Professional tree planting is back breaking piecework—a combination of high intensity sport and industrial labor that requires both technical finesse and remarkable physical and mental endurance. Using techniques more often associated with high-performance athletes, experienced planters (commonly known as high-ballers) leap up and down through uneven and debris-strewn terrain, armed only with a shovel and 30-kg bags of seedlings on their backs. In recent years, tree planting has become a rite of passage among young Canadians not afraid of hard work and dirt under their fingernails.  As seasonal work, it attracts many students from Canada’s southern cities. Due to the brutal physical demands, most are under 30 years old. Out on the cut block inclement weather is common, and the swarms of biting insects are legendary. Working in—rather than on—the land for months on end, and sharing an isolated camp site creates a solid bond among planters. This has molded into a subculture of sorts, which is the subject of today’s show. My guest for this episode is Canadian photographer and filmmaker Rita Leistner. Rita documents communities living in extreme conditions, typically investing months or years in a project. After spending a decade as a tree planter during her youth, Rita returned to the forest in 2016 to document a new generation. In 2021, she released her results as an Art Trifecta, featuring large fine art photographs, a 256-page photo book, and the documentary feature film “Forest for the Trees.”  Equally in her element in forests and war zones, Rita’s photographs and her writings about photography, art, and war have been published, exhibited, and collected worldwide. She is represented by the Stephen Bulger Gallery for art, and by Green Planet Films for film. Guest: Rita Leistner Above photograph © Rita Leistner For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see: <a href= "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-rita-leistner-canada"> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-rita-leistner-canada</a> And if you haven’t already listened, check out all episodes from our Picturing World Cultures podcast series here.<a title= "Picturing World Cultures landing page" href= "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/promotion/picturing-world-cultures">https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/promotion/picturing-world-cultures</a>    Episode Timeline:   2:02: The backstory to Canadian tree planting as a business 5:21: Rita’s interest in photography and her early days as a tree planter. 12:43: Comparisons and contrasts between Rita’s early tree planting experiences and what she found when returning to the forest to document this subject. 18:21: A typical day in the life of a tree planter and the actual planting process 26:31: How Rita landed on her distinctive photographic style of capturing fast moving planters with a PhaseOne camera and Profoto lighting. 32:40: Rita talks about how the young planters responded to her sudden presence in the camp.  36:17: Rita’s lighting set up with Profoto B1 lights and coordinating with an assistant to carry all the gear.  41:56: Episode Break 43:10: Rita talks about power consumption, batteries, generators, workflow, and more when working in remote locations.   45:03: Inclement weather, dirt, and bugs when shooting both stills and video footage out in the wilderness. 48:41: The lighting details behind Rita’s enchanted forest nighttime images and timelapse footage. 53:38: How the work of tree planters is perceived by both the logging industry and environmentalists, and the effects this has on the planters themselves. 1:03:47: How Rita’s Tree Planter project has affected her sense of Canadian identity.  1:06:04: Rita Leistner answers our PWC Visual Questionnaire. Guest Bio: <a id="_Hlk143786618" name="_Hlk143786618"></a>Rita Leistner is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker who creates portraits of communities living in extreme conditions, typically investing months or years in a project. After spending a decade of her formative years as a tree planter in the Canadian wilderness, she returned to this theme to document a new generation of planters from 2016 to 2019. In 2021, she released the project as an Art Trifecta, featuring fine art photographs, a 256-page monograph, and the 91-minute documentary film Forest for the Trees. Additionally, Rita has been captured by insurgents, assaulted, and shot at, and she has run into gunfire to get a photograph. She has published four books of photography including Unembedded: Four Independent Photojournalists on the War in Iraq (2005), widely considered one of the most influential anti-war books to come out of the Iraq conflict. Rita’s photographs and her writings about photography, art, and war have been published and exhibited worldwide, and are in major corporate and museum collections. From 2010 to 2016 she served as Associate Professor in the History of Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the University of Toronto. She is represented by the Stephen Bulger Gallery for art, and by Green Planet Films for film.   Stay Connected: Rita Leistner Website: http://ritaleistner.com/ Forest for the Trees Website: https://www.forestforthetreesdocumentary.com/ Rita Leistner Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ritaleistner/ Rita Leistner Twitter: https://twitter.com/ritaleistner/ Stephen Bulger Gallery Website: <a href= "https://www.bulgergallery.com/artists/45-rita-leistner/overview/"> https://www.bulgergallery.com/artists/45-rita-leistner/overview/</a> Green Planet Films Website: https://greenplanetfilms.org/products/forest-for-the-trees?_pos=1&_sid=90a01a45d&_ss=r Canadian photographer Lorraine Gilbert: https://www.lorrainegilbert.com/

<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #172b4d; background: white;"&gt;  Professional tree planting is back breaking piecework—a combination of high intensity sport and industrial labor that requires both technical finesse and remarkable physical and mental endurance. Using techniques more often associated with high-performance athletes, experienced planters (commonly known as high-ballers) leap up and down through uneven and debris-strewn terrain, armed only with a shovel and 30-kg bags of seedlings on their backs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;"&gt;In recent years, tree planting has become a rite of passage among young Canadians not afraid of hard work and dirt under their fingernails.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #172b4d; background: white;"&gt;  As seasonal work, it attracts many students from Canada’s southern cities. Due to the brutal physical demands, most are under 30 years old. Out on the cut block inclement weather is common, and the swarms of biting insects are legendary.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;"&gt;Working in—rather than on—the land for months on end, and sharing an isolated camp site creates a solid bond among planters. This has molded into a subculture of sorts, which is the subject of today’s show.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;"&gt;My guest for this episode&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"&gt;is&lt;span class= "gmail-apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;"&gt;Canadian photographer and filmmaker Rita Leistner.&lt;span class= "gmail-apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Rita documents communities living in extreme conditions, typically investing months or years in a project. After spending a decade as a tree planter during her youth, Rita returned to the forest in 2016 to document a new generation. In 2021, she released her results as an Art Trifecta, featuring large fine art photographs, a 256-page photo book, and the documentary feature film “Forest for the Trees.”