Category: Technique & Workflow
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How to tune Photoshop CS6 for peak performance
Link: We might as well admit now that photographs don’t tell stories the way words do it. Words tell stories very, very slowly. You need to read them one at a time, and the story then slowly builds. A photograph, in contrast, is not the equivalent of one word. If we stay with Soth’s phrase,…
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Video Interview with Master Photo Retoucher Amy Dresser
Video Interview with Master Photo Retoucher Amy Dresser – PhotoShelter Blog Master photo retoucher Amy Dresser may have gotten her start with famed photographer Jill Greenberg, but today she works for a whole host of clients from Playboy to Barbie. And while her talents are in high demand, Amy humbly claims her work is relatively simple: remove…
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In a fast moving world… We could all do with a roll of 36 exposures
Link: There’s no “delete” button in film… no way to erase your mistakes… no “do over” button. Your masterpieces and more often than not their very opposites are a matter of record for all to see the moment you press that shutter. And that makes you take things a bit more seriously. If…
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Time Lapse Intro: Part 1
Link: I was commissioned to do a Time Lapse Tutorial series late last year that was just recently published by Canon and people really seem to be enjoying it so I thought I would share it on this blog as well
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Back to Basics: Surf Photography Tips for Thrill Seekers
Back to Basics: Surf Photography Tips for Thrill Seekers – PhotoShelter Blog Shooting surfing photography is a thrill. It starts with searching for the perfect spot, often found in some remote location that no one speaks of aloud. Then housing your gear and jumping into the surf, while your surfer buddies await the swell, getting…
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Video: Top Techniques for Archiving & Metadata with ASPP & David Riecks
Video: Top Techniques for Archiving & Metadata with ASPP & David Riecks – PhotoShelter Blog In this webinar with the American Society of Picture Professionals, guest star and metadata expert David Riecks goes in-depth, discussing exactly how metadata works and how it can effectively get your images found online and on photo buyers’ desktops. Learn…
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Post Processing Panoramas
Link: I used to use Photoshop’s Lens Correction filter to make vertical or horizontal lines parallel. But for the last couple of versions, Photoshop has provided the Adaptive Wide Angle filter, which is even more powerful. Lens Correction assumes there is a single vertical and a single horizontal direction and all of the image is…
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News Shooter | BBC Wildlife Director John Downer & the technology of ‘spy-cam’ filmmaking
BBC Wildlife Director John Downer & the technology of ‘spy-cam’ filmmaking – Newsshooter By site editor Dan Chung: Sensory: BBC Wildlife Director John Downer & the technology of ‘spy-cam’ filmmaking from Getty Images on via Newsshooter: https://www.newsshooter.com/2014/08/13/bbc-wildlife-director-john-downer-the-technology-of-spy-cam-filmmaking/ During the interview BBC Wildlife Director John Downer talks about how consumer cameras like the GoPro are used…
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Storage for Photographers (Part 2) — PaulStamatiou.com
Storage for Photographers (Part 2) How a 12TB Synology DS415+ NAS changed my digital life: Data is eating me alive. Every gadget these days can shoot photos and record video. I captured 275GB of photos … via PaulStamatiou.com: http://paulstamatiou.com/storage-for-photographers-part-2/ Data is eating me alive. Every gadget these days can shoot photos and record video. The…
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An Insider’s Account of How The New York Times Video Team Reported the Paris Attacks — Vantage — Medium
An Insider’s Account of How The New York Times Video Team Reported the Paris Attacks Solid contacts, quick editing of citizen-made footage and sharp-witted freelancers are key to delivering timely and accurate video. via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/an-insider-s-account-of-how-the-new-york-times-video-team-reported-the-paris-attacks-89f0a30f4b32 Calling on solid contacts, editing citizen-made footage in quick turnaround and hiring sharp-witted freelancers are key to delivering timely,…
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My Ever-Evolving Workflow as a Music Photographer on Tour
My Ever-Evolving Workflow as a Music Photographer on Tour I’ve been touring with bands for about 4 years now, and my workflow has changed nearly every tour, allowing me to spend less and less time editing, and via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2016/09/14/ever-evolving-workflow-music-photographer-tour/ My workflow as it is currently allows me to deliver 50-150 edited photos per day,…
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A Social Media Cheat Sheet for 2017
A Social Media Cheat Sheet for 2017 Want to win at social media in 2017? The folks over at On Blast Blog did some research on tips, tricks, and best practices, and they’ve created a helpful via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/01/18/social-media-cheat-sheet-2017/ In addition to an image sizing guide for best photo resolutions you should be uploading (we…
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New Guide! The 2019 Photographer’s Guide to PhotoShelter: 101 – PhotoShelter Blog
New Guide! The 2019 Photographer’s Guide to PhotoShelter: 101 – PhotoShelter Blog How you display and share your work can be as important to your business as the photographs you take. And if you’ve ever wondered about how PhotoShelter can help, then we’ve got the guide for you. In The Photographer’s Guide to PhotoShelter: 101, you’ll g via PhotoShelter…
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Shooting College Football on 35mm Film
Shooting College Football on 35mm Film I’m sitting in the end zone and Tennessee’s quarterback is ready to throw for a touchdown against Missouri. There are only three frames left on my roll of via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/12/06/shooting-college-football-on-35mm-film/ I’m sitting in the end zone and Tennessee’s quarterback is ready to throw for a touchdown against Missouri.…
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Lens Rentals | Blog
An Introduction to NAS for Photo & Video Production Editorial Note: While we’re most notably known for our passion in gear, we also share the same passion in keeping your data safe. So in order to help our users develop a secure workflow for their data, we’ve teamed up with Backblaze on a series of article…
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Quick Tip: How to Keep Your Image Files Readable Far into the Future | PDNPulse
Quick Tip: How to Keep Your Image Files Readable Far into the Future | PDNPulse Steps for increasing the chances that machines and software of the future will be able to read your digital images files. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/09/quick-tip-keep-image-files-readable-far-future.html Computer and data specialists warn that digital information we are creating right now may not be…
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Corruption In Photography – by BP Miller | The Photo Brigade
Corruption In Photography – by BP Miller – The Photo Brigade Photographer BP Miller discusses the worst kind of corruption for photographers. via The Photo Brigade: http://thephotobrigade.com/2018/08/corruption-in-photography-by-bp-miller/ After polling our other photographers, I found out only about half of them shoot to two cards. So that got me thinking. I did an informal poll of…
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Lens Rentals | Blog
3-2-1 Backup Best Practices using Cloud Archiving Editorial Note: While we’re most notably known for our passion in gear, we also share the same passion in keeping your data safe. So in order to help our users develop a secure workflow for their data, we’ve teamed up with Backblaze on a series of article via…
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Creating Photographic Archives for the Future – Witness
Creating Photographic Archives for the Future I have been working as a professional photographer since 1999, a fact that means that I have now accumulated nearly 19 years of… via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/creating-photographic-archives-for-the-future-3cd9f8e54063 I have been working as a professional photographer since 1999, a fact that means that I have now accumulated nearly 19 years of…
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The Moving Portrait: From Holograms to GIFs to Boomerang – PhotoShelter Blog
The Moving Portrait: From Holograms to GIFs to Boomerang – PhotoShelter Blog Although video dominates much of the media landscape, the simplicity of the photograph perseveres. Ironically, throughout much of the history of photography, photographers (along with editors, designers, and publishers) have continually explored limited m via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2018/03/the-moving-portrait-from-holograms-to-gifs-to-boomerang/ The lack of a screen…