This Week in Photo (TWiP)

AlphaMirrorless 030: Even More Lens Options for Alpha Mirrorless

Since our second episode of the Alpha Mirrorless Podcast where we discussed the lens options available for the Alpha Mirrorless system, the number of lenses available for our platform has mushroomed. In this episode of the AlphaMirrorless Podcast Juan and Andy discuss many of the new lens options available for the Sony Alpha E-Mount System and share their experience and impressions.

We don’t always have all the answers, but if we don’t we will research it and try to give you the best answer we can. So what have you got to lose, go ahead and send in your questions to us by going to this form.

Sony Lenses

* Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS Lens

* Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM Lens

* Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM Lens

* Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS Lens

* Sony Zeiss Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA Lens

Zeiss Lenses

* Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Lens for Sony E Mount

* Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Lens for Sony E Mount

Samyang/Rokinon Lenses

* Samyang PREMIUM MF 14mm F2.4

* Samyang PREMIUM MF 85mm F1.2

* Samyang 14mm F2.8 ED AS IF UMC

* Samyang 50mm F1.4 AS UMC

* Samyang 20mm F1.8 ED AS UMC

* Samyang 35mm F1.2 ED AS UMC CS

Sigma Lenses

* Sigma Cine lenses

Other Lenses

* Venus Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D

* Laowa 15mm f/2 FE Zero-D

* Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro Apo-Lanthar FE

* Meike 12mm f/2.8 (APS-C)

* Meike 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye (APS-C)

Adapters

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In this interview with Sandra Coan, we talk about studio lighting, maternity photos and the wonders of film. Sandra photographs families and newborns in her Seattle studio. She is the mother of twin boys and in addition to running her own photography business, she founded the family photography website, Little Bellows. Sandra also teaches courses about studio lighting for film photographers and how to run a successful photography business.

Sandra loves studio lighting. In our conversation we talk about how she started out photographing with natural light in clients’ homes and now photographs in her studio with strobes. Sandra talks about why how using film is a different process and why she teaches classes specifically for film photographers.

Find out more about Sandra:Website, Instagram, Facebook

Find Jenny on Flickr, Facebook, Instagram

 

I’m doing a daily photo project. You can see my project and the 365 projects of other TWiP Family listeners in the TWiP Family 365 Project 2016 group on Flickr. It’s not too late to start a project. Join us.

Do you have a family photography question? A guest suggestion or topic you’d like to hear about on this family photography podcast? Use the Contact Us button to send me an email. Or contact me on the TWiP Family Facebook page and join the TWiP Family Facebook group.

TWiP Talks 57: Inside Vietnam with Ralph Velasco

In this interview I sit down with globe-trotting photographer Ralph Velasco to discuss his experiences traveling in and around Vietnam. We also discuss my upcoming Vietnam workshop, and some tips for traveling and getting great pictures in South East Asia.

About Ralph

For the past 8 years, Ralph Velasco has been President, Founder and CEO (Chief Experience Officer) of PhotoEnrichment Adventures. He’s a travel photography instructor and international guide who has organized and led over 60 small group cultural tours, with a focus on photography, around the world. Destinations include Cambodia, Vietnam, Spain, Tuscany, Cuba (15 times), Morocco, Egypt, Iceland, Turkey, Romania, the Adriatic, the Baltics and many others.

He’s the author of “Ralph Velasco On Travel Photography: 101 Tips for Developing Your Photographic Eye & More,” as well as creator of the My Shot Lists for Travel app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch®.

Ralph was a finalist for the prestigious 2015 Travel Photographer of the Year award and was selected to a group of the Top 100 Travel Photographers in the World for 2014 by a site in the U.K., as well as one of the Top 10 Travel Photography Bloggers by USA Today’s 10best.com. Additionally he was chosen to a list of 10 Photography Travel Bloggers to Inspire You This Year (2015) by FlipKey.com, a TripAdvisor company.

