Podcasts about making photographs

I had a great conversation this week with Mr. Marc Silber.  Marc is a life-long photographer, best-selling author three times over, filmmaker and host of the Advancing Your Photography YouTube series.Marc started out learning darkroom skills and the basics of photography at the legendary Peninsula School in Menlo Park, CA, in the '60s.  If you are not familiar with the Peninsula School they are renowned for their no grade approach to education and support of student collaboration, positive risk taking, and creativity.  Marc moved on to hone his skills to professional standards at the famed San Francisco Art Institute and has since moved into teaching photography in workshops all over the country.One of the things I admire most about Marc is his dedication to education. Not just sharing his knowledge and experience, but his own continuing education and you will see in his books, his videos and even in our conversation, he has a brilliant quote from an inspirational photographer for almost any situation.But his quotes are not just focused on iconic names like Adams and Leibovitz.  He also makes it a point to learn from new photographers. When I booked Marc to be on the podcast, he shared a list of things that he has recently learned from talking to budding photographers and I thought that would make for a great conversation and provide some excellent teaching opportunities.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LinksWebsite URL:https://www.silberstudios.com/https://marcsilber.smugmug.com/Instagram URL:https://www.instagram.com/marcsilber Facebook URL:https://www.facebook.com/marcosilberYouTube URL:https://www.youtube.com/marcsilberTo purchase Marc's book Advancing Your Photography: Secrets to Making Photographs that You and Others Will LoveVisit: https://www.advancingyourphotography.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TOGCHAT ResourcesShow Website: https://togchat.comEpisode Web Page:  https://www.joeedelman.com/marc-silberMy Website & Portfolio:  https://www.JoeEdelman.comDon't forget to check out THE LAST FRAME LIVEWednesday evenings at 6:00PM ET US on YouTube!Visit:  http://lastframe.live for past episodes.Calendar of upcoming Live-Online Presentations & Speaking Events:https://www.joeedelman.com/edu/I would love to be your PHOTOGRAPHY MENTOR! https://www.joeedelman.com/mentoring-for-photographers/- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -FTC Disclosure: No sponsors have paid for inclusion in this video.  I am an Olympus Visionary photographer, a Delkin Image Maker, a TetherTools Pro and a StellaPro Champion of Light.  These companies do provide me with various pieces of gear that I frequently discuss or mention, however all words and opinions are my own, and I was not asked to produce this podcast.Support the show (https://paypal.me/joeedelman)

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Episode Links Exposure Averaging Video: https://youtu.be/zcEV6hqe16M Segmentation Series Video: https://youtu.be/DhlHh4O0LxI Soft-proofing Analysis Video: https://youtu.be/wKuHGHH5Tqw Online Print Course: https://brentbergherm.com/course-info/ List of available workshops: https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/ Summary I talk about the process covered in my recent YouTube videos. They are Exposure Averaging, Segmentation, a series I started several years ago, and expectations about color and a calibrated system for our printing process. Topic:  This is the 50thepisode. Wow, what a milestone. Just a brief history about the show in case you’re a newer listener and you are interested in these things. This show actually started as part of the Improve Photography Network. In April 2018 the founder of Improve Photography gave the other contributing podcasters the various shows. The main show is now Master Photography Podcast and is owned by five of us. Each “side show” as it were, was given to the primary host. This show was my baby from its inception and was originally co-hosted with my friend Brian McGuckin. With the changes that happened I assumed full control of this show and he decided to one day resurrect Thoughts on Photography. So, I relaunched this show with the first episode publishing on May 4, 2018. So that’s where the count “50” is coming from. If I were to count the shows I did with Brian we’d be at over 60 or something like that. But this is a count from when I rebooted the show. In this timeframe I think I’ve only relied on one Latitude Replay where I republished a show with Brian.  I put a question out in the facebook group on what I should do, if anything, for episode 50. One suggestion was to give an account of what I’ve learned/gotten/achieved in this timeframe. The biggest thing really, is the friendships, relationships and connections I’ve been able to make. I’m sure you can probably tell, but I can talk about photography until I’m blue in the face, and that’s just getting started. I can’t do that with most of my friends, if I did they probably wouldn’t be my friends anymore. To actually have people who are just as interested in this field as I am and to hang out with them and talk shop with is just amazing. I’m loving every minute of it. I’ve also gotten to talk with a lot of great photographers. I think of the episode where I talked with Ashley Tinker about photographing Provence, Dan Bailey came on twice to talk Fujifilm gear with me, Brian Pex talked with me about photographing the Palouse which is just a couple hours north of me, but he’s from Boston so it was good to get on outsider’s perspective there. Quite possibly the most moving and sobering episode was with Randy Narkir when we talked about the March of the Living which is an educational program bringing individuals from around the world to Poland and Isreal to study the history of the Holocaust and to examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance and hatred.  