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Suddenly it washed over me - that odd euphoric sensation of contentment.  No idea what triggers it, but it's well worth holding onto!  Also in this episode, a quick review of ACDSee 10 (the Mac version).  If you'd like to try it yourself, please use this link (there is no kickback or finance attached, but it does let the guys at ACDSee know that the referral has come from me and the Mastering Portrait Photography Podcast!) Enjoy! Cheers P. If you enjoy this podcast, please head over to Mastering Portrait Photography, for more articles and videos about this beautiful industry. You can also read a full transcript of this episode. PLEASE also subscribe and leave us a review - we'd love to hear what you think! If there are any topics, you would like to hear, have questions we could answer or would like to come and be interviewed on the podcast, please contact me at paul@paulwilkinsonphotography.co.uk.  Full Transcript: EP146 On Being Content [00:00:00] Introduction and Studio Update [00:00:00] So in an effort to keep up my weekly episodes , I am recording this mid afternoon on a Tuesday, which normally would be fairly busy here in the studio, but given I've got two people who are off sick, with both Michelle and Sarah coughing and spluttering and generally not feeling very well. [00:00:16] So with a degree of persuasion, managed to get both of them to go home. I'm assuming they are now wrapped up in duvets drinking brandy or whiskey or possibly just Lemsip. And so I suddenly found myself with some time in the studio during normal working hours. So this is episode 146 being recorded when, well, I could be doing a million other things. [00:00:41] I'm Paul and this is a very distracted Mastering Portrait Photography podcast. [00:01:03] Now if you look at the list of things I should be doing, it's long, it's complicated, there's a lot to do in the studio just now, but I quite like recording the podcast, and so I am somewhat using it as a distraction. Displacement, I think is what it's called, and I'm going to record this episode. [00:01:22] Mastering Dogs and Their Owners Portraiture Photography Workshop [00:01:22] It's not that long since the last episode, so it's not like I've done a million different things, but yesterday we ran a Mastering Dogs and Their Owners Portraiture Photography, I can't remember the title, ah, uh, workshop, which essentially is a Photographing dogs with their owners. [00:01:37] Had the most incredible bunch of people as delegates and also as models. One of the great things about running these workshops, of course, is that we can bring in models who are regular clients. Steve and Ambra and their dog Luna, and then Gemma who came in the afternoon with her dogs Luke, and, archie. [00:01:58] It was just brilliant. Spent the whole day laughing, the whole day answering questions and discussing things about photography, not just how to take these pictures, but why we take these pictures. And certainly from the point of view of running a business. The weather held, it was gorgeous and sunny, a little too sunny, with that low raking February sunshine that we don't get enough of, and when we do get it, of course, as a photographer, I moaned that it was too harsh, uh, for some of what we were doing, particularly when we were trying to photograph in an alley where I needed both walls to have the same light, more or less, and of course the sun sort of threw that out the window, but hey, you know, what can you do when you get those days? [00:02:39] It was a fantastic day, and loved every second of it, I've created some images that I really like, and more importantly, I think our delegates went away with ideas and enthusiasm and determination and confidence, possibly more than they did when they arrived, which is the right way around, and if you ever give when we're delivering workshops, the great thing is not It's not about technical stuff really, it's about having the confidence to go and do it, because without that, it doesn't matter how good you are with a camera, or how good you are with Photoshop, you're not going to run any kind of business. [00:03:14] You'll never produce anything. You need the confidence to do it in the first place. So a big shout out to all the guys that came on the workshop yesterday, and a huge thank you to my clients. [00:03:22] ACDSee Software Review [00:03:22] Uh, before I get into the nuts and bolts of the podcast I want to give a quick shout out to the guys at ACDSee. [00:03:30] That's letter A, letter C, letter D, and the word 'See' S E E. A brilliant bit of software. It's a bit of software that I first used, I was trying to remember when they asked me to get involved. I was trying to remember when I last used it. I think I used version 1. I think it came free on the front of a magazine. [00:03:49] It was I think, recalling it was shareware back then. Shareware is not really such a common model, but back then, I'm guessing 15 or 16, maybe even longer years ago. Um, and it was an amazing piece of software primarily because it was super fast and It has the ability to preview files and organize files for you in an incredibly quick way. [00:04:13] And anyway, the guys at ACDSee asked me if I'd review it and then talk about it. So, cards on the table here. I have been given a free copy of ACDSee to see what I think. I'm on version 10, it's the MacStudio version. And so I've been bunged a free license, which I've been using for the past couple of months. [00:04:34] So it's not really, this isn't a paid commercial. Genuinely, I'm using the software and I said I would talk about it if I liked it. But I'd hate anyone to think that I wasn't being straight up and honest when I'm talking about it. And clearly I've been given a free license. But of course, here's the but in all of this stuff is I will never talk about anything on this podcast that I haven't had first hand experience of. [00:04:58] Somebody did ask me, there is someone has asked me to review like an energy drink from the US to use it for a while and then talk about what I think. Sadly though you can't get it in the UK so I had to go back to them and say I can't do that until you've got a supply chain or an importer over here. [00:05:15] And then of course I will try it and let you know what I think. So I won't talk about anything that I don't have first hand experience of there are many reasons for doing this podcast but being able to be authentic in the middle of it is the bit that under pins it. So what are my thoughts on this version of ACDSee? [00:05:31] So this is version 10, the Mac version. Um, so okay, straight up, slightly mixed bag, but don't I don't take that as anything other than there's just one little bit that I'm not happy about. So when they approached me, so when ACDSee approached me, I was beyond excited to do it. Firstly, I got to play with a bit of software that I used an awful lot back in the day. [00:05:57] And it was wonderful to be using the same software again. There's a degree of nostalgia, I suppose, about that. And it's always good to see a great piece of software, as it was, not only survive, but expand and become even more useful. The second reason I was excited about it, so I went and did a quick hunt around before I committed to giving it a go, is everything I read talked about the new AI keywording tools, and they looked incredible. It would help me enormously if using a bit of AI inside the software that I have on my computer, as opposed to going online and doing round tripping and all of those things, if I had some AI software that would help me identify with some very simple keywords. I'm not after that. Detailed keywords, but very simple keywords that would let me find, for instance, like a low key studio portrait, or a high key dog image, you know those, I'm talking really quite basic stuff. [00:06:50] Now we manage our catalogue really well, but stuff slips through, and with keywording, you know what it's like, you get one folder, I've got to archive it, I've run out of disk space, I need to move some stuff today, do I keyword it now? No, I'll do it later, and of course by do it later, what I actually mean is, it doesn't get done. [00:07:07] So, that was What I was looking forward to the the speed and the simplicity of this piece of software as it used to be, but also with some of the new AI stuff in particular, the keywording. And so I suppose the question is how did it do? Brilliantly, I think, is the word I'd use. It is still blazingly quick. [00:07:27] It's an unbelievable piece of software from that point of view. It's faster than using the Finder on the Mac or Pathfinder I also use. It's incredibly fast. Now, let me just clarify how I've used it or how I'm using it right now. Lightroom is at the heart of our workflow. All of our live catalogues. All of our live RAW files, all of our live PSDs are in Adobe Lightroom . [00:07:52] And what do I mean by live? Live just means the job is not yet archived. I looked earlier and there's about 75, 000 assets in Lightroom at any one point. That includes all of our live jobs but also our portfolio, our portfolio of heroes. Now, I've configured Lightroom in a very particular way so when I run an export of JPEGs that are going to go to the client, they're going to go into album designs anything that's flagged with five stars, the little bit of code in the background that I've written spits those out into a series of Dropbox folders that are organized in line with the jobs. [00:08:27] So, let's say there's a Le Manoir wedding Tom and Amy get married at Le Manoir on a date. When I spit those files out, there'll be an equivalent Dropbox folder that contains anything that was ranked with five stars. So it allows me to have these heroes in Dropbox. And we've been doing that for about eight years. [00:08:45] So you can imagine just how many images and folders we have in Dropbox running that little bit of the catalogue. But when I archive the folder away, when it's done, the job's finished, Tom and Amy have got their wedding album, then we remove all of the files off our live drives, remove the catalog components from Lightroom, and obviously new stuff has come in. [00:09:07] Those heroes, though, still need to be active, and they stay active in Dropbox, a series of Dropbox folders that I have. And it's always a little bit of a pain trawling up and down them. Well, ACDSee solves that, because once I visited a folder with this software, All of the thumbnails stay in its catalogue. [00:09:24] So it's as if I can browse things that go across folders. There's this thing called the Image Well, which is brilliant. I can find things by flags. I can find things by colour labels. It's absolutely phenomenal. So at the moment, I've got about a quarter of a million. There's about 250, 000 JPEGs in ACDSee. [00:09:47] It's really, really fast. And one of the things I really have liked about it, which is useful for me, is, and this is the bit of the AI that is working, is the facial recognition. Now, no Lightroom has facial recognition, but of course, in the end I don't use Lightroom for longer than the job is live for any folder. [00:10:05] Whereas this is folders that go back historically. And I'm not really that worried about identifying every face. What I am interested in is having the faces all looking at me in a series of thumbnails that I can scroll through and go, Do you know what, I remember that shoot or I remember that image. [00:10:22] That's what I'm looking for. Then I can find the shoot and then I can expand that to all of the other images. And on top of that, slightly weirdly, Hehe. I found myself just smiling this morning as I was trawling through this big page of thumbnails of my clients. It's all my clients faces looking back at me and smiling. [00:10:39] And it was really nice. It was a bit of a trip down memory lane, I think, for many of these. And I know that's not its intended purpose, but if you ever want a pick me up It's simply look in this folder on ACDSee of faces looking back at you, of all these clients, and of course the memories that go with it. [00:10:57] And it is rapid, I mean it's unbelievably quick in the way it does it. And it's really useful to have that. Now on the indexing side, it's a little bit, you have to get your head around it a little bit. It indexes any folder you've visited. Browsed. However, there is also a behind the scenes index that you can get ticking over, which will run whenever you're not using your computer and ACDSee is open. [00:11:20] So gradually over time, it picks up the files and it pops them pops all the thumbnails together and categorizes them for you. So it's really really useful. On top of that, a nice little touch that I've only really discovered this morning is that your license includes the use of a thing called SendPix. [00:11:38] This won't be useful to everybody, but it's quite a nice little bit of software. So it's, if you can imagine I suppose a hybrid version of something like Zenfolio which is a catalogue system for images for your clients and WeTransfer which is a way of sending files to your clients. It's sort of in between the two. [00:11:58] What it allows you to do is select a load of images, send them to someone but instead of sending them directly it creates a short lived online gallery. It's there for a couple of weeks, I think, looking at the dates it gave me. And that allows your client, or whoever you're sending them to, to log in, see the images, and download what they need. [00:12:15] So in a sense, it's like WeTransfer, but with an interactive component. And it's equally, it's a little bit like Zenfolio, but with a gallery that only lasts for a couple of weeks. So you don't have to worry about taking them up and taking them down, and all that kind of thing. It's only there for the time you need it. [00:12:30] And, surprisingly It's actually really useful, which I hadn't seen coming. It wasn't a bit of the software. I certainly didn't pick that up when I said yes to reviewing ACDSee, but it's incredibly useful. Now, sadly, the software doesn't integrate with Dropbox properly. There is no integration with Dropbox, which is a shame. [00:12:47] It would have been really nice. It does have an integration with iCloud, but I don't use that, so I can't comment on that part of it. But it would have been quite nice. It's no big deal. Doesn't really change my usage of it. And all in all, there are just dozens of little functions that make finding and retrieving files that you have on your folders and drives really easy. [00:13:09] It makes it fast, it makes it visually interesting. I haven't used the editing tools because for us, everything we do is edited in Lightroom on the RAW files and the PSDs. I suppose it could be useful if I do pick up a file, I just think, you know what? I wish that was slightly brighter, I wish that was slightly darker, or something like that. [00:13:26] I know there are some quite sophisticated tools in there, but that's not the part of the puzzle I've been interested in. And I think the license for the Mac version is about 99, and it's absolutely worth it. [00:13:38] Sadly, the AI keywording is in the Windows version but not the Mac, but still [00:13:42] I think it's absolutely worth it. Anyway, now whether that fits into your workflow is entirely down to you. [00:13:49] Only you can answer that question. Now bear with me, I'll come back in a minute. [00:13:53] Reflections on Happiness and Contentment [00:13:53] I've got a phone call to answer. [00:13:55] So sorry about that, I had to answer the phone. It was the editor, it was Terry, the editor of Professional Photo Magazine, who we regularly write for calling about the next edition, which is very exciting, as always. I've no idea, I've no idea in the final edit where I'll leave that cut in, or whether I'll just gloss over it. [00:14:15] Either way, as I was trundling in this morning, I don't know whether this happens to you, but it happens to me occasionally, where It's just this, it's almost a feeling of euphoria, and it's happened to me a couple of times today, whether it's just chemistry, whether it's just, I don't know, I've no idea. But today, I felt like everything was good in the world. [00:14:37] And, it's a real sort of skill, I suppose, in being completely comfortable with where you are. We had a text this morning. Someone was asking, how are things out in the industry? And I can only answer from our experience. And right now, we're doing well . Everything is busy phone's ringing, even this morning. [00:14:56] We had an enquiry for a wedding just come through. We've got enquiries for headshots and commercial. Portraiture feels maybe a little bit squidgier than it has been on the economy. But all in all, our business is running really well and I'm really happy. [00:15:07] I'm very satisfied with my lot. Now, I don't mean to be self satisfied, that's not what I'm saying, but I think the art of being content with your lot is a tricky one. Now don't get me wrong, I'm incredibly ambitious and driven and impatient. I want everything to happen and I want it all to happen now, but the reality of course is things are slower. [00:15:27] So I get frustrated with it, of course I do. But trying to find the space in my head to be content is a skill that I am still learning, I guess. It's really easy not to be happy. Even this morning, Sarah had the radio on, and the news came on, and I could feel myself just getting wound up. The state of our economy, we have a particularly crappy government at the moment, and I'd like to say that's specific to the UK. [00:15:57] I've got friends all over the world, and I keep, as best I can, I keep abreast of world news, and I think it might just be a global phenomenon. The kinds of people who you'd really want to lead you are not the kinds of people who we have leading us, I don't think. So it's easy to feel down, the weather's pretty rubbish, it's that time of year, you know, it's grey. [00:16:18] Yesterday we had this phenomenal day of beautiful weather, but today, well, it's back to normal, it's chucking it down. But yet, even though it was cold and dark, I still found myself skipping into work this morning. Life is okay. And being happy with yourself is not that straightforward, I don't think. Jake, our son, was asking me if I liked myself and I thought that's an interesting question and I don't really have a satisfactory answer. [00:16:45] Some days I like bits of me, some days I feel dreadfully insecure, but I'm always confident that on balance I'm alright. I feel alright, I'm on the whole nice to people, I try really hard not to be nasty to anybody. There are people I like more than others, of course there are. You know, you marry the one you like the most, right? [00:17:09] And she's incredible. So being happy with your lot. I think is something you can do and it just washed over me this morning, maybe it's the fact that we ran the workshop yesterday and I was around people who I liked [00:17:23] And even writing up the notes on ACDSee, it still feels really strange saying ACDSee, when I grew up in the 70s and the 80s, when ACDC was a band for those about to rock and all of that stuff. So it sounds really weird when I say it, but writing my notes on ACDSee I had to look through thousands of images that had dropped into our Heroes folders, which reminded me of the things we do. [00:17:46] And on top of that, of course, I put the facial recognition on, and that reminded me of all of the incredible people we do it for. And if it wasn't enough that I came in skipping down the road as an image, right? What we do for a living, the things we create, and the people we create these things for, what an honour. [00:18:05] not only ACDSee, but Sarah spent the past couple of days designing the most incredible book. A Tramontino book is the range from Graphistudio. And it's full of the same pictures, these pictures that we took in the past 12 months. It's a collection of some of our Favourite moments, I guess, out of 2023. A mix of clients and some dogs, all sorts of bits and pieces. [00:18:31] One or two award winning images. But mostly, it's just a celebration of the people we work with. And I can't wait for that to come, for Sarah to get it made, uh, and Graphistudio to get it, to get it made. [00:18:47] The Joy of Photography [00:18:47] It'll be beautiful, I know that. But more importantly, it will sit on our coffee table, and every time I feel flat, or I feel like, Oh, do you know what? I'm not sure how I feel about all of this. I can go down and have a look at it, just as I do with one or two other bits down there. [00:19:00] And it reminds me, just What a lovely job this is, and I can't wait to have that actually on our coffee table, not just as an advert for the product, and of course it is a great advert for the product, a Graphistudio product I may have mentioned we're ambassadors for Graphistudio, so there's my cards on the table again, but in the end, I am really lucky, and we are really lucky, to have a skill that allows me to create the pictures that we do, for the people that we do, the moments that we get to enjoy, the places that we get to visit, and the joy, that we get. [00:19:36] It's easy to get distracted by life, but sometimes it's worth focusing on what it is I do. And for whatever reason that happened subconsciously this morning, but I probably should make it happen more of a deliberate thing as I go. [00:19:52] Still ambitious, still competitive, still driven, still want it all to happen today. But maybe it just takes a little bit of time. . [00:19:59] Conclusion and Workshop Information [00:19:59] And on that happy note, I'm going to wrap up. If you're curious about our workshops, please do head over to Paul Wilkinson Photography and look for the coaching and workshops section. Eventually we're going to move all of those across into Mastering Portrait Photography, but for now they're all still on my normal website. [00:20:19] I'll put a link if you're curious about ACDSee and want to download a copy to have a play. I recommend you do actually, I've really I've grown to love it. I have two screens on my Mac, two huge 27 inch monitors, and ACDSee sits permanently on my right hand monitor whenever I'm doing any design work or doing anything for the websites. [00:20:39] It's there because I have easy and straightforward access to all of our hero images, all of my favourite images. It's incredible as a tool like that. It slots in alongside Lightroom for me. At least it won't replace it, though I'm sure the guys at ACDSee would love it too. That's not, for me, the function that it serves, but does that make it still worthwhile? [00:21:00] I think it does, and I, for one, will renew my license when the time comes up. So I shall put a link down in the show notes for you to head across. It does have my name in it. I don't get a kickback from it. I think it just allows the guys at ACDSee to see that it came through me. And I'll also put it on our Facebook group for all of the people that have been on our workshop community. [00:21:19] But All in all, I highly recommend it. [00:21:23] In the meantime, I hope the weather is a little nicer where you are. I hope it's more like yesterday than today. But whatever else, keep skipping, keep smiling, remember that what we do is an incredible job. I'm Paul, and whatever else, be kind to yourself. [00:21:38] Take care.

