The Photography Pubcast - Thomas Heaton | The 617 Club, Printing Your Work & Fave Films | S05 E07

[@retirewithjames6745]

I am a member of The 617 Club and it is the most worthwhile expenditure I have made. What a great group of people sharing their photography, advice, suggestions, and help. So worth the money. I would recommend this club to any photographer. The speakers so far, so very good. I just took my wife and we went to York for a Christmas meet-up. I’m from the USA so it was a venture. But so worth it. I wanted to meet Thomas and Simon so much. I met them, and so many other great people and photographers. I cannot say enough about this club.

[@MikePageKaltenberg]

Had to lol around the 58 min mark. I spent years and years photographing reactively - reacting to the environment around me. Changing this to intentional photography - waiting for the right conditions for a preconceived shoot, as I'm planning to do tomorrow - has given me some of the best images of my life in the last 2-3 years. Sure, I still shoot spontaneously in response to what I see, but I store up locations in my mind and wait for the right conditions. Now you're saying don't go out with pre-visualised images! I'm going to stick with what's working for me at the moment.

[@martieleusink3479]

I’m very pleased to see special guests like Alister Benn and Thomas Heaton. They do add to to the formula!

[@jimrookphotos]

This was one of your best Pubcasts. I so much appreciated the brutal honesty of Stuart, Adam and Thomas regarding themselves, their photography and business. Very though provoking. Excellent points and leading questions by all the regulars made this one of your best. A great mix of humor and serious conversation. Keep up the good work guys!

[@malcolmdillaway8274]

Excellent video really enjoyed this week, nice that Tom joined you but credit to you all for a very informative and entertaining time, thanks very much.

[@Brock_in_the_North]

A pubcast with photography talk again! We are blessed. Finally the god father joins the pubcast crew. Ive watched tom since his first video and hes still as down to earth now as he was then. Hope he finds time to join you gents again. A great episode.

[@jefffiles9209]

Fantastic 👏🏼 I'm not who got the most out of it, you guys or Tom for his free printer consultation 😂. For us, as always, very entertaining.

[@johnsurridge]

Outstanding Episode. The Printing discussion was worth the price of admission. Seriously, it was a comprehensive and intelligent discussion. Well Done.

[@timrosenburgh8597]

Another great Pubcast everyone. It was nice to see you on the show Tom. Catch up with everyone on the next one.

[@Fred-wb5nz]

Really enjoyed this. The mix of amateurs and professionals discussing topics is actually quite valuable and unique. Keep it up!

[@jeffdurbin2061]

Excellent Pubcast, really enjoyed the discussion on printing and printers. Tom's, Stuart's and Adam's input on running a photography business was very informative. Thanks guy!

[@WendyShort-jp3gl]

Great pubcast guys. Nice to see Tom too. Well done guys.

[@Shannon-q2n]

Fabulous podcast! I love great conversation and photography! By the way, I purchase most of Adam Gibbs books

[@MrBusby]

Well, I am 5 minutes in, already this is epic. I guess I'll have to join 617 Now. Thanks all

[@neilthacker2069]

A thoroughly enjoyable watch.Have to agree with others here on the info shared regarding printing,and the inclusion of more photography related talk...good to see Thomas on,look forward to next week's episode!

[@davidskinner274]

I am with you, Gary . street is wonderful, and your enjoyment of it comes out in your videos.

[@ThomasRaskPhoto]

Brilliant episode. I enjoyed it a lot. Made a big chunk of my day at work much more enjoyable.

[@martingoff-jones2184]

Well goodness me - an amazing plethora of intellectual content for not just one, but two pubcasts in a row! I'm going to show my age here. The earliest film I remember having an impact on me as a young child was Fantasia, just loved it. The film that scared the bejesus out of me for many many years was the Hound of the Baskervilles - I'm not sure whether it would have been the 1959 (before I was born) or 1968 version, but it had a huge impact on me, and I couldn't walk past our local woods at night without being terrified for many years. Of course, that was when horror films were very psychological, rather than the gore-fests you see these days. Very engaging conversation from Tom, especially when chatting with Jamie about motivation for getting out with the camera, and of course the rest of you chipping in. That is going to have resonated with loads of your viewers I'm sure. Well it did with me anyway. Thanks all for spending the time to put this together, great watch.