&lt;span class= "gmail-apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;"&gt;Equally in her element in forests and war zones, Rita’s photographs and her writings about photography, art, and war have been published, exhibited, and collected worldwide. She is represented by the Stephen Bulger Gallery for art, and by Green Planet Films for film.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt; Guest: Rita Leistner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt; Above photograph © Rita Leistner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt; For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-rita-leistner-canada"&gt; https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-rita-leistner-canada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;And if you haven’t already listened, check out all episodes from our Picturing World Cultures podcast series here.&lt;a title= "Picturing World Cultures landing page" href= "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/promotion/picturing-world-cultures"&gt;https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/promotion/picturing-world-cultures&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;Episode Timeline:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;2:02:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;The backstory to Canadian tree planting as a business&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;5:21:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;Rita’s interest in photography and her early days as a tree planter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;12:43:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;Comparisons and contrasts between Rita’s early tree planting experiences and what she found when returning to the forest to document this subject.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;18:21:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;A typical day in the life of a tree planter and the actual planting process&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;26:31:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;How Rita landed on her distinctive photographic style of capturing fast moving planters with a PhaseOne camera and Profoto lighting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;32:40:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;Rita talks about how the young planters responded to her sudden presence in the camp. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;36:17:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;Rita’s lighting set up with Profoto B1 lights and coordinating with an assistant to carry all the gear. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;41:56: Episode Break&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;43:10:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;Rita talks about power consumption, batteries, generators, workflow, and more when working in remote locations. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;45:03:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;Inclement weather, dirt, and bugs when shooting both stills and video footage out in the wilderness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;48:41:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;The lighting details behind Rita’s enchanted forest nighttime images and timelapse footage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;53:38:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;How the work of tree planters is perceived by both the logging industry and environmentalists, and the effects this has on the planters themselves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;1:03:47:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;How Rita’s Tree Planter project has affected her sense of Canadian identity. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;1:06:04:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;Rita Leistner answers our PWC Visual Questionnaire.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;Guest Bio: &lt;a id="_Hlk143786618" name="_Hlk143786618"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "color: #333333; background: white;"&gt;Rita Leistner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style= "mso-bookmark: _Hlk143786618;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333; background: white;"&gt; is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker who creates portraits of communities living in extreme conditions, typically investing months or years in a project. After spending a decade of her formative years as a tree planter in the Canadian wilderness, she returned to this theme to document a new generation of planters from 2016 to 2019. In 2021, she released the project as an Art Trifecta, featuring fine art photographs, a 256-page monograph, and the 91-minute documentary film &lt;em&gt;Forest for the Trees&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bookmark: _Hlk143786618;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333; background: white;"&gt; Additionally, Rita has been captured by insurgents, assaulted, and shot at, and she has run into gunfire to get a photograph. She has published four books of photography including &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;Unembedded: Four Independent Photojournalists on the War in Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (2005), widely considered one of the most influential anti-war books to come out of the Iraq conflict. Rita’s photographs and her writings about photography, art, and war have been published and exhibited worldwide, and are in major corporate and museum collections. From 2010 to 2016 she served as Associate Professor in the History of Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the University of Toronto. She is represented by the Stephen Bulger Gallery for art, and by Green Planet Films for film. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bookmark: _Hlk143786618;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="BodyA"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt;Stay Connected:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="BodyA"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; background: white;"&gt; Rita Leistner Website:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; background: white;"&gt; http://ritaleistner.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Forest for the Trees Website:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; https://www.forestforthetreesdocumentary.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang="DE" style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-ansi-language: DE;" xml:lang="DE"&gt;Rita Leistner Instagram:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span lang= "DE" style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white; mso-ansi-language: DE;" xml:lang="DE"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/ritaleistner/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Rita Leistner Twitter:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; https://twitter.com/ritaleistner/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Stephen Bulger Gallery Website:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.bulgergallery.com/artists/45-rita-leistner/overview/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; https://www.bulgergallery.com/artists/45-rita-leistner/overview/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Green Planet Films Website:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; https://greenplanetfilms.org/products/forest-for-the-trees?_pos=1&amp;_sid=90a01a45d&amp;_ss=r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Canadian photographer Lorraine Gilbert:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; https://www.lorrainegilbert.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

 Professional tree planting is back breaking piecework—a combination of high intensity sport and industrial labor that requires both technical finesse and remarkable physical and mental endurance. Using techniques more often associated with...

