Photography Matters

This week’s episode is kind of mixed bag. Have you shot any ACROS II yet? I ordered a couple rolls from Freestyle. Haven’t shot it yet, but have some thoughts on this i’ll share with you. Also the topic of how using gear that maybe you’ve kind of forgotten about can kind of make things interesting again. And a couple thoughts about Leica JPEG files. Enjoy.

Books available at tedvieira.magcloud.com

My video showing how to get started creating your own book with MagCloud: https://youtu.be/Cm4akZCOic4

Where you can see more JPEG sooc from the Leica M272 and the Tele-Elmarit 90mm f2.8 lens: https://photographymatterspodcast.com/revisiting-unremembered-gear/

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If you were to make a photo book (and I really hope you do), what would it be about?

In this episode I’ll talk more about things I’ve been doing with MagCloud and the books I’m working on. I’ll let you know some things I’ve learned along the way.

My hope is that if you aren’t printing books yet, this might inspire you to do so. It really is a lot of fun.

By Ted Vieira

74 pages, published 12/2/2019

Here’s the video I watched from photographer, Dan Milnor that inspired me to do this project. So glad I watched it. Dan’s Video on YouTube

youtube.com/user/blurbbooks

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I hope everyone has been doing good and enjoying the holiday season. In this episode I want to catch you up on how things are going with using MagCloud for publishing my book.

Also, I’ve had some lens issues I’ve been dealing with lately. I’ll share my story on that and see if you guys have any input.

A few other things as well on this episode of Photography Matters. I hope you enjoy.

By Ted Vieira

74 pages, published 12/2/2019

Here’s the video I watched from photographer, Dan Milnor that inspired me to do this project. So glad I watched it. Dan’s Video on YouTube

Here’s the link to the video I watched from Michael that inspired me to go ahead and get into shooting and developing color film (from time to time I’m sure) Michael’s Video on YouTube

DAGCamera.com

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Well, good news – Fujifilm ACROS II has an official shipping date! This has been announced for a while now, but that’s okay. Anytime is a good time to talk about ACROS.

What do you guys and gals think about Instagram’s plan to remove the “Likes”? I’ll share my 2 cents.

Shooting something different. Last weekend I found myself shooting in one of the local state parks here in Vegas. It was definitely something different than the darker, moodier stuff I’m often focused on. Fun stuff, though.

I’m also putting together a small photo book using the services of MagCloud, another company owned by Blurb. I’ll share my experiences so far.

Enjoy.

All photos taken with the Mamiya RB67 with the 127mm Sekor lens, on Fujifilm ACROS pushed to 400.

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I recently was involved in a project for a client that ended up being one of the most meaning peaces of work I’ve done in a long time. I’ll talk about that.

Also, took another day trip out with my friend, Garrett last week. More cool stuff. I’ll share my thoughts on why I really love the shots I got on this outing, over the shots I got from the last one. Enjoy

All photos were taken on Fujifilm ACROS, EI 400 with my Leica M6 and Summicron 35.

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Many of us as photographers have certain genres where we tend to spend a lot of our time; certain subjects that we’re more passionate about shooting. That’s a good thing because the more we shoot those subjects we’re most passionate about, the more we refine our process and develop are skill set in that arena.

However, if all we ever shoot is that main focus of our photography, it does bring up the potential to start to become bored. Sometimes it might be a good idea to shoot something completely outside of your wheelhouse, really mix it up a bit. Enjoy.

Here are a few shots I got from that outing. My favorite shots from the day were actually more of my friend Garrett, behind the scenes; maybe stuff he can use for something.

I shot a roll of 35mm film with my Leica M6 and a roll of 120 with the Mamiya RB67. Fun stuff.

Vegas Photo Safaris on Instagram
VegasPhotoSafaris.com

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It’s been a while since I’ve recorded an episode of INSPIRED, but I was reading through Jay Maisel’s book, “It’s Not About the F-Stop” this morning and found a lesson that I thought would make a good topic for one of the shorter broadcasts. Enjoy.

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On September 9, we lost photographer, Fred Herzog. I’ve admired Fred’s work for sometime, but as I’m generally more obsessed with black and white photography I wasn’t necessarily looking at Mr. Herzog’s work as much as I should’ve been.

With his recent passing, I started seeing more of his work displayed in posts as a memorial to the great photographer. It’s beautiful work; wonderful use of color and story plays a strong role in each composition.

In this episode I just want to share my thoughts, as a predominently black and white shooter, on the beautiful color work from Fred Herzog.

• Fred Herzog
• Fred Herzog Follow Up
• Photographers (playlist)

• iTunes (and you can probably find it on your favorite podcast platform)
• Negative / Positives Facebook Group

• Uncle Jonesy’s Cameras (iTunes)

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Unless you’re a professional photographer with clients and paid assignments, it can be easy to leave the camera alone for long periods of time. You’re not pushed to keep shooting consistently and so maybe you don’t.

If this is you, don’t feel bad, you’ve got lots of good company.

But, one thing I feel is important in moving forward with your photography and to keep shooting and creating more consistently is by setting goals. I’ll talk about this in this weeks episode.

I also want to pay tribute to three important photographers that we’ve lost recently, in just a short amount of time.

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I’ve loved beeing a creative person ever since I can remember. I think all kids start out that way. Some of us strive to continue to maintain that level of creativity in our lives.

I was thinking about it today and decided to put the question out there…. does being active in other creative fields fuel your photography… or do you feel like it stretches your creativity too thin? Enjoy

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