Be A Photo Pro

This month we will be chatting with photographer, nationally recognized DJ, anime and movie buff, Will Gamble, about some of his many hobbies and art forms including some specialty lenses and lighting techniques that he uses with his photography. Will loves to use his Lensbaby for vintage and tilt-shift effects and also loves trying different "in camera" lighting techniques including color splashing with manual flash and gels. He also has a few vintage film cameras like the Diana that he experiments with from time to time. As you all may know, I shoot on a Holga so if you've ever wondered what all these "toy" cameras were about, now's your chance! If you've ever wanted to try something new, interesting and outside the box with your photography, be prepared to be inspired after this show! We may also discuss some of his other interests as well. Its sure to be a great show for all you geeks and nerds out there!

 Most of you have heard of editing your photos, but surprisingly few of you actually regularly edit your pictures. This week we'll dig into some of the basics and meanings of digital photo editing and all the cool things that you can do with photo editing that you may not have thought possible. No matter what editor you use almost all of them will use some basic commands or sliders. Some examples are brightness/contrast, hue/saturation, highlights and shadows, white balance, noise reduction and sharpening. We'll also go into some specialty edits like: vignetting, lens blur and tilt shift. By the end of this show, you will actually know the basics of editing a digital photo.

This month we'll teach you how to get better family and holiday photos with ANY camera that you have.  

Some of us can get a random photography job and when we get there we do it well, but as a professional, you always want to be thinking about the next job. One way to do this is to network with other vendors at your event, from cake bakers, to videographers and flower people, I'll give you some tips how to network with those people and more importantly, what those vendors need from YOU as a photographer.

This week we'll discuss how to take better pictures while you are on vacation or during your world travels. How do you catch the "feel" of a town, country or culture? What becomes an interesting photo for the viewers back home and online and what becomes just a boring snapshot? We'll be tackling these questions and more.