PhotoActive Podcast
1) Episode 77: Photo a Day Challenge
Photo a Day Challenge We gave ourselves a simple challenge to create one photo every day for the month of August. It’s advice we give often: shoot often, shoot what’s nearby, use your photographer’s ...Show More
2) Episode 195: Episode 175: Hands On with the iPhone 17 Pro
Fifty percent of the PhotoActive podcast got a new iPhone 17 Pro, which means one of us has been testing the new cameras and can report back with first impressions. Who could it be? However, fifty per...Show More
3) Episode 194: iPhone 17 and Apple’s Fall Event
The new iPhone models are here, a yearly event that we look forward to mostly to see what Apple has done with the iPhone cameras. Does a 48 megapixel telephoto camera capable of 8x zoom appeal to you ...Show More
4) Episode 193: Photography Police and Google Pro Res Zoom
Are you following the proper rules of photography, or are you at risk of being busted by the photography police? Maybe you’re shooting photos out of focus, or introducing light leaks, or using direct ...Show More
5) Episode 192: Process, Product, and Problem Solving
Are you taking photos for yourself, or are you feeding the social media algorithms for brief dopamine hits when someone praises your images? In this episode, Kirk and Jeff ruminate on how the endless ...Show More
6) Episode 191: Macro Photography
Macro Photography Don’t know what to photograph? No vacation plans? With macro photography, you can get great results literally in your back yard. What was once a style of photography that required s...Show More
7) Episode 190: Fuji X-Half, AI Scaling, and Lightroom Changes
Fujifilm’s new X-Half camera is a curious hybrid: a digital camera with analog feel but a modern price. We also discuss news of OM Systems possibly using AI upscaling in future cameras to boost resolu...Show More
8) Episode 189: Traveling with a Camera
It’s the night before you leave for vacation and you need to choose which camera gear goes and stays. Do you reach for the 300mm telephoto, knowing it can get great photos but is large and bulky? Or d...Show More
9) Episode 188: WWDC 2025
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is always the first glimpse at what we can look forward to with new Apple software, including a peek at the photo capabilities of the next iPhones. And with iOS...Show More
10) Episode 187: Checking In on AI in Photography
We know, it seems like we just talked about AI in photography, but the field is moving pretty fast. Google announced improvements to their generative AI models, which are both impressive and sloppy at...Show More