In this episode of the Dead Pixels Society podcast, Gary Pageau talks again with Keith Barraclough, CTO and CPO of Zenfolio, a comprehensive business solution tailored for photographers, complete with beautiful galleries, CRM, and campaign management capabilities. Barraclough describes Zenfolio's pivotal role of mobile-first design and how AI is revolutionizing workflows for photographers.Barraclough describes the company solutions AI brings, from showcasing mobile device products to providing relevant examples for users. Barraclough advocates that all the advancements have privacy as a top priority, and photographers can even tailor multiple versions of their sites for different seasons or markets.Barraclough explains the image processing process on the photographer's machine before uploading to the service, ensuring privacy and protection. He discusses the balance between authenticity and manipulation in the age of AI, the increasing demand for branding in portrait photography, and the changing dynamics between photographers and consumers due to social media. Mediaclip Mediaclip strives to continuously enhance the user experience while dramatically increasing revenue.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showSign up for the Dead Pixels Society newsletter at http://bit.ly/DeadPixelsSignUp.Contact us at gary@thedeadpixelssociety.comShout out to podcast supporter Keith Osborn of Memory Fortress for becoming a paid subscriber.Visit our LinkedIn group, Photo/Digital Imaging Network, and our Facebook group, The Dead Pixels Society. Leave a review on Apple and on Podchaser. Interested in being a guest? Click here for details.Hosted and produced by Gary PageauEdited by Olivia PageauAnnouncer: Erin Manning

