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103 – Photography umbrella for rain and snow

December 29, 2011 By admin 4 Comments

Photography podcast #103 talks about a wet weather photography umbrella contraption that I recently put together. Basically it’s a GIANT golf umbrella and a sling.
I’ve been shooting a lot in the rain and snow lately and sometimes you need to have both hands free. This umbrella contraption allows you to keep both hands on the camera and works well in heavy rain or snow so long as it’s not too windy.

This giant 68" double canopy Gustbuster golf umbrella in a sling gives you close to 30 inches of dry shooting when it's not too windy.

A close-up of the sling I purchased from brellabag.com - It's pricey at $30. but works well when the sling is loaded with heavier items like a long lens or bottle of water.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
- Golftown.com
- Gustbuster umbrellas
- Brellabag.com
- Podcast #88 – Rain photography
- “Lights” is our regular forum assignment for December
- Ugly ducklings – looking for beauty in everything is our level 2 assignment for December

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102 – Layering images with interesting elements

November 25, 2011 By admin 3 Comments

Photography podcast #102 discusses layering your photographs with interesting elements. This involves serious attention to the overall composition of every frame that you take.
If you are taking a shot of a mountain for example, there’s always more to the shot than just the mountain. When you are aware of what’s around the mountain and take the time to “layer” the image with interesting elements, the composition as a whole gets much stronger. We also touch on how to refine those “layered elements” in post processing.

Athabaska River Reflecting Pools at Sunrise - Banff National Park - Alberta., Canada

Athabaska River Reflecting Pools at Sunrise by Marko Kulik - Banff National Park - Alberta, Canada. As you can see this shot is about more than just the mountain which is in the background. The foreground, midground and background "layered" elements all contribute to the overall composition in this scene.

Sometimes you feel like a nut - Image by Lisa Couldwell. Even scenes using larger apertures benefit from "layered elements". Here, Lisa focuses on the nut medallion but the tire in the background is a repeating shape that adds interest to the image. The diagonal lines in the image help to guide your eye. The composition here is very deliberate.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
- Improving boring landscapes
- Images that compliment SONG titles or Book titles is our regular forum assignment for November
- Intentional camera movement is our level 2 assignment for November

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101 – Moving your camera during the exposure – Interview with Michael Orton

October 12, 2011 By admin 9 Comments

Photography podcast #101 features an interview with one of my favorite photographers, fine art photographer Michael Orton. In this podcast we talk about deliberately moving your camera during the exposure. Normally, this is FORBIDDEN and you do everything in your power to keep the camera as still as possible while shooting. But Michael has a very unique way of seeing and has again broken the rules. He has created a unique and fabulous new portfolio of one-of-a-kind abstract landscape images, by way of compound camera movements that I now refer to as Orton Compound Camera Movements or OCCM. This podcast discusses deliberate camera movements for creative effect.

Michael Orton is a fine art photography pioneer. First he created Orton Imagery, AKA the Orton effect some 30ish years ago. This technique has been used by tens of thousands of photographers and has become so popular that Adobe Elements 10 now features an action called the Orton Effect. I’d bet hard that Michael’s technique involving compound camera movements also develops a cult-like following in the years to come. Thanks so much Michael!

: Awakening by Michael Orton – The abstract painterly feel to this image was created IN CAMERA by using OCCM (Orton’s compound camera movements).

: Michael Orton at ‘Work’ – Image by Marko Kulik

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
- Michael Orton Photography
- Michael Orton’s feature on Photography.ca
- 67 – Orton Imagery – The Orton Effect – Interview with Michael Orton and Darwin Wiggett – Podcast #67
- Photographing Creative Landscapes by Michael Orton: Simple Tools for Artistic Images and Enhanced Creativity

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100 – Shoot in any light

September 20, 2011 By admin 4 Comments

Photography podcast #100 celebrates our 100th photography podcast and focuses on the tag line of the podcast which is ‘keep on shooting’ in any light.

I’d like to take this moment to thank all our listeners! Your support and encouragement during these past 100 episodes has been awesome. Thanks for all the feedback, all the comments and all the contributions. Special thanks as well to all the guests that have shared their knowledge so freely. More interviews are planned for the future.

In this podcast I offer up tips on how to shoot in any light so long as it suits the subject.

: I shot this image at about 2pm. The light that most of the ducks were resting in was bright and harsh. Had I shot this duck in that direct light, the shadows would have been too harsh. This particular duck though was resting under a shelter that softened the light and the soft light suited this subject far better and holds details in the blacks and the whites. Straight shot – No flash was used here.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
- How to photograph with hard light – Podcast #97
- Rain photography – Podcast #88
- Studio lighting for beginners – Podcast #33
- September’s regular assignment on the Photography.ca forum – Yellow
- September’s level 2 assignment on the Photography.ca forum – Macros of any kind

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99 – Controlling brightness in photography

August 25, 2011 By admin 4 Comments

Photography podcast #99 discusses how to control brightness in your images. Our eye tends to follow or rest upon bright objects in a photograph and very often these objects or elements are not the focal point of the image thus causing our eyes to wander.

