The Future of Photography

What to do when the world suddenly springs on you a vertical TV and doubles the price of your favourite tools? (Although that might be "just a test".) The best response is a rant. And then maybe move…

You've definitely seen the black hole photo by now but did you know they had to use a camera the size of the planet to get it? Here's some more information. The techniques used remind us of what smar…

What's in Ade's pockets? A full environmental portrait kit, that's what - and not because he has a coat with enormous pockets. Even better than that, he bought a new camera and a new light! Would you…

Making cameras lighter is a function of several things, including new and lighter materials for what makes them heavy. Lenses are high on this list and this week Chris and Adrian take a look at Alumi…

Let's revisit GANs on this episode, extending on TFOP ep. 63. Nvidia is at it again with GauGAN (named after French painter Paul Gaugin). This time they present a network that can generate landscapes…

How do you turn 360 spherical images into a 3D navigable model? Matterport know how. They have produced hardware and software for some years that can do this from 3D capture and now have launched a v…

One of the latest gadgets that claim to make you a better photographer is called Arsenal. It received over $2.5 million on Kickstarter and as of this episode, it has not even been released yet. The a…

Name a classic aspect ratio. Did you pick 6x4? 8x10? The Academy Ratio? Univisium? Univisium is actually Ade’s favourite. But have you shot 9:16? It’s a new video format that editing houses and digit…

There are several ways to do slow motion. One is to shoot at a very high frame rate. The other is to fake it and interpolate additional frames based on a slower frame rate. Researchers at the Univers…

Are you locked into an everlasting quest for high quality photo kit that fits in your pocket? Ade is. He recently bought the Fuji 27mm pancake lens which has added a new use-case to his APS-C camera …

Lightroom adds Enhance Details, but is it any good? // Nokia 9 PureView comes with 5 Cameras (see also TFOP 039: Lens Multiplication) // Nvidia StyleGAN Proof of Concept: This Person Does Not Exist (…

How do you get your passport photos done? Ade just had to renew his and found that the UK Government now has a great service for uploading digital photos and streamlining passport renewal. Check out …

Materials research is trying to make lenses flatter and they are making great progress by employing the same type of antenna technology that makes terrestrial radio work. Just on a much much smaller …

Who will make your next camera? Despite new launches from both Canon and Nikon recently, Fuji are winning lots of internet reviewer awards for best camera of 2018. So where do we need to look now for…

It's the age of artificial photography. Be it car ads or the latest IKEA catalog. What's been difficult is coming up with artificial people. Until now. Nvidia just presented their latest research in …

Over the holidays Ade rented a type of LED light he had not used before - a Westcott Icelight 2 from hireacamera.com. “It made me think about the way I shoot with light in a different way. It didn’t …

Synthetic reality is becoming a part of our daily lives, with deepfakes replacing faces and Adobe's VoCo being able to synthesize anything in anybody's voice. How does this change in reality influenc…

Remember "Think Different"? Ade is trying his best to do that by becoming iOS native. Native meaning designing workflows, choosing tools and having fun (that's the important bit) with photography all…

Smartphones have already taken over when it comes to portability and it helps that you always have one in your pocket. They do automatic HDR, they have optical image stabilization, they can simulate …