I even had Ted Meister on from ThinkTank Photo, maker of some fine camera bags and then there’s David duChemin who took over a year to schedule. But it was worth the effort! Fellow teacher Mary Malinconico has been on a few times to talk about workshop expectations and we also discussed the book by Ibarionex Perello called Making Photographs. Oh, and I had Ibarionex on too! And I can’t forget Chris Marquardt, host of Tips from the Top Floor, the longest running photography podcast. There was also Timothy Allen, photographer for the BBC series called The Human Planet.  OK, I think that’s enough, I just have to bring back a few of these top episodes and replay a bit of them for you here.  The first one comes from Ibarionex. If you haven’t listened to this episode please do so. He’s got some amazing insights. I asked him what advice he would give someone who wants to try street photography but is feeling intimidated. Let’s listen to his response: And now let’s listen to Chris Marquardt talking about a time when he just had to stop and soak in the experience before he could start making any photographs. In this next section David duChemin is talking about principles learned in the book Art and Fear, every creative needs to hear this. And here’s David again talking about the importance of the print. I couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s so true! And here’s Timothy Allen on the hazards of the job in Africa. There’s plenty more I could draw out but I’d better leave it at this. Many thanks to all the special guests I’ve had on the show and I look forward to the next 50 episodes and the next guests I’ll have on. Some of which will be repeats I’m sure, though there’s so many great photographers out there. If you have ideas of who you want to hear on the show please do let me know. In the last episode I asked for feedback and it didn’t take but a couple of hours for Paul from Minnesota to reach out and share some thoughts. This is another incredible perk of being a podcaster. I mentioned earlier the connections I’m afforded, hearing from listeners is absolutely a huge part of that and I’m grateful. Paul writes that he knows the basics but still struggles to put it all together to “make photographs.” He then described some of his pain points which I’ll not get into, but I know I can certainly resonate with him on that. Getting to know you and knowing who my listeners are helps me create a better show. Either writing a direct email like Paul did or being involved in the facebook group is wonderful and I appreciate any interaction I have like that.  Let’s get on now to the main topics I wanted to discuss. These are three of my recent videos I posted to YouTube. The first is called Exposure Averaging with windblown foreground elements. https://youtu.be/zcEV6hqe16M I was in the Denver area for several days and on the Tuesday we left town I got up early and went out to shoot sunrise at Roxborough State Park. We were staying at an Airbnb in Littleton so the drive was actually not that long. I walked around a bunch and finally found a composition I liked. The sun was just barely up and it was striking the rocks nicely. I had some evergreen trees in the foreground but my goal was to emphasize the clouds in the sky, I really wanted them to go all blurry and smooth. I could have achieved this by attaching my 10 stop ND filter and getting a several minute exposure. But this can build up a lot of digital noise. I shoot the 5d4 by Canon so it wouldn’t have been too bad, but still, I didn’t want to run that route on this shot. Besides, I’d have to blend at least two exposures together anyway so I could get a solid shot of the foreground tree that I’d framed up. The trees in the mid ground were fine with me if they were blurry, but that one if the foreground needed to stay solid. So the wind was blowing and I had a bit of movement in that tree.  Explain the rest of the process here https://youtu.be/DhlHh4O0LxI The next video shows the process of putting together a series of images I’m working on called Segmentation. It’s a long running series that I do every time I am moved by a particular subject. Usually that subject is a tree or shrub of some sort. The main point of this project is to capture the subject in pieces and then assemble it together in Photoshop later. I’ll zoom in to isolate a part of the subject and then work around the subject so that I can have some overlap between frames. Usually in post-production I’ll crop the sections to be square. And the pieces rarely overlap perfectly. I’m often on a tripod when I do this, but with lens distortions and other perspective changes the items just don’t line up perfectly. And that’s OK. That’s part of the fun of a project like this. I’ll then take each square and put a white stroke on it so that each segment is clearly separated from the others.  