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I never used to go to photography conferences. It's not that they didn't interest me, it's just that none of them cover my genre of music photography. WPPI is all about weddings and portraits, and while Imaging USA seems to cover a bit more, it doesn't go anywhere near concerts. Still, a few years ago I went to WPPI with a friend, to cover it on the show, and I found out that I didn't care what the conference covered. What I enjoyed the most was meeting other photographers after hours to talk shop. Since then, I have been to all but one WPPI, and a few of the old Photoshop World conferences - which I really miss. That is all to say that no matter what you think of conferences, the networking side is almost always worth the trip. This past January I decided to try out my first Imaging USA, partly because it was in Louisville, KY, the home of the Bourbon Trail. The conference, for me, was a huge success. I was able to hang out with some old friends, and meet a few new ones, like today's guest. While at Imaging I stopped by to say hello to my friends at the Platypod booth, and while there I met fellow Platypod Pro Lenworth Johnson. Lenworth is a commercial fashion and beauty photographer based in Houston, TX, and originally from Jamaica. We talked a bit at the conference, and I browsed through his site, and knew right then I needed to get him on the show. My original thought was to cover one of his amazing fashion or beauty shots, since that's what he's mostly known for, but that would have been obvious. Instead I decided we should focus on a tangential part of his work. Lenworth also shoots fashion related product photography, like perfumes and makeup, and I have never really had that genre on the show before. The challenges of product photography are quite varied, from holding highlights on reflective surfaces, to subject separation and color accuracy, and Lenworth tackles these challenges so well I thought he could help you and I get a better sense of this difficult subject matter. His work has been honored with multiple awards: 2019 Guru Awards Photoshop World Award 2020 Silver Advertising Award MIFA Award 2022 Gold Commercial Photography-Product MUSE Awards 2023 Gold People Photography-Portrait MUSE Awards 2023 Gold Commercial Photography-Fashion MUSE Awards As a KelbyOne instructor, Lenworth teaches a few classes, including Fashion & Beauty, lighting, and getting published. Join commercial fashion and beauty photographer Lenworth Johnson and me as we talk about his fashion and beauty work, and as we dissect his product shot of Chanel makeup, on this Behind the Shot. Connect with Lenworth Website: lenworthjohnson.com Instagram: @lenworth.johnson Facebook: @photographyLJ X / Twitter: @LJ_Photography1 LinkedIN: @lenworth-johnson-2966a319 Lenworth's KelbyOne Classes KelbyOne: KelbyOne.com Lenworth's Photographer Pick Mary Bel: marybelphotography.com | @marybelphotography

Terry White is a  27-year veteran at Adobe, Inc.  He currently holds the prestigious title of Principal Director, Creative Cloud Evangelist with a focus on photography. Terry's an award winning portrait and travel photographer who in 2016, was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame. He's delivered live keynote presentations at Adobe MAX, Photoshop World, and gave a TED talk titled AI Is Here.He has a very popular YouTube channel with 500K followers and a highly influential photography and tech blog.Topics Richard and Terry discuss:The latest from Adobe MAXNew Lightroom features announced at Adobe MaxPhotoshop's AI Generative Fill and ExpandGenerative Fill vs. Content Aware FillPhotoshop's Neural FiltersThe History of Adobe and AIAdobe FireflyPeople's responses to new, transformational technologiesReasons why photographers and artists fear AIThe secret to Terry's success as a "Photopreneur"Terry's top 3 favorite tech gadgetsNotable Links:Terry White's Tech BlogTerry's TEDx Talk: 'AI Is Here'Terry White's InstagramTerry White on Twitter/XTerry White's Photography Site*****This episode is brought to you by Lexar.For more than 25 years, Lexar has  been trusted as a leading global brand of memory solutions so they know first-hand just how quickly content is transforming our world.Their award-winning lineup performs second-to-none and includes professional memory cards, card readers, and solid-state drives for creators of all skill levels.Whether shooting photos, capturing video, or transferring content on the go, Lexar provides the quality and performance you can rely on to get the shot with confidence.I've been using the Lexar Professional CFexpress Type B GOLD memory cards with my Canon mirrorless cameras for years and they deliver the blazing speed and durability for the extreme weather conditions I encounter anywhere in the  world.To learn more about Lexar memory solutions, visit www.lexar.com.*****This episode is brought to you by Kase Filters. I travel the world with my camera, and I can use any photography filters I like, and I've tried all of them, but in recent years I've landed on Kase Filters.Kase filters are made with premium materials, HD optical glass, shockproof, with zero color cast, round and square filter designs, magnetic systems, filter holders, adapters, step-up rings, and everything I need so I never miss a moment.And now, my listeners can get 10% off the Kase Filters Amazon page when they visit.beyondthelens.fm/kase and use coupon code BERNABE10Kase Filters, Capture with Confidence.

