The FujiCast: Photography Podcast Neale James & Kevin Mullins

Look under your car seat, peep behind the sofa, Kev’s looking for his X100V! Perhaps it’s been used by his interior decorator - all will be revealed. Also on the show, getting more bang for your buck in backup-land, photographing in a pyramid, displaying your pictures in the myriad of aspect ratio frames available, why wedding cake makers are miffed with Bake Off, best skin tone film simulations, jpeg compression and choose your favourite ever lens chaps! Also a new feature this week about photography films on YouTube. This week, The Photographic Eye channel’s film about William Eggleston’s approach to photography, the 'dilemma of boring photographs'.
THIS WEEK'S LIST OF LINK GOODNESS...
 
Pic Time: https://www.pic-time.com/  - use FUJICAST when creating an account for discount offers to apply
 
The showpage: https://www.fujicast.co.uk/episodes/episode-247
 
Kevin Mullins: https://www.kevinmullinsphotography.co.uk
 
Neale James: https://www.nealejames.com
 
Eggleston’s art foundation site: http://egglestonartfoundation.org/
 
Shiftabrick: https://www.instagram.com/shiftabrick/
 
Sync: https://www.sync.com/
 
Alex Kilbee’s film about making boring pictures: https://youtu.be/Jm2pw7kPQ-E 

Kev and Neale take a jaunt to London and it results in a later release, well that’s the boy’s excuse - and they’re sticking by it. Today on the show, life cycles of mirrorless versus DSLR, front command dial problems and is ai going to cause as many problems for photographers as we fear? Also, changing Adobe subscriptions while keeping photos in the cloud safe, attaching vintage lenses and online sales advice. Our guest is Amy Milstein, a documentary wedding photographer in New York and the book of the week is Stones from the Inside, with photography by Bill Wyman.
THIS WEEK'S LIST OF LINK GOODNESS...

Pic Time: https://www.pic-time.com/   - use FUJICAST when creating an account for discount offers to apply

The showpage: https://www.fujicast.co.uk/episodes/episode-246 

Kevin Mullins: https://www.kevinmullinsphotography.co.uk 

Neale James: https://www.nealejames.com 

Hatchards book shop: https://www.hatchards.co.uk/ 

Amy Milstein photography from New York: https://www.amymilstein.com/ 

Neale’s very excited as his 16-55mm lens is due to arrive whilst the show is being recorded and Kev’s readying himself for the start of the wedding season. Today questions and mails about a special Fujifilm and NHS picture competition to celebrate 75 years of the health service, choosing the best monitor for editing and programs for editing, starting a photowalk and workshop business, linear motor lenses, eating garlic as defence, slower lightroom with higher resolution sensors, manual focus peaking problems, restoring photos and used cameras, plus our guest is London street photographer, Mr. Whisper, back for part two of his chat with Neale.
THIS WEEK'S LIST OF LINK GOODNESS...
 
Pic Time: https://www.pic-time.com/  - use FUJICAST when creating an account for discount offers to apply
 
The showpage: https://www.fujicast.co.uk/episodes/episode-245
 
Kevin Mullins: https://www.kevinmullinsphotography.co.uk
 
Neale James: https://www.nealejames.com
 
Loading Zone podcast productions: https://www.loadingzone.co.uk  
 
Mr. Whisper’s website: https://www.mrwhisperstudios.com/

Mr. Whisper’s November workshop in London: https://bit.ly/41Oxwge
 
Ken Rockwell’s 16-55mm review: https://www.kenrockwell.com/fuji/x-mount-lenses/16-55mm-f28.htm
 
Fujifilm celebrating 75 years of the NHS with a photography competition: https://www.nhs75-fujifilm.com/
 
