In episode 3 of the Ask Tim Grey Podcast, Tim and Renee open the show with some good news from a reader who had a problem that was talked about in episode 2. In addition, they discuss Adobe's announcement of a new lower-priced subscription option specifically aimed at photographers. Tim and Renee then discuss the issues raised in the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter for the week of September 2-6, 2013. That includes a recommendation for an iPhone app to create GPS track logs, recommendations for printing images to which painting effects from Snap Art 3 have been appled, a solution for cleaning metal contacts on cameras, making use of XMP sidecar files in Lightroom, and understanding metadata issues related to DNG files in Lightroom.

Show Notes:

Pixology Magazine:
http://www.pixologymag.com

Lightroom 5 video training bundle:
http://timgrey.com/lightroom/ 

Snap Art 3 from Alien Skin Software:
http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/ 

Red River Paper:
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/ 

Reed Hoffmann:
http://reedhoffmann.com/ 

DeoxIT Cleaning Products:
http://amzn.to/19dSCo8

In episode 2 of the Ask Tim Grey Podcast, Tim and Renee open the show talking about the notion of being "purist" in photography, and when you might (or might not) apply creative filters. They then discuss the issues raised in the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter for the week of August 26-30, 2013. That includes a discussion about how to best ensure you can view the LCD on your camera even on a bright day, what size digital media cards are recommended, how to dry out a camera that was left in the rain, why images are being opened in Photoshop as Smart Objects, and how to move Lightroom's catalog to a different operating system.

Show Notes:

Pixology magazine:
http://pixologymag.com/

Snap Art Plug-In:
http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/

Hoodman HoodLoupe:
http://amzn.to/OItPQ3

Photographic Solutions:
http://photosol.com

In this premiere episode of the Ask Tim Grey Podcast, Tim talks about the issues raised in the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter for the week of August 19-23, 2013. That includes a discussion about the two versions of the Import dialog in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, whether it is bad to flatten a composite panorama, the use of Lens Correction in Lightroom for mobile phone captures, how the camera sensor affects depth of field, and corruption of images on a digital media card. Along the way there are a few "bonus" questions and some commentary as well.

Show Notes:

The Adobe Lens Profile Creator and Adobe Lens Profile Downloader tools can be found on the Adobe website here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/extend.displayTab2.html#resources

Information on subscribing to Pixology magazine can be found here:

http://www.pixologymag.com/

The various calculators for depth of field and circle of confusion created by DOFMaster can be found at the DOFMaster website here:

http://www.dofmaster.com