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Welcome to RAWtalk episode 217 where we bring you Photo News, Gear Of The Week, Flying Solo and much much more. There's a lot going on so be sure to subscribe on iTunes as well as on YouTube to make sure you never miss an episode of the show. 00:00:16 One More Time for Canada 00:03:22 Nikony Update 00:05:32 Real World Review Updates 00:09:24 Nobody Can Find Us, Not Even The Police 00:15:49 No Plug...

  First off I would like to apologize to our Canadian listeners (sorry)!  This weeks show brings us fun, news, laughs and a lot of "sorry".   This weeks show is brought to you by RODE and the 2017 MyRodeReel competition.  For the full rules on how you can enter for your chance to win some of the $500,000 in prizes click here.  https://www.rode.com/myrodereel?utm_source=FroKnows&utm_campaign=MRR&ut...

  Welcome to s special interview edition of RAWtalk.  Generally our interviews go for 30-40 minutes but this one with visionary cinematographer Shane Hurlbut went for over an hour.  It was so good that we kept going and decided to release it as it's on show.   Shane's walks us through how he went from not being able to get a job in the industry to becoming the director of photography on some HUGE...

FroKnowsPhoto RAWtalk 215: Popular Photo Is DEAD, Meeting Super Hero's In LA and Flying First Class   First things first, welcome to another episode of RAWtalk.  This week I discuss why I was in LA, the guys bust my balls for saying "first class" a bunch of times and I talk about how I met a super hero.  On top of that I an proud to introduce you to my partner in MyGearVault Steve Bellosi.   This...

Welcome back to another episode of the show, we hope you had a good two weeks.  This we start off the show with a rally clap and hope you joined in.   Photo news brings us information about a 50 trillion pixel image, a way to develop your own film at home which I think seems pretty cool, four new SIGMA lenses and a whole lot more.   Gear Of the week brings us a NEW 24 inch teleprompter from the pr...

FroKnowsPhoto RAWtalk 213: SHARPEST Lens Ever? The NEXT Ansel Adams and An Interview   On this weeks episode we have an interview with Steve Garfinkel.  He is a younger local concert photographer who tells you how he became a photographer, started shooting shows and now is making a living.  That interview starts at 42:04   Plug of the week: Photoshopworld.com     We have photo news, fun times, mem...

FroKnowsPhoto RAWtalk 212: The Lily Drone is DEAD, Leica M10 costs $6,500 and My New App Is Here Download MyGearVault right now in the Apple App Store right here https://itunes.apple.com/app/mygearvault/id1106860868 Welcome back to another episode of RAWtalk. For those who don't know, RAWtalk is now every other week to allow us the ability to focus on some other really cool projects. We had a busy...

Let's start off the show with an announcement. RAWtalk will be moving to bi-weekly opposed to each week. The reason for the switch is to allow us to focus on making more "Real World Reviews" and "5 Min Portraits". This weeks show is brought to you by LEXAR. LEXAR is the official card and card reader of RAWtalk. Starting at 50:05 we have the triple critique. First we start off by critiquing Todd's...

First things first do you notice anything different about the location?  If you guessed it's a new location, you would be correct  This is the first show to be recorded at the FroFactory and we could not be happier to be in the space.  I am looking forward to what we will create over there.    Brides magazine wrote an article that has since been changed but originally made the statement that you s...

Welcome to the Holiday edition of FroKnowsPhoto RAWtalk. It looks like somehow Santa was able to squeeze down my gas fire place to bring some holiday cheer. If you are in the market for a Canon 50mm 1.8 be sure you're not getting a FAKE one. Hear the story at 25:15 There is plenty of photo news for you this week starting at 10:11. Get your VR goggles ready as we filmed a special segment of the sho...

Let me touch on the first story in the headline first.   This Relonch has taken old Samsung cameras, wrapped them in colorful leather and is renting them for $99 a month.  Oh yea, they only have a power button and a shutter button and the LCD screen is covered.  To hear the rest of this news story tune to 18:27 of this weeks show.   Photo News is jam packaged with stories about Drone crashes at a...

It's true, this weeks guest Rebecca Bathory was detained by the Russian military while urban exploring.  It turns out they thought she was a spy, was she?  Find out starting at 37:34 of the show.   Todd brought in his new toy aka Sony Playstation VR for us to try out, catch some bonus footage at the end of this episode.   We have a ton of photo news from Getty, OK Go, Facebook, Kaiman Wong and a N...

