Having figured out how to record a Google+ Hangout last week, today I held another Hangout, which I was able to successfully record, and although we took a while to really get started, I figured we discussed enough relatively interesting stuff to put this out there....
I spent today trying to figure out how to record a Google+ Hangout. The biggest problem was recording both my audio from my mic, and the audio coming in through my system from the Hangout. I thought I'd cracked it early on, but the key turned out to be in the audio...
Nik Software improved on perfection when they updated Silver Efex Pro to Silver Efex Pro 2, and today here's a video Podcast to take a look at how to use this amazing black and white conversion plugin and touch on some of the new features. You can also view the...
After a bit of a false start with episode 89 when I covered the winners of the two month assignment that we ran for Mach and April 2011, I've been in remiss again for a while, and haven't really covered the winning images for our Photography Assignment for some time...
Last week, I started to use the photo sharing web site that everyone's talking about, 500px. Initially it was the incredible quality of work that drew me to the site, but I was unsure as to whether or not to get involved, because I don't make enough time for social...
It's pretty much common knowledge that the copyright of a photograph comes into being the moment you release the shutter and the image is saved to your memory card. It's fine to put a copyright notice on your images when you post them to the Web, and you have the...
I've briefly touched on backing up in various episodes over the last six years, but following a conversation this week with Matt Marshall, a great photographer from the UK, I decided to wrap a few ideas, including Matt's, into this week's episode. Thanks for all the...
Today we're going to take a look at the Canon PIXMA MG6120 Wireless Photo All-in-One Printer. This is basically an A4 or Letter paper size printer, with a scanner built into the top, but despite that, it's a sleek looking machine, with various feature that make it...
It's been some seven weeks since I released my last Podcast episode. If you listened to the last few episodes, you'll have heard that we found that I had a brain tumor. I released a couple of blog posts in the week or so before the surgery, but since the surgery I've...
David duChemin is a world & humanitarian photographer, best-selling author. David recently took a fall during one of his workshops in Italy, and is still recovering from his ordeal. With me finding out last week that I have a brain tumour we find ourselves with a...
Today, I'm proud and honored to be joined by fellow Podcaster and friend, not to mention just amazing photographer, Ibarionex Perello. Ibarionex is a photographer, writer, educator and filmmaker with over 20 years of experience in the photographic industry. He's been...
For a while now, I've been using the Black Rapid R-Strap and Double Strap when using two cameras, but during my recent Antarctica expedition, the camera body dropped off the lens a few times. Had this happened while I was walking down the gangplank to the Zodiac, it...