The fun of this project is that when you’re viewing it the eye has to fill in the rest of the details. And it has fun doing so, at least for some. I shared this out in the facebook group and I had two fellas comment how they will try this next time they’re out there. I’m anxious to see their results. But I remember one time I shared one a while ago and someone replied something along the lines of “why don’t you just shoot it in one shot?” They kind of missed the point I guess.  And finally, my third video has to do with soft proofing in photoshop. I titled it “Recalibrating your expectation for print color accuracy.”  As far as the show notes are concerned I’ll leave you with a video link. But I’ll continue describing it here in the episode. https://youtu.be/wKuHGHH5Tqw

I have two guests with me today. They are Mary Malinconico and George VanBuren. Mary, Welcome to the show.  George, Welcome to the show. Mary, you too are a teacher. When do you start up again, or is it too early to think about that? George, this is your first time on the show, tell us a bit about yourself. Topic:  Today’s topic is to have a different perspective of Ibarionex Perello’s book, Making Photographs. I say different because just today, as this is recorded, my interview with Ibarionex is released. That was episode 42, released on July 7, 2019. But I put a call out several months ago asking for volunteers to grab the book themselves and to then come on the show and talk about it. So here we are. I asked each of you to come up with some talking points and we’ll just go back and forth with those.  George, I thought we’d start with you today. The first item you wanted to talk about is the idea of “Making vs. Taking” photographs.  Mary: Book Assignments George and Mary: Being Patient Mary and George: Knowing your gear, ability to change settings without thinking. Mary: Journaling

Links mentioned in this episode: http://ibarionexperello.squarespace.com http://thecandidframe.com https://www.youtube.com/user/lafotoboy https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/oregon-coast-2019/ https://brentbergherm.com/course-info/ The Interview Please tell us a brief history of yourself, your background, interests, hobbies, photography, anything you want to share. You’re known for your “street photography.” That’s pretty much all that’s in the book. And also one reason I really wanted you on the show, I like to think of street photography as a “secret passion” of mine. Secret because I hardly do any of it, but I’ve had this incredible desire to do more of it. I’m sure there’s some listeners out there that are interested but are timid, afraid, or just plain shy. What can you tell us to help us get over that hump and get out there and do it? Let’s go to the very beginning of the book. In the introduction of the book you write, “I believe the thing that makes it difficult to improve your photography is the ease with which you are able to make photographs. Raise the camera to your eye, press the button, and there you have it: a photograph.” How does this make the improvement of our photography more difficult? Creativity and perfectionism. In the first chapter you talk about unreasonable expectations. How you’d consider yourself “all that” if you came back with some amazing photographs and if you didn’t, you were a hack. I can certainly identify with that. I distinctly remember when I had this revelation of sorts. I was planning another shoot in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic area, more waterfalls. It was after a string of failures. I was kinda down and I just got to thinking, my priorities are all wrong. My plan was tunnel falls. It’s seven miles up Eagle Creek and there’s a few falls along the way. When I finally got there I just sat there for about 30 minutes, not only recovering from the hike, but also enjoying this amazingly beautiful nature all about me. I didn’t create any good photos that day, but from then on my perspective changed. Do you happen to remember your “aha!” moment, when your perspective changed, or was it more of a gradual thing? Let’s talk about journaling. That’s something I’ve never done but I do require various journaling exercises from my students. Take us through your process and what the journaling exercise does for you and your creativity. Software: Day One If we may, I want to talk gear for a moment. You shoot Fujifilm cameras. And towards the end of the book you talk about the importance of always having a camera with you. A camera that’s not your phone anyway. I’ve long considered a move to Fujifilm from my Canon 5dMk4, which is a fine camera. While I like to get on the bandwagon of saying “gear doesn’t matter” in this case, I think for me it might. The canon is huge, heavy and I never take it with me unless I’m going on a shoot. I think the Fujifilm system would also change my mindset a bit because I’m looking to get only primes, at least to begin with. I’ve almost exclusively shot zooms for the last 20 years, and I think the gear restrictions might help ignite something in me and my photography. Am I crazy in thinking that? At the end of each chapter you have an assignment. Let’s talk about one of those assignments from Chapter 8.

