Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! A little way back, Canva bought Affinity. People worried. More recently, Affinity teased a big announcement. People really worried. But, as we talk a week following that announcement, Affinity is free forever and has added a million users. And the Affinity apps are all updated and merged into a new Studio. So this week we talk about the merger of companies, of products, of hardware and software. Mergers we like, mergers that failed, mergers we would like to see in the future of photography! What do you think about all this? Mentioned in the show: The Weird Death of User Interfaces Picks of the week: Feline by Tim Flach Andrea Girones This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios (Card) Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! A two-topic week with perhaps a little jeopardy. First - what app did Adrian actually decide to subscribe to and why? Second - an industry announcement that prompts an emotional response! Picks of the week: This Way Up by the Map Men Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones Reflection Frame This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios (Card) Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! It was a dark and stormy night in the dead of winter. Villagers huddled round their fires. A few hardy ones ventured to the inn to swap stories of great exaggeration. It was a time to lay low and wait for the light to return. Except if you are a photographer of course! This week we talk nabout some great winter photo projects and how to get the best out of the dark days. And many apologies to souther hemisphere listeners for whom this is clearly - as usual - porrly timed 😀. Mentioned in the show: Adrian's Snow Night Todd Hido Pentti Sammallahti Picks of the week: Gandolfi Cameras Print Matters Nano Banana Caira camera This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! Historically, Infrared (IR) photography has requried some special kit. Maybe film sensitive to the different frequencies or a digital camera converted to allow IR to hit the sensor. And after some time and effort you can get those nice images where the leaves are all white and the sky is a deep black colour. But today, it is easier than ever to shoot IR and in fact you can do it on your phone. Chris tells us how it's done and shares his experiments. Mentioned in the show: WRN Film inspiration Chris’s IR videos Picks of the week: Affinity teaser Moft iPad mini case Arctic icebergs This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! shoHistorically, Infrared (IR) photography has requried some special kit. Maybe film sensitive to the different frequencies or a digital camera converted to allow IR to hit the sensor. And after some time and effort you can get those nice images where the leaves are all white and the sky is a deep black colour. But today, it is easier than ever to shoot IR and in fact you can do it on your phone. Chris tells us how it's done and shares his experiments. Mentioned in the show: WRN Film inspiration Chris’s IR videos Picks of the week: Affinity teaser Moft iPad mini case Arctic icebergswnotes This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! One effective way to make sure your software subscriptions don't rack up is to switch off the auto-renew. Adrian has actively built this into his photography hobby - choosing a new thing every year based on whatever creative whim takes him at the time. And it's come around again - time to choose a new app! With little help from Jeremiah and Chris that is. Mentioned in the show: Davinci Resolve VSCO Polarr LD (Lens Distortions) Photopea Gemini Nano Banana Picks of the week: Perovskites detecting Gamma now Buried in Style: Artistic Coffins and Funerary Culture in Ghana by Regula Tschumi Runway ML This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! A brave explorer traveled the North West Passage experiencing Greenland and Baffin Island, photographing polar bears and beautiful light. And having made it safely back home, our good friend Jeremiah tells us all about it! Picks of the week: Pixboom Spark Pixless Camera Kickstarter, YouTube Instax Wide Evo This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Note: Due to a feed error, we had to repost this episode Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! What if the best way to consider newly relesed cameras was in order of size? Is it the only meaningful metric left? And if so, do you start small and go up or start big and go down? Not in size order, the cameras we talked about in the show: Ricoh GR IV Hasselblad X2D II 100C Nikon ZR iPhone 17 Pro Picks of the week: Ice lenses Lateralus by Tool Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! No CGI here boss, honest! Or is there... This week, inspired by Hollywood directors who "[do it all in camera](https://youtu.be/hniWOH_zwh8 )", we take a look at the spectrum from SOOC to Generated and explore our personal views on what impact that has on photography. What do you think? Picks of the week: OKLCH colour model Aviary: The Bird in Contemporary Photography by William A. Ewing , Danaé Panchaud This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! When a photographer and an idea love each other very much... this week we consider high concept photography. Inspired by Nadia Lee Cohen and Martin Parr's new book Julie Bullard, we discuss how work like this is even conceivable. And then with the help of YouTuber Tim Runia, how it is we can get started on projects of this kind. Picks of the week: The Cult of Done Manifesto ABBA Voyage This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! There’s a lot of commentary on social media at the moment about modern tools making us too comfortable to create and (of course) algorithms