Category: Technique & Workflow

As I’ve mentioned in the past, a blog is not an online journal. You’re not Vincent Laforet, David Hobby or Chase Jarvis. Nikon didn’t send you the D400 in advance to review. Nobody cares if you upgraded the firmware on your D3. Nobody cares that you finally rented a 4×5 and shot on Polaroid Fuji Instant Film. Yes, I watched Lost too. No, I never thought Jin was dead. Instead you should be thinking about how the web can help you extending your marketing reach with a crazy little thing called SEO. So let’s change your mindset.

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As you point out, the two 5D Mark II cameras sync perfectly with each other, but not with your other capture devices. The technical issue here is that the EOS 5D Mark II captures video clips (HD or SD) at a true 30.00 fps, while your other A/V devices record and playback at 29.97 fps, which is the standard for video in North America. This difference eventually results in a loss of synchronization when combining the EOS 5D Mark II video with your other content. You can transcode the EOS 5D Mark II footage to 29.97 fps, but it will take a long time

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As I mentioned in my last post entited Why SEO Matters to Photographers, links and link text make a difference in how you optimize your photography website for search engines. But how do we know if Google has indexed any of our pages?

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Ira Glass who we all know to be a master storyteller breaks down a few things in this 30 minute speech he gave at the Gel Conference.

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This is the story and technical details behind the photo.

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A new study suggests that thinking quickly can boost your mood. It’s not clear precisely why this is the case, but it seems that people believe that fast thinking is a sign of a good mood.

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Some cool rundowns on the workflow of a few photographers, including some serious flowchart work. Nice…

BRAD MANGIN’S EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKFLOW

ARCHIVE, WEBSITE, & MARKETING: THE ALL-IN-ONE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKFLOW OF JOCK FISTICK

JENSEN LARSON’S WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY WORKFLOW

IPHOTOLIVE’S PHOTOGRAPHY WORKFLOW: DESIGNED FOR MASS DISTRIBUTION

For the last few months, people have been asking me about the post-production involved in the photos on my blog post “70 basketball portraits I did in two days.”

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I think I’ve managed to balance things out through a few simple techniques that I’ve been refining for years. I still sometimes feel frazzled and info-whelmed, but that’s rare. Most of the time, I’m on top of my workload and my muse. Here’s how I do it:

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LensAlign from RawWorkflow.com is a precision designed and built device that allows you to accurately measure and then adjust the focusing accuracy of your camera (assuming it has Micro-AF capability) within just a few minutes

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One of the most common questions that I get relates to audio and the Canon 5D MKII.

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I have just finished watching an advance copy of Nikon’s new DVD, Nikon School: A Hands-On Guide to Creative Lighting.

Short version: It is far and away the best resource available for those of you who want to better learn how to use your Nikon system strobes (SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, etc.) and Nikon’s Creative Lighting System (CLS).

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The infamous Patterson-Gimlin bigfoot film has been stabilized frame-by-frame to give you a better view of the lumbering woodland beast.

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