The night I arrived in Cologne, I woke up at 3am to get on a Skype call to co-host This Week in Photo with Frederick Van Johnson, Nicole Young, and Steve Simon. I really enjoyed getting to chat with them about the photography news of the week!

I listen to TWiP every week during my commute from San Francisco to Lytro HQ in Mountain View. If you are interested in photography, I highly recommend subscribing to the podcast.

On August 28, 2012, I was featured in an OnAir (live) Google Hangout series called Life Through the Lens, which was described to me as “sort of like ‘The View’, but for photography.” I really enjoyed the interview—I got to blather on about some of my favorite pictures for over an hour.

In July, I went to French Polynesia with Fabrice Charleux of Plongeur.com to capture stills and video of the incredible schools of gray reef sharks that call its remote atolls home. At that time, I posted only a few still frames from the trip—not because I didn’t want to share, but because I had something larger planned. When I returned home, I called up Mary Lynn Price of DiveFilm and asked her if she would be interested in collaborating in a podcast episode. Luckily, Mary Lynn was excited about the project, and together, we have finally finished and published a new DiveFilm HD episode on the sharks of French Polynesia. To see the video, please download it from iTunes. DiveFilm is currently the only ocean-related podcast featured by Apple, and the only way to make sure it stays there is to have folks download and view it through iTunes!

Links to podcast: DiveFilm HD on iTunes. The episode is called “Shark Diving French Polynesia!”

Special thanks to Fabrice Charleux (gracious host and organizer; translator; subtitling), Mary Lynn Price (editor; podcast goddess), Don Kehoe (grumpy photo assistant), Dave Patchen (supporting friend), Adam Tow (interview camera assistance) and Rae Chang (interview assistance). This would not have been possible without all of you!

Footage taken with Canon 7D, Canon S95, and GoPro Hero camera in Eye of Mine flat-port housing.