sundering our culture. But it’s a multi-dimensional thing for sure and each of those dimensions you could pick one side or the other. So what happened to suffering for our art? What happened to 10,000hours? Are we all destined to morph into super-saturated influencers in sponsored bikinis? Or should we go back to pouring chemicals onto glass plates? Let’s debate! Picks of the week: Wheeleroidz: Polaroids from the North Jersey Underground Vol. 1 by Wheeler Antabanez The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios (Card) Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! Jeremiah and Chris have stories to tell about the things you can get away with when it comes to taking photos or shooting film or video. From Christmas Vacation and Benny & Joon to simple household items. Picks of the week: Saving a PNG to a bird Book tip: Flashes of Brilliance: The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! All the making! Making friends, making prints, making photos, making whoopee, making book. This week we talk - and had to stop ourselves on time rather than topics 😀 - about making photo books. Zines, fine art, journals... It turns out Adrian even knows the difference between a monograph and a retrospective, well, at least after thinking it through. Picks of the week: A life in Ten Pictures Publish Your Photography Book by Darius D. Himes, Mary Virginia Swanson This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios (Card) Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! Where do we go from here? No point in sharing our photos on socials anymore - they're dead, just an advertising feed. Or are they? But how should we discover new things? How do we get past the bots to engage with real humans? Picks of the week: B&H Podcast with Edward Burtynsky VSCO Capture The Wayback Machine This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! For a while now - actually quite a long while - we have been publishing our shows as video on YouTube. Recently, we have added Shorts to our channel as little samples of good the whole thing really is 😀. that could mean a whole lot of editing and publishing work for the team except that - because Chris is a genius (note from Chris: the robots deserve all the credit, I basically just yelled "enhance!") - it's all automated thorugh vibe coding with AIs. Tune in to hear Chris explain how he works this magic! Picks of the week: Cursor IDE Lovable Chilean photographer Paz Errázuriz and her current UK exhibition [Manus](https://manus.im/home ) This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! Hopium - a hybrid of hope and opium. We all sometimes want stuff to happen, or be true, or to be as good as it seems. So Jeremiah and Chris have done some digging into UV printing to see how real the recent biggest ever kickstarter might be. And along the way, we smile fondly at the memory of some products that never quite made it - looking at you Light 16! Picks of the week: How autofocus actually works chrismeetschris Project Indigo This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! Every so often we like to ask the question “can we capture still photos from video?” For sure the arts of photography and filming require different camera settings to get desired effects - but what if you just shot video without an ND and let the shutter speed ramp up until you lose the motion blur? Or perhaps go the other way and optimise for video at capture and then process as still images? We have a whole host of AI tools now to help us. Upscaling, creative adding of detail, plain old “fix my image please AI” tools, the list is ever growing. Mentioned in the show: Topaz Labs Bloom web app Interview with Topaz CEO Collage of Ade’s experiments The Pirate Ship Picks of the week: Pure Stree Photography Magnific.ai This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios (Card) Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! What if you were developing a creative tool that seemed to blend 2D and 3D printing? And then what if your kickstarter raised 93x (yes, 93 times) your funding goal. This week we discuss the eufyMake E1, the first personal 3D-texture UV printer. Picks of the week: A visit at the world's largest camera Douglas Kirkland Jeremiah's image This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! Jeremiah and Chris chart a rapid timeline: from 19th-century product photos to the large-format, chrome-gloss ads of the 1960-80s; through the 1990s digital pivot, when Photoshop and backs replaced film; to today’s virtual sets where most product images are CGI — see Zalando, IKEA, and modern car campaigns. Despite AI and renders, authentic photos still outperform for trust. Technology changes the tools, not the vision—story-driven, light-savvy photographers remain essential, so keep shooting and experimenting. This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! Show Notes – The Future of Photography Show Notes – The Future of Photography Show Notes – The Future of Photography This week, Chris and Adrian talk about the rise of digital cameras that simulate the analog experience. From film advance levers and stripped-down interfaces to the absence of screens and menus, more photographers are embracing limitations to rediscover creative freedom. They discuss cameras like the Fujifilm X Half, the Yashica FX-D, and the Pixii Camera, and how these devices cater to a growing desire for intentionality in the digital age. Along the way, they reference earlier pioneers like the Epson R-D1 and the screenless Leica M-D, and reflect on whether JPEGs are becoming the new “film” in a post-editing world. Picks of the week: Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) Ultra Sharp Films YouTube and Website This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow