Ep. 10: Does Dweezil Zappa Actually Think He's Taylor Swift? - and more
Lens Shark Photography Podcast
Sharky James
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2015
⏱️ 29 minutes
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In this episode:
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Jon Willey, Director of Photography for the NFL's Miami Dolphins opens the show.
Musician Dweezil Zappa defends his seemingly rights-grabbing concert photography contract. (full story)
Remember Kodak? In 1956 they had pretty interesting (and perhaps useless) tips for those photographing Disneyland. (full story)
An Australian photographer turns to the Internets (yes, the Internets) to locate a bride and groom in his photos. (full story)
NASA does quite a bit of manipulation in Photoshop...but for very good reasons. (full story)
A UNICEF campaign aims to help end bullying. Is this a photo project you can bring to your community? (full story)
A Sony smartphone garners DxOMark's highest sensor rating for smartphones. (full story)
A Russian teens falls 9 stories to his death participating in an extremely dangerous type of photography. (full story)
Atlanta gets set to repeal a stupid law which has made it illegal to shoot on public sidewalks since 1977. (full story)
Instagram's C.E.O. finally reveals where the company's ban on nudity comes from. (full story)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey this is John Willie, the Director of Photography for the NFL's Miami Dolphins, and you're listening |
| 0:04.0 | to the Petapixil Photography Podcast with my good friend, Sharky James. |
| 0:07.7 | Welcome to the Petapixil Photography Podcast, episode 10. Does Dweasel Zappa actually think he's Taylor Swift? |
| 0:17.0 | In this episode, Dweasel Zappa gets added to the list of celebrities, in air quotes, who want all rights |
| 0:26.4 | to photos shot of them. |
| 0:28.0 | A listener calls in with a question I think is about photography. |
| 0:32.4 | A UNICEF campaign may spark your next photo project. |
| 0:35.8 | Kodak's wacky exposure tips from the 1950s. We learn about how Instagram came up with its policy on nudity, a Russian boy falls to his death |
| 0:44.9 | while doing a risky type of photography. In Atlanta law banning photography on |
| 0:49.7 | public sidewalks looks to be on the way out, All that and more in episode 10 of the |
| 0:54.7 | Petapixil Photography Podcast. Thanks so much John for opening the show. The |
| 1:01.8 | Dolphins are off to a tough start this |
| 1:03.7 | season but you and your team are making them look awesome as always. If you're |
| 1:07.4 | interested in seeing John's photography of the NFL's Miami Dolphins |
| 1:11.0 | hit him up on Instagram where he's official Dolphins Fotog and see what I'm talking about. |
| 1:16.0 | And I'd like to thank everyone for joining us here in episode 10 of the Petapixil Photography |
| 1:20.9 | Podcast. We appreciate you all for subscribing, rating, and |
| 1:24.4 | reviewing us in iTunes or wherever else you listen to us. Okay with that I'm your |
| 1:29.3 | host Sharkey James, let's hit it. We've done quite a few stories now on musicians with increasingly strict photography |
| 1:36.8 | contracts and it seems like an epidemic of late. |
| 1:40.1 | They get all the benefits and you're supposed to be happy that they even allowed you to shoot their concert for free. |
| 1:46.0 | Well, guitarist Dweasel Zappa, son of the legendary Frank Zappa, and Brother to Moon Unit, don't forget about her, took to Facebook recently to respond to critics of his current concert photography contract. |
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