This Week in Photo (TWiP)

TWiP Weddings 044: Wedding Videography with Rob Adams

This week we are joined by Rob Adams from Rob Adams films. Rob is a storyteller, cinematographer and educator from New Jersey who has shot and produced over 500 wedding videos for clients all over the world. Rob’s work has been featured on several websites and publications including Martha Stewart Weddings, Green Wedding Shoes, & Junebug Weddings.

Rob is here today to talk with us about the world of wedding videography and share some tips and advice on how wedding photographers and videographers can work together on the wedding day.

Links Mentioned in this Episode

* Rob Adams Films

* Rob Adams Films on Vimeo

* Follow Rob on Instagram

* LearnPhotoVideo.com

Picks of the Week

* Rob: Motorized Precision robotic camera rig

* Bryan: Lexar Professional UHS-II cards

* Bruce: Adobe Creative Cloud & Rob’s Classes on CreativeLive

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

* Rob Adams: Website, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

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

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

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

Concert Photography with Alan Hess

On this episode of TheFIX, Alan Hess provides a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to photograph concerts and other high-profile live events. Alan shows some of his favorite concert images, and also shares some cool processing tips, including creating default Lightroom process interpretations on a per-camera basis that will also work in Camera Raw, and using the Library panel in Photoshop to easily add personal branding to your images.

About This Week’s Guest

Alan Hess is a San Diego-based photographer specializing in concert and live-event photography. From small club shows to big arenas, Alan enjoys the fast pace of shooting on the fly, the rush of the house lights going down, and the drive to capture the “show” in images of the first three songs. Alan is currently the house photographer for a large concert venue in Southern California and when he isn’t out shooting concerts, he is writing photography books. He is the author of fifteen books covering everything from Concert Photography to Pet Photography including books on the Nikon Creative Lighting System, Night and Low Light Photography and three books on getting the most from your iPad. Alan has contributed to Photoshop User magazine and has been a part of the Instructor Dream Team at Photoshop World since 2009.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

Alan Hess Photography     |    Enthusiast’s Guide to Multi-Shot Techniques     |     Enthusiasts Guides Series

Kelby One Online Class: Concert Photography with Alan Hess & Scott Diussa

Rocky Nook Book Giveaway

A quick reminder about the current Rocky Nook Book Giveaway: Check out last week’s episode page for details on how to enter to win the Ricky Nook book of your choice. The entry period for this giveaway is the usual two weeks. Entries close at 11:59pm PST on Tuesday August 23, 2016.

 

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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 

This week’s show is an interview with Kelly Moore Clark, creator of Kelly Moore Bags. Kelly was a wedding photographer and couldn’t find a bag that fit her body or her needs. She had an idea for the perfect bag and resolved to stop talking about this perfect bag and make one. Kelly had no experience making bags, but she knew what she wanted. She found people who could help her create the bags and quickly found other people who wanted the bag she’d created.

Kelly had small children, a photography business and camera bag business. It was too much. She focused on her growing family and her camera bag business. Kelly tells us how her family grew through adoption (you can see that story here). Her camera bag business also grew and now creates many styles of bags for both women and men.

One of Kelly’s passions in photography is lighting. We talk about how to get started with off camera flash and how to make great photos in all kinds of lighting situations.

Kelly is giving away a camera bag to one lucky listener. If you’d like to win a Kelly Moore bag, leave a comment here about which bag you’d choose. You can see the options at Kelly Moore Bag. A winner will be chosen on August 30, 2016.

More about Kelly: Website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter

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 024: A Primer on Astrophotography

We absolutely love shooting stars, the milky way and the Northern Lights and teach it quite often during the workshops we teach. In this extra long episode of the AlphaDigital podcast, Juan and Andy give you a primer on all things astrophotography. We cover just about every topic from lenses, cameras, settings, accessories and much more.

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

* Muench Workshops Arches & Canyonlands Night Skies Photo Workshop with Juan

* Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 ED AS IF UMC Lens for Sony E Mount

* Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS Lens for Sony E-Mount (Crop Mount)

* Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 Lens (Crop Mount)

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

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

* Batis 25mm f/2 Lens for Sony E Mount

* LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D on Kickstarter

* Sony Alpha a7S II Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only)

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

* Sony Alpha a7 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)

* Clear Sky Chart

* Dark Sky Finder

* The Photographer’s E...

Aurora HDR is a joint project by Macphun and Trey Ratcliff, the world’s most renowned HDR photographer. This photo software brings together into one application what previously took trips to several other applications.

Jim Nix is an Austin-based traveler, photographer and wanderlust sufferer. He specializes in “high dynamic range” photography, also known as HDR. He is inspired by travel and enjoys creating dramatic and expressive photos that represent the places he discovers.

