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Guilin Photography Tours with Mia Beales

Hong Kong & China I’m going to Hong Kong and China in August. And to help me plan my trip is Mia Beales of GuilinPhotographyTours.com. Mia, welcome to the show. It’s so good to have you here to help me plan for this hopefully epic trip I’ll be taking i…

HOW TO BALANCE BUDGET & QUALITY IN CREATIVE PACKSHOT PHOTOGRAPHY

One of the hardest things to do when producing creative Packshot photography is finding the balance between budget and quality. This article explores some of the cost implications behind shoots and gives one way to strike that balance.

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2018 MacBook Pro Update, Mobile Backup, and Ps on iPad

Jeff Harmon hosts with Brent Bergherm at the round table to discuss an update to the mid-2018 MacBook Pro in the week since the last episode, a mobile backup solution Brent is happy with, and full-fledged Photoshop coming to the iPad in 2019 Topic 1: 2…

DaVinci Resolve 15 Public Beta 7

DaVinci Resolve 15 Public Beta 7 now available! Adds custom clip colors in bins, clip annotations in the timeline viewer, improved match frame, ResolveFX and OpenFX plugins in Fusion, HDR tone mapping, higher bitrate Kakadu encoding and more! Download …

SmartView 4.0.3

New SmartView 4.0.3 Update! Get new 3G-SDI Level A support on SmartView HD, SmartView Duo and SmartScope Duo 4K along with updated remote Telnet support for SmartView 4K input selection, general performance improvements and more. Download now from http…

SEO and Building an Organic Web Presence for Your Business – Portrait Session S01 Ep09

SEO and Building an Organic Web Presence for Your Business – S01 Ep09 In todays episode we talk about building an organic web presence to allow people to find your business on the web without you having to pay for advertising. This can be done through …

Sofia

I was driving around North Philly last fall and caught a glimpse of this striking spot. The contrast of the colorful decaying leaves against the rusted metal and industrial facade was the perfect setting for some moody fashion oriented portraits. I se…

Stretch Your Photo Creativity

Join photographer and podcaster Frederick Van Johnson and me on this episode of Behind the Shot as we discuss stretching your creativity while examining his image Lorena Banna.

Improve Your Macro Photography

Join Don Komarechka and me as we explore his image “Lady in Green”, a macro image of a sweet bee on a cornflower, on this episode of Behind the Shot.

Shoot for the Skies

Join Rocket Photographer (that is so cool to say) Erik Kuna and me on this episode of Behind the Shot as we examine one of his amazing launch images.

Mid-2018 MacBook Pro Refresh, Handheld Focus Stacking, and Advanced Workshop Attendees

Jeff hosts with Brent and Connor at the round table to talk about the mid-2018 refresh of the Apple MacBook Pro lineup and listener questions about shooting focus stacked macro hand held and what makes an intermediate/advanced photography a good worksh…

WHAT GEAR DO YOU NEED FOR STILL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY?

As a still life photographer, you’ll often find yourself looking at the next item of gear you need to buy. There is a lot. This article examines what you really need and I also give my opinion on where’s best to spend your money.

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Larger formats with Stevan Tontic

Joining me today is Stevan Tontic. Tell us a bit about yourself and your photography. From Bosnia, Sarajevo. Lives in the Chicago area. Briefly describe two or three locations you recently traveled too. I travel for work. So I get to go to lots of plac…

Cintel 2.2

New Cintel 2.2 Update! Get support for the new Cintel Film Scanner 2, Linux OS, HDR gates, improved stabilization and more. Download now!

Photo-Liminalism New Work by Holly Gordon

Liminal describes a transitional period where the order of acceptability is in flux and a new order of acceptance has not yet been established…kind of like Impressionism when it was first […]

Conferences, Reenactments, and NVIDIA

Jeff Harmon is joined at the roundtable by Brent Bergherm, Brian McGuckin, and Connor Hibbs to talk about the Out of Chicago conference, shooting reenactments, and a crazy new technology coming from NVIDIA that photographers should be excited about. Ep…

Lightroom Computer 2018 – Photo Taco

Jeff talks with computer building expert Matt Bach of Puget Systems about the best choices for building a computer to run Lightroom in 2018.  They talk about all of the decisions to make to custom build a Windows computer, as well as the recommendation…

Bed Bug Infestation From A Horror Movie

Creating A Bed bug Infestation Scene With Adobe Photoshop Many times during the post production process, still frames are edited and manipulated in Photoshop to enhance a scene. As our readers know, Photoshop is a well known image editing and creation software and not often associated with post production in film. One of our members Read More →

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DaVinci Resolve 14.3.1 Update

New DaVinci Resolve 14.3.1 Update! Get improved scope performance when using Blackmagic Design playback devices and improved 4:2:2 output via HDMI. This update also improves gallery still previews when using shared gallery paths and during collaboratio…

MagBox and Disturbing Fair Use

Jeff hosts with Erica and Brent joining him at the roundtable to talk about the new softbox product line from MagMod called the MagBox and a very disturbing court ruling of fair use for a photo that was not properly licensed. Erica, you have had some v…

DaVinci Resolve 15 Public Beta 6

DaVinci Resolve 15 Public Beta 6 now available! Now you can edit audio automation data on the Fairlight page, simultaneously monitor HDR and SDR, and get dozens of performance and stability improvements along with new language support for Portuguese an…

CREATE ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHY USING ONLY ONE LIGHT

Advertising Photography is one of the most technically challenging things any photographer can attempt. In this article, I’ll show you what you need to create photography of that level.

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Sculpting Biceps and Light

The time, dedication and discipline it must take to transform yourself into this bulging mass of muscles is nothing short of impressive. I like noodles and cake way too much to ever stand a chance at achieving such a goal. Fitness shoots are fun though…

Latitude-Palouse with Brian Pex

Joining me today is Brian Pex. Topics: Tell us a bit about yourself and your photography. Your trip. Other locations that you want to talk about? Any other equipment items to talk about. Links for this episode: Pexphoto.com Brian’s Photos he was willin…