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Let’s start off with what has changed. First you may notice my hair has a more round shaped look. That’s because for the first time in 8 and a half years I sat in the barbers chair and got my hair trimmed. My goal was to give it a nice shape, think basketball aka nice and round. I think e succeeded there though change does not come easy for me.

On top of that the crew and I decide to do a “reset” of the RAWtalk angles. We wanted to make the center camera tighter which involved Stephen and I not sitting directly across from each other. We switched up the position for the tables which made room for Todd’s seat and more room all around in general. It may seem like a large change but it really makes a difference in the end product.

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Photo News brings you the latest news from the prior week in Photography. We discuss it, comment on it and bring light to the most relevant and popular stories in photography.

Gear of the week this week came from Canon who sent us their mega zoom Point and Shoot camera to play with. We will take this out of the box and give it a look in the not to distant future.

Last week when we spun the Wheel of FRO we did not have any names to choose from so I decided that this week we would select two people from the “Flying Solo” portion. The first person selected won the prize form last week which was something from LEXAR. With one SPIN of the wheel we finally landed on the Grand Prize which was the Atomos Ninja 2 valued at $699.99. I don’t recall which show started the Wheel of FRO with the biggest prize option but after at least 100 shows we finally hit the big one.

Thank you guys so much for watching each and every week. Don’t forget that new shows come out each Monday both as Audio and Video for your listening and viewing pleasures.

Lexar is the official memory card of RAWtalk. Thanks to all the companies on the wheel of FRO.

Show Intro - 00:00:16

Photo News - 00:07:15

Flying Solo - 00:27:30

Gear of the Week - 01:05:22

Wheel of Fro - 01:09:30

My first official photography class was in 1997 when I was in 10th grade. I recall a rack of photography magazines being near the teachers desk and one magazine always caught my attention. On the cover was this Einstein looking guy holding a really cool “white” lens standing on the ice in front of the net. The photographers name was Bruce Bennett and he has the destination of being the first photographer I ever looked up to. I consider him to the most recognizable photographer in NHL history.

There wasn’t a week that went by where I read and re read the article in “Unique Photo” magazine where Bruce talked about being a hockey photographer. From that point on I knew I wanted to be a Hockey Photographer and that Bruce was the one I wanted to emulate.

Well this week I had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Mr. Bruce Bennett. The interview takes place on the Philadelphia Flyers bench at the Wells Fargo Center before the opening night festivities. This interview ranks up there with one of my favorite to this point. Bruce and I share a love for photography and hockey and you will hear us tossing around random hockey knowledge and facts. The interview starts at 32:23

Do you know what Kerplunk is? If you don’t we start off the show with a quick game of Kerplunk. What other vintage games do you recall playing when you were a kid?

Stephen brings us all the photo news stories of the week that you just might find interesting. Stories include 2 million dollars worth of camera gear was stolen, a video time lapse with stacked video that will blow your mind, the donut selife is introduced and much much more. Be sure to check the site for all the photo news stories and more.

We take a quick look at a new photo book that was just released by Danny Clinch called, Danny Clinch. What a solid collection of images. If you love music or love candid images for that matter this book is going to give you a thrill. I am working on setting up an interview with Danny so if you can tweet at him and say you would like to see him on FroKnowsPhoto RAW talk that would be appreciated. @danny_climch

We wrapped up the show with Gear of the week and the Wheel Of Fro!!!!

A big thank you goes out to Rode Microphone, Atomos, Allen’s Camera, all the companies on the Wheel Of Fro and you guys.

Normally we record RAWtalks on Thursdays but this week it was Thanksgiving so we recorded something a little different on Monday.

In honor of the holidays we decided to record a show called "Fro's Favorite Things". The Stephens and I decided to bring in and discuss different low cost items and some higher cost items that help us with our photography. We have everything from small camera phone stands to the updesk and everything in-between.

I want to make it perfectly clear that no companies knew beforehand that we were featuring their products. There are no sponsors of this weeks episode.

Listed below are all the items we discussed. If one of them interests you simply google what it is to find more information or where to purchase from.

For a full list of all the items we discussded in this weeks Episode please follow this link.

http://froknowsphoto.com/frosfavoritethings/ ‎

WE ARE BACK and what a trip we had. First we made our way to Poland where we stayed in Warsaw followed by Krakow before flying to Germany for Photokina 2014.

Poland was a personal trip where we toured the Warsaw Ghettos and got educated on so many different aspects of WWII. We also used the time in Warsaw to do a hands on with the Nikon D810. There were so many people and street performers out that it made for great street photography.

As another part to the personal journey we went and toured Auschwitz which was a profound experience. My goal was not to take pictures but the few images I did capture really told a very somber story.

Next up was Krakow for the evening where the TINDER scene was off the hook. I have never seen so many good looking girls as I swiped right and rarely left. And for the record I did not meet any of them thank you very much.

We did run into one pretty scary issue on our way to Germany. Our flight from Krakow to Germany was CANCELED at the last min leaving us stranded for 8 hours in Krakow. But it also lead to one of the most stressful and funny stories of the entire trip. Hear that story at 41:11 to laugh your ass off.

Photokina 2014 – Photokina happens ever two years and this year we were able to make the trip thanks to BlackRapid. Without BlackRapid being the sponsor we probably would not have been able to bring you the coverage that we were able to. My goal with the show was to bring you one solid piece of content opposed to chopping it up into 20 videos. Our show recap can be seen below in one consumable video, enjoy.

Let me touch on the first story in the headline first. This Relonch has taken old Samsung cameras, wrapped them in colorful leather and is renting them for $99 a month. Oh yea, they only have a power button and a shutter button and the LCD screen is covered. To hear the rest of this news story tune to 18:27 of this weeks show.

Photo News is jam packaged with stories about Drone crashes at a wedding, Time Magazines Trump photo, SI cover photo taken with a cell phone and much more. Photo news starts at 17:26

There were some fantastic Flying Solo quesitons this week and you can see if I answered yours at 51:48

We wrap the show up as always with the Wheel Of Fro, meme’s and the hashtags of the week.

Thank you all for your continued support.

00:00:16 You'll Paint What For Some Gluten?

00:03:05 FRO SHOW Episode 2

00:17:26 Photo News

00:18:27 1 Button Camera for $1200 Bucks-A-Year

00:23:04 Lost Friends Over Drone Injuries

00:25:58 Nikkor 1780mm Lens With A Truck Tripod

00:28:07 TIME Mags Trump "Devil" Cover

00:29:15 "The Rock" Photo Shoot on a Cell Phone

00:37:19 Capture 1 Pro v10

00:40:07 Lightroom Reference View

00:45:17 Mermaids Hate Plastic Bottles

00:47:10 Canon Lens with Mounts on Both Sides

00:48:17 Gear of the Week

00:51:48 Flying Solo

01:16:00 Wheel of Fro

01:18:19 Memes of the Week

01:24:31 Hashtags of the Week