FroKnowsPhoto Photography Podcasts

Let’s start off with what has changed.  First you may notice my hair has a more round shaped look.  That’s because for the first time in 8 and a half years I sat in the barbers chair and got my hair trimmed.  My goal was to give it a nice shape, think basketball aka nice and round.  I think e succeeded there though change does not come easy for me.     On top of that the crew and I decide to do a...

Eyes, they are so very integral to every day life and even more so when your business revolves around seeing the world and capturing it.  Many people don’t know that I was born with an eye condition that causes my eyes to shake which in turn hurts my vision.      I have been seeing one of the best eye doctors in the world named Harold P. Koller since I was a small child.  In fact he did surgery on...

Over the past month or so there has been a lot of concern over many larger bands photo contracts.  One in particular is the Foo Fighters photo release you must sign before shooting them.  Yes the contact is over the top, yes it discusses turning over the copyrights but no it’s not really as big of a deal as you think.  What’s going on is people are blowing the release way out of proportion.  You h...

We already have four camera angles so what’s one more.  This week we added the “Todd Cam” aka the camera pointed right at his face.  We hope you enjoy the added angle.     This weeks Plug is brought to you by RODE Microphones.  As you know we use their Broadcaster mics each and every week even when we hit up the Grand Canyon.  Rode makes mics ranking from simple wired lavs to USB and XLR and micro...

We made the 2:45 min trip down south to Reston Virginia to do a LIVE Mobile RAWtalk from the VideoBlocks HQ.  Not only did we pack the house but I got to sit down with the founder and CEO of VideoBlocks Joel Holland.  If you want to know how one person with an idea can go from living in his parents basement to selling a million DVD’s over the internet check out 33:14.  Sitting down with Joel and h...

It’s generally not easy coming up with titles for RAWtalk Episodes and this week was no exception. So here’s what we had, a seat got filled, I RANTED slightly, we had no main plug, we flew solo and we had a cool gear of the week. If you can pull a title out of all of that please let m know. Photo news this week was filled to the brim once again. If you missed my Rant on the Taylor Swift photo cont...

For the past 7 years I have been trying to track down Danny Clinch.  Well, I finally had the chance to sit down with him for a very intimate interview recorded at his NYC studio.  For those who don’t know Danny, let me just say he has defined music lifestyle and advertising photos over the past 20+ years.  He is more than just a “music” photographer, he is a photographer who captures and shares im...

This was a big week for Photo News with most of it centered around SONY announcing some new cameras that are sure to shake up the photo industry.  What SONY has done is spent the last decade or so carving out their niche.  I get asked all the time why I don’t like “mirror less” cameras.  I don’t dislike them I just don’t think they are there yet.  Do you notice what is going on with the new Sony A...

I had the chance to have arguably one of the best Wedding Photographers in the world Cliff Mautner into the loft for a little sit-down discussion.  Cliff does not hold back on his thoughts on the current state of wedding photography or anything else for that matter.   But what I love about the interview is it’s no BS.  It’s honest, it’s to the point and it’s filled with solid gold nuggets of infor...

WARNING: this is a very visual episode that I highly suggest you watch the video if you can!!!   No that was not a massive green screen, we were truly filming RAWtalk on the edge of the Grand Canyon thanks to AdventureDriven.com.  Can you believe how amazing it looks.  We filmed this weeks show with two Canon C300’s, a 5D Mark III, GoPro and DJI Phantom 3 PRO for the arial shots.   This weeks spon...

Let’s start off with the title story from Photo News where a rugby player decided after scoring to take out a sharpie and sign the camera persons lens.  If there was a filter on the lens than it wouldn’t be such a big deal.  Since there wasn’t, that just might cost someone a lot of money.  You can hear the full story at 09:51.   What would have saved that cameras lens would have been pretty much a...

It’s not often I am grossed out by a story but this one really left me scatting my head. Honestly the story and the photo’s in my opinion are so gross that I can’t talk about it anymore.  To see the story I am taking about skip to 27:48.  Consider yourself warned.    This weeks Episode is brought to you by the fine people at AudioBlocks and VideoBlocks.  If you want to know where all the menstrual...