Links talked about in this episode: https://brentbergherm.com/course-info/ https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/ww-print/ Time to talk about two pieces of gear. The iPad Pro and a mobile workflow opportunity that it provides, and the Sony a6400. Let’s talk about the 6400 first. I took it with me to my conference in April 2019 to San Francisco. I was there for a web design conference, but I landed at about noon on Sunday and went straight for Cataract falls in the Marin Headlands area. Took only this camera Was concerned about leaving the Canon kit behind. This is a very capable camera, but I’m just so used to my Canon and three lenses. Took a small bag that went into my computer bag. Took two batteries and my normal ThinkTank photo pixel pocket secure with my cards. It charges via USB plugged straight into the camera. Let’s look at a few Specs of the camera. Sony E mount, crop sensor  24MP ISO to 32,000, extendable to 102,400 Electronic Front Curtain Shutter to 1/4000thsec. Silent shutter, is completely silent Tons of video options, all the way up to 4K and full HD at 60fps I’ve yet to do any video with this camera. 425 Phase Detect AF sensors 425 Contrast Detection Areas Viewfinder resolution almost 2.4MP Monitor resolution 921,600 dot Tilting screen (up and down, flips up but not flippy screen. Rather annoying that it is hard to operate with an arca swiss plate attached) USB 2 micro b for charging L Weight: 14.22 oz, 403g (with battery and memory card) All in all, not a bad camera for less than $900. Quite respectable in fact.  There’s a few things I couldn’t get used to, or couldn’t yet figure out. Screen resolution is too low.  Hand keeps turning off screen when I reach toward the camera, the sensor for the viewfinder senses the hand, turns off screen. Kind of annoying. I know I can switch it to be only the rear screen or the viewfinder. I don’t want that. I want a sensor that actually senses it’s on a tripod and that when something approaches it it should leave the screen on. Then, when I have it in one hand or both hands, and that sensor is tripped, it should then go back and forth between EVF and the screen. But I like it when I want to use the viewfinder. Viewfinder is too low resolution as well. The AF system is good, but I couldn’t intuitively figure out how to change it so I can manually select which AF spot I want. I had to rely on the ability to touch the screen to override the camera’s auto selection of AF points. But when using the viewfinder, I was out of luck. Probably just my inexperience, and my being used to the Canon system. But it should be more intuitive to make that selection. On my 5D4, it’s a quick flick of the joystick item. Comparisons to the Canon 5D4 In one sense it’s rather unfair to make a comparison because these are two totally different cameras. But that too is my point. I’ll be looking at image quality soon, so that ultimately tells the whole story, but for now, let’s look at the physical differences.  I use a Pro Media Gear L bracket with my 5D4, it makes this package a massive beast to behold. But I do like it and it has worked well for me. But I’m very much interested in a smaller kit. I want to travel more and take more pictures, and I do know that the girth of the camera does cause me to not get it out sometimes. I bought the Sony with the 18-135 lens. Together they weigh 25.72 oz or 1.6 pounds. Not bad. The Canon with the 24-70 I shoot weighs in at about 48 oz. or 3 pounds. That’s nearly twice the weight. The Sony is rated with the battery, the Canon is not. Add the battery and my L bracket and I’m saving half the weight when going with the Sony. Image Quality: I just completed working on several images in LR. Before I get too far into this I gotta say one thing, This is not a direct comparison of the same exact scenes between the Canon and the Sony.  I did not take my Canon so I only had the Sony to shoot and think about on this trip. Thoughts: Golden Gate Bridge at night: Came out very well. I shot mostly in the 100, 200 and 400 ISO range and I let the shutter speed go on up to 10 seconds or so. I did a lot of experimenting so I’m just going off of the two that made it to my keepers file thus far.  I’m really impressed with the flexibility of these files. I can push them up in LR easily about ½ stop more than my Canon with the same amount of noise build up. Past 400 though and it starts to fall apart in my opinion. And by “fall apart” I really mean that you can see the noise, it’s still very well controlled, but it’s certainly there. Pretty much on par with the Canon. This is impressive given that the Pixel area of the Sony is 15.13 µm²and the Canon is 28.73 µm² Story behind shooting these images Woke up at about 4:30 a.m. Drove to the Marin Headlands area, specifically, to the Battery Spencer overlook. Arrived way before sunrise. Had the place to myself.  