Explore every episode of the podcast The FujiCast: Photography Podcast
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| #310: Kev's studio portrait lighting workflow and the Last of the Garys! | 17 Nov 2025 | 00:33:00 | |
Kev has lost a family heirloom, but fortunately, Neale finds the X100V he left on a car roof in Chelsea. Also today, Kev's looking to expand his photographic library, just don't tell Gemma, what makes a good photographic retreat, Kev's studio lighting workflow for portrait work, when to use Auto ISO, shutter speed choice, do you have a Gary in your life, plus correct preset and profile workflow in Lightroom. Email the show with your questions: click@fujicast.co.uk For links go to the showpage. If you'd like to travel to far-off places with a camera: https://www.thejourneybeyond.uk/ | |||
| #309: What will the new X-Pro4/5 look like? Is wedding photography in decline? | 03 Nov 2025 | 00:32:39 | |
Kev returns from a week away looking at the world through the bottom of a pint glass, but all is well, and we're ready for the final push through to the time of year it's too early to mention yet! Your questions and emails into the show answered. Today, should you recycle your memory cards more often to be absolutely safe they won't corrupt? Do we have a strategy for our exits from shooting weddings or even being photographers? Is the wedding industry for photographers at any rate, the slowest it has been since the pandemic took it away for a while? Do you calibrate your monitor? And the big elephant in Kev's duck stream (listen the show that will makes sense), what will the new X-Pro line camera look like? Email the show with your questions: click@fujicast.co.uk For links go to the showpage. If you'd like to travel to far-off places with a camera: https://www.thejourneybeyond.uk/ | |||
| #301: What we'd do differently, and what we still regret | 07 Jul 2025 | 00:42:29 | |
Neale and Kev swap their stranger wedding adventures, swapping being apt in the case of Kev's revelation! Also on the show, mouse v tablet editing, the money spent on kit we never use (!), great photo galleries and classic British pub suggestions to visit for a special tourist trip to London, how we'd run our photography businesses if we were to start again, advice on setting up an X100VI, Kev's best chess moves in church and the target market for the new X-E5 camera and new 23mm lens Email the show with your questions: click@fujicast.co.uk Pic Time: https://www.pic-time.com/ - use FUJICAST when creating an account for discount offers to apply For links go to the showpage. | |||
| #213 New to street? Advice and do you really need a blog? | 10 Jan 2022 | 01:11:51 | |
Kev's reboot has begun for '22. We talk 'must have' shots at weddings, creative ruts, X-Trans sensor magic, back button focussing on the X100V, advice for new street photographers, left eye shooters, using exposure compensation and ask; "What is the difference in light gathering when considering lenses on a full frame camera versus APSC sensor camera?" Casey Orr returns for the concluding part of her chat with Kev. | |||
| #212 Exploring questions with your camera and a left eyed X-Pro? | 20 Dec 2021 | 01:07:25 | |
The last one of the year as we take a short break over the holiday period. We're musing over cameras for left eyed shooters, revisiting focusing techniques, pricing a 'day in the life' photo business, Kev shares his plans for '22 and we ask, "Could you shoot a wedding just with zooms?" We talk about photography start-ups, stolen library owned photobooks, have some jpeg editing tips, Covid passes at weddings and the most popular colour for an X100 range camera. Our guest is documentary photographer Casey Orr. | |||
| #211 "Get out the camera and take the picture" + seeing in the dark with the 50mm f1 | 13 Dec 2021 | 01:17:07 | |
Who ate all the mince pies and why is Kev favouring the new 50mm f1 lens for his wedding work? We talk about working with videographers in a documentary setting and dancing whilst making your pictures! We discuss providing pictures to bereaved families, stepping back to manual focus times, making stories locally and ask, are you proud of what you shoot? Book of the week is Asim Khan's Scenes from a World in Lockdown and we hear from Deanna Dikeman on her book Leaving and Waving. | |||
| #210 X-Pro or X-T? And the Twitterstorm! | 06 Dec 2021 | 01:02:52 | |
This week we talk about photofilms and the various different versions that Kev and Neale present to clients, how to wrangle with back button focus, there's a Twitterstorm brewing, X-Pro v X-T and camera choice dilemmas, combining footage from drones and an X-H1 in a video edit, the wonderful new 18mm lens and what to do when your mails just seem to go to peoples' spam boxes! Polly Rusyn is back to talk about street photography too. | |||
