Archive for September, 2009

Podcast 210 : Indoor Portrait Shoot Walk Through

Podcast 210 : Indoor Portrait Shoot Walk Through

Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Lem Fugitt and I first met virtually a while back, when Lem asked some advice when he was getting ready to buy a new camera. Then Lem commissioned me to shoot his portrait for his professional profile image, which I was happy [...]


Podcast 209 : Aug ’09 Assignment – Juxtaposition Results

Podcast 209 : Aug '09 Assignment - Juxtaposition Results

Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Because I announced the winners via the Photography Forum last week, we actually are able to include a little behind the scenes type information on the images, as Landon and Marcus, two of the winners, shared their back-stories in the follow up [...]


The Demise of a Canon EOS 5D Mark II

The Demise of a Canon EOS 5D Mark II

The Japanese calendar is marked with six days that rotate through from January 1st to the end of the year, and these days are pretty important to the Japanese when planning weddings, funerals and when to start doing new things etc. Sensho days for example are good luck in the morning, but not afternoon. Senbu [...]


Podcast 208 : Canon EOS 7D & 100mm F2.8L Macro IS Lens Preview

Podcast 208 : Canon EOS 7D & 100mm F2.8L Macro IS Lens Preview

Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. On Saturday the 12th of September, 2009, I visited the Canon S Tower in Shinagawa, Tokyo, to attend the Canon EOS 7D and 100mm F2.8 L IS USM Lens Special Preview event. I’m a member of the Canon Photo Circle, which is [...]


Podcast 177 : Top Five iPhone Apps for the Photographer

Podcast 177 : Top Five iPhone Apps for the Photographer

This is the transcript for an archived Podcast, episode #177, originally released on March 03, 2009. Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. The first thing that I want to say today is that I love my iPhone! I owned a Windows Mobile based PC for 2 years before [...]


Podcast 132 : Depth-of-Field Explained

Podcast 132 : Depth-of-Field Explained

This Podcast was originally released on the 12 Apr, 2008. Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. I’ve rarely seen an easy to understand explanation of how the aperture and distance to the subject affects the depth-of-field in our images. When I started to think about how I would [...]


Podcast 207 : Overcoming the Fear of Charging

Podcast 207 : Overcoming the Fear of Charging

Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. I recently had a mail exchange with David Sumner in Melbourne, Australia in which we discussed the apprehension that photographers starting out sometimes feel when handing over photographs to their clients. David said “I develop this fear that nobody will like the [...]


Keeping Tabs on Your Star Ratings

Keeping Tabs on Your Star Ratings

Have you ever forgotten the star rating protocol that you use for rating and sorting your images? I have. Not for the best shots. I give my final selection 5 stars. However, I use the other stars in various ways, mainly to allow me to show or hide image files, based on their role in [...]