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,...
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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...
Podcast 343 : X-Rite i1Photo Pro 2 Review for Photographers
Today we're going to take a look at the i1 Photo Pro 2 calibration solution from X-Rite, and i1 Profiler, the software that you'll use to run the device. For me, this is an upgrade from the i1XTreme UV Cut Color Calibration Solution, so we'll also touch on the main...
Podcast 342 : Side Light – May 2012 Assignment Winners
Today we take a look at the five winning images from the May 2012 MBP Assignment, on the theme of “Side Light”. Before we get started though, I wanted to quickly let you know that I am going to be doing a Webinar with Photoshelter and X-Rite on Successful Color...
Canon EOS 1D X Digital SLR Review (Podcast 341)
Last week, on June 20, I was one of the lucky few in Japan to receive a phone call to let me know that my Canon EOS 1D X Digital SLR camera was ready to pick up, on the day of its launch. Having spent a lot of time with the camera over the last six days, today we're...
Podcast 340 : Texturing Photos with Texture A Photo
Over this last week I've had the pleasure of previewing a new product called Texture A Photo that is being launched today, on June 19, 2012. I've never added textures to my images before, but I had a lot of fun playing with the amazing textures that Bryon Lippincott...
Podcast 339 : An Interview with Frederick Van Johnson
I recently had the great pleasure of interviewing Frederick Van Johnson of TWiP (This Week in Photo) and Media Bytes. We learn how Frederick evolved into a tech savvy super-cool Air Force Photographer,as well as working for some of the biggest names in tech, and take...
Podcast 338 : Interesting Plainness – April 2012 Assignment Winners
Today we take a look at the five winning images from the April 2012 MBP Assignment, on the theme of “Interesting Plainness”. Turnout for this assignment was up again, which is great! Thanks to all of you that got involved and uploaded your images, and even if you...
Podcast 337 : The Annular Eclipse Video with Music by Milo Volt
This week I thought I'd share a video I created last week with footage from the May 21 annular eclipse. A small iPhone version will go into the Podcast feed, but the below video will go full screen for as high as 1080p Full HD, so select as much resolution as your...
Podcast 336 : MBP & Friends Hangout #1
In this first MBP & Friends Live Hangout I was joined by Chris Blank, Frederick Van Johnson, Jack Andrys, Richard Annable and Thysje Arthur, and we discussed... * What is Photography to you? * Do Megapixels Matter? * Is Chimping and Pixel Peeping Really Evil? *...
Podcast 335 : Canon GPS Receiver GP-E2 Review
A few weeks ago I picked up the new Canon GPS Receiver GP-E2, and have had a chance to use it a few times, and draw a few conclusions, so today, we're going to take a look at this new device. Note too that this is really my first foray in the wonderful world of...
Podcast 334 : Interview with Andrew S Gibson Photography Author
Today we chat with photography author Andrew S. Gibson, about his books, and becoming a writer, along with a few photography tips. Andrew S Gibson is a Technical Editor for EOS Magazine and a Craft & Vision author, as well as author of his own eBooks Square,...