This Week in Photo (TWiP)

This week on Street Focus my good friend and photographer Ian MacDonald helps me answer a few questions  about mirrorless technology, how to prevent photo theft and what photography resources we recommend for inspiration. The questions were submitted by Lee and Clovis Rosa.

Visit Ian’s Website, following him on Twitter: @IanMPhotography or Instagram: ianmacdonaldphotography

And The Winners are:

The last challenge was the Smile of a Stranger. Congratulations  to Maayan Porat and Hans Eckardt. They will each receive a book from our friends at Rocky Nook

 

 

Our Picks of The Week

Ian’s pick: Chase Jarvis Live

Valerie’s pick: In No Great Hurry a documentary about Saul Leiter

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.

Get on our early announcement list, and be one of the first to check out this brand new show on The TWiP Network.

We’ll be giving away a few prizes to those who sign-up early, so be sure to subscribe now so that you won’t miss out.

TWiP Weddings 046: Must-Have Personality Traits for Wedding Photographers

Being a great wedding photographer takes more than great technical skill and knowing and knowing your way around a camera. There are a number of soft skills and certain personality traits that go a long way towards being a great wedding photographer.

A recent article on Picr, shared some of the must-have personality traits for wedding photographers and we thought it would be fun to discuss what personality traits we think make good wedding photographers.

Links Mentioned in this Episode

* Must-have personality traits for wedding photographers

* How to Stop Worrying & Start Living by Dale Carnegie

Picks of the Week

* Robert: AlphaUniverse

* Bryan: Trombone Player Wanted

* Bruce: Ripl

Connect with Us

We want to hear from you. Your questions and comments will provide direction for the show and will inform future topics. Send in your question and it may end up being answered on the show. Submit your questions for the show by sending us an email at [email protected]. You can also post a Tweet using the hashtag #twipwed. You can also follow us on Instagram at www.instagram.com/twipwed. You can also interact with us on our Facebook group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/twipwed/

Connect with our Hosts & Guests

* Bryan Caporicci: Website, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram

* Robert Evans: Website, Twitter,  Google+, Instagram

* Bruce Clarke: Website, Twitter, Google+, Facebook. Instagram

Tame Your Lightroom Library with Rob Sylvan

In this episode of TheFIX photographer, teacher, and author Rob Sylvan joins host Seán Duggan for a discussion about some of the things that can go wrong with a Lightroom catalog, and ways you can prevent common problems from occurring. We also talk about his new book, How to Tame Your Photo Library with Lightroom, which has just been published by Adobe Press. Rob has been KelbyOne’s Lightroom Help Desk Specialist for over ten years and that experience helping people all over the world with their Lightroom questions makes him very qualified to write this book! He also writes a regular Lightroom column for Photoshop User magazine, and pens articles and hosts a live monthly Lightroom Hangout at PhotoFocus.com.

Links Mentioned in this Episode

Lightroomers.com    |    Digital Photo Workshops    |     Photofocus.com

10 More Things I Would Tell a New Lightroom User – article by Rob Sylvan

About Our Guest

Rob Sylvan is a photographer, teacher, and the author of How to Tame Your Photo Library with Lightroom (Adobe Press), as wll as several other photography books. In addition to being KelbyOne’s Lightroom Help Desk Specialist, he also writes the “Under the Loupe” column for Photoshop User magazine, and blogs about Lightroom at Photofocus.com. He is the author of several photography related books, eBooks,and videos including Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC / Lightroom 6 Learn by Video by Peachpit Press.

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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.

This week I’m thrilled to share my conversation with Rick Sammon on learning photography little by little. Rick tells people to slow down when they’re learning photography and learn new skills one by one.

I have loved Rick’s books about photography for years. He’s written quite a few. (36!) We talk about his new book, Creative Visualization for Photographers. Rick encourages photographers to visualize the end result before they take a photograph. He compares it knowing what you are going to cook before you start dinner.

I ask Rick about his family photos. He says, “I have thousands of pictures and my most important are the photos of my family.” Rick tells us about the last photo he took of his father. He says it is his most important picture. He encourages people to photograph your loved ones – because you just never know.

Rick gives us a very quick tutorial about your child blowing out the candles on the birthday cake.

Blowing out the Candles

Boost the ISO

Expose for the highlights

Watch the background

Check your shutter speed so it’s fast enough to prevent blur

Make sure your lens is clean so you don’t have flares

Rick’s Simple Tips For Parents

Work in natural light. Bring your subject to the window and have your subject’s nose follow the light.

Shoot eye to eye with your subject instead of shooting down. Get on your child’s eye level.

Have fun. Enthusiasm is contagious. If you’re having fun. Your subject will too.

Play with shadows. Rick tells us about how he took the photo of his son that is at the top of this post.

Rick’s Camera

Canon 5DS. Canon 5D Mark III and sometimes a Canon Rebel.

But never mind that. Rick says, “Cameras don’t take pictures. People do.”

AlphaMirrorless 028: Sharing and Promoting your Photography

Sharing your work has to be one of the most fulfilling aspects of photography, yet we run into many people that don’t know the basics of sharing and promoting their work online. In this episode of the AlphaMirrorless podcast Juan and Andy give you a primer on sharing and promoting your work online. It’s much easier than you think.

