Ep. 133: Benjamin Von Wong, Mermaids and You! - and more
Lens Shark Photography Podcast
Sharky James
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2016
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Episode 133 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Photographer Benjamin Von Wong
In This Episode
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Photographer Benjamin Von Wong opens the show. Thanks Benjamin!
What do mermaids look like on 10,000 plastic bottles? To raise awareness for the pollution caused by plastic bottles in the world's oceans and the 450 years it takes for them to degrade, photographer Benjamin Von Wong brings this to life in a series of stunning photos. (#)
Canon files a patent for lenses with mounts on both ends. (#)
Another series of patents from Canon shows a sensor with its ends curved as well as a sensor that is electronically controlled. (#)
Syrp introduces a cool new variable ND filter with 5 to 10 stops. (#)
Adobe brings Touch Bar support to Photoshop CC, but is it a help or a hinderance after years of doing things without it? (#)
A groom allegedly ignores warnings to ground his drone and injures two of his friends. (#)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys this is photographer Benjamin von Wong and you're listening to the |
| 0:02.8 | Petapixil Photography podcast with Sharkey James. Enjoy. |
| 0:06.6 | Welcome to the Petapixil Photography Podcast |
| 0:09.4 | episode 133. |
| 0:11.5 | Benjamin Von Wong, mer Mermaids, and you. |
| 0:15.0 | In this episode, Ben Vonong's latest epic project, Cannon patents reversible lenses and two |
| 0:26.8 | bendy image sensors, syrup drops a variable ND, Photoshop CC gets touchbar support, and a groom |
| 0:34.0 | groom takes out two guests with his drone. |
| 0:37.6 | All that and more in episode 133 of the Petapixil Photography Podcast. |
| 0:43.0 | Thank you so much Benjamin for opening the show. |
| 0:47.0 | I greatly appreciate it brother. |
| 0:52.0 | Benjamin Von Wong operates on a level of creativity and technical skill in photography |
| 0:57.4 | that most of us just will never achieve. |
| 1:00.3 | And if you visit his website over at von Wong.com, you'll see exactly what I mean. |
| 1:05.0 | We're talking epic shoots of superheroes on the end of skyscrapers. |
| 1:09.0 | I think a lot of you guys remember that. |
| 1:10.0 | He teamed up with the folks over at Smug Mug and those were just |
| 1:13.8 | awesome photos and if you didn't see those perhaps you saw the ones of people out in a |
| 1:18.6 | field seemingly unaware that a ginormous dangerous storm was behind them. |
| 1:24.0 | Those were pretty darn epic. |
| 1:25.7 | And of course, his more recent photos |
| 1:27.9 | shot underwater in what had to have been a logistical nightmare, |
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