Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast #137 finally returns to offer up 5 realistic photography resolutions that we can make for the upcoming year. Happy New year Everyone!!! Click the player at the end of this post to listen to or download this (almost)10 minute podcast. http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Thanks for all the support emails and welcome to all the new members of the photography.ca forum! If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-137.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast</a> #137 finally returns to offer up 5 realistic photography resolutions that we can make for the upcoming year. Happy New year Everyone!!! Click the player at the end of this post to listen to or download this (almost)10 minute podcast. <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Thanks for all the support emails and welcome to all the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new members of the photography.ca forum</a>! If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!!

137 — 5 Photography Resolutions For the New year

Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast #136 talks about creating dreamy images by placing Vaseline or petroleum jelly on an old UV filter attached to your lens. By doing this you are often able to create dreamy, impressionistic images. The procedure is simple; take an OLD UV filter (because removing the vaseline from the filter after use might damage its coating) and screw it onto a lens. Then place a wee bit of petroleum jelly (just a bit goes a long way) on your finger and apply it to the front of the UV filter. Take a few images and see what you get. Play with the level and position of the blur by removing some Vaseline or moving it around with your finger. It goes without saying that you need to do this carefully so as not to allow the Vaseline to touch your camera or lens. The Vaseline should only be on the front of the filter. When you’re done shooting, remove the filter immediately and place it in a plastic bag. Then clean it (I just used regular dish soap) when you get home. If you have a few wet wipes along with a dry cloth (to thoroughly wipe your finger between moving the vaseline around and touching the shutter release button) and an extra plastic bag or two, you should have no problem doing this. Feel free to add to the conversation by leaving a comment or sharing/liking this post in some way. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) this 9.5 minute podcast. Here are some of the photographs I was able to make with this technique;   Crossing Ducks — Lafontaine Park Montreal — Image shot with a 50mm lens using a UV filter coated with petroleum jelly       Dreamy Carmy — Laurier Park Montreal — Vaseline in front of an old polarizing filter       Lily pads — In this series of images I took a straight shot and then 2 vaseline shots over the UV filter. You can see how completely different the 2 vaseline images look from one another. This difference is simply due to the quantity and position/pattern of the Vaseline on the filter   Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Exhibition and Film on Impressionism and Photography (Lorin’s comment from podcast 135) online dating application http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred — Thanks Lorin Duckman, Dave Johnson and Jane Chesebrough! Thanks for all the support emails and welcome to all the new members of the photography.ca forum! If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-136.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast</a> #136 talks about creating dreamy images by placing Vaseline or petroleum jelly on an old UV filter attached to your lens. By doing this you are often able to create dreamy, impressionistic images. The procedure is simple; take an OLD UV filter (because removing the vaseline from the filter after use might damage its coating) and screw it onto a lens. Then place a wee bit of petroleum jelly (just a bit goes a long way) on your finger and apply it to the front of the UV filter. Take a few images and see what you get. Play with the level and position of the blur by removing some Vaseline or moving it around with your finger. It goes without saying that you need to do this carefully so as not to allow the Vaseline to touch your camera or lens. The Vaseline should only be on the front of the filter. When you’re done shooting, remove the filter immediately and place it in a plastic bag. Then clean it (I just used regular dish soap) when you get home. If you have a few wet wipes along with a dry cloth (to thoroughly wipe your finger between moving the vaseline around and touching the shutter release button) and an extra plastic bag or two, you should have no problem doing this. Feel free to add to the conversation by leaving a <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2015/07/31/lube-your-filters/#comments" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">comment</a> or sharing/liking this post in some way. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) this 9.5 minute podcast. Here are some of the photographs I was able to make with this technique; Crossing Ducks — Lafontaine Park Montreal — Image shot with a 50mm lens using a UV filter coated with petroleum jelly Dreamy Carmy — Laurier Park Montreal — Vaseline in front of an old polarizing filter Lily pads — In this series of images I took a straight shot and then 2 vaseline shots over the UV filter. You can see how completely different the 2 vaseline images look from one another. This difference is simply due to the quantity and position/pattern of the Vaseline on the filter Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/24/arts/design/24durand-highlights.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Exhibition</a> and <a href=" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4388248/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Film</a> on Impressionism and Photography (Lorin’s comment from podcast 135) <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/online-dating-application/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">online dating application</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred — Thanks <a href="http://www.duckpondworks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lorin Duckman</a>, Dave Johnson and <a href="http://janechese.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jane Chesebrough</a>! Thanks for all the support emails and welcome to all the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new members of the photography.ca forum</a>! If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

136 — Lube up your Old Filters

Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast #135 discusses how going to museums to study painters and paintings can improve your photography. After all, both painting and photography are 2D media trying to represent a 3D world. When photographers study the compositional and lighting techniques used by painting masters, their own photographs often improve. Feel free to add to the conversation by leaving a comment or sharing/liking this post in some way. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) this 15 minute podcast. Caravaggio — The Conversion on the way to Damascus — 1601Look how the scene and the subjects’ faces are lit, look at the gestures of the subjects and the overall composition. Photographers can learn a lot from the master painters that lived long ago.   When it comes to lighting portraits in photography, painters have been thinking about the lighting for their own subjects many hundreds of years before photography was invented. Photographers can learn so much about lighting by studying the great portrait painters.   Rembrandt — Self-Portrait — 1630 — Rembrandt is well known for his portrait lighting style. The triangle of light on the darker side of the face is one of Rembrandt’s signatures. Photographers love this lighting technique and it has become a basic portrait lighting style in photography.     Rembrandt — Jacob Blessing the Children of Joseph 1656 — Lovely lighting, great gestures and interesting compositions work well in photography as well as in painting.   When it comes to photographing mountains and other landscapes, photographers often zoom right into them as their first instinct and of course that’s a good thing to do for a shot or two, but then what? By studying the compositional techniques of landscape painters, we see that they often include lots of elements that compliment the main focal point in their images.   A.Y. Jackson — Winter Charlevoix County — 1932–33  - We can see that this painting has a mountain in the background. But it’s the way that Jackson ties in the foreground and midground with their visually interesting elements that help make this landscape painting interesting.   Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Outline of painting history Caravaggio Rembrandt A. Y. Jackson Group of Seven (artists) http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks for all the support emails and welcome to all the new members of the photography.ca forum! If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-135.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast</a> #135 discusses how going to museums to study painters and paintings can improve your photography. After all, both painting and photography are 2D media trying to represent a 3D world. When photographers study the compositional and lighting techniques used by painting masters, their own photographs often improve. Feel free to add to the conversation by leaving a <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2015/06/25/135-photographers-museums/#comments" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">comment</a> or sharing/liking this post in some way. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) this 15 minute podcast. Caravaggio — The Conversion on the way to Damascus — 1601 Look how the scene and the subjects’ faces are lit, look at the gestures of the subjects and the overall composition. Photographers can learn a lot from the master painters that lived long ago. When it comes to lighting portraits in photography, painters have been thinking about the lighting for their own subjects many hundreds of years before photography was invented. Photographers can learn so much about lighting by studying the great portrait painters. Rembrandt — Self-Portrait — 1630 — Rembrandt is well known for his portrait lighting style. The triangle of light on the darker side of the face is one of Rembrandt’s signatures. Photographers love this lighting technique and it has become a basic portrait lighting style in photography. Rembrandt — Jacob Blessing the Children of Joseph 1656 — Lovely lighting, great gestures and interesting compositions work well in photography as well as in painting. When it comes to photographing mountains and other landscapes, photographers often zoom right into them as their first instinct and of course that’s a good thing to do for a shot or two, but then what? By studying the compositional techniques of landscape painters, we see that they often include lots of elements that compliment the main focal point in their images. A.Y. Jackson — Winter Charlevoix County — 1932–33  - We can see that this painting has a mountain in the background. But it’s the way that Jackson ties in the foreground and midground with their visually interesting elements that help make this landscape painting interesting. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_painting_history" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Outline of painting history</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Caravaggio</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rembrandt</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Y._Jackson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A. Y. Jackson</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_of_Seven_(artists)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Group of Seven (artists)</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks for all the support emails and welcome to all the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new members of the photography.ca forum</a>! If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