In this interview, Jim and I connect in a Google+ Hangout to discuss his workflow using MacPhun’s new Aurora HDR software. Jim shares his screen to demonstrate his workflow ,and also reveals how he uses the software as his default image editor — in place of the outstanding tools already present in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

 

 

Website: http://nomadicpursuits.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jimnix17

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JimNix17

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimnix/

Aurora HDR tutorial: http://nomadicpursuits.com/hdr-tutorial

 

TWiP 477: Embrace & Extend

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. So by that measure, Instagram is throwing flattery all over SnapChat these days. Instagram, a leader in social photo sharing, has pretty much copied SnapChats “stories” feature. But does it matter? Facebook has unsuccessfully attempted to acquire SnapChat several times, is this new “save­as style” product development tactic the Internet giants way of “acquiring” SnapChat without spending a dime?

Also, a photographer is suing stock image giant Getty Images for ONE BILLION DOLLARS. After receiving a threatening copyright infringement accusation from the company about one of her OWN photos.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

* Instagram’s new stories are a near-perfect copy of Snapchat Stories

* Photographer sues Getty images for $1B after being billed for her own photo

* Cool new tech can print holograms with regular ink jet printers

* Doug’s Cuba Workshop

Picks of the Week

* Sara: Sony a7RII

* Doug: Fujifilm Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic Instant Film Camera

TWiP 477 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

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.

Connect with Our Hosts & Guests

* Doug Kaye: Website, Twitter, Instagram

* Sara France: Website, Twitter, Google+, Instagram

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

Credits

* Pre-production by: Bruce Clarke

* Post production by: S...

Street Focus 99: Q&A and Street Challenge

This week on Street Focus my guest is my good friend Alec Hosterman. Together we answer questions about photography education, workflow and editing time sent by Levi Shand and Ludo. We also give the winners of the Street Challenge, announce a new one and give our picks of the week!

By day, Alec Hosterman is a mild-mannered Assistant Professor in the Communication Studies program at Longwood University where he teaches courses in public relations, social media campaigns, and visual communication. By night, Alec becomes a diabolical photo geek who enjoys street, architectural, and nature photography. His secret weapons include the sleek Fuji X100S and the ever-powerful Fuji X-T1. Alec lives in the thriving metropolis of Farmville, Virginia (yes, that’s a real place) with his three sidekicks: one spoiled dog and two fat cats. Connect with Alec: www.alechosterman.com & www.instagram.com/alechosterman

And the winners are…

The last street challenge was about breaking the rules to create tension. We have 3 winners this week, congratulations and thank you to all who participated!

Elizabeth Gray

Berit Schurse

Scott Johnston

All three will receive an ebook of their choice from our friends at www.Rockynook.com

NEW Street Challenge: Smiles of Strangers. Enter the most beautiful smile of a stranger captured on the streets in the show notes for this episode by September 8.

Picks of the week:

Alek’s pick: Black Rapid Metro Camera Strap

Valerie’s pick: Lensbaby Velvet 56mm

Images shot with the Lensbaby Velvet lens

 

Some of Valerie’s Beautiful Smiles of Strangers for inspiration

TWiP Apps 11: younity; Younify Your Photos

Have you ever needed a photo on your iOS or Android device, but it was stored on your Mac or PC, and had no way to get to it? Whether you’re on the other side of the house or the other side of the world, today’s app, younity, will allow you to find any photo, file, video or song on any of your computers from any of your mobile devices.

Find out more about younity:

Website: https://getyounity.com/

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/getyounity

Platform:

Younity was demoed on an iPhone and is available for iOS, OS X, Android, and Windows.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Guest App Pick: VSCO

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!

Macphun Tonality Pro Black & White Processing with Dan Hughes

On this episode of TheFIX, photographer and photo educator Dan Hughes joins us to talk about processing black & white images using the Macphun Tonality Pro plug-in for Lightroom and Photoshop. Tonality is available for the Mac OS as a stand-alone plug-in or app, or as part of Macphun’s Creative Kit suite of six photo editing apps, and it provides an excellent interface and toolkit for crafting black & white interpretations from your photographs. In his demo, Dan shows how to use the layers feature to customize the initial black & white conversion, and also how layer masks work so that adjustments can be applied with great precision to specific areas of the image. With the use of Smart Objects in Photoshop, Dan also shows how the edits you apply with Tonality can be flexible and editable just like standard Photoshop adjustment layers.

About This Week’s Guest

Dan Hughes resides in the great little city of Rochester NY where he teaches photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology 10 months a year. The rest of the year he focuses on honing his own craft and helping anyone in need that he possibly can. Two of his favorite quotes are “If you think you can or if you think you can’t, you’re probably right” –Henry Ford,  and “The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.” – Robert Frost.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

Macphun Tonality     |     Macphun Creative Kit

Rocky Nook Book Giveaway

It’s that time again…time for the return of the Rocky Nook Book Giveaway  [CUE: applause and enthusiastic cheering]. To enter to win the Rocky Nook book of your choice, just leave a comment below. Since this is a show about black & white processing, you can post one of your black & white images and let us know what you used to process it, or you can also just leave a comment with a suggestion about a topic, a particular software product or technique, or a guest you’d like to see featured on a future episode of TheFIX. The entry period for this giveaway is the usual two weeks. Entries close at 11:59pm PST on Tuesday August 23, 2016.

Photos by Dan Hughes, processed in Tonality

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