Looked at a few options for framing. Decided to largely hang out a bit to the left of the battery area so I could have a slightly better angle on the bridge and the city behind it. Got plenty of shots with it pitch black. However,  my favorite shot is the ones where just a bit of blue is starting to come through.  Reds of the bridge are not feeling all that “original” or natural. Not sure if this is a lighting issue, a Sony issue or something else. I was able to manipulate the colors in post to get them pretty good, but to begin with they were awful. I’ve never had this problem with my Canon. Initially, however, I’ll chalk this up to just loads of experience with the Canon, and preconceived expectations. As the sun continued to rise it looked promising. I wanted to catch the harsh light on the bridge with the city behind. But the fog rolled in on the horizon. It remained mostly clear where I was, but over the main land area it got a bit thick.  So I went over to the edge of the ridge and shot the sun coming through the clouds. It was quite good actually. Very pleased with how those came out. I was able to frame up Alcatraz with a large ship, and with the sun poking through the clouds and reflecting off the water, it was rather sweet. I then got back on the main road and headed down towards Point Bonita Lighthouse. There were signs posted saying it’s only open for a few hours on Sunday afternoon, but I had no idea they’d close a tunnel that is the only access to the area and you can’t even see it from the trail. I was a bit disappointed.  I then drove to the Battery Alexander Parking lot and walked to the beach that leads to Bird Island. It was all right, but nothing too exciting. I just shot a few wet sand texture and pattern studies.  One afternoon I walked downtown after the conference and I got on top of a parking garage and shot an old fashioned street car. I zoomed in and framed it up tight, the curvy lines, windows and the pattern of the road made for a striking composition. I really like the guy in the back window. You can see his face and that’s the only major human element in the shot. And then finally, I got the sailboat with the ridge behind it. I like the simplicity of this shot. Waterfall shots. Actually, before I shot the bridge and downtown I went to Cataract falls a bit further north. It was an excellent hike. But it was also the first time shooting with this camera in CA. I had shot it a bit before with two listeners who met me in Clarkston, WA, and we went to Hell’s canyon and did a bit in the Palouse area. Anyway, I got a few images that worked, but I was really spending too much time getting used to the camera, most of what I got wasn’t worth much. But it was still a valuable experience. Really the only true keeper is a B&W vertical panoramic with a log crossing over the top portion of the frame and the water flowing into a small pool area with rocks surrounding it. The files held up really well to how far I have to push them when doing a shot like this. B&W helps too, but still, it’s a good quality image. Lens quality The 18-135 is a quality lens. I was almost surprised at how good it is. I could easily trust most of my shots to this lens. I tried it with severe backlighting, side lighting and some of my favorite types of subjects, and they were rendered quite well.  I’m not done testing, and my opinion may change, but so far so good. I did not do quality tests at various focal lengths, I’m just speaking candidly from what I was able to see from these initial images. Can I actually do it, make the switch? It’s hard to make the switch just now. I think the lower res screens and EVF bothered me too much. I need something like the EOS-R with a higher resolution viewfinder and flippy screen. The FujiFilm X-T3 has a much higher resolution EVF at 3.69mp, but the rear screen is only barely a few more pixels at 1.04mp. The canon EOS R has the same resolution EVF as the FujiFilm but it has a 2.1MP rear flippy screen. So if I’m looking for the best experience in shooting, and I did notice the lower res rear screen was annoying, then the Canon EOS R still has a bit of a nod.  The Panasonic has a whopping 5.7MP EVF and the same 2.1MP rear screen as the EOS R.  