| #209 Seeing theatre in your street photography & what makes a great image? | 29 Nov 2021 | 01:12:20 | |
Kev is under the weather but the test came back clean so he's fit to fly on the podcast and Neale has unleashed (can you see what we did there) his own studio dog. We muse over photographers that can't or won't embrace innovation, talk cropping, discuss the amount of images returned to clients from an edit, how we send images to clients, whether it's time to finally drop the full frame lens equivalent references, ask what makes an image great and other stories. Our guest is street photographer and FujiFilm ambassador Polly Rusyn. | |||
| #208 Celebrating Tom Stoddart & Influencers versus Photographers | 21 Nov 2021 | 01:02:24 | |
This week we pay our respects to a giant of photojournalism, Tom Stoddart who passed away last week. On the show, Kev is off to a wedding with the Archbishop! We talk about firmware and Instax printers, the X-M1 and X-E range, solve some X100F metering issues, dream AGAIN about a monochrome sensor, discuss personal versus work cameras and ask; "Are you SOOC?" Book of the week this week is Marilyn Stafford's 'A Life in Photography'. | |||
| #207 Future proofing your photo business & a world without film? | 15 Nov 2021 | 01:11:56 | |
Do they have Polar Bears in Argentina, how much is Kev's vet's bill, what is a shutterless camera lifespan, should you have a 'scaffold in pictures' contract clause, can you future proof a photo business for another pandemic and why do people humble brag? We imagine a world without film, talk about travel and backups, dream of a BW sensor and discuss how the new larger sensor size may affect lens purchases. The book of the week is Fred Herzog's Modern Color and Darren Goldstein returns to talk about stills unit photography. | |||
| #206 Being a movie stills shooter & to drone, or not to drone... | 08 Nov 2021 | 01:13:41 | |
Neale and Kev ponder whether to believe in Father Christmas over the politicians, we discuss the new lens roadmap and Viltrox lenses, the value of signed photography books, we tip our hats to Salgado's latest exhibition, discuss the charges made to videographers in UK churches, lightroom rescues, drones and X100 cameras; are they the perfect all round travel companions? Book of the Week is Jim Marshall's 'Show Me the Picture' and our guest is unit stills photographer Darren Goldstein. | |||
| #205 You charge how much?! And swapping from Nikon | 01 Nov 2021 | 01:11:50 | |
The boys shelve their plans for space exploration but they do get scientific about how they store their precious pictures in the cloud. Also, they share their commercial day rates, muse over retouching demands, an X-H1 filming issue, whether there is a safe lock to protect camera kit, using smart phones for pro photo work and discuss the 'genre that got away.' Tickety Boo by Charles Traub is book of the week and we welcome back Reggie Ballesteros, American X-Photographer. | |||
| #204 IBIS; the X-T4 game changer? And Fujifilm ambassador Alan Hewitt, pt2. | 25 Oct 2021 | 01:12:05 | |
Kev decides there's more money in laundry than photographs, we talk the new 23mm - is it time to swap? We talk about the draw of Fujifilm, ask if IBIS is the X-T4 game changer and discuss best lens combos for talking heads interviews in video mode, plus is mobile tech going to replace the pro photographer's camera skills? Book of the week is Tanya Nagar's New Street Photographers Manifesto: Any Camera, Anywhere and our guest back for part 2 of his conversation with Mullins is Alan Hewitt, wildlife photographer. | |||
| #300: Found by Robots: Why your photography website is disappearing! | 23 Jun 2025 | 00:41:51 | |
We've reached 300 episodes! What's changed since the first one, from a time we didn't even see a pandemic coming? Well, for a start, the DSLR has quietly taken its place in the museum, while Kodak, CineStill, and Fujifilm ramped up film production, as demand for analogue exploded again; turns out grain never really went out of fashion. Medium format isn't chained to a tripod anymore either. With Fujifilm's GFX line, photographers are now shooting huge resolutions on something that fits in a shoulder bag. Oh, and then there's AI. In 2019, you might rightly have shouted, "A WOT?" Now it's the invisible hand behind how clients and an audience find you. With more people using AI to search instead of scrolling Google pages, your website, your words, your presence, they all need to speak a language that machines can read, as well as humans. Also on the show, Kev's Driving School has started its engine, AI writes us some poetry, things to change on your website to allow AI to seek you, what to say when a client asks to see the raw photos from a shoot, buying the latest GFX, film photography borders on your website, and SCRL. Email the show with your questions: click@fujicast.co.uk Pic Time: https://www.pic-time.com/ - use FUJICAST when creating an account for discount offers to apply For links go to the showpage. | |||