As mentioned in the podcast we are giving away a 2 year subscription to SmugMug so that you have a home online to share your work. All you have to do is upload some of your best work to the AlphaMirrorless Podcast Facebook page. Juan and Andy will pick a winner by Oct 12 and make an announcement on a podcast following that date. Please keep in mind that it may take us an episode or two to announce the winner as we typically record the podcasts with some lead-time to accommodate our heavy travel schedules.

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.

Links mentioned on the episode

* Instagram

* FaceBook

* SmugMug

* Flickr

* 500px

* SquareSpace

* PhotoShelter

* ZenFolio

Wishes of the Week

* Juan: People would stop using Flash for their websites

* Andy: When showing a gallery of images, be a good self-editor. Don’t upload 20 images of the same scene or subject – pick your best!

Picks of the Week

* Juan: SmugMug

* Andy: SmugMug

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Juan Pons: Website, Facebook

* Andy Williams: Website, Facebook

* AlphaMirrorless Facebook Page

Trey Ratcliff is a photographer, artist, writer and adventurer. Trey’s images capture the beauty of exotic travel destinations while exploring the tension between what is real and what is a fiction. And his stories share the humor of the bizarre situations he often finds himself in.

Each day, Trey posts a new photo to his website, StuckInCustoms.com, which receives over one million monthly page views. His photos have been viewed over 130 Billion times, his YouTube videos 8 million times and has amassed an audience of over 16 million people on social media.

Trey is best known as a pioneer in HDR photography. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range, a technique whereby multiple levels of light are captured for a particular scene and then combined into a single photograph. The resulting images are richly detailed and more closely resemble what you recall of the scene in your mind.

Trey grew up blind in one eye, which changed the way he has come to experience and visually map the world. This, combined with his degree in computer science and math, has shaped his unique, algorithm-like, approach to capturing a scene that evokes more palpable memories.

Trey’s photo, “Fourth on Lake Austin”, was the first HDR photograph to hang in the Smithsonian. He has been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and the BBC, and his photos have accumulated more than 100 million views. His best-selling book, “A World in HDR” sold out on Amazon in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. Trey has taught many thousands of people the secrets to his techniques via his free HDR tutorial and a more detailed video tutorial, both are available on his website.

Kickstarter:  http://www.StuckInCustoms.com/links/kickstarter

Plotagraph:  http://trey-ratcliff.squarespace.com

The Arcanum:  http://www.TheArcanum.com

The Untethered Soul: https://www.amazon.com/Untethered-Soul-Journey-Beyond-Yourself/dp/1572245379

A New Earth

TWiP 481: Photokina Preview

With the Photokina tradeshow just around the corner, vendors are polishing up their offerings, and teasing us with the next amazing thing that will make us whip out that credit card. DJI has new drones, GoPro also has new drones, and even Garmin is entering the fray with an action camera that takes direct aim at GoPro. There are definitely some interesting announcements ahead!

Links Mentioned in This Episode

* DJI releases the Osmo Mobile

* DJI announces a new Osmo with a zoom lens

* Images of DJI’s folding ‘Mavic’ drone leak out

* GoPro leaks images of Karma drone, Hero 5, & Stabilizer

* Garmin’s new action cam boasts voice control beating GoPro to the punch

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

* Doug’s Cuba Tour: DougKaye.com/workshops and use the code TWIP100 to get $100 off the workshop fee

Picks of the Week

* Doug: Transcend TS-RDF9K Card Reader

* Shiv: Atomos Ninja Flame

* Frederick: Black Magic Video Assist

TWiP 481 is brought to you by:

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Vietnam Trip

This November, Frederick is taking a few lucky TWiPPERs to the beautiful and colorful country of Vietnam. It’ll be an adventure full of photography, food, laughs and FUN. Come hang out for two weeks and come away with photos and memories and adventures to brag about that you never thought possible.

Sign up today at http://twip.pro/vietnam2016

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Doug Kaye: Website, Twitter, Instagram

* Shiv Verma: Website, Twitter, Google+

* Frederick Van Johnson: 

Street Focus 103: Street Tips with Patrick La Roque

This week on Street Focus, Montreal based photographer Patrick La Roque gives us his top street tips. I’m sure you will enjoy this fun conversation, I did!

Patrick La Roque is a speaker, writer and professional photographer from Montreal, Canada. He is an official Fujifilm X-Photographer and founder of the KAGE COLLECTIVE, an international group specializing in visual storytelling and documentary work.

www.laroquephoto.com

www.kagecollective.com

 

 

TWiP Apps 13: Priime Styles;

The awesome iOS app Priime has grown up into a full-fledged Mac desktop app that operates stand-alone, or as a plug-in for Lightroom and Mac OS X Photos. With an Explore view that makes it easy to preview dozens of styles at once, batch processing, and the raw power of the Mac, giving your photos some serious style has never been easier.

Find out more about Priime Styles:

Twitter: http://twitter.com/priime

Facebook: http://facebook.com/priime

Instagram: http://instagram.com/priime

Blog: http://medium.com/priime

Platform:

Priime Styles was demoed on a Macbook Pro and is available for OS X.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Guest App Pick: Amazon Photos

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