2024 var året då jag skrev kanoner till många bekanta och vänners födelsedagar. Jag ser dem som små meditationer på personer jag stiftat bekantskap med, främst i Uppsala. Om någon är snopen över att inte vara med, vill jag säga att urvalet är relativt slumpmässigt. Även ordningen. Jag har många vänner välförtjänta av kanoner så jag kommer att skriva fler.

K21 (till Urte)

K22 (till Isabelle)

K23 (till Ada)

K24 (till Maggie)

K25 (till Emelie W)

K26 (till Detlev)

K27 (till Julia B)

K28 (till Elis)

K29 (till Julia T)

K30 (till Tilda)

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A musical welcome to the festive season and a fond farewell to all my followers on my Ko-fi page

December 2024

In today's episode the latest news and some gift ideas for Christmas 2024.

You can find the show notes here.

https://liamphotographypodcast.com/episodes/episode-432-julian-lennon-sigma-telephoto-stuck-squirrel

Episode 432: Julian Lennon, Sigma Telephoto, & Stuck Squirrel

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Sinfonietta en Spirale, Requiem pour les martyrs du Liban
14 musicians (1F, 1Hb, 1Cl, 1Bssn, 1Horn, 1Tpt, 1tmbn, 2V, 1Al, 1Vc, 1Cb, Piano, Perc)

SINFONIETTA EN SPIRALE

Well, 2024 has certainly come and gone in a flash, meaning it’s time once again for us to reflect on new photo offerings in our annual Cameras of the Year episode, now renamed Photo Gear of the Year. Featured in our discussion are new releases from Canon, FUJIFILM, Leica, Mint, Nikon, OM SYSTEM, Panasonic, Ricoh Pentax, and Sony.

In the words of our recurring guest, Kevin Rickert, B&H’s Senior Sales Trainer for Photography and Lighting, “Everything old is new again” at least when it comes to this year’s most sought-after camera releases. A penchant for pocketable, fixed lens cameras led us to organize our camera offerings by type rather than in an alphabetical laundry list. Along with debating the current craze for “the digicam look,” we consider whether manufacturers will respond to consumers’ increasing appetite for midrange point and shoots.

After the break, we shift to the newest crop of flagship cameras that are built for speed, while also discussing notable updates to other new releases. We also shed light on the essential role served by firmware updates, both in trimming a new camera’s time to market and allowing you to get more out of the camera you already have. As Kevin points out, “It's an important part of having a camera. Much like if you have a car, you need to get oil changes.”

We wrap things up with some predictions for 2025, including Kevin’s hopes for a continued resurgence of point and shoot models, plus some intriguing new photo accessories that caught his eye this year. Stay to the end to learn about the inventive new Fjordan camera control for the iPhone, recently acquired by Leica.
Guest: Kevin Rickert
Episode Timeline
2:30: Kevin Rickert’s role as a B&H sales trainer for photography and lighting.
9:34: What camera stood out the most this year: FUJIFILM X100VI 
18:02: Ricoh GR III HDF / Ricoh GR IIIx 
20:00: Nostalgia for midrange point and shoots and the digicam look 
29:36: Leica D-Lux 8
31:42: Leica Q3 43 
35:52: Fujifilm X-T50 (a baby Fujifilm X-T5)
37:30: Fujifilm X-M5 
41:54: Pentax 17 
48:52: Mint Camera Rollei 35AF

51:17: Episode break

52:22: Canon EOS R1
55:50: Sony a1 II
59:31: OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II
1:02:35: Nikon Z6 III
1:05:48: Canon EOS R5 Mark II
1:14:40: Leica SL III 
1:17:55: FUJIFILM GFX 100 SII 
1:20:31: Nikon Z 50 II
1:21:28: Sony ZV-E10 II
1:23:19: Panasonic Lumix S9 
1:27:19: Kevin’s predictions for 2025
1:33:36: Peakto Image Management Software
1:35:06: Capture One 16.5 with Match Look
1:35:49: Fjordan iPhone camera grip


Guest Bio:

Kevin Rickert is B&H Photo’s Senior Sales Trainer for Photography and Lighting. It’s Kevin’s job to keep in touch with camera and lens manufacturers and get details about all the latest releases and updates. His role is to make sure the world-renowned B&H staff has all the information to answer your who, what, why, and other questions that you may ask, so they can satisfy all your wants and needs.

Born and raised in New York, Kevin is an intrepid street photographer, an avid traveler, and a baseball fan with 22 years in electronic retail, the last 10 of which have been spent as a sales trainer at B&H.

 
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2024 Photo Gear of the Year with Kevin Rickert

More on the 677th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Jeux d’enfants — The Assignment: Make music inspired by a children’s toy or game — at https://disquiet.com/0677/

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I write music mainly for Films, TV & Theatre, and also web/social media. 
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The B&H Photography Podcast, a weekly conversation about all things photography. With insightful and entertaining guests, we discuss the issues most important to the contemporary photographer

The vast majority of this music is not available anywhere else. They are all, in reality, works in progress and are apt to change at any time. I write because I need to; intellectually, spiritually and emotionally, and not for any other reason. If you have a use for something please just ask. If music is being given away for virtually nothing by this 'industry' then I'd rather do that myself ...

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ChatGTP said of AI Music...
'Creative AI tools can be seen as sophisticated plagiarism software, as they do not produce genuinely original content but rather emulate and modify existing works by artists subtly enough to circumvent copyright laws'

Sometimes it takes a dispassionate, independent view to actually see the truth of it ...

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There are links to XiiixxiQ below. Your mileage may vary as to whether it decides to work on your system as It only runs on a Mac because I really don't have time to do all the necessary work to make it compatible with anything other than my 2015 MacBook Pro :-(. It is still being developed (for my own use) and improved, and I may yet get round to doing another release if I can find the time to tidy it all up.

Nadim Tarabay, b.1997, is a Lebanese composer, currently based in France, whose work focuses on the exploration of the timbral effect of music on the experiencing of time. He is also exploring new ways of developing the concert experience, through the enhancement of the theatrical part of performance, in order to gain more immersive listening. His music has been performed in Lebanon, the US, Canada, Vienna and the UK. He has studied with people like Joseph Fakhry, Elia Koussa, and Stratis Minakakis. In 2019, he collaborated with Gerard Avedissian on the play 'Hamlet the mad Prince' whose music he wrote.
His work incorporates new experimental setups for traditional instruments. Furthermore, he is fascinated with the potential within traditional Lebanese music, specifically Maronite music, and is seeking its immersion within a more developed frame in relation with implied drone tones and spectral Harmony.
Nadim studied Piano (Diploma) , Solfege (Diploma), Harmony and Analysis at the NDU School of Music, as well as Composition at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, receiving the Dean's scholarship.
He also holds a Law degree from the University of Saint Joseph in Beirut.

As of 2021, he is a student at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) in the class of Stefano Gervasoni.

I am a professional Documentary, Real Estate and Commercial Photographer located in Roxboro, NC. 

My show covers news and rumors, reviews and interviews with people in the photography and videography industry. New episodes posted on Thursdays.

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