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The FujiCast Photography Show

Neale James & Kevin Mullins

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Kevin Mullins and Neale James present The FujiCast Photography Show, a podcast for professionals and enthusiasts alike. Featuring special photographer guests, gear reviews, Fujifilm camera tips and your questions.
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Kev’s been to Cheltenham to take pictures of people losing money at the races, although he has a secret, not-so-secret strategy! Also, on the show today, do you do colour calibration (?!?), back-button focus-gate, what’s happening with my X-T5’s ISO on all-auto, is there a good free alternative to Adobe products, there’s a hole in my lens hood - wh…
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Kev returns from Spain and seems to have found a new career as a handyman, finding a particular passion for cutting stuff down to size with a chainsaw!!! Also on the show today from the mailbag, Neale and Kev answer questions about photographing solo professionally, shooting video alongside stills, showing unedited material to clients, posing v doc…
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Kev is wondering who sent red roses last Friday, was it you? On the show today, recommendations for a good zoom lens sub £400, just how good is the new Fujifilm X-M5, starting from scratch as a photographer, X100V as a powerhouse, audio kit to accompany your photo storytelling, perfect lenses for travel photography, Kev’s post-retirement plans, can…
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Don’t tell Kev, but Wales lost the rugby - at the time of recording, he was completely unaware! Shhh. Neale finds himself on a commercial shoot where things go bump in the night. Also, on the show, why are so many pictures shot in a vertical fashion? Kev isn’t convinced the world needs vertical images AT ALL! We talk about the number of pictures sh…
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Kev gets dewy-eyed over the music of Ralph McTell, remember the Streets of London, and Neale is feeling hopeful and buoyant about people and business in 2025. Questions today about the best camera for sports photography from the Fujifilm range, the quirks of Auto ISO, content insurance for kit away from home, more issues, photo challenges for 2025,…
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The boys hit the resolutions road running and answer questions about their photographic callings and choices in life and ‘employing’ your partner as a second shooter. Also, today, should you let your camera choose ISO for every condition, facial recognition and battery drainage, focusing on eyes through reading glasses, Squarespace websites, HEIF f…
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The boys cancel Christmas, well, the pre-Chrimbles planned episode at any rate, with Kev’s home town hit by the Malmesbury Malaise, so our exploration into the cavernous Cupboard of Doom will have to wait until ’25. In the meantime, we have the winner of the Lowa boots; discuss how to expand your Insta reach and answer, “Why does my Fujifilm camera…
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Kev is photographing in the boxing ring with a GFX; hope he can duck out the way quick enough! Questions today into the show about making a macro investment, finding a perfect workflow that isn’t complicated when it comes to saving our precious pictures for all time, will more and better ai editing software reduce the need for personal presets, in …
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Neale’s entering the yuletide spirit early, Kev's fine tuning the recipe for humbug, but they’re both keeping their heads down when it comes to current affairs. Thank St. Nicholas for photography as today on the show we demystify the questions of tech that bamboozle you, whilst Kev explains why he is de-Muskifying at the same time. Why did Threads …
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Kev and Neale return from their holidays, straight into the questions you’ve been sending in about photography and Fujifilm cameras. Questions today about learning from photobooks and what sorts of titles offer an opportunity to improve your photography, uninvited shutter speeds in auto ISO, a 56mm that won’t manually focus, how the change of seaso…
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Is wedding photography still a viable business for somebody setting out today and can/are content creators spoil the party, should I be using ChatGPT instead of Google, and how do I stop people smiling inanely in portraits? Also on the show, in-camera recipes, mobile Lightroom, packing light for a trek, compatible lenses for higher resolution camer…
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Kev and Neale discover the powerful secrets of ’the buried sausage’ and start to think about a new HoP event! Also this week, buying replacement STUFF, what to do when someone at a busy event asks you to avoid photographing them, Neale gets pinned against a wall by a Legionnaire, what guarantees can your contract provide in case of an unintended ea…