This is why I’m still officially waiting to declare which direction I’ll be going with my shooting. Canon has predicted a drop in camera sales and we’re seeing that now with the latest reports coming out in the last couple months. Is it any wonder? There’s lots of good equipment out there, but when you have a 5D4 already, not much is really pulling me one way or the other. Things are to incremental at this point to make me want to pull out the plastic an make it happen with a new body. Video capabilities. I’ve yet to shoot video on the Sony. Though I just got the ThinkTank Photo PhotoCross 15 in the mail today. I’ll be doing a YouTube video on that soon and then I’ll be able to talk about this camera and it’s video capabilities. iPad Use I’d love to be able to use my iPad Pro 2 as an exclusive platform for when out on a trip and I think I’m getting close to saying that is becoming more and more feasible for me. Download images to camera roll. Then import into LR mobile. Rather annoying. iOS 13 supposed to fix this issue, allowing us to import directly into 3rdparty apps such as LR mobile. I look forward to that.  Then I have to wait for LR to upload the images to the cloud and then wait for LR on the computer to download them. If you thought importing images into LR was slow, just do this. However, it would be rather worth it for me if I can do this because I’d be able to leave the computer at home if I needed or wanted to.  Still waiting for full PS on the iPad. Once that happens things are going to get very interesting.  However, with the changes in pricing Adobe has started “testing” even I’m tempted to find another solution even though I get the creative cloud through work. And the price they give educational institutions… it’ll be hard for us to justify moving away from adobe anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean I can’t personally make a switch. Time will tell. The Jury is still out on that one. Closing Remarks Finally, some information you’ve been waiting for on Denver. I’m going to do a one-day print workshop on July 28. I’m working with a local camera club for hosting it but the best part is that they said that I can easily invite my listeners to join in on the fun as well. We don’t need to keep it exclusive. Club members will get a small discount but otherwise it’ll be open to you folks as well.  I don’t have everything figured out just yet, but you can check out the FB group for an announcement and those of you who have contacted me personally, I’ll be reaching out to you once I have the details all worked out. I have another workshop for you as well. It’s based here in Walla Walla. We’ll plan to get up to the Palouse as well, but it’s all about shooting, processing and printing. We’ll spend five days going through the whole process from start to finish. And you’ll return home with some great images and new skills. If you’re interested in pushing your image making to new heights this workshop is for you. It happens June 17-21 of this year. Check out all the details on the website, https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/ww-print The Walla Walla workshop does include access to the online course as well. So you’ll get access to over 8 hours of learning and inspiration for taking your images off the screen and into the real world. We’ll talk about working with labs too, so you don’t need your own printer to make this a valuable experience. And quickly, a quick shout out to all those who have purchased the online course. It’s been out almost a month now and I’m thrilled to see the progress many folks are making. I get the stats of video downloads and such and I’m loving the opportunity to help so many folks who have decided to take the plunge. I’m about to announce my first group session that’s associated with the course, so those of you enrolled, watch for that in your email. I’m talking to David, Bill, Steven, Hank, Dino, Gary, Jeremy, Brian, Steve and the others. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. So if you’re ready to take that next step head on over to the website and sign up today! In the next few episodes I’ll be talking with the host of the longest running photography podcast, Chris Marquardt. I’m also bringing on Mary Malinconico to talk about selecting workshops and participating in other photo outings. Jeff and I recently talked a bit about workshops and how to select them on the Master Photography Podcast, but with Mary we’ll go quite a bit deeper. I’ve also got three people interested in talking with me about the book Making Photographs by Ibarionex Perello. So that episode will be exciting and it’ll happen in early July. Thank you so much for listening. I hope you have a fantastic day, whatever you’re doing and until next time, happy shooting!

