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

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January 26, 2009

Click To Listen>>  Photography Podcast. PPS #54
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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?

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October 15, 2008

<<Click To Listen – Photography Roundtable Podcast #10 – PPS #51

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Todays Panel:
Gavin Seim ~ Seim Studios

Dennis Zerwas ~ DZ Photography

Paul Walker ~ Paws Pet Photography
Erik Guggenheim ~ CopperBreaks.com

Scott & Adina Hayne ~ Hayne Photography

Notable 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

5D MK2 is here

Pet Photography NOW: by Paul Walker

On This Earth: Photographs from East Africa: Nick Brandt

Orphan Works act may be dead

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 iPhoneLed Headbeam Lamp

Gavin: Good Printable Disks: Taiyo Yuden Water Shield Printable CD & DVD –  Overnight Prints for postcards and bussiness cards.

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