Picturing World Cultures: Rita Leistner - Canada

Cozy up to a ringside seat for a behind-the-scenes tour of the wildest shows in sports entertainment, during our insightful chat about the still photos produced for World Wrestling Entertainment, (otherwise known as WWE). In 2023 alone, the WWE photo team traveled the globe, covering close to 170 live events, and producing 2.6 million stills to serve the organization’s various platforms. You might—incorrectly—assume that WWE’s still images are generated from video screengrabs. Well, this couldn’t be further from the truth.  In this week’s podcast, we get the full scoop about stills from WWE’s Vice President of photography, Brad Smith, and Senior Director of photography, Rich Freeda. Among the many details we unpack: The learning curve required for shooting a WWE event, the importance of showing all aspects of the spectacle in pictures, and the delicate dance between still photographers and TV camerapeople, who are tethered together and both wearing headphones while capturing a show.  In addition to live event coverage, the photo team creates high-level studio portraits of WWE Superstars, which necessitates complex studio set ups at each venue. Given the relentless schedule of three live shows weekly, two of which are traveling, studio gear is circling the country all year long. As Rich Freeda puts it, “We could be a Consumer Reports testing lab.” And when it comes to the type of photographers best suited to covering WWE shows, Brad Smith sums things up nicely. “[At first,] I instinctively thought, if we’re going to hire new people, they have to be sports photographers. And now I don’t think that at all. I’ll tell you who I’d rather have. I’d rather have a photographer who’s a tour photographer for Bon Jovi than somebody who’s the Yankee’s photographer, because they understand that event is the important thing.” Psych yourself up for <a href= "https://jira.bnh.com/browse/CTV-4001?filter=27210"> WrestleMania 40</a> with our WWE episode from the <a href= "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/"> B&H Photography Podcast</a>! Guests: Brad Smith and Rich Freeda Above photograph © Rich Freeda/WWE For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see: <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/still-photography-the-wwe-with-brad-smith-rich-freeda"> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/still-photography-the-wwe-with-brad-smith-rich-freeda</a> Stay Connected: WWE Still Photography Page: https://www.wwe.com/photos Brad Smith Website: https://www.bradsmithcreative.com/ Brad Smith on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradpix/ Brad Smith on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Brad-Smith-Creative/ Brad Smith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nybradsmith Rich Freeda Website: https://www.richardfreeda.com/collections Rich Freeda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richfreedaphoto/ Rich Freeda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/richfreedaphoto Rich Freeda WWE Profile: https://www.wwe.com/videos/the-photography-of-wrestlemania-with-rich-freeda-making-wwe

<description>&lt;p class="Default" style="margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white;"&gt; Cozy up to a ringside seat for a behind-the-scenes tour of the wildest shows in sports entertainment, during our insightful chat about the still photos produced for World Wrestling Entertainment, (otherwise known as WWE).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="Default" style="margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;In 2023 alone, the WWE photo team traveled the globe, covering close to 170 live events, and producing 2.6 million stills to serve the organization’s various platforms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="Default" style="margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white;"&gt; You might—incorrectly—assume that WWE’s still images are generated from video screengrabs. Well, this couldn’t be further from the truth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="Default" style="margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white;"&gt;In this week’s podcast, we get the full scoop about stills from WWE’s Vice President of photography, Brad Smith, and Senior Director of photography, Rich Freeda.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Among the many details we unpack: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;The learning curve required for shooting a WWE event, the importance of showing all aspects of the spectacle in pictures, and the delicate dance between still photographers and TV camerapeople, who are tethered together and both wearing headphones while capturing a show.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;In addition to live event coverage, the photo team creates high-level studio portraits of WWE Superstars, which necessitates complex studio set ups at each venue. &lt;span style= "color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt;Given the relentless schedule of three live shows weekly, two of which are traveling, studio gear is circling the country all year long.&lt;/span&gt; As Rich Freeda puts it, “We could be a &lt;em&gt;Consumer Reports&lt;/em&gt; testing lab.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt; And when it comes to the type of photographers best suited to covering WWE shows, Brad Smith sums things up nicely. “[At first,] I instinctively thought, if we’re going to hire new people, they have to be sports photographers. And now I don’t think that at all. I’ll tell you who I’d rather have. I’d rather have a photographer who’s a tour photographer for Bon Jovi than somebody who’s the Yankee’s photographer, because they understand that event is the important thing.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt; Psych yourself up for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "https://jira.bnh.com/browse/CTV-4001?filter=27210"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt; WrestleMania 40&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt; with our WWE episode from the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt; B&amp;H Photography Podcast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt; Guests: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;"&gt;Brad Smith and Rich Freeda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="Default" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt; Above photograph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt; © &lt;em&gt;Rich Freeda/WWE&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="Default" style="margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="Default" style="margin-top: 0in; line-height: normal;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/still-photography-the-wwe-with-brad-smith-rich-freeda"&gt; https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/still-photography-the-wwe-with-brad-smith-rich-freeda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="BodyA"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;Stay Connected:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; WWE Still Photography&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;Page:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;https://www.wwe.com/photos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Brad Smith Website:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "text-line"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; https://www.bradsmithcreative.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Brad Smith on Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/bradpix/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Brad Smith on Facebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;https://www.facebook.com/people/Brad-Smith-Creative/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Brad Smith on Twitter:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "text-line"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; https://twitter.com/nybradsmith&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Rich Freeda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;Website:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;https://www.richardfreeda.com/collections&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Rich Freeda on Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/richfreedaphoto/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Rich Freeda on Twitter:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "text-line"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; https://twitter.com/richfreedaphoto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; Rich Freeda WWE Profile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"&gt;https://www.wwe.com/videos/the-photography-of-wrestlemania-with-rich-freeda-making-wwe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Cozy up to a ringside seat for a behind-the-scenes tour of the wildest shows in sports entertainment, during our insightful chat about the still photos produced for World Wrestling Entertainment, (otherwise known as WWE).  In 2023 alone, the WWE photo...

