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 - what should I do, and how do I cope with guests at weddings instructing me not to take pictures of them? Plus dealing with working outside your style for clients, the fabled 18mm f2 lens, and should you use your own name as your business identity.

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, choosing email and mailing list providers, Substack, invoicing software, and why do people think Kev looks like David Brent??!?

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 story telling, perfect lenses for travel photography, Kev’s post-retirement plans, can you become a pro wedding photographer in your 50s, and a peak inside Neale and Kev’s kit bags. Plus there’s a bonus question on Judo!

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 shot at weddings, gallery stats, the best time to send images to a client, taking a tripod v shooting using IBIS, updating your website to court search engines, showing pictures online that have feeling, understanding how to use ai and upselling social photography packages.

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, contents insurance for kit away from home, moire issues, photo challenges for 2025, content creators snapping your original ideas and what software the boys use for editing video.

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 format speed issues in post production, the pictures that affected us from 2024, battling muddy images and how do you squish photos for optimal web use?