The Traveling Image Makers

During his latest trip to the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica, Ralph sat down with naturalist guide, photographer, and native Costa Rican, Dennis Valverde.

He was always fascinated by the animals and the big trees that were around his grandparents’ forest. That interest encouraged him to study the biodiversity of the rainforest in a more formal way. Nowadays he has a 12-years experience as a professional naturalist guide.

Photography is Dennis’ second passion and his interest in it started 6 years ago as a result of his desire to capture the abundant wildlife that he sees every day that he goes out to lead tours.

Dennis is a person with a sincere desire to always help his clients to take the best experience and best photos of the most biodiverse place on earth.

Ralph and Dennis talked at length about the natural, unspoilt beauty of Costa Rica and this is the recording of that conversation.

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Born and raised in Italy, Pia Parolin studied biology in Germany and in Brazilian Amazonia. A passionate tropical ecologist with PhD, she always carries her camera with her since the day her father gave her the first Minolta at the age of 9. Living on the French Riviera since 2005, she loves to capture light, colours and movements.

With her "Promenade Moments" series from 2017, captured on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, she wanted to give back some colour and light to the victims of the 2016 terrorist attack by donating metal prints of her pictures to the associations Promenade des Anges, Hospital Lenval, and Habitat & Humanisme and with photography workshops.

She takes her pictures with an Olympus E-M5 II and a FujiFilm X100F. She keeps postproduction at a minimum and tries to take the picture in its almost final form right away with her camera.

We talked with Pia about her Promenade Moments series, but also about her recent experience in Borneo, living side by side with the natives in a longhouse.

On October 20 and 21, Pia and Ugo will be leading a weekend photo workshop along the French Riviera / Côte d'Azur, in and around Nice and Antibes. Click here to sign up for it.

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This week we have a very special guest on the show that doesn't really need a lot of introduction, because pretty much everybody knows Scott Kelby.

For those few who still don't, we'll just say that Scott is the President and CEO of KelbyOne (the online educational community for creative people); the editor and publisher of Photoshop User Magazine; Conference Technical Chair for the Photoshop World Conference & Expo; Host of the influential weekly photography talk show “The Grid;” Founder of the annual “Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk” (the world’s largest social photography event); Training Director and lead instructor for KelbyOne Live Seminars, and author of a string of bestselling books.

Both Ralph and Ugo were speakers at the recent 2018 Out of Chicago Photography Conference, where Scott was the very entertaining keynote speaker, and it was there that we met and that we asked Scott to be a guest on the podcast. He graciously accepted and here is the recording of that interview.

His keynote was titled The Stuff They Don't Tell You As A Photographer. While we can't hope to fit all of the things the don't tell you in the space of one hour, we nevertheless asked Scott to talk about a few of them. We talked about developing a personal style, finding interesting subjects, post-processing and more.

We also spent some time discussing the upcoming World Wide Photo Walk event that Scott started and that is now in its 11th year. If you've never attended a photo walk, we recommend you check out the WWPW website and join one in your neighborhood. It's a lot of fun, you make new friends, and you can also contribute to a worthwhile cause.

• Maria Marie on Instagram
• World Wide Photo Walk
• KelbyOne
• Scott Kelby on Twitter
• Scott Kelby on Instagram
• Scott Kelby on Facebook
• Photo Enrichment: Costa Rica Explorer
• Better Living Through Photography

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This week's episode is a special one. During the latest Out Of Chicago Summer Conference, Ugo was the moderator of a panel discussion involving two very well-known travel and nature photographers, Scott Bourne and Deborah Sandidge, in addition to the founder and president of PHLEARN, Aaron Nace, who is also a passionate photographer.

Deborah is known for employing creative techniques, both during capture and at the computer, to give her photos a unique look, using long exposures and various tools for expressing her artistic sensitivity; Scott also sits on the advisory board of Skylum, a company that produces powerful photo processing applications like Luminar and AuroraHDR and PHLEARN's catalog includes many courses about post-processing.

Thanks to the availability of very affordable tools and education for post-processing, it is not surprising that people are sometimes pushing the boundaries of an art form that was for a time (and it still is in the mind of large numbers of people) very much tied to the concept of a faithful, or at least plausible, representation of reality.

We asked the panelists for their take on this often debated topic and what ensued was a lively and stimulating discussion that also touched other topics, like the role of education and tools in shaping the current trends in photography. As the panel went on for about 90 minutes, we split the recording in two parts. This is the second part; you can find the first part here.

In this segment, topics like market trends in photography, the evolution of personal style, and finding inspiration were also discussed. You'll also learn what EDFAT means and why it's so important.

Apologies for the audio quality, which is not at the usual level of quality. The microphones in front of the stage picked up a bit of background noise, but we think it's still intelligible and the contents of the conversation, which are what really matters, are too good not to share.

We would also like to thank Chris Smith and the staff at Out Of Chicago for giving us the opportunity and the means to record this. If you've never been to Out Of Chicago, you should definitely attend it and we'll certainly be there again next year.

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This week's episode is a special one. During the latest Out Of Chicago Summer Conference, Ugo was the moderator of a panel discussion involving two very well-known travel and nature photographers, Scott Bourne and Deborah Sandidge, in addition to the founder and president of PHLEARN, Aaron Nace, who is also a passionate photographer.