Still Photography & the WWE, with Brad Smith & Rich Freeda

Where will you be on April 8, 2024? If you don’t already know, you’d better figure it out fast, particularly if you’ve got an interest in observing—and ideally photographing—the awe-inspiring phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.   To get you up to speed on essential eclipse details, tune in to our chat with science writer Rebecca Boyle and Gabriel Biderman from B&H’s Road Marketing team. Boyle shares tidbits about Earth’s silvery sister gleaned from research for her book Our Moon, while Gabe discusses preparations (and practice!) for your eclipse photo session, plus strategies for juggling multiple set-ups.   To celebrate the total eclipse back in 2017, B&H teamed up with Atlas Obscura for a two-day festival in Eastern Oregon’s Snake River Valley. This year, the party’s expanding from two to four days! We end the episode with details about the 2024 Ecliptic Festival, held alongside the Valley of Vapors music festival in Hot Springs, Arkansas, smack in the Eclipse’s umbra.   Immerse yourself in this rare astronomical occurrence while rubbing shoulders with celebrated scientists, legendary musicians, artists and photographers galore, plus benefit from dedicated space—and tools—for star gazing and tracking the path to totality and back. The sky’s the limit!   Guests: Rebecca Boyle & Gabriel Biderman Top shot © Gabriel Biderman   For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/ecliptic-visions-with-rebecca-boyle-gabriel-biderman-atlas-obscura-bh   Stay Connected: Atlas Obscura Ecliptic Festival: https://ecliptic.atlasobscura.com/ Atlas Obscura Website: https://www.atlasobscura.com/ Rebecca Boyle Website: https://rebeccaboyle.com/ Rebecca Boyle Our Moon book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611468/our-moon-by-rebecca-boyle/ Rebecca Boyle’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/by.rebecca.boyle/ Rebecca Boyle’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/rboyle31 Rebecca Boyle’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rboyle31/ Gabriel Biderman’s Website: https://www.ruinism.com/ National Parks at Night Website: https://www.nationalparksatnight.com/ National Parks at Night’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nationalparksatnight/ National Parks at Night’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/natlpksatnight National Parks at Night’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalparksatnight National Parks at Night’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NationalParksatNight

<description>&lt;p&gt;Where will you be on April 8, 2024? If you don’t already know, you’d better figure it out fast, particularly if you’ve got an interest in observing—and ideally photographing—the awe-inspiring phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; To get you up to speed on essential eclipse details, tune in to our chat with science writer Rebecca Boyle and Gabriel Biderman from B&amp;H’s Road Marketing team. Boyle shares tidbits about Earth’s silvery sister gleaned from research for her book Our Moon, while Gabe discusses preparations (and practice!) for your eclipse photo session, plus strategies for juggling multiple set-ups.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; To celebrate the total eclipse back in 2017, B&amp;H teamed up with Atlas Obscura for a two-day festival in Eastern Oregon’s Snake River Valley. This year, the party’s expanding from two to four days! We end the episode with details about the 2024 Ecliptic Festival, held alongside the Valley of Vapors music festival in Hot Springs, Arkansas, smack in the Eclipse’s umbra.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; Immerse yourself in this rare astronomical occurrence while rubbing shoulders with celebrated scientists, legendary musicians, artists and photographers galore, plus benefit from dedicated space—and tools—for star gazing and tracking the path to totality and back. The sky’s the limit!&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; Guests: Rebecca Boyle &amp; Gabriel Biderman&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Top shot © Gabriel Biderman&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; For more information on our guests and the gear they use, see:&lt;br /&gt; https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/ecliptic-visions-with-rebecca-boyle-gabriel-biderman-atlas-obscura-bh&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; Stay Connected:&lt;br /&gt; Atlas Obscura Ecliptic Festival: https://ecliptic.atlasobscura.com/&lt;br /&gt; Atlas Obscura Website: https://www.atlasobscura.com/&lt;br /&gt; Rebecca Boyle Website: https://rebeccaboyle.com/&lt;br /&gt; Rebecca Boyle Our Moon book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611468/our-moon-by-rebecca-boyle/&lt;br /&gt; Rebecca Boyle’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/by.rebecca.boyle/&lt;br /&gt; Rebecca Boyle’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/rboyle31&lt;br /&gt; Rebecca Boyle’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rboyle31/&lt;br /&gt; Gabriel Biderman’s Website: https://www.ruinism.com/&lt;br /&gt; National Parks at Night Website: https://www.nationalparksatnight.com/&lt;br /&gt; National Parks at Night’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nationalparksatnight/&lt;br /&gt; National Parks at Night’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/natlpksatnight&lt;br /&gt; National Parks at Night’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalparksatnight&lt;br /&gt; National Parks at Night’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NationalParksatNight&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Where will you be on April 8, 2024? If you don’t already know, you’d better figure it out fast, particularly if you’ve got an interest in observing—and ideally photographing—the awe-inspiring phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.   To...