Ever wanted to turn your passion for photography into a business? Now consider taking that business on the road as you travel full-time with your own family. Wedding and Family photographer Jake Ford has done just that! Tune in to discover the joys and challenges of growing a successful family photography business from the road. Hear tips and get apps for fulfilling image orders or selling stock photos. Learn the importance of making connections, and consistently sharing quality content on social media. Spoiler alert: It's more about quality than it is quantity. Connect with Jake: https://jakefordphotography.com/ Instagram: @jakefordphotography https://www.instagram.com/jakefordphotography/ RESOURCES MENTIONED ------------------------------ Album Production: Millers Signature Albums - https://www.millerslab.com Red Tree - https://www.redtreealbums.com Photography Fulfillment Platforms: Pic-Time - https://www.pic-time.com/ Pixieset - https://pixieset.com/ Zenfolio - https://zenfolio.com/ Smug Mug - https://www.smugmug.com/ Shutterfly - https://www.shutterfly.com/ Sell Stock Photos: Shutterstock - https://submit.shutterstock.com/ Adobe Stock - https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/ iStock - https://www.istockphoto.com/workwithus Website Development https://wordpress.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE RV ENTREPRENEUR ⁠https://therventrepreneur.com⁠ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join the RVE community on Facebook! ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/therventrepreneurcommunity⁠  Connect with RVE on all your favorite socials ⁠https://therventrepreneur.com/connect⁠ Got questions or comments for our hosts? Leave us a voice message! ⁠https://therventrepreneur.com/voicemail⁠ (NOTE: Audio submitted may be published on the podcast unless specifically requested otherwise.) Got a great story or tips to share with RVE Listeners? Complete our Guest Intake Form: ⁠https://therventrepreneur.com/guestform⁠ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The RV Entrepreneur is presented by RV Life – Tools that Make Camping Simple ⁠ https://rvlife.com⁠ You May Also Like: The RV Life Podcast ⁠https://podcast.rvlife.com/⁠ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rve/message

“A huge aspect of unlearning is being clear with yourself about what you are carrying forward and what you are not.”-Madhavi KulkarniIn Talent and HR, we take care of people.  We support people.  Have you ever had to support people at work who are experiencing the same personal challenges that you yourself are experiencing?  In today's episode, my guest describes her experience with a situation like this, and how she approached it.My guest is Madhavi Kulkarni who is Director of People and Culture at Zenfolio. Madhavi is a Strategic HR Leader with 15+ years of experience in Organizational Development and Employee Effectiveness. In her role, she delivers the highest level of coaching and high-performance team development through her people-driven approach and her ability to make complex workplace relationships simple and easy to navigate. She excels at establishing trusted and confidential relationships with chief executives, top management teams and employees so they enhance their ability to perform at their best. She is also a huge proponent of female healthcare and is on the Board of Directors at Fit Mama Fitness, a fem tech organization supporting women with fitness through menopause.In this episode of Talent Management Truths, you'll discover:

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Episode 387 of the Lens Shark Photography Podcast   Featured: Wedding and family photographer, Nancy Critchley   In This Episode If you subscribe to the Lens Shark Photography Podcast, please take a moment to rate and review us to help make it easier for others to discover the show. Show Opener:Wedding and family photographer, Nancy Critchley. Thanks Nancy! Sponsors: - Fujifilm's Create With Me program.  Build Your Legacy with Fujifilm - Unload your gear with UsedPhotoPro.com from the legends at Roberts Camera. - I chose the Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 Di III-A VC RXD for my YouTube set- Check out the Accsoon SeeMo iOS HDMI adapter. - More mostly 20% OFF codes at LensShark.com/deals. Stories: SportsShooter.com is no more. (#) Sony is apparently extremely ethical. (#) Irix adds Fuji X support to its cine lenses. (#) ZY Optics has a new 65 for Hasselblad X. (#) Zenfolio brings back a popular feature. (#) Haukland's new Parka Pro 7-in-1 Photography Jacket. (#) DxO PureRAW 3.0. (#) CubePan 2023's new features. (#) Sony does something it didn't have to do. (#)   Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the Lens Shark Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram Vero, and Facebook (all @LensShark).

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Culling photos from a big shoot such as a wedding is a process that typically takes hours. For me, the photo cull is a boring task that's best tackled with Netflix and some snacks. But, can artificial intelligence turn that hours-long process into a few minutes? PhotoRefine A.I. Photo Manager is an app that uses artificial intelligence to ease the bore of the cull. Using A.I., the app groups photos together, then searches for the sharpest one. But, mixing artificial intelligence with art is a precarious teeter-totter. Can A.I. really find your best shots? When I first downloaded Optyx. I didn't expect to really like the app. I was worried that, by integrating A.I., I would be losing the ability to pick a photograph based on emotional impact alone. But, Optyx works best with some manual input — and doesn't really judge a photo beyond anything but sharpness. Optyx may have just found the perfect balance between speed and overlooking too many great shots. Optyx was bought out by Zenfolio, where it was added to its suite of tools and renamed PhotoRefine. That also means it's part of the Zenfolio subscription — which is great for subscribers but perhaps not so great for photographers who only want the A.I. culling software. But, Zenfolio has added a bunch of features, including considering the “happiness” in a photo, and refined the user interface. Like Optyx, PhotoRefine won't turn hours of culling into seconds. But, by flagging and color coding photos, it's easier to quickly cull photos looking at small thumbnails rather than zooming in to see what photo is sharpest, or which one has everyone's eyes open. Like any A.I., it's best when mixed with some human input, but simplifies sorting through bursts and similar photos. Table of Contents TOO LONG, DIDN'T READ. PROS AND CONS PROS CONS GEAR USED MAIN FEATURES EASE OF USE REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS CONCLUSIONS LIKES DISLIKES TOO LONG, DIDN'T READ. PhotoRefine does a good job of looking for sharpness and avoiding closed eyes. The sharpness tool works well some of the time, but it doesn't like photos with a lot of bokeh. The manual culling tools allow a good blend between the speed of A.I. and the eye of an actual human. It's a good app for burst shooters, but photographers who only take a shot or two of the same subject won't save time. PROS AND CONS PROS Finds your sharpest photos Groups similar shots automatically Allows for a mix of human and AI culling The user interface is improved. CONS Another app to import to. Sigh. It's not sold as a stand-alone program anymore. I wish it would use zero stars on bad images instead of one. GEAR USED I used the PhotoRefine app on my 2021 MacBook Pro. MAIN FEATURES PhotoRefine is based on several A.I. features. Here's how Zenfolio says the software works: Focus detection: The app looks at each face to evaluate for sharpness, choosing shots with the sharpest focus on faces. A.I. Autocull: This feature groups similar images together, so you can easily pick the best of the bunch. Fast previews: PhotoRefine says that previews are fast so that you can also manually cull faster than Lightroom's previews load. EASE OF USE PhotoRefine requires logging in at the start and sometimes even after the program has been left alone too long. There's no option to remember your username and password. But maybe it sensed my annoyance at having to type my login information twice in one day because the next day it didn't ask me to log in. After opening the program, it also has to analyze the photos, and large albums take a while. PhotoRefine starts out much like any RAW file manager — you must import your photos. The process starts by creating a new shoot, then adding your photos. This process is similar to Lightroom and Capture One. 150 photos took about 5-10 minutes, but 650 took about half an hour. PhotoRefine, however, analyzes photos as it imports. The sidebar lists choices on how loosely to apply groupings, whether to group exposure bracketing and the workflow ...

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Pamela Vachon and Keith Barraclough about Zenfolio's recent industry survey of photographers, the changes wrought by COVID, and how technology is changing how photographers work.Pamela Vachon is vice president, marketing operations, at Zenfolio. Keith Barraclough is CTO, EVP analytics, at Zenfolio,Zenfolio Inc. offers advanced business solutions enabling photographers to easily show, share and sell their images and videos. For the past 15 years, Zenfolio has proudly served photographers around the globe.Visual 1st Visual 1st is the premier global conference focused on the photo and video ecosystem. Mediaclip Mediaclip strives to continuously enhance the user experience while dramatically increasing revenue.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEVisual 1st Visual 1st is the premier global conference focused on the photo and video ecosystem. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

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Welcome to Mind Your Own Business, the podcast that helps photographers improve their business and their lives! This month we chat with photographer Scott Detweiler. In our detailed conversation, Scott openly shares how his versatile skillset has influenced his career, as well as how collaborating with fellow creatives has helped his business. He also discusses how he utilizes his Zenfolio website to attract the right clients and show his work. Scott Detweiler has been an artist and painter since he was pretty young when he worked with pen and ink, marker and acrylics. He became interested in Photoshop when it still came on floppy disks. Most of his work is now commercial photography, retouching, boudoir, fine-art and 3D modeling photography. He also does corporate headshots, catalog and magazine work, but he loves the occasional commission for something much more artistic. Teaching others is something he enjoys doing via workshops, speaking engagements or traveling to shoots as often as possible. He also does themed shoots, seminars on lighting, posing and post-production seminars that are open to the public at his studio near Milwaukee, WI. He loves passing on his knowledge to those now facing similar frustrations with the technical aspects of this fantastic artistic outlet. You can check out his website here. About your hosts Skip Cohen is president and founder of SkipCohenUniversity.com, founder of Marketing Essentials International and past president of Rangefinder Publishing and WPPI. He's been an active participant in the professional side of photography since joining Hasselblad USA in 1987 as president.  He has co-authored six books on photography and actively supports dozens of projects each year involving photographic education. Chamira Young loves helping fellow photographers improve their businesses via the Pro Photographer Journey Podcast. You can also find her photography portfolio at ChamiraStudios.com and her art at ArtbyChamira.com. She will readily admit it: she's an art nerd and photographer with an obsession for creativity and productivity!

Episode 354 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 -  Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: Photographer Irene Rudnyk In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Show Opener:Photographer, Irene Rudnyk. Thanks Irene! Sponsors: - Get $15 off your first order over $150 at ShopMoment.com/PetaPixel with code PetaPixel15 - Fujifilm's 52 weeks of FREE education.  Build Your Legacy with Fujifilm- Check out the new Nanlite Pavotube II X line and up to 20% off savings at NanliteUS.com - Get 10% off at Calibrite.com with offer code PetaPixel10- More at LensShark.com/deals. Stories: Lensrentals and it's new Keeper programs. (#) Lee Filters and their new Elements line go round. (#) Lightroom's new update is ridiculously useful. (#) Sony's two new fancy flashes. (#) Nikon announces a new partnership with Profoto and Nissin. (#) Zenfolio acquires Format. (#) Meike's new EF to RF adapter. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We'd love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: “Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you're listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!”