| #203 DSLR v APSC and Alan Hewitt's wildlife change of life pt1. | 18 Oct 2021 | 01:07:39 | |
Kev and Neale are buying a private set of 'islands' in the sea with their Euromillions win! This week, mails on the perfect street set up, the differences between DSLR and APSC, deleting your historically less 'skilled' efforts in Instagram and we're asked if developing a style can thwart your overall creativity. Projects and the how, what, why of them surfaces once more, we talk teleconverters for X100 cameras and Neale Surprises Kev with what's going on behind the curtains of Arcacia Avenue. Book of the week is Abandoned Tennessee by Jay Farrell and our guest is Fujifilm ambassador and wildlife photographer Alan Hewitt. | |||
| #202 What ARE the rules of the street? And photo comp judges! | 11 Oct 2021 | 01:19:50 | |
Kev needs a new photographic keep fit regime that doesn't hurt his knees, we chat about emotional images and how they affect us as the photographer, what we'd choose given a one camera one lens choice, we talk Zuckergate, secure logins and Twitter sharing. What is the age ceiling of wedding photographers and camera club competition judges, discuss!?! The book of the week is Sally Mann's Hold Still and Peter Dench returns for part 2 of his conversation with Mullins. | |||
| #201 Peter Dench on disarming an 'audience' with your portfolio and Fujifilm, should I? | 04 Oct 2021 | 01:15:30 | |
Kev needs help with iTunes and large Swedish furniture emporiums, we talk merch, re-sorting a camera time sync issue, setting up a wedding business on two continents, finding your style and we ask; "Is the original X100 still useful today?" We also answer questions on why our passion projects are not our jobs, what camera straps we use, why C1 and LR can't recreate ALL Fujifilm simulations for ALL cameras universally, how the new 18mm has impacted Kev's wedding work and why you might choose to swap to the Fujifilm ecosystem. Our guest this week is Peter Dench who talks about building a surprising portfolio and the book of the week is Lucy Hamidzadeh's Unfinished Stories. | |||
| #200 Has Fujifilm changed the way I photograph? | 27 Sep 2021 | 01:13:17 | |
It's the 200th edition, though the party is being postponed until 2028 when we're all allowed to meet in a theatre again. Kev finds a unique method for his lateral flow tests before a wedding, we talk more about photographic style and if moving to Fujifilm changes the way you see, plus we ask are Fujifilm pictures 'muddy' out of camera? We muse over how the podcast started and talk about hosting your first exhibition. Book of the week is Archive by Bertien Van Manen and our guest is Sandra Cortanneo Ordano talking about the book Aguas De Ouro, published not long after starting her photographic career aged 60. | |||
| #199 Shooting a photographer's wedding and anyone want to buy our bleep machine? It's over! | 20 Sep 2021 | 01:26:58 | |
Shooting a wedding for an established professional wedding photographer. How does that feel? This week we find out from our special guest Anna McCarthy who shot our own Mullins' big day. We also talk about personal photographic style. Is it real? There's advice on lens upgrades, Kev and Neale consider truck driving again and we talk about upgrading your X100 camera to become become an infrared version! Also, we're 'selling' the bleep machine, asking how secure your kit is on the road and wondering why local authorities don't open up unused shops to be places of art. Book of the week is Genesis by Sebastiào Salgado. | |||
| #198 Ethics, morals, emotions of photography plus ASK ANDREAS part 2. | 13 Sep 2021 | 01:21:45 | |
Kev and Neale discuss their 'new' photography company, we talk about 'Tonygate', ask what might happen if Fujifilm stopped making cameras, we open up the X100V clinic, chat about in camera digital bokeh and try to solve a rapid focusing issue. We also ask how trustworthy second shooters are, what subject matter you would find ultimately hard to photograph ethically, morally and emotionally and how we can stop trolls from having anonymous social media accounts. Book of the week is Wear a Mask by Martin Stott and it's Part 2 of Ask Andreas featuring Group Marketing Manager Andreas Georghiades. | |||