Ecliptic Visions—with Rebecca Boyle, Gabriel Biderman, Atlas Obscura & B&H

There are many different ways to look at culture, and today we take a geographic approach, to distinguish people who live in rural mountain and hilly settings from those of the wider plains and urban areas. Our focus is the country of Romania, where we’ll explore the rustic landscape of small farms, hand tilled fields, and local communities that still identify with the working methods and traditions of the past. Along the way, we’ll follow the cyclical work of farmers and shepherds, gain insight into the Orthodox faith, explore vibrant holiday celebrations, and reveal unique rituals with pagan roots. In this fourth installment of our monthly series, Picturing World Cultures, we speak with Daniel Rosca, a Romanian photographer and travel guide specialized in photographic, cultural, and genealogical tours. As a child, Daniel experienced the age-old traditions of rural Romania first-hand during time spent on his grandparent’s farm. Following university studies, he spent four years abroad, working in youth development, consulting, and corporate social responsibility. After living in Brussels, Warsaw, Istanbul, and Cairo, and travelling to another 40 countries on four continents, Daniel decided travel should become his full-time job. He chose to return to his homeland in 2011, where he founded <a href="https://romania-photo-tours.com/">Romania Photo Tours</a> and <a href="https://true-romania.tours/">True Romania Tours</a>, to help curious travelers immerse themselves in—and capture images of—old-world Romanian culture. In summary, to quote the motto of his photo tour site: Veni, Vidi, Click! Guest: Daniel Rosca For more information on our guest and the gear he uses, see: <a title="Daniel Rosca Podcast Episode" href= "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-daniel-rosca-romania"> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-daniel-rosca-romania</a> And if you haven’t already listened, check out all episodes from our Picturing World Cultures podcast series here: <a title= "Picturing World Cultures series landing page" href= "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/promotion/picturing-world-cultures"> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/promotion/picturing-world-cultures</a> Episode Timeline: 2:07: The blend of various cultures and influences that make up Romanian culture, geographic distinctions between regions based on mountains, hills, and plains, Romania’s historic regions, plus the country’s widespread agricultural focus. 9:41: Common misconceptions about Romania: dispelling inaccuracies about Dracula and Romania’s communist past, plus Romania’s current strengths in tech, IT, and engineering. 12:34: Special considerations, both general and cultural, when photographing people in different regions, making pictures of the Roma, military, or police, plus Romania’s strict policies that prohibit driving after even a sip of alcohol.    17:44: Romanian agricultural traditions of scything, haymaking, horse carts, blacksmiths, shepherding, plus the art of traditional egg painting. 23:24: Forging a human connection with local villagers and craftspeople, etiquette and logistics when making pictures, plus the issue of obtaining model releases for portraits. 30:14: Daniel’s go-to photo gear: Nikon Z6 mirrorless and a 24-70 mm f/2.8 lens, the benefits to carrying a flash, plus recommendations for packing and benefits to traveling light 34:08: Episode Break 35:10: Romanian Orthodox churches, regional differences in appearance, rules of etiquette and respectful behavior when photographing, plus the many denominations of Orthodoxy, and details about holiday schedules. 44:42: Meaning of the word Orthodox, distinctions between Orthodox and Catholic faiths, plus Romania’s Lutheran heritage, and fortified churches of Transylvania. 47:11: Romanian bear dance festivals of Moldova over New Year’s, the festival’s pagan roots, tips for getting good pictures by interacting and considering the background first, plus other year end celebrations 54:20: Romanian Easter traditions, a candle lit in Jerusalem on Easter morning and flown to all Romanian Orthodox churches, breaking the Lenten fast, plus Romania’s little-known focus on vegan foods. 1:00:58: Romania’s Dracula lure, distinguishing true cultural history from the literary myth, useful resources for more background about Romania, plus details about Daniel’s genealogical tours. 57:22: Daniel Rosca answers our Picturing World Cultures Visual Questionnaire.   Guest Bio: Daniel Rosca is a Romanian photographer and tour guide specializing in photographic, cultural, and genealogical tours. As a child, he spent a lot of time at his grandparent’s subsistence farm and experienced many of the traditions of rural Romania. After university and four years abroad, he realized how interesting rural Romania and its traditions are and decided to return to his native country to help curious travelers discover them as well. Before setting down roots in travel, Daniel worked in youth development, consulting, as well as in corporate social responsibility for Microsoft. After living and working in Brussels, Warsaw, Istanbul, and Cairo, and travelling to another 40 countries on four continents, he decided travel should become his full-time job, in the country where he feels most connected. He founded Romania Photo Tours and True Romania Tours in 2011. In summary, to quote the motto of his photo tour site: Veni, Vidi, Click! Where click is not only about clicking the shutter, but also about clicking with the culture.  Stay Connected: Romania Photo Tours Website: https://romania-photo-tours.com/ True Romania Tours Website: <a href= "https://true-romania.tours/">https://true-romania.tours/</a> Romania Photo Tours Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/romaniaphototours/ Romania Photo Tours Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/touroperatorRomaniaPhotoTours True Romania Tours Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrueRomaniaTours/ Romania Photo Tours X: <a href= "https://twitter.com/photo_romania">https://twitter.com/photo_romania</a> True Romania Tours X: <a href="https://twitter.com/TRomaniaTours">https://twitter.com/TRomaniaTours</a> True Romania Tours Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/trueromaniatours/ Romanian photographer Sorin Onisor: https://www.instagram.com/sorin_onisor/

<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;There are many different ways to look at culture, and today we take a geographic approach, to distinguish people who live in rural mountain and hilly settings from those of the wider plains and urban areas.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Our focus is the country of Romania, where we’ll explore the rustic landscape of small farms, hand tilled fields, and local communities that still identify with the working methods and traditions of the past. Along the way, we’ll follow the cyclical work of farmers and shepherds, gain insight into the Orthodox faith, explore vibrant holiday celebrations, and reveal unique rituals with pagan roots.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In this fourth installment of our monthly series, &lt;em&gt;Picturing World Cultures&lt;/em&gt;, we speak with Daniel Rosca, a Romanian photographer and travel guide specialized in photographic, cultural, and genealogical tours.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As a child, Daniel experienced the age-old traditions of rural Romania first-hand during time spent on his grandparent’s farm. Following university studies, he spent four years abroad, working in youth development, consulting, and corporate social responsibility. After living in Brussels, Warsaw, Istanbul, and Cairo, and travelling to another 40 countries on four continents, Daniel decided travel should become his full-time job.