6January2009
Posted by Scott under: News.
Photo by Mostlylisa.com
Here’s my formal Macworld speaking schedule. I’ll also be making other appearances at various booths and podcasts.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Digitial Photography Experience / Click Edit
Product Spotlight: - Digital Photography Workflow - Tips for Storing and Protecting Your Assets
Booth 3502, North Hall
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Birds-of-a-Feather Meeting (BOF)
BOF 2: Photography
Room 302, South Hall
Thursday, January 8, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Users Conference / Click
US956: Aperture in Nature & Landscape Photography
Room 2010, West Hall
Set up Time: 2:30 PM
Did I mention I’ll be giving away prizes at each talk?
5January2009
Posted by Scott under: Articles; Opinion.
Photo by Scott Bourne
I am a very lucky guy. I’ve been able to shoot with almost every cool digital camera ever made. And the quality of the average digital camera has risen to unbelievable heights. To add to the good news, the cameras have not only improved dramatically, they’ve improved at breakneck speed. In five short years we’ve gone from good to great to fantastic.
But still, like all photographers, I yearn for the perfect camera. And while I love my D3 bodies, I still don’t see perfection on the horizon. With that in mind, I decided that the New Year would be a great time to let the camera companies know what’s on my wish list.
NOTE! This is not about brands. I would buy the camera I am about to describe even if Exxon made it!
1. I have fallen in love with the full-frame sensor and expect that the perfect digital camera should assume that as a baseline.
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4January2009
Posted by Scott under: Photo Book Reviews.
Digital Masters: Travel Photography
Author: Bob Krist
Publisher: Lark Books (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc
Review by Conrad J. Obregon
I sometimes wonder if there is such a thing as travel photography. Isn’t what the travel photographer does already covered by such genres as landscape, architectural and portrait photography, among other things?
Bob Krist obviously doesn’t think so. He’s been taking wonderful photographs during his travels and writing about travel photography for years. In his latest book he discusses the gear to use for travel photography; the workflow of a digital photographer on the road; the nature of light; composition; what he calls “moment” which seems to be the picture element that deals with exciting or interesting content; the use of flash; portraits; archiving and sharing; and survival tips. He even includes an afterward that stresses that exciting content is far more important than technique. Read the rest of this entry »
3January2009
Posted by Scott under: Tips.
Photo by Scott Bourne
If you’re making photographic prints, you may believe that you have to print at 300 DPI in order to get photographic quality. While that MAY in some cases give you the BEST quality, it’s not required to get good or acceptable quality.
Large poster size prints at 150 DPI often look great (viewed from the proper viewing distance as opposed to gawked by a pixel peeper using an electron microscope.)
Many printers will do a good to great job at resolutions between 180 and 240 DPI.
I suggest you test your printer. Print at resolutions ranging from 150 to 300 DPI then ask a group of your peers to select their favorite. All other things being equal, I’ll bet you often find that the lower resolution prints score as well as the high resolution prints.
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2January2009
Posted by Scott under: Site Info.
The Big Boss
The winner of the latest photo challenge is The Big Boss by Sharon C Johnson/MyRidgebacks.
Sharon will receive a year’s premium subscription to lynda.com and three of my 88 Secrets books. Congrats.
And effective this contest, there will be some changes in how the contest works. Alex Lindsay will take over moderation of the contest. He’ll be responsible for prizes, themes and winner selections. The blog will be home to some separate photo contests which I’ll talk about later.
Alex will announce a new theme and prizes soon.
Congrats again to Sharon for a funny photo that fit our theme perfectly.
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2January2009
Posted by Scott under: Interviews.
Rick Sammon
In 2009, we’re adding some new features here at TWIPPHOTO.COM. One such feature is a new interview category. We’ll be interviewing both established and emerging photographers on a monthly basis. This is the first of those interviews.
Many of you are familiar with Rick Sammon. He is a prolific photographer who’s written more than 30 books, hosted 20 television programs, taught many workshops and written for both the web and several photo publications.
I interviewed Rick for TWIPPHOTO.COM right after Christmas.
1 - Scott: Please tell me how and when you got into photography.
RICK: As a kid, my father had a 4×5 view camera. Was fascinated by it. Like most the people I knew, I didn’t want to be a photographer. I wanted to be a rock star. Photography and music do have a lot in common. You have a tendency to be creative in both. I didn’t set out to be a photographer. I went to music school instead. Because I didn’t get much work as musician, I started submitted pictures and got published. I ended up getting a job as editor of “Studio Photography & Design.”
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1January2009
Posted by Scott under: Tips.
Photo by Scott Bourne
Happy New Year - I wanted to be sure to start 2009 with a tip so here it is.
I made this image in Alaska. I liked the reflection from the seal and decided to use the leading line to draw the viewer’s eye into the picture and directly to the subject.
Reflections can be strong compositional elements in a photo in addition to just being pretty to look at.
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