In this episode, I bring you a chat between two old friends. I sat down with Ibarionex Perello, with no manuscript, and no overall objective, and we just talked, for an hour. Details on blog: https://mbp.ac/657 Music by Martin Bailey

In this episode, I bring you a chat between two old friends. I sat down with Ibarionex Perello, with no manuscript, and no overall objective, and we just talked, for an hour. Details on blog: https://mbp.ac/657 Music by Martin Bailey

There’s so much to talk about and so little time to do it, so, where to start. First off I’d like to talk about the show in general. Not publishing as often as I’d like. (end of the quarter and all that) Working very hard on my print course and coming up with ideas for future courses. Very busy quarter ahead. 48 in my intro to digital imaging course, 32 in my principles of photography course. Plus putting my dossier together. This quarter will be busy. Going to try out a shorter show format for a while. It will be hard because I love talking photography. But with a shorter show to get out it may not seem so daunting of a task and I might be able to keep at it on a more regular basis. My goal is still twice per month. I do have my workshops that still have several spots left. If shooting the total solar eclipse and other great spots in Chile interests you, please consider signing up. I’ve reserved a large apartment that has flexible sleeping arrangements, but I also have an option about doing your own lodging if you’d prefer. Check out the listing on my site and see if that would work for you. It’ll be so much fun and quite the adventure. We’ll learn some photography along the way too of course. And my Croatia workshop too. If you love waterfalls and historic city centers then this trip is for you. Something I’d like to really stress is that we have some flexibility on the dates. If the first part of the trip can’t work for you please consider the second part. It’s only a half-week but I can easily extend that to a full week if that would be a better fit for your schedule.  The problem is we’re coming up on the cancellation deadline which is March 31, 2019. If I don’t have the minimum signed up I’ll have to cancel. So please check it out and reach out to me if you have any questions. My website is experiencing some changes lately. I’m preparing for publishing my course and it will be right there in my main site, http://brentbergherm.com I’ve got the videos edited, I just need to polish them off and get them organized on the site. When I publish the course I’ll do another episode that will walk you through everything in basic detail so you know what’s what and what to expect. I’m so excited to be so close to being finished. I’m spending my spring break getting this thing online and ready to go.  It will be way more than just a set of videos to download.  I will make the first announcements about the course release to my email list and my Workshops group on facebook. Just search for Brent Bergherm Photo Workshops on facebook and ask to join, or find the link at the bottom of every page on my site and join the email list. I email out my most recent blog posts and other pertinent stuff.  I’ll be missing so many of you at the Create Photography Retreat later this week, but please know I’m working super hard to get this wonderful course out to you. Of course, I also have the Walla Walla Print-n-Shoot workshop as well. With this workshop you’ll get access to the print course online when it’s published, but you’ll also have time with me here in the beautiful Walla Walla Valley where we’ll spend a week going out and shooting great images and then you’ll learn tons of post-production and print process techniques to create fine art prints from your photographs. The cost of the workshop includes all the ink and paper you’ll need to print several fine enlargements. I’m still looking for submissions for my next theme where I talk about listener submitted images. For now I’m still hosting that on the facebook group. It should be the first thing you see and the theme this month is RED. I’ll record an episode in late March or early April 2019 and review and comment on three listener submitted images and then we’ll also talk about what red means in an image. Also, I picked up a book by Ibarionex Perello titled “Making Photographs” and so far I recommend it. I’d love to chat with someone about this book. So if you want to get yourself a copy and read it by this summer please do so. We’ll then do an episode that’s a book review of sorts. I think it’ll be fun, check out the link in the show notes or just search for “Making Photographs” at your favorite bookseller. https://www.amazon.com/Making-Photographs-Developing-Personal-Workflow/dp/1681983990/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?keywords=ibonarex+perello&qid=1553205526&s=gateway&sr=8-2-fkmr0 Shooting Macro. Spring is here and I love to shoot macro images of all sorts of subjects. Flowers, bugs and other details. It’s so fun to look at the amazing detail in God’s beautiful creation. So often we just miss out on the details, but when we take a macro lens and inspect it for all it’s worth, I don’t know, for me it’s just absolutely amazing. I wrote a blog post on this and I’ll link it in the show notes as well: https://brentbergherm.com/shooting-macro/ Other links mentioned: Chile Total Solar Eclipse Workshop: https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/chile-2019/ Croatia Creative Composition Workshop: https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/croatia-2019/ Walla Walla Shoot-n-Print Workshop: https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/ww-print/

I read a post on Blue Moon Camera and Machine’s website yesterday. It was an article by photographer, Katt Janson Merilo titled, Vivian Maier, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Photography.   The Links Vivian Maier, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Photography (Written by Katt Janson Merilo) FindingVivianMaier.com […] The post INSPIRED – Episode 19 – Who Are You Making Photographs For? appeared first on Photography Matters.

Ibarionex and Frederickerick discuss the idea of "seeing" as a photographer and moving away from the gear obsession and towards getting better at your craft.

In this episode Valerie talks with LA based photographer, educator, author and podcaster Ibarionex Perello about his latest book titled 'Making Photographs'.

The oil industry is perhaps the archetypal globalised industry, and it is this global scale that poses the challenge. How can the full dimensions of the oil industry be adequately represented in a photograph? This unit looks at a series of photographs made with the intention of affecting the way a globalised industry is seen and understood. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published in ePub 2.0.1 format, some feature such as audio, video and linked PDF are not supported by all ePub readers.