Let's Talk Photography

This month Bart continues his on-going series on photographic terms. This time it’s all about focus. Not focus in the art of arting sense, but in the physical optical sense. Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp53 . This show is ad-free because of the generosity of listeners like you. Please considering supporting the show on Patreon . Reminder - you can submit questions fo...

Bart tries something new this month and shares his thoughts, feelings, and opinions on three photographic topics raised on other podcasts. Recent episodes of Shutter Time with Sid & Mac have asked whether or not we are called to photograph, and whether or not we should actively work to develop a photographic style, while Antonio Rosario raised questions about the potential problems with AI on the...

Bart continues his series explaining photographic terms and phrases in this solo show all about ISO . This is the third and final part of a mini-series on the so-called ‘exposure triangle’. Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp51 . This show is ad-free because of the generosity of listeners like you. Please considering supporting the show on Patreon . Reminder - you can sub...

Bart continues his series explaining photographic terms and phrases in this solo show all about ‘Aperture’. Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp50 . This show is ad-free because of the generosity of listeners like you. Please considering supporting the show on Patreon . Reminder - you can submit questions for future Q & A shows at lets-talk.ie/photoq .

Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp49 . This show is ad-free because of the generosity of listeners like you. Please considering supporting the show on Patreon . Reminder - you can submit questions for future Q & A shows at lets-talk.ie/photoq . This month Bart is joined by special guests Sid Mac from the Shutter Time with Sid and Mac podcast for a conversation about...

It’s another solo show this month with Bart chatting directly with the audience. This is the second in what will be a sporadic but on-going series of episodes, each focusing on a different photographic term or concept. This show is all about the related concepts of ‘exposure’ and ‘exposure value’, or EV. Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp48 . This show is ad-free because...

It’s a solo show this month with Bart chatting directly with the audience. This is the first in what will be a sporadic but on-going series of episodes, each focusing on a single photographic term. The shows will start with a technical description of what the chosen term means, and then move on to look at how it effects the art and craft of photography. This show is all about ‘Dynamic Range’. List...

This month Bart chats with Mark Pouley about making a start on selling some of your work. Not going pro, but selling enough to approach breaking even and having photography be a financially neutral hobby. Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp46 . This show is ad-free because of the generosity of listeners like you. Please considering supporting the show on Patreon . Reminde...

Inspired by Episode 161 of the excellent Shuttertime with Sid & Mac podcast, Bart shares his thoughts on how to go about choosing the best photography software for you. Not the best by some sort of global metric, but the best for you. Bart argues strongly that it matters to you that the company behind the software you choose has a viable business model, and that their vision for the future aligns...

This month Bart chats with Let’s Talk regular Allister Jenks about aviation photography. Allister has been photographing airplanes for as long as he’s been photographing, while Bart is just starting to explore the subject. Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp44 . This show is ad-free because of the generosity of listeners like you. Please considering supporting the show on...

This is the final part of a three-part solo series but Bart. In the first part, “How Cameras Work” (Episode 41) , Bart describes the most general definition of a camera - a lens which focuses an image onto a plane which is in some way light-sensitive so it can record that image, and takes a quick tour through history to describe how we got to the modern digital camera. In the second part, “Underst...

This month it’s another solo show. Following on from last month’s description of what a camera is and how it works, this month Bart explains the decisions a digital camera takes on your behalf when it’s operating in full automatic mode. Bart describes the settings being adjusted by the computer inside the camera, and the inputs that computer users to calculate the values for those settings. Listen...

This month it’s another solo show. Bart does his best to explain, at a physical level, how cameras work. Before we can take control of our cameras, we need to understand what’s really going on inside our cameras, and that’s what this show is all about. How we got to now is also important, so there’s a liberal helping of history thrown in too. Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk....

This month Bart interviews three different guests on the topic of ‘new beginnings’. First, Bart chats with Steve Stanger about his plans to do more photo and video editing on iOS in 2017. Next, Bart talks to Antonio Rosario about his plans to get back to shooting on film in 2017. And finally, Bart chats with Gazmaz about his renewed enthusiasm for shooting the night sky. Listen, subscribe, and get...

This month it’s just Bart - no guest and no panel! Bart tries to inspire the listeners to have a go at photographing the night sky this holiday season. Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp39 . This show is ad-free because of the generosity of listeners like you. Please considering supporting the show on Patreon . Reminder - you can submit questions for future Q & A sho...

This month Bart is joined by Antonio Rosario form the Switch to Manual Podcast, Allison Sheridan from the Nosillacast Podcast, and Clay Daly from the Cybrcast Podcast. As the season for giving approaches yet again, the panel discuss gifts of photography, and gifts for photographers, ranging in price from stocking fillers all the way up to the $1,000 mark! Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes...

This month’s show is guest-hosted by Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast, and she is joined by Antonio Rosario form the Switch to Manual Podcast, Mark Pouley from Twin Lake Images, and Victor Cajiao from the Terratech podcast for a conversation about smartphone photography. Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp37 . This show is ad-free because of the generosity of...

This month Bart is joined by Antonio Rosario form the Switch to Manual Podcast. As a follow-up to last month’s interview with Jeff Curto, Bart and Antonio each showcase two great photographers from history, one from a very long time ago (at least a century), and an other from a long time ago (about 50 years). Bart championed Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) & Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976), and A...

This month Bart is joined by photographer Jeff Curto talk about the history of photography, and why it matters. Jeff taught a course on photo history in the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn Illinois for 30 years, and has made his class sessions available as a podcast. Jeff also produces the Camera Position podcast, a show about the creative side of photography. Listen, subscribe, and get the show n...

This month Bart is joined by Antonio Rosario from Switch to Manual, and Mark Pouley from Twin Lakes Images. The is the second show where each of the panel bring along two photos to talk about - one of their own, and one by another photographer. The first photo talk episode was show 24 . Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp34 . This show is ad-free because of the generosity...

This month Bart is joined by Antonio Rosario from Switch to Manual, and Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast. This show is a direct follow-on from last month’s. Allison sent some feedback regarding last month’s show in which Bart and Antonio explained some of the common adjustments you’ll find in photo editors. She enjoyed the show, but she had questions. Could she come on some time to as...

This month Bart is joined by Antonio Rosario from Switch to Manual. In this show Bart and Antonio work their way through some of the common kinds of adjustment photo editing apps tend to provide, and explain both what they mean technically, and why and how you might use them artistically. Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp32 . This show is ad-free because of the generosi...

This month Bart is joined by Elaine Giles from Mac Bites Learning. Elaine is a trainer by profession, and the conversation is all about learning how to get the most out of new photography apps. Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp31 . This show is ad-free because of the generosity of listeners like you. Please considering supporting the show on Patreon . Reminder - you can...

This month Bart is joined by Antonio Rosario from Switch 2 Manual, and Konrad Dwojak. The topic is HDR, Tonemapping, and everything related to dealing with the fact that our eyes and our cameras have different dynamic ranges. Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp30 . This show is ad-free because of the generosity of listeners like you. Please considering supporting the show...

This month Bart is joined by Antonio Rosario from Switch 2 Manual, Mark Pouley from Twink Lakes Images, Stefaan Lesage from the Tech 45 Podcast, and Allister Jenks. The topic is simply ‘video’, something not previously covered on the show, even though the vast majority of modern cameras can shoot video as well as photographs. Listen, subscribe, and get the show notes at lets-talk.ie/ltp29 . This s...