135 — Photographers — Get Thee To a Museum

Bret Culp

Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast #134 features an interview with Toronto, Ontario fine art photographer Bret Culp. During the interview we talk about finding and developing your own photography or shooting style. Bret offers up some practical tips on how to make this process easier. Feel free to add to the conversation by leaving a comment or sharing/liking this post in some way. Thanks to The Camera Store (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the Photography.ca podcast. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 30ish minute podcast. Monolith, The face of Half Dome (1927) by Ansel Adams   Clearing Winter Storm (1938) by Ansel Adams   The Dark Hedges, Antrim, Northern Ireland, 2011 by Bret Culp   Dunluce Castle, Antrim, Northern Ireland, 2012 by Bret Culp   Bret shares his own Artist Statement on his Irish portfolio just to give listeners/readers an example on how developing an Artist Statement can focus   you. Irish Portfolio Artist Statement “The mythic Irish landscape and its people have had a profound impact on one another. The Celts saw the land as a living source of wisdom, beauty and transformative spiritual power. Among the first to believe in the eternal nature of the human spirit they constructed monuments to death, rebirth and the cycles of the seasons and stars. Castles, fortresses and ruins are evidence of untold invasions and conflicts throughout a tumultuous history. These vestiges of the past continue to resonate through the countryside today. Beautifully poignant in the process of decay they tell their own story and possess their own mortality. Nothing that belongs to the earth is ever free from it. The sacred connection between the landscape of Ireland and its people has not disappeared over the centuries.” —Bret Culp Overall Body Of Work Statement  “The transitory nature of existence binds everything in the material world. Careful observation reveals the beauty within each fleeting moment.” —Bret Culp Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Bret Culp’s Irish Portfolio Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Many thanks to Tim Mackle and Ruth M for their comments from the last podcast. Thanks as well for the emails and welcome to all the new members of the photography.ca forum! If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-134.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast</a> #134 features an interview with Toronto, Ontario fine art photographer <a href="http://www.bretculp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bret Culp</a>. During the interview we talk about finding and developing your own photography or shooting style. Bret offers up some practical tips on how to make this process easier. Feel free to add to the conversation by leaving a <a href="http://www.photography.ca/?p=4833#comments" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">comment</a> or sharing/liking this post in some way. Thanks to <a href="http://thecamerastore.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Camera Store</a> (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> podcast. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 30ish minute podcast. Monolith, The face of Half Dome (1927) by Ansel Adams Clearing Winter Storm (1938) by Ansel Adams The Dark Hedges, Antrim, Northern Ireland, 2011 by Bret Culp Dunluce Castle, Antrim, Northern Ireland, 2012 by Bret Culp Bret shares his own Artist Statement on his Irish portfolio just to give listeners/readers an example on how developing an Artist Statement can focus you. Irish Portfolio Artist Statement “The mythic Irish landscape and its people have had a profound impact on one another. The Celts saw the land as a living source of wisdom, beauty and transformative spiritual power. Among the first to believe in the eternal nature of the human spirit they constructed monuments to death, rebirth and the cycles of the seasons and stars. Castles, fortresses and ruins are evidence of untold invasions and conflicts throughout a tumultuous history. These vestiges of the past continue to resonate through the countryside today. Beautifully poignant in the process of decay they tell their own story and possess their own mortality. Nothing that belongs to the earth is ever free from it. The sacred connection between the landscape of Ireland and its people has not disappeared over the centuries.” —Bret Culp Overall Body Of Work Statement “The transitory nature of existence binds everything in the material world. Careful observation reveals the beauty within each fleeting moment.” —Bret Culp Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.bretculp.com/gallery/TBOI/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bret Culp’s Irish Portfolio</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159184259X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=159184259X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=fineartphotar-20&amp;linkId=XZNRKKN26BGFVYOJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Many thanks to Tim Mackle and Ruth M for their comments from the last podcast. Thanks as well for the emails and welcome to all the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new members of the photography.ca forum</a>! If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

134 — Finding Your Unique Photography style — Interview with Bret Culp

Royce Howland

Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast #133 features an interview with Canadian fine art photographer Royce Howland. During the interview we discuss what camera features we think are essential. There are loads of extra bells and whistles on cameras these days and even though both Royce and I have kick-butt camera gear, we ignore the majority of the new features and focus on the essentials. We also discuss essential camera modes and touch on essential lenses. Of course feel free to let us know if you feel we missed something essential. Thanks to The Camera Store (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the Photography.ca podcast. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 44ish minute podcast. I Should Be So Industrious by Royce Howland   Royce wanted to mention something about this image because it relates to a cool feature of some new screens on cameras. “Something we’re seeing more commonly, and the Pentax 645Z also has it, is a camera LCD that pops out with tilt or tilt-swivel movements so you can see it from different angles. I think this idea is great.…. …This sea holly bloom and bees were about 18 inches off the ground. I wanted a shooting angle of more or less straight across, rather than steeply downwards or whatever. That would have been very awkward (or even painful!) to shoot through the camera viewfinder, having to contort my neck, back, knees, etc. to work through the viewfinder for any length of time. Even using a normal, non-moving LCD would have been a bit of a challenge to see from above. Instead, I was able to put the camera on a stable tripod, sit on a short 3-legged stool, and pop out the LCD to a comfortable angle that I could see just by looking down. No neck or back strain even though I photographed from the low shooting angle for about an hour.”   Nick Cave Osheaga 2014 by Marko Kulik — This high ISO image was made using aperture priority and I moved the focus points over the hand invading Nick’s shirt. Moving those focus points is my favourite essential camera feature.   Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Royce Howland’s Photography / workshops Tours-courses by Marko Kulik http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Many thanks to Sandra Foster for her comment from the last podcast. Thanks as well for the emails and welcome to all the new members of the bulletin board. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-133.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast</a> #133 features an interview with Canadian fine art photographer <a href="http://vividaspectphoto.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Royce Howland</a>. During the interview we discuss what camera features we think are essential. There are loads of extra bells and whistles on cameras these days and even though both Royce and I have kick-butt camera gear, we ignore the majority of the new features and focus on the essentials. We also discuss essential camera modes and touch on essential lenses. Of course feel free to let us know if you feel we missed something essential. Thanks to <a href="http://thecamerastore.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Camera Store</a> (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> podcast. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 44ish minute podcast. I Should Be So Industrious by Royce Howland Royce wanted to mention something about this image because it relates to a cool feature of some new screens on cameras. “Something we’re seeing more commonly, and the Pentax 645Z also has it, is a camera LCD that pops out with tilt or tilt-swivel movements so you can see it from different angles. I think this idea is great.…. …This sea holly bloom and bees were about 18 inches off the ground. I wanted a shooting angle of more or less straight across, rather than steeply downwards or whatever. That would have been very awkward (or even painful!) to shoot through the camera viewfinder, having to contort my neck, back, knees, etc. to work through the viewfinder for any length of time. Even using a normal, non-moving LCD would have been a bit of a challenge to see from above. Instead, I was able to put the camera on a stable tripod, sit on a short 3-legged stool, and pop out the LCD to a comfortable angle that I could see just by looking down. No neck or back strain even though I photographed from the low shooting angle for about an hour.” Nick Cave Osheaga 2014 by Marko Kulik — This high ISO image was made using aperture priority and I moved the focus points over the hand invading Nick’s shirt. Moving those focus points is my favourite essential camera feature. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.vividaspectphoto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Royce Howland’s Photography / workshops</a> <a href="http://www.markokulik.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tours-courses by Marko Kulik</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Many thanks to <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/sandra-foster.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sandra Foster</a> for her comment from the last podcast. Thanks as well for the emails and welcome to all the new members of the bulletin board. If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

