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...
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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...
Exporting for Web in Photoshop Elements (Podcast 524)
I'm dedicating this week's episode to answering a listener question about adding copyright information, resizing images for the Web and adding watermarks etc. to your images using Photoshop Elements. Listener Michelle D Salati sent me a voicemail via the widget on our...
Making a Slideshow with FotoMagico 5 Pro (Podcast 523)
This week I've put together a video to walk you through the process of making a slideshow with Boinx Software's latest release, FotoMagico 5 Pro. I've put a small version of this video into the podcast feed, but to see the detail, take a look at the below video, and...
Namibia Slideshow 4K Video (Podcast 522)
This week I share a slideshow of photographs from my first two visits to Namibia with Jeremy Woodhouse, which contains around 80 photographs and a number of short videos to depict this beautiful land and her amazing people. [smart_track_player...
Pipe Dreams – Industrial Scenes of Chidori Town (Podcast 521)
I recently visited an industrial area in a place called Chidori Town near Kawasaki in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan, to photograph some amazing chemical plants there, so today I'm going to share some of these images and some of the shooting techniques that I used....