VP of customer success at Zenfolio shares her thoughts on how photographers pivoted through the pandemic. They've also been super busy at HQ, rolling out some pretty neat new features and looks for the future.Listen in for a very insightful conversation with Pamela as she shares so many great thoughts about our community!Support the show (https://www.thegroupp.com/)

Episode #457 of the podcast features an interview with Pam & Katie from Zenfolio to discuss the impact of COVID-19 and the current state of the photography industry following the interesting findings of Zenfolio's Q1 photography industry survey. The post 457: Pam & Katie from Zenfolio – A look at the impact of COVID-19 and the current state of the photography industry. appeared first on Sprout Studio.

Episode #457 of the podcast features an interview with Pam & Katie from Zenfolio to discuss the impact of COVID-19 and the current state of the photography industry following the interesting findings of Zenfolio’s Q1 photography industry survey.

Zenfolio shares the results of their important survey of COVID-impacted photography businesses. The post The Road Ahead for Photography Businesses, with Zenfolio appeared first on This Week in Photo.

Zenfolio shares the results of their important survey of COVID-impacted photography businesses. The post The Road Ahead for Photography Businesses, with Zenfolio appeared first on This Week in Photo.

Zenfolio, a market leader in creative and business solutions for photographers recently conducted a photography survey focusing on the impact of COVID-19, and the outlook ahead.  In this interview, I'm joined by Zenfolio CEO John Loughlin, and Pamela Vachon - Vice President of Customer Support and Success. We dive into their findings, as well as some predictions for the months, and years ahead. Here's a sampling of their findings: 63% of photographers saw a 40% decline in 2020 business due to COVID-19 Almost 78% saw a decline of at least 20% Wedding Photographers were hardest hit in 2020 Landscape & Fine art were least impacted See post with links to the survey and other resources at: https://thisweekinphoto.com/the-road-ahead-for-photography-businesses-with-zenfolio/

View the full video interview here. E-commerce grew 40% in 2020 largely driven by the pandemic. This is the highest growth in almost two decades and nearly triple the 15% growth in 2019. Subha Shetty is the newly appointed VP of Loyalty Projects at Synchrony, a leading consumer financial company and the world’s largest private label credit card. She came to Synchrony via an acquisition of Loop Commerce, a groundbreaking e-commerce start-up, where she headed Product, Design and Analytics. Subha is a seasoned product leader with 15+ years of e-commerce, retail and SaaS expertise in both big and small companies like eBay, Walmart.com, Upwork (2018 IPO). She has created market leading products from scratch that are at the intersection of technology, data, AI and customer experience such as the Walmart To-Go solution in 2010 that pioneered online grocery delivery and the relaunch of Zenfolio from a boutique brand to a leading SaaS solution for photographers. Subha is passionate about elevating the role of product and product managers and helping startup founders, especially during the pandemic. She sponsors events for Women-in-Product, is a mentor to leading start-up accelerators like 500 Start-ups & Founders Institute and an active advisor and angel investor. Subha obtained her MBA from University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and lives in the bay area with her husband and energetic 7 year-old son.

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society interviews two executives from Zenfolio: Pamela Vachon, Vice President of Customer Support and Success, and Robert Campbell, Video Content Creator and Live Broadcast Host. They discuss Zenfolio's extensive offerings that not only support photographers and help them run their business but also put them in touch with potential customers. Zenfolio Inc., a Centre Lane Partners company, offers advanced business solutions that enable photographers to easily display, share, and sell their images. For more than a decade, Zenfolio has proudly served more than 100,000 photographers around the globe. Photobooker.com by Zenfolio is a digital marketplace that enables photographers to promote their work and book new clients. Visual 1st Visual 1st is the premier global conference focused on the photo and video ecosystem. Mediaclip Mediaclip strives to continuously enhance the user experience while dramatically increasing revenue.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Ma*Shuqa is known for instructing dancers in the Art of Bellydance, which Ma*Shuqa does with mastery in her performances and coaching. Ma*Shuqa began dancing in 1973 and immersed herself in the dance genre. Ma*Shuqa is world renown as the first performer with Isis Wings – creating and dancing with them 30 years ago. She developed the Ma*Shuqa Method which provides dancers with a unique structure for creating their own signature performances and dancing with finger cymbals (sagaats) that capture the musicality of Middle Eastern music and presenting dance that captures the hearts and minds of audiences worldwide.Carl Sermon is the premier photographer to the San Francisco Bay Area (CA, USA) Middle Eastern Dance community. He is known for images that capture the “Ya Habibi Golden Moments of Dance”. The key to his success is over 30 years of performance photography experience, knowledge of the music and the dance form, and the expertise to anticipate the best moment to photograph the most favorable image of the dancer.In this episode you will learn about:- Belly dance as a stress relief tool- Navigating work relationships as a couple- How Carl started his photography career when the official photographer didn’t show up for an event- Ma*Shuqa’s teaching method with finger cymbals (sagaats)- Going through the tough health timesShow Notes to this episode:Find Ma*Shuqa on FB and website: www.MaShuqa.com. Carl Sermon’s website: www.CarlSermonPhotography.Zenfolio.com.Follow Iana on Instagram, FB, Youtube, website .Podcast: www.ianadance.com/podcast

