The Image Doctors Talk Photography

Holiday Gift Ideas for Photographers 2021

It’s time for our annual holiday gift ideas for photographers episode! This year, in addition to our list of traditional “stocking stuffers,” we also offer up items that we really just enjoy using. You can check out some of our favorites with the list below.

Stocking Stuffers for Photographers

* Microfiber cloths* Memory card wallet* Filter cases* Memory cards* Peak Design straps* Extension Tubes for close-up photography

Items we really enjoy using

* Travel Tripods * Solid ND filter for long exposures (15-stop)* Infrared conversions* Nikon 18-140mm DX Z* Nikon 24-200mm Z* Canon RF 100-400mm* Nikon 105mm f/2.8 MC Z macro* Fujifilm 33mm f/1.4 * Fujifilm X-S10 camera* Wotancraft Pilot Bags* DJI Mini 2 drone

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Self-Inflicted Creative Barriers, and How to Avoid Them

This week, Rick and Jason are discussing their recent photo trips. Rick traveled to Monument Valley, while Jason was leading a photo workshop in White Sands, New Mexico. In both cases, they discovered situations where their creativity could have been stifled by getting too “locked-in” to a particular shooting style.

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All-new masking tools in Lightroom Classic

Adobe recently updated Lightroom to version 11, and WOW were we impressed with the new masking tools. Adobe completely revamped the way masking works in Lightroom, including the addition of AI-based selections. This week, we’ll talk about what we have learned so far regarding making selections in Lightroom Classic 11.

Online Class with Jason Odell Nov. 13th

Join Jason online to learn the new Lightroom masking tools! This live online class will be recorded and all registered participants will get a video replay.

Croatian Photo Cruise!

Jason in the port of Split, Croatia (photo courtesy Terry Odell)

We are back from a photo tour/workshop aboard a yacht cruise in Croatia. What an amazing country! We sailed from Split to Dubrovnik aboard a 40-passenger yacht, and had lots of amazing photo ops along the way. We’ll discuss the trip, what we brought, and what photographic experiences we discovered.

Want to join Jason in Croatia August 2022? Send me an email if you’re interested in the photo vacation of a lifetime!

Nikon announced the Z9 flagship mirrorless camera, plus three new Z-mount lenses.

Special Edition: Nikon Z9 + New Lenses Announced

Rather than wait for the weekend, we decided to discuss the breaking news of the Nikon Z9 flagship mirrorless camera. And from reading the specs, we are both really impressed.

Nikon also announced three new Z-mount lenses!

* 400mm f/2.8 S lens with built-in 1.4x teleconverter* 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 S zoom lens* 24-120mm f/4 S zoom lens

You can check out and pre-order the Nikon Z9 and all these lenses here.

Perspective Correction Tools

If you’ve ever photographed buildings with a wide-angle lens, then you’ve probably seen how they can appear to “lean” in your photos. This week, we’ll discuss some of the tools you can use to perform perspective correction in your photos, both in-camera and in post-processing.

Tips for High-Volume Workflows

After returning from Panama with thousands of photos, we thought it would be a good time to discuss tips for high-volume workflows. Whether you’re photographing birds/wildlife or sports, these tips are sure to help you deal with managing tons of images.

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Photographing the wildlife of Panama

Mother sloth with her baby, Bocas del Toro, Panama. © Jason P. Odell

We spent the last week on photo safari at an eco-lodge in Panama. We had an incredible time photographing birds, reptiles, and many sloths! Hear what gear and settings we found worked the best in this tropical photography paradise.

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Creative Ways of Using The Texture/Clarity/Dehaze Tools

If you do any post-processing of your images, you’re probably familiar with the Clarity, Texture, and Dehaze sliders (in Lightroom, and elsewhere). However, these tools become extremely powerful when used to enhance or diminish detail and contrast in your photos, including creating effects that you might not have thought of before. We’ll describe how these tools work, and offer some use cases for how you can put them to work to enhance your own photos.

Canon R3 Mirrorless Camera; New Lenses from Canon, Nikon, & Sigma

This week, we’ll cover a slew of camera and lens announcements, and offer our thoughts on what these products mean for the photo industry.

* Canon R3 pro mirrorless camera* Canon 16 mm f/2.8 & 100-400mm f/5.6-8 lenses* Nikon 40mm f/2.0 lens* Sigma prime lenses for Sony E-mount and L-mount cameras