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;He chose to return to his homeland in 2011, where he founded &lt;a href="https://romania-photo-tours.com/"&gt;Romania Photo Tours&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://true-romania.tours/"&gt;True Romania Tours&lt;/a&gt;, to help curious travelers immerse themselves in—and capture images of—old-world Romanian culture.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In summary, to quote the motto of his photo tour site: Veni, Vidi, Click!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guest: Daniel Rosca&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For more information on our guest and the gear he uses, see:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Daniel Rosca Podcast Episode" href= "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-daniel-rosca-romania"&gt; https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/picturing-world-cultures-daniel-rosca-romania&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;And if you haven’t already listened, check out all episodes from our Picturing World Cultures podcast series here: &lt;a title= "Picturing World Cultures series landing page" href= "https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/promotion/picturing-world-cultures"&gt; https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/promotion/picturing-world-cultures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Episode Timeline:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2:07:&lt;/strong&gt; The blend of various cultures and influences that make up Romanian culture, geographic distinctions between regions based on mountains, hills, and plains, Romania’s historic regions, plus the country’s widespread agricultural focus.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9:41:&lt;/strong&gt; Common misconceptions about Romania: dispelling inaccuracies about Dracula and Romania’s communist past, plus Romania’s current strengths in tech, IT, and engineering.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12:34:&lt;/strong&gt; Special considerations, both general and cultural, when photographing people in different regions, making pictures of the Roma, military, or police, plus Romania’s strict policies that prohibit driving after even a sip of alcohol. &lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;17:44:&lt;/strong&gt; Romanian agricultural traditions of scything, haymaking, horse carts, blacksmiths, shepherding, plus the art of traditional egg painting.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;23:24:&lt;/strong&gt; Forging a human connection with local villagers and craftspeople, etiquette and logistics when making pictures, plus the issue of obtaining model releases for portraits.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;30:14:&lt;/strong&gt; Daniel’s go-to photo gear: Nikon Z6 mirrorless and a 24-70 mm f/2.8 lens, the benefits to carrying a flash, plus recommendations for packing and benefits to traveling light&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;34:08: Episode Break&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;35:10:&lt;/strong&gt; Romanian Orthodox churches, regional differences in appearance, rules of etiquette and respectful behavior when photographing, plus the many denominations of Orthodoxy, and details about holiday schedules.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;44:42:&lt;/strong&gt; Meaning of the word Orthodox, distinctions between Orthodox and Catholic faiths, plus Romania’s Lutheran heritage, and fortified churches of Transylvania.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;47:11:&lt;/strong&gt; Romanian bear dance festivals of Moldova over New Year’s, the festival’s pagan roots, tips for getting good pictures by interacting and considering the background first, plus other year end celebrations&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;54:20:&lt;/strong&gt; Romanian Easter traditions, a candle lit in Jerusalem on Easter morning and flown to all Romanian Orthodox churches, breaking the Lenten fast, plus Romania’s little-known focus on vegan foods.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1:00:58:&lt;/strong&gt; Romania’s Dracula lure, distinguishing true cultural history from the literary myth, useful resources for more background about Romania, plus details about Daniel’s genealogical tours.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;57:22:&lt;/strong&gt; Daniel Rosca answers our Picturing World Cultures Visual Questionnaire.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guest Bio: Daniel Rosca&lt;/strong&gt; is a Romanian photographer and tour guide specializing in photographic, cultural, and genealogical tours. As a child, he spent a lot of time at his grandparent’s subsistence farm and experienced many of the traditions of rural Romania. After university and four years abroad, he realized how interesting rural Romania and its traditions are and decided to return to his native country to help curious travelers discover them as well.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Before setting down roots in travel, Daniel worked in youth development, consulting, as well as in corporate social responsibility for Microsoft. After living and working in Brussels, Warsaw, Istanbul, and Cairo, and travelling to another 40 countries on four continents, he decided travel should become his full-time job, in the country where he feels most connected. He founded Romania Photo Tours and True Romania Tours in 2011. In summary, to quote the motto of his photo tour site: Veni, Vidi, Click! Where click is not only about clicking the shutter, but also about clicking with the culture. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="BodyA"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stay Connected:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="BodyA"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Romania Photo Tours Website:&lt;/strong&gt; https://romania-photo-tours.com/&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;True Romania Tours Website:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "https://true-romania.tours/"&gt;https://true-romania.tours/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Romania Photo Tours Instagram:&lt;/strong&gt; https://www.instagram.com/romaniaphototours/&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Romania Photo Tours Facebook:&lt;/strong&gt; https://www.facebook.com/touroperatorRomaniaPhotoTours&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;True Romania Tours Facebook:&lt;/strong&gt; https://www.facebook.com/TrueRomaniaTours/&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Romania Photo Tours X&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/photo_romania"&gt;https://twitter.com/photo_romania&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;True Romania Tours X:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/TRomaniaTours"&gt;https://twitter.com/TRomaniaTours&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;True Romania Tours Pinterest:&lt;/strong&gt; https://www.pinterest.com/trueromaniatours/&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Romanian photographer Sorin Onisor:&lt;/strong&gt; https://www.instagram.com/sorin_onisor/&lt;/p&gt;</description>

There are many different ways to look at culture, and today we take a geographic approach, to distinguish people who live in rural mountain and hilly settings from those of the wider plains and urban areas. Our focus is the country of Romania, where...