In this episode, I chat with web designer Alex Vita. We talk about web design and website galleries -  as they apply to photographers.   Hey, welcome back to another episode. This is Frederick Van Johnson. Today. We're going to be talking with Alex Vita about galleries, in particular, and websites for photographers. And what are some best-practices for displaying work online and just having everything Bulletproof? Should you go with a roll your own solution, like WordPress and install, awesome plugins into it, or should you just, pay a subscription fee to a Squarespace or someone like that and have it all managed by third-parties in the cloud here to demystify all that is Alex Vita. Alex is a Romania-based web designer who knows pretty much everything there is to know about web design and photography, as it applies to websites and galleries. And we're going to pick his brain today. Alex, welcome to the show, man. How are you doing? Alex: Hi. Frederick nice to meet you. Happy to be here. Frederick: Nice to meet you too. Are you ready for this? I got a ton of questions for you. Alex: I'm ready. Go ahead. I'm an open book. Frederick: Cool. All right, let's start with chapter one of that open book. who is Alex Vita? How did you get started in all this? And how did you start building your niche in web design and gallery design for photographers? Alex: I started as an amateur photographer myself. I had a photo studio, I shot a few weddings, a few portraits sold some stock images. So that's how I got introduced to the field of photography. But I have a degree in computer science and I started building websites for a few photographers and that grew over time. And now I'm doing only that I have web design services exclusively for photographers, and I'm enjoying every minute of it and having to do work only with photographers. Over time, I started learning the nuances of the industry. It's a bit different than building generic websites, I think. Frederick: One of the big questions that come up for a lot of photographers is should I invest my time and effort in learning WordPress and putting it, finding a great premium theme and putting it on there and, owning it all. Or is it better to go to a Squarespace solution? As a web designer, where do you fall on that? Is it budget based? Is it skillset based or something else? Alex: I'll try to avoid "it depends". And try to offer some pointers here - it's all a game of compromises. I like WordPress, I think it's the big elephant in the industry, right? It powers a third of the Internet for good reason. And there are dedicated photography platforms out there, which photographers have been using for a long time, the big players, SmugMug, PhotoShelter, and the other ones. And I feel they are all sensing the heat from WordPress. There's a good level of competition now because WordPress is so powerful. You get a great theme, some plugins and you have good functionality, a great looking, mobile-friendly portfolio. So the decision then comes down to a few factors, right? Tiebreakers. One would be your stage of the business. If you're a beginner versus a pro, and what type of website you need, do you just need a portfolio website just to showcase images, a few sets of images to show you the quality of your work, or do you need the advanced functionality? E-commerce right selling prints out of fulfillment, selling licenses, selling photo-based products, calendars, and photo tours, and that sort of stuff. Do you need advanced blogging functionality and other stuff? Those details all matter in this decision, it's like I said, it's a game of compromises. Most people, listening to this, watching this, I think WordPress is good. It's more complex for some people that are not very tech-savvy. You can really get lost at some point, with all the theme options and plugins. If you don't do maintenance and all of that, but it's more powerful. There's a huge community behind it. It allows you to grow the website in the future. So, I think it's a good foundation. Too often I get emails from clients, from photographers coming to me saying that they. Use some sort of template. They use Wix or Squarespace, or they used WordPress, but paid photographers theme or something. It looks really pretty out of the box. Their demos look amazing, but they come to me saying, Hey, I want to change this.  Why can't do that in the theme options, because it's limited you just get what you get? Frederick: There are the dedicated services out there, like the Zenfolio, and Pixieset, Smugmug, et cetera, that let you put a gallery up there. It's really interesting what you said about the lure of a beautiful WordPress theme looks great. you look at the demo, it looks beautiful. But then you get it, you install it. And you're like, this is perfect, except for this one thing right there. If I could just do this, and then they call Alex, and then you have to go in and hopefully do some surgery. The question and this is coming from experience. I've been on WordPress for a decade or so for the This Week in Photo site. And what I learned over the years is I was forced into becoming WordPress savvy through starting where you were, where like you said, okay, I have this theme and then going in and trying to fix it. Then I found out, okay, now I got to learn this stuff and I got to learn CSS. And, maybe I should use a child theme instead of the main theme. And then it just goes on and on. And then when you finally have it set. Then WordPress revs or the plugins update and now things break and you got to go in and fix it and all that stuff. So, it's it with great power comes great responsibility. So it is good that you could do everything, almost anything with WordPress, but at the same time, you got to stay on top of it all the time and make sure that it's working. You got to be that guy versus going out and shooting or marketing. Alex: So it's that trade-off between design, flexibility, and power. And the cost of that complexity is not worth it to everyone. I have a bias towards WordPress. I enjoy using it. And like you said, I learned all the ins and outs and maintenance and all of that. But when I start communicating with, a new photographer. I just ask them what they need, because if they just needed a simple portfolio-based website, just to showcase a few images, it might be too much for them. if they do make this decision, if someone, takes the decision not to go on the WordPress site, not to go too complex. They run the risk of choosing a template that's being used by thousands of other photographers because it's a template. Because you're just picking a theme and you have little design flexibility with it.   So they really need to do a lot of due diligence, they need to test it out to make sure the demos are good to test it out on mobile, and then to customize as much as possible out of it. So they don't look like thousands of other websites using the same template. I see such websites, especially with photography platforms. They pick a template from PhotoShelter, SmugMug, or Zenfolio. And then there are hundreds of websites that look the same. They have a different logo, but then they're identical. So we come to that marketing thing. How do you stand out from the crowd? And the industry is saturated, but you have the exact same website as other ones. So it's difficult. Frederick: If you go with a minimalist type theme though, does it matter if someone else has the same theme, ideally, the website design is overshadowed by the work, right? So people aren't looking at, Oh, Hey, he used the three up the grid. And so did that guy over there. They should be looking more at the photos themselves. Where do you fall on that? Should the design of the site showcase the work itself? Alex: I completely agree that the web design should not stand in the way of someone browsing the website and, admiring the photos. Images always matter most so definitely, especially for a portfolio. A few galleries hosted on a website? Definitely, if the template is minimalistic and the images shine that's enough. Of course, that would be similar to other websites. What I was referring to more was, pro photographers, needing, more advanced websites, if they need e-commerce or other functionality, then they usually cannot just go with a simple template-based website. They need WordPress and plugins and sometimes they even need to integrate different platforms. It happens like a hybrid website. You use WordPress for the blog and the static pages, the content, but then you use a different platform just for your archive, for selling images and prints, and all of that. And you try to customize them. So they feel part of the same website. Frederick: The other side of the coin is a website even necessary these days. I really want to get your thought on this because you're a designer and you sit in the middle of this and you have clients.  I've been hearing increasingly from models and photographers, usually younger, on the younger side that, Hey, I don't even have a website. Here's my Instagram. I do everything through Instagram, message me through Instagram. I don't even have a .com website, or if I do, it points at the Instagram profile. As a professional web designer that's doing work in the photography niche, where do you fall on the whole Instagram argument? I just see social media platforms as great tools, great marketing tools, but just that I see them as great instruments to raise awareness, to spread your message. Alex: But I just don't like photographers to set their Homebase there and not have a website at all. It just feels like Social media sites just come and go. They get acquired. They get closed down. It happens. many years ago there were a lot of photographers just having a Flickr account. If you remember that, they didn't have a website. They just send you their Flickr profile and now it's Instagram and it could be something else in the future. That all changes, whereas a website is an asset that you control, that you own and you own the content and you control it. It's owning a house versus renting it. that's my attitude toward social media websites. I think they're great there, but they're just tools that you can leverage to grow your business. Not build everything on it. I don't think photo buyers or your clients or target audience treats you very seriously or sees you as an expert if you just send them an Instagram and not a website. Frederick: And when you rent, you're subject to the rules of the landlord, in the digital world, it's the terms of service. If you breach the terms of service, because whoever may not like your particular genre of photography, then they can shut you down or penalize you in some way. Whereas if you own your own, you own your own, right? Alex: Exactly. They changed the rules on you and you can do nothing about it. Just like Facebook. How you can no longer reach people's feeds, you have to promote and pay for that. It's the same thing. Frederick: Some photographers just want to show their work. Some photographers want to show their work and get comments on their work. Some photographers want to put a gallery up there to have people download images, say for wedding proofs or something like that. Others want to sell fine art. What's a good place for a photographer to start? If they've been in photography for a couple of years and they figured out, yes, this is what I want to do. And now it's time for me to take it up a level. Where should they go? Should they start with someone like you? And have you consulted with them on what to do? Or should they just, go sign up for an account somewhere and start uploading images? What's the best way to go? Alex: Whether they hire a web designer or a consultant, or they do research on their own they do need to research. There are a plethora of tools out there, all having some sort of e-commerce functionality. But if you get down into the details, I know that the differences and they're not all built the same, it really depends on what they need. So prints; you can sell self-fulfilled prints on WordPress too, with WooCommerce or with Nextgen gallery, or other plugins. But you have to do the work. If you're looking for automatic fulfillment, like the order goes to the print lab directly and it gets shipped to the client directly, then your options are... limited, you have Nextgen Gallery, I think they've just introduced automatic fulfillment or you use different platforms like PhotoShelter, SmugMug and all the other ones. With licenses, if you want to sell downloads, which is a common scenario, again, WordPress, but it depends on your archives. If we're just talking tens or hundreds of images, a small selection of fine art images, WordPress purpose is manageable to do that. But if you have a stock archive or you have thousands of images, it's not. WordPress is too cumbersome for that. So you use a dedicated platform again, and even then you have to do research. Because licenses are not all the same. You have royalty-free versus rights managed, not all platforms have rights-managed calculators. So truly depends. They might need a consultant or just a lot of time to research. Frederick: So if, from a consultancy standpoint if a photographer comes to you and they say, I need; a world-class website built. I want, pages that do this and this, and I want a world-class gallery and I need e-commerce on there, et cetera.  What are they looking at generally,  in terms of, a price range? Alex: For simpler portfolio websites, that can be done just on a WordPress installation or some other tool, like a template. it's not that expensive. one thousand, two thousand, three thousand dollars. It depends on the details, where it starts to get expensive from my experience, is when they need all that advanced functionality and a lot of customization, integrating two platforms, like I said, in a hybrid website, WordPress plus something else and both customized to match. So it feels like part of the same website. And more testing and more advanced SEO and all that stuff. My project can reach up to nine, $10,000. It depends that can get crazy expensive or for stock archives, but for solo photographers, just for a portfolio website, it's usually simpler. Frederick: Then what about the photographer? Photographers already have a website set up and they just need help refining it, say with SEO or something like that. Is that something that you offer? Alex: Over time I added those types of services just by sheer demand. I do website reviews. I just do an audit or review of the existing website and make them a list of recommendations or suggestions from scratch. I have SEO reviews, or what I call "website make-overs" where they don't really need a new website from scratch. Whether that's too expensive or too complex for them. I just go in and try to polish their existing website. I go page by page manually tweak the design, clean up the admin area, and just make everything user-friendly if their existing platform is good enough. If it can be salvaged. Frederick: So it's in the real estate analogy, here's this house, the foundation is good and the framing is good. We're just gonna put paint on it or change that wood out for brick or something like that.  Sometimes you need to demolish the building and start over.  You gotta take it down to dirt and start again. So if people want to see some of the stuff that you're working on, or, contract you or otherwise reach out to you, what's the best way to contact you online. Alex: My website is foregroundweb.com, F O R E ground web.com. I have a ton of articles there, resources, courses, and a list of all the web design services that I offer. Basically, it's all about photography, websites, nothing else. They can check it out and I'm open to getting emails from clients if they have questions. Frederick: All right, Alex Vita thank you for coming on today. I appreciate your time. Alex: Happy to be here. Thanks.

