0:00 – Musical Intro

0:20 – Dave's Intro

1:06 – Talking about Zach Roberts

1:53 – Talking about Ron Hamilton

5:06 – Talking about Travis Keyes

7:17 – Talking about Evelyn Hockstein

10:55 – Evelyn chooses a mirrorless camera

14:10 – Guest 1 – Mike “Sharky” James

15:23 – Guest 2 – Jamie Rose

19:14 – Guest 3 – Bruce Byers

20:37 – Topic 1 – State of the Show

26:03 – Future of the Around the Lens

30:15 – Topic 2 – New Canon 70-200mm and 50mm lenses

1:10:47 – Topic 3 – 20 Years in the Future

1:25:18 – Outros an Guest Plugs

1:27:48 – Final Outro from Dave

Guests: Jamie Rose, Mike “Sharky” James, Bruce Byers

TOPIC 1: The future of Around the Lens.

After five years and 250 episodes, AtL is coming to an end. But this isn’t the end of AtL as a platform, and this isn’t the end of content, podcasts or otherwise. No, this is a new beginning for the platform, and will usher in a new era of programs dedicated to discussing the news, topics and gear related to visual journalism, photo journalism, filmmaking, photography, videography, photo books and so much more in new and exciting ways.
In the next few months you’ll begin to see a new series of shows appearing on the platform. They be specifically targeted and related to topics that hopefully interest and affect you. We’re currently working on a tight and consise, get in and get out, news show. Furthermore, we are going to be bringing new voices to AtL with a diversity focused panel discussion show. Additionally, we’ll be doing a show dedicated to photo books and their impact on society. Finally, as we always have, we’ll continue to do one-on-one interviews with interesting voices in our career field.
It’s an amazing time to be at AtL, and we hope you’ll join us as we say goodbye to the old and hello to the new.

TOPIC 2: Canon 70-200mm f/4 and a $200 nifty 50mm f/1.8 to their line ups

Two new lenses have been released by Canon for their RF mount cameras, the 50mm f/1.8 and the 70-200mm f/4.
What do we think of these new lenses? How do they fit into Canon’s current lens lineup? How does this lens line up stack up against Nikon and Sony?
What are your go to lenses? If you had to choose one lens for the rest of your life which one would it be? What kind of innovations do you want to see in the lens market going forward?

TOPIC 3: Covering the 2020 Election

Hopefully by the time we discuss it well have an idea who our president will be, but regardless, many of us have been capturing the election, and the many, many events surrounding it. Let’s talk about our experiences.
No matter who won, the political landscape will never be the same. How do your think things will either change or be different over the next four years?

FINAL TOPIC: The last twenty years have radically changed the world of photography and photojournalism, what do you think the next 20 years will bring?

AtL 252 - Shooting the Breeze

Around the LensBy David J. MurphyNov 25, 2021