Photo 365

The photographic industry once overlooked the importance of accurate skin tone reproduction for people of color. Now, new technology touted in Google's latest smartphones promises to render darker skin tones in a more accurate way. In this episode, we'll take a look back at some of the industry's problems with skin tone through the years, and discuss strategies for ensuring better color accuracy and exposure. Topics discussed: Google's Real Tone ad Google's official Real Tone page Google rolls out Real Tone filters for Google Photos users An article on "Shirley Cards" from NPR The Wall Street Journal tests Real Tone on the Pixel 6 The X-Rite ColorChecker Passport (the color reference discussed on this show) How to use a vectorscope Using incident light meters Support the show: Give us a Bitcoin boost in compatible podcast players. Fountain is excellent! Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! Use our affiliate link for a discount and to support Photo 365: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239

It's easy to get jaded after doing something for decades, months or even days. Then something unexpected happens. Sometimes a routine photo assignment turns out to be much more memorable – and maybe a little painful!

Collectively, humans are taking an estimated 1.4 trillion photos a year. In a single day, we shoot more photos than were taken during the first 100 years of photography. What are we losing when we're constantly shooting, and where do the images eventually end up? Topics discussed: Astroworld 2021: Photographer Daniel Cavazos reports on the fatal events of that day How Many Photos Will be Taken in 2020? Video Breaks Down the Sheer Number of Photos Uploaded Every Minute (This is an older article, but still very interesting.) Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! Affiliate link: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239

If you don't feel inspired by your subject matter, maybe you've outgrown it. Perhaps you need to move the goalposts farther out to challenge yourself. Or maybe, it's time to pass the torch. I recently returned from DragonCon in Atlanta, where I questioned my own motivations for taking photos. Although I was carrying a lot of camera gear, I discovered I wasn't inspired to use it. Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! Affiliate link: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239

Renting time on telescopes, managing your color, and bringing an old laptop back to life with free software. In this episode, I take off on some photographic tangents as I fall down three technological rabbit holes. Topics discussed: Astronomy with remote telescopes Insight Observatory (Login at their ATEO Portal for remote telescope service) Is Sony's Color Science Really That Bad? (PetaPixel) X-Rite monitor calibration X-Rite Passport color checker Pop!_OS by System76 XnView image viewer Shotwell photo manager software GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program) darktable RAW developer Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! Affiliate link: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239

If you're just starting out as a photographer, undoubtedly there is pressure to “git gud” and start making money. Don't fall into that trap. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being an amateur photographer. Think about the freedom you have. Freedom to shoot when, where, how and what you want. Freedom to constantly experiment. Freedom to create your art. Articles mentioned: The Overjustification Effect: https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/overjustification-effect/ Why I Never Charge for Photography (Medium): https://medium.com/@robert.rittmuller/why-i-never-charge-for-photography-4ae992c61ea1 Being a Pro to be an Amateur: https://blog.mingthein.com/2014/09/13/being-a-pro-to-be-an-amateur/ Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! Affiliate link: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239

Have you ever considered why a particular album, or musical playlist is your favorite? What makes an album great? Today, we talk about the importance of sequencing images, and what our favorite music can teach us about that process. Music mentioned on this episode: Kind of Blue by Miles Davis (Full album, YouTube) Random Access Memories by Daft Punk (Full album, YouTube) The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails (Full album, YouTube) "Strobe" by Deadmau5 (YouTube) Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! Affiliate link: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239

Like vinyl records, typewriters, fountain pens and mechanical watches, film photography seems to be back in vogue. For some of us, it never really left. This show will be a little different because I'm not pitching any questionable advice today. I'm just reminiscing about film photography, which I'm seeing more and more interest in these days, despite efforts of the industry to get rid of it altogether. Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! Affiliate link: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239

Are you unhappy with your progress as a photographer? Creatively, do you feel like you've reached a plateau, or worse, have you fallen into a valley? If so, it may be time to let go of what you've done in the past, to influence and shape your future. In this episode I talk about letting go of cameras and lenses I've owned for nearly a quarter century, and how letting go of bad habits and preconceptions can make us better, or at least happier, photographers. Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! Affiliate link: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239