Before I jump into this weeks show I want to dedicate it to Allen from Allen’s camera who passed away last night at the store.  Allen was there for me at the beginning and was one of the main catalysts to the early success of FroKnowsPhoto.com.   What does “On Fleek” mean?  Honestly it’s a made up term that if you look up on YouTube you just might find yourself laughing.   This weeks episode is sp...

I want to start off and say we filmed this weeks RAWtalk on Thursday afternoon and it wasn’t until Friday that we found out that Allen from Allen’s Camera had passed away.  I will be having a special segment dedicated to Allen on the next episode.    Some of you know I ordered two apple watches for a project idea that I have been working on.  The plan was to do my project and return the watches wi...

It’s not every week that I get over 350 Flying Solo questions but this week you guys delivered.  I must say there were so many great questions that I chose a few extra to squeeze in as many answers as I could.  The truth will be told during this weeks episode.    I want us all to welcome a NEW sponsor this week, Kenko / Tokina  http://www.kenkotokinausa.com/tokina/  .  I am almost positive you guy...

We are back from Las Vegas where we covered NAB 2015 thanks to our sponsor VideoBlocks.com/go/fro !!!!  Todd, Stephen and I made the trip to make sure we brought you the best coverage you will find from this years NAB.  That full on video will be out shortly but we had to bring you this weeks RAWtalk first.    The first part of the show starts off like normal but somewhere in the middle we take yo...

There is an ongoing debate wether or not you should post your wedding package and portrait pricing on your website.  I have said it before I am not a big fan of making definitive statements but this is the one of the few times I will say I would not post my prices online.    Now I would consider putting a packages "starting" at price but not all of your prices.  The way I look at it is I want peop...

You know you’re in for a treat when my dad joins me on the show.  You never know what direction our conversation will go.  This week I got back my Ancestry.com DNA results and I don’t know about you but I expect a hell of a lot more information and so did my dad.  Check out that interview at 1:07:05   Do you want a chance to win some of the $200,000 in prizes just for making a video in the MyRodeR...

Welcome back to another WEEK of RAWtalk which so happens to top the two hour mark once again.    Did you know that Facebook mobile automatically corrects your image when you post it?  Yup, they do, but you can turn that function off which I highly recommend doing.  Go into your mobile settings and turn off the option for auto correcting images that you publish via mobile.     You get to see the ne...

Last week we invaded Chicago for a sold out Mobile RAWtalk at Stage 773!!!  A big thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket as well as to Squarespace who sponsored this Mobile RAWtalk.  Without the support of Squarespace we wouldn’t be able to take RAWtalk on the road.  If you have not tried Squarespace I suggest you give it a try.  It is what I personally use for JaredPolin.com.    To get a FR...

Can you tell what is different this week?  If you are watching the video playback you will see that we are not at the RAWtalk table.  The reason being is I have been filming for the last 7 days the next video guide, the FroKnowsPhoto Guide to Video Editing.    The crew would leave each night and all the gear would stay in place.  The set was set along with the lights and Canon cameras so all we ne...

Welcome to Episode #123 of FroKnowsPhoto RAWtalk.  This week I started off the show with a look back at a video I recorded somewhere around 2008.  It showcases me attempting to make a video but failing every which way I tried.  The reason I posted the video is to show you that I have not always been this good in front of the camera.  And if I can go from that guy sitting there fumbling words with...

This week I sat down with former Sports Illustrated staff photographer Al Tielemans.  I first met Al when I was 17 or 18 where we shot together in the dugout of Veteran stadium for a Phillies game.  I invited Al in because he is one of the best sports photographers of our time and I know he would be able to shed some light on the industry for us all.  If there is one thing I took out of this inter...

One of the biggest mysteries on the internet is “How much do YouTubers make?”.  Well, I am one of those YouTubers so I share what I know to try and shed some light on this age old question.  Be sure to check out the 47:58 mark and find out the answer to the question.     The whole reason I bring up YouTubers and how much they make is there was a change of the terms of services for what YouTubers c...

The plan for this weeks show was to have on a special guest who ended up having to cancel last minute. Of course this tends to happen and is out of all our control when their child is running a fever, it's also totally understandable. Alas the show must go on and it ended up being another fantastic show packed with great photo news, random discussion, DVDA and Flying Solo. This weeks pluggy mc plu...