[@davidskinner274]

Really enjoyed this one, chaps. Glad you like the 617 club, Gary, welcome.🎉

[@BrianHorsey]

Great episode, you’re on a roll at the moment.

[@MerseaMillsy]

Enjoyed this episode guys - have a great Christmas & look forward to more of this in 2025.

[@robingrant8082]

Excellent episode guys, thanks to you all. That was a classic from Dave, "I like adult films".

[@ChrisToombes]

Great episode guys & Gary even put on his best jumper just for Thomas

[@nickyfoulkes8476]

I would agree with Tom & Jamie that you must print. I have gallery on the walls of the staircase. It is a way of improving your photography as well as the memories. I have watched Tom from his very first video, like us all I notice the silver amongst the gold in the hair style.You'll probably be retired before 60, but you will find that running up fells becomes increasingly difficult. Hope Tom will appear again as a guest please. Wish you all a merry Christmas. Hiccup!!!

[@blivieriphoto]

Well, that was fun. Great to see Tom on here and awesome that you joined the 617 Gary. I had to laugh at Darren and his comment about keeping other people's prints out of sight. I have Adam's Aspen print hanging in my office at work, next to some of my own prints. People come in and are dazzled by it. I hang my head in shame and tell them it's not mine. lol

[@sheilafoster-hancock5687]

Good episode lads. Nice to see Tom. I’m with Jamie on Jaws, best film of my childhood. Not with printing though. Cost me a fortune to use my printer, it was always running out of ink. Then I couldn’t give it away.

[@martieleusink3479]

Glad you mentioned Fan Ho; in my opinion one of the greatest photographers!

[@keithratcliffe5576]

That was really enjoyable, thanks. It was great to get an insight into Tom's approach and I really liked his advice to 'get out and explore and the pictures will come to you'. I think he covered it in one of his videos a long time ago and it really stuck with me. Also I really like James Burns 'street' photography which is about the compositions but not necessarily people, I have tried it and it works for me. Have a great Christmas everyone.

[@steveboys5369]

Another really enjoyable eposide guys thankyou.. nearly a couple of hours gone is what seems like just a few minutes.

[@TimberGeek]

Great to see Thomas on the show, I do love a bit of pareidolia. And speaking of hoarfrost, I strongly recommend knee pads when kneeling on rocks in a kilt to photograph those details. Calling back to a previous discussion of "What's in My Bag" videos, what I want to know is what is in your bag beyond the obvious and why. For instance I always have trash bags and a magnetic compass but also I've been know to carry a felted gnome. I'll have to see if I have anything worthy of entry.

[@daveroberts1139]

Very informative and interesting episode, well done all. I was especially interested in the discussion on printing as I have just taken the plunge and bought a Canon Pro 1100 printer having previously printed with a Canon Pro10s. I loved that printer which printed to A3+ but this new one which prints to A2 is amazing and I'm really happy with it. I photograph wildlife and for me a photograph isn't a photograph until I can physically hold it in my hands. So may I comment on a few of the points which came up in the discussion. Firstly to Daz, if you're thinking about the Pro 1100 and you want to print to A2 then you won't be disappointed. You can also print large panos. Be aware it's not really designed for using roll paper but it can be done with care. You raise the concern that the printer uses a lot of ink in its cleaning and maintenance and that was a worry for me also. I don't believe Tom's assertion that Canon have improved that to be correct. Happy to be proved wrong but the Pro 1100 is hardly different from the Pro 1000 in its construction and operation so I believe them to be the same in that regard. Keith Cooper has a lot of KZbin videos on printing, along with a very useful website and has been testing the Pro 1100 for a couple of months now and has some useful advice on maintenance and ink usage. Basically - Never Turn It Off! I was surprised at Tom's comment on the Canon Pro Print and Layout software. I have been using this since I got the printer (it wasn't available for the Pro 10s) and have got excellent results from it. I have always found printing from Lightroom or Photoshop to be a dark art and I smiled at Adam's comment that he had to use layers to print from Photoshop. You really shouldn't have to find such a method to get an acceptable print from software and it sums up my experience with jumping through hoops to print from Adobe. I can only think Tom has some fundamental setting wrong when using it to get a yellow cast. Having just been through the steep learning curve to getting to terms with a new printer I know exactly how easy that is! The Canon software is fairly simple but it handles the basics of paper sizing, borders, colour management and media type really well. At least it does for me. Finally I wondered if a topic for the Pubcast might be the massive price increase Adobe is bringing in this January for Photoshop and Lightroom. My monthly subscription for those products is due to increase by a massive 50% in January so I have had to switch from a monthly to a yearly subscription to get round this. I wonder what will happen in a years time when I have to renew. I also wonder what you guys think and whether you will be sticking with Adobe? Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all and all your viewers . I got Whammed on the 2nd of Dec btw.