| #197 ASK ANDREAS part 1 and swapping our X-T or X-Pro for a GFX? | 06 Sep 2021 | 01:24:13 | |
Kev is recovering after his marathon of weddings, so it's a welcome sit down for a coffee and chat about what makes the perfect photo book design. We also talk about swapping our X-Ts and X-Pros for a GFX, the latest Fujifilm Summit, Kev gives dubious flying advice for nervous fliers but sterling advice for a sixteen year looking at a photographic career. We ponder whether cloud back up is safe enough and expensive, if Fujifilm could add shutter sound effects to bodies to resemble favourite classic camera sounds, protecting the X100 series lens, using the X100V's digital zoom and what 'non-photographers' appreciate in a professional picture. 'Hey look at this' by Dennis Skyum is the 'book of the week' and it's part one of the latest Ask Andreas, where the Group Marketing Manager for Fujifilm answers your brand questions. | |||
| #196 TURN MY LIKES OFF and Palle Schultz in praise of Kubrick | 30 Aug 2021 | 01:22:26 | |
Kev's not convinced he should join Celebrity Love Island, but he has drunk Malmesbury clean dry of booze! This week's questions include; "Why do on board clarity settings slow my camera down, what wedding traditions are photographically wearing, have you joined Glass yet, will you be turning your LIKES counter off, what's wrong with the dual shoulder harness type strap and how can I optimise Lightroom preview practise?" We talk tilt shift for Fuji cameras and face our flash demons. Book of the week is Sandra Odorno's Águas de Ouro and our friend of the show chat is with Palle Schultz. | |||
| #195 The shot that GOT AWAY and being positive about social! | 23 Aug 2021 | 01:03:18 | |
Mullins is buying a horse box. Is equestrian photography about to become his latest photographic skillset? Why buy a lens cloth when old used underwear is an option, should I avoid any and all children appearing in my street pictures, are we too negative about social media, do I HAVE to shoot film, should my business post Covid embrace multi genres, just who uses P mode and what is the shot that GOT AWAY for you? Kev reveals which camera he recommends to most people who ask for the best all rounder Fujifilm camera and why having the shutter sound turned on in his mirrorless X100V makes him feel like a 'proper photographer.' Tim Page's Requiem is the book of the week and Scott Johnson is our guest; a friend of the show and fellow Fujifilm X-Photographer. | |||
| #194 Who's afraid of the big bad TROLL and LOVE thy camera! | 16 Aug 2021 | 01:09:04 | |
Neale is literally mining for questions and Kev is inviting a star studded list of photographers to take turns in photographing his big day; just another week really. We talk camera button layouts, dealing with trolls and negative comments, looking after your back when hauling gear, planning your own workshops, photographing Mrs. Stephenson, camera tech versus phone manufacturing, being fed as a supplier and drinking gin by the pint, by accident! Book of the week is Chris Ferreira's incredible art/doodle/photography book, Journal: To the Mayon Volcano and Beyond and our guest is Robin Ravilious. | |||
| #299: Are people hiring photographers? And street LAW | 09 Jun 2025 | 00:43:48 | |
Kev's unboxing a glimpse into his new photographic pastime, but what has arrived at Studio Mullins? All will be revealed. Also on the show: Lightroom sharpening tips - have the worms returned? GFX100RF dynamic range discussed and hopefully solved, pricing strategy and how we'd launch our photography businesses if we were starting again today - what would we do differently? We discuss smaller gigs in the light of consumer confidence, excellent used-camera purchases, advise how to survive multiple weddings in a row and street law. Email the show with your questions: click@fujicast.co.uk Pic Time: https://www.pic-time.com/ - use FUJICAST when creating an account for discount offers to apply For links go to the showpage. | |||
| #193 I want to photograph ROCK N ROLL! The 50mm f1 v the beloved 56mm f1.2 | 09 Aug 2021 | 01:05:41 | |
Is Kev going to be the next Mick Rock? The boys talk about back to back event shooting and miles under the wheels. Oh why can't we have a monochrome Fujifilm camera, why so many menus, what is the correct dress code for photographing an event and is teeth whitening really necessary? We talk on the road 'disasters,' scanning legacy prints, being ready to take on mentoring clients and the 50mm f1 v 56mm f1.2. Book of the week is The Verve by Chris Floyd and we talk to friend of the show Mandy Burton about finding your photographic confidence. | |||