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How much can you edit a photo before it stops becoming true? That’s the question CNET tech reporter Stephen Shankland recently asked in the opening lines of his story, <a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/features/how-close-is-that-photo-to-the-truth-what-to-know-in-the-age-of-ai/"> How Close is that Photo to the Truth: What to Know in the Age of AI</a>.   The article, which examines digital photography and advanced smartphone image processing in the era of AI, reaches beyond the polarizing visual minefield of generative AI by delving into aspects of this technologythat’s been quietly pre-baked into most every camera on the market these days.   The sophisticated processing under the hood of your digital camera is our jumping off point for a wide-ranging discussion with Shankland that touches on many aspects of the digital workflow, before scaling the slippery slopes of generative AI.   A few of the many points we cover include: Comparing the three primary generative AI platforms and discussing their differences, an assessment of AI manipulations and deepfakes, the ways in which a proliferation of camera phones can serve as a buttress against fakery, and the factor of a social contract in weighing the veracity of an image.   Today’s AI landscape seems to be morphing by the minute, a reality that’s reflected here with bonus content! Barely a week after our original discussion, Open AI’s new text to video application, Sora, was released to a tidal wave of interest, so we got Shankland back on mic. Stay to the end to hear our first impressions of this new technology and listen closely to discover how an AI bot got the last word in our chat.   Guest: Stephen Shankland Top shot © Allan Weitz, https://www.allanweitzdesign.com   Episode Timeline:   2:22: How much can a photo be edited before it stops “becoming” true? Plus, the digital processing that goes on under the hood of your digital camera.   7:06: The sophisticated processing in your camera phone and how the resulting images compare to pictures made with a 35mm digital camera.   13:02: How much digital editing is too much and what’s the least amount of image adjustments possible before a photograph stops “being true.”   18:22: The matter of generative AI manipulations and deepfakes, the democratization of altering images, and how the proliferation of camera phones can serve as a buttress against fakery.   23:24: Comparing the three big generative AI platforms Stephen has worked with—Open AI’s Dall-E, Google’s ImageFX, and Adobe’s Firefly—and discussing how they differ, plus Allan’s impressions about working with Adobe Firefly, and how much of an AI-generated image is truly one’s own.   31:58: Prompt engineering, the bias of training data, the role of having fun when assessing the creative aspects of generative AI, and the factor of a social contract into reading the veracity of an image.   40:22: Episode Break   41:30: The potential for career opportunities in prompt engineering, new educational programs to arise from these new technologies, plus reasons why illustration is the creative area most threatened by AI.   48:27: The democratization of creative tasks due to computer technology, and the value of having a unique style or vision to creative success, plus the advantages of AI for stylistic   52:08:<a name="_Hlk132798507" id= "_Hlk132798507"></a> Ethical considerations, intellectual property rights, and copyright concerns in relation to AI generation.   57:03: In-camera authentication, content credentialing, and following the provenance of an image to be assured of its trustworthiness, plus whether this technology will ever show up in camera phones.   1:04:24: Episode bonus: Stephen’s first impressions of Open AI’s new text to video application, Sora.     Guest Bio: Stephen Shankland has covered technology, computing, and digital imaging as a principal writer and reporter for CNET since 1998. He’s also a professional photographer who’s particularly intrigued by new trends in AI. Stephen stumbled into journalism as a fledgling science reporter covering the Los Alamos National Laboratory. His first, and biggest, scoop was about radioactive kitty litter discovered at the town dump.     Stay Connected: Stephen Shankland’s Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/stshank/">https://www.instagram.com/stshank/</a> Stephen Shankland’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/stshank/ Stephen Shankland’s Facebook: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Shankland/">https://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Shankland/</a> Stephen Shankland’s Flickr: <a href= "https://www.flickr.com/photos/shankrad/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/shankrad/</a> Stephen Shankland’s MuckRack: https://muckrack.com/stshank Stephen Shankland’s CNET profile: <a href= "https://www.cnet.com/profiles/shankland/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.cnet.com/profiles/shankland/</a> Stephen Shankland’s CNET article on AI: <a href= "https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/features/how-close-is-that-photo-to-the-truth-what-to-know-in-the-age-of-ai/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/features/how-close-is-that-photo-to-the-truth-what-to-know-in-the-age-of-ai/</a>  Open AI’s Chat GPT: https://chat.openai.com/ Open AI’s Dall-E: https://openai.com/dall-e-2 Open AI’s Sora: https://openai.com/sora Panasonic Lumix Cameras: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/panasonic-lumix-mirrorless-cameras/ci/39961

<description>&lt;p class="Body"&gt;How much can you edit a photo before it stops becoming true? That’s the question CNET tech reporter Stephen Shankland recently asked in the opening lines of his story, &lt;a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/features/how-close-is-that-photo-to-the-truth-what-to-know-in-the-age-of-ai/"&gt; How Close is that Photo to the Truth: What to Know in the Age of AI&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="Body"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="Body"&gt;The article, which examines digital photography and advanced &lt;span lang="IT" xml:lang="IT"&gt;smartphone&lt;/span&gt; image processing in the era of AI, reaches beyond the polarizing visual minefield of generative AI by delving into aspects of this technologythat’s been quietly pre-baked into most every &lt;span lang= "IT" xml:lang="IT"&gt;camera&lt;/span&gt; on the market these days.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The sophisticated processing under the hood of your digital camera is our jumping off point for a wide-ranging discussion with Shankland that touches on many aspects of the digital workflow, before scaling the slippery slopes of generative AI.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A few of the many points we cover include: Comparing the three primary generative AI platforms and discussing their differences, an assessment of AI manipulations and deepfakes, the ways in which a proliferation of camera phones can serve as a buttress against fakery, and the factor of a social contract in weighing the veracity of an image.