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TWiP 479: Smoke & Mirrors

Rumors are heating up about a new camera that may be coming out of the Canon DSLR machine. If the rumors are correct, the eagerly anticipated 5D Mark IV is set to replace its predecessor with innovative features like “Dual Pixel Raw”, a feature that may allow photographers to adjust focus in post.

Also, GoPro is now shipping its 360 degree 6-­Hero4 carrying omni­directional video rig, you might remember us talking about this product in a previous episode. Well, it’s available now… are you ready for it?

And VSCO announces the launch of its new Open Studio, a free-­to-­use studio space in New York City.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

* Dual Pixel RAW coming to the 5D Mark IV?

* GoPro’s 6 camera Omni VR rig now available

* VSCO opens a free-to-use studio in New York

* Breather – meeting rooms on demand

* PhotoJoseph’s Photo Moments

* PhotoJoseph Workshops

Picks of the Week

* Juan: Really Right Stuff Pocket Pod

* Joseph: VidiU

* Frederick: Out of New York Conference

TWiP 479 is brought to you by:

TWiP School

This episode of TWiP is brought to you by the new TWiP School! We’ve just launched and the school already has THOUSANDS of students and several photography courses to choose from.

Check it out today at http://www.TWiPSchool.com

2 Minute Lighroom Tips

Frequent TWiP co­-host Nicole Young has released an amazing collection of bite­sized Lightroom Training tutorials! Nicole covers the very best tips and tricks inside of Adobe® Lightroom® CC. Each lesson is about 1­4 minutes long and each lesson focuses on one key feature in Lightroom. Nicole has created these videos to save you time by getting to the point and teaching you only what you need to know, without excessive talk.

Whether you are brand­ new to Lightroom, or have been using it for some time, this course will help you become a Lightroom expert in bite­-sized two­ minute lessons.

Check it out today at TWiP.pro/lightroom!

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Juan Pons: Website, Twitter, Google+

* Joseph Linaschke: Website, Twitter, Google+

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

Brooks Institute, a visual arts school whose alumni include Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winners announced last week the end of their 70-year run.

After years of declining enrolment, tighter federal rules on for-profit schools and efforts to move the school to downtown Ventura, California – representatives announced the doors will permanently close on October 31st, 2016, and that all classes in the fall semester have been cancelled.

I was acting Chairman of the Board for the school up until last week, when myself and the remaining board members made individual and unanimous decisions to resign from the board – following the termination of the school’s president, by the parent company.

In this interview, I sit down with Jeffrey Burke, a former Chairman of the Board at the school to discuss the impact of this closure, what’s next for the students, faculty and the for-profit education industry in general.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

* The Rise & Fall of Brooks Institute

* Brooks Institute shutting down after 70 years

* Brooks Institute closes after 70 years of photography education

* Washington ArtWorks & Washington School of Photography declares bankruptcy

About Jeffrey Burke

JT Burke uses the mad photo skills that he has accumulated throughout his working life to create glimpses of a personal Paradise. His visions are cobbled together using vintage costume jewelry, each piece individually photographed and cataloged and then digitally collaged into ornate compositions that straddle the boundaries between representation and abstraction.

His inspiration is drawn from many sources including Hieronymus Bosch, Dr. Seuss, Byzantine iconography, 20th century modernists and 12 years of Catholic school education. His tightly editioned, digital compositions have been exhibited in Barcelona Spain, Bristol UK, New York City, throughout California, and have been featured in various publications including Juxtapoz and Huff Post Arts.

JT Burke lives and works in South Pasadena, CA.

Street Focus 101: Through Our Eyes Project with Jason Williamson

About the Project: The Through Our Eyes Project hands out cameras to people who are living on the street, in a local shelter or are otherwise affected by homelessness. Unlike any project before, the homeless in communities will have an integral hand in helping expose the issue of homelessness rather than merely being the problem that others are trying to solve. Through Our Eyes Project is bigger than a social experiment. It’s greater than an art piece. It’s more important than an outreach. This project is a lifeline. The photographers will be equipped with a tool to tell their story. They will be encouraged through a word of hope. The community will be engaged to support those who work with the homeless and proceeds will help fund homeless ministries. The cameras are disposable, but the people behind them are not.

About Jason: Jason Williamson is a pastor in Spartanburg, South Carolina. After studying photography at Winthrop University, Jason worked in digital advertising sales for 10 years prior to transitioning to a career in ministry. Going on an international mission trip to a megacity in Asia changed his perspective on how he should be living his life as a Christian. Photography has been one of his passions for nearly 18 years and has become a critical tool for his ministry work as it tells stories, captures events and rethinks the role of the arts in missions and ministry.

Jason travels around the world as part of his ministry and enjoys street photography, abstracts and making ugly or disinteresting things look beautiful for people to see in a new way. He loves his wife and two children, listening to music, watching documentaries, and enabling others to use their gifts and talents to do great things.

Links:

Project website: www.throughoureyesproject.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/throughoureyesproject

Instagram: www.instagram.com/throughoureyesproject

 

TWiP Apps 12: Astropad; Make Your iPad Pro Astronomical

If you’ve ever tried to paint, draw, or retouch in an app like Photoshop using the mouse, then you know how cumbersome it can be. The drawing tablet is the long loved tool of professional image-makers allowing them to incorporate pressure, tilt, and natural hand movements into their work. Tablets though are expensive, and take some getting used to while you learn to paint here, but watch there. Tablets that allow you to paint directly on the screen are incredibly expensive — or at least they were, until now. If you own an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil, then you’re just one app away from a whole new brushing experience.

Find out more about Astropad:

Twitter: @astropadapp

Instagram: @astropadapp

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astropadapp/

Platform:

Astropad was demoed on an iPad Pro and MacBook Pro, and is available for iPad and Mac.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Guest App Pick: iOS app “Manual” ShootManual.co

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!

