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134 — Finding Your Unique Photography style — Interview with Bret Culp

Marko Kulik — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:37:23 +0000

Photography podcast #134 features an interview with Toronto, Ontario fine art photographer Bret Culp. During the interview we talk about finding and developing your own photography or shooting style. Bret offers up some practical tips on how to make this process easier.

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Monolith, The face of Half Dome (1927) by Ansel Adams

Clearing Winter Storm (1938) by Ansel Adams

The Dark Hedges, Antrim, Northern Ireland, 2011 by Bret Culp

Dunluce Castle, Antrim, Northern Ireland, 2012 by Bret Culp

Bret shares his own Artist Statement on his Irish portfolio just to give listeners/readers an example on how developing an Artist Statement can focus you.

Irish Portfolio Artist Statement

“The mythic Irish landscape and its people have had a profound impact on one another. The Celts saw the land as a living source of wisdom, beauty and transformative spiritual power. Among the first to believe in the eternal nature of the human spirit they constructed monuments to death, rebirth and the cycles of the seasons and stars. Castles, fortresses and ruins are evidence of untold invasions and conflicts throughout a tumultuous history. These vestiges of the past continue to resonate through the countryside today. Beautifully poignant in the process of decay they tell their own story and possess their own mortality. Nothing that belongs to the earth is ever free from it. The sacred connection between the landscape of Ireland and its people has not disappeared over the centuries.” —Bret Culp

Overall Body Of Work Statement

“The transitory nature of existence binds everything in the material world. Careful observation reveals the beauty within each fleeting moment.” —Bret Culp

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
Bret Culp’s Irish Portfolio
Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod

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133 — Essential Camera Features — Interview with Royce Howland

Marko Kulik — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:17:45 +0000

Photography podcast #133 features an interview with Canadian fine art photographer Royce Howland. During the interview we discuss what camera features we think are essential. There are loads of extra bells and whistles on cameras these days and even though both Royce and I have kick-butt camera gear, we ignore the majority of the new features and focus on the essentials. We also discuss essential camera modes and touch on essential lenses.

Of course feel free to let us know if you feel we missed something essential.

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I Should Be So Industrious by Royce Howland

Royce wanted to mention something about this image because it relates to a cool feature of some new screens on cameras.

“Something we’re seeing more commonly, and the Pentax 645Z also has it, is a camera LCD that pops out with tilt or tilt-swivel movements so you can see it from different angles. I think this idea is great.….

…This sea holly bloom and bees were about 18 inches off the ground. I wanted a shooting angle of more or less straight across, rather than steeply downwards or whatever. That would have been very awkward (or even painful!) to shoot through the camera viewfinder, having to contort my neck, back, knees, etc. to work through the viewfinder for any length of time. Even using a normal, non-moving LCD would have been a bit of a challenge to see from above. Instead, I was able to put the camera on a stable tripod, sit on a short 3-legged stool, and pop out the LCD to a comfortable angle that I could see just by looking down. No neck or back strain even though I photographed from the low shooting angle for about an hour.”

Nick Cave Osheaga 2014 by Marko Kulik — This high ISO image was made using aperture priority and I moved the focus points over the hand invading Nick’s shirt. Moving those focus points is my favourite essential camera feature.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Royce Howland’s Photography / workshops
Tours-courses by Marko Kulik

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132 — Rust Photography — Interview with Bryan Davies

Marko Kulik — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 05:04:52 +0000

Photography podcast #132 features an interview with Canadian photographer Bryan Davies. During the interview we discuss Bryan’s rust photography. We cover what inspired the series, how it was shot, how it was post-processed and Bryan’s plans for the future.

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Fargo Mania by Bryan Davies

Artful Rust image by Bryan Davies

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Bryan Davies Rust photography
Bryan Davies’s work on fineartamerica.com
Facebook Rust art group
Contraste Art Agency
Photography.ca forum regular assignment — Frozen action images
Photography.ca forum level 2 assignment — Sounds

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125 — How Much Post Processing is Too Much — Interview w/ Darwin Wiggett and Sam Chrysanthou

Marko Kulik — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:43:14 +0000

Photography podcast #125 features an interview with photographers Darwin Wiggett and Sam Chrysanthou (apologies to Sam for mucking up her name) of oopoomoo.com where we talk about post processing in photography and how much post-processing is too much.

