I recently had the pleasure of sitting down for a chat with my friend, photographer David duChemin, briefly about the new edition of his best selling book Within The Frame, and then about his beautiful recent underwater photography. As this conversation wasn't...
Martin’s Canon EOS 5Ds R Camera Settings
I've been asked to share my Canon EOS 5Ds R camera settings a number of times, so this is just a quick post to share a list of the main changes I make. There are other changes, but I feel these are the ones that are important to my shooting as a mainly landscape and...
Jumping Ship from Lightroom to Capture One Pro 9 (Podcast 534)
I almost started the title of this episode with Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes, like the one I released when I quit my old day job to pursue photography full time six years ago. Although not quite as dramatic, I'm really excited to tell you that I'm switching from...
Don Komarechka the Mad Scientist Photographer (Podcast 533)
This week I share an awesome conversation with my friend Don Komarechka about his most recent crazy scientist photography, as he sinks his teeth into full-spectrum, infrared and ultraviolet photography, as well as stereoscopic 3D macro photography. As Don himself said...
Print Viewing Distances and Print Resolution (Podcast 532)
This week I'm going to answer a question from listener Doug Shoemaker, about photographic print viewing distances, and I'll explain about minimum print resolution theory and my own standards that I use when printing. Thanks for your questions Doug! I can give you some...
Protection from Power Surges and Outages (Podcast 531)
Last week, as I sat down to record the previous episode of this podcast, a thunderstorm set in. I decided to continue to try and record the show because I wanted to release it on schedule, but within seconds the second or third crack of thunder was huge, sounding...
Minimalism in Photography (Podcast 530)
Minimalism—I almost made the title of this post just "Minimalism" but that's a little bit open to interpretation, as it has a place in all visual arts, design, architecture and music, as well as a way of life in some cases. So, I added "in Photography" and this is...
Creative Block and Digital Dilemmas Across Disciplines #2 (Podcast 529)
Creativity is something that most people struggle with, and for good or bad, technology has changed everything in recent decades, and this is adding to the problem for some but is incredibly enabling at the same time. The digital age has created its own unique...
Creative Block and Digital Dilemmas Across Disciplines #1 (Podcast 528)
Creativity is something that most people struggle with, and for good or bad, technology has changed everything in recent decades, and this is adding to the problem for some. Photography was transformed at the start of this millennium as digital cameras became...
Zno Flush Mount Layflat Books Review (Podcast 527)
In November 2015 I made a book of my Iceland work to that point with a company named Artisan State. I intended to do this review earlier, but time ran away with me, and Artisan State are now called Zno. They are still the same great company though, with some...
Brent Mail on the Business of Photography (Podcast 526)
Today I'm joined by Brent Mail, to talk about the business of photography, and a great new personalized photography course that he's about to start. I'm sure some of you will be interest in. Brent Mail is a photographer who grew up in South Africa though now lives in...
Exporting for Web in Adobe Lightroom (Podcast 525)
This week, I'm going to walk you through how I add copyright information to my images in Adobe Lightroom, then export them for web with a watermark embedded. Last week, based on a listener's question, I showed you how you can do these things in Photoshop Elements, but...