| #192 A change of show name? And shooting vintage glass | 02 Aug 2021 | 01:12:04 | |
Neale and Kev feel like the only masked photographers in town plus questions include: Why don't you change the name of the show, where does photography fall in the most furloughed industries list, why do photographers shoot multiple systems, which movie directors inspire you photographically and do you shoot with vintage lenses? We also talk film simulations, the Big Stopper and whether you should bother with colour calibrating your monitors. Book of the week is Elliott Erwitt's Kolor and our guest is documentary photographer Adrian Arbib. | |||
| #191 Indie camera shops and good news for Euro street shooters | 26 Jul 2021 | 01:15:34 | |
Kev's overheating and he's had just four hours sleep in as many days! Neale is pining for Africa again as the boys talk about where they'd like to make photo stories when the world opens up. Tamron has a new lens for us to look forward to, packing a bag for 24 hours in New York City, The Great British Photography Challenge, watermarking, a tool that can select our best pictures by ai, self publishing, why Kev has fallen out of love with Wordpress and street shooting legally; good news! The book of the week is Do Photo by Andrew Paynter and our guest is Northern Ireland's only independent camera store owner, photographer Pascal Diamond. | |||
| #190 HOW to become a Fujifilm Ambassador? & 'Mail to Messy' | 19 Jul 2021 | 01:13:06 | |
Free Brewdog has appeared, but we promise to present the show sober! This week, the big question: Just HOW can you become a Fujifilm brand ambassador? We also talk custom settings, how to 'raise' the buttons on the back of your cameras, mask wearing on jobs, EVF v OVF, keeping or selling cameras, the state of Kev's kit and we ask; "Is every picture a story?" We return to the subject of a 'new' Instagram dawn too. Book of the week is Joel Meyerowitz with Wild Flowers and our guest is Matt Searles, a phenomenal photographer from New Zealand, who takes his camera on a mail run each day producing the most incredible documentary and landscape pictures of Mesopotamia. | |||
| #189 An X100M? Dare we dream? & Who stole Kev's X-Pro2? | 12 Jul 2021 | 01:15:49 | |
Kev is losing it, well he's lost his memories cards, batteries and a whole X-Pro2! Lockdown losses. Some 'sound' advice for budding podcasters, we talk URBEX (urban exploration photography), zooms versus primes, attending college to learn photography and workshops, using Instax printers at events and is Twitter the new way to share pictures? Are you patient enough to print? And a conversation about a monochrome only X100. In the Shadow of Cleve Hill by royal racing photographer Bernard Parkin is book of the week and we meet another friend of the show, Dennis Lee. | |||
| #188 X100V, an F1 speed focusing machine and your first SOLO exhibition | 05 Jul 2021 | 01:18:38 | |
Kevin makes number 11 in the hip hop charts and plans to go on tour! A new career perhaps? Neale's bleep machine is on fire this week as Kev gets proper irate about politics. Over in photo making land though, we talk Snapseed, destination wedding work, editing on iPads, design foibles, white balance, HDR shooting, sensor cleaning, switching from Nikon to an X-E3 and how wedding photography has changed? The book of the week is the World Atlas of Street Photography and Michael Beecham is our guest talking about putting on his first solo exhibition. | |||
| #187 Make a video part 2 and scary photo moments? | 28 Jun 2021 | 01:12:34 | |
Neale is hiding his new camera purchase, the boys dip back into their Irish heritage for a green passport that may allow them to shoot weddings in Europe and Kev gives more X Raw Studio advice. How do you keep on top of the myriad of ways people now use to keep in touch on social media and what's the best productivity tool? We talk scary and proud photographic moments, the way sensors treat colour, camera design gripes, sound tips and what makes a good Kickstarter book. The book of the week is the Thames and Hudson Photofile book on Elliott Erwitt and our guest for part 2 of using your video button is Carl Hare. | |||
| #186 Turn that video button on! And USED X-T3 or NEW X-T4? | 21 Jun 2021 | 01:22:51 | |
Kev awaits his new monitor, but will it arrive? We talk about the affect others' photography online has to inspire, the importance of Kickstarter book projects, recording audio for slideshows and filming, the electronic v mechanical shutter actuations lifespan of a Fujifilm mirrorless camera, OIS v IBIS, ask the question; X-T3 or X-T4? TikTok; should I be embracing it for my social marketing? Information Asymmetry; the reason at last, why you should keep the boxes your cameras come in, if you're ever going to try and resell them. Is it time to think of new genre horizons if weddings don't return in quite the same fashion for photography? The book of the week is Island Tides by Paul Glazier and our guest is Carl Hare from Fujifilm UK, who is a product specialist and plans to help with ALL questions VIDEO. | |||
| #185 Kev's getting wed! Photographer needed? And buy yourself an X100V! | 14 Jun 2021 | 01:21:31 | |
The boys are back in town… cue the song! This week the astounding news that Kev is getting married, but to whom? And why? Did last week's episode cause this? So many questions! Neale and Kev design their perfect camera, we give a 'hall pass' to buy an X100V, discuss camera customisation and talk about your website; are you about to feel the wrath of Google? Can you mix and match old and new video footage to make family stories that are enduring and how technical do you need to be to make such a film? Do we accept bitcoin, how do we deal with Covid discount requests, two cam set ups; should they be identical bodies? The book of the week is a Hoxton Mini Press book; London Nights and our guest is Christopher O'Sullivan talking about shooting and publishing your first book. | |||
| #184 Living a Photographic Story and What Makes Us Successful? | 07 Jun 2021 | 01:05:46 | |
Neale is taking a well-earned break, so Gemma joins Kevin at the helm as they steer the good ship Fujicast into several Icebergs. We discuss what makes us successful and more GAS. Are we buying cameras because they look cool or because they do the job? Just why haven't Kev and Neale kept their promise to Gemma, and what is the right thing to wear to a wedding? The book of the week is 'If We Shadows' by Bailey, which Gemma gets stuck into, and acclaimed photographer Spencer Wyn is our guest. Hang around to the end of the show to see just how it went when Kev & Gemma cracked some cold ones and tried their best. | |||
| #298: SECRET: The BEST but most underrated used Fuifilm camera. Shhh, tell no-one! | 26 May 2025 | 00:41:02 | |
Neale is trying to cheer Kev up, who is sitting in a blacked out room in beautiful Malmesbury, counting down the hours, minutes and seconds until he can escape the UK for the sunnier climes of España! On the show, the boys discuss using Pictime as an art gallery, software solutions for back-up, the foto app, fixing up a retiring camera, the best compact camera in the Fujifilm range to travel with, switching to video using an X-T4, and we also feature the Zine work of Adam Ramjean, as he photographs the Notting Hill Carnival. Email the show with your questions: click@fujicast.co.uk Pic Time: https://www.pic-time.com/ - use FUJICAST when creating an account for discount offers to apply For links go to the showpage. | |||
| #183 It's time to MAKE YOUR BOOK! and tackling 'Uncle Bob' | 31 May 2021 | 01:13:33 | |
Kev considers how he no longer has time to be a photographer now his radio career is lifting off, we tackle the new street photography and YouTube clauses when it comes to identifying people in your pictures and films, dealing with over zealous amateurs 'stealing your shots,' self timer presets, the perfect first Fujifilm family camera for a pro and choosing between the X100V and X-H1 for video work. We ask, "Is burst mode cheating when you're shooting street work and will we have to start requesting permission on the street for pics?" Kev's Book of the Week is from Belgian photographer Stefan Vanfleteren and Our Friend of the Show guest is Alex Frederickson. | |||
| #182 Swapping from Nikon and what is fine art photography? | 24 May 2021 | 01:12:32 | |
Kev is luxuriating in Bunker Malmesbury, Neale is in the studio, though it's business as usual with your questions. This week, is there any point to IBIS when films today are as 'Shaky' as an 80s pop star singing Green Door? We talk about taking on a part time job if wedding work gets shifted again, whether we could return to a time which necessitates shooting with film cameras only, Clubhouse, the banning of street shooting and we debate fine art photography; what is it? The boys tempt a lifelong Nikon shooter with a shopping list, we sort out the black and white simulation options in camera, and discuss perfect pancakes of the lens variety. The book of the week is Todd Hido's 'On Landscapes, Interiors and The Nude' and our Friend of the Show interview is with Steve Vaughan. | |||
| #181 Deleting 100K Instagram subscribers! And naturist wedding shooters apply here! | 17 May 2021 | 01:07:02 | |
