PhotoActive Jeff Carlson & Kirk McElhearn

Gentleman Coder Nik Bhatt returns to talk about Nitro, his all-new photo editor for macOS (and soon, iOS and iPadOS). As the successor to RAW Power, Nitro has a lot to live up to. Nik talks about what prompted him to build a new app from the ground up, adding new features like masking, supporting cameras that Apple ignores, and more.


Guest:



Nik Bhatt


Hosts:



Jeff Carlson: website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram, Jeff on Glass, Jeff on Mastodon
Kirk McElhearn: website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram, Kirk on Glass, Kirk on Mastodon


Show Notes:


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Nitro



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We were recently asked about where we find inspiration while making photos, which led Kirk and Jeff to muse on the idea of being primed to find photo subjects. It’s not enough to arrive at a destination with a blank slate—you’ll create better photos and enjoy the experience more if you prime yourself to see what’s in front of you. That can come from photo books, online photos of the same area, and more.


Hosts:



Jeff Carlson: website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram, Jeff on Glass, Jeff on Mastodon
Kirk McElhearn: website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram, Kirk on Glass, Kirk on Mastodon


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Behind the Gare Saint Lazare

Episode 155: Favorites from The Photo Book

Episode 157: Photos at the High End: Hasselblad 907x/CFV 100C



Snapshots:



Jeff’s snapshot: Leica SL3 Sample Gallery, DPReview
Kirk’s snapshot: The Creative Act: a Way of Being, Rick Rubin


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The entire Internet - yes, the whole thing, trust us - is going crazy for the new Fujifilm X100VI compact fixed-lens camera. What’s the appeal of this not-inexpensive camera? Its predecessor was in such demand that Fujifilm just stopped manufacturing it because it couldn’t keep up...for more than a year. And now the X100VI is backordered until summer. Is it all just influencer hype?


[Main photo credit: Fujifilm]


Hosts:



Jeff Carlson: website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram, Jeff on Glass, Jeff on Mastodon
Kirk McElhearn: website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram, Kirk on Glass, Kirk on Mastodon


Show Notes:


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Fuji X100VI

Photos at the High End: Hasselblad 907x/CFV 100C

The internet's NEW favorite camera? (Fuji X100VI), The Studio

The Fujifilm X100VI Is (Nearly) Everything We Wanted!, PetaPixel

Opinion: The joy of fixed-lens cameras | Popular Photography



Snapshots:



Jeff’s snapshot: - The Dog Sitter Detective, by Antony Johnston

Kirk’s snapshot:

Hokusai's Fuji

Lego Great Wave

Original Soundtrack: The Great Wave – LEGO Art



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In five years, will our cameras look anything like today’s cameras? We’ve seen staggering advancements in AI technologies in photography, so in this episode we stretch our imaginations to think about where things are headed.


Hosts:



Jeff Carlson: website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram, Jeff on Glass, Jeff on Mastodon
Kirk McElhearn: website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram, Kirk on Glass, Kirk on Mastodon


Show Notes:


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Episode 157: Photos at the High End: Hasselblad 907x/CFV 100C

Samsung Argues That There is ‘No Such Thing as a Real Picture’

Back to the Future Deep Fake



Snapshots:



Jeff’s snapshot: Padcaster Parrot Pro Teleprompter
Kirk’s snapshot: Retrobatch 2


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What would you do with 100 megapixels? Jeff recently had the opportunity to shoot with the new Hasselblad 907x/CFV 100C, a medium format camera in the form factor of Hasselblad’s classic film bodies. This $8,200 (body only, of course) system made him rethink the photographic muscle memory he’s developed over the years, as well as the mental-muscle-memory of how to approach making photos.


Hosts:



Jeff Carlson: website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram, Jeff on Glass, Jeff on Mastodon
Kirk McElhearn: website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram, Kirk on Glass, Kirk on Mastodon


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Hasselblad 907X/CFV 100C

Hasselblad 907X/CFV 100C sample gallery at DPReview

What’s so special about this $8,200 Hasselblad?, Becca Farsace at The Verge

One of the most UNIQUE cameras I’ve ever used, Manny Ortiz



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It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking the photos on your old hard drives are perfectly safe. But are they really? Our guest Derrick Story needed to extract 200,000 images saved in Apple’s discontinued Aperture software on an old Drobo storage array. Using a combination of an old MacBook that could run Aperture and modern software like Peakto for organizing the extracted images, he was able to restore them all.


Guest:



Derrick Story


Hosts:



Jeff Carlson: website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram, Jeff on Glass, Jeff on Mastodon
Kirk McElhearn: website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram, Kirk on Glass, Kirk on Mastodon


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The Digital Story (Derrick’s site, newsletter, podcast, photography, and more)

The Rescue Mission (Medium Guest Link)

Peakto

Mylio

Episode 144: Wrangling Libraries with Matthieu Kopp



Our Snapshots:



Jeff: Moonfire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
Kirk: Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection


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