Photoshop Toning & Color Tinting

In this episode of TheFIX, host Seán Duggan shares some tips and techniques for creating color toning and tinting (i.e., “hand coloring”) effects for black & white images. Beyond those key topics, this show also features useful tips on adjustment layers, layer masks, blending modes, and alternate ways of applying color tinting. Starting with a historical image from the Library of Congress, we start off with a look at how to create a basic sepia toning look. From there, we mix it up a bit and use multiple sepia layers and layer masks to create a varied and irregular toning effect, as well as a sepia look that also applies a darkening effect that contributes a tonal richness to the image. Next we shift gears and go over the basic “dance steps” for using adjustment layers and layer masks to create a hand colored look.

The hand coloring for the women factory workers photo was created after this episode was recorded, using the same type of techniques shown in the episode on the puma fountain photo. You can see the result below, as well as screenshots of the final layers panel for the colorized photo.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

Library of Congress Flickr Page

Enjoy the Video or Audio version of TheFIX

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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.

* Connect with Seán on social media:  Facebook   |   Twitter   |   Google+  |   Instagram

This week’s podcast is an interview with Chuck Anerino. Chuck is a father of three boys who photographs his family in a documentary style. We talk about why got interested in making photos before he had children of his own and what those photos were like.

Chuck talks about the stages he went through to become a better photographer. Like so many of us, he spent time blurring out the background of all his photos with a wide aperture. After awhile, he wanted his photos to have more context. His photographs changed when he started using a 35mm lens and closing down his lens a little.

We discuss how Chuck creates images he finds interesting by committing to a composition and patiently waiting for something to happen. Chuck also tells us how he fell for a Leica Monochrom camera and photographed a year of his family life in black and white. He talks how that limitation made his work stronger.

More about Chuck: Personal Website, Business Website, Instagram

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.

AlphaMirrorless 025: Landscape Photography

Landscape photography is the bread and butter of any outdoor photographer and who isn’t captivated by a beautiful landscape image? Juan and Andy are both passionate landscape photographers and in this episode of the AlphaMirrorless podcast, they’ll share with you their best techniques and tips on landscape photography.

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

* Clear Sky Chart

* The Photographer’s Ephemeris

* PhotoPills

* Breakthrough Photography

Wishes of the Week

* Juan: I am hoping the Rokinon/Samyang 14mm f/2.8 AF lens performs as well as we all want it to.

* Andy: Fully articulating screens. C’mon, Sony!

Picks of the Week

* Juan: Really Right Stuff Pocket Pod Ultra

* Andy: 35mm f/1.7 SLR Magic Lens. Manual focus, cool blur effects! Here is an example of what this lens accomplishes

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Juan Pons: Website, Facebook

* Andy Williams: Website, Facebook

* AlphaMirrorless Facebook Page

In this interview Giulio Sciorio joins the show to discuss with me the rising importance and viability of mobile phone photography. Specifically, how the iPhone continues its dominance over point-and-shoot cameras.

The iPhone, helped along by Apples “Shot on iPhone” campaign, is showing that professional-level results can be accomplished by using a device many of us carry with us everywhere.

What’s next for mobile photography? And how can you start taking more than just food pics and selfies with the powerful device you have at your fingertips?!

About Giulio:

Giulio is a minimalist photographer who creates content for the small screens in a social world.

G’s photographic roots began in film so he creates as much of my work as possible in camera. In a digital world this authentic way of creating gets the work online fast.

Websites: http://www.giuliosciorio.com and http://www.CreatorsPath.org

TWiP 478: The Rise & Fall of Brooks Institute

Brooks Institute, a visual arts school whose alumni include Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winners announced last week the end of their 70-year run.

After years of declining enrolment, tighter federal rules on for-profit schools and efforts to move the school to downtown Ventura, California – representatives announced the doors will permanently close on October 31st, 2016, and that all classes in the fall semester have been cancelled.

I was acting Chairman of the Board for the school up until last week, when myself and the remaining board members made individual and unanimous decisions to resign from the board – following the termination of the school’s president, by the parent company.

In this interview, I sit down with Jeffrey Burke, a former Chairman of the Board at the school to discuss the impact of this closure, what’s next for the students, faculty and the for-profit education industry in general.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

* The Rise & Fall of Brooks Institute

* Brooks Institute shutting down after 70 years

* Brooks Institute closes after 70 years of photography education

* Washington ArtWorks & Washington School of Photography declares bankruptcy

About Jeffrey Burke

JT Burke uses the mad photo skills that he has accumulated throughout his working life to create glimpses of a personal Paradise. His visions are cobbled together using vintage costume jewelry, each piece individually photographed and cataloged and then digitally collaged into ornate compositions that straddle the boundaries between representation and abstraction.

His inspiration is drawn from many sources including Hieronymus Bosch, Dr. Seuss, Byzantine iconography, 20th century modernists and 12 years of Catholic school education. His tightly editioned, digital compositions have been exhibited in Barcelona Spain, Bristol UK, New York City, throughout California, and have been featured in various publications including Juxtapoz and Huff Post Arts.

JT Burke lives and works in South Pasadena, CA.

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Jeffrey Burke: Website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

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

Credits

* Pre-production by: Bruce Clarke

* Post production by: Suzanne Llewellyn & Vince Bauer

* Bandwidth provided by: 

Street Focus 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes

This week my good friends and veteran podcasters Ibarionex Perello and Martin Bailey join me to celebrate 100 episodes of Street Focus and talk about what keeps us going week after week.

THANK YOU to you, the listeners, for sticking with me every week!

Also, a big thank you to Jane Sheers for her creativity in making a special banner photo for this episode!