Kev and Neale release a little more about their forthcoming July documentary photography course in Amersham. We also talk about making family documentary pictures, photographing naturist and fancy dressed weddings, manual focus lenses; will Fujifilm ever produce a set? Also using the GFX as a documentary camera, the decision to purchase a good monitor for photographic retouching, boxgate is still here, budget friendly cine lenses for the Fuji range, state of the photographic industry, snaps versus photographs and what would make the perfect X-Pro4 and X-H2! Book of the week is 'Stags, Hags and Bunnies' by Dougie Wallace and our Friend of the Show guest is Dennis Skyum who talks about deleting 100,000 Instagram followers. | |||
| #180 No more corporate hamster wheel! & X100 heaven | 10 May 2021 | 01:13:14 | |
Kev laments his first radio faux pas, we talk about sound being a vehicle for your picture making, packing your cams properly in a case, X100 'adapter gate' is born and lens hoods on that camera; are they worth the effort? We also talk about unhappy customers and insecurity, the future and retirement, working into your 80s, preventing your email from getting black listed, albums and books in 2021 and ask; "X100 or X-Pro?" Book of the week is Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera and today we have the first of our Friends of the Show chats, featuring subscriber Steve Ford who gave up the corporate hamster wheel for photographic and travel adventure. | |||
| #179 Calling FRIENDS OF THE SHOW and UFO capture?! | 03 May 2021 | 00:56:16 | |
The most left field question for an entire season; what settings would you use to capture the visit of a UFO? We also talk book design, the whisky camera shop, sensor cleaning on IBIS cameras and ask is it the photographer who makes a camera shine or is it the other way around? There's advice for new documentary wedding photographers; the rules of engagement in church, we talk SD cards, 3rd party lens set ups, the value of a weather sealed lens, film recipes, the joy of doors (!), video mic suggestions for vlogging and small scale postcard printing. Kev's book of the week is American Photographs by Walker Evans and we have an appeal for friends of the show to tell us YOUR stories. | |||
| #178 Self publish YOUR stories and websites in an Instagram age | 26 Apr 2021 | 01:05:48 | |
The boys are reunited after months of Skype separation, in the studio! This week, embracing colour after a life presenting black and whites, the difference between recipes and presets, building your own look and capturing the moment whilst being IN the moment; family pictures. Boxgate continues and Neale finds a pile of X-H1 boxes that practically match his height, we talk third party lenses, assisting the greats, whether we still need websites in this Instagram world, the catharsis of photography during Covid, getting back on the professional bike to shoot weddings after so much time out and the 70-300mm lens; do I need it? Book of the week is, 'The year the world stood still' by Chris O'sullivan and Dan Milnor talks more about self publishing to us. | |||
| #177 Dangling off the Brooklyn Bridge and shhh, new camera rumours? | 19 Apr 2021 | 01:05:49 | |
Kev's Jedi training is almost complete as he starts his own Internet radio show, we talk X-H2 rumours, internal ND filters and weather sealing; how good is the X100 range in rain and anyone for an XQ1? We introduce the concept of 'gear identity crisis,' talk about the perfect lens for photographing and cataloguing art, ponder whether to adjust bridal party attire for photographs, get excited about the new 18mm, HSL and talk about music for your films, slideshows and even podcasts. Our guest is New York portrait photographer Donna Svennevik and Matthew Beck's: Event, is book of the week. | |||
| #176 The legendary David Hurn, and a Mullins James workshop! | 12 Apr 2021 | 01:21:44 | |
Mullins is having teething problems in 'New Bunker Malmesbury' and Boxgate continues. We talk about leaf shutters and why they're not in our X-Ts and Ps, how an X100S deals with being sent to the bottom of a swimming pool, Mullins' decision to upsize during a pandemic and we have news of an upcoming Kev and Neale documentary wedding workshop. Questions about the term 'weekend warriors,' two tier sensor cameras, the rights required for selling photos made at a music concert and a thought about company names. This week's book of the week is 'The 1960s' by David Hurn and he's also our guest. | |||
| #175 The power of making one portrait every day + a Royal X-T3 | 05 Apr 2021 | 01:14:31 | |