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Kev and Neale get a proper ai roasting, though all is okay, as Mullins has received a windfall thanks to being a Pic-Time customer! Also today, the joy of using Godox on tour, is autofocus a reason to swap camera systems, GAS, brand loyalty, keeping your pictures safe on tour and shooting through prisms! We also have a book of the week, one close t…
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Kev muses about what to photograph next as he moves away from regular wedding photography gigs, whilst Neale is travelling the opposite direction having now launched his NEW podcast especially for wedding photographers called 1000 Weddings. Also, on the show, it turns out that Mullins found a level of real anxiety shooting weddings, although it see…
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There’s joint relief in the houses of Mullins and James, and we’re not talking knees and back, as our eldest kidlings both pass their first major school exams with flying colours. Meanwhile in the land of photography on the show, lens weights, white balance best practices, will LR lose my images if I cancel my subs, what is this obsession with tech…
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Kev’s sat under a storm cloud, literally - and not just because he’s back from his holidays! On the show, will Fujifilm ever produce a monochrome camera, just how good is the X-S camera, what are our favoured focal lengths and to convert or not to convert (focally) on the X100 range of cameras? Also, we discuss JPG simulations, the best/easiest way…
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Kev is still frazzling on his Spanish sunbed, though the show goes on. We have questions about Lightroom and whether it’s necessary to upgrade your computer to cope with ever larger file sizes, swapping online sales galleries, can art prints actually sell and should I invest in primes? Also small cameras for street work, how shooting style changes …
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As Kev heads for sunnier climes we talk about life after weddings for Mullins Inc. as he counts down to his final nuptials gig, although he’s considering second shooting in a lomography style, maybe, perhaps. Also on the show, commercially and creatively making life simple, shooting professionally with the oldest digital cameras you can source, fin…
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Kev’s been doing what can only be described as speed-head-shooting, though his passion for country music is at last paying off as Neale eulogises about a Mullins favourite, Hank Williams. Also on the show, a shed-load of darkroom kit has turned up at Mullins HQ, the difference between dentists and photographers, using second shooters and assistants…
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Kev’s got extreme hay fever, which serves him right for cutting crop circles, and he’s considering his next photographic genre, which may just bring his love of martial arts and photography together. Today on the show, how powerful does your laptop have to be to handle GFX files? We have a strong case of flippy or tilty screen-gate, where one of ou…
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Neale is celebrating 20 years of shooting weddings and planning for the next 20, whilst Kev counts down his final three! Or are they? However, he reveals some big judo plans! Questions and mails today on how to choose Fujifilm simulations when editing in Lightroom or X Raw Studio, whether it’s time to upgrade from the V to the VI in X00-land, a per…
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Kev tries his hand at horse photography at one of high society's biggest events, and Neale signs the boys up to set sail on a pirate radio ship. This week, the big Netflix shows currently being watched in the James and Mullins households, looking for a new professional photography career, do lenses need to be perfect or are some of the classics of …
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Kev’s been wrecking vans but all for a good cause, meanwhile Neale has announced(ish) his latest idea in a long line of ideas from the ideas factory. Today we talk about a Viltrox lens so impressive, it also doubles as a speed-radar(!), swapping back to Adobe products after a time away and why we prefer the tech ecosystem, keeping up with the lates…
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Neale has his website homework marked by Mr. Mullins, who has spent the last month learning about the most dangerous job in the world - which will be revealed. Also today, a setting that could be slowing your shooting down, an ideal camera for studio strobe work, constant light source is your friend, Instagram’s most cliché shots, using two camera …
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Kev wonders whether his new X-Pro dreams have filtered through to the ‘We shall consider’ file. Meanwhile, switch on your ai face recognition, it has arrived on Pic-Time’s platform, our sponsors and the finest online gallery space. Also today on the show, upgrades, do you need to upgrade from the X-T4 to the X-T5? We also talk about film photograph…