It never surprises me how often Scott Kelby's name comes up when I am talking about photography with someone. I remember, back when I started out in photography, how much I learned from watching his videos with "The Photoshop Guys". Scott, to me, is photography education personified. Scott has been on the show a few times, for Insights From Scott Kelby and Timeless Photography,  but I still remember the first time I met him in person. It was at a Photoshop World in Vegas, and I was at the hotel bar where everyone from the conference hung out. Scott walked in and the room seemed to gravitate slowly towards him. I recall thinking "it's gotta be weird to be him right now" at the same time as thinking "I should go introduce myself". Clearly, I am part of the problem. Still, I walked over and before I got to him he spotted me and walked towards me to say hi. Since then I have had the pleasure of seeing him at a few conferences, and hanging out for a few hours at the NAMM show in Anaheim, CA, but one of the most amazing things is to just sit in a session Scott is teaching and watch him work. Scott Kelby was born to do what he does, and I'm not talking about the business side of Scott here. Sure, Scott is an icon in the photography world. He's the founder and namesake of KelbyOne, the gold standard in online photography education, and the creator of Photoshop World, but the teaching... that is where Scott shines. His knowledge is up there with the best in the business, but his pacing, speech patterns, and demeanor, all make absorbing that knowledge so easy. He has authored numerous books, and he shares a lot of his knowledge on his blog at scottkelby.com.  I'd argue that his Guest Blog Wednesdays are one of the most amazing resources out there for photographers, and twice now I have been honored to write a post there, for Five Lessons Learned from Hosting the Behind The Shot Podcast and The Joy of Live Music Photography. Scott's Annual Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk – the world's largest social photography event - just seems to get bigger each year, and he's more than just well versed in photography by the way. Scott is an accomplished musician, playing guitar (what an amazing guitar collection he has), bass, drums, and piano. Plus, he is one of the few photographers that seemingly can photograph anything – Any. Thing. Travel, fashion, beauty, people, the great indoors, automotive, sports, anything he points his camera at seems to crop itself for him, and that is one of the things I love about Scott's work. His eye for composition, and what makes a shot work, is amazing. That is what brings him here today. Scott does regular photo critique shows, usually blind photo critiques, on his show The Grid, usually with Erik Kuna, and his insight is amazing. I firmly believe that one of the best and fastest ways to improve your photography is to get fair honest critiques from a trusted source, and that's what Scott is doing. I also did a series of image critique shows, with my buddy Don Komarechka, for two years, but that stopped when the war broke out in Ukraine, and then Don moved to Bulgaria. At some point while we were doing those shows Scott wrote a blog post titled "What to expect from a photo critique", and it was so damn good that I started mentioning it at the start of every critique show I did with Don. Let me explain... Often I would get an email from someone who's image Don and I critiqued trying to explain the image, and in doing so trying to let me know why we were "wrong" with what we had said. The same thing happens when I judge one of the image competitions I do periodically here in California. People feel that if we judges and critique people only knew the hardships they went through to get an image, or what the crowd was like, or what the music sounded like, or insert your explainer here meant, that we would understand how amazing their image was. We just didn't understand their art!

Jesus Ramirez is a highly accomplished graphic artist and educator who specializes in using Adobe Photoshop. He has worked with numerous high-profile clients, including Adobe, Microsoft, Motorola, and Conde Nast, and has created film and TV posters for major studios like CBS, HBO, HULU, and Netflix.   In addition to his work as a graphic artist, Jesus runs the Photoshop Training Channel, which is one of the most popular Photoshop YouTube channels in the world, with over 1.9 million subscribers. He has also been a featured speaker at over 30 conferences around the world, including Adobe MAX, Creative Pro, Photoshop World, PhotoPlus, and WPPI.   Jesus has been recognized for his achievements and contributions to the field of graphic design, including being named one of Cal State East Bay's 40 Under 40 recipients in 2019. His expertise in using Adobe Photoshop and his ability to teach others how to use the program effectively have made him a highly respected figure in the industry. Website: photoshoptrainingchannel.com   https://www.youtube.com/@photoshoptrainingchannel Guest Bio: Jesús Ramirez is a graphic artist and educator specializing in Adobe Photoshop.   His clients include Adobe, Microsoft, Motorola, and Conde Nast. Most recently, Jesús has worked as a Finisher in the Hollywood industry, creating film and TV posters for CBS, HBO, HULU, and Netflix.   Jesús also runs the Photoshop Training Channel, one of the world's most popular Photoshop YouTube channels, with over 1.9 million subscribers.   Over the last seven years, Jesús has been a speaker at over 30 conferences worldwide. Most notably, Adobe MAX, Creative Pro, Photoshop World, PhotoPlus, and WPPI.   In 2019 Jesus was one of Cal State East Bay's 40 Under 40 recipients.   ___________________ Subscribe to this podcast and download your favorite episodes to listen to later: Apple Spotify   RSS Feed ___________________   ⚕️ Are you a woman healthcare professional who is struggling to juggle everything in your personal and professional life?  

Episode: 120Today's guest on Your Purposeful Life with Adrian Starks is founder of Photoshop Training Channel on YouTube (1.9 + million subscribers), Graphic/Web designer, Speaker and Educator Specializing in Adobe Photoshop, Jesus Ramirez.  Join us on this episode as I speak with guest Jesus Ramirez as he shows surefire ways to stand out as a YouTube/Creator. I would also like to add that he continued on with his business while suffering from a stroke. This episode sure fired me up and it will do the same for you!   Watch the full video of this episode on our YouTube channel available Saturday March 11th:  https://youtube.com/@adrianstarks

In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to the host of one of the world's most popular YouTube channels, Jesús Ramirez. Jesús talks to us about how to get a million subscribers on YouTube. Jesús Ramirez is a graphic artist and educator specializing in Adobe Photoshop. His clients include Adobe, Microsoft, Motorola, and Conde Nast. Most recently, Jesús has worked as a Finisher in the Hollywood industry, creating film and TV posters for HBO, HULU, Netflix, and CBS. Jesús also runs the Photoshop Training Channel, one of the world's most popular Photoshop YouTube channels, with over 1.9 million subscribers. Over the last seven years, Jesús has been a speaker at over 30 conferences worldwide. Most notably, Adobe MAX, Creative Pro, Photoshop World, PhotoPlus, and WPPI. In 2019, Jesús was one of the 40 Under 40 recipients of Cal State East Bay.

Overcoming a stroke with branding genius and influencer Jesus Ramirez Jesús Ramirez is a graphic artist and educator specializing in Adobe Photoshop.   His clients include Adobe, Microsoft, Motorola, and Conde Nast. Most recently, Jesús has worked as a Finisher in the Hollywood industry, creating film and TV posters for HBO, HULU, Netflix, and CBS.   Jesús also runs the Photoshop Training Channel, one of the world's most popular Photoshop YouTube channels, with over 1.9 million subscribers.   Over the last seven years, Jesús has been a speaker at over 30 conferences worldwide. Most notably, Adobe MAX, Creative Pro, Photoshop World, PhotoPlus, and WPPI.