Controlling the brighter elements in a scene takes some planning during shooting, and some work in post-processing but ultimately your images will be stronger. You’ll also have way more control over the final image where you the creator of the image guide the viewer’s eye purposefully.

Brightness is well controlled in this image. Along with compositional curves, part of what makes this image work is that other bright elements in the scene are not competing with the bride. All eyes are on her as she makes her entrance. Image by Dominic Fuizzotto

Image by Richard Sparey - This lovely image of delicious pears suffers slightly from what I call weak edges. This causes our eye to wander out of the frame. It's more noticeable on printed white paper or on a pure white background.

The same image with the edges burnt in (darkened) quite a bit to show the effect. This helps keep our eyes from wandering. Thanks to Richard for allowing me to use this image.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
- August’s regular assignment on the Photography.ca forum – Numbers – Photograph something with a number
- August’s level 2 assignment on the Photography.ca forum – Creating counterpoints
- Brightness problems and distracting elements – Podcast #44
- Neutral density filters and graduated ND filters – Interview with Darwin Wiggett – Podcast #77
- Dominic Fuizzotto Photography
- Richard Sparey Photography

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98 – 3 reasons you SHOULD crop photos

July 5, 2011 By admin 8 Comments

Photography podcast #98 talks about why it’s OK to crop photos.
Many photographers on the Net and throughout Photography’s history seem to be against cropping and in this podcast I explain why I am NOT one of them.

Guerrillero Heroico by Alberto Korda - The cropped photograph of Che Guevara is one of the most recognizable photos on planet earth. Although the original is still a strong photograph, unlikely it would have become the icon it is without the crop.

Pablo Picasso by Arnold Newman - Arnold Newman was a strong believer in doing whatever worked to improve his photographs. This obviously included cropping out about 65% of this very famous portrait.

Igor Stravinsky by Arnold Newman - Most people would agree that the cropped version of this photograph is much stronger. In this case, less is WAY more in this unusual but extremely effective crop.

Woman at the Door by Marko Kulik - This crop is unconventional and deliberate but I feel it helps the image and that's the only reason it's there.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
July’s regular assignment on the Photography.ca forum – My city OR my country
July’s level 2 assignment on the Photography.ca forum – Creative use of my country’s flag

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97 – How to photograph with hard light

June 11, 2011 By admin 4 Comments

Photography podcast #97 is a primer on how to use hard light. Hard light is trickier to use than soft light but there is NO reason to avoid using it. It just needs to be used appropriately. Part of using hard light and shadow in photography is being very aware of where the shadows will fall and changing your position or your lighting if you don’t like where they fall.

Here’s a couple of basic points when using hard light in photography:

- Hard light comes from a small light source relative to your subject. The sun IS a small light source in this respect because it is 93 million miles away from the earth.
- Hard light produces hard shadows which are good in many cases especially to reveal form.
- The farther the light source is from the subject, the HARDER the shadows.
- The farther away the light source is from the subject, the SHORTER the shadows.

To prove this to yourself take a flashlight into the bathroom and shut off the lights. Shine the light on your finger in front of the wall. Move the light around and you will learn a ton about shadows.

Hard light demo - The image at left shows a shadow from direct hard sunlight. Moments later some very light clouds diffuse the sunlight to create a softer shadow at right. Had the sky been completely overcast (very soft light) almost no shadows would be present and this image would lose its punch and be totally boring. © Marko Kulik

Image by BzdegaPhotography - The hard light totally works in this image despite the flare.

Carmy Working by Marko Kulik - One hard light at camera left creates a shadow that adds to the gritty flavour of the shot

Their Objects by Marko Kulik - Candle light is hard light. This shot took quite a while to set up due to thinking about where the shadows would fall.

Judy Garland by George Hurrell - 1944. This striking portrait was shot 67 years ago by lighting master George Hurrell. The very dark shadows attest to the hard light used here.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
June’s regular assignment on the Photography.ca forum – Breaking the rules
June’s level 2 assignment on the Photography.ca forum – Creative self portraits

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96 – Tripods for photography (the good stuff)

April 26, 2011 By admin 14 Comments

Photography podcast #96 is a primer on how to buy a great tripod, what to look for in a tripod and why you should buy a great tripod. (In the longrun, if you stick with photography long enough, you will be buying a great tripod eventually anyway)

If you are serious enough about your photography that you save money to buy great lenses, then this podcast won’t scare the crap out of you.

If you are into the cheap stuff, and are more concerned about overall price versus overall quality, be afraid – be very afraid.

Tripods and heads for photography

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
Tripod article by Thom Hogan – a must read
Gitzo GT2540LLVL tripod at B&H
Manfrotto 055 Tripod plus 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head w/ Quick Release at B&H
The following companies make recommended ballheads – Arca Swiss – Acratech – Really Right Stuff - Markins – Gitzo – Manfrotto
Cheaper Carbon fiber tripods by Induro – Benbo (Remember to research and TRY specific individual models)
April’s regular assignment on the Photography.ca forum – Geometric shapes
April’s level 2 assignment on the Photography.ca forum – Creative underexposure

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95 – Larry King family portrait – Interview with Laszlo of Montreal

March 21, 2011 By admin 1 Comment

Photography podcast #95 features an interview with Canadian photographer Laszlo of Montreal. In this interview Laszlo talks about a recent portrait session with Larry King and his family. In an effort to illustrate how keeping it simple can yield great results, Laszlo deconstructs this photograph while talking about lighting, composition and technique.

Larry King family portrait by Laszlo of Montreal

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Show us your parks is the regular assignment this month on our photography forum
Macro – closeup is the level 2 assignment this month on our photography forum
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94 – Turning day into night

March 3, 2011 By admin 2 Comments

Photography podcast #94 teaches how to turn day into night or late afternoon for portrait purposes. This technique is often used by wedding, fashion and portrait photographers. The goal of the technique is to make the sky look darker so that the model pops against the sky. This often adds mood and/or drama to a shot. We discuss 2 techniques; using flash and camera in manual non TTL (Through the lens) mode as well as TTL mode. We also touch on flash sync speeds.

This image looks like it was shot in the late afternoon but it was shot at 1pm. Camera mode was aperture priority using TTL flash. Exposure compensation was set to -3 on camera and +2 for the direct on camera flash. I would have taken the flash off camera for a better lighting pattern but it was minus 15 C and my model only had 5 minutes in her.

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Show us your parks is the regular assignment this month on our photography forum
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93 – Black and white photography – qualities that make good bw images

January 31, 2011 By admin 6 Comments

Photography podcast #93 is based on a thread in our photography forum by member asnow where he asks about the qualities make a good black and white photo. A number of other forum members help answer the question and I offer up some personal opinions as well. One‚piece‚of good advice involves learning to see in black and white using a digital camera. Most digital cameras can capture the image in colour but SHOW it to you on your camera’s screen in black and white. This allows you to learn how coloured tones under a given light look in black and white. (Look up the word monochrome in your camera’s instruction manual for instructions on how to do this). Live view is also fantastic as it shows you how the scene will look in BW even before you click the shutter. (Many thanks to asnow, raven4ns, Wicked Dark and Andrew for their contributions to the thread and podcast.)

Snow Tracks - Marko Kulik

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

The Zone System – Wikipedia | The Zone system on Luminious landscape
Wicked Dark’s article Black and White 101
Emotion is the regular assignment this month on our photography forum
Backlighting is the level 2 assignment this month on our photography forum
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92 – My damn lenses keep vignetting – solving vignetting problems

January 10, 2011 By admin 4 Comments

Photography podcast #92 talks about solving vignetting which is the unwanted darkening around the edges or corners in your photographs. We talk about 2-3 very common reasons why even professional lenses that cost a fortune, STILL suffer from vignetting in certain cases. ‚We also talk about why many people never notice the vignetting in their photographs even though it’s often there.

This is mechanical vignetting of a shot of the sky on my F2.8 24mm wide angle lens and is due to too many filters in front of the lens. Shot at left at F2.8. Stopping down to F 5.6 (right shot) ‚helps slightly. A better solution here is to simply use less filters, or wider ones.

Optical vignetting on neutral subject. Shot at left is at F-5.6 focused on infinity using the 300mm end of my 28-300 zoom. Shot at right is at F-11 focused on infinity using the 300mm end of my 28-300 zoom‚and the vignetting is almost gone. Both images shot without filters of any kind. This type of vignetting can occur in some cases on almost any DSLR lens regardless of price.‚Listening‚to the podcast explains why this happens.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Cambridge in Colour article on lenses
Wider Cokin Z filter holders at B&H
Step up rings at B&H
Adapter rings at B&H
Emotion is the regular assignment this month on our photography forum
Backlighting is the level 2 assignment this month on our photography forum

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Happy New Year everyone and only the best for 2011 – thanks for listening and keep on shooting!

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103 – Photography umbrella for rain and snow

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102 – Layering images with interesting elements

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101 – Moving your camera during the exposure – Interview with Michael Orton

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100 – Shoot in any light

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99 – Controlling brightness in photography

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