Today is a big day for the photography community, because Craft & Vision just announced a brand new quarterly magazine, and you are going to love it! The first issue features portfolios and interviews with Art Wolfe, Bruce Percy, and Nate Parker, as well as...
A Chat Really Right Stuff’s Joe Johnson Jr. (Podcast 352)
Last week while I was in Cupertino, I was happy to make the time to drive three hours south to visit the Really Right Stuff facilities, which they'd only moved into just a day or so before my visit. While I was there we recorded a brief conversation with Joe Johnson...
A Visit with Outdoor Photo Gear (Podcast 351)
I recently had the pleasure of visiting my friend Chris Klapheke at Outdoor Photo Gear, in Louisville, Kentucky. After a few hours catching up, we decided to do a quick video to show you some of the gear that I use from OPG. I display a number of shortlinks for the...
Really Right Stuff Camera Supports Review (Podcast 350)
Today we're going to have a bit of a Really Right Stuff love-fest, as we look at the new camera L-Plates for the 5D Mark III and the completely re-designed L-Plate for the Canon EOS 1D X, as well as the TVC-34L Tripod with Leveling Base that I recently bought, and we...
Photos from the Island Paradise Okinawa (Podcast 349)
Today for the first time in a while, I'm going to walk you through my thinking as I made a number of photographs during my extended stay in Okinawa recently, after completing the first Pixels 2 Pigment workshop that I did down on that beautiful island. I flew into...
Pixels 2 Pigment Update – Okinawa Aug 4-5 (Podcast 348)
Today I'm going to provide an update on the Pixels 2 Pigment workshops that we kicked off on August 4 in Okinawa, the sourthern-most island of Japan. Then next week, because I haven't done a travelogue style Podcast where I talk about my images and my techniques and...
Interview with Underwater Photographer Shawn Miller (Podcast 347)
While in Okinawa for the first in my series of Pixels 2 Pigment workshops, I had the pleasure to meet Shawn Miller, a participant of the workshop, and incredibly talented Underwater Photographer. A few days after the workshop, Shawn agreed to let me interview him for...
Interview with Wedding Photographer Pete Leong (Podcast 346)
Here's an interview I recorded with my friend Pete Leong who's an amazing wedding photographer based in Okinawa, the southern-most group of islands in Japan. Pete and I have been friends for a number of years now, though we met in person for the first time during my...
All Marketers Really Are Liars! (Podcast 345)
It's been a busy week, hence the late Podcast. Sorry about that! This week was made a lot busier though by a few unfortunate (to say the least) events involving lack of clarity, and sometimes total opacity, in the marketing of big name companies, so here goes,...
Why I Have to Dump the Adobe Creative Cloud!
Excited by the release of Adobe Creative Suite 6 and the prospect of instant access to new versions of the products it contains as they are released, I jumped on the Creative Cloud subscription soon after it was possible to sign-up. I own a full CS5.5 Master...
Podcast 344 : Successful Color Management and Printing Webinar
This week I'm releasing the replay of our July 9 Webinar with Photoshelter and X-Rite, in which I talk about Color Management and how to get better results from your printing. Here's our list of topics. The importance of color management – starting with nailing...
Quick Look : Canon Digital Photo Professional Digital Lens Optimizer
Here's a quick post to show you how useful the Digital Lens Optimizer can be in Canon's Digital Photo Professional. I was over at the Canon Inc. HQ this week, and had a chance to talk with someone from the camera line, and he strongly suggested that I give the new...