Consulting Producer Tucker Sachs, the real brains behind I Dream of Cameras, has long lurked in the shadows with a bone and a chew toy, but in this episode he finally steps into the light. Also discussed: photo books, photo contests, photo walks and photo acquisitions, along with every syllable of your deathless prose from the Prodigious Mailbag™. It’s a doggie-dog world!

Daido Moriyama’s ’71 NY is an incredible photo book shot on an Olympus Pen W

Gabe had a blast at the latest Beers and Cameras feat. Joe Stitt

Spotted: a Fujica ST 801

check out Walker Evans' subway photo book, shot with a Contax II: Many Are Called

Jeff entered an Epson pano competition - any favorite photo contests?

Gabe really should get a Nikon SP, but in the meantime he finally snagged an ugly black-paint Nikon F from KEH

our new cult favorite film: FPP Color 125

bulk-loading and its discontents

Gabe scored a slew of point-and-shoots at a yard sale for a total of $28:

Olympus Infinity II

Fuji Discovery

Pentax IQ Zoom

Olympus Infinity Jr.

Polaroid announced an upgrade to their B&W 600 film - kudos!

The IDOC gang are planning a Polaroid-peel-apart-film-shooting festival

check out Sissi Lu's reels and IG live shots

Jeff is performing at the Ruskin Theatre in Santa Monica on Mother's Day (click See a Show and then look for Library Girl)

The Prodigious Mailbag™ features the Osmond brothers doing Crazy Horses

Hank Haddock’s ISO 3200 stickers (designed by Suné Horn) will help you avoid arguments at airport security - find them at tinyurl.com/savemyfilm

do you make photo books, and if so how?

and finally, Consulting Producer Tucker Sachs puts in an appearance

He wouldn’t…. Now that the long-raging and ill-advisedly-ignited Vivian Maier debate has finally died down, Jeff wouldn’t throw gasoline on those embers by expressing a Strong Opinion about some recent Viv-related news, would he? Well, you’ll just have to tune in to find out. Also discussed: the boys swap cities, Gabe in New York and Jeff in Los Angeles; recent shooting adventures with a slew of cameras both old and new; and the proper way to express your love of our smash hit podcast: through lavish gifts!

we had a tremendous response to the last episode — clearly 69 is something people really enjoy

heh heh heh, the folks at Camerosity took the bait — haven’t y’all read The Mouse That Roared?

Gabe’s adventures in New York shooting his Rolleiflex and Leica M10 with Sissi Lu (shoutout: Katz’s Deli) and Chris Chu (shoutout: Salt’s Cure), plus drive-bys at B&H and picturehouse + the small darkroom

Jeff sold his Robot Royal 24, but shipping to South Korea was twice as much as what the UPS website originally quoted, so he realized a net profit of $3.32

however, he still wanted a square-format 35mm, so bring on the Mamiya Sketch… which is delightful and quirky!

shooting the Canonflex R2000

shooting the Pentax MF with FPP Color 125 (see Jeff’s article in Casual Photophile)

a hearty thanks to super-listener Jeffry Pittman, who sent us a Baby Rollei, a Hermes 3000 typewriter, and lots of film

iPhone iOS 17.4 now includes podcast transcripts so you may enjoy our soaring rhetorical flourishes

Jeff mildly reacts to some recent Vivian Maier news

Gabe’s planning an all-medium-format film shoot with the Pentax 6x7, the Mamiya RZ67, and the Hasselblad 501CM

a passing mention of new friend Peter Kagan, about whom you will hear more

a bold voyage into our Prodigious Mailbag™

and finally, a fond farewell to the great Joe Flaherty

Paulina Porizkova joins the boys to offer her unique perspective on the art and business of fashion photography. How’d she get into it? What’s the most important thing a photographer should know about working with models? Why does Paulina call Irving Penn “Mr. Penn”? Does the fact that Jeff has a spreadsheet of when he last changed the batteries in his cameras render him more attractive? All this and much, much more in our sexy Episode № 69 — nice!

how Paulina got into modeling at age 15, how she learned the craft

her growing awareness of lighting and cameras

the dance between photographer and model, and how it’s altered by different types of camera

how a photographer’s behavior influences a model’s confidence

how real is the Veruschka scene from Blow-Up?

do you know if the shot is good?

how aware are you of camera equipment?

can what you know about modeling be taught?

pay attention to lighting! take a selfie when you look great!

were you ever interested in photography yourself?

her late husband Ric Ocasek’s interest in photography

studio vs. location shooting

the business of modeling is not what you think!

does the fact that Jeff has a spreadsheet of when he last changed the batteries in his cameras render him more attractive?

what is the most important thing a photographer should know about working with models?

is it different working with a female photographer?

working with Irving Penn and why P always calls him “Mister”

Bill King

the one photographer she wishes she’d had a chance to work with: Helmut Newton

the resurgence of 35mm point-and-shoots in fashion photography, e.g. Marie Tomanova’s shoot for Czech Vogue

can you get a good shot of a model by being mean to her?

what’s it like shooting with your boyfriend, former photographer of plants and buildings?

the portrait by Jeff that P loves

her Top 5 photographers she enjoyed working with:

Mr. Penn

Arthur Elgort (author of Camera Ready and Camera Crazy)

Patrick Demarchelier

Marcus Bard

Marco Glaviano

what’s it like being constantly confronted with images of your younger self? do you have a favorite?