Welcome to The
Fotobug Podcast number 125 featuring Tampa based photographer,
Jim Sykes.
In recent news, the
Lytro CEO announced that the company has raised $50 million in funding and plan to make a strategic into video and virtual reality. Jim and Fred discuss the 'viral' blue and black dress (or is it orange and white?) that was posted on Facebook. Also,
Haje Jan Kamps announced that the
Kickstarter project for the
Ada device has been cancelled due to higher than expected manufacturing costs. The current software and PCB circuit board information will be released as open source on
Github. British photographer
Martin Le-May captures an amazing image of a weasel riding on the back of a European Green woodpecker. Finally, The FAA releases new guidelines for UAV pilots which will be covered in more depth in a future episode.
Our guest this episode is photographer
Jim Skyes (
www.jrsphotos.com). Jim specializes in architectural and luxury home photography as well as portrait photography, photo tours and is also the president of The
Tampa Bay Photo Club. Jim and Fred join Mr. Sykes in his Ybor studio and discuss his trips, photography tips and more. Jim is also is a member of the
Ybor Art Association, The
Tampa Bay Strobist and
Photoshop Collective, and numerous other photography organizations in
the Tampa Bay Area. We urge you to check out his gallery at his website and check out his New Mexico photo tours. Jim is one of those rare photographers who are still shooting film on occasion!
Don't forget the
Tampa Bay Photo Shootout coming up April 10, 11, and 12th (
www.thephotoshootout.com) and additional workshops this summer (
www.outdoorphotoworkshops.com). In addition, our previous guest,
Vanelli, has arranged a photo workshop cruise at
(www.vanelliandfriends.com/cruise) featuring
Vanelli,
Vincent Versace, and
Mike Moats. (Fotobug Jim will be there as well!).