  Yes it's true I had customer FroKnowsPhoto I SHOOT RAW Hockey Jerseys made, check those out at 7:26 and all the other photo news including the Coke selfie bottle starting at 10:45   This weeks show is brought to you by the FroKnowsPhoto BlackFroday through Dec 2nd sale.  Get all my guides up to 50% OFF check out  http://froknowsphoto.com/blackfriday   We have Photo News, Gear of the Week, Flying...

Why was I on a BOAT you may ask? I went on what was called "Summit At Sea" which was a chartered cruise for entrepreneurs. I knew going into it that my focus was to meet people and strike up meaningful conversations. I did attempt Yoga but that didn't end too well. Check out the entire discussion to lead off this weeks show. This weeks show is brought to you by YOU!!!! Photo NEWS is packed with a...

As you know, I love doing interviews.  When Gary Fong let me know he was going to be in Philly for a few days I invited him over to the loft to get on the show.  I got to learn about how he got his start as well as come up with the Fong Dome.  The interview starts at 3:56.   I want to remind you this episode was filmed the same day as episode 203 back on November 2nd.   00:00:16   Todd's New Toy a...

Let's start off with that distasteful wedding photo, yes it's flat out distasteful.  On top of it being a not great photo it's one of those photos as a photographer you simply say na, you know what, i'm not shooting that.  That's the type of photo your friend takes with a cell phone but not you as a working professional. 17:29   Instagram decided to take down my halloween costume photo stating tha...

Welcome to the 2016 FroKnowsPhoto Halloween Episode. I think this years costume are pretty darn good, I hope you enjoy the show. Sweden decided to BAN ALL unlicensed fling of DRONES. This means you can't simply take your drone out to fly unless you have approval. This sounds a little overreaching, what do you think? Story starts at 30:42 We have a TON of photos news, Flying Solo video questions, G...

Everything is SO AWESOME right now here at FroKnowLegos, how cool is our LEGO Loft???  Turns out Dan decided to take the LEGO discussion to extremes one night and spent a few hours turning a bunch of LEGOS into RAWtalk and my loft, how do you think he did?   The JIGUNDA HUGE Camera Giveaway Contest II is in full swing.  It is brought to you by me by the way.  If you would like to win your choice o...

First things first I must mention this is episode #200!!!! Yes that accounts for a span of four years worth of episodes which is pure insanity.  We could not have done it without all you guys watching and interacting with the show.  This show would also not be possible without Stephen who somewhere around episode 37 took the reigns on audio and quickly found himself editing and producing the show....

Hello DJI Mavic, Instagram lets you save drafts and my NEW Neighbors moved in: FroKnowPhoto RAWtalk 199 We are back from Germany and back at the loft for the 199th episode of the show. To be honest, we are nearing our final RAWtalks from the loft as we hope to be in the FroFactory before the end of the year. This weeks show is brought to you by RODE and there NEW i-XLR Digital XLR adapter for Appl...

Welcome to a special edition of RAWtalk all the way from our Berlin hotel room.  For those who did' know, last week was Photokina which is held every other year in Cologne Germany.  Stephen, Todd and I made the trek to experience the show, see the announcements, shoot some photos and have some fun.    We chose not to cover the booths again but we did set out to film another espied of the FroKnowsP...

Instagram now lets you pinch and zoom in on photos, what do you think about this? A bus driver in Virginia was cleaning her shotguns on the porch when a drone flew by, she shot it down. Do you think a darkroom / bar is a good idea or could it lead to some bad exposures? All this and more starting at 7:34 for photo news. This weeks show is brought to you by Videoblocks. For a limited time only purc...

Canon 5D Mark IV In Depth Discussion, Are You Ready Germany and Critiquing My OBX Photos: FroKnowsPhoto RAWtalk 196   Welcome back to another fun filled week of FroKnowsPhoto RAWtalk.  This weeks featured content revolves around the guys critiquing my OBX photos.  I shared roughly 40 images, some are good, some are bad and others in my opinion are fantastic.  Give it a watch starting at 54:48   If...

This weeks top stories include Brooks Institute closing after 70 years and leaving students high and dry.  Peta is still fighting for NARUTO for some unknown reason. Finally, Seagate has announced a 60TB SSD storage drive which is pure insanity.    This weeks show is brought to you by RODE microphones.  They just announced two microphones are gaining Rycote Lyre suspensions.  If you don't know wha...

I was on Vacation last week which means normally there would be no RAWtalk this week.  Don't fret though as we filmed a special RAWtalk with interview before I went away to make sure we delivered you a FRESH episode on time.   On this weeks episode I welcome @Misshattan into the loft to share her story on how she went from zero to 400,000 Instagram followers.  As well as how she went from working...