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In this podcast we get into talking about the differences between photographers and digital artists in this changing age where anything seems to go photography-wise. This discussion podcast is inspired by a blog post by Darwin where he asked How Far is too Far? The post refers to Darwin’s photograph of an owl and a swallow shot at the same time, but shot as two separate files that were blended together in Photoshop after capture.

What do you think, did Darwin go too far?

Great Grey Owl and Tree Swallow on Fence — Composite image by Darwin Wiggett

Butterfly and Flower — Composite image by Darwin Wiggett

In-camera capture by Sam Chrysanthou using a long exposure and a flashlight. The results look surreal but the effect is in-camera, not post production

It goes without saying that both Darwin and Sam DO post-process their images but they spend minimal time doing so. They just released an e-book outlining the shortcuts they use to process their images and they rely mostly on Adobe Bridge and Photoshop to do their editing. The book is called 7 Quick & Dirty Processing Shortcuts for Lazy Photographers.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

How Far is too Far?
Should We Change the Word Photography?
7 Quick & Dirty Processing Shortcuts for Lazy Photographers

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Thanks for listening and keep on shooting! Happy New Year everyone!

124 — Luminosity Masks — Interview with Tony Kuyper

Marko Kulik — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:53:20 +0000

Photography podcast #124 features an interview with Arizona fine art photographer Tony Kuyper. After years of experimentation Tony has developed an intermediate post processing technique NOT based on the pixels that make up the image but rather the brightness levels or tones that make up the image. One of the game changing reasons to work in this way is the tonal control and level of precision you can achieve with your selections and the fact that these selections are naturally perfectly feathered. This is accomplished by creating a luminosity mask (in Gimp, Photoshop Elements or Photoshop) and Tony describes how and why to do this in the podcast.

Although this is an intermediate level podcast, newer photographers might want to listen to get ideas for future study and post-processing play. Tony explains the concepts clearly!

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Here are some of Tony’s images processed with and without luminosity masks. You can see that the images processed with the masks ‘sing’ louder.

Brine Stones by Tony Kuyper — processed without luminosity masks

Brine Stones by Tony Kuyper — processed with luminosity masks

Elephant’s Feet by Tony Kuyper processed without luminosity masks

Elephant’s Feet by Tony Kuyper processed with luminosity masks

Navajo Bridge by Tony Kuyper processed without luminosity masks

Navajo Bridge by Tony Kuyper processed with luminosity masks

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Luminosity masks — Tutorial on Tony’s site
Tony’s tutorials page
GIMP luminosity mask tutorial
Photography assignment on our forum — Space
Level 2 photography assignment on our forum — Diptychs
Illuminight — Photography exhibition by Marko Kulik

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119 — Manipulating Photojournalism — Interview with Moe Doiron

Marko Kulik — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:00:40 +0000

Photography podcast #119 is the second of two episodes dedicated to manipulation in photojournalism. In this episode we feature a 70 minute casual conversation with Moe Doiron, a photojournalist with The Globe and Mail, Canada’s largest National Newspaper.

In the interview we revisit the 2012 winning world press photo by Paul Hansen, discuss the Chicago Sun-Times firing of their Photojournalism staff and chat about Moe’s multi-decade career as a photojournalist. and photo editor.

Past World Press Photo winners from the archives - Click to enlarge the full set from 1955–2009

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
World Press Photo of the year (Large)
A pet’s perspective — Low angled images — Photography.ca forum’s regular assignment — June 2013
f/16 or smaller — Photography.ca forum’s level 2 assignment — June 2013
Photography Podcast 118 — Manipulating Photojournalism — Interview with Carl Neustaedter

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118 — Manipulating Photojournalism — Interview with Carl Neustaedter

Marko Kulik — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:11:29 +0000

Photography podcast #118 is the first of two episodes dedicated to manipulation in photojournalism. This first episode features an interview with Carl Neustaedter who is the deputy editor of the Ottawa Citizen, the largest daily newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Carl is one of the people who decides on a daily basis what images make it into the newspaper.

