The Future of Photography
Exploring the the way new technology can help you make fantastic photos
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 359
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
155 The Aesthetic vs Technical Perfection
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What happens when AI starts to learn and interpret beauty? And how do you train it? From a lecture by EyeEm cofounder and CTO Ramzi Rizk, we d…
154 Photos That Changed My FOP - Adrian
The next in our mini-series of "Photos that changed my FOP". This time Adrian talks about two photos that shifted his thinking and practice of photography - describing photographi…
153 Update Your Neural Thinking
So what are the consequences of using AI to edit images? What does it do to the global aesthetic or the business of manipulating images? Can we celebrate that big companies like Adobe are finally con…
152 Photos That Changed My FOP - Chris
Photos that changed Chris' FOP: Shopping Center, Gruppenbild Absolut Analog Workshop Februar 2011, Freiburg Münster. See also: Episode 124 Our Influences (pt 1)
151 Tech Update
A trio of technical updates this week from the TFOP team. Or more precisely, a potted history of technical updates including the latest in CCTV. This is followed by the la…
150 The Snapshot
What exactly is a snapshot. Is it an aesthetic? A technique? A lack of contrivance perhaps? Today we discuss some famous snap-shooters, the overall concept and the future …
149 The Impact of Drones
Drones are toys, tech marvels, flying cameras, surveillance instruments, delivery vehicles and much more, in all shapes and sizes. So what is the impact of all these? Shou…
148 The Photography Show - Live Lounge
Live lounge - sounds awesome doesn’t it. Makes you feel like you’re let of a happening. Well, that’s exactly what we did for The Photograohy Show. We may have been stuck…
Quick TFOP Announcement (an experiment!)
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Ladies and Gentlemen, we are excited to announce a brave new step in the future of The Future of Photography. On Sunday 20th September 2020 we will host a live conver…
147 Photos That Changed My FOP - Eimear
Sometimes the future of photography is a personal thing and there is a story and influences. It's Eimear's turn this week to tell her story and it's a good one! Links to…
146 False Positives
With all the facial image recognition now around, a real problem is false positives. False ID, false gender recognition, poor performance for people of colour - there ar…
145 Ten Years From Now: Presentation
Watch this episode on YouTube Join our discord for more TFOP fun! This week we have another instalment of our mini series on "10 years from now..." talking about how imagery will be presented at that…
144 The Future of Self Love
It's impossible to discuss societal impacts of photography without considering the selfie - so this week we do just that. We all know the impact is huge but it has multi…
143 Nerdy NeRF Stuff
Have you ever tried to take a shot and thought "I wish that truck would move" or "I wish the light were different? It's coming! A new prototype software engine combines …
142 Ten Years From Now: Cameras
There have been a ton of new camera announcements recently - set against the context of a massively failing market place that looks likely to never recover. This seems a…
141 Hidden Cameras Spying On Me
Uh-oh, hidden cameras spying on us. Or are they? If they are, are we already way past the point of doing anything about it? Next generation phones could have front camer…
140 Influences And Inspirations
What drives us to produce photographs - now and in the future? Can you describe the subtle (or not so subtle) difference between influence and inspiration? The TFOP team attempt to - and discuss the …
139 Of a Fast Sensor, Depth and the Uncanny Valley
It's tech update week with some interesting little nuggets that will influence what we consume and make as images in the near future. The team discuss Canon's SPAD sensor, improvements in real-time v…
138 Licensing what now?
Getty Images is licensing esports images - specifically from Gran Turismo for FIA races. WDTMFTFOP? Can Getty claim my in-game photos as their copyright? Will people really buy this stuff? When real …
137 The Future of Memories (Photography and Minimalism)
Minimalism is very popular right now. One mainstream interpretation of minimalism is to help clear your mind/life by having less physical stuff. But stuff has memories. Or does it? Does the stuff jus…