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Today’s AI landscape seems to be morphing by the minute, a reality that’s reflected here with bonus content! Barely a week after our original discussion, Open AI’s new text to video application, Sora, was released to a tidal wave of interest, so we got Shankland back on mic. Stay to the end to hear our first impressions of this new technology and listen closely to discover how an AI bot got the last word in our chat.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guest: &lt;/strong&gt;Stephen Shankland&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="Default"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Top shot&lt;/em&gt; © Allan Weitz, https://www.allanweitzdesign.com&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="BodyA"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Episode Timeline:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2:22&lt;/strong&gt;: How much can a photo be edited before it stops “becoming” true? Plus, the digital processing that goes on under the hood of your digital camera.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7:06:&lt;/strong&gt; The sophisticated processing in your camera phone and how the resulting images compare to pictures made with a 35mm digital camera.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;13:02:&lt;/strong&gt; How much digital editing is too much and what’s the least amount of image adjustments possible before a photograph stops “being true.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;18:22:&lt;/strong&gt; The matter of generative AI manipulations and deepfakes, the democratization of altering images, and how the proliferation of camera phones can serve as a buttress against fakery.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;23:24:&lt;/strong&gt; Comparing the three big generative AI platforms Stephen has worked with—Open AI’s Dall-E, Google’s ImageFX, and Adobe’s Firefly—and discussing how they differ, plus Allan’s impressions about working with Adobe Firefly, and how much of an AI-generated image is truly one’s own.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;31:58:&lt;/strong&gt; Prompt engineering, the bias of training data, the role of having fun when assessing the creative aspects of generative AI, and the factor of a social contract into reading the veracity of an image.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;40:22: Episode Break&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;41:30:&lt;/strong&gt; The potential for career opportunities in prompt engineering, new educational programs to arise from these new technologies&lt;strong&gt;,&lt;/strong&gt; plus reasons why illustration is the creative area most threatened by AI.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;48:27:&lt;/strong&gt; The democratization of creative tasks due to computer technology, and the value of having a unique style or vision to creative success, plus the advantages of AI for stylistic&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;52:08:&lt;a name="_Hlk132798507" id= "_Hlk132798507"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Ethical considerations, intellectual property rights, and copyright concerns in relation to AI generation.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;57:03:&lt;/strong&gt; In-camera authentication, content credentialing, and following the provenance of an image to be assured of its trustworthiness, plus whether this technology will ever show up in camera phones.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1:04:24:&lt;/strong&gt; Episode bonus: Stephen’s first impressions of Open AI’s new text to video application, Sora.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="PlainPaper"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guest Bio: Stephen Shankland&lt;/strong&gt; has covered technology, computing, and digital imaging as a principal writer and reporter for CNET since 1998. He’s also a professional photographer who’s particularly intrigued by new trends in AI. Stephen stumbled into journalism as a fledgling science reporter covering the Los Alamos National Laboratory. His first, and biggest, scoop was about radioactive kitty litter discovered at the town dump.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="BodyA"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="BodyA"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="BodyA"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stay Connected:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stephen Shankland’s&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Instagram:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/stshank/"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/stshank/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stephen Shankland’s&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Twitter:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span class= "MsoHyperlink"&gt;https://twitter.com/stshank/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stephen Shankland’s&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Facebook:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Shankland/"&gt;https://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Shankland/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stephen Shankland’s&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Flickr:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.flickr.com/photos/shankrad/"&gt;https://www.flickr.com/photos/shankrad/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stephen Shankland’s&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;MuckRack:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="MsoHyperlink"&gt;&lt;span lang="DA" xml:lang="DA"&gt;https://muckrack.com/stshank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="xxxxmsonormal"&gt;&lt;span class= "text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang="DA" xml:lang="DA"&gt;Stephen Shankland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "MsoHyperlink"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang="DA" xml:lang="DA"&gt;’s CNET profile:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.cnet.com/profiles/shankland/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;&lt;span lang="DA" xml:lang= "DA"&gt;https://www.cnet.com/profiles/shankland/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="text-line"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stephen Shankland&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="MsoHyperlink"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;’s CNET article on AI:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/features/how-close-is-that-photo-to-the-truth-what-to-know-in-the-age-of-ai/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/features/how-close-is-that-photo-to-the-truth-what-to-know-in-the-age-of-ai/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open AI’s Chat GPT:&lt;/strong&gt; https://chat.openai.com/&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open AI’s Dall-E:&lt;/strong&gt; https://openai.com/dall-e-2&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open AI’s Sora:&lt;/strong&gt; https://openai.com/sora&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Panasonic Lumix Cameras:&lt;/strong&gt; https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/panasonic-lumix-mirrorless-cameras/ci/39961&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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