Fixation London: https://www.fixationuk.com/ 

Neale has a bad case of flight wind and Kev is saving £1 a week for the rest of his life so he can afford Leica’s new Monochrom camera, whilst wishing and hoping that Fujifilm may at last release their own dedicated BW-only camera, especially now that even Pentax have launched theirs! One thing is for sure, both our boys are lamenting the closure of DPReview. Questions today on sharpening; to sharpen or not to sharpen, switching from a DLSR with an optical viewfinder to an electronic viewfinder in a Fujifilm mirrorless, building a new portfolio, working for free, removing pictures of those who have passed from online portfolios, shooting tethered with Fujifilm cameras, wonky frozen sub monitors and more. Our guest this week, visiting us for the first of two editions, is London-based street and travel photographer, Mr. Whisper.
Pic Time: https://www.pic-time.com/  - use FUJICAST when creating an account for discount offers to apply

The showpage: https://www.fujicast.co.uk/episodes/episode-244 

Kevin Mullins: https://www.kevinmullinsphotography.co.uk 

Neale James: https://www.nealejames.com 

Loading Zone podcast productions: https://www.loadingzone.co.uk 

Leica’s new M11 camera: https://leica-camera.com/en-GB/discover-leica-m11-monochrom 

An update to DPReview’s closure news: https://www.dpreview.com/news/0507902613/dpreview-closure-an-update 

The new Pentax K-3 Monochrome camera: https://news.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/rim_info2/2023/20230413_038349.html 

Neale’s 365 feature: https://www.nealejames.com/365-journal 

Matt Stuart’s website featuring the ‘famous leaf picture”: https://www.mattstuart.com/ 

Jason Evans’ Daily Nice website: http://www.thedailynice.com/ 

Chris Orange’s food portfolio: https://www.chrisorangephotography.com/My-work/Clients/Food-Industry/ 

Photoshop and Lightroom tethered plugin for Fujifilm: https://fujifilm-x.com/global/products/software/adobe-photoshop-lightroom-tether-plugin/ 

Em and Woz wedding photographers: https://emwoz.co/ 

Mr.Whisper’s website: https://www.mrwhisperstudios.com/ 

Allister Freeman’s website: https://www.allisterfreeman.co.uk/ 

Jeff Ascough’s street work: https://jeffascough.com/ 

Kev’s still doing the walk of shame following his phone ringing at a funeral, though it seems Neale is to blame! Today, film simulations and how they work in that magic box we call a camera, keeping up with corporate speak, the blueprint for a new photography business, website advice, simple ‘CRM’ and embracing free marketing platforms. Also, we’re poking the bear on the Instagram theme, let’s call it ’the rematch,’ photo books or YouTube, which works best in terms of tuition, colour casts in Lightroom and is an X-T3 still a good purchase. It’s also the second concluding part of our conversation with Kristina Varaksina, UK Fujifilm ambassador.
Pic Time: https://www.pic-time.com/   - use FUJICAST when creating an account for discount offers to apply

The showpage: https://www.fujicast.co.uk/episodes/episode-243  

Kevin Mullins: https://www.kevinmullinsphotography.co.uk 

Neale James: https://www.nealejames.com 

Loading Zone podcast productions: https://www.loadingzone.co.uk   



Janice Kho: https://janicekho.com/ 

Kristina Varaksina: https://www.instagram.com/kristinavaraksina 

KASE Magnetic filters: https://kasefilters.com/ 

Fujifilm X100S: From Snapshots to Great Shots: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fujifilm-X100S-Snapshots-Great-Shots/dp/0321984390 

Monochrome Mullins: https://www.instagram.com/mullins_monochrome/ 

Neale is loving his BIG switch to the X-H2s and Kev’s been to the races and has come back with a business plan to race ’Star’ at next year’s Gold Cup. On this week’s show, finding the gravity in grain, to sharpen or not to sharpen, how to improve the 'perfect digital camera', and mentoring; is it important, do you need one, and how do you search for the right one for you? Instagram, have the wheels fallen off or are we not posting correctly and when is a street photograph not a street photograph? Our guest is new Fujifilm X-Photographer, Kristina Varaksina, one of the UK’s new X-Photographers. We talk about self-portraits and a project about ‘unconventional beauty’ in part 1 of 2 visits.