May 17, 2013

Gavin Seim and Ken Whitmire
Gavin with Ken Whitmire, the Ansel Adams of wall portraits at WPC 2013.

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Are You Selling Better?

Here’s our special Seim Effects video for May 2013. I just returned from a week at Wall Portrait Conference. It’s my 5th year and the principles I learned here changed my entire career. I wanted to record a quick overview of ideas while it”s fresh in my mind. To share a bit of what I have learned and what I plan to apply further this year as I sell more wall prints.

These ideas come from hundreds of years of combined experience. I am not the master of marketing, but I have seen these principles work when applied correctly. I barley scratch the surface here, but here’s hoping this video will get you inspired to raise the bar and go further. I hope to see you at a future Wall Portrait Conference.

Gavin Seim

Want to learn more about using light and making images for walls? Check out my complete films including EXposed, a workshop about all things light and exposure. Also take a look at PHOTOGRAPHICS. My new film on Art, History and Photographic Craft. You can pre-order it now and save.

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September 19, 2011

Click To Listen>> Photography Podcast. PPS #80
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Today’s Panel... Gavin Seim (G Pixel)Barry Howel (B Groover) – Dennis Zerwas (ZPower) – Matt Shumate (Schumster)

On this weeks 2nd live roundtable, we get over some technical issues with the live feed and then jump into the latest news and thoughts about what’s happening in photography. A few little debates and some ideas on how we can all get better. And check out the after show for a bit of unscripted fun and a few tips for Facebook.

Podcast #80 forum discussions:

Main Time Indexes:

  • 00:00. News & Errata
  • 33:20. LRnd. Is the photo biz dying?
  • 57:50. LRnd. Is there an art photo market?
  • 1:15:20. Lrnd. Ideas for learning.
  • 1:37:18. Picks of the show.
  • 1:54:38. The after show.

Links to things we mentioned.

The 20MP Samsung NX 200 looks interesting.

Also we neglected to chat about the new Sony A77.
Also check out the Sony NEX7.

Comm photographer gets a 10MP 8×10 digital back for half a million.

July. Photojojo makes an iPhone 4 SLR lens mount.

NEW Pro Photo forums. Come join the conversation.

HDR Magic Video Workshop.

Learning stuff…

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August 17, 2011

Click To Listen>> Photography Podcast. PPS #79
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Today’s Panel... Gavin Seim (G Pixel)Barry Howel (B Groover) – Rob Owens – Scott & Adina Hayne

On this weeks roundtable we talk about perspective and starting out. Then we put ourselves under the time gun as we speed through questions and answers. PS. This episode is not about storms. Though that is an awesome idea 😉

 

Podcast #79 forum discussion:

Notable Time Indexes:

  • 00:00 Introductions
  • 06:30 photography news
  • 25:53 LIGHTNING rounds. ZAP.
  • 1:13:20 Picks and goodies
  • 1:28:46 4×5, closing, Next LIVE show
  • 1:39:55 Short after show

Links to things we mentioned.

Gavin’s Lights & Shadows HDR workshop this Fall.

Canon Mirrorsless camera?

New pen cams. Still no finder…

Fuji X100 still looks cool, but not perfect. Spendy too.

Hoya sells Pentax to Richo.

Light field camera has infinite focus. Heres a photo session done with it.

Vuzix wrap 1200 for camera view camera like experience? Just a thought.

PICKS:

Barry. Bubble level….
Scott & Adina – Cinevate video gear – Atlas slider – Shoulder mount and more.
Also check out the Rode Video Mic.

Rob – RRS WPF flash bracketEpson artisan 50 printer for making disks (try it with Tayo CD/DVD). perfect for disks. Lightflow Presets.

Gavin – Epson V700 scanner for prints and filmLighted Loupe.

 

 


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March 1, 2011

Click To Listen>> Photography Podcast. PPS #75
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Today’s Panel... Gavin SeimDenns ZerwasEric GuggenheimMark Teskey.

On this roundtable we discuss a lot of tips and mistakes to avoid from various genres of photography. We also get into some news, industry and business talk and more.

Podcast #75 forum discussion:

Notable Time Indexes:

  • 00:00 Introductions, micro 4/3 stuff and other news.
  • 21:25 Workshops announcements.
  • 26:17 Techniques for different situations. Architecture.
  • 35:09 Techniques for different situations. Outdoors.
  • 53:15  Techniques for different situations. Weddings.
  • 1:00:50. More tips on photography. Avoiding mistakes.
  • 1:20:40 Marketing. Things on our mind about the industry.
  • 1:37:15 Announcing Pro Photo Show LIVE.
  • 1:42:14. After show. Random things.

Links to things we mentioned.

Info on live show. Post coming soon with details. I’ll add a link.

Lights & Shadows. HDR and tone workshop. Coming to CA in April.

LR Power, Lightroom workshop. Coming to CA in April.

The new Fuji X100 rangefinder style.

It goes head to head with the Leica X1.

Some other interesting models.

Ricoh GXR,

Sigma DP2.

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December 8, 2010

Wow another year almost gone. It was great having so many of you be a part of it. Not a ton of PPS episodes, but from your feedback I gather they were some of the best yet. I’ve been crazy busy and while I can’t say I made every goal for PPS this year, we came along nicely. The last show of the year is posting just after this and I think it’s gonna be a whiz bang.

Anyways on to the goods. Merry Christmas to all of you. This years freebie pack has some good stuff and I hope you’ll enjoy it. For the 3rd year running, Pro Photo Show and Seim Effects have teamed up to bring you the freebie pack. It’s got goodies for Lightroom and Aperture (you read right). And even an album template for InDesign.

To go along with all this, there’s also the PPS 2010 Christmas giveaway where you can pick up some of the $2000+ in prizes.

You can download the freebie pack and get all the details directly from the Seim Effects site where it’s hosted. Download 2010 Christmas Pack.

Enjoy. Have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Here’s to 2011… Gav

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