Google launches Android 13, rolling out now to Pixel phones. Android 13 changelog: A deep dive by Mishaal Rahman. Pixel 6 series can't go back to Android 12 after updating to Android 13 due to security vulnerability. Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro may have just passed through the FCC, ahead of fall launch. Biden admin says about 20 models will still qualify for EV tax credits. Hank Green IRA explainer. Amazon and Nielsen close 'Thursday Night Football' ratings deal. Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger's End-to-End Encryption. The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever. A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave. Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow. The Unintended Consequences of OTC Hearing Aids. Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms. Signal says 1,900 users' phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach. Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer. Ringtone interpretive dancing. Kindergarten teacher talks to politicians. music street. Google's official Android 13 statue sure looks a bit like a butt. Google Photos renaming 'Archive' to 'Hidden'. Google Chrome can now become your default browser on Windows without even opening settings. How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts. Google Meet now shows you how noisy your office is. "Existing connections will be shut down" — Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core. Picks: Stacey - Hearing Test - Mimi Health. Jeff - BOOX is an electronics brand offering innovative E Ink (ePaper) tablets and devices based on Android. Jeff - Jeff history of media in :45. Ant - I set a Clemson wallpaper to see what color options would show up in #Android13. Sorry, no true orange. Ant - Lisa Carney and Photoshop World. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Secureworks.com/twit nomadgoods.com/TWIG

Google launches Android 13, rolling out now to Pixel phones. Android 13 changelog: A deep dive by Mishaal Rahman. Pixel 6 series can't go back to Android 12 after updating to Android 13 due to security vulnerability. Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro may have just passed through the FCC, ahead of fall launch. Biden admin says about 20 models will still qualify for EV tax credits. Hank Green IRA explainer. Amazon and Nielsen close 'Thursday Night Football' ratings deal. Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger's End-to-End Encryption. The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever. A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave. Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow. The Unintended Consequences of OTC Hearing Aids. Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms. Signal says 1,900 users' phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach. Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer. Ringtone interpretive dancing. Kindergarten teacher talks to politicians. music street. Google's official Android 13 statue sure looks a bit like a butt. Google Photos renaming 'Archive' to 'Hidden'. Google Chrome can now become your default browser on Windows without even opening settings. How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts. Google Meet now shows you how noisy your office is. "Existing connections will be shut down" — Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core. Picks: Stacey - Hearing Test - Mimi Health. Jeff - BOOX is an electronics brand offering innovative E Ink (ePaper) tablets and devices based on Android. Jeff - Jeff history of media in :45. Ant - I set a Clemson wallpaper to see what color options would show up in #Android13. Sorry, no true orange. Ant - Lisa Carney and Photoshop World. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Secureworks.com/twit nomadgoods.com/TWIG

Google launches Android 13, rolling out now to Pixel phones. Android 13 changelog: A deep dive by Mishaal Rahman. Pixel 6 series can't go back to Android 12 after updating to Android 13 due to security vulnerability. Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro may have just passed through the FCC, ahead of fall launch. Biden admin says about 20 models will still qualify for EV tax credits. Hank Green IRA explainer. Amazon and Nielsen close 'Thursday Night Football' ratings deal. Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger's End-to-End Encryption. The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever. A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave. Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow. The Unintended Consequences of OTC Hearing Aids. Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms. Signal says 1,900 users' phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach. Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer. Ringtone interpretive dancing. Kindergarten teacher talks to politicians. music street. Google's official Android 13 statue sure looks a bit like a butt. Google Photos renaming 'Archive' to 'Hidden'. Google Chrome can now become your default browser on Windows without even opening settings. How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts. Google Meet now shows you how noisy your office is. "Existing connections will be shut down" — Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core. Picks: Stacey - Hearing Test - Mimi Health. Jeff - BOOX is an electronics brand offering innovative E Ink (ePaper) tablets and devices based on Android. Jeff - Jeff history of media in :45. Ant - I set a Clemson wallpaper to see what color options would show up in #Android13. Sorry, no true orange. Ant - Lisa Carney and Photoshop World. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Secureworks.com/twit nomadgoods.com/TWIG

Google launches Android 13, rolling out now to Pixel phones. Android 13 changelog: A deep dive by Mishaal Rahman. Pixel 6 series can't go back to Android 12 after updating to Android 13 due to security vulnerability. Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro may have just passed through the FCC, ahead of fall launch. Biden admin says about 20 models will still qualify for EV tax credits. Hank Green IRA explainer. Amazon and Nielsen close 'Thursday Night Football' ratings deal. Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger's End-to-End Encryption. The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever. A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave. Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow. The Unintended Consequences of OTC Hearing Aids. Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms. Signal says 1,900 users' phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach. Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer. Ringtone interpretive dancing. Kindergarten teacher talks to politicians. music street. Google's official Android 13 statue sure looks a bit like a butt. Google Photos renaming 'Archive' to 'Hidden'. Google Chrome can now become your default browser on Windows without even opening settings. How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts. Google Meet now shows you how noisy your office is. "Existing connections will be shut down" — Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core. Picks: Stacey - Hearing Test - Mimi Health. Jeff - BOOX is an electronics brand offering innovative E Ink (ePaper) tablets and devices based on Android. Jeff - Jeff history of media in :45. Ant - I set a Clemson wallpaper to see what color options would show up in #Android13. Sorry, no true orange. Ant - Lisa Carney and Photoshop World. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Secureworks.com/twit nomadgoods.com/TWIG

Google launches Android 13, rolling out now to Pixel phones. Android 13 changelog: A deep dive by Mishaal Rahman. Pixel 6 series can't go back to Android 12 after updating to Android 13 due to security vulnerability. Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro may have just passed through the FCC, ahead of fall launch. Biden admin says about 20 models will still qualify for EV tax credits. Hank Green IRA explainer. Amazon and Nielsen close 'Thursday Night Football' ratings deal. Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger's End-to-End Encryption. The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever. A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave. Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow. The Unintended Consequences of OTC Hearing Aids. Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms. Signal says 1,900 users' phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach. Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer. Ringtone interpretive dancing. Kindergarten teacher talks to politicians. music street. Google's official Android 13 statue sure looks a bit like a butt. Google Photos renaming 'Archive' to 'Hidden'. Google Chrome can now become your default browser on Windows without even opening settings. How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts. Google Meet now shows you how noisy your office is. "Existing connections will be shut down" — Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core. Picks: Stacey - Hearing Test - Mimi Health. Jeff - BOOX is an electronics brand offering innovative E Ink (ePaper) tablets and devices based on Android. Jeff - Jeff history of media in :45. Ant - I set a Clemson wallpaper to see what color options would show up in #Android13. Sorry, no true orange. Ant - Lisa Carney and Photoshop World. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Secureworks.com/twit nomadgoods.com/TWIG

