January 30, 2009
It was late Sunday night on the way home from bible study at my brothers house near Coulee City. I was looking west towards Waterville and there were so many stars. They live in the country, so the only artificial lights are on the horizon.
This was taken with my new Canon 5D MK II. This won’t mean much to non photo geeks, but I shot it at ISO 6400, Sigma 15mm Fisheye lens @ f2.8 exposed for 13 seconds and cleaned with neat image: The heavens delare the glory of God… Gav
January 26, 2009
Click To Listen>> Photography Podcast. PPS #54
Review in iTunes, or Vote on Podcast Alley
Today’s topics: Industry & PPS news. Getting your photography noticed.
Host: Gavin Seim ~ Seim Studios
Here Is Podcast #54 forum discussion:
Show Notes & Links:
The Canon 5D MK2 firmware 1.07 is available.
Also here’s some 5D MK II High ISO samples I posted.
PPS contest winners & sponsors are announced here.
Gavins’ Interview on pieces of the picture.
Planning an HDR workshop in Washington. Also thinking about going to Ireland next winter. Email Gavin you have thoughts on Ireland, or are interested in attending the workshop.
Check out the OnOne Plugin Suite4 Straight Dope Review.
OnOne has given PPS’ers a 20% off discount good till Feb 28th. Use Promo Code PRPHT2
I’ve started the HDR portrait & wedding group on Flickr, as well as the Incredible HDR group. You can also join the main PPS Flickr group.
Follow Gavin on Twitter.
Power Workflow 2.2 presets have been released.
Use Promo Code PPS to save 15%
My new wedding photography site is working well.
Here’s the bridal show booth picture and info.
Pocket Wizards and Radio Poppers are RF add on’s instead of using built in Infrared on your flash.
Canon RC1 remote works on 5D MK II. It’s cheap too. I’m getting one.
Gavin ordered the Black Rapid strap.
Lightroom 2.3 beta is on available Adobe Labs.
Let’s talk about online galleries and photo selling.
Smugmug, Zenfolio, Exposure Manager, Instaproofs, Collages. Even install your own with somethihg like Pictures Pro.
What do you like and why?
November 25, 2008
For Adobe users (that would be most of us) Camera RAW 5.2 is now available. I don’t always post about releases like this, but this has some significance due it’s it’s RAW support for certain newer cameras including.
There’s others as well, but a lot of folks will be glad to see that these models are now supported. I expect my LX3 tomorrow, and a 5D MK II… well as soon as it comes (hopefully soon)
There’s are a few more minor updates. John Knack posted some details on his blog. I just wanted to spread the word. Download it for Windows here and Macintosh here.
October 15, 2008
<<Click To Listen – Photography Roundtable Podcast #10 – PPS #51
Rate/Subscribe in itunes, or Vote on Podcast AlleyTodays Panel:
Gavin Seim ~ Seim Studios
Dennis Zerwas ~ DZ Photography
Paul Walker ~ Paws Pet Photography
Erik Guggenheim ~ CopperBreaks.com
Scott & Adina Hayne ~ Hayne PhotographyNotable Time Indexes:
3:55 News & General Talk
52:33 Scott & Adina on selling Weddings & Portraits
1:04:06 Paul on Pet Photography
1:14:25 Erik on the Nature business
Listeners can Save with these codes:
15% from OnOne software with promo code PRPHTPC
15% on Seim Effects with promo code FALL
Roundtable 10 Forum Discussion:
Links:
Kodak Launches Ektar 100. Yep real film
Pet Photography NOW: by Paul Walker
On This Earth: Photographs from East Africa
: Nick Brandt
Freebies on the Seim Effects Facebook fan page.
Some articles of note…
90 seconds to better photography
Managing LR catalogs and images for Pro’s
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Picks of the week:
Adina: Shoot Cue Studio Software
Scott: Brinkmann Maxfire Dual Xenon Spotlight
Paul: Our Peaceable Kingdom: The Photographs of John Drysdale
Eric: Molar Bean Bags
Dennis: Moon Phase for iPhone – Led Headbeam Lamp
Gavin: Good Printable Disks: Taiyo Yuden Water Shield Printable CD
& DVD
– Overnight Prints for postcards and bussiness cards.
September 17, 2008
It was bound to happen sooner or later, but sooner finally arrived A bit later that some had expected, but it came. The Canon 5D MK II is official, and looking really good. It’s been announced for Nov release. Here’s my favorite highlights.
Update 11/08: The MK II is said to be shipping mid to lat November. The date is not solid as of this update.
UPDATE2: With MK II Samples
Delivery is scheduled by the end of Nov. Body only price will be around $2700 USD. Kit version with EF 24-105mm f/4L IS lens will be around $3500 USD
On a personal note I can say that I can’t wait to get this in my hands. Canon took too long to get it here, but from the look of it they’ll be back in the contenders ring with Nikon. Since this is their #2 pro body. I’m curious what the new 1D will bring us. It can’t be far behind, since the specs on this would turn the current 1D into an electronic oldie. There’s a few more views of the new MK2 below. What ya think? Lets get the comments rolling.
Canon also announced:
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