133 — Essential Camera Features — Interview with Royce Howland

Bryan Davies

Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast #132 features an interview with Canadian photographer Bryan Davies. During the interview we discuss Bryan’s rust photography. We cover what inspired the series, how it was shot, how it was post-processed and Bryan’s plans for the future. Thanks to The Camera Store (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the Photography.ca podcast. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 13ish minute podcast. Fargo Mania by Bryan Davies   Artful Rust image by Bryan Davies   Artful Rust image by Bryan Davies   Artful Rust image by Bryan Davies   Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Bryan Davies Rust photography Bryan Davies’s work on fineartamerica.com Facebook Rust art group Contraste Art Agency Photography.ca forum regular assignment — Frozen action images Photography.ca forum level 2 assignment — Sounds http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Many thanks to Teddy Naimus for his comment from the last podcast. Thanks as well for the emails and welcome to all the new members of the bulletin board. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-132.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast</a> #132 features an interview with Canadian photographer <a href="http://www.bryandavies.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bryan Davies</a>. During the interview we discuss Bryan’s rust photography. We cover what inspired the series, how it was shot, how it was post-processed and Bryan’s plans for the future. Thanks to <a href="http://thecamerastore.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Camera Store</a> (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> podcast. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 13ish minute podcast. Fargo Mania by Bryan Davies Artful Rust image by Bryan Davies Artful Rust image by Bryan Davies Artful Rust image by Bryan Davies Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://bryandavies.com/fine-art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bryan Davies Rust photography</a> <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/bryan+davies/all" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bryan Davies’s work on fineartamerica.com</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/273327139484754/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Rust art group</a> <a href="http://www.artcontraste.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Contraste Art Agency</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/photo-assignments/22748-november-2014-photography-assignment-frozen-action-images.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca forum regular assignment — Frozen action images</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/level-2-photography-assignments/22749-november-2014-level-2-assignment-sounds.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca forum level 2 assignment — Sounds</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Many thanks to Teddy Naimus for his comment from the last podcast. Thanks as well for the emails and welcome to all the new members of the bulletin board. If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

132 — Rust Photography — Interview with Bryan Davies

Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast #131 reviews a Lensbaby lens. Lensbaby lenses are special in that they have a sweet spot of sharp focus in the center of the lens and blur out toward the edges. In addition to this (and where the magic truly lives), you can actually bend the lens to move that sweet spot of focus around the frame. The particular lens I tested was a 50mm Lensbaby Composer with double glass optic. It’s great fun and fairly easy to use though you need to know in advance that it’s a manual lens. It will still help you figure out exposure based on your ISO and aperture ring you select, but you’ll be going old school and manually focusing this bad-boy. It’s worth it though as you can make some really creative in-camera images with this lens. It’s a fabulous lens to juice up your creativity. Thanks to The Camera Store (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the Photography.ca podcast and for allowing me to test this lens. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 11ish minute podcast. My hairless cat Baci with the Lensbaby Composer. Note his sharp central eye while everything else fades to blur      This is an image of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge in Montreal, Quebec. It was very easy to see and capture this effect in camera.   An image of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge in Montreal, Quebec. Because the bridge was not centered in the lens, I had to physically move the sharp sweet spot of focus by actually bending the lens and thus the image took longer to compose.   Norco Bicycle shot with the Lensbaby Composer   Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Lensbaby Composer user guide The Lensbaby Composer  and other Lensbabies at The Camera Store Tilt shift lenses for landscape photography Lensbaby 3G review http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Many thanks to Barefoot, Troy Borque and Terry Babij for their comments from the last podcast. Thanks as well for the emails and welcome to all the new members of the bulletin board. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-131.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast</a> #131 reviews a <a href="http://www.lensbaby.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lensbaby</a> lens. Lensbaby lenses are special in that they have a sweet spot of sharp focus in the center of the lens and blur out toward the edges. In addition to this (and where the magic truly lives), you can actually bend the lens to move that sweet spot of focus around the frame. The particular lens I tested was a 50mm <a href="http://lensbabies.ca/lenses-composer-pro-double-glass" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lensbaby Composer with double glass optic</a>. It’s great fun and fairly easy to use though you need to know in advance that it’s a manual lens. It will still help you figure out exposure based on your ISO and aperture ring you select, but you’ll be going old school and manually focusing this bad-boy. It’s worth it though as you can make some really creative in-camera images with this lens. It’s a fabulous lens to juice up your creativity. Thanks to <a href="http://thecamerastore.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Camera Store</a> (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> podcast and for allowing me to test this lens. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 11ish minute podcast. My hairless cat Baci with the Lensbaby Composer. Note his sharp central eye while everything else fades to blur This is an image of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge in Montreal, Quebec. It was very easy to see and capture this effect in camera. An image of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge in Montreal, Quebec. Because the bridge was not centered in the lens, I had to physically move the sharp sweet spot of focus by actually bending the lens and thus the image took longer to compose. Norco Bicycle shot with the Lensbaby Composer Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://lensbabies.ca/sites/default/files/userguides/ComposerPro_UG_0.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lensbaby Composer user guide</a> <a href="http://www.thecamerastore.com/search/lensbaby.aspx/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lensbaby Composer  and other Lensbabies at The Camera Store </a><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2010/11/24/90-tilt-shift-lenses-for-landscape-photography-interview-w-darwin-wiggett/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tilt shift lenses for landscape photography </a><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2007/03/29/photography-podcast-15-lensbaby-3g-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lensbaby 3G review</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Many thanks to <a href="http://barefoot.pixu.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barefoot</a>, Troy Borque and <a href="http://www.terrybabij.com/Photo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Terry Babij</a> for their comments from the last podcast. Thanks as well for the emails and welcome to all the new members of the bulletin board. If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