In this interview we discuss how much manipulation is too much manipulation when it comes to news photography.

In particular, we talk about this year’s winning world press photo by Paul Hansen. We also talk about using Instagram and Hipstmatic style filters in news photography. We discuss some famously ‘over’ manipulated news images like the O.J. Simpson Cover on Time Magazine back in 1994. We also discuss more subtle modern ways in which digital news images are manipulated. Finally, we discuss the firing of the photojournalism staff at the Chicago Sun-Times.

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In 1994 Time and Newsweek used the same image of O.J. Simpson on their cover. Our eyes can see that Time over-processed the image. Image from Wikipedia.

A Grunt’s Life by Damon Winter — An award winning photo essay documenting a soldier’s life taken using the Hipstamatic App on an iphone. The essay was originally published in The New York Times.

Alex Rodriguez — Instagram photo by Nick Laham published in The New York Times.

World Press Photo of the year 2012 — City Burial by Paul Hansen

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
World Press Photo of the year (Large)
A Grunt’s Life — Damon Winter — The New York Times
From iPhone to printed page: The rise of Instagram in major publications
We Need Photojournalists — Article by SND.org
Carl Neustaedter on LinkedIN
A pet’s perspective — Low angled images — Photography.ca forum’s regular assignment — June 2013
f/16 or smaller — Photography.ca forum’s level 2 assignment — June 2013

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117 — Noise Halos and Chromatic Aberration — Interview with Royce Howland

Marko Kulik — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:03:21 +0000

Photography podcast #117 features an interview with fine art photographer Royce Howland where we discuss the ‘junk’ that can get into our photographs. In particular we discuss and dissect noise, halos and chromatic aberration in photography. We talk about how to avoid getting these problems, how to fix these problems and how for some photographers — these aren’t problems at all but rather, deliberate creative choices.

Royce does an AWESOME job of explaining these problems so that they are understandable to anyone.

This is the longest podcast I’ve published to date and it clocks in at around 70 minutes. We spend roughly 20 minutes on each of the 3 topics. We cover halos first, then noise, then chromatic aberration. Each of the 3 issues have very different causes and solutions.

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On the Rocks, Moraine Lake by Royce Howland — An HDR example where Royce controlled the settings to make sure no halos appeared in the sky or water.

Fall at Abraham Lake by Royce Howland — Another HDR example where Royce left the haloing in the sky, and in fact accentuated it a bit more via a Photoshop Curves adjustment, to give a sense of glow over the mountains. So sometimes halos are not a flaw, they’re a creative choice.

Looming, Abraham Lake by Royce Howland — An HDR example involving a high contrast backlit scene. The trees were deeply shadowed. Even on a Pentax 645D medium format camera, there’s noise in those trees in a normal single exposure. Bottom left — A 100% crop of a single exposure that went into the image above showing the level of noise in the trees. Bottom right — A 100% crop of the final image. Using a combination of HDR technique and a touch of additional noise reduction, I was able to subtly boost the contrast in the deep shadows, preserve all of the genuine detail, and also virtually eliminate the digital noise. Without HDR technique, just using a noise reduction filter can take the digital noise down but generally also will sacrifice legitimate detail as well.

Ghost Of Server Present, Jerome by Royce Howland — An indoor shot taken with available light in somewhat dim conditions at a supposedly haunted hotel. I’m using a bunch of creative techniques here including shallow depth of field, a reflection in a mirror, subject motion blur and extra digital blurring. Despite the softening effects of all the techniques used in this image, I also wanted a bit of texture and bit of “vintage film grain” feel. So far from removing all digital noise, I actually controlled it and then added a uniform monochromatic grain layer on top of everything in Photoshop. In print up to 16x20 size it’s difficult to see this grain, but on a nice matte paper it gives a slight feeling of texture; whereas running noise reduction as I would normally do in fact makes the results looking flat and plastic. You can see the noise detail added in the bottom detailed part of the image.