Connect with Ralph Velasco:

http://photoenrichment.com/

http://photoenrichment.com/products/ralphs-101-tips-book/

http://photoenrichment.com/products/my-shot-lists-for-travel/

http://photoenrichment.com/2016/03/12/travel-photographer-of-the-year-award-shortlist/

http://www.chillisauce.co.uk/blog/top-100-travel-photographers-in-the-world/

http://www.10best.com/awards/new-media-awards/best-travel-photography-bloggers/

https://www.flipkey.com/blog/2015/10/15/10-photography-travel-bloggers-to-inspire-you-this-year/

Socialize with Ralph Velasco:

https://www.facebook.com/photoenrichment

https://pinterest.com/photoenrichment

https://www.instagram.com/photoenrichment/

https://twitter.com/photoenrichment

Some of Ralph’s images:

Photoshop Video Compositing with Seán Duggan

In this episode of TheFIX we complete the compositing project from Episode 081, taking the steampunk radio composite and using it to explore video compositing in Photoshop. Host Seán Duggan shows how to use common Photoshop compositing skills such as layers, layer masks, smart objects, and blending modes to combine stills and video clips to create a video composite. The great thing about working with video compositing in Photoshop is that you can utilize a lot of skills with layrs, selections, masks and smart objects, that you may already know. Need to nrush up on Photoshop video basics? We have a previous episode of TheFIX that covers it. See the link below.

Signing Off

This will be my last episode hosting TheFIX. I’ve been hosting the show for a year now, after taking over from the original host, Jan Kabili. It’s been a great ride and over the course of 54 episodes I’ve really enjoyed bringing you a range of guests to talk about a variety of post-processing topics covering Photoshop, Lightroom, mobile apps, plug-ins, and backup strategies. I want to give a shout-out to Frederick Van Johnson and thank him for the opportunity to host this show. And if you’re not familiar with some of the other photography podcasts on TWIP, definitely check them out. There are many cool shows with talented hosts. It’s a great resource! TheFIX will be going on a hiatus but a show about post processing is certain to make it’s way back to TWIP in the near future, so stay tuned! Thanks to everyone who tuned in to listen to or view the show. I appreciate it! As I like to say at the end of the semester to students in my digital imaging classes…Go Forth and Pixelate!

Links Mentioned in This Episode

TheFIX 039: Video Editing in Photoshop

Enjoy the Video or Audio version of TheFIX

You can enjoy this and every episode of TheFIX in its video or audio version. Click the video at the top of this page to watch the video version or use the audio player on this page to listen to the show. To enjoy the audio version when you’re on the go, subscribe to TheFIX in iTunes or your favorite RSS player.

Where’s Seán?

* Check out Seán’s new weekly series Mobile Photography Weekly on Lynda.com (the current week is always free with no subscription required), as well as some of his other courses, including Learn Photoshop Compositing: 10-Minute Techniques and Photoshop: Create a Portrait Collage.

* Check out his website to learn more about his photography, workshops, and all of his Lynda.com courses.

* Connect with Seán on social media:  Facebook   |  

TWiP 483: Top Picks from Photokina

Photography’s largest trade show, Photokina kicked off this week in Cologne, Germany with a veritable big-bang of new cameras, lenses, drones and more. This weeks panel shares their favorites from today’s bounty, and a look at some under performers from the show. We also take a look at the Pentax K-1, a camera that DxOMark has rated as the 3rd best camera they’ve ever tested.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

* Announcements from Photokina

* Pentax K-1 – 3rd best ILC DxOMark has ever tested

* Lightroom mobile update adds RAW shooting functionality to built-in camera

* Don Komarechka’s limited edition snowflake coin

Picks of the Week

* Steve: Canon 5D Mark IV & Canon Online refurbished store

* Don: Ultraviolet flashlight Maxmax.com & Lumography Daguereotype Achromat lens

* Frederick: Drip email marketing

TWiP 483 is brought to you by:

Photomatix

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PocketShooters

Coming soon to The TWiP Network .. a brand new show called PocketShooters!