Google launches Android 13, rolling out now to Pixel phones. Android 13 changelog: A deep dive by Mishaal Rahman. Pixel 6 series can't go back to Android 12 after updating to Android 13 due to security vulnerability. Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro may have just passed through the FCC, ahead of fall launch. Biden admin says about 20 models will still qualify for EV tax credits. Hank Green IRA explainer. Amazon and Nielsen close 'Thursday Night Football' ratings deal. Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger's End-to-End Encryption. The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever. A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave. Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow. The Unintended Consequences of OTC Hearing Aids. Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms. Signal says 1,900 users' phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach. Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer. Ringtone interpretive dancing. Kindergarten teacher talks to politicians. music street. Google's official Android 13 statue sure looks a bit like a butt. Google Photos renaming 'Archive' to 'Hidden'. Google Chrome can now become your default browser on Windows without even opening settings. How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts. Google Meet now shows you how noisy your office is. "Existing connections will be shut down" — Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core. Picks: Stacey - Hearing Test - Mimi Health. Jeff - BOOX is an electronics brand offering innovative E Ink (ePaper) tablets and devices based on Android. Jeff - Jeff history of media in :45. Ant - I set a Clemson wallpaper to see what color options would show up in #Android13. Sorry, no true orange. Ant - Lisa Carney and Photoshop World. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Secureworks.com/twit nomadgoods.com/TWIG

Google launches Android 13, rolling out now to Pixel phones. Android 13 changelog: A deep dive by Mishaal Rahman. Pixel 6 series can't go back to Android 12 after updating to Android 13 due to security vulnerability. Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro may have just passed through the FCC, ahead of fall launch. Biden admin says about 20 models will still qualify for EV tax credits. Hank Green IRA explainer. Amazon and Nielsen close 'Thursday Night Football' ratings deal. Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger's End-to-End Encryption. The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever. A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave. Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow. The Unintended Consequences of OTC Hearing Aids. Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms. Signal says 1,900 users' phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach. Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer. Ringtone interpretive dancing. Kindergarten teacher talks to politicians. music street. Google's official Android 13 statue sure looks a bit like a butt. Google Photos renaming 'Archive' to 'Hidden'. Google Chrome can now become your default browser on Windows without even opening settings. How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts. Google Meet now shows you how noisy your office is. "Existing connections will be shut down" — Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core. Picks: Stacey - Hearing Test - Mimi Health. Jeff - BOOX is an electronics brand offering innovative E Ink (ePaper) tablets and devices based on Android. Jeff - Jeff history of media in :45. Ant - I set a Clemson wallpaper to see what color options would show up in #Android13. Sorry, no true orange. Ant - Lisa Carney and Photoshop World. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Secureworks.com/twit nomadgoods.com/TWIG

Google launches Android 13, rolling out now to Pixel phones. Android 13 changelog: A deep dive by Mishaal Rahman. Pixel 6 series can't go back to Android 12 after updating to Android 13 due to security vulnerability. Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro may have just passed through the FCC, ahead of fall launch. Biden admin says about 20 models will still qualify for EV tax credits. Hank Green IRA explainer. Amazon and Nielsen close 'Thursday Night Football' ratings deal. Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger's End-to-End Encryption. The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever. A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave. Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow. The Unintended Consequences of OTC Hearing Aids. Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms. Signal says 1,900 users' phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach. Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer. Ringtone interpretive dancing. Kindergarten teacher talks to politicians. music street. Google's official Android 13 statue sure looks a bit like a butt. Google Photos renaming 'Archive' to 'Hidden'. Google Chrome can now become your default browser on Windows without even opening settings. How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts. Google Meet now shows you how noisy your office is. "Existing connections will be shut down" — Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core. Picks: Stacey - Hearing Test - Mimi Health. Jeff - BOOX is an electronics brand offering innovative E Ink (ePaper) tablets and devices based on Android. Jeff - Jeff history of media in :45. Ant - I set a Clemson wallpaper to see what color options would show up in #Android13. Sorry, no true orange. Ant - Lisa Carney and Photoshop World. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Secureworks.com/twit nomadgoods.com/TWIG

In this episode I talk to graphic designer and friend of the show, Mark Hirons. Mark created Creative Waffle Podcast way back in his teenage years, he's only 24 now, and we chat about how he built his empire and then walked away from it to pursue his career dreams. We chat about how that was for him mentally and how the sacrifices have been worth it, so far! PREVIOUS EPISODE WITH MARK JULY 13TH 2020LISTEN HERECREATIVE WAFFLE BACK CATALOGUE (YOUTUBE)WATCH HEREPHOTOSHOP WORLD TICKETSSIGN UP HEREPHOTOGRAPHY SHOW TICKETS**SIGN UP HERE**USE CODE: SPKTPS22This code will take 20% off advance standard single-day tickets only. This cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer, including concession prices and multi-day tickets. Applies to adult rate only. The code expires at midnight on Wednesday 14th September 2022. 

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Today's guest is Dave Clayton. He is a Graphic Designer, Training Manager at Astute Graphics, an Instructor at Photoshop World and at KelbyOne, the author of "How do I do that in InDesign?", and the co-host of the He Shoots He Draws Design Podcast out of Swindon UK. During part two of this episode we talk about: -the journey to writing his book and what that was like. -why website design didn't work for him. -the time in his career that was the most defeating he has ever experienced, why, and how he got through it. Part Two of this interview is where the challenges and the stories about lessons come out. They will pull on your heartstrings and if you have experienced anything like it, you will feel these stories in your gut! @itsdaveclayton @astutegraphics

Today's guest is Dave Clayton. He is a Graphic Designer, Training Manager at Astute Graphics, an Instructor at Photoshop World and at KelbyOne, the author of "How do I do that in InDesign?", and the co-host of the He Shoots He Draws Design Podcast out of Swindon UK. During part one of this episode we talk about: -how he found designer later in life and through a non-traditional route.-how he loved making ransom notes - this is a funny story...-how his Astute Graphics role came to be. -the logo that he created for his friend Glyn and how he basically nailed it first time around!-how he stumbled in to designing book covers.Dave is such a funny guy and a great storyteller. Hearing about his journey to design you can't help but smile. @itsdaveclayton @astutegraphics

Lightroom expert, and heck of a nice guy, Rob Sylvan talks about his #1 top selling (at the time of this writing) book Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic for Dummies. He also talks about printing from Lightroom, which is still a challenge for many photographers. Rob, like Rick, has heard, “Lightroom lost my pictures!” In this episode, Rob explains how Lightroom does not lose your pictures, and gives some tips on how to avoid that experience. Interested in stock photography? Rick and Rob talk about that, too. Rob is also a KelbyOne instructor at Photoshop World. Visit with Rob at the links below: Rob's website https://lightroomers.com/ https://lightroomkillertips.com/ Rob's latest book  

