Agitate Podcast

Another week and another Weekly Dose of Chris and Rob. Chris has a cold, so don't get too close to your screen because he coughs through most of the podcast. Rob talks about crazy Covid Texas weddings and Chris tells us about book binding, ethics and Trent Parke.

This week Chris talks more about Photoworks and their "Festival in a Box" and Rob tells us that his friends in New Zealand, Narrative Software have some competition from Cull AI.

This week Chris and Rob tackle the ongoing debate of "tid bit" and "tit bit" and finish it once and for all. We also talk about the Utah monolith, public art, Sony's patenting for 2 new cameras, Photoworks and becoming a member.

Rant and Cursing Warning - there is a fair bit of banter and curse words. This week Chris and Rob talk about Narrative's Select and the Sony raw work around, Freckle, Apple's M1, the new Miops trigger, Samantha Johnston, Milo Lethorn and Manon Ouimet.

Rant and Cursing Warning - there is a fair bit of banter and curse words. This week Chris and Rob discuss some amazing photographers, copyright issues and Facebook lawsuits.

This week reliable Rob and Covid Chris talk about Profoto, Mimi Plumb's California, Hideka Tonomura, Michaela Skovranova and Noel Bowler's latest book "Above the Fold".

This week reliable Rob and Covid Chris talk about the Narrative "Select" program again, along with a mini review of Narrative's Select software (Beta), Kodak's Professional Select software(they had to just one up them on the name), Ken O'Halloran, Jill Quigley and the amzing new camera from ORcam, the MyEye.

Rob and Chris chat about Chris' recent brush with Covid, Adobe, Narrative's new Select software, the Nearest Truth and Point 51 Magazine among other things. Again, these are things that we feel are newsworthy and bring them to you.

Chris and Rob talk about auditioning for Eurovision even though Rob has no clue besides ABBA any one who has been on it. Otherwise, they talk about the photo news that actually means something to them.

Rob and Chris rattle off their thoughts on this week's photography news, only the news they feel is worth talking about.

This week Rob actually found three stories worth you sitting down and listening to while Chris has two.

This week Rob only manages to find two stories worthy of reporting and Chris has 4. Enjoy, like, share and subscribe.

This week Rob dredges the bottom of the barrel for anything that interests him in the world of photography like the recent Audi debacle and GoPro 9 announcement while Chris talks about his Intelligence Report.

This week Chris and Rob chat about the lack of interesting news in the camera industry as well as Alec Soth's latest run in and the Canon 14-21mm f1.4

Join Chris and Rob this week while they discuss Polaroid film and its fine art uses, Lionel Derimias, Canon Australia's great move for retailers and should good artists pay for their bad behaviour.

This week Chris and Rob chat about the cheap Sony rumour spare body, Hasselblad, virtual galleries, Peter Watkins, the Nearest Truth, Yafan Lu and Adobe's cloud crash.

This week in the photo news there is only a small amount less of Magnum but Chris manages to bring them up again with the story of David Alan Harvey and the allegation of harassing a female colleague. Chris also talks about Winnie Au and her photography, mental health in the arts and the amazing Chris Marker. Rob dredges up more legal stuff with Buzzfeed and Greg Mango's image and his weekly Sony news.

WARNING This week we are AGAIN discussing the sensitive topic of child sex trafficking and other topics as new information is unfolding. Please be aware there are descriptions of sexual acts in these photographs. And Chris swears a couple of times. And watch to the end to see a special cameo from Olivia (on youtube version only) Rob and Chris also discuss Volvo's attitude towards your images on Instagram.

WARNING This week we are discussing the sensitive topic of child sex trafficking and other topics. Please be aware there are descriptions of sexual acts in these photographs. And Chris swears a couple of times. We also talk about Adobe new system for photo manipulation identification and Canon being held for ransom.

This week Rob and Chris talk about getting in hot water with World Press Photo and Photo Bath and Rob talks about the new Sony A7sIII and why its silly to compare it to the Canon R5. ► LINKS World Press Photo and its lack of diversity https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/world-press-photo-accused-of-performative-gestures https://twitter.com/duckrabbitblog/status/1287028003386675200/photo/1 Photo Bath http://www.photobath.co.uk Sex, Lies and text messages - Jeff Mermelstein photographs over your shoulder https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jul/29/sex-lies-and-text-messages-the-photographer-snapping-new-yorkers-private-thoughts-jeff-mermelstein?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Sony A7sIII VS the Canon R5 https://fstoppers.com/gear/comparison-overheating-canon-r5-and-sony-a7s-iii-502938 https://petapixel.com/2020/07/30/sony-a7s-iii-overheats-faster-than-eos-r5-in-some-cases-report/ https://www.techradar.com/news/sony-a7s-iii-arrives-to-reclaim-video-crown-from-canon-eos-r5-read-our-full-review ►LET'S C