful as on the previous model. And for what it offers the price of $2000 may be tempting for many photographers switching over from DSLR’s

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2DlRT8Q
Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2HnHH1H

  • Canon announced the EOS M50 mirrorless camera. This model is positioned above the EOS M100 and has a built-in EVF. But the additional strong crop factor when shooting 4K video may be a deal breaker for more serious videographers looking for a photo camera to work with.
B&H: https://bhpho.to/2FtGFoJ
Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2p3ZS4Y

  • Olympus has announced a big FW upgrade for OM-D E-M1 II, E-M5 and Pen-F cameras that you can find here: http://www.getolympus.com/firmware

  • Scott talks about his world experience with the Olympus Digital ED 17mm 1:1.2 Pro lens and Marco explains some real-world benefits of this lens compared to an f1.8 version.
B&H: https://bhpho.to/2htbn6z
Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2p8GgN4

  • Panasonic announced the new ultra telephoto Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 50-200mm f2.8-4 ASPH lens for m4/3 cameras. With an equivalent field of view of a traditional 100-400mm lens, the lens weight of 655g or 1.44 lb is quite appealing and a nice completion of Panasonic’s f2.8-4 lens range (8-18mm f2.8-4, 12-60mm f2.8-4, and now 50-200mm f2.8-4)
B&H: https://bhpho.to/2FsM1QK

    
  • Sigma announced that it will make 9 of their Prime Art lenses available for Sony E-Mount in the future. These lenses are planned for the E-Mount: 14mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art, 20mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, 35mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, 70mm F2.8 DG Macro | Art, Sigma 85mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, Sigma 105mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, Sigma 135mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art

  • Tokina has announced that it will offer an AF version of their 20mm FiRIN f2 FE lens for Sony E-Mount. Currently, this lens is only available as a manual focus version.
MF version at B&H: https://bhpho.to/2DinZCe


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Mirrorless question of the month:

Hi, I started my photographic journey many years ago with an Olympus OM10 film camera. Eventually moving on to digital cameras with my first digital SLR being the Olympus E410 four-thirds system. I had a couple of lenses for this, the kit lens 14-42 and the 70-300 zoom 4-5.6.
I now own the Olympus OM-D EM10 MK1 with a 17mm f1.8 lens. This combination is perfect for street photography but I do also enjoy other types of photography especially wildlife. For this I do need more focal length and the obvious thing would be to purchase a new lens but money is tight and I already have lenses that could be used to get closer.
I use the 70-300 with the Olympus four-thirds adapter on my OM-D EM10 body. The problem is, it’s very slow to focus. A google search gave me the impression that some newer Olympus bodies were better able to focus this type of lens. Is this the case and would I be better off with an EM-1 I or II or are there some settings that I can make that would aid the use of this lens?
Best wishes Rob, Somerset, UK



  • We have a PPN Photo Podcast Network group at Flickr (click link) that is open to our listeners and photos taken with all mirrorless camera brands. If you want to join just let us know through the "request invitation" button on the group and drop us a quick line there. We'll add you to the group then. And please ask for the invite via the web browser and not via the Flickr App. The invite process via the app has not been working reliably.
You can also submit an image using the Instagram hashtag #WeShootMirrorless

  • We have picked our monthly featured photographer and image from the submitted photos. Our monthly We Shoot Mirrorless feature photo and photographer of the month is: David Queenan - Loch Ard (click here).


Please support our show by using our B&H affiliate link (click here) that will not cost you a penny more than when you are buying at B&H without our link. And the more this link will be used to buy at B&H, the more giveaways we’ll be able to give back to our listeners through B&H. It really is a “win-win” situation :)

And please share this podcast with your friends and subscribe via iTunes. We would also love to get your feedback. Is there anything that you want us to cover on the show in the future? And we would appreciate if you could take a short moment to rate or post a quick review about our shows on iTunes.

For more information on Marco Larousse follow him on Twitter: @HamburgCam
For more information on Scott Bourne follow him on Twitter: @ScottBourne

About this show:
On the monthly #WeShootMirrorless episode of the “PPN - Photo Podcast Network” show, Marco and a guest will discuss news from the mirrorless camera world related to innovations, trends, gear and accessories. And they will introduce mirrorless camera brands by interviewing the respective managers of those manufacturers. They will also invite pro photographers who make their living working with mirrorless cameras to share some tips and tricks on their workflow.
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This month's PPN mirrorless photo & photographer pick: "Lock Ard" by David Queenan

Author

Marco Larousse is a journalist and a fine art, street and documentary photographer, a educator, speaker, and podcast producer of photography related topics - MarcoLarousse.com. Marco has a background in photography of 30+ years.

