FroKnowsPhoto Photography Podcasts

It is always an exciting day when Nikon officially announces their latest high end DSLR. That is why we take the first part of this weeks show to discuss the Nikon D4s, my next camera.   Yes I will be selling my D4 and purchasing the D4s as soon as it comes in.  I got over all the important specs of this camera and explain why I will be upgrading it.     After that lengthy discussion, Stephen and...

Over the past few days there has been a developing story involving a young photographer and the Color Run.  The photographer Max claims that the color run used one of his images in an advertisement without compensating him.  He asked for $100,000 and the color run decided to sue him.  Stephen and I don't jump to conclusions and try to look at all the facts that we have.  At the time of this record...

Last week both Stephen and I were out of town.  Stephen was in New Orleans attending his brothers wedding and I was out in LA photographing Matisyahu for his latest album. Being that we recorded Episode #071 a few days earlier than normal we had a few extra days between tapings.  You know what that means, Stephen will be angry that we talked for TWO HOURS this week.  That is what happens when you...

Talk about exploiting a niche to it's fullest.  That is exactly what our guest Mike Allebach has done in the wedding industry with Tattooed Brides.   You have to listen to Mike speak about why and how he built his very successful wedding photography business around alternative weddings most notably weddings featuring Tattoos.   If you can find a niche and exploit it you can find yourself on top of...

A Vegas Recap, A Ranty McRanterson, 2X Wheel of FRO and Flying Solo: RAWtalk #070 This week we dive into a little bit of a recap about our Vegas Vacation which included meeting the one and only Ron Jeremy.  Along with a discussion about Stephens fun flight home with only a half a seat lol.  Since we did a little bit of flying I had to RANT just a little bit about the boarding procedure from US AIR...

Welcome to the first ever RAWtalk from the road in Las Vegas.  Unlike the ad "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" what happens in vegas actually ends up on RAWtalk.  First off why were we in Vegas in the first place?  I got asked to speak at an event for a company called ClickBank.  I was on the panel to help answer as many questions as possible to help people make it online.   The second reason...

Here at RAWtalk headquarters aka my LOFT we attempt to do a one hour show each week.  Much to Stephens chagrin we tend to miss the mark.  Lucky for you, you get more RAWtalk just about every week including this one. This week we take a look at the NEW GEAR that was announced at CES.  Was there a lot of major announcements from the big guns, no not really.  Canon had ZERO, Nikon had three things in...

Welcome to the first RAWtalk of 2014, we are back!!!!!  First off did you see the NEW RAWtalk Logo yet, did ya, did ya?  If not take a look at your phone, computer screen or the video to check it out. One of my goals for this years RAWtalks is to try and stay on point as much as possible while keeping the show fun and informative.  Now I am not sure if I fully succeeded this week or not but I thin...

Don't worry this is not the FINAL EPSIDE of RAWtalk ever, just the final one for the year.  To kick off this weeks Episode we discuss the recent Bootcamp in New Orleans followed by my few days off in Florida.   As this is the final episode of the year I thought it would be good to look bad at some of the predictions I made last year as well as take a look into what I think will be coming in 2014....

Dave Leno at the age of 24 has attained success that has eluded people twice his age.  He has called sporting events for ESPN, the Big 10 Network and countless other outlets.  He is great on camera for the televised games and superb with his calls on radio.   You may be wondering why would I have a sports caster on RAWtalk?  The reason is you can learn a lot from how Dave has been able to attain t...

Sometimes it's just easier to say "sorry" when you make a mistake.  And last week we made an ooooppppss on the video portion of the RAWtalk.  My camera angles focus was off which means we could not cut to it the entire show.  But honestly, this type of thing happens and it just makes us more aware and prepared for the future.  Just remember the quickest way to diffuse a situation is to own up to i...

As the holidays roll around we decided this week to dive into some gifts that we consider safe to purchase for photographers.  Purchasing gifts for photographers is not easy.  One because photography is expensive and two because you really don't know what someone needs or wants.  So Stephen brought in a few items that may make your photographer friends crack a smile.   This was the first week we h...

Who wants to SPIN the Wheel of Fro and win some great prizes!!!!!  Well someone is going to have that chance if they listen of what they will need to do in order to be the first person to step up to the Wheel of Fro.  Have you seen any sponsored Instagram photos yet?  Stephen and I have and we both actually liked it.  I have no problem with them running sponsored photos like that if they continue...