We generally want to remember important moments in our lives. We take photos to document life events; we post memorable moments to social media, and so on. But what about the more mundane days of our lives? Photography can help you remember those too. Today, I'm talking about one of the unintended side-effects of shooting daily -- building a "second brain." Links: What smartphone photography is doing to our memories: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/3/28/17054848/smartphones-photos-memory-research-psychology-attention Taking Pictures Can Help You Remember—But There's a Catch: https://www.cambridgebrainsciences.com/more/articles/taking-pictures-can-help-you-rememberbut-theres-a-catch How Taking Photos Impacts Our Memory: https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/photo-impact-memory/ Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! Affiliate link: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239

His images represent a journey through space and time. They transport us to alien, glowing worlds on the edges of the universe, while still reminding us of what it means to be human. Today, I'm having a conversation with astrophotographer Hap Griffin. In this episode, we discuss cameras modified for astrophotography, Hap's photographic process, photographing rockets and more. Hap Griffin online: ImagingInfinity, Hap's camera modification service: http://www.imaginginfinity.com/ The MAC-Hunter Observation Site: http://www.machunter.org/ The Midlands Astronomy Club: https://midlandsastronomyclub.org/ Hap's AstroBin gallery: https://www.astrobin.com/users/HapGriffin/ The MoonArk project: http://moonarts.org/ Topics discussed: (05:44) Growing up, loving space (08:07) Getting serious about astronomy (10:12) Building an observatory (13:17) Modifying cameras (16:16) Hap's photographic process (29:53) Reflections on time (34:30) Art vs. science (38:44) Advice for beginners (40:16) His favorite objects to photograph (43:35) Photographing rockets (52:28) The MoonArk project Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! Affiliate link: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239

For more than 40 years photographer Cecil J. Williams documented the civil rights struggle in the deep south. Now in his 80s, he's still fighting for freedom, justice and equality. In this episode, we catch up with Cecil Williams and discuss history, his new museum, his favorite photo, the struggle for equality and more. Cecil online: The Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum: http://cecilwilliams.com/ Museum virtual tour: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=2DmpozTzVqa Freedom & Justice: Four Decades of the Civil Rights Struggle As Seen by a Black Photographer of the Deep South: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0865544786/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_CZSWX4QWMQA1WJ52T0PZ The FilmToaster scanning system: https://www.filmtoaster.photography/ Topics discussed: (04:01) Growing up segregated (06:19) Photography at age 9 (08:42) Documenting his community (11:10) Learning from his mentor (14:57) Photographing Thurgood Marshall (17:49) Shooting for national publications (22:29) Orangeburg, the 'epicenter' for civil rights (24:37) Integrating Clemson (28:51) Friendship with JFK (35:08) Photographing MLK (37:40) The Orangeburg Massacre (44:20) Racial harmony (49:20) A conflict between justice and injustice (51:31) Cecil's civil rights museum (55:30) Cecil's favorite image Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! Affiliate link: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239

Humans have been sharing stories since time immemorial, by word of mouth, paintings, books, and eventually the camera. Every image tells a story, but are you telling stories with your images? The following artists are mentioned in this episode: Chris Aluka Berry, "Affrilachia": https://www.alukastorytellingphotography.com/portfolio/G00002bm1OCwPMFA Kaja Rata, "Kajnikaj": http://lenscratch.com/2020/04/kaja-rata-kajnikaj/ Forest Kelley, "Michael": http://lenscratch.com/2020/04/forest-kelley-michael/ Tabitha Barnard, "Sisterhood Summer": http://lenscratch.com/2019/07/2019-lenscratch-student-prize-tabitha-barnard/ Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! (Affiliate link: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239)

Today we talk with Atlanta documentary photographer Chris Aluka Berry about long-form visual storytelling, race and class in the deep south, and raw intimacy. Chris is a regular contributor to the European PressPhoto Agency and Reuters. His work has been published in Time Magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and many others. For the past six years, he's been photographing African American culture in the Appalachian Mountains for his series, Affrilachia: The Remnant that Remains. Check out Chris online: Chris Aluka Berry's online portfolio: http://alukastories.com Photoville | Affrilachia: The Remnant That Remains: https://fence.photoville.com/affrilachia-remnant-that-remains/ Chris Aluka Berry on Instagram: @alukastories https://www.instagram.com/alukastories/ Topics discussed: (02:12) Growing up in the South (05:44) How Chris learned photography (07:33) Becoming a photojournalist (12:40) Shooting photo stories (17:40) Affrilachia: The Remnant That Remains (23:45) How growing up in the South informs his work (26:16) Selling yourself (28:37) Getting the work out there (32:47) On photographing politicians (35:50) The importance of getting close / Having a unique view (37:33) On photographing Congressman John Lewis (43:06) On staying creative Support the show: Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! Affiliate link: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239