Chromatic aberration example at f/3.5 by Royce Howland — It was a bit after noon so the sun was high, and I shot straight into the light. The tree branches against a darker background show extremely high contrast edges. I was using a Sony RX100 pocket camera, which is a very high quality point & shoot with a Carl Zeiss lens. So a quality piece of kit for a compact. The first composition was at medium lens zoom and the aperture wide open — f/3.5. Bottom left — A 100% crop of the shot shows a lot of green and purple fringes are visible along the branch edges. Even towards the center of the lens, the chromatic aberration is pretty bad. This is a file converted from RAW using the latest Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop CS6, no chromatic aberration removal. Bottom right — Now here’s the identical file, but using the green and purple fringe removal settings during RAW conversion. Quite strong settings were needed for the green fringes, not so strong for purple. Mostly the fringes were removed.

Chromatic aberration example at f/5.6 by Royce Howland — Now here is the same composition photographed again moments later in the same strong light, but stopping the lens down to f/5.6. Bottom left — Stopping the lens down just over 1 stop has actually gotten rid of many of the purple & green fringes without doing anything else. That’s because a slightly smaller aperture lets through less of the misaligned light rays that contribute to the chromatic aberration in the first place. This is a RAW file converted again with no chromatic aberration settings. Bottom right — And here’s the same file converted with a small amount of purple and green defringe settings, much less than needed in the first example and the results look better.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
Royce Howland Photography
Photo realistic HDR podcast with Royce Howland
Wikipedia Chromatic Aberration
DXO Optics
Topaz Denoise
Nik DFINE 2
Noise Ninja
PTLens
Emily Carr Images - She deliberately painted in what we today call Halos. Shoreline, 1936 is an example.

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116 — Sharpness on Steroids — Focus stacking interview with Michael Breitung

Marko Kulik — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:10:13 +0000

Photography podcast #116 features an interview with German landscape photographer Michael Breitung where we talk about why and how to do focus stacking in photography. Basically focus stacking involves taking multiple frames of the same scene but each frame is focused at a different part of the image. Then these frames are blended together using a graphics program like Gimp (free) or Photoshop (expensive). The result is sharpness and depth of field on steroids that can’t be matched by any camera lens combination on a 35mm DSLR camera at the time of this writing. Only tilt shift lenses can compete in this extreme sharpness arena, but those lenses require many saved dollars or a rich uncle. This technique is free if you have the skills and a graphics program.

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Bloody Causeway by Michael Breitung — This focus stacked image blends 4 frames into one. Each frame was focused at a different point and then blended in Photoshop. Check out the sharpness from the closest corners all the way to the end of the causeway. This is sharpness swimming in awesome sauce. The aperture used here was f/9.5

Kraichgau at Dawn — Focus stacked photograph by Michael Breitung

Kraichgau at Dawn Details — Close up comparison by Michael Breitung — Only 2 frames were needed to create the final full-sized image above this one. One frame (left) focused at the foreground corners, gets the corners sharp in the final image. The other frame (right) focused at the midground, gets both the midground and the background sharp. Then the frames are blended in Photoshop to produce the final image. The aperture used here was f/11.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
Michael Breitung Photography
Michael Breitung’s (advanced) start to finish tutorial on his (Lightroom/Photoshop) post-processing workflow and how he created the Bloody Causeway image.
Helicon Focus image stacking software
Zerene Stacker
Tilt shift lenses in landscape photography
March 2013 regular Assignment — Wet or Rain
March 2013 level 2 Assignment — Dramatic angles

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115 — Color spaces — monitor settings — recommended hardware — Interview with Joe Brady

Marko Kulik — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:03:54 +0000

Photography podcast #115 features an interview with Colour expert Joe Brady who works for Macgroup US.
Joe knows pretty much everything there is to know about getting accurate colour from your monitor and your printer. Joe has recorded 2 podcasts with us already about monitor calibration and those links are listed below in the shownotes. In this podcast, we tackle some colour concepts that are a source of confusion for many people. We talk about monitor settings like colour temperature, gamma, and luminance. