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Today’s Host... Gavin Seim. This week Gavin look at news, the new rangefinder, Photo CS5, stolen images, education and studying, focus ideas and more.
Podcast #69 forum discussion:
Notable Time Indexes:
- 00:00 Introductions and news
- 09:02 Photoshop CS5
- 19:23 Gavin’s W0rkshops
- 23:00 Stolen Photo (see notes for link).
- 32:37 Mastering the Craft.
- 45:30 Talking about focus.**
- 105:55 Outtakes.
HDR Workshop in Twin Cities MN.
Sony NEX5 looks interesting. I figure Canon and Nikon will get into this game soon. Look out Leica, a new age of rangefinder is coming and it costs less than a grand.
Corrections to the micro four thirds talk. I have the Olympus E-PL1. I’m using the Panasonic 20mm 1.7 however, as it’s widely considered one of the best lenses and it fits both brands. Panasonic’s own body is the GF1.
**Correction to the focus discussion at 46:16. When referring to making us better photographers, I twice said “auto focus” when I meant to say “manual focus”.
OnOne $150 off sale is on the deals page.
Stolen Photos. Not an uncommon problem. Taylor Mortgage used mine on a site designed by 220 (I don’t know who’s the most at fault) The photo has not been taken down, but the bill has not been paid. This is the photo they used.
Gavin’s article about selling large wall portraits.
Geotagging device for Nikon that does not use hotshoe. Looks cool. No Canon version yet.
Barry’s article of calibrating the micro focus of your lenses.
A bunch of good books to challenge yourself with.Eyewitness Art. Composition. It may be a book for juveniles, but you’ll become a better photographer if you read it.
A Painter’s Guide to Design and Composition. It may be written with painters in mind, but it’s good stuff.
The Making of 40 Photographs. A good read from Ansel Adams.
John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the 1890’s. It’s not a cheap books, but you wont go wrong inspiring your portraiture with the masters.
Gavin’s full page ad in Venue Magazine and the ultra simple senior ad V2. Click for larger versions.
I was walking around the city yesterday after work listening to your podcast on my moto-droid and thought I’d ask a question which I’m sure is nothing new. You mentioned your troubles with the company stealing your shot and I was wondering if there was any way to inject a non-obvious watermark into all you preview images so that it wasn’t detracting from the preview but still left a recognizable mark that companies wouldn’t find steal-worthy (or easily crop-able). I’ve been just going with the generic copyright law which I read is basic coverage for any new work unless otherwise stated (aka assigning creative commons to it). All my shots are free of markings, because I think its obnoxious trying to explain to potential customers or clients that the mark will not be on the final product even though it’s on every preview they’ve ever seen (did that for a year.. no fun). That said, I am a bit paranoid that someone out there is utilizing my shots and I will never know. I won’t classify myself as a pro photographer until that’s my primary income, so the smallest amount could help out, if you know what I mean.
Gavin,
I would contact the local paper and let them know about the theft and that photo theft is not legal.
Hi Gavin,
I am weighing in on the question you raised about whether or not to break up your round tables. Please do not break the round tables and then distribute a week apart. I have gone to too many blogs where I can find the first part of a discussion only to get frustrated because for the life of me, I can not find the second part. It may not be a big deal when the podcast is recent but when you stumble across some podcast that is a real big gem of information from a year ago and you can find the entire thing…you get pretty frustrated.
There have been many times that I not been able to listen to your whole podcast in one sitting, but I have always known where to find it and start it up again. Plus I always know that when I download it thru Itunes I have don’t have to go back and make sure, “ok, now, do I have the whole thing?” I know that I already do.
Just my opinion…..take it or leave it. Love your podcast.
…correction on typo….
“It may not be a big deal when the podcast is recent but when you stumble across some podcast that is a real big gem of information from a year ago and you ~CAN’T~ find the entire thing…you get pretty frustrated.”
That’s what I get for typing to fast…..lol.
I’ll second the move to NOT break up any of the podcasts. There is a play and pause on ever audio device that is commonly used. So please keep them as one podcast.
Andrew J.
hi