More than Megapixels Season 2 Episode 1: Welcome Back

Posted on | July 31, 2012 | No Comments

More than Megapixels is back with new hosts: Nathan Lott, Scott McPherson, and Sean Lichtenstein. Sean couldn’t make it for this episode so Nathan and Scott introduced themselves and said what equipment they had, talked about some news items, gave a couple tips and tricks, and answered listener questions.

Introductions by Shawn and Jen Thorpe

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Show topics/news:

• Polaroid releases new click and print camera
• Do filters debase photography as an artform?
• Flickr responds to Internet appeal

Tips and Tricks

• Using magnification filters for macro photography
• Using your thumb to direct your camera when photographing subjects outdoors

Listener Questions

• Pictures always seem to turn out blurry no matter what I seem to do
• I want to buy a DSLR, but lenses are so expensive. Can you recommend a good versatile lens?
• A guest at a wedding yelled at me saying that I needed a release to take his picture. Do I need to get releases for every guest at a wedding?

Assignment
The assignment this month is to take a self-portrait. Join the Flickr group and submit your favorite. Deadline is August 31, 2012