Marco's approach to photography is "reduce to the basics and focus on the story and the subject." Growing up with the limitations that film photography has taught him, he still enjoys the basic approach to photography today. For Marco the camera is a tool and a mere extension of his instincts.

Marco is Co-Founder, Host and the Producer at Photo Podcast Network. He also co-hosts the monthly "We Shoot Mirrorless" and "Camera and Inspiration" podcasts episodes.

Contact Marco on: Twitter @HamburgCam​   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcoLarousse1   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marco.larousse/

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3/7/2018 1 Comment

Q&A #10 | PPN | Watermarks on Photos, Real Portrait Lenses, and VAriable ND-Filters

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This is the PPN - Q&A podcast episode #10 for March 2018.

Please submit your photography related questions to us here: http://www.photopodcasts.com/contact.html


This episode is sponsored by PhotoShelter - Please use this link for a 14 day free trial and use our PPN listener discount code “PHOTOPODCASTS” to save 20% at checkout for new members signing up for a regular or pro account.


Here are the questions that Marco answers in this episode:

1. Hi Marco, I really love the 4 different photography shows and enjoy your diverse selection of photographer guests. I have a question regarding the online presentation of my images. I think that I have heard you say, that you are a fan of putting a watermark on your photos when you share them online. Other photographers say that they don’t put a watermark on their images because it destroys the optical esthetics and the copyright info is in the metadata of the image already. I’m really in between two fences here and would like to get your take on it. Thank you!
Question from: Danielle, Sydney, Australia


2. Hi PPN Team, my project for 2018 is to start to become a serious portrait photographer. I use a Fuji X-T2 and have the XF 14mm f2.8, XF 23mm f2, and XF 35mm f1.4 lens so far. I’m looking at buying a real portrait lens and I’m in between the XF 56mm f1.2 and the XF 90mm f2. I’ve heard that both are optically very good, but which focal length would be better?
Thanks for all the shows!
Question from: Sandro, Toronto, Canada


3. You’ve talked about the advantages and disadvantages of variable ND filters in your last Q&A show #9. This has convinced me to go with standard ND filters for my purpose (mainly landscape and long exposure Photography). But now I would like to piggyback on the question and ask if I should buy round screw on filters or rather the large square sliding filters?
Question from: Michelle, San Diego, California

Haida Filter System as discussed in the show:

Haida 100mm Filter Holder:
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B&H: https://bhpho.to/2Fkxvuo

Haida 100mm NanoPro MC Circular Polarizer
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B&H: https://bhpho.to/2oRrivT

Haida 100mm Solid Neutral Density 3.0 Filter (10-Stop)
Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2Fr7gyx
B&H: https://bhpho.to/2tooLOn

Haida 100mm NanoPro MC Soft Edge Graduated ND 0.9 (3-Stop)
Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/2p119do
B&H: https://bhpho.to/2Fj87oL


Please support our show by using our B&H affiliate link (click here) that will not cost you a penny more than when you are buying at B&H without our link. And the more this link will be used to buy at B&H, the more giveaways we’ll be able to give back to our listeners through B&H. It really is a “win-win” situation :)

You can download a free trial of Skylum’s Luminar 2018 or Aurora HDR 2018 software.
And if you decide to buy Skylum’s Luminar or Aurora HDR 2018 software, you can use the discount code “PHOTOPODCASTS” for extra savings at checkout.

And please share this podcast with your friends and subscribe via iTunes. We would also love to get your feedback. Is there anything that you want us to cover on the show in the future? And we would appreciate if you could take a short moment to rate or post a quick review about our shows on iTunes.


For more information on Marco Larousse follow him on Twitter: @HamburgCam, Instagram, or Facebook.
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Portrait with a 28mm f1.7 lens. Not your typical portrait lens ;)

Author

Marco Larousse is a journalist and a fine art, street and documentary photographer, a educator, speaker, and podcast producer of photography related topics - MarcoLarousse.com. Marco has a background in photography of 30+ years.

Marco's approach to photography is "reduce to the basics and focus on the story and the subject." Growing up with the limitations that film photography has taught him, he still enjoys the basic approach to photography today. For Marco the camera is a tool and a mere extension of his instincts.

Marco is Co-Founder, Host and the Producer at Photo Podcast Network. He also co-hosts the monthly "We Shoot Mirrorless" and "Camera and Inspiration" podcasts episodes.

Contact Marco on: Twitter @HamburgCam​   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcoLarousse1   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marco.larousse/

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