When it comes to lighting, Frank does it all. He uses speedlites, studio strobes, natural light, Lume Cubes, gels or whatever it takes to make the shot – because it's all about creating a mood with lighting. Frank also talks about TTL vs Manual speedlight shooting. In September 2019, Frank is coming to NYC for an awesome workshop. Click on the link below to learn more about this workshop. You can also catch Frank at Photoshop World, where you may see him on stage playing guitar with our friend Scott Kelby. https://www.frankdoorhof.com

Larry's friend and famous Hollywood photographer, Mike Kubeisy, introduced Larry to Christine at Photoshop World years ago and Larry has been following Christine's work ever since.  From beautiful portraits that seem to capture the soul of her subjects, to engaging and fun animal portraits, Christine is a true professional who has a warmth and glow in her work and her personality. Her company, TriMood Photography delivers images that are building a solid foundation for even more growth, and well deserved recognition. https://www.trimoodphotography.com Demo Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=Kp9AD5GpDY0

Justin Wojtczak is a wedding photographer and videographer based in Atlanta. He met Larry when Justin was teaching classes at Photoshop World and helping still shooters add simple video to their photography offerings. Of course that struck a cord with Larry and they've been friends ever since. This interview might just open your eyes to the possibility of doing simple video without becoming an indy filmmaker or learning cinematography. 375photography.com Justin's Snapshot Videos Larry's Free eBook of Video Recipes for Photographers

This week’s podcast is all about the crossing lines in our photography. There are always lines in photography that photographers have to think about. Most photographers think about lines in composition when they are thinking about the line. From leading lines to rule of thirds, there are always lines in the frame. However, there are also a number of other lines that photographers have to consider. For some photographers, it is the line to digital alter a file. From removing objects, move objects and removing objects, what constitutes too much editing. For each person, I think that it is different. I know from my own work that I am fine with digitally editing work more so in some images than others. For most of us, it will come down to our personal ethos and awareness of our definition of what makes something cross that line. As you listen to the podcast, my hope is that you start to define the line for you so that you know what is too much. Announcements I am teaching at a couple of conferences over the next few months. If you are attending Photoshop World in Orlando this week, please stop by and say hi. I will be teaching two classes. One on sharpening in Lightroom and the other is about the fine art digital print. In May, I am teaching two sessions for CreativeLive’s Photoshop Week. You can tune in and see those sessions live. A wonder week of fantastic training. I am so excited to be part of both. Don’t forget to check out my 2017 Workshops including the Perceptive Photographer Workshop focused on the intersection side of photography.

This week’s podcast is all about the importance of figuring out the times in your day when you have the most focus on your creative living. Announcements I am teaching at a couple of conferences over the next few months. If you are attending Photoshop World in Orlando next week, please stop by and say hi. I will be teaching two classes. One on sharpening in Lightroom and the other is about the fine art digital print. In May, I am teaching two sessions for CreativeLive’s Photoshop Week. You can tune in and see those sessions live. A wonder week of fantastic training. I am so excited to be part of both. Daily Rituals Mason Currey’s book Daily Rituals explores the everyday schedules of an artist. I picked the book up because I was trying to understand my creative energy better. Were there times of day that worked better. What would a great day look like from a creative block point of view? In my exploration, I learned that I have two creative peaks that I can take advantage. For the rest of the day, I can slot in all the other things that are also important. As you look at your creative process, how can you structure your day so that you can get the work you need to have done and balance the creative living. Don’t forget to check out my 2017 Workshops including the Perceptive Photographer Workshop focused on the intersection side of photography.

Workshops I am excited to announce in this week’s podcast, my 2017 workshop calendar. You can learn more about the workshops here, but I am offering both in-person workshops and online workshops on a variety of topics. So no matter if you are looking to create better images behind the camera, stay organized or create amazing prints, this years’ workshops have something for everyone. I am also teaching at Photoshop World in April as well as with CreativeLive in May. You can learn more about both of those conferences with the links above. Visual Literacy This past weekend I attended a lecture by Michelle Dunn Marsh on Visual Literacy. Over the course of the two hour presentation, I learned something interesting about my own work and how people see photographs. Michelle at one point made a comment along the lines of: When we connect with an image, we connect with the subject and subject matter in the photograph not the photographer. As I got to thinking about this idea on the way home, it shifted a perspective I have had about my work and the work of others. In many ways, the most successful photographs in history are never really about the photographer. They work best when the photographer is able to get out of their own way.