131– The Lensbaby Composer Review

Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast #130 reviews the Big Stopper by Lee filters. The big stopper is a 10 stop glass filter that slows down shutter speeds in order to accentuate movement. Both clouds and water are classic subjects for use with this filter and the resulting photographs tend to be ethereal and dreamy. Aside from reviewing the filter, I offer up 6 tips on how to use it effectively. Thanks to The Camera Store (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the Photography.ca podcast. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 18ish minute podcast. This evening image of Rue Laurier in Montreal is a long exposure image using the big stopper. You can see movement in the clouds, and in the cars. The people look ‘ghostlike’ because they moved (somewhat) in place while waiting for the traffic light. Notice the traffic light has all 3 colours lit because the traffic light cycled during this 30 second exposure. Exif data — ISO 100, f/11, 30 second shutter speed.   Fast moving water at Chutes Dorwin in Rawdon, QC. Canada. In the top image I used my lowest ISO (50) with my smallest aperture (f/32) and this yielded a shutter speed of .4 seconds. The water does look dreamy. But when I used the big stopper, I was able to get much slower shutter speeds and the lower image was exposed for 15 seconds. It’s much dreamier and more ethereal looking but the filter must be used with care. If you look at the top of the bottom image you can see a rainbowish arc and this where flare entered my camera. As discussed in the podcast, this is easily solved with a hat (or postprocessing).   Fountain at Parc Lafontaine in Montreal, QC., Canada — The slowest shutter speed I could get without a filter was 1/60 in this light. When I put the big stopper on, It extends the available shutter speeds big time. The image on the right was a 15 second exposure using the big stopper and look how dreamy the water looks.   How the Lee filter system works   Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Podcast 77 - On Neutral density filters and graduated neutral density filters Podcast 84 - Back Button autofocus The big stopper at The Camera Store Regular forum assignment — Repetition Level 2 photography assignment — Forced perspective http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-130.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast</a> #130 reviews the <a href="http://www.leefilters.com/index.php/camera/bigstopper" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Big Stopper by Lee filters</a>. The big stopper is a 10 stop glass filter that slows down shutter speeds in order to accentuate movement. Both clouds and water are classic subjects for use with this filter and the resulting photographs tend to be ethereal and dreamy. Aside from reviewing the filter, I offer up 6 tips on how to use it effectively. Thanks to <a href="http://thecamerastore.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Camera Store</a> (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> podcast. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 18ish minute podcast. This evening image of Rue Laurier in Montreal is a long exposure image using the big stopper. You can see movement in the clouds, and in the cars. The people look ‘ghostlike’ because they moved (somewhat) in place while waiting for the traffic light. Notice the traffic light has all 3 colours lit because the traffic light cycled during this 30 second exposure. Exif data — ISO 100, f/11, 30 second shutter speed. Fast moving water at Chutes Dorwin in Rawdon, QC. Canada. In the top image I used my lowest ISO (50) with my smallest aperture (f/32) and this yielded a shutter speed of .4 seconds. The water does look dreamy. But when I used the big stopper, I was able to get much slower shutter speeds and the lower image was exposed for 15 seconds. It’s much dreamier and more ethereal looking but the filter must be used with care. If you look at the top of the bottom image you can see a rainbowish arc and this where flare entered my camera. As discussed in the podcast, this is easily solved with a hat (or postprocessing). Fountain at Parc Lafontaine in Montreal, QC., Canada — The slowest shutter speed I could get without a filter was 1/60 in this light. When I put the big stopper on, It extends the available shutter speeds big time. The image on the right was a 15 second exposure using the big stopper and look how dreamy the water looks. How the Lee filter system works Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2010/01/29/77-neutral-density-filters-graduated-neutral-density-filters-interview-with-d-wiggett/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast 77</a> - On Neutral density filters and graduated neutral density filters <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2010/07/02/84-back-rear-button-autofocusing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast 84</a> - Back Button autofocus <a href="http://www.thecamerastore.com/search/big%20stopper.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The big stopper at The Camera Store</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/photo-assignments/22425-august-2014-photography-assignment-repetition.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Regular forum assignment — Repetition</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/level-2-photography-assignments/22426-august-2014-level-2-photo-assignment-forced-perspective.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Level 2 photography assignment — Forced perspective</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

130 — The Big Stopper Filter Review

Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast #129 talks about how to photograph strangers in public so that your images are stronger and more interesting. I offer up 4 easy tips on how to make this process easier so that your shots have more punch at the end. These photographs were mostly taken over a period of 1 week. In the podcast I discuss the differences between when the subject is aware and unaware of the photographer’s presence. Thanks to The Camera Store (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the Photography.ca podcast. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 11ish minute podcast. Tens of thousands of cyclists lining up to start the Tour de L’isle. All it took was me waving my hand, and cyclists did the same. There is much more engagement than if I had not waved my hand and all the cyclists were looking in random directions. I was not an official photographer for the event. I had the same access as everyone else.   I shot Raphael Aubry from the band Waiting Game at the Montreal Jazzfest. I had the same access as everyone else. I just waited patiently for this moment of eye contact while I was framing the scene.   Every Sunday in Montreal, thousands of people gather at Mont-Royale for drumming, dancing etc. This image has no eye contact, but a strong gesture which for me, carries the image.   Just as a test for a group of adults i was giving a course to, I asked 5–6 people walking down the street if I could take their portrait. 100% of them said yes. Take a deep breath if you feel shy about this, people are flattered and tend to agree over 90% of the time when I simply ask them for permission.   The boy in this image never knew he was being photographed. The second I saw him engage in this behaviour I saw a story. (click to enlarge this image)   Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Photography forum assignments http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Many thanks to Nuno C., Barefoot and Christopher Steven B. for their comments from the last podcast. Thanks as well for the emails and welcome to all the new members of the bulletin board. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-129.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast</a> #129 talks about how to photograph strangers in public so that your images are stronger and more interesting. I offer up 4 easy tips on how to make this process easier so that your shots have more punch at the end. These photographs were mostly taken over a period of 1 week. In the podcast I discuss the differences between when the subject is aware and unaware of the photographer’s presence. Thanks to <a href="http://thecamerastore.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Camera Store</a> (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> podcast. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 11ish minute podcast. Tens of thousands of cyclists lining up to start the Tour de L’isle. All it took was me waving my hand, and cyclists did the same. There is much more engagement than if I had not waved my hand and all the cyclists were looking in random directions. I was not an official photographer for the event. I had the same access as everyone else. I shot Raphael Aubry from the band Waiting Game at the Montreal Jazzfest. I had the same access as everyone else. I just waited patiently for this moment of eye contact while I was framing the scene. Every Sunday in Montreal, thousands of people gather at Mont-Royale for drumming, dancing etc. This image has no eye contact, but a strong gesture which for me, carries the image. Just as a test for a group of adults i was giving a course to, I asked 5–6 people walking down the street if I could take their portrait. 100% of them said yes. Take a deep breath if you feel shy about this, people are flattered and tend to agree over 90% of the time when I simply ask them for permission. <a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast129-image.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The boy in this image never knew he was being photographed. The second I saw him engage in this behaviour I saw a story. (click to enlarge this image) Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/photo-assignments/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum assignments</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Many thanks to <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nunopcampos/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nuno C.</a>, Barefoot and Christopher Steven B. for their comments from the last podcast. Thanks as well for the emails and welcome to all the new members of the bulletin board. If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

129 — How to Photograph Strangers

Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast #128 talks about five reasons why I think the 50mm lens is the first lens you should get for your SLR or DSLR. Two of these reasons are all the aperture advantages this lens has to offer has and the fact that it’s one of the most affordable brand new lenses you are likely to find (that aren’t garbage). If you have a full frame camera the 50mm will act as the conventional 50mm lens from the film camera days. On a crop sensor camera the lens will act more like a 75mm or 80mm lens and many people are using this lens to make wonderful portraits. Thanks to The Camera Store (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the Photography.ca podcast. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 8ish minute podcast. This is a 50mm lens — It’s the first lens you should buy for your DSLR or SLR.   This image was shot on a full frame DSLR using a 50mm lens at Palais Des Congres in Montreal, QC, Canada. The exposure was ISO 400 f/1.8 at 1/2500   Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Good comments from our last podcast - Point and Shoot Cameras Suck for Learning Photography The Canon 50mm at The Camera Store The Nikon 50mm at The Camera Store Reversing rings at The Camera Store The Canon 50mm at B&amp;H The Nikon 50mm at B&amp;H Reversing rings at B&amp;H http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Many thanks to Alain Casault, Lisa Osta, and Tom Trottier for their comments from the last podcast. Thanks as well for the emails and welcome to all the new members of the bulletin board. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-128.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast</a> #128 talks about five reasons why I think the 50mm lens is the first lens you should get for your SLR or DSLR. Two of these reasons are all the aperture advantages this lens has to offer has and the fact that it’s one of the most affordable brand new lenses you are likely to find (that aren’t garbage). If you have a full frame camera the 50mm will act as the conventional 50mm lens from the film camera days. On a crop sensor camera the lens will act more like a 75mm or 80mm lens and many people are using this lens to make wonderful portraits. Thanks to <a href="http://thecamerastore.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Camera Store</a> (The largest camera store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)  for sponsoring the <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> podcast. Click the player at the end of this post to listen to (or download) the 8ish minute podcast. This is a 50mm lens — It’s the first lens you should buy for your DSLR or SLR. This image was shot on a full frame DSLR using a 50mm lens at Palais Des Congres in Montreal, QC, Canada. The exposure was ISO 400 f/1.8 at 1/2500 Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2014/04/17/point-and-shoot-cameras-suck/#comments" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Good comments from our last podcast - Point and Shoot Cameras Suck for Learning Photography</a> <a href="http://www.thecamerastore.com/2261-Canon-EF-50mm-f1-8-II.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Canon 50mm at The Camera Store</a> <a href="http://www.thecamerastore.com/2306-Nikkor-AF-50mm-f1-8D.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Nikon 50mm at The Camera Store</a> <a href="http://www.thecamerastore.com/search/reversing%20rings.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reversing rings at The Camera Store</a> <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/12142-USA/Canon_2514A002_Normal_EF_50mm_f_1_8.html/BI/1564/KBID/2119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Canon 50mm at B&amp;H</a> <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/247091-GREY/Nikon_2137_Normal_AF_Nikkor_50mm.html/BI/1564/KBID/2119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Nikon 50mm at B&amp;H</a> <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Reversing-Rings/ci/3065/N/4077634538/BI/1564/KBID/2119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reversing rings at B&amp;H</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> ( A T ) G m ail Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Many thanks to <a href="http://www.alaincasault.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alain Casault</a>, Lisa Osta, and Tom Trottier for their comments from the last podcast. Thanks as well for the emails and welcome to all the new members of the bulletin board. If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

128 — Your First Lens Should be a Nifty 50mm

Recently got into photography.  This podcast is full of useful topics and tips.  Thank you.

Keep up the great work!

Worth a listen for sure. Many informative photo tips here.

Good Job

Photography.ca

Photography podcast #110 gives you a full on crash course in black and white film photography in around 30 minutes. Black and white film photography is not at all dead. Many creative photographers are getting their hands wet in a traditional darkroom.  If you’ve ever wanted to know what’s involved in black and white photography, I take you through the entire process. We talk about film cameras, film, developing film, printing contact sheets and printing a final print. Thanks to John Vales from our photography.ca facebook group for suggesting this topic. Please feel free to “Like” that page.    Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Apug.org — Analog Photography Users Group keh.com Film photography podcast with John Meadows Ilford Delta 3200 Kodak Tri-X film Kodak T-Max film The negative by Ansel Adams Photo tutorial on developing film. Shows normal, under, overexposed negs Loading film onto a reel - Circles is our regular forum assignment for Spetember – Self Portraits in a Mirror is our level 2 assignment for September http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Thanks to Lucille B and Michael Van der Tol who posted  blog comments about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-110.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography podcast</a> #110 gives you a full on crash course in black and white film photography in around 30 minutes. Black and white film photography is not at all dead. Many creative photographers are getting their hands wet in a traditional darkroom.  If you’ve ever wanted to know what’s involved in black and white photography, I take you through the entire process. We talk about film cameras, film, developing film, printing contact sheets and printing a final print. Thanks to John Vales from our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Photographyca/135026633433" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca facebook group</a> for suggesting this topic. Please feel free to “Like” that page. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.apug.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apug.org — Analog Photography Users Group</a> <a href="http://www.keh.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">keh.com</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2012/07/04/108-film-photography-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Film photography podcast with John Meadows</a> <a href="http://www.ilfordphoto.com/products/product.asp?n=10" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ilford Delta 3200</a> <a href="http://wwwuk.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/films/bw/triX2.jhtml?pq-path=13401" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kodak Tri-X film</a> <a href="http://wwwuk.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/films/bw/tMax100.jhtml?pq-path=13400" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kodak T-Max film</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Negative-Ansel-Adams-Photography-Book/dp/0821221868" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The negative by Ansel Adams</a> <a href="http://photo.tutsplus.com/tutorials/post-processing/step-by-step-guide-to-developing-black-and-white-t-max-film/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photo tutorial on developing film. Shows normal, under, overexposed negs</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo-Sjkg0YFo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Loading film onto a reel</a> - <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/f13/september-2012-photography-assignment-circles-18844.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Circles is our regular forum assignment for Spetember</a> – <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/f34/september-2012-self-portraits-taken-mirror-18861.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Self Portraits in a Mirror is our level 2 assignment for September</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Thanks to Lucille B and <a href="http://www.michaelvandertol.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Van der Tol</a> who posted  blog comments about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe with Google Reader</a>|<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