Kitchen tables, windows, televisions and vases. On the surface, these may not sound like worthy artistic subjects, but many photographers have achieved success making images of these objects in the confines of their own home. This episode is about artists who have created great work in limited environments. Whether you're still in isolation, or have become accustomed to the solitude of being at home or working alone, the images discussed here hopefully serve as a reminder our vision isn't limited by location. The following artists are mentioned in this episode: Lee Friedlander, "Stems": https://www.moma.org/collection/works/106191 Nicéphore Niépce, "Still Life" and "View from a Window": https://blog.samys.com/nicephore-niepce-inventor-photography/ Laura Letinsky: https://lauraletinsky.com/ Lucas Samaras: http://www.craigstarr.com/exhibitions/lucas-samaras2 Carrie Mae Weems, "KItchen Table Series": https://carriemaeweems.net/galleries/kitchen-table.html Hayahisa Tomiyasu: https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/tomiyasu-hayahisa-ttp-photography-250119 Jan Groover: http://janetbordeninc.com/artist/jan-groover/ Cindy Sherman: https://www.moma.org/artists/5392 Abe Morell: https://www.abelardomorell.net/ Chrissy LaMaster: https://www.chrissylamaster.com/ Nina Katchadourian, "Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style": http://www.ninakatchadourian.com/photography/sa-flemish.php John Pfahl, "Picture Windows": https://www.josephbellows.com/exhibitions/john-pfahl Gregory Crewdson: https://gagosian.com/artists/gregory-crewdson/ Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a portfolio site to showcase your work? We love Format.com! (Affiliate link: https://format.grsm.io/andrewhaworth8239)

Do you have a bad case of GAS? Gear acquisition syndrome? If so, you probably have a lot of choices to make regarding the cameras and lenses you're using. And, you're probably making the creative process harder on yourself! Support the show: buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a photography portfolio site? Check out Format.com (Affiliate link)

"Exposure" is a new reality show on Hulu sponsored by Samsung. In this Top Chef-style competition, contestants are issued a smartphone and asked to complete photographic challenges. Between the reality TV tropes and product placement, it turns out, we can learn quite a bit from it! Topics mentioned: Exposure Homepage at Samsung.com: https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s21-ultra-5g/exposure/ Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra: https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s21-ultra-5g/highlights/ Exposure on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/exposure-43a5ca36-02d8-451c-9c98-e5a0d4860e48 How to shoot the Girl with a Pearl Earring by Rick Sammon: https://ricksammon.com/blog2/cksammon.info/2011/03/part-ii-girl-with-pearl-earring.html Steve McCurry on "Afghan Girl": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciXIaCF80ao "When Bad Photos are Better": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyCumQ78ZoI Support the show: Send me a virtual coffee: buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a photography portfolio site? Check out Format.com (Affiliate link) My photography site: ahaworth.com My music: filmsc.bandcamp.com

An opportunity to shoot a great photo is like lightning. It rarely strikes in the same place again. If something catches your eye it's incumbent on you to stop and capture the moment. Support the show: buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a photography portfolio site? Check out Format.com (Affiliate link) My photography site: ahaworth.com

You've just started a photo-a-day project, or a long-term artistic endeavor, and for the most part you're flying solo, following your own set of rules. How do you ensure you stay on track, don't miss any days, or compromise your artistic vision? "On Photography" by Susan Sontag (PDF) Support the show: buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a photography portfolio site? Check out Format.com (Affiliate link) My photography site: ahaworth.com

If you've started a photo-a-day effort, you're going to be taking a lot of images between now and the end. So you can never let your guard down when it comes to seeking out images. You need to embrace a new heightened sense of awareness, or as I call it, the ABC Rule. Support the show: buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a photography portfolio site? Check out Format.com (Affiliate link)

Creative energy can come in a sudden burst, and you can barely contain it, but there are times when that creative part of your brain just stalls, and when that mental wall comes up it can be like staring into a void. Has your creative well has suddenly run dry? Hopefully, you have a lifeline! Support the show: buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a photography portfolio site? Check out Format.com (Affiliate link)

Starting a photo-a-day project is daunting, and maybe it even sounds impossible. I'm here to tell you that it's not. But before you begin a long-term project, you first need to know how it might end. Support the show: buymeacoffee.com/photo365 Need a photography portfolio site? Check out Format.com (Affiliate link)