Deborah is known for unapologetically post-processing her photos to give them a unique look, using long exposures and other techniques that do not always result in realistic images; Scott also sits on the advisory board of Skylum, a company that produces powerful photo processing applications like Luminar and AuroraHDR and PHLEARN's catalog includes many courses about pot-processing.

Thanks to the availability of very affordable tools and education for post-processing, it is not surprising that people are sometimes pushing the boundaries of an art form that was for a time (and it still is in the mind of large numbers of people) very much tied to the concept of a faithful, or at least plausible, representation of reality.

We asked the panelists for their take on this often debated topic and what ensued was a lively and stimulating discussion that also touched other topics, like the role of education and tools in shaping the current trends in photography. As the panel went on for about 90 minutes, we split the recording in two parts. This is the first part; the second one will be published next week.

Apologies for the audio quality, which is not at the usual level of quality. The microphones in front of the stage picked up a bit of background noise, but we think it's still intelligible and the contents of the conversation, which are what really matters, are too good not to share.

We would also like to thank Chris Smith and the staff at Out Of Chicago for giving us the opportunity and the means to record this. If you've never been to Out Of Chicago, you should definitely attend it and we'll certainly be there again next year.

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As you might know, we are doing a bi-monthly photo contest on our Facebook group, The Traveling Image Makers' Corner. We invite the group members to submit one of their best photographs and, at the end of the period, we pick two winners and invite them to come on the show and tell us about their winning images and their photography.

The winners for the month of May 2018, Lauri Novak and Federico Chieli, submitted photos taken in Brussels, Belgium and Iceland, respectively. We thought those two stood above the rest, but it was a tough choice, since we got so many amazing submissions.

Would you like to be one of the next guests on the podcast? Head over to our Facebook group, ask to join (if you're not already a member) and look for the post pinned to the top for instructions. The contest for the month of July 2018 is already open and we intend to do a new contest every two months. Let’s see your best travel images!

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Patrick Di Fruscia is a World Nature & Landscape Photographer. His work has won many awards, has been published and displayed thru a multitude of Medias (books, calendars, magazines, travel guides etc.) and by many prestigious companies such as National Geographic, Time Magazine, and Wall Street Journal, just to name a few. His work has also been displayed in several art galleries around the world, presently available at the Carnevale Gallery located in Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada and displayed at the Smithsonian Museum of National History in Washington DC.

Di Fruscia has set his goals to inspire others in keeping a positive attitude towards life, make them aware of the beautiful world we live in and to always reach out for their dreams. His quest to become a better photographer will never cease. He personally thinks that the learning curve is endless, and he has only himself to criticize when he feels that he is not living up to his artistic endeavours. Constantly searching for those rare magical moments when the Perfect Light embraces nature in all its glory, you can rest assured – that this is only the beginning of a long and dedicated quest to capture the breathtaking beauty of nature.

He personally thinks that it is imperative that we give back. Give back to our community; to a charity we believe in, to our planet, in other words, give back any which way we can. Having had the distinct privilege as a professional nature photographer to travel to some of the most beautiful places on Earth and witness the stunning beauty and fragility of our planet. It is for those reasons and for future generations to experience what he was fortunate enough to witness, that he has created the Give Back to Nature project. Its first goal will be to help plant One Million Trees in developing countries, thus rebuilding the natural landscapes destroyed by deforestation. 

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This week we have Doug Kaye back on the show, many months after having been out guest in episode TTIM 24 – Cuba With Doug Kaye.

Beginning his visual explorations in his father’s wet darkroom, Doug earned a degree in theatrical lighting design at U.C. Berkeley in the ’60s and studied cinematography at NYU’s Graduate Institute of Film and Television in the ’70s. In the ’80s he began a three-decade hiatus from still photography during a career in software and the dot-com world. A trip to Kenya brought Doug into digital photography and convinced him nature photography wasn’t for him, and Iceland cured him of his interest in landscape. For the past four years, Doug has focused almost exclusively on street photography, including shooting film (even medium format) much of the time. Doug teaches photography locally in San Francisco and online. He leads street-photography workshops in Cuba, which he has visited eight times. He is the co-host and producer of the CameraLabs Photography gear-review podcast with Gordon Laing.

Doug recently returned from a photography trip to Hong Kong, so we wanted to ask him what he found and what he photographed there. Aside from giving us a lot of useful information about this Asian metropolis, Doug shared with us a number of suggestions that apply to travel and street photography at large, including a recommendation to avoid being seduced by your subject.

If you don’t understand what that means, you’ll just have to listen to the interview to find out.

Duration 52m 54s.

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Juliana Dever is a professional actor, writer, and world traveler. Having traveled to almost 60 countries, her award-winning travel blog CleverDeverWherever.com helps readers find unexpected experiences in unusual places.

With over 130,000 digital followers, Juliana has been featured on NBC’s Your LA, Fox’s Good Day LA, and Flight Network’s round up of the World’s Greatest Travel Hackers. She’s also won Gold and Silver medals for her travel stories and photography from NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association).

Duration 54m 03s.

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Scott Herder is a multimedia content creator who specializes in manipulating time through time-lapse, hyper-lapse and slowmotion in his unique flowmotion videos during his travels. His work for Czech Tourism was nominated for best time-lapse video of the year. When he and his wife aren’t traveling for work, they are traveling to experience and live in different cultures. You can learn more about hyperlapse photography at hyperlapsephotography.com or follow along on their travels on instagram @boboandchichi.

Duration 47m 51s.

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