Robert is Zenfolio's High Volume Success Specialist and YouTube Jedi Knight!!He has helped me so much with my website for www.oliesimages.com and is a constant inspiration to many on YouTube. Catch his weekly shows every Tuesday and Thursday on Zenfolios YouTube Channel.If you're interested in getting started with Zenfolio, use the code: OliesImages. That will get you the best discount available and a free trial.

Website solutions for photographers, what’s needed and what options do we have today? This is Latitude Photography Podcast, Episode 78 for May 3, 2020 Links Mentioned in today’s show: Guest Website: arielestulin.com LPS Survey: https://forms.gle/JpFzi1vPvQzaPF8e8 Download the Image Optimization resource mentioned in this show from this page: https://brentbergherm.com/info/resources/ Palouse Shoot-n-Print Photography and Printing Workshop Get on the list for updates on Latitude Photography School  Shop at lensrentals.com with my affiliate link and I’ll get a small commission of the sale. Use the code "latitude15" at checkout and you'll get 15% off your order. I also have an affiliate link with ThinkTank Photo  Thank you for your support! Main Topic: Websites for Photographers Today we’re talking about websites for photographers. I wanted to go through a few items and I’m glad you’re here to discuss these things with me. First off, I want to cover just some bullet point items of what types of sections does a photographer need on their website.  Start with WHY it’s important to have a website or online presence before getting into nitty gritty. Example. If I hear or find a photographer I like, I’ll look him/her online and if they don’t have a website or a working website or a website that has poor usability I’ll kinda not bother.  Harsh but you need a web presence today. Also no reason even the most tech illiterate person cannot have an online portfolio and presence. What does your website need: Your website should not be your life story.  No one has time or the attention span today. You are a photographer, show me your work, and then if I’m interested I’ll read more about what you do and your philosophies. Too Harsh?? (no) The opposite is sometimes true, I’ll read something really profound someone wrote on the subject of photography. Then I go see their work and it;s not very good. Just make sure your work speaks as loud as your words. Photos Duh :) About Page + Artist statement or vision A way to contact or email the photographer, what’s your opinion on how to best achieve this? On the about page, on a separate page, or in a sidebar or the footer? Contact page, plug-in if using WP Your own suggestions, feel free to intersperse them here. Gallery page(s) Blog? Anything else? E-commerce for prints etc...  Let’s talk about a few hosting types that photographers can use to host their websites (feel free to expand this list and/or expand each individual bullet item. Whatever you add, please add in green) Super easy no effort to custom websites. Instagram / Facebook - FREE Less tech - Drag and Drop $$ - $$$ Squarespace.com - Not free Zenfolio.com - Not free portfolio.adobe.com/photography - Not free or free if you have Adobe CC already www.photoshelter.com - Not free Pixieset.com - Not free Smugmug.com - Not free Visualsociety.com More tech involved $ Wix.com - Free or not free Weebly.com - Not free or not free Wordpress.com/Wordpress.org - Free but you need hosting + theme Drag and Drop WP builder Very involved $$$$$ Custom-coded WP or HTML site - Definitely not free Drag and drop vs WP sites. I’m a big fan of Wordpress.org sites. Let’s talk a bit about that for a moment. Confusion with wordpress.com sites Wordpress.org vs Wordpress.com sites) Server  Domain (ie google domains) Technical know-how Basic needs to host a site C-Panel server admin software makes life very easy. (I use Kinsta for my hosting, no C-Panel but still a very convenient way to manage a WP site) Plugins extend functionality of the site Themes control the look of the site. If you “build it right” you should (theoretically) be able to swap themes like you do a pair of socks. You have the same structure going in to it but a different look on the outside. Sometimes themes behave more like plugins though and can get tied in to your content as well. I don’t like those types of themes. Page builders make designing a site a lot easier, just another piece of software to learn though. Bugs to squash with WP sites Anything else Keep on top of WP, WP, theme and Plug-in updates. Otherwise risk of site being compromised. Big headaches. Other thoughts that need to be covered when dealing with websites for photographers. What images to put on your website? Cherry pick your images. Pick the best of the best. I don’t need to see every picture you’ve ever taken. It’s not about showing 10,000 images on your website. Quality not Quantity. You want the viewer to see a handful of your images and say, I get who this photographer is FInding a niche. If you want to be a landscape photographer show me your landscape work not your wedding, studio portraits, or sports action.  If you want to show images outside your niche, use FB, Twitter or other social media for this. Show unique images. What does that mean? Google Horseshoe Bend - pages and pages of sameness. If you want to stand out, show images that are unique and make the viewer say, hmm. I’ve never seen that angle before. Make your website look good. If you don’t know what good is, ask someone who has a good eye for design. Tip of the Week. Brent: Experiment with the export settings in Lightroom and be sure to export using sRGB when saving out for the web. Guest: The best place to shoot is exactly where you are, especially true in today’s environment. Reminders Find us on the web at http://latitudephotographypodcast.com Find me on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/brentberghermphoto/ Find the podcast facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1892577214293688/ Find me on instagram @brentbergherm Find me on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/brentberghermphotography Find me online at https://brentbergherm.com And finally, my online learning platform for photographers is found at http://latitudephotographyschool.com Find Ariel Estulin here: arielestulin.com Outdoorphotojourney.com IG @ariel.estulin