110 — Crash course in black and white film photography

Michael Breitung

Photography podcast #116 features an interview with German landscape photographer Michael Breitung where we talk about why and how to do focus stacking in photography. Basically focus stacking involves taking multiple frames of the same scene but each frame is focused at a different part of the image. Then these frames are blended together using a graphics program like Gimp (free) or Photoshop (expensive). The result is sharpness and depth of field on steroids that can’t be matched by any camera lens combination on a 35mm DSLR camera at the time of this writing.  Only tilt shift lenses can compete in this extreme sharpness arena, but those lenses require many saved dollars or a rich uncle. This technique is free if you have the skills and a graphics program. Scroll to the BOTTOM of this post to find the player to immediately listen to the audio podcast. Bloody Causeway by Michael Breitung — This focus stacked image blends 4 frames into one. Each frame was focused at a different point and then blended in Photoshop. Check out the sharpness from the closest corners all the way to the end of the causeway. This is sharpness swimming in awesome sauce. The aperture used here was f/9.5   Kraichgau at Dawn — Focus stacked photograph by Michael Breitung   Kraichgau at Dawn Details — Close up comparison by Michael Breitung — Only 2 frames were needed to create the final full-sized image above this one. One frame (left) focused at the foreground corners, gets the corners sharp in the final image. The other frame (right) focused at the midground, gets both the midground and the background sharp. Then the frames are blended in Photoshop to produce the final image. The aperture used here was f/11.   Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Michael Breitung Photography Michael Breitung’s (advanced) start to finish tutorial on his (Lightroom/Photoshop) post-processing workflow and how he created the Bloody Causeway image. Helicon Focus image stacking software Zerene Stacker Tilt shift lenses in landscape photography March 2013 regular Assignment — Wet or Rain March 2013 level 2 Assignment — Dramatic angles  http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Thanks to D. Lavoie who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks as well to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-116.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography podcast</a> #116 features an interview with German landscape photographer <a href="http://www.mibreit-photo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Breitung</a> where we talk about why and how to do focus stacking in photography. Basically focus stacking involves taking multiple frames of the same scene but each frame is focused at a different part of the image. Then these frames are blended together using a graphics program like <a href="http://www.gimp.org/downloads/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gimp</a> (free) or <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photoshop</a> (expensive). The result is sharpness and depth of field on steroids that can’t be matched by any camera lens combination on a 35mm DSLR camera at the time of this writing.  Only <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2010/11/24/90-tilt-shift-lenses-for-landscape-photography-interview-w-darwin-wiggett/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tilt shift lenses</a> can compete in this extreme sharpness arena, but those lenses require many saved dollars or a rich uncle. This technique is free if you have the skills and a graphics program. Scroll to the BOTTOM of this post to find the player to immediately listen to the audio podcast. Bloody Causeway by Michael Breitung — This focus stacked image blends 4 frames into one. Each frame was focused at a different point and then blended in Photoshop. Check out the sharpness from the closest corners all the way to the end of the causeway. This is sharpness swimming in awesome sauce. The aperture used here was f/9.5 Kraichgau at Dawn — Focus stacked photograph by Michael Breitung Kraichgau at Dawn Details — Close up comparison by Michael Breitung — Only 2 frames were needed to create the final full-sized image above this one. One frame (left) focused at the foreground corners, gets the corners sharp in the final image. The other frame (right) focused at the midground, gets both the midground and the background sharp. Then the frames are blended in Photoshop to produce the final image. The aperture used here was f/11. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.mibreit-photo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Breitung Photography</a> Michael Breitung’s (advanced) <a href="http://store.payloadz.com/details/1343534-video-educational-start-to-finish-video-tutorial.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">start to finish tutorial</a> on his (Lightroom/Photoshop) post-processing workflow and how he created the Bloody Causeway image. <a href="http://www.heliconsoft.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Helicon Focus image stacking software </a><a href="http://zerenesystems.com/cms/stacker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zerene Stacker</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2010/11/24/90-tilt-shift-lenses-for-landscape-photography-interview-w-darwin-wiggett/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tilt shift lenses in landscape photography </a><a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/photo-assignments/19924-march-2013-photo-assignment-rain-wet.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">March 2013 regular Assignment — Wet or Rain</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/level-2-photography-assignments/19926-march-2013-dramatic-angles.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">March 2013 level 2 Assignment — Dramatic angles</a><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2010/11/24/90-tilt-shift-lenses-for-landscape-photography-interview-w-darwin-wiggett/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Thanks to D. Lavoie who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks as well to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. 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116 — Sharpness on Steroids — Focus stacking interview with Michael Breitung

Photography podcast #112 addresses a question posed by Gordon Laing on Google+ The best camera bag — what do you use? I replied to that question saying that these days I usually shoot bag free and keep my lenses that are in lens holding cases, attached to my belt as per the picture below. In case people are interested, here is a list of the items that I carry with me most of the time without a bag. Gitzo carbon fibre tripod (2540LLVL) also referred to as ‘my baby’. That’s on a Gitzo tripod shoulder strap slung diagonally around my shoulder. It’s an ‘OK’ strap, no better. I’m still hunting for the perfect tripod shoulder strap. Usually I carry 3 lenses;  Nikon 14–24, Nikon 28–300, Nikon 50mm and 1 flash, the SB-800. More details on the exact lenses and lens holders are listed in the affiliate links below from B&amp;H. I also carry in my pockets a cable release, spare batteries, lens cloth and a hex key for my camera bracket plate. Not shown is the flashlight that I’ll often have with me for night shoots. Not shown are the cokin filters that I sometimes keep in a pouch around my neck. Obviously this setup will not work for many people carrying very large lenses and heavier gear — but this will work for most people that shoot with lenses that are about as large as an average 70-200mm  F-2.8. This setup is also meant to give people new ideas on carrying gear. I’m also seriously into knowing if other people have alternative gear carrying methods so please feel free to share by commenting. Although it’s no fashion get up, this set-up allows my back to feel great and it allows me to change lenses quickly. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Lowepro S&amp;F Lens Exchange Case 200AW at B&amp;H - My favourite lens holding case. It’s FAB! Pearstone Onyx 60 Lens Case — In the podcast I talk about the Lowepro 2S but it seems to be discontinued. This model seems to have similar specs. Lowepro 50mm lens holder at B&amp;H Lens Changer 75 Pop Down V2.0 from Think tank for larger lenses like a 100-400mm or for shooting 70-200mm with the lens hood attached. You may need to buy their belt to use this though. Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5–5.6G ED VR Zoom Lens at B&amp;H — I just love the versatility of the focal range. Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF Lens at B&amp;H - This lens and I are having a wonderful relationship, I love her. Gitzo GT2540LLVL Leveling Carbon Fiber Tripod at B&amp;H - This tripod works well for me. Fairly big but not too big. http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-112.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography podcast</a> #112 addresses a question posed by <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/103519655975029093996/posts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gordon Laing</a> on Google+ <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/103519655975029093996/posts/S4E8Mw9APxw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The best camera bag — what do you use</a>? I replied to that question saying that these days I usually shoot bag free and keep my lenses that are in lens holding cases, attached to my belt as per the picture below. In case people are interested, here is a list of the items that I carry with me most of the time without a bag. Gitzo carbon fibre tripod (2540LLVL) also referred to as ‘my baby’. That’s on a Gitzo tripod shoulder strap slung diagonally around my shoulder. It’s an ‘OK’ strap, no better. I’m still hunting for the perfect tripod shoulder strap. Usually I carry 3 lenses;  Nikon 14–24, Nikon 28–300, Nikon 50mm and 1 flash, the SB-800. More details on the exact lenses and lens holders are listed in the affiliate links below from B&amp;H. I also carry in my pockets a cable release, spare batteries, lens cloth and a hex key for my camera bracket plate. Not shown is the flashlight that I’ll often have with me for night shoots. Not shown are the cokin filters that I sometimes keep in a pouch around my neck. Obviously this setup will not work for many people carrying very large lenses and heavier gear — but this will work for most people that shoot with lenses that are about as large as an average 70-200mm  F-2.8. This setup is also meant to give people new ideas on carrying gear. I’m also seriously into knowing if other people have alternative gear carrying methods so please feel free to share by commenting. Although it’s no fashion get up, this set-up allows my back to feel great and it allows me to change lenses quickly. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/736026-REG/Lowepro_LP36260_0AM_S_F_Lens_Exchange_Case.html/BI/1564/KBID/2119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lowepro S&amp;F Lens Exchange Case 200AW at B&amp;H</a> - My favourite lens holding case. It’s FAB! <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/572734-REG/Pearstone_OLC_60B_Onyx_60_Lens_Case.html/BI/1564/KBID/2119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pearstone Onyx 60 Lens Case — In the podcast I talk about the Lowepro 2S but it seems to be discontinued. This model seems to have similar specs.</a> <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/752413-REG/Lowepro_LP36301_0AM_Lens_Case_8_x.html/BI/1564/KBID/2119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lowepro 50mm lens holder at B&amp;H</a> <a href="http://www.thinktankphoto.com/products/lens-changer-75-pop-down-v2.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lens Changer 75 Pop Down V2.0 from Think tank for larger lenses like a 100-400mm or for shooting 70-200mm with the lens hood attached. You may need to buy their belt to use this though.</a> <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/729950-USA/Nikon_2191_AF_S_NIKKOR_28_300mm_f_3_5_5_6G.html/BI/1564/KBID/2119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5–5.6G ED VR Zoom Lens at B&amp;H — I just love the versatility of the focal range.</a> <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/520635-USA/Nikon_2163_AF_S_Zoom_Nikkor_14_24mm.html/BI/1564/KBID/2119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF Lens at B&amp;H</a> - This lens and I are having a wonderful relationship, I love her. <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/568862-REG/Gitzo_GT2540LLVL_GT2540LLVL_Leveling_6X_Carbon.html/BI/1564/KBID/2119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gitzo GT2540LLVL Leveling Carbon Fiber Tripod at B&amp;H</a> - This tripod works well for me. Fairly big but not too big. <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe with Google Reader</a>|<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. 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112 — Why camera bags suck

Patrick Rochon

Photography podcast #114 features an interview with light painter Patrick Rochon who discusses his new experimental 360 degree light painting technique. In a nutshell, Patrick light paints a model who stands in the middle of a ring as 24 DSLR cameras around the ring expose the scene at the same time. The frames are then strung together with software to give the illusion of circular movement. Patrick and I talk about his new work, his older work, and we talk about Patrick’s light painting process as well. Scroll to the BOTTOM of this post to find the player to immediately listen to the audio podcast.  360 Degree light painting by Patrick Rochon This is a Gif animation that Patrick created from one of the 360 degree light painting sessions Light painting by Patrick Rochon — Animated Gif   This is the ‘ring’ where Patrick lit the models:  While I was at Patrick’s place recording this interview, I noticed a gallery of new light painted (non 360) photographs on his wall that were gorgeous. This image below was one that I really liked — Thx for sending it Patrick!  Light painting by Patrick Rochon ©Patrick Rochon Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:  patrickrochon.com 24x360.com — Timecode Lab — Eric Paré Podcast #82 — Light painting portraits LPWA – Light Painting World Alliance Light painting photography Animated gif photography (AKA Cinemagraphs) Aurora Crowley Light Painter  – Beginnings — New —  is our regular forum assignment for January – Light painting — light drawing is our level 2 forum assignment for January  Photo tours of Montreal http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Thanks to Photo Studios  who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks as well to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-114.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography podcast</a> #114 features an interview with light painter <a href="http://www.patrickrochon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patrick Rochon</a> who discusses his new experimental 360 degree light painting technique. In a nutshell, Patrick light paints a model who stands in the middle of a ring as 24 DSLR cameras around the ring expose the scene at the same time. The frames are then strung together with software to give the illusion of circular movement. Patrick and I talk about his new work, his older work, and we talk about Patrick’s light painting process as well. Scroll to the BOTTOM of this post to find the player to immediately listen to the audio podcast. 360 Degree light painting by Patrick Rochon This is a Gif animation that Patrick created from one of the 360 degree light painting sessions Light painting by Patrick Rochon — Animated Gif This is the ‘ring’ where Patrick lit the models: While I was at Patrick’s place recording this interview, I noticed a gallery of new light painted (non 360) photographs on his wall that were gorgeous. This image below was one that I really liked — Thx for sending it Patrick! Light painting by Patrick Rochon ©Patrick Rochon Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.patrickrochon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patrickrochon.com</a> <a href="http://24x360.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">24x360.com</a> — <a href="http://timecodelab.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Timecode Lab</a> — <a href="http://ericpare.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eric Paré</a> Podcast #82 — <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2010/05/20/82-light-painting-portraits-interview-with-patrick-rochon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Light painting portraits</a> <a href="http://lpwalliance.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LPWA – Light Painting World Alliance </a><a href="http://lightpaintingphotography.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Light painting photography</a> <a href="http://inspirationfeed.com/photography/35-beautifully-animated-photographs-a-k-a-cinemagraphs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Animated gif photography (AKA Cinemagraphs)</a> <a href="http://auroracrowley.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aurora Crowley Light Painter </a> – <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/photo-assignments/19589-january-2013-beginnings-new.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beginnings — New —  is our regular forum assignment for January</a> – <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/level-2-photography-assignments/19605-january-2013-light-painting-light-drawing.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Light painting — light drawing is our level 2 forum assignment for January </a> <a href="http://www.markokulik.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photo tours of Montreal</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Thanks to Photo Studios  who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks as well to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe with Google Reader</a>|<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. 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114 — 360 degree light painting — Interview with Patrick Rochon

Joe Brady

Color

Photography podcast #115 features an interview with Colour expert Joe Brady who works for Macgroup US. Joe knows pretty much everything there is to know about getting accurate colour from your monitor and your printer. Joe has recorded 2 podcasts with us already about monitor calibration and those links are listed below in the shownotes. In this podcast, we tackle some colour concepts that are a source of confusion for many people. We talk about monitor settings like colour temperature, gamma, and luminance. Then we tackle the sRGB, Adobe RGB and Prophoto RGB colour spaces and explain what they are, the advantages of each and when and where they are most useful. Finally, Joe recommends some calibration tools, monitors and printers. Scroll to the BOTTOM of this post to find the player to immediately listen to the audio podcast. This image shows off the 3 main color spaces. You’ll note that the ProPhoto RGB color space contains the most colors. This makes it the best color space for printing your own images on a quality printer. When posting to the web, the colour space should be sRGB as that is the type of monitor that most people have. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Podcast 62 – Monitor – printer calibration – Interview with Joe Brady Podcast 63 – Review of the Colormunki and the i1XTreme Joe Brady Photography X-Rite ColorMunki Photo Color Management Solution at B&amp;H X-Rite ColorMunki Display at B&amp;H Eizo FlexScan SX2262W at B&amp;H Eizo ColorEdge CG223W 22 at B&amp;H http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Thanks to Mikey88  who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks as well to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-115.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography podcast</a> #115 features an interview with Colour expert <a href="http://www.joebradyphotography.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Brady</a> who works for <a href="http://www.macgroupus.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Macgroup US</a>. Joe knows pretty much everything there is to know about getting accurate colour from your monitor and your printer. Joe has recorded 2 podcasts with us already about monitor calibration and those links are listed below in the shownotes. In this podcast, we tackle some colour concepts that are a source of confusion for many people. We talk about monitor settings like colour temperature, gamma, and luminance. Then we tackle the sRGB, Adobe RGB and Prophoto RGB colour spaces and explain what they are, the advantages of each and when and where they are most useful. Finally, Joe recommends some calibration tools, monitors and printers. Scroll to the BOTTOM of this post to find the player to immediately listen to the audio podcast. This image shows off the 3 main color spaces. You’ll note that the ProPhoto RGB color space contains the most colors. This makes it the best color space for printing your own images on a quality printer. When posting to the web, the colour space should be sRGB as that is the type of monitor that most people have. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2009/03/03/62-monitor-printer-calibration-interview-with-joe-brady/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast 62 – Monitor – printer calibration – Interview with Joe Brady</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2009/03/20/63-review-of-the-colormunki-and-the-i1xtreme/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast 63 – Review of the Colormunki and the i1XTreme </a><a href="http://joebradyphotography.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Brady Photography </a><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/550833-REG/X_Rite_CMUNPH_ColorMunki_Photo_Color_Management.html/BI/1564/KBID/2119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">X-Rite ColorMunki Photo Color Management Solution at B&amp;H</a><a href="http://joebradyphotography.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/798928-REG/X_Rite_CMUNDIS_ColorMunki_Display.html/BI/1564/KBID/2119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">X-Rite ColorMunki Display at B&amp;H </a><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/789285-REG/Eizo_SX2262W_BK_FlexScan_SX2262W_22_LCD.html//BI/1564/KBID/2119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eizo FlexScan SX2262W at B&amp;H</a> <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/687611-REG/Eizo_CG223W_BK_ColorEdge_CG223W_22_Widescreen.html/BI/1564/KBID/2119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eizo ColorEdge CG223W 22 at B&amp;H</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Thanks to Mikey88  who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks as well to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe with Google Reader</a>|<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. 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115 — Color spaces — monitor settings — recommended hardware — Interview with Joe Brady

Photography podcast #113 discusses what I feel are six essential accessories for day trip photography. I just came back from a super-quick trip to Nevada where I did solo day trips on 2 days to Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire State Park. For now, my day trips to national/state/provincial/local parks and other cool places are easy ON-TRAIL day trips and the accessories that I’ve chosen to talk about reflect this. I go into detail about why these 6 accessories are essential in the podcast. The list I’ve come up with includes a tripod, polarizing filter, hiking shoes/boots, polarized sunglasses, a lens cloth and knee-pads. Of course I’m SUPER-CURIOUS as to any other accessories listeners may suggest, so please feel free to let me know if you think I missed something.  Pharaoh Rock — Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA  ©Marko Kulik  Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: REI Las Vegas - Awesome sporting store — Ask for Tommy, he’s awesome. Tripods for photography Podcast #96 Polarizing filters and other important filters Podcast #77 http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum MY APOLOGIES THAT THE WEBSITE FIELD TO COMMENT WASN’T THERE, PLEASE JUST CONNECT WITH ME TO ADD IT. I’LL GET THIS FIXED FOR THE NEXT PODCAST. Thanks to Mac Sokulski, Dave Johnson, Enrique Waizel, Bernard Dallaire, JP, Bret Farris and Sylvain Racicot who posted  blog comments about our last podcast.. Thanks as well to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-113.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography podcast</a> #113 discusses what I feel are six essential accessories for day trip photography. I just came back from a super-quick trip to Nevada where I did solo day trips on 2 days to Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire State Park. For now, my day trips to national/state/provincial/local parks and other cool places are easy ON-TRAIL day trips and the accessories that I’ve chosen to talk about reflect this. I go into detail about why these 6 accessories are essential in the podcast. The list I’ve come up with includes a tripod, polarizing filter, hiking shoes/boots, polarized sunglasses, a lens cloth and knee-pads. Of course I’m SUPER-CURIOUS as to any other accessories listeners may suggest, so please feel free to let me know if you think I missed something. Pharaoh Rock — Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA  ©Marko Kulik Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.rei.com/stores/boca-park.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">REI Las Vegas</a> - Awesome sporting store — Ask for Tommy, he’s awesome. <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2011/04/26/tripod-photography/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tripods for photography</a> Podcast #96 <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2010/01/29/77-neutral-density-filters-graduated-neutral-density-filters-interview-with-d-wiggett/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Polarizing filters and other important filters</a> Podcast #77 <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> MY APOLOGIES THAT THE WEBSITE FIELD TO COMMENT WASN’T THERE, PLEASE JUST CONNECT WITH ME TO ADD IT. I’LL GET THIS FIXED FOR THE NEXT PODCAST. Thanks to <a href="http://www.miksmedia.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mac Sokulski</a>, Dave Johnson, Enrique Waizel, Bernard Dallaire, JP, Bret Farris and Sylvain Racicot who posted  blog comments about our last podcast.. Thanks as well to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe with Google Reader</a>|<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

113 — Six essential photography day trip accessories

Photography podcast #111 is a personal account of the worst photo vacation I have ever taken and the steps I took to make the experience more enjoyable. I’d love to know how others have dealt with this issue in the past. The Road to Nowhere — Yukon, Canada9 out of 10 days had visibility similar to this — Serenity now was my mantra   Due to all the bad visibility in the mountains, I looked to the foreground instead which was often clear. Here I caught logs and tree stumps reflecting in the water at a small unnamed lake in Inuvik, NWT, Canada Lake Logs — Inuvik, NWT   Details are another fun thing to shoot when the grand scenics are basking in obscurity. This is the back of the silver pick-up truck  we rented after covering 400 KM on the muddy Dempster highway. Dempster Highway Truck — Yukon, CanadaThis truck was silver before it got completely caked with thick Dempster highway mud.  Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Rain Photography — podcast #88 http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/ If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) 100 free couple dating sites My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly   Photography forum Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca — Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

<a href="http://www.photography.ca/wp-content/uploads/photo-podcast-111.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography podcast</a> #111 is a personal account of the worst photo vacation I have ever taken and the steps I took to make the experience more enjoyable. I’d love to know how others have dealt with this issue in the past. The Road to Nowhere — Yukon, Canada 9 out of 10 days had visibility similar to this — Serenity now was my mantra Due to all the bad visibility in the mountains, I looked to the foreground instead which was often clear. Here I caught logs and tree stumps reflecting in the water at a small unnamed lake in Inuvik, NWT, Canada Lake Logs — Inuvik, NWT Details are another fun thing to shoot when the grand scenics are basking in obscurity. This is the back of the silver pick-up truck  we rented after covering 400 KM on the muddy Dempster highway. Dempster Highway Truck — Yukon, Canada This truck was silver before it got completely caked with thick Dempster highway mud. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/2010/10/26/88-rain-photography/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rain Photography — podcast #88</a> <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.photography.ca/blog/dating-websites-for-black-women/</a> If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me <a href="http://photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photography.ca</a> (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) <h3><a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog/100-free-couple-dating-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 free couple dating sites</a></h3> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=524661653&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Facebook profile — Feel free to “friend” me — please just mention Photography.ca</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/markokulik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Twitter page — I will follow you if you follow me — Let’s connect — PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer.</a> If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly  <a href="http://www.photography.ca/Forums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography forum</a> Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except <a href="http://Photography.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca</a> — Please hop on over to the <a href="http://www.photography.ca/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography.ca blog and podcast</a> and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |<a>Subscribe with iTunes</a>|<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via RSS feed</a> |<a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http://feeds2.feedburner.com/photography_ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe with Google Reader</a>|<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=photography_ca_all&amp;loc=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast — Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email</a> You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

111 — My shit weather photo vacation

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