Wednesday News Stuff
Oct. 3
8:32 am
It’s Wednesday everybody, and time for some news stuff:
- Moose Peterson has compiled a detailed White Paper for Dell on his digital photography workflow, and you can download this free PDF (pictured above), directly from Dell by clicking right here. For the details on the white paper, and how it came to be, visit Moose’s News blog here.
- Rich Harrington, over at the excellent “Understanding Photoshop” video podcast has just posted all his back episodes for downloading, and you can check ‘em out right here (it’s a direct link to their archive in iTunes).
- One of my readers yesterday posted a comment pointing me to a great blog about flying with photography equipment called “Flying with Fish.” Definitely worth checking out (click here).
- MyMac.com did a review of my latest book, “The Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers,” and you can read it right here.
- Earlier in the month, Scott Sheppard did a radio interview with Canon’s Chuck Westfall about Canon’s new EOS 1DS Mark III, on his Inside Digital Photo podcast, and you can listen to the interview right on their Web page by clicking here.
- We’re off today to Boston for my Photoshop CS3 Power Tour, so it is VERY likely that tomorrow will be the highly anticipated, eagerly awaited, “No Blog Thursday,” so I’ll see you back here on Friday.
Have a great Wednesday everybody. Don’t forgot to show those pixels whose boss!!! Really make ‘em sweat! 
Your click right here link to get the White paper from Moose takes you right back to your blog not the place to download it.
Thanks for catching that Steve. It’s fixed now.
-Scott
http://www.moosepeterson.com/digitaldarkroom/lessons/wildlife.pdf
Here’s the link.
As usual with Mr. Peterson, it actually says little about his workflow and more about why you should buy Dell hardware. I attended one of his seminars and found it to be a day-long commercial for Nikon, Gitzo and all the other equipment he uses.
Don’t get me wrong, he’s a hell of a photographer and I learned a lot in the seminar. Still, the underlying message I got was “If you buy this gear, you can make these images.”
I subscribe to the idea that it’s the fiddler, not the fiddle, who makes the music.
I read the Moose Peterson article on the Dell site and found the models of laptops referred to aren’t made anymore.
Great articles over at the Flying Fish blog. His talk of Pocket Wizards led me to recall a recent story about the TSA scrutinizing remote control toys See story at http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iIg60rO_ZJTaoeIMspG7P-MqyDXgD8S0MIBG1) I would think that anyone who carries remotes should expect to get additional screening.
Scott,
Glad you hear you’re going to be in my town this week, sorry I won’t be able to make it to your workshop, I have to work all day, but I’d love to meet you and take you some of my favorite shooting spots downtown if you’re around later in the day.
Let me know if you’re interested.
-Doug
I forwarded the information about your airline experience to TSA. I sent your experience and I specifcially asked about digital SLR cameras. This is their response. Of course, as you stated, we have to do what they say then and there, but it’s still good to have the official version.
Thank you for contacting the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Contact Center.
Laptop computers, full-size video game consoles, full-size DVD players, CPAP breathing machines and video cameras that use video cassettes must be removed from their carrying cases and submitted separately for x-ray screening. Laptop computers and video cameras that use cassettes have long been subject to this policy. Small and portable electronic items do not need to be removed from their carrying cases.
We hope this information is helpful. For additional information, please visit our web site at http://www.tsa.gov.
Is there anyone that can connect to Moose Peterson’s webbsite? I can’t.
The direct TSA link, which they never see to send out is
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/sop/index.shtm
Keep in mind that no matter what you are at the whim of the security agent. You should also keep in mind that not all TSA agents are TSA employees, they outsource security at some airports. The outsourcing is a big factor in inconsistent procedures.
-Fish
http://www.flyingwithfish.com
Security update:
I went through Baltimore security today by just putting my photo bag with one body and four lenses on the belt. No request to remove the items and put them in trays.
However, I went through Columbus, Ohio, last Sunday and asked a TSA lady if we had to take the items out. (I wasn’t carrying mine–I had a real photographer with me for the magazine article I was doing). She said yes. So go figure.