The Basics: Focal LengthThe focal length is one of the fundamental aspects of photography. It is how we describe lenses, and it's how we change perspective without moving our feet. Changing your focal length will have a dramatic change in your final image. What is the focal length? The focal length is a calculation of an optimal distance from the point where the light rays converge to form a sharp image to the digital sensor or film at the focal plane of the camera. The focal length of a lens is determined with the lens focused at infinity. The millimeters that we use to describe a lens describes the focal length, not the physical dimensions of the lens itself. What does focal length tell us? First of all, it tells us the field of view and angle of view or put simply, how much of the scene is captured on the sensor. We generally refer to this is a wide-angle (zoomed out), or telephoto (zoomed in). Secondly, it tells us the magnification or how large the individual elements will be captured on the sensor. So, the longer the focal length, the narrower the field of view, and the higher the magnification. The inverse is true for shorter focal lengths. Short focal lengths will have a wider field of view and lower magnification. Check out the cheat sheet to see examples. Types of LensesThere are two types of lenses, zooms, and primes. Zoom lenses have a variable focal length. You'll see this noted on a lens like this: 18mm-55mm. This means that the focal length of this lens can be adjusted "zoomed" between 18mm and 55mm, as well as all focal lengths in between. Prime lenses, however, have a fixed focal length. This means they cannot be adjusted. They will only have one focal length listed, such as 50mm. Zoom BenefitsZoom lenses are more versatile. They offer a range of focal lengths, so you don't have to move. This means you can get a variety of shots without changing lenses or moving around. When shooting horses, this means you'll get less dust on your sensor because you do not have to change lenses so often. If you shoot subjects that are moving, but you cannot move, then zoom lenses will let you get more images that are framed how you want. Zoom lenses are what most camera companies use as kit lenses. Prime BenefitsPrime lenses are typically lighter weight and more compact because they only cover one focal length. They also tend to have a larger maximum aperture (smaller number). Example, 85mm f/1.2 or the 200mm f/2 compared to the 70mm-200mm f/2.8. Although this seems like a small difference on paper, it is a massive change in the final image. Because of this larger aperture, you can shoot pictures with a faster shutter speed, shoot in even lower light, have a blurrier background (shallow depth of field), and prime lenses typically have the better quality glass. Since there are fewer moving parts, the manufacturers make fewer compromises in image quality. Continue reading by finding the blog post at equinephotoschool.com. Support the Equine Photo School and save 20% on a beautiful and functional website with Zenfolio by clicking this link: https://www.zenfolio.com/?refcode=YNF-APX-BGA.Follow us on social media: Facebook: @equinephotoschoolInstagram: @equinephotoschoolTwitter: @equinephotoeduPinterest: equinephotoschoolWebsite: www.equinephotoschool.comEmail: info@equinephotoschool.comPhone Number: 307-851-9847

ISO adjusts the brightness of your photo.Define ISO: ISO adjusts the brightness of your photo. It increases the sensitivity of your sensor. In a non-geek talk, this means that as you raise the ISO, you increase how sensitive the sensor is to light. This can brighten your image by raising the ISO and darken it by lowering the ISO if all other settings are the same. Raising the ISO has consequences, though. When you increase the ISO, you add grain/noise to your images. The photos produced at higher ISO’s are less sharp and less detailed. Generally, we want to use the lowest ISO we can. I typically adjust my ISO after setting the aperture and shutter speed because I use it to get the exposure right. If the ISO is too high, then I’ll see what I can do about adjusting the other settings (aperture and shutter speed). Later we will talk about adding light, but for now, let’s assume we can’t do that. If you can’t open the aperture more and if you need a fast shutter speed, then you’ll have to deal with having grainy/noisy pictures. There are, of course, options for using a lower ISO with less noise while keeping the brightness (exposure) of your photo where you want it. For one, you can upgrade to a better camera with cleaner high ISO photos. You can find better light or shoot from an angle that sheds more light on your subject. You can add light via strobe or constant light source.Let’s try at home!Set your camera to manual mode, grab your owner’s manual. Start on ISO 100 (or 200 for some cameras). If you’re inside, then try 1/500th of a second shutter speed and f/4 for your aperture. That should make for a pretty dark picture. Later, try increasing your ISO and taking more photos. Raise it until your image is bright enough. Then, raise it until it is too bright. Try other settings too! Take your camera outside. Pick out some random settings and then adjust your ISO, so your images are too dark, too bright, and just right. ISO adjusts the brightness of your photo.Support the Equine Photo School and save 20% on a beautiful and functional website with Zenfolio by clicking this link: https://www.zenfolio.com/?refcode=YNF-APX-BGA. Be sure to listen to this week’s episode here: Please leave us a voicemail with your questions by clicking the button on the right side of this page. We will do our best to answer it in the next episode of the podcast. If you loved this episode, please give us a rating on Apple Podcasts! www.equinephotoschool.com/appleFollow us on social media: Facebook: @equinephotoschool Instagram: @equinephotoschool Twitter: @equinephotoedu Pinterest: equinephotoschoolWebsite: www.equinephotoschool.comEmail: info@equinephotoschool.comPhone Number: 307-851-9847

To get 20% off Zenfolio follow this link: https://www.zenfolio.com/?refcode=YNF-APX-BGA. *This is an affiliate link.This episode is an overview of the basics of how your camera works. It is the first part of a 6-part series on the basics. We talk about Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO, Focal Length, and Sensor Size in this episode.

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It’s the end of the season for us, this is the time of year we sit down and start putting more focus on our website and blogs and researching how to drive more traffic to our business. SEO is such a big topic in our industry, we all want to know the best way to gain more traffic and inquiries. On today’s episode I sit down with Sally Adams Siko of Silvercord Event Photography to talk about her method on driving her website from zero to page 1 on google! Connect with Eric: SallySiko.Zenfolio.com www.instagram.com/Sally_Siko www.instagram.com/silvercordphotodaily www.instagram.com/birdwatching_nc Zero to Page 1 on Google Blog: https://sallysiko.zenfolio.com/blog/2019/1/zero-to-page-1-on-google-zenfolio-website-challenge Connect with me: www.deltorophoto.com  www.twitter.com/deltorophoto  www.instagram.com/weddingphotopodcast  www.instagram.com/deltorophoto  Come join the Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/306218863330763/?ref=group_heade --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/weddingphotopodcast/support

Álvaro and Marius catch up on the news while Josh plays baseball, and then Álvaro tells us what he learned on his trip to Lisbon. Along the way we answer a listener question, chastise Zenfolio for terrible behaviour, and discuss photo backups for travel.

Here’s episode 97 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/questions for the show. In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Photographer Mary Grace Dela Peña opens the show. Thanks Grace! Samyang drops a 20mm f/1.8 wide-angle manual focus lens in many mounts. (#) Zenfolio customers may want to turn a certain feature off as it's on by default. (#) Kit Sentry is officially abandoned, leaving its Kickstarter backers without a refund as the future of F-Stop Gear remains in question. (#) An elegant, but infrequently-used method of reducing the exposure of your background. (#) Recent newsmaker Getty Images, crushes it at the Rio Olympics as its team culls approximately 1.5 million photos in 18 days and deliver them 120 seconds at a time. (#) As we near our 100th episode, I'd like to know what you'd like to know about the show for Episode 100. Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We’d love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: “Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you’re listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!”

We recorded this on the road to Ft Worth Professional Photographers Association. Robert is speaking on “XPerience Control”. Don’t miss the first Bedford F 2.8 Expo. April 11th & 12th. Expo Link Specials from our sponsors… You have to listen to find out. Zenfolio – Ultimate Photo Hosting BWC Imaging StudioCloud XP Photo Gear Bedford […]

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Airpush Detector (Android adware removal), browser tracking using cookies, online photo storage (Flickr, 500px, SmugMug, Zenfolio), Profiles in IT (Jennifer Pahlka, founder of Code for America), landing a tech job (techniques that work), hackers exploit security flaws at Apple and Amazon to hijack iTunes account and more, Mars Rover lands successfully (complex landing sequence perfectly executed, mission is to find signs of life), and Apple vs Samsung (Apple trying to patent look and feel, Apple should lose, patents should be restricted to engineering-based innovation). This show originally aired on Saturday, August 11, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Airpush Detector (Android adware removal), browser tracking using cookies, online photo storage (Flickr, 500px, SmugMug, Zenfolio), Profiles in IT (Jennifer Pahlka, founder of Code for America), landing a tech job (techniques that work), hackers exploit security flaws at Apple and Amazon to hijack iTunes account and more, Mars Rover lands successfully (complex landing sequence perfectly executed, mission is to find signs of life), and Apple vs Samsung (Apple trying to patent look and feel, Apple should lose, patents should be restricted to engineering-based innovation). This show originally aired on Saturday, August 11, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).