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Kev's nervously optimistic ahead of the Welsh qualifier against Poland, considering an unusual Tikkety Tok channel and musing over the number of holes in an average crumpet, but he's still single-handedly campaigning for the new X100(6) to be known as the V.I. Neale remains to be convinced. Also, YouTube trolling, camera supply issues, desired arti…
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Special guests street photographer Mr. Whisper, the latest Fujifilm X-Photographer Emily Renier and Fujifilm’s Marketing Manager Andreas Georghiades, join Neale in Covent Garden, London at Fujifilm’s House of Photography. Questions to and thoughts from a live audience today include thoughts about on personal authenticity, whether photographers need…
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It’s new camera week! The boys are excited over the launch, at last, of the latest Fujifilm X100 camera; the X100VI, or SIX! Aside from the thoughts about the numbering of the camera, we hear about the upgrades, the sensor and the reason to consider this a serious contender for inclusion in that pocket of space you may have in your kit bag. Also to…
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Kev’s knee is on the mend at last, fresh from recording an interview with Neale about his life as a working Mullins! Also on the show, buffer speeds slowing down your camera, buggy mechanical shutters, the ideal lens for photographing indoor sport, a firefighting proof camera, logging where you make your pictures with GPS, photography galleries in …
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Neale is on his African odyssey, whilst Kev is left shivering in Malmesbury but the show goes on as normal. Today on the show, the full agenda for our special FujiCast event at the House of Photography in London on the 2nd March this year, camera repairs, Lightroom user tips, squishing and squashing images for the web, learning to love your own pic…
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Happy New Year: is it? The question Kev’s friends are asking in Malmesbury - we think it will be, as we look ahead a little more to the FujiCast Live event in London on March 2nd. Today on the show, what the boys would like to find if there is to be a new X100 successor to the V, how to beat the buffer blues when your camera slows down in burst mod…
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The boys find a new fitness guru in Eddie Abbew, so the gauntlet is set for 2024’s health mission! Today ROLL UP ROLL UP, grab your tickets for the FujiCast Live event at the House of Photography in London on Saturday March 2nd featuring us, Mr. Whisper and Emily Renier. Also, when is a camera upgrade due, should we produce a zine, should they even…
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The Christmas pressies are arriving into the show. For Kevin, it’s mince pies and for Neale, mushrooms (although not what you’re thinking!) This week the boys open the ticketing for you to come to the special FujiiCast workshop event at the House of Photography in London on Saturday 2nd March. Also today, XH-2 lock-ups and a theory of card husbandr…
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Kev has a dental appointment at two-thirty, TRUE, he really does, so we’re recording this before he finds “Drinks Reception” even harder to say! One thing that’s making him feel better is the big announcement for our FujiCast event at The House of Photography in London on Saturday March 2nd, which we an now officially reveal. At the event, we’ll be…
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How much are your photobooks worth, and where can you get an idea of their value? Today, the investments that are, photo books, how to use pic-time to sell your work as fine art prints, understanding native and base ISO, the wonder Lightroom’s Denoise, why professional photographers won’t want to use in-camera ai to process pictures on the fly, whi…
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Kev and Neale debate the appropriate nature of street photography with more and more people becoming private about the use of their images on line and in social media, plus they wonder if ‘real' storytelling pictures have been replaced by shadow play and ICM? Kev reminisces about fav wedding images as he prepares to depart ‘Planet Nuptials’ in term…
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Kev recalls, let’s just call it, his Hulk moment and Neale’s trying to swap his new 18mm for a 23mm and 35mm - dream on sir! We also talk about the beast that is the 50mm f1, Kev’s cupboard of doom, the return of a Facebook business page, a mini-guide to choosing Lightroom presets, essential non-photographic camera bag kit, and should I buy a new p…
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Kev’s having a yard sale! Neale is planning a lens raid of his tardis like cupboard of doom looking for Kev's spare 23 and 35mm lenses as today we ask, can zoom lenses hold a candle to a prime, and what’s better for documentary work plus overall quality? Also camera strap love for Peak Design and Spider Camera Holsters, whilst lamenting the change …
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Neale returns from Nessie hunting in Scotland and Kev prepares to wind up the motor on Rubber Band Airways as he goes to have a fight in Jersey! Today, how to set your Pic-Time account to your region and charging for downloads, the X100V advantage and do you want to buy Kev's, slow shutter speed pictures, new fads in wedding world, interview techni…
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Neale is getting nostalgic about the old school days, giving money away (maybe) and Kev returns from Spain with family news, plus it seems the break has convinced him to retire?!?!? WHAT??? But what from? From photography, from The FujiCast? Is it really the end of the road? We talk about his life decision, how the wedding industry has changed and …
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Note for your diary, there’s something special coming up in 2024 in the first week of March; a FujiCast event!!! Also today, how long it takes to edit a wedding, advice we received at the start of our careers, blogging tips and the importance of it for marketing, why your ai de-noiser thingie may be sending you pink pictures, cataloguing family pho…
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Guess who’s turned 50? Kev’s celebrating his half century in España, but proving the hardest person to buy a gift, so FIFTY NOT OUT, but don’t mention the cricket - and that’s not the secret by the way. We talk about the ideal camera resolution required for high quality studio portraits, how and where to store your precious back catalogue and anoth…
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Kev sips his first ceveza by the pool serenaded by several thousand cicadas in the midday sun upon a hillside somewhere in Spain, but fortunately, we recorded episodes in advance, so this week; changing out from a DSLR to a ‘vintage’ Fujifilm X-T1, will it be good enough considering its age? Also, choosing your first lens for the Fujifilm system, K…
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Kev’s demob happy, counting down the days with even more relish to his five and a half weeks of vacaciones as they say in España. We talk about our forever cameras, shooting pro with the 100V, there’s a Summer appeal for questions, the latest Fujifilm camera phone app; it seems not all is well in app land, more thoughts and ideas for camera shooter…
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Kev deliberates over a close family call, and looks forward to a five week Mediterranean road trip, or at least a seat by the pool, where he’ll learn to look through a camera eye piece wearing specs and spend some time with his latest Fujifilm camera purchase! Also today, bringing vintage film alive decades after it was originally shot, advice we’v…
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This week Kev looks for a train that may be running and wonders whether he might have shot Sony, if only he could work out the menu system?!?!?! We persuade or at least discuss with one emailer, why switching to Fujifilm cameras is timely and ask which Fujifilm camera persuaded us to switch? We muse why American photographers make more money from p…
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Look under your car seat, peep behind the sofa, Kev’s looking for his X100V! Perhaps it’s been used by his interior decorator - all will be revealed. Also on the show, getting more bang for your buck in backup-land, photographing in a pyramid, displaying your pictures in the myriad of aspect ratio frames available, why wedding cake makers are miffe…
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Kev and Neale take a jaunt to London and it results in a later release, well that’s the boy’s excuse - and they’re sticking by it. Today on the show, life cycles of mirrorless versus DSLR, front command dial problems and is ai going to cause as many problems for photographers as we fear? Also, changing Adobe subscriptions while keeping photos in th…
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Neale’s very excited as his 16-55mm lens is due to arrive whilst the show is being recorded and Kev’s readying himself for the start of the wedding season. Today questions and mails about a special Fujifilm and NHS picture competition to celebrate 75 years of the health service, choosing the best monitor for editing and programs for editing, starti…
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Neale has a bad case of flight wind and Kev is saving £1 a week for the rest of his life so he can afford Leica’s new Monochrom camera, whilst wishing and hoping that Fujifilm may at last release their own dedicated BW-only camera, especially now that even Pentax have launched theirs! One thing is for sure, both our boys are lamenting the closure o…
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