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To start the New Year off right, we’re talking about what to do with all the photos you took last year? Managing pictures is important and there’s a workflow you can follow. Beyond the conventional folder system, which can make it fairly hard to find over time.
If you find yourself shooting the same stuff, and you’re in a rut, there’s a few things you can do. Collect shapes. Simple colors. Or shoot all day with a theme. Find things in other things. Shoot images with A-Z in mind and make a photobook out of it.
Chris returns to talk about the Ricoh GXR, which takes camera design modular and includes the processing sensor with the lens so you can swap it out as you change the lens. Intriguing. Leo says it makes sense because sometimes lenses aren’t entirely matched with the sensor in the camera.
Chris Marquardt is back and talking about cold weather photography. Chris says that wintertime usually means it gets darker earlier. Don’t be afraid of higher ISOs. Also, the cold weather means the batteries will die faster.
Chris Marquardt joins us to talk about old school, analog photography. When did you shoot your last roll of film? The great impact of digital photography is that you take a lot more images and you have greater control of managing the image (called the digital darkroom).
Our first photographer, MSCCOMP created this fun one. Note how you get all the directions of light showing at once. It’s gives a lot of texture, but you also see the cause and effect of the light coming from the window.
Chris talks about the Everest Trek experience, on how to manage without electricity for 10 days, on shooting video with the 5DMk2 and the Kodak zi8, and handling 150GB of image storage while hiking at almost 18,000ft elevation.
Chris talks about how to shoot from a helicopter without getting camera shake. Learn what a backside illuminated (or back-lit) camera sensor is. The Trek Shirt contest is over, winners will be announced next week.
First, always try and shoot images that are candid. Natural shots of people being themselves and don’t realize their being photographed.
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How curious are you? Do you try out things? Put them to the test? Do you put one and one together and apply the results to photography? Also: Chris releases PocketChris, an interactive photography book in the form of a FREE iPhone app that lets you put things to the test and learn by experiencing [.
The first one is from Pixel Pusher and is called Spring. A very colorful shot of two ladybugs getting “randy.”
Secondly, Mat Frazier’s Handoff. Lastly, “Planting Seeds” by Laura Joquist. Showing planting, which is always done in the Spring.
Chris talks about the right moment, the inner impulse and how you can learn to listen more to your trigger finger and less to your inner critic. On the tech side he discusses Lightroom camera profiles and how they influence the image.
Chris is preparing to go back to Mount Everest for more high climbing photography. Leo’s Canon 5D Mk II got a firmware upgrade that allows for 24p recording.
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Have you ever been asked to shoot a party, wedding, or some other event? Chris recommends going to the event area ahead of time to get the lay of the land, know where the light is falling at the time of the event, pre-do your light balance.
How to get through all the pictures you have, save the images you want. Chris marks bad images he wants to toss. Images that are out of focus, pointing to the floor, etc. Just blaze through them. It’s like photo triage looking for the obvious junk.