We believe this is an extremely important show, and the time has come for mobile phone photography to be taken seriously. The capabilities in late model iPhone and Android devices is nothing short of amazing, and the image quality is getting close to what previously was only achievable using PROFESSIONAL cameras. This show will explore the vast universe of tools, software and techniques that you can employ to begin creating pro-level mobile phone shots today.

Head over to twip.pro/pocketshooters and get on our early announcement list, and be one of the first to check out this brand new show on The TWiP Network.

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Don Komarechka: Website, Twitter, Google+

* Steve Brazil: Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

* Frederick Van Johnson: Website, Twitter, Google+, Instagram,

TWiP Apps 14: RAW; Getting RAW by 500px

With the release of iOS 10, RAW image capture comes to the latest iOS devices, while RAW editing comes to even more. Many developers are rushing to bring the reality of RAW to your iOS device, and 500px is one of the first. RAW by 500px is an all-new app that not only shoots RAW, but edits RAW — even RAW files from your full size camera. In addition to a beautiful editing workflow, RAW by 500px also includes a built-in model release form and easy submission of your final image to the 500px Marketplace — release included. And finally, in the not-too-distant future, you’ll be able to review and accept paid assignments directly from the 500px app.

Join me, PhotoJoseph, for this episode of TWiP Apps with guest Adam Shutsa, VP of Design at 500px.

Find out more about RAW:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/500px

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/500px/

Instagram: @500px

Blog: https://iso.500px.com/

Platform:

RAW by 500px was demoed on an iPhone 6.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Guest App Pick: SKRWT

Do you have a photo editing app that you would like to share on the show? Click here and select TWiP Apps to contact us!

This week is an interview with Ginger Unzueta. I was drawn to the way Ginger captures the beauty in her everyday life in both her photos and her writing. Ginger is a mother of four and teaches photography both in person and online in her Everyday Beauty class.

Ginger tells us how she photographs the same daily routine in different ways. An example we talk about is giving her baby a sink bath. She photographs the scene at different times of day, with different lenses and from a different perspective. Seeing her daily life in the is way reminds her that life isn’t happening somewhere else. It’s happening right here. Also, each day has something new to offer if we keep our eyes open.

Ginger teaches an online class, Everyday Beauty, and recently taught her first class in person to local people who wanted learn photography basics. Her Everyday Beauty class starts next week on September 26.

More about Ginger: Website, Instagram, Facebook

Find Jenny on Flickr, Instagram, Facebook

I’m doing a daily photo project. You can see my project and the 365 projects of other TWiP Family listeners in the TWiP Family 365 Project 2016 group on Flickr. It’s not too late to start a project. Join us.

Do you have a family photography question? A guest suggestion or topic you’d like to hear about on this family photography podcast? Use the Contact Us button to send me an email. Or contact me on the TWiP Family Facebook page and join the TWiP Family Facebook group.

Have you ever wanted all of the forms, correspondence and documents necessary to run your photography business? In this interview I speak with Luke Copping about how he, and his business partners have assembled all of the nuts and bolts needed to run a successful photography business.

Luke is a commercial and editorial photographer from Buffalo, NY. He creates portraits of people and animals for advertising, magazine, and corporate clients across the US and Canada. His subjects have ranged from corporate innovators to counterculture rebels, and his work has been used by clients such as Forbes Magazine, Golf Digest, NBC Sports, Popular Science, The Monocle, The Guardian, Thomson Reuters, Alternative Press, EatingWell. and many more. The majority of his personal work documents the artisans and small business owners who are working to revitalize The Rust Belt – specifically Buffalo.

Alongside Shauna Haider and Paul Jarvis, Luke is also one of the creators of Project Prescription for Photographers. This collection of digital documents, checklists, and processes enables photographers to streamline their workflow with a “tried-and-true” blueprint for landing, handling, and pleasing clients from start to finish. Offering a comprehensive workflow system and customizable documents for photographers, Project Prescription eliminates much of the guesswork that comes with incorporating sound business practices into one’s freelance work.

