In this post, I discuss many of the thought processes that I use when composing my photographs, with lots of real-world example images.
Contemplative Composition in Photography (Podcast 636)
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Fundamentals
Developing Your Style and Self-Acceptance (Podcast 635)
In this post, I discuss some of the techniques I use to save time in post-processing of my images, and how this leads us to form a style, and I talk about self-acceptance as a photographer.
Migrating from Lightroom to Capture One Pro (Podcast 633)
I recently wrote an article on preparing to migrate from Lightroom to Capture One Pro for the Phase One Team, and I’m sharing that with you as this week’s podcast and blog post.
Understanding Exposure Value (Podcast 630)
Visit Library for MBP Pro eBooks This week we're going to take a look at Exposure Value or EV, and I'll explain what it is, why it's useful, and why I've spent almost every waking minute for the last 17 days building a new Exposure Shift Calculator for our...
Circle of Confusion, the Airy Disk and Diffraction (Podcast 594)
Today I'm going to explain what causes diffraction as we stop down the aperture in our lenses past a certain point, and how this may affect our photographs. I've been working on an update to our iOS app Photographer's Friend so that you'll be able to do two new...
Be Ready with Custom Shooting Modes (Podcast 588)
Today we're going to look at a feature that is on most cameras but often overlooked, and that is the Custom Shooting Modes, which enable you to quickly change many of the settings of your camera with the flick of a switch. In last week's episode, I touched on the...
The Balance Between Healthy Learning and Analysis Paralysis (Podcast 587)
As creative artists and sometimes small business owners, it's vitally important to continue to learn and grow on many levels, but I urge you to not get so caught up in technical details that you become paralyzed in the field through overthinking every...
Shooting and Focusing Techniques for Telephoto Lenses (Podcast 584)
Last week a friend and fellow traveler on my workshops Ulana Switucha asked me a question about good techniques for using long telephoto lenses to photograph moving subjects. Although I have talked about much of what I will cover in other posts over the years, today...
All About ICC Profiles and Working Color Spaces (Podcast 577)
Following the release of my video on soft-proofing, I received a few questions that helped me to realize that I need to spend a little time going over the reasons that we even need to use ICC profiles, and what they actually do. You may recall from the video I...
Soft Proofing for Print in Capture One Pro and Photoshop (Podcast 575)
This week I've created a video to explain soft-proofing for print in Capture One Pro and Photoshop, in response to a question from Chris Moore. I'd been meaning to do a video on soft-proofing in Capture One Pro for a while, so thanks for the question Chris!...
The Mobile Photographer’s Image Management Strategy (Podcast 570)
It's been two years since I explained my image management strategy as a traveling photographer, and I'm finding myself explaining what's changed a lot in email conversations, so today, I'm going to walk through this with you again, and update you...
The Effect of Subject Distance and Focal Length on Perspective (Podcast 568)
Today I explain the effect that changing your subject distance and focal length has on the perspective of the visual elements in your photographs. This is often confused with a change in perspective due to your lenses focal length alone, but that really isn't the...