[@DarrenKnightPhoto]

Great comment Dave. I too have the 10s but I’ll likely upgrade to the 1100 at the photography show in march. I was also going to look at Canons software to print from as I’ve heard good things about it and like you was surprised by Tom’s comment. I do watch Keith’s channel which is really informative and he obviously knows his stuff. Sounds like you and I are very much on the same path when it comes to printing. Have a great Christmas bud 🍺🍺

[@daveroberts1139]

@@DarrenKnightPhoto make sure you can get some help getting it to the car mate. It weighs a ton!

[@ccn6558]

Just got Adam's new book!!! Fantastic!!! Also, have Thomas's calendar. Also fantastic!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you for grabbing a copy!!

[@gilbertleakey6888]

Brilliant 🎉🎉🎉

[@wednesdaythroughthelens830]

Good chat. I currently do 30 instant supermarket prints for a monthly dose of small physical prints. Then a lab for larger batches of key prints. Not yet tempted for the stress of my own printer! 😂

[@LeePelling]

Great episode as usual guys , thanks for all the time and effort that must go into this, and for the three pros giving up their time to participate. Printing is something i would like to do but think i need to get myself a new monitor , calibrated before i go down the road of a printer. I like most said here struggle with the motivation but only because of being confined to a certain area if i was free to travel more widely i think i would feel different. Its hard to get motivated revisiting the same areas over and over, as a landscape photographer if you want great images you have to travel to great locations, yes get out and practice your craft in between trips but as most i work full time and just cant get on as many dedicated photography trips as i would like. As someone else said first world problem i guess. Still great fun well done all !

[@FunWithRAFe]

Star Wars and Pet Sematary or The Shining. I love watching you chaps; the banter is great. I've been interested in the 617 Club since Tom went live with it, but I don't know if the fees are worth it as a person living in rural US. Either way, I'm glad you finally got him on. I was literally riveted to the screen because there was so much content that interested me, especially printing your own photos. And the rhythm of the content regarding selling photos, photography styles, and creating for KZbin generated many questions within me. The one that really bubbled to the surface is about niche. I would love to hear y'all's take on what each of you think about whether or not a photographer and YT creator can be commercially successful (selling prints and getting subs) by driving in all of the available lanes or is it better to stay in a single lane (niche). Anyway, thanks for the content. Much Love.

[@j.t.4938]

End aim of my photography is always the print. Science in itself! But an absolute lifesaver for arranging prints on paper and most economical printing is definitely Qimage. Best software out there and very affordable.

[@GingerCaptures]

Great Episode Gents.... I feel Mr Heaton's Pain with printing, however I have just changed to Epson, wish I'd only done this sooner. Have a great Xmas gents.

[@davidskinner274]

Smiley faces in the freezer... That was funny, genuinely lol.

[@colinreidcr]

I've been trying to sell my images online but with no joy there getting noticed though..

[@dominicvacher7967]

Aaaaarghh - use a RIP - I use Mirage with the Canon Pro 1000 and print with numerous different papers and their profiles, Really straightforward. It removes the worry of printer drivers and the dreaded Mac AirPrint problem too.