Sometimes I like to sing, okay more than sometimes I like to sing.  This week it seemed that everything Stephen said turned into a song on my part.  But don't worry there was still a ton of photo knowledge dispensed this week.  We did have a light week on photo news but a very heavy week of Flying Solo.   Sit back, grab a drink even if it's not alcoholic and enjoy this weeks edition of FroKnowsPho...

It's time we catch up on ALL the photo news.  Since we did not have the photo news in the last two episodes we had a lot of catch up to do.   One of the biggest news stories of the last few weeks was the lead up to the Nikon Df announcement.  Many of you may be wounding why Stephen or I did not get in on the "rumors", you will find out in this weeks Episode.   After we catch up on all the news the...

What do you get when you mix a late night RAWtalk session with a small bit of drinking? You get the recap of this years PPE in NYC.   Stephen and I spent one entire day roaming the show floor of the Javitz center playing with toys and interviewing booth babes.  We spend most of this show discussing what we thought of the show before we jump into your flying solo questions that pertained to the sho...

The tides were turned and I was the guest on the BlackRapid Podcast a few weeks back in Seattle.  Let me explain why you are hearing this interview this week.   Stephen and I were up in NYC at the Photo show filming on the show floor on Thursday and I was back up there on Saturday.  We wanted to put together a special podcast from the photo show in NYC.  So what is happening is Stephen is editing...

What am I getting at when I say is this the death of the micro 4/3rd camera?  You will find out when we hit the Photo News from last week and discuss what Sony dropped on the world.  Does this mean an end to the short lived system or will it prevail to live on into the future? Take Two: We let you in on a little secret on why we had to record the podcast twice this week.  It should really serve as...

If you missed the release of the FroKnowsPhoto Flash Guide on Saturday, Adam Lerner and I held a special Spreecast.  We discussed everything flash photography as well as what the guide has to offer.  We took questions from the room which means there will be a ton of information to pick up in this spreecast.  I recommend putting it on in the background and listening to the audio.  FroKnowsPhoto.com...

If you missed the release of the FroKnowsPhoto Flash Guide on Saturday, Adam Lerner and I held a special Spreecast.  We discussed everything flash photography as well as what the guide has to offer.  We took questions from the room which means there will be a ton of information to pick up in this spreecast.  I recommend putting it on in the background and listening to the audio.  FroKnowsPhoto.com...

Last Saturday a bunch of Fro Readers met Stephen and I in Philadelphia for a last minute FrotoWALK.  Unlike some of my other FrotoWALKS we actually walked around the city looking for and capturing images.  I had a fantasy time and met some truly great people.  As you know, I have been working with Adam to get the FroKnowsPhoto Flash Guide out into the world!!!!   Well I am proud to announce that i...

On this weeks RAWtalk I sit down with someone who has created a very selective directory of photographers to help them stand out in a noisy word.  Stephen and I discuss the Photo News of the week along with a few other topics.  Playing on the theme of standing out in this noisy world I discuss a new book from my friend Gary Vaynerchuck called Jab Jab Jab Right Hook.  This book is poised to give yo...

Do you sleep molest your girlfriend?  For an explanation of why this topic came up on this weeks RAWtalk you will have to give it a listen.    As you guys may recall from last weeks RAWtalk Stephen and I were both away this week. Stephen was in Vegas and I was at Creative LIVE in Seattle.  I have to say Stephen had one of my biggest fears while traveling actually happen to him, I hope it never hap...

Stephen was in Vegas and I was in Seattle so we had to record this weeks RAWtalk about two weeks early.  The reason we did this is we didn't want to leave you hanging without an episode.   Since we recorded early there wont be any photo news but if I am being honest I really enjoyed the banter throughout the entire episode.  Thought we didn't have news I think it flows really reall well. Oh yea we...

The death of the DSLR is here and if you believe that you believe the new Iphone 5s is the camera of the future.   We take a look at camera features in the newly announced Iphone 5s.   Did you hear what one of the apple execs said about DSLRs and the future of photography?  IF you haven't be sure to listen to this weeks episode to hear what he said and what I think about it.  We discuss my recent...