September 10, 2008

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Pro Photography Podcast #50 ~ Suprassing Expectations

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Host, Gavin Seim; Seim Photography – Seim Effects

Show notes…
Pro Photo Show #50 Forum Discussion
Join the forum discussion of recently announced cameras, DRM, canvas wraps, long exposures, surpassing customer expectations and more. Also see the Should Photographers Be  required to be licensed thread.

-Canon 50D is official plus a new 18-200 EFS 3.5-5.6

-Seim Effects FB fan page. Get free goodies if your an SE fan.

-New Canon Bodies soon! Hopefully the 5D MK2. The Canon Moon ad is a great way to get people talking.

-Nikon D90 is confirmed and has HD video.

-Sony A900 full frame DSLR coming soon. Will they contend with the big boys?

-Adobe CS4 to be announced on Sept 23rd. Do we really want it yet, or is this an Adobe cash cow.

-Blow Up 2.0 is out from Alien Skin is out.

Gallery Wraps. Who do you use? Here’s a guy reviewing then on Flickr.
– Pixel2Canvas
– Collages
– Canvas On Demand

Talking about impressing clients, and surpassing expectations.
The Purple Cow is a great book to help you get ideas on being remarkable in your business.

Photographers Edge photo cards.

Rice studio supply for studio materials.

Pick of the week…
Cable Releases

On One Pligin Suite 4


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August 14, 2008

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Cool Gadgets, Dennis Zerwas, Gavin Seim, news, Nikon, Photography Podcast, Pro Photo Show Podcast, ProPhotoShow

Pro Photo Roundtable #9 DRM, Rant, Geotag (PPS #49)

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Todays Panel…
Michael Anderson ~ Anderson Photography – Craft You Sucess
Gavin Seim ~ Seim Photography – Effects & Presets
Josh Weisberg ~ Microsoft Rich Media Group
Kadie Pangburn ~ Pangburn Photography
Dennis Zerwas ~ DZ Photography
Mark Parker ~ MarksBrides

Note: We had a few levels problems this week. We’ve reworked the audio & updated the file. Sorry for the imperfection. Should be fixed next time… Gav

Show notes…
Episode Forum Discussion

Notable Time Index’s
Microsoft 2:53-21:30
Lightroom 2.0 22:02
Legal Stuff & Contracts 44:15
Lucas Art & DRM 57:00
After Show 2:12:24

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Microsoft Pro Photo tools for geotagging photo’s. It’s free, but no mac version. Mac  user can buy expression media pro and get similar features. The iFi wireless card can also use WiFi for tagging. Microsoft also has PhotoSynth

Lenovo and Microsoft team up for the W700 photographers laptop. It has a built in Wacom tablet.

NILMDTS topic got a lot of response last show. People really supported them.

Photographic is one alternative to WPJA. (their site is now as of this writing)

Lucas Art Pro is out. It’ll cost you nearly 600- bucks though, Yikes!

Online event image hosting and sales… Pictage vs Exposure Manager vs Collages vs Photocart Photocart is something you buy, and then pay no fees. The others charge a continual fee. PhotoReflect was also recommended on the forums.

Michael will be on the Craft Your Success Canadian tour this fall.

Gavin wrote an article about using WordPress for you entire site.

Picks of the week.

Mark:
Think Tank Photo Steroid Belt
Show It transformer For Show It Web shows. It converts shows to pro show gold format

Katie:
Totally Rad Actions REVENGE

DZ:
Start Up Biz cast podcast. A good podcast about business

Michael:
Seim Effects Creative Essentials actions
ShowIt Sites from David Jay. A great way to get a noce website.

Gavin:
From Camera to Print will help you learn about printing photo’s and getting great results…

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July 13, 2008

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Dennis Zerwas, news, Nikon, Photography Podcast, Pro Photo Show Podcast, ProPhotoShow, RoundTable

Pro Photography Roundtable 8 – PPS #48

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Todays Panel…
Gavin Seim ~ Seim Photography – Effects & Presets
Kerry Garrison ~ Camera Dojo – L7 Studios
Dennis Zerwas ~ DZ Photography

Show notes…
Episode Forum Discussion

Nikon launches the D700, the Sb900 flash, and two new lenses.

A cool article about sharpening in Photoshop

What brides and clients think of photo websites.

Is NILMDTS (Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep) doing things right? (@27:10)

The Hassleblad H3d has 50mp. A nice camera.

Boda Bag. Looks interesting, but is it all that great?

Tamrac Modular Accessory Belt is what Gavin uses to carry gear during shoots. He just attaches MAS pouches to it.

Dynamic Photo HDR. A PC only HDR program that looks pretty cool.

Kerry has been reviewing out the Photo Basics Strobe Lights. from photobasics.net

Ken Rockwell has articles on setting up your camera.

Rocket Air for cleaning sensors.

Visable Dust is a popular cleaner for heavy duty cleaning.

Picks of the week.
Kerry Likes the Black Rapid R Strap.

Dennis says Phanfare is now his anti-pick because they have taken away features.
Smugmug is his new most favored one.

Gavin is excited about his MP3 Tape

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June 13, 2008

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Gavin Seim, Lighting, Photography Podcast, Pro Photo Show Podcast, ProPhotoShow, Weddings

PPS #47 with Kevin Kubota. Tips for photographers

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Kevin Kubota
Todays Panel…
Kevin Kubota ~ Kubota Image Tools, Kubota Photo, Kubota Blog
Gavin Seim ~ Seim Photography – Seim Effects & LR Presets

Todays Show…

A big thanks to Kevin for coming on the show. We start out talking about Kevin’s photo tools and how he got started, and then move in techniques, and photography tips. Kevin gives us some thoughts for lighting, marketing, and branding and plenty of other good nuggets inlucding using your personality to interact with your customers.

Comment here, or join the PPS #47 Forum Discussion. You can find out more about Kevin’s workshops by going to his website (above)

A few links to things mention on the show.

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May 27, 2008

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Pro Photo Roundtable #7 (PPS #46) The Orphan Works Act

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Todays Panel…
 Chris Livingston ~ Chris Livingston Photography
Brady Dillsworth ~ Dillsworth Photography
Gavin Seim ~ Seim Photography – Effects & Presets
Scott Bourne ~ This Week In Photography
Dennis Zerwas ~ DZ Photography

Show notes…
What do you think about all these megapixels? Anyone using LED lights? What about this whole Orphan Works Act? Comment here, or join the discussion on the PPS Roundatble #7 Forum Discussion


The Orphan Works Act of 2008 does not look good for artist copyrights. Take action here, and read our more in depth article here.

Scott likes his mini LED light, and you can get bigger one too. Looks interesting but spendy.

Photogs are rallying for their photo rights in Los Angeles, & Radio Poppers remote triggers look interesting.

Gavin uses In Design for albums, and New School Photo has a video for it. He also recovered his corrupted images using Card Raider for mac. On teh PC side you can try PC Inspector. It was recommended by a user on this forum thread.

Picks of the week…
Gavin is Tamrac Express 7 Camera bag.
Dennis is NAAP.
Chris is Apple iMac.
Brady is Audio Technica ATH-ANC7 headphones.
Scott is Tiffen DFX digital filters.

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