[@markflanagan521]

Epson ET 8550, dye ink printer with two blacks one being pigment , an excellent printer for home use. cheaper than chips for ink replacement

[@marktaylor9579]

Agreed Mark, I have one and love it!

[@Andrew.J.R.Simpson]

Jamie, once you print that image half an hour after you come home, what do you do with 99% of the images?

[@ThePhotographyPubcast]

99% of them sit as digital files on my external SSD….forever! I’ll only print something I am really happy with, due to the costs that were discussed…Jamie

[@kenharnish5778]

I can't figure out how to send in my photos. Great episode.

[@ThePhotographyPubcast]

You can email them to [e-mail]

[@kenharnish5778]

@@ThePhotographyPubcast email won't work. When I click on the above link I get a resolution error message.

[@SubiTrekker]

I was waiting for someome to ask Thomas why it is called the 617 club. Anybody know? I would ask TH, but I have emailed him a couple of times with questions over the last few years and I don't want to wear out my welcome. I would like to join, but being in the USA, I don't think the benefits would be there like they are for the locals in the UK.

[@DarrenKnightPhoto]

I think 617 is an aspect ratio 6 x 17 Thanks for watching 🍺

[@davidskinner274]

@@DarrenKnightPhoto correct

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Hi! We have lots of members in the USA :). The only thing you'll currently miss out on is the official meetups, but all the regular content and learning resources are online :). Many thanks!

[@peterwideman1425]

Great episode as always and another great guest. I have to say, I'm with Sam on investing in a printer. Is the initial outlay worth it when you are only printing an image or two each month? I'm not sure it is.

[@DarrenKnightPhoto]

Printing isn’t a cheap hobby and it’s probably more cost effective to get them sent to a lab, but printing at home is so satisfying. Tweaking the print (small thumbnails) each time it comes out of the printer until you have the brightness and colour just as you like it. I would whole heartedly recommend it.

[@martieleusink3479]

Suggestion for another special guest: Mark McMahon from Australia. He has an entertaining KZbin channel.

[@JH-hx9kg]

Why is it Not in a PUB ??

[@DavidSkinner-b8y]

Hi chaps. Where do we send an image for the competition?

[@ThePhotographyPubcast]

Hi David, the details and email address is in the description of this video above 👍

[@wildbillgreen]

Adam!

[@stigfloberghagenphotography]

Nice

[@colintraveller]

Why is it nobody on youtube . Ever visits the River Clyde . They always head to Glen coe , Skye , etc ...

[@eygloaradottir4044]

Q image ultimate, a non rip software

[@PodgeeWheaverPhotography]

You uploading this to Apple Podcasts? Easier to listen while I’m at work 😂

[@ThePhotographyPubcast]

It should be there

[@PodgeeWheaverPhotography]

@@ThePhotographyPubcast nope :( just looked again

[@GaryNormanPhoto]

@@PodgeeWheaverPhotography We use Spotify for our podcasts and it usually propagates the other platforms pretty quickly. In this instance it appears to have taken longer. Apologies for that. It is there now, however.

[@PodgeeWheaverPhotography]

@ yeah i got it thanks, cracking pod as always 😃

[@lphilpot01]

Biggest struggle with photography? For me it's not motivation but rather access to legit landscape subject matter. I'm not interested in street nor portrait. Woodland would be OK now and then, but our woodlands are mostly nearly pure pine so there's no variety -- Just brown and "nevergreens". It's a ~300 mile drive to the nearest good landscape, so that's my struggle.

[@DarrenKnightPhoto]

Similar to myself. It’s 280 miles to the Lake District from where I live and my local landscape (even the beaches) do not inspire me and so I shoot wildlife locally and try and travel once a month to the Lakes. Have you tried a different genre when staying local? Thanks for watching 🍺

[@colintraveller]

I never copy anyone i take what i like i never take pics to Please Others

[@Richie_Glasgow]

How about getting Mali on as a guest for a catch up?