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Photography podcast #107  features an Interview with Canadian Nature photographer Royce Howland. In this podcast we talk specifically about how to get realistic colours using the HDR process. HDR (high dynamic range) is a process that allows us to capture details in the highlighs and the shadows of our images by shooting multiple frames of the same image at different exposures and then blending them in software. Many HDR images that we see on the web have really wonky and unrealistic colours. We pass no judgement on these types of images but this podcast is dedicated to getting realistic colours using the HDR process. We summarize the process from why we do this, to capture, to gear,  to using the software to create the images. We also discuss the differences between the HDR process and using graduated neutral density filters.     Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Royce Howland website Royce Howland's feature on Photography.ca Older HDR article by Royce Howland HDRSoft - Makers of Photomatix Oloneo - Makers of PhotoEngine Red Giant - Makers of Magic Bullet PhotoLooks HDR Labs - HDR information resource Topaz Adjust HDR Efex Pro If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to Benny and Delbensonphotography who posted  blog comments about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #106 discusses the often confusing topic of white balance and why sometimes the camera screws up our images like giving us blue snow. Correcting this is really easy and it just requires a bit of understanding of what is going on in the background.  In a very tight oversimplified nutshell, when we see something that has colour, it has that colour due to the colour temperature of the light source illuminating it. Light a candle in a dark room and look at a white baseball; it will look orange. The same thing happens with white snow that looks bluish under cloudy overcast conditions because cloudy light is bluish. Our eyes might not notice the blue because our brain compensates for the cast because it "knows" that snow is white, but the camera often gets it wrong. In this podcast we talk about white balance, automatic white balance, the white balance presets that your camera comes with and setting a custom white balance. If you've ever wanted to improve the colour accuracy of your images, this photo podcast offers up some fast tips.     If your image has a colour cast, to neutralize it, you add the OPPOSITE colour of the cast.    Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Spinrite - To recover crashed hard drives Allan Levene is running for congress! Grey cards at B&H - Expodisc at B&H - Color meters at B&H Photography tours in Montreal - One to one photography instruction by yours truly - Wide open aperture is our regular forum assignment for May - Texture is our level 2 forum assignment for May If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to Rob vE, Yisehaq and Robertv in Edinburgh who posted  blog comments about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #105 offers up tips on how to improve your bounced flash photography. Bouncing your flash off of walls and ceilings is easy and really softens the light which is often desirable especially in portraits. You can also achieve a much more interesting lighting pattern versus direct on-camera flash. You can often achieve great results with minimal effort and minimal help; I often use bounced flash when I am shooting alone and need a quick lighting setup. The images below of my wife Carmy were shot in about 5 minutes against a slightly green wall in my livingroom. The tones in the face and background wall are similar but not identical in all images and I deliberately chose not to match them to see the subtle differences. These differences are due to the different ways that the light bounced around the room. There were windows in the room but the day was cloudy and no direct light was shining through the windows. Images are unretouched.     Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Spinrite - To recover crashed hard drives Photo podcast #4 - Fill flash Photo podcast #47 - Flash sync speeds Photo podcast #71 Portable flash - Bright Colour is our regular forum assignment for March - Silhouettes is our level 2 forum assignment for March If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to Neil Speers, Stephen Kennedy, Ken Wolter, Jonathan Ramsdell and Allan Levene who posted  blog comments about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #104 discusses strategies for backing up your images. One of my external hard drives that held tens of thousands of images failed recently. Even though I had a duplicate of the images on another drive, the duplicates were poorly arranged. This got me thinking about better and safer backup strategies. I'd DEFINITELY appreciate hearing about YOUR backup strategies. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: - Crashplan.com - Backblaze.com - Carbonite.com - Amazon S3 services calculator - "Transportation" is our regular forum assignment for February - Intentional Overexposure is our level 2 assignment for February If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to skcazador, amber, cartman75 and Glenn Iguanasan Euloth who posted  blog comments about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #103 talks about a wet weather photography umbrella contraption that I recently put together. Basically it's a GIANT golf umbrella and a sling. I've been shooting a lot in the rain and snow lately and sometimes you need to have both hands free. This umbrella contraption allows you to keep both hands on the camera and works well in heavy rain or snow so long as it's not too windy.   Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: - Golftown.com - Gustbuster umbrellas - Brellabag.com - Podcast #88 - Rain photography - "Lights" is our regular forum assignment for December - Ugly ducklings - looking for beauty in everything  is our level 2 assignment for December If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to cartman75, Benny and Gale who posted  blog comments about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #102 discusses layering your photographs with interesting elements. This involves serious attention to the overall composition of every frame that you take. If you are taking a shot of a mountain for example, there's always more to the shot than just the mountain. When you are aware of what's around the mountain and take the time to "layer" the image with interesting elements, the composition as a whole gets much stronger. We also touch on how to refine those "layered elements" in post processing.       Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: - Improving boring landscapes - Images that compliment SONG titles or Book titles is our regular forum assignment for November - Intentional camera movement  is our level 2 assignment for November If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to Scorpio_e, Melissa Dorner, Josh G, Mathias,  Avital Pinnick, Henry. b, and Jill bayer who posted  blog comments about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #101 features an interview with one of my favorite photographers, fine art photographer Michael Orton. In this podcast we talk about deliberately moving your camera during the exposure. Normally, this is FORBIDDEN and you do everything in your power to keep the camera as still as possible while shooting. But Michael has a very unique way of seeing and has again broken the rules. He has created a unique and fabulous new portfolio of one-of-a-kind abstract landscape images, by way of intentional camera movement. This podcast discusses intentional camera movements for creative effect. Michael Orton is a fine art photography pioneer. First he created Orton Imagery, AKA the Orton effect some 30ish years ago.  This technique has been used by tens of thousands of photographers and has become so popular that Adobe Elements 10 now features an action called the Orton Effect. I'd bet hard that Michael's technique involving compound camera movements also develops a cult-like following in the years to come. Thanks so much Michael!   Awakening by Michael Orton - The abstract painterly feel to this image was created IN CAMERA by using Intentional camera movement.   Michael Orton at 'Work' - Image by Marko Kulik   Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: - Michael Orton Photography - Michael Orton's feature on Photography.ca - 67 – Orton Imagery – The Orton Effect – Interview with Michael Orton and Darwin Wiggett - Podcast #67 - Photographing Creative Landscapes by Michael Orton: Simple Tools for Artistic Images and Enhanced Creativity If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to Patrick, Bambi and Glenn Euloth who posted  blog comments about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #100 celebrates our 100th photography podcast and focuses on the tag line of the podcast which is 'keep on shooting' in any light. I'd like to take this moment to thank all our listeners! Your support and encouragement during these past 100 episodes has been awesome. Thanks for all the feedback, all the comments and all the contributions. Special thanks as well to all the guests that have shared their knowledge so freely. More interviews are planned for the future. In this podcast I offer up tips on how to shoot in any light so long as it suits the subject.   I shot this image at about 2pm. The light that most of the ducks were resting in was bright and harsh. Had I shot this duck in that direct light, the shadows would have been too harsh. This particular duck though was resting under a shelter that softened the light and the soft light suited this subject far better and holds details in the blacks and the whites. Straight shot - No flash was used here.   Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: - How to photograph with hard light - Podcast #97 - Rain photography - Podcast #88  - Studio lighting for beginners - Podcast #33  - September's regular assignment on the Photography.ca forum - Yellow - September's level 2 assignment on the Photography.ca forum - Macros of any kind If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to Rob vE, Rich, Anuj, Photo art cafe and Best who posted  blog comments about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #99 discusses how to control brightness in your images. Our eye tends to follow or rest upon bright objects in a photograph and very often these objects or elements are not the focal point of the image thus causing our eyes to wander. Controlling the brighter elements in a scene takes some planning during shooting, and some work in post-processing but ultimately your images will be stronger. You'll also have way more control over the final image where you the creator of the image guide the viewer's eye purposefully. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: - August's regular assignment on the Photography.ca forum - Numbers - Photograph something with a number - August's level 2 assignment on the Photography.ca forum - Creating counterpoints - Brightness problems and distracting elements - Podcast #44 - Neutral density filters and graduated ND filters - Interview with Darwin Wiggett -  Podcast #77 - Dominic Fuizzotto Photography - Richard Sparey Photography If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to forum members Northstone,  Scorpio_e, Howard J, Yisehaq, Bill Sorensen and useakme who posted  blog comments about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #98 talks about why it's OK to crop photos. Many photographers on the Net and throughout Photography's history seem to be against cropping and in this podcast I explain why I am NOT one of them. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: July's regular assignment on the Photography.ca forum - My city OR my country July's level 2 assignment on the Photography.ca forum - Creative use of my country's flag If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to forum members Jimmy, Scorpio_e, and Brendan who posted  blog comments about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes|Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #97 is a primer on how to use hard light. Hard light is trickier to use than soft light but there is NO reason to avoid using it. It just needs to be used appropriately. Part of using hard light and shadow in photography is being very aware of where the shadows will fall and changing your position or your lighting if you don't like where they fall. Here's a couple of basic points when using hard light in photography: - Hard light comes from a small light source relative to your subject. The sun IS a small light source in this respect because it is 93 million miles away from the earth. - Hard light produces hard shadows which are good in many cases especially to reveal form. - The farther the light source is from the subject, the HARDER the shadows. - The farther away the light source is from the subject, the SHORTER the shadows. To prove this to yourself take a flashlight into the bathroom and shut off the lights. Shine the light on your finger in front of the wall. Move the light around and you will learn a ton about shadows. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: June's regular assignment on the Photography.ca forum - Breaking the rules June's level 2 assignment on the Photography.ca forum - Creative self portraits If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to forum members NorthStone, Wicked Dark, Howard J,  KawarthaBob and Jonny Hotshoe who posted  blog comments about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes |Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #96 is a primer on how to buy a great tripod, what to look for in a tripod and why you should buy a great tripod. (In the longrun, if you stick with photography long enough, you will be buying a great tripod eventually anyway) If you are serious enough about your photography that you save money to buy great lenses, then this podcast won't scare the crap out of you. If you are into the cheap stuff, and are more concerned about overall price versus overall quality, be afraid - be very afraid. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Tripod article by Thom Hogan - a must read Gitzo GT2540LLVL tripod at B&H Manfrotto 055 Tripod plus 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head w/ Quick Release at B&H The following companies make recommended ballheads - Arca Swiss - Acratech - Really Right Stuff - Markins - Gitzo - Manfrotto Cheaper Carbon fiber tripods by Induro - Benbo (Remember to research and TRY specific individual models) April's regular assignment on the Photography.ca forum - Geometric shapes April's level 2 assignment on the Photography.ca forum - Creative underexposure If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to forum member Benny who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes |Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #95 features an interview with Canadian photographer Laszlo of Montreal. In this interview Laszlo talks about a recent portrait session with Larry King and his family. In an effort to illustrate how keeping it simple can yield great results, Laszlo deconstructs this photograph while talking about lighting, composition and technique. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Show us your parks is the regular assignment this month on our photography forum Macro - closeup  is the level 2 assignment this month on our photography forum If you liked this podcast and want to write a testimonial, it's a great way to say "Thanks" and it's super-appreciated If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to forum member Glenn Euloth (AKA Iguanasan on our forum) who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes |Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #94 teaches how to turn day into night or late afternoon for portrait purposes. This technique is often used by wedding, fashion and portrait photographers. The goal of the technique is to make the sky look darker so that the model pops against the sky. This often adds mood and/or drama to a shot. We discuss 2 techniques; using flash and camera in manual non TTL (Through the lens) mode as well as TTL mode. We also touch on flash sync speeds. Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Show us your parks is the regular assignment this month on our photography forum Macro - closeup  is the level 2 assignment this month on our photography forum If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca (   A   T  ) G m ail  Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :) Photography forum Thanks to kat, Wicked Dark and Shant M who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes |Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader|Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

Photography podcast #93 is based on a thread in our photography forum by member asnow where he asks about the qualities make a good black and white photo. A number of other forum members help answer the question and I offer up some personal opinions as well. One‚piece‚of good advice involves learning to see in black and white using a digital camera. Most digital cameras can capture the image in colour but SHOW it to you on your camera's screen in black and white. This allows you to learn how coloured tones under a given light look in black and white. (Look up the word monochrome in your camera's instruction manual for instructions on how to do this). Live view is also fantastic as it shows you how the scene will look in BW even before you click the shutter. (Many thanks to asnow, raven4ns, Wicked Dark and Andrew for their contributions to the thread and podcast.) Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: The Zone System - Wikipedia | The Zone system on Luminious landscape Wicked Dark's article Black and White 101 Emotion is the regular assignment this month on our photography forum Backlighting is the level 2 assignment this month on our photography forum If you are interested in writing for our blog please contact me photography.ca ( ‚ A ‚ T ‚) G m ail ‚Dot co m (using standard email formatting) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page My Facebook profile - Feel free to "friend" me - please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page - I will follow you if you follow me - Let's connect - PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don't reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly :)‚Photography forum Thanks to kawarthabob, and kat‚who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca - Please hop on over to the‚Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |Subscribe with iTunes |Subscribe via RSS feed |Subscribe with Google Reader |Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast - Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below. Thanks for listening and keep on shooting!