The Future of Photography

A techy show this week - how to make moving images by extrapolating for a single still. New technology from MIT that can turn still images into video. Could this be the panacea for all photographers that find video really hard? | A bit of background reading on the reason for the show title. | Picks of the week: [Fuji X-Pro 3](), Crazy niche cameras | E: The Tao of Photography by Tom Ang.

Over the history of photography, less and less skill was required to take photos. Photography used to be alchemy: chemistry, glass plates, very skillful processes. Then cameras evolved to free us from the requirement of tech skills. But now we have so much choice, so many tools. Is it now harder to produce great images? | Photo highlights: Trent Mitchell's series of images on people who body surf. The art and photography of Felix Hernandez. The Camino Voyage | Picks of the week: New MIT algorithms to make movies from stills. Make your own rocket.

Show 100!!!!! A huge thank you to all our listeners for all your support and engagement over the the life of TFOP. This week we indulge ourselves in a little reminiscing, talking about our own imagery and speculating wildly. Fun times! – Photo highlights: Speed of development, Body camera behaviour, photographing a black hole, Christian Stangl's Comet, The Art of Noticing, Maria Popova, Sarah Moon – Our photos: J: Western, J: Assasin, A: Flares, E: Rainbow, E: Tightrope, C: Flag, C: Escalator – What we see in the future: Photo tour to Mars with Chris, solution to protecting artist's work, teaching fine arts in school, photo archaeology.

"What do you want to be famous for?" A difficult question to answer perhaps. Even for the TFOP crew there are different views and understandings of the nature of fame. This week we take an existential trip down the fame rabbit hole to find our answers to our darkest needs :-) – Photo highlights: Clare Marie Bailey, Vija Celmins – Picks of the week: New Fujifilm Instax printer, Traffic simulator, the new Hipstamatic

HDR - an opportunity to make amazing images or an abomination? It's a bit like Marmite, you either love it or hate it. But what does it actually mean? What is the difference between older defitions and new tools, toys and workflow? Why can't we turn it off on our phones anymore? Can it be done well? || Photo highlights: Old family Flickr stream, a road trip, artist Mathieu Schmitt || Picks of the week: Hipstamatic app, the JollyLook camera, Elinor Carucci - "Midlife"

Time to catch up on TFOP tech news! How to make deepfakes pay. Big maths to solve lens design challenges. And apparently there is a new phone. Photo highlights: Chris' workshop on light. Picks of the week: LightPix Labs FlashQ Q20ii, Photo hardware (random-ish ebay link).

A light-hearted look at the cameras we have and why. We see plenty of stats that the market for dedicated cameras is crashing but of course that doesn’t include phones. But even phone sales growth is slowing now. So do we hosts all have a sufficient number of cameras? Is the future of cameras to have more or fewer? How many types do we each have today? Do we want to buy more types? Or are we looking to consolidate? WDTMFTFOP? Photo highlights: The work of Simon Stålenhag and photographing roller skaters). Picks of the week: iPhone 11 Pro and roller skates with real brakes (but these don't exist).

So where do we begin with the future of copyright? Understanding the present can be challenging enough. Where does appropriation fit in? How does social media influence copyright? Are there links to social norms about cannabis vs alcohol? Photo highlights: Ihmezentrum Hannover, Portrait taken there, Do an assignment, Alex Fruehmann and painting! Picks of the week: Chris' APS-C camera with clean HDMI output, Instax Square film, FilmToaster scanner, A+ Signature app - for annotating and also for adding watermark sigs to your photos...appropriate!

Chris has been crowdsourcing stress. As you might expect, there are some themes: time, the others, pressure, being overwhelmed, clutter, motivation. So what do the TFOP team find stressful? Listen in to find out. Photo highlights of the week: BJP Portrait of Britain, Morten Barker, Gregory Crewdson. Picks of the week: hkcam, Home automation, Cheap LED lights particularly the Yongnuo 360ii, Sandmarc anamorphic lens, Apple SD card reader for getting your photos onto your phone in the field.

There was a time when a photograph was a statement of social standing. These days though there are many uses from medicine and star mapping to finding your car or a cheaper place to buy that new lens you really need :-).Our conversationthis week explores all sorts of uses for photography so here come lots of links! Liam, Star Chart app, Cortis & Sonderegger reconstructive photogrpahy, Vollebak 100 year pants, Deepl translation service, Plant Idenifier app, Darkr app, Aipoly vision AI app, TapTapSee app, Screenshop personal AI stylist, Reverse image search, Calorie Mama app calculates nutrition from photos of your food, Not Hotdog app. Even virtual 3D drawing and a virtual camera using Tilt Brush. So much to use your cameras for!!!