Ep. 79: Canon Goes Big! - and more
Lens Shark Photography Podcast
Sharky James
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2016
⏱️ 21 minutes
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In This Episode
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Photographer and Lensbaby founder Craig Strong open the show. Thanks Craig!
Canon super sizes by patenting a 1000mm lens. (#)
Calumet Photographic and Bowens Lighting are acquired with plans for expansion. (#)
The British Journal of Photography raises a ton of cash to keep things going strong and serve its digital audience. (#)
A top photojournalist and his interpreter are killed in Afghanistan. (#)
Sony Artisan of Imagery and host of "The Photo Show" live on Facebook, Brian Matiash, features the PetaPixel Photography Podcast calling it "One of the best photography podcasts I've ever heard." (@ 19m26s)
Yet more in developments in the Steve McCurry saga as photos are alleged to have been staged. (#)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Well hello there this is Craig Strong I'm the photographer and founder of Lens Baby the |
| 0:04.7 | photographer capital T capital P and you're listening to the Petapixil also capital P |
| 0:10.5 | photography capital P again, once again with Sharky James. |
| 0:16.5 | Enjoy. |
| 0:17.5 | Welcome to the Petapixil Photography Podcast, Episode 79. |
| 0:22.4 | Cannon goes big. |
| 0:24.0 | In this episode, Canon patents another massive lens. |
| 0:30.0 | Calumet and Bowens are acquired. |
| 0:34.6 | The British Journal of Photography Pivots for the future. |
| 0:37.6 | Sony artist and Brian Matias discovers this show. |
| 0:41.0 | A photojournalist dies in Afghanistan, and amazingly even more Steve McCurry |
| 0:46.6 | nonsense, which I'll put at the end of the show. |
| 0:49.6 | All that and more in episode 79 of the Petapixil Photography Podcast. |
| 0:59.0 | Thank you so much Craig for opening this show. |
| 1:01.2 | I greatly appreciate it, brother. You know some of the |
| 1:03.7 | best photography products in the market come from the minds of fellow |
| 1:07.4 | photographers and such is the case with Craig Strong inventor of Lens Baby. |
| 1:13.3 | It all began when Craig wanted to get the creative looks that he had back in the film days, |
| 1:17.6 | so not seeing products on the market which would do what he wanted, the former photojournalist |
| 1:22.0 | decided to create it for himself. |
| 1:24.3 | Some 40-plus products later, the Lens Baby system is the go-to choice for getting creative looks |
| 1:29.6 | in camera rather than messing around later in post processing and being all frustrated. |
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