The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 6 with Portrait Photographer Bill Wadman
Prescott chats with portrait photographer Bill Wadman about his portrait work, how he got started in photography to begin with, and how he processes photos. We also talk about computers — a mutual interest of ours — monitors, hard drives, and how to build a Hackintosh.
Show Notes & Links
Bill Wadman, (@billwadman), portrait photographer“Conceptual” or “Narrative” portraitsCo-host of On Taking Pictures Podcast, a philosophical showBill studied at Berklee College of Music, both on composition and productionBill was an art director in advertising365portraits.com — Bill’s first daily photo project“Above The Line” advertising110 Cartridge camera, for kids in the 80sCanon AE-1 (late 1970s auto-exposure SLR)Bill’s film project — 4×5 large format filmType 55 film, which produces a negative immediatelyBill builds Hackintoshes8×10 cameras, spherical lenses — stuff they don’t make anymoreLetterpress – a hands-on, crafty process still in useThe Toaster Project — How to make a toaster completely from scratchThe Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Bill doesn’t use a ton of lights and is also a terrible artist“sometimes I make the subject come to me, rather than me going to the subject”Lightroom to catalogue, Photoshop for precision work16-bit TIFFs with many layers? Use PSB file format.DNG file format to preserve metadata, shrink file size, and remove XMP companion files.Some photographers take 4,000 a day (Bill doesn’t take that in a month)Chris Anderson’s philosophy, as described in his book “Free”
Bill is a monitor nerd“the screen is the lens of your computer”Everyone should use a monitor armColor GamutsOperating systems running in 2x (HiDPI or “retina” mode)Prescott built a Hackintosh in August 2012, with Bill’s guidanceA Hackintosh episode of Circuitous ConversationsWindows is harder to install than Mac OS … even on a PC.A fresh install of Windows 7 is “insultingly bare.”Solidworks, a hi-end CAD/CAM software package.Reddit Battlestations and Cable Porn (SFW)TonyMacX86 — the Hackintosh CommunityStarting Over, part I — what Prescott installs for a fresh Mac OS environmentTools
Hackintosh desktop computerAdobe LightroomAdobe PhotoshopDNG file formatRAID-0 arrayExternal USB 3.0 driveCanon 5D Mk-III
Fuji X100S
Sony RX-100
Dell 4k Premiere Colors (Delta-e <2)
Ergotron monitor armsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048 MBDropboxAny.doGoogle DriveOmniFocus and OmniGraffleTechniques
Be more involved with the subject than with lightingResearch your subject before photographing themPush Back against frustrated subjectsExplore the PSB file format (Photoshop Big)Use the star-ratings, for a first cut especiallyShare, don’t merge, photo libraries with your partner or family membersGo for quality over quantity; show less work but make it betterShoot only 24 pictures, as if it’s a roll of filmHabits
Keep folders for different categories (clients, etc.)Convert to DNGImport, process, backupSwap backup drives and sync once a monthExport full-res JPG to Dropbox as a backup of the finalDo part of your craft every day, but not the entire pieceGo to the gym daily, but not for very longDelete photos you’re not going to useGet The Episode
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