'Boxgate' lingers on, though Kev is more concerned by the boxes of Easter eggs he can squirrel away before the kids find them. Questions today include, do you befriend your clients, do women and men see differently, can the Fujifilm system cut it for pro work in the studio and are photographic eggs in one basket still a good idea post pandemic? Kev reveals the truth about his wedding earnings during the pandemic, we look at some tech specs of a particular Zeiss camera in order to talk about the camera of the future and muse over the 'Duchess of Fujifilm' and internal flash triggers. The book of the week is Raymond Depardon's 'Glasgow' and Neale talks with John Mannell, the 'Portrait per Day' man about making street portraits and mental health. | |||
| #174 Photographing weddings, the Royal Family and swimming with sharks! | 29 Mar 2021 | 01:21:18 | |
Neale has been jabbed with 0.5mg of Bill Gates' finest. Talking of 'gates,' Boxgate is back, SRGB or Adobe's flavour of; what to choose to work in, some X-Pro3 issues to deal with and Q buttons, why? Which background colour works better for websites, can Judo make you a better photographer, how good are the new Mullins presets, how can I time and GPS stamp my audio recordings, how do you choose your photo books and the X-A7: discuss? Plus X-T3 or X-T4, is the IBIS worth it? Vinca Peterson's 'No System,' is Kev's book of the week plus we talk with royal family photographer Matt Porteous who is currently in The Maldives swimming with sharks! | |||
| #297: The BEST discreet photo set up and the 500mm BEAST! | 12 May 2025 | 00:39:19 | |
Neale invites Kev to street photograph and adventure with him in Kolkata and Varanasi as he prepares for the next 2026 Photowalk adventure in India, but will he say yes. Also on the show a VERY special offer from our wonderful sponsor Pictime, called 72, plus an invite to come and join us on a special Pictime Zoom show on Wednesday 14th May at 6pm UK time, invite URL below. Questions into the show about lost custom settings, website picture layout nightmares, finding a discreet camera system for shooting unobtrusively, the classic Fujinon lens line-up for the X-system, protecting gear from bangs and knocks in the bag, ChatGPT accuses Neale of stealing Kev's 35mm, a 500mm beast, and battery talk. THE BIG ZOOM INVITE for 14th March 6pm UK time: https://www.fujicast.co.uk/pictime Email the show with your questions: click@fujicast.co.uk Pic Time: https://www.pic-time.com/ - use FUJICAST when creating an account for discount offers to apply For links go to the showpage. | |||
| #173 Being a photojournalist. Plus too old for street? | 22 Mar 2021 | 01:21:00 | |
Kev is installed at last in the new office, Malmesbury Bunker 2.0 and we ask the questions; will the show ever be filmed, when are you too old for street shooting, should you choose an X-Pro1 or 2 used, who needs a camera in a cardboard box, should I supply all my clients with TIFF instead of Jpegs, has Covid made photographers give away their knowledge too readily too cheaply in too many online courses and if you had 5K to invest in a camera that would hold its value, what would you choose? Former British National Press Awards Photographer of the Year, PA Media photographer Danny Lawson is our guest and Kev's book of the week is Henri Cartier-Bresson's Scrapbook. | |||
| #172 "Being a flea on the dog, not a fly on the wall!" and APSC, why? | 15 Mar 2021 | 01:18:23 | |
Kev is in flat pack 'heaven' as the new studio build continues, we talk sports photography with the 70-300mm lens and the possibility of a wedding academy. Plus your questions; what do professional photographers do when they're not making pictures, what are the boys' aha photographic revelation moments, how large can you print a Fujifilm camera file, what is the future of APSC and why is Fujifilm so devoted to it? The book of the week is Anton Corbijn's 1-2-3-4, and our guest is the documentary photographer Karah Mew. | |||
| #171 Being 'Candid' with Ibarionex and the Instagram likes game | 08 Mar 2021 | 01:21:33 | |
'Star' has arrived and it's the Horse of Mullins! Today, a tease for something big coming, what makes a good bio on a website, with a Fujifilm camera do I need to calibrate my lenses, what has changed about weddings for the hosts and what would the boys' advice be for new photographers now, plus diplomas; are they worth the paper they're written on? How important are genre labels, who would you choose for an end of lockdown photowalk and do I really need Instagram likes as an amateur? 'Photography in America from 1841 to today' is our book of the week and Fujifilm X-Photographer, street shooter and host of The Candid Frame Ibarionex is our guest. | |||