Tuesday News Quickies
Dec. 9
3:11 am
Hi everybody, he’s some quick Tuesday Stuff:
- A nice follow-up piece to my tutorials last week on making photo books, comes from Syl Arena who did a survey and research about photo book sources. Worth checking out (here’s the link).
- We released another very cool new online class at KelbyTraining.com; this one’s called “Classical Lighting and Posing Techniques with David Ziser (shown above).” His classes have been a HUGE hit with subscribers, because he has a way of just bringing things down to earth, and really making them stick. Here’s the link to all the lessons.
- This week’s “Quote of the Week” is from my buddy Matt Kloskowski, who was interviewed in Dave Cross’s “Finish the Sentence” segment. When asked the question, “If I could give one piece of advice it would be…” Matt replied, “…forget about the technical stuff sometimes. Don’t concentrate so much on histograms, 8-bit, 16-bit, JPEG/Raw, Adobe RGB vs. sRGB etc… Concentrate on what you’re seeing, take better photos and that stuff won’t be as crucial.“
- This one’s totally just for fun, but it’s worth seeing just to see the amount of effort that went into it. My book designer Jessica sent me this—-and well, you just gotta see it. Here’s the link (make sure you look at the high-res version).
- Lastly, renown outdoor photographer and educator Moose Peterson is at NAPP Headquarters this week, and I’m having him do a guest spot later today for an upcoming episode of Photoshop User TV. Let me know what you’d like to see Moose cover on the show, and maybe we can get him to talk about/demo/discuss it.
That’s it for today. Have a great Tuesday everybody!
That iPhone is crazy!
Something else you may enjoy and just a bit of fun (although you may not want to keep it the comments after the other D3x arguements)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tnwf2RShNV0
At DLWS in Cape Cod, Moose did this amazing trick – he was highlighting certain parts of a photo by lightening them – mainly some grass in the foreground to make it look sun kissed. I’d love to see it demoed live again. Thanks!
what kind of modifyer does he have on his flash in the above photo?
I know, let Moose hang out at your house during the day and get some great eagle shots and then come on the show and talk about them.
Just kidding, love you and Moose, but I’m really rooting for you on the eagle thing. I don’t know that there’s anything more majestic.
I think I just found a present for my husband for Christmas (Planet Earth photo book). Thanks for posting that link. I am well known for giving gifts to him that I really love but I will sleep better knowing that this is one that he will really love too.
Thank you (now I just hope I can order that so I never have to set foot in a mall)
Great news bits Scott,
As you may know Adobe is letting go of 600 full time employees as the economy is affecting all industries.
No doubt Adobe is a great value and I advise my clients to hang in and watch what kind of profits Adobe will return within the next year.
Ken in KY
I’ve taken a DLWS class with Moose. I think the world would benefit from his “extreme” HDR technique, he did it in the Redwoods class and I believe he captured 13 stops of light. Also, he has been discussing on his blog his “miniaturization” technique, but hasn’t really revealed it yet- I think he’s doing it in camera with a tilt/shift lens, but not sure… would be neat to see if you have him demo it
Moose-will see you in the Outerbanks class in May!
It would be interesting for Moose to explain how he goes about deciding which locations he wants to shoot as well as the process he uses for researching the locations before the shoot.
I have been looking for good resources for researching locations for landscape photography in the North East and I think understanding Moose’s process as a Pro will help myself as well as others plan their landscape photography adventures.
Hey Scott,
I learned a great deal from Moose in August. Would you see if he can cover the elements and drama that light creates in a landscape scene. This might seem a little bit vague, but I’m really talking about a cloudy day when the sun hints it’s way through the clouds and lights up only a portion of the landscape.
Whatever he covers I’m sure “It Won’t Suck!”
Thanks,
Mike
Oh, I’ve got the perfect idea for Moose! There was someone in the Tampa area, I just can’t remember who, but, I recall them telling me they had an eagle in their back yard that just couldn’t get a good shot of. :~)
Moose in the Studio – Great!
Maybe he can show his workflow and reveal which “secret” software filter he uses in his digital darkroom?
Ben
Say hello to Moose for us…we’d love to be in the warmth of Florida, but we need to start chilling down for the Yellowstone DLWS in January.
Richard and Linda
I can’t agree more with Matt’s comment about our constant concern over the hardware and technology of making pictures. We are overwhelmed when we see an Adams photograph or nearly every one of the pre-technology photographs which are the product of vision and exposure. The great photographs today remain an accurate recording of what the photographer sees, not all the tricks and gimmicks added by Photoshop. Photoshop (and other software) can enhance an image but regardless of skill and program ability, Photoshop cannot turn a bad image into a work of art. A poor image taken with a 23 megapixel camera is still a poor image. Our eyes remain our greatest “piece of equipment.”
Peter
David’s class on Kelby Training covered more in a few minutes than the local college here taught in a quarter. He does have a great way of just getting things across that are simple and easy to understand. I really enjoyed it a lot, and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in starting portrait photography.
I would like to see Moose cover camera cleaning in the field. I am constantly spending time repairing photos because of dust that got on my lens (or sensor) while shooting. Switching lenses in a dusty/windy environment; best cleaning techniques if dust is seen TTL; etc.
I’d also like to second the #7 comment: HDR (redwoods) and miniaturization.