Dedicated to helping other photographers operate sustainable businesses, Luke is a long time member of the American Society of Media Photographers and currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the organizations National Board of Directors.

Use the code TWIP10 to receive 10% off of Project Prescription for Photographers

Project Prescription For Photographers – https://theprojectprescription.com/photography/

Luke Copping Photography – http://www.lukecopping.com

Shauna Haider – http://nubbytwiglet.com

Paul Jarvis – https://pjrvs.com

ASMP – http://www.asmp.org

Use the code TWIP10 to receive 10% off of Project Prescription for Photographers

Project Prescription For Photographers – https://theprojectprescription.com/photography/

AlphaMirrorless 029: What’s In Your Bag?

We are often asked what is in our camera bags, in other words what cameras, lenses, filters, and other miscellaneous other pieces of gear we carry with us in to the field. In this episode of the AlphaMirrorless podcast, Juan and Andy share with you not only which camera bags they use but what gear is contained within them.

We don’t always have all the answers, but if we don’t we will research it and try to give you the best answer we can. So what have you got to lose, go ahead and send in your questions to us by going to this form.

Cameras & Lenses in Andys Bag

* Sony Alpha a7R II Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only)

* Sony Alpha a6300 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 16-50mm Lens

* Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 16-50mm Lens (Black)

* Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Lens for Sony E Mount

* Sony Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS Lens

* Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS Lens

* Metabones Canon EF Lens to Sony E Mount T Smart Adapter (Mark IV)

Cameras & Lenses in Juans Bag

* Sony Alpha a7R II Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only)

* Sony Alpha a6300 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 16-50mm Lens

* Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 16-50mm Lens (Black)

* Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS Lens

* Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS Lens

* Sony Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS Lens

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TWiP 482: iPhone 7 Arrives

It’s a holiday month of sorts in the tech industry, this is the month when Apple releases their newest flagship product, the iPhone. The emphasis in this release was on the iPhone 7’s camera capabilities and Apple has put their substantial weight behind upping the ante when it comes to mobile photography.

Also, Google has added new features to its already popular Google Photos app for iOS. In some ways, “fixing” one of iPhone cameras features “Live Photos”.

And lastly, we have a thought-provoking discussion about censorship and social responsibility as it applies to Facebook. Can we really consider the social network “just” a social network anymore?

Links Mentioned in This Episode

* Apple announces the iPhone 7

* Google Photos for iOS now lets you stabilize Live Photos

* Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after deleting historical ‘napalm girl’ photo

* Facebook responds to criticism and backs down from ‘napalm girl’ censorship and reinstates photo

* Shiv’s Workshops: Yellowstone & the Grand Tetons, Namibia & Botswana, Tanzania (Mention code TWiP100 to get $100 off these tours)

Picks of the Week

* Andy: Wine Country Camera filter system

* Shiv: Panasonic Leica 12mm f/1.2

TWiP 482 is brought to you by:

Photomatix

Photomatix is the easiest way to create stunning HDR photos. Check out Photomatix at www.hdrsoft.com and click on Download to get your FREE trial.

PocketShooters

Coming soon to The TWiP Network .. a brand new show called PocketShooters!

We believe this is an extremely important show, and the time has come for mobile phone photography to be taken seriously. The capabilities in late model iPhone and Android devices is nothing short of amazing, and the image quality is getting close to what previously was only achievable using PROFESSIONAL cameras. This show will explore the vast universe of tools, software and techniques that you can employ to begin creating pro-level mobile phone shots today.

Head over to twip.pro/pocketshooters and get on our early announcement list, and be one of the first to check out this brand new show on The TWiP Network.

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Andy Biggs: Website, Twitter, Google+

* Shiv Verma: Website, Twitter, Google+

* Frederick Van Johnson: