The Stalman Podcast

If you haven't heard, I run a photo and video business with my wife Ania. Sometimes it's the best, sometimes it's tough, but it was great to talk to another couple in a similar situation. Mallory and Luke Leasure are super talented photographers that shoot a mix of weddings and commercial, and had lots of wisdom to share. Links:Luke and Mallory | Portland Wedding PhotographerAnia B – Fashion, travel and lifestyle blogger

What happens when a tech savvy filmmaker loves expensive camera gear, but is also a minimalist? Matt D'Avella walks the fine line of owning the cutting edge without being consumed by it. Special Guest: Matt D'Avella.Links:The Era of Upgrades - YouTubeMatt's movie - Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things (Official Trailer) - YouTubeSound Devices MixPre-3 Audio Recorder/Mixer and USB MIXPRE-3 B&HThe Ground Up ShowBelkin F7U017bt Car Mount

Big gear upgrades feel great and can level up your work, but it can also be a way that we make excuses why we aren't creating our best work. Armando Ferreira lends his expertise as I think about upgrading to the Canon C200 and we call up Jesse Driftwood to find out why he's buying that same camera.Special Guests: Armando Ferreira and Jesse Driftwood.Links:Canon C200 vs Alexa MiniCropped sensors - Potato JetSharpness - Steve Yedlin

We're learning video editing super powers from high end commercial editor Thomas Grove Carter of Trim Editing. After this conversation I instantly overhauled my editing workflow.Special Guest: Thomas Grove Carter.Sponsored By:Epidemic Sound: All the music and sound effects a creator could ever needThe Camera Store: The best camera store in CanadaLinks:Thomas Grove Carter Final Cut Pro X - Editing at the speed of thought at FCPX World, London. on VimeoFinal Cut Pro 10.4 Core Training – Ripple Training — Thomas says "I make every new assistant at Trim watch the Core Training. Even if you know the app it’s worth it."Final Cut Pro 10.4 Essentials Bundle – Ripple Training — Thomas says "The Essential Bundle is pretty great if you want to go deeper."trimThe Marvel Symphonic Universe - Every Frame a PaintingMusic breakdown of Daft Punk: "Get Lucky"

Caleb Wojcik, video business expert, joins the host to discuss topics like financial planning for creative careers, the evolution of stock photography, building video production kits, investing in professional audio and lighting gear, selecting lenses for video production, and the importance of camera stabilization equipment.

If your audio is great people can forgive medicore video, but if it sounds bad people will turn it off. This episode we are talking with mic and preamp reviewer Curtis Judd and podcast producer Ray Ortega the simple secrets to audio production for some common situations. This podcast is brought to you by Epidemic Sound, where creators can easily license sound effects and music for all your creative projects Audio for social media The priority for quick social media videos like Instagram stories is to keep it simple and sounding great. When you turn on the selfie camera, you‘re off to a great start because the mic is only an arm's length from you face and most phones have decent mics these days. Just be extra careful not make the biggest rookie mistake of covering the mic with your pinkie finger. Stay aware of which direction the mic is facing since phones have mics on the front, back and bottom. If you are pointing it away from you, your voice will get a lot quieter. If this is a situation, you often find yourself in, there are external mics that can help with that. Portable mics for phones Rode Video Me Shure MV88 Audio for Vloging Similiar to a phone selfie, the vlog format has the instant advtage of mic proximity. As long as you’ve plugged in a half decent mic, set the levels, and put on appropriate wind protection, it’s easy to get great audio. With this format, background noise isn’t a huge problem since it blends in with the overall context of the story you‘re telling. What matters most is that you can be heard clearly. Mics for vlogging Rode Video Micro Rode VideoMic Pro+ Deity V-Mic D3 Pro Audio in a YouTuber Studio If people are going to be watching your videos on TV, laptops or with headphones you owe it to them to keep the audio as clean as possible. When they are focused on you‘re talking head, details like echo and background noise start to matter more. So after you’ve taken the first steps of turning off the AC and unplugging the fridge (TIP: put your keys inside as a way to remember to plug it back in), it’s time to treat the room for reverb. In real life, reverb is easy to ignore. Put a decent mic in a room and every echo is a distraction.  There are a few simple and affordable solutions, best of all is to drape sound blankets in front of any hard reflective surfaces. This will make the single biggest difference, ever more than you‘re choice in microphone. And speaking of microphones the gold standard is Sennheiser MKH416, which now used by top YouTubers like MKBHD and Johnathan Morrison, but if $1,000 is out of your budget the Deity S-Mic 2 is incredibly similar for a fraction of the price. A favorite of Ray and Curtis is the AudioTechnica AT4053B. Once you’ve picked out your mic, choose a field recorder and plug it in. For the budget minded, the Tascam DR-60DII is a great choice or if you want to go straight for the best pick up the SoundDevices MixPre-3. And make sure you get some good Sound Blankets YouTube Studio mics and premps Rode VideoMic Pro+ SoundDevices MixPre-3 or MixPre-6 Sennheiser MKH416 Rode NTG-1 or NTG-2 Deity S-Mic 2 Tascam DR-70D Tascam DR-60DII Zoom F4 Zoom H6 Zoom F8N AudioTechnica AT4053B Podcasting & Voice Over All the rules of in studio videos apply, but your audience is listening a lot more closely so the pressure is on to make your audio production sound amazing. Ray Ortega has a great writeup on all your gear needs, but the basics are that you want decent mic that rejects background sounds, a low noise preamp and an echo free room. Sounds blankets are your best friend here, so you might want to build a little fort, or at least make sure you’ve got some furniture and carpets in the room.  There are many great mics to choose from, for beginners the AudioTechnica ATR-2100 sounds shockingly good for it’s price and can be plugged in via USB or XLR. If you want to step up your game, Tyler likes the Heil PR-40 while Ray uses the Shure SM7B. Podcast mics and preamps Shure SM7B Heil PR-40 AudioTechnica ATR-2100 Samsun Q2U DBX-286s FocusRite 2i2 SoundDevices MixPre-3 Producer’s Choice Sound Blankets Post Production Less is often more in post production, but it is critical get the volume of your sound to match everyone else's. The easiest way is to run your final mix trough the free software Auphonic or if you're using Adobe Audtion, use it's match loudness feature. If you have background noise to cleanup, the absolute best is iZotope RX.Special Guests: Curtis Judd and Ray Ortega.Sponsored By:Epidemic Sound: All the music and sound effects a creator could ever needKronaby: Timeless watch design with smart features like notifications, music controls and automatic time zones.Links:Curtis Judd - YouTubeRay Ortega - YouTube

Stephen Hackett of Relay FM joins me to talk about the history of blogging, and open vs closed platforms, and making a living online.Special Guest: Stephen Hackett.Sponsored By:Kronaby: Timeless watch design with smart features like notifications, music controls and automatic time zones.The Camera Store: The best camera store in CanadaLinks:Stephen Hackett, Co-Founder Relay FM512 PixelsThe Twitch streamers who broadcast to no oneStratechery by Ben ThompsonAnia B – Fashion, travel and lifestyleMac Power Users podcastStephen's Mac collectionPower Macintosh 6300

The best of everything 2018 holiday special, featuring Matt Gonzalaz, Cameron Whitman, and Jordan Drake. Tyler's Picks Computer: iMac Pro App: Spark Camera Stills camera: Sony A9 Video camera: Sony A7III Accessory: DJI Mavic 2 Phone: iPhone XR/XS Movie: Mission Impossible Fallout Game: Spider-Man for PS4 Book: Lost Connections, by Johann Hari Podcast: Omnibus! Matt's Picks Stills Camera: Fuji XT3 Video camera: BMPCC 4K Phone: iPhone XS Game: Red Dead Redemption 2 App: Booster Fuel / Lightroom CC Computer: Surface Laptop 2 Tech accessory: Surface Headphones Book: 4 Hour Body Movie: Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse Jordan's Picks Stills Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Video Camera: Panasonic GH5S Accessory: Atomos Ninja V Movie: Roma Book: Like Brothers Podcast: Oh No Ross and Carrie Cameron's Picks Stills Camera: Nikon Z7 Phone: Google Pixel 3 Game: Red Dead Redemption 2 App: Grammarly Accessory: Loupedeck Book:A Series of Unfortunate Events Movie:Into the Spiderverse Podcast: Broken RecordSpecial Guests: Cameron Whitman, Jordan Drake, and Matt Gonzalez.Sponsored By:Kronaby: Timeless watch design with smart features like notifications, music controls and automatic time zones.

This week i made fast friends with YouTuber Quinn Nelson of Snazzy Labs talking about the MKBHD blind camera phone shootout that we appeared in and then look back on 2018 to see how Apple did.Special Guest: Quinn Nelson.Sponsored By:Kronaby: Timeless watch design with smart features like notifications, music controls and automatic time zones.The Camera Store: The best camera store in CanadaLinks:Snazzy Labs on YouTubeMKBHD Blind Smartphone Camera Test — This video is what the first half of the podcast is about, so I recommend at least skimming through itThe full MKBHD camera bracketConnected ep 222 — They start talking about my photo at about 22 minutes

Marco Arment and Casey Liss are hugely successful podcasters on The Accidental Tech Podcast, but they've got an itch to create videos and have started to upload more to their YouTube channels. We talk about getting started in a new medium, the gear that matters and what it takes to be interesting on camera. Special Guests: Casey Liss and Marco Arment.Sponsored By:Kronaby: Timeless watch design with smart features like notifications, music controls and automatic time zones.The Camera Store: The best camera store in CanadaLinks:Casey's YouTube channelMarco's YouTube channelAccidental Tech Podcast: 302: Paint This Square — The photo workflow conversationAccidental Tech Podcast: 300: First of All, It's Easy — The YouTube conversation