In this Episode Well I am in Las Vegas this week for Photoshop World so come find me if you are hanging around Mandalay Bay for PSW2016. As I was packing for the conference I came across a notebook from a prior life when I was dealing with marketing. In that notebook was some work that I had done with a firm on the 30-second pitch, 2 minute pitch and tagline/slogan work. As I looked over that work, grateful that I no longer do that full-time, I realized how important that work is to photography. There is huge power in being able to tell someone in a few words or a few minutes what your work is about. Making your language around what you do as a photographer clear, simple and cohesive has the ability to not only help you communicate to others but can also help you gain some clarity in making more simple and effective images. I also had to pack for the trip, and much like the 30-second pitch, I realized that simplifying the camera bag, camera options and lenses can be a great exercise. You have to think about how you are going to see the world and what you will need to achieve that vision. Keeping your vision simple, keeping your words simple will likely lead to more effective images. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode Looking at my own work, I realize that often times I see the same thing and photograph the same thing over and over again. While the subject and subject matter might change, for all intensive purposes the images are the same. I don’t necessarily think this is bad or good, but in trying to understand why that might be happening I came across a couple of quotes. The first quote is by the wonderful photographer Edward Weston: Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have the oppotunity to extend your vision? The second quote is by Henry Thoreau Many an object is not seen, though it falls within our range of visual ray, because it does not come within the range of our intellectual ray, i.e., we are not looking for it. So, in the largest sense, we find only the world we look for. I think that is the challenge in photography is how do we expand our seeing and sense of seeing so that it is outside our intellectual ray. How does our time behind the camera, editing, and critiquing work build a bigger world to live in. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode In this podcast we return to one of the central themes of creating meaningful work. Since starting the podcast, one of the most common questions I get asked seems to revolve around what it takes to make a good photograph. While we have covered this topic in various forms before on the podcast, we return to this topic again to look at the importance of honesty in photography. As you strive to create more significant work, you have to consider how you are relating to your subject and the subject matter. It is not just enough to take cool or interesting photographs, you need to find how you relate to those subject and reveal that feeling or concept in the work. If your work is a reflection of something that is not your own relationship to the work, then the work will not hold value over time. The most meaningful images are images that build on our connections to the world around. In this podcast, we take a little deeper dive into this idea and explore what it looks like to create this type of work and how you can extend your own process. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode One of the questions I get asked a lot is about how I work with my images. Once I get the images taken in the field, what is my actual workflow to determine what prints to work on in an editing program. While I don’t think my workflow is any different than others, but since I get asked a lot I wanted to make sure that I answered the question. My workflow is basically like working with a funnel. I try to narrow out really bad images at the start and make a tighter and tighter edit to get down to the images that I think are worth editing. My process has a couple of key workflow concepts. The first is that you have to start off being soft in your editing process so that you don’t eliminate to many images to soon in the process. The second is that it is best to give yourself a little time between judging your final work. It doesn’t matter if you are looking at the screen or a print, give your self a little time to come back in and look at the work to see if the quality is what you truly want. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode   It is Sunday night and I find myself in front of the recorder again. While I normally try to have my podcast done well in advance, this weekend I was reading something on my phone that sort of got me amped up for the day. There is a lot of photographic teaching out there in the world and some of it is a amazing and some of it not so much. For the most part, I try to ignore things that bother me, but for some reason this weekend, I just couldn’t let it go. Over the past several months, I have been keeping a list of things that I keep seeing in the list of X number of things every photographer should know. I finally broke today, maybe it was the ether from the wet-plate work or just going crazy, but here is my list of 5 things that we need to teach differently. First 1,000 or 10,000 images are your worst. This isn’t necessarily true. Sure a lot of them might be bad, but the creative process works in magical ways sometimes. You might produce some of your best work when you are starting out and free from all the trappings that come from being more focused on “better” photography. We go to the brightest spot in an image first. We actually go to the point of highest contrast first. Find an image of snow with a silhouette of a tree. Which do you look at first the snow or the dark tree? A good black and white photograph has to have a pure black and pure white. What if you want to have a high key image with no black? What happens then? Fix it in post is bad. This is true if you are lazy and sloppy but what if your seeing requires you to “fix it in post.” The intention is right here, but we can limit our own creativity is what we see and experience in the world requires post processing (HDR, Panos, and compositing come to mind) My work is organic so I don’t study photography because it will corrupt my vision. What a load of garbage. You have a sense of seeing and the more you understand design, gesture, light, color, composition, framing and all the other aspects that go into an image the better you will be as a photographer. I hear all the time from people that they don’t know what makes a good photograph. If you are in the camp, you need to study more. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode I was out shooting with a friend on the island, I really should have had my tripod with me, but I did not pack it for this trip. My friend caught me contorted in a corner looking for a way to use the wall as a tripod. He jokingly mentioned that I should have brought the tripod and was just being a lazy photographer. Truth is, I was. That got me thinking about how we are lazy in our photography. At times in my own past, I haven’t been working on my photography and I thought of myself as lazy. As I have gotten a little wiser, I have come to realize that life is about a series of choices and we often have to choose an prioritize things above our photography. That is a good. Making sure that we have a happy and healthy life can lead to a more creative life. And yet, there are times when we might be lazy in our photography. I know in my own work I find that I at times might mail in a photo. As I got to thinking, I realized that it is so easy to fall into easy habits. My short list of issues includes: composition and framing processing sharing printing researching meaningful work As you think about your own work and creative life, I hope that you can find a way to separate your priorities from you perception of laziness and that where you do find yourself mailing it in that you push your boundaries to create something amazing behind the camera. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode As I look at my own work and the work of others, I have been noticing that the better photographs have something in common. Each of the photographs has a good working background, midground and foreground. The photographer has taken the time to make sure that all the elements of the entire frame work together. When we first start photographing, I believe that we focus on the subject or the object that we want to photograph. After a while, we might start to think about subject matter or how that subject is perceived in the frame. As we continue to work on our images we learn about framing, compositions and design guidelines that make images works. One of the final skills that I think develops in most photographs is the ability to use all the planes of a photograph to help convey meaning and story. Using various parts of the photograph to overlap, separate and relate various objects and aspects of the photograph is something that makes really great photographs stand out. As you look at your own work, I encourage you to really evaluate in both your effective and non-effective images how do you use the various dimensions and planes in your image. Do they relate and help with the image or do they hinder the viewing of the image. After you have looked back at your old work, try to apply those skills in the field. Find a location where you can set up and frame, compose and use the planes of the image. Once you have the elements in the frame, wait for something dynamic to happen. I think that you will find that when your images share a good frame, composition and plane development that you just need to have some patience to make amazing photographs. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode One of the questions I have been getting a lot lately is how you go about picking a paper to print your photographs on that will work best for the image. I think there are a few key elements to keep in mind as you think about paper and paper options for printing your images. First off, if you haven’t started printing your photographs you should. There are some things that can happen when you print your photos. First, you will see a commitment to your final image. You will have to place a stake in the ground that says I am doing playing with the tools, and this is my vision of the print. Printing also allows you to hold and see your print at a better viewing distance. This allows you to see and experience the work in a new way by creating different tonal, color and structure relationships. Once you have decided to print there are hundreds of options available for printing. To help make things easier, I recommend that you consider a few key areas when selecting a paper type. Paper Surface: The type of paper surface will shift how you see and experience the image. Matte papers will often offer more color gamut, but luster and glossy will have more saturation and contrast. You will need to decide what is the right look for your image. Paper Weight: How heavy is the paper. Do you like a heavier or lighter weight paper? Paper Texture: Is it smooth or does it have a lot of tooth? How does that change your experience of looking at the image? Paper Color: The white of your image is only as white as the paper base so selecting an image with a creamy base versus a bright white base will change how you see highlights and contrast. Paper Longevity. How long is the paper designed to last and be archival? You will likely settle on a couple of types of paper for your images. You will likely have a matte and a luster/glossy paper. You might also have different papers for black and white versus color. You have to look at the papers that are out there and figure out what paper has the best feeling when you look at, touch and print. In the end, selecting a paper is as much about what looks and feels right as it is any measurable quality like brightness, weight, and texture. Get a bunch of sample and print on a variety of papers and you will quickly start to narrow down your printing paper options. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode In this week’s podcast, I got to thinking about how creativity works in our lives. It is important to consider how creativity manifests itself in your everyday life. For myself, I find that when my creativity is low it is because I haven’t created the necessary space to allow the creativity to emerge. In my own work, I have found that simple is always more. Getting more and more complicated in my work often leads to less creativity. I have also found that when my places of creativity are in disarray that my work is also in disarray. After listening to the podcast, I encourage you to think about your own creativity and how the spaces and places you feel most creative are pull together. Do you need clear and clean environments or the hustle and flow of a busy city? Does your desk need to be clean or messy? If you find that your creativity is off, I encourage you to look at what is filing your spaces with junk, noise and pollution and to do what you can to remove it. Find your simple, clean creative space. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode In this week’s podcast, we talk about what you are doing with your work. A lot of photographers seem to be capturing more and more images, and that has gotten me to wonder about what is happening with all of those images. I am not harkening back to a better time in photography, because I think this problem has always existed. Once you have created your images, what do you ultimately do with them? What is their ongoing purpose? There are so many ways to share and see photographs now than in the past, but has that really changed what we do with them? As I got to looking at my own images, I realized how little time I was spending with my work, both new and old. Once an image was shared or printed and put in a box, what really becomes of it? Does it end up effecting our creativity in some way? Does it impact how we create? Does it have us recreate the same sins over and over again. So, I guess as I cleaned up my office this week it got me thinking that there has to be a better way of relating to my work then creating piles and boxes of prints. As you look at your own work, think about what goals you really have for the work. Do you want to give prints away, win a photo competition, be in your favorite magazine, or get a gallery show. Once you know your goals it is so much easy to work towards them. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode This week we return to a topic we have touched on in prior podcast, the critique. There is so much you gain from sharing your work with others and learning about your work, language about your work and how people see your work. You also gain a better understanding of working with photographs and photography when you learn to give a good critique of someone’s work. This week we take a look at some of the key ideas, questions and concepts you need to be able to work both sides of the critique table. Lessons from starting the critique Here are the key concepts to keep in mind when working with critiques. Set goals for what you want and communicate those goals. Start from a position of abundance. Work from a place where you have done some basic editing without cropping. Remember that this is a discovery process where you need to ask questions and have them prepared ahead of time. What is the subject? What works in the image? What doesn’t work in the image? Watch how people visually respond to the work. You can learn a lot from non-verbals queues people might give about an image Be open to feedback, but remember that it is just an opinion and try to stay calm Be open to how others might see your work Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode I found myself this week completely in love with a new Leica camera. The Leica M-D Type 262 body was announced. This camera is pretty much a standard Leica digital camera, but it lacks a digital view screen on the back of the camera. In place of the view screen is an ISO dial. So it pretty much looks like an old film Leica. Over the years, I have been been able to pretty much eliminate my GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) for camera gear. For me, gear now has to be able solving a problem. And, if I think the problem is a single time problem I rent rather than buy. Yet, this Leica seemed to haunt me all week. Lessons from the Leica As I got to thinking about the Leica camera, I got to wonder what it was about the camera that had me so engaged. It wasn’t the technology of the camera as I think there are other cameras who have better sensors and focusing options for the type of work I do. I also think there is huge value in the digital view screen. However, as I spent the past several days thinking about this M-D Type 262, I realized that it represented a purity and freedom in photography. You would no longer be able to look at the photos as you took them. You couldn’t stop shooting to check your shots. You would have to be present all the time. It reminded me of a more simple time in my own photography. In many ways, it represented why I still shoot film. There is a mystery, anticipation and distance that comes from not have immediate feedback. In our photography, I often times feel that  little distance can provide a wealth of information. So as I wiped the drool from my chin, I realized it wasn’t the camera per say, but rather the love of photography that the camera created in me that mattered. I hope that as you think about new gear you are adding in your bag that you take the time to really figure out what you love about the gear. Is it a problem being solved, just something you want or does it create a ground shift in your way of thinking. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode I have been really interested in how storytelling happens in art. For the past several months I have been looking more an more at how motion pictures and higher-value television shows construct and tell stories. Because the medium is similar to photography, the use of lighting, location, framing, and subjects are very close to how we might use them in a still image. Motion pictures have the added benefit of language, dialog and music. As I was recently watching a number of films, the music really made an impression on me. The music could really drive a lot of our emotional responses. Music in Motion Pictures In his essay Film Music, Aaron Copeland suggest that music does five thing in a motion picture. It creates a more convincing atmosphere, underlines the psychology of the scene, acts as background filler, creates a sense of continuity, and asks as a underpinning theatrical build up in a scene or finale of the movie. I really found it interesting how many roles music plays in a motion picture and how they impact various aspects of the movie. There are also two types of music in a movie. Digetic and non-digetic. Digetic music is music that the actors can hear and react to, such as music on a jukebox or car radio like the barn scene in the movie Witness. Non-digetic music is the score or music that is played over the scene but the actors have no awareness. All of that got me thinking about how to use music as an editing piece when creating a project or portfolio. As you create, edit and sequence what sort of music would play in the background. Would it be a fast paced car chase or a slow classic sonnet. As you look at your work, listen to different types of music and see how that changes your understanding of the position/placement of the images in the sequence as well as their meaning. I think that as you play with your music and images, you might find that often times there is a soundtrack playing to your images. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode I have been updating the images in my digital collection. Going back in time and updating the file names, file organization and metadata. As I have been updating all the metadata fields it got me thinking about all that metadata and how we can use it to sort, search and learn about my work. As I was making the metadata consistent and clean, it occurred to me that it would nice to have some metadata fields that could be used for our visual literacy and language in our work, Sure, some of that data could be contained in keywords, collections or comments, but I think those fields already have a purpose and clouding them with a hack-a-round isn’t the best idea. I also spent some time over the past few weeks rethinking about how to use some of the current metadata fields to create more data about how my photographs work and resonate with me from changing what 0-5 stars means or how to use the color fields, there seemed to be some interesting options for moving a step closer to having more meaningful metatdata. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode   In part 2 of our podcast on Susan Sontag On Photography we take a look at some of the other key themes in the text. While each essay focuses on a central theme, many of her core concepts and principles are dominate across the entire text. In this podcast, I focus on a few of the key concepts that I think most photographers could pull out of the text and find useful in understanding their work. In particular we focus on the following concepts: Everything in the world can be the subject of a photograph, but just because you point a camera at it doesn’t make it interesting. Photographs are fragments at best. They represent framing fragments, time fragments and contextual fragments. In many ways they become like quotes in a book. In the context and understanding of the text, they make sense, but when remove from their context and source they can often times take on a new meaning. Photography is based in surrealism and defends this position with three key tenants: Photographs are duplicates of the world. Although duplicates of the world, they are easily enhanced (manipulated) by the photographer to change meaning. Intention is not present in the work and that the relationship between the photographer and object is more co-operative in nature and mediated in dialog by a machine. Photography is lacking in a cohesive structure and language to understand photographs. This, I believe, is because photography has so many sub-groups that it is difficult to use a single cohesive model to understand all photography. Rather, we should start to look at photography as defined and understood by it’s sub-groups. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode   In 1977, Susan Sontag release a collection of essay written between 1973 and 1977 in a book called On Photography. The book is a collection of those essays in which Sontag examines the role of photography, photographs and photographers impacts on society and art. Written more as philosophical thoughts than academic in its approach, Sontag is able to provide some real interesting insights, observations and arguments around the value and nature of photography. In this week’s podcast, I talk about some of my key observations from the the first essay in the book titled In Plato’s Cave.  A very dense and insightful essay, I found some truths in the essay and some points of disagreement. As with all good critics of photography, this essay gave me a lot to think about. Here is a short list of my take aways. A photographs truth lies in our own understanding of the image, and it is our understanding that makes it interesting. Photography is a no longer an art form, but rather art created by the masses. It is in this mass art that photography can loose its luster. I would contend that this mass art notion is what separates photographer from the masses. The photographer is concerned with aspects of photography great than just the capture of the image. She also concludes that because photography is so easily created that people are spending more time worried about “the photograph” rather than focusing on the moments, events and places we exist. Photography’s own language is predatory in nature. We shoot, nature, steal our photos. There are five key reasons photograph fail in her mind. They are bound by time and space. Open to interpretation Only show the world as real if you accept it as real, but knowledge comes from not accepting the world as it is. Photographs are highly dependent on sentimentality. Photographs make the world more available to people than it really is. Leaning towards social justice issues. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode As March Madness takes hold, I got to thinking about our faction with David and Goliath. We seem to love when an underdog rises above expectations and can advance in the tourney. I think creativity in a lot of ways is sort of like David vs Goliath, but the Goliath is leading a life outside of creativity doing what is expected vs the life that “everyone” talks about living which would be the David. As i made the transition to full-time photography, I kept hearing from my friends and colleagues that they wondered what it was like to give everything up to become an artist. In my world, I didn’t give anything up, but rather was able to find a balance of what really mattered and being present in the moment. As I got to relating the NCAA’s to those conversions, it occurred to me that we like to think about how great it would be to go be that “starving artist” who is leaving the dream, but how much we prefer to be that number 1 or 2 seed. It is nice to know that we have put in all the work and that we are likely to come out on top. However, as we learn every year at this time. Just because you play in a certain conference, have a certain record or show huge talent, at the end of the day the team that shows up and embraces the moment and believes in what they are doing can be that underdog that breaks everyone’s brackets. I encourage you to find a way to be your own David in your creativity and break out of what you should do, how you should play and try to enjoy the creative energy you have today. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode This week I noticed a number of articles online talking about the secrets of photography. Most of them had between five and ten secrets that every photographer should know. As if there are these secrets that somehow have magic powers. At the same time I have been looking back and some journal entries from the past few years and found some interesting topics that I thought were worth sharing. I have to admit that these are not the great and grand secrets of photography, but I do think they can help you find some interesting ways to look at and experience your photography. In the podcast, I share with a couple of ideas about how to do what I like to call no camera photography which involves playing with haiku and 6 word stories to describe things you would like to photograph or see that you want to photograph if you don’t have your camera. I also talk about the idea of a desert island camera and what that camera would do and allow you to feel when you are photographing. Finally, I talk a little about the notion of guilty photography and how succumbing to guilt can keep you from moving forward in your work. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode With the introduction of the Kodak Brownie camera, the masses have been able to photograph pretty much anything they want. This has allowed us to have an interesting look at our history. As told from the perspective of the everyday photographer, any object could become a source of inspiration. Flash forward to today and we are creating billions of seemingly similar photographs. A search of Instagram alone for words like latte art will generate thousand upon thousands of similar images. These images are of everyday life. Common objects that people can come across at any point in their day. Yet, some mundane photographs and photographers seem to elevate above the everyday. Photographers like William Eggleston and Stephen Shore come to mind. They were able to photograph and tell a story of very mundane objects and places in interesting ways. This got me wondering what is it about mundane photographs that make some interesting and others less interesting. It also got me thinking about how do we deal with the cliche in photography. Is it possible to create a truly unique cliche? Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.

In this Episode Well it has been a year since I started the podcast. In this 52nd episode, I look back at a couple of key learning points from the year. As I started the podcast, I learned how hard it is to get audio recorded and sounding normal. I also was reminded that you can just as easily focus on getting new gear to record on or you can focus on learning how to make better content. Just like in my photography, keeping your eye on the final product is so much more important than focusing on new toys. I also realized in preparing for the show that we often times can focus on the wrong questions to move our work forward. I am looking to get a new camera and like most people, I have been reading specs and reviews. I have been thinking about megapixels, frame rates etc. When I should have been asking a different question. I think the right question to ask is what do I want my next image to look like? Answering that question will tell me more about what I really need from my camera than any review ever could. I also realized in reading reviews how petty and jealous many commenters can be when really working photographers work hard to get where they are. Photoshop World 2016 I an also so excited to be an instructor at Photoshop World 2016 this summer in Las Vegas. I am teaching four classes and I would love to see you down there this July. You can find more information over at www.photoshopworld.com. If you subscribe to the Perceptive Photographer up on in iTunes, I would love to hear some feedback or have you take a few minutes for you to do a quick review up on iTunes it can help others learn about the show.