Today we follow up on the portrait shoot that I did at the end of March, with an episode on how I fulfilled the first print order, including creating various print sizes on roll paper, and we'll also touch on trimming and decurling the prints, and a little reflection...
This week we're going to take a look at the very simple but incredibly functional Manfrotto Expan Drive Background Support system, that enables you to set up to three rolls of seamless background paper simultaneously, then raise and lower them as necessary using a...
Today we're going to look at the new Silverada Pearlescent Metallic Canvas from Breathing Color. As you'll see, Breathing Color continues to outdo themselves when it comes to bringing the fine art printing community and industry exactly what they need to create top...
Today I welcome back my friend and regular guest, David duChemin, for a conversation about his latest Craft & Vision eBook, The Visual Imagination - Ideas & Techniques for Creative Photographic Expression. This episode is brought to you by lynda.com. Learn...
Today I chat with commercial photographer and the king of compositing, Josh Rossi, in a fascinating interview in which Josh shares some of his compositing skills and business acumen. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Josh really does take his photography to a whole new...
At the end of March I did a studio shoot with two families in traditional Japanese kimonos, and was able to get some behind the scenes shots of the professional kimono fitter actually dressing some of the subjects. Today I'm going to walk you through the studio set up...
After many moons, finally here's my Canon EF 200-400mm F4 L EXT 1.4X lens review! As you may recall, I bought this lens back in June 2013, as I was able to get a good deal on some old gear that I sold to pay for it. I've dragged my feet on this review though, because...
Today I'm going to walk you through the second set of ten photos from my second Winter Wonderland Tour for 2014, to complete this two part travelogue series. Still troubled by record level snow falls, we were lucky this time to have arrived in Rausu just as the roads...
Today I'm going to walk you through 10 photos from my second Winter Wonderland Tour for 2014, in the first of what will be a two part series. Although we didn't have much snow in Hokkaido at the start of Tour #1, record snow falls in Nagano got us off to a slow start,...
To celebrate the release of my new Craft & Vision eBook Striking Landscapes, today I sat down with my friend David duChemin, to talk about landscape photography, and as I thought might be the case, we went on to discuss running a business based on your passion for...
Today we pick up the trail with five days left, on the first of my two Japan Winter Wonderland Tours for 2014. We start on the last morning photographing the Whooper Swans at Kussharo Lake, before leaving town for an hour at Sulphur Mountain and then start to drive...
After an incredibly busy and exciting February, I'm now back from my Snow Monkey and Hokkaido Winter Wonderland tours, and from today will release a series of episodes to update you on how both trips went. First I've selected 22 images from Tour #1 which ran from...