The FujiCast: Photography Podcast

#312: A tribute to Martin Parr and seeing in black and white

A few audio gremlins in the works, but Kev's on the case and normal service will be resumed in 2026, whatever normal is. It's the last show of the year, with our regular break on the way for the holidays. Today, a special edition as we revisit an interview Kevin recorded with Martin Parr who sadly passed last weekend. Also on the show: shooting in black-and-white mode, though editing in colour; lossless compression; rear-screen focus distance accuracy; custom mode shooting; plus we have a book of the week called Layers of India by Mark Seymour. Email the show with your questions: click@fujicast.co.uk [click@fujicast.co.uk] For links go to the showpage [https://www.fujicast.co.uk/episodes/episode-312]. If you'd like to travel to far-off places with a camera: https://www.thejourneybeyond.uk/ [https://www.thejourneybeyond.uk/]

#311: Lighting up nature and working for free?!

Stand well back from the podcast player today, because Kev's brought man flu to the airwaves! What he needs is a week-long retreat in Scotland, which Neale shares details about during the show. Today, photographic mishaps, when things don't quite work out as you plan, post professional gig rituals, wedding fair conversions, and we ask the question, are engagement shoots a thing anymore? Also, Ed Sheeran's One Shot show, using flash for nature photography, faster Fujifilm lenses for landscape photography, expanding your photo business into social photography, being genre-specific on a website, photographing weddings for free to gain experience, and marketing to new clients. Email the show with your questions: click@fujicast.co.uk [click@fujicast.co.uk] For links go to the showpage [https://www.fujicast.co.uk/episodes/episode-311]. If you'd like to travel to far-off places with a camera: https://www.thejourneybeyond.uk/ [https://www.thejourneybeyond.uk/]

#310: Kev's studio portrait lighting workflow and the Last of the Garys!

Kev has lost a family heirloom, but fortunately, Neale finds the X100V he left on a car roof in Chelsea. Also today, Kev's looking to expand his photographic library, just don't tell Gemma, what makes a good photographic retreat, Kev's studio lighting workflow for portrait work, when to use Auto ISO, shutter speed choice, do you have a Gary in your life, plus correct preset and profile workflow in Lightroom. Email the show with your questions: click@fujicast.co.uk [click@fujicast.co.uk] For links go to the showpage [https://www.fujicast.co.uk/episodes/episode-310]. If you'd like to travel to far-off places with a camera: https://www.thejourneybeyond.uk/ [https://www.thejourneybeyond.uk/]

#309: What will the new X-Pro4/5 look like? Is wedding photography in decline?

Kev returns from a week away looking at the world through the bottom of a pint glass, but all is well, and we're ready for the final push through to the time of year it's too early to mention yet! Your questions and emails into the show answered. Today, should you recycle your memory cards more often to be absolutely safe they won't corrupt? Do we have a strategy for our exits from shooting weddings or even being photographers? Is the wedding industry for photographers at any rate, the slowest it has been since the pandemic took it away for a while? Do you calibrate your monitor? And the big elephant in Kev's duck stream (listen the show that will makes sense), what will the new X-Pro line camera look like? Email the show with your questions: click@fujicast.co.uk [click@fujicast.co.uk] For links go to the showpage [https://www.fujicast.co.uk/episodes/episode-309]. If you'd like to travel to far-off places with a camera: https://www.thejourneybeyond.uk/ [https://www.thejourneybeyond.uk/]

#308: What inspires your photography? and HELP, my pictures are muddy!

Kev shares his memories (those he can still recall through cocktail-infused eyes) of the Judo boys-on-tour trip to Gibraltar, and Neale is wrestling with a washing machine that's doing its best to flood the house. Questions for the show include decisions on why to shoot wide open, whether a GFX will cause editing problems on an older iMac, if a GFX can be a decent travel companion, and electronic zoom or zooming in Lightroom - what's less destructive? We're still noodling over AI, we talk about Google Maps, cameras with patina, what art forms inspire your photography and why your pictures may be muddy in post-production. Email the show with your questions: click@fujicast.co.uk [click@fujicast.co.uk] For links go to the showpage [https://www.fujicast.co.uk/episodes/episode-308]. If you'd like to travel to far-off places with a camera: https://www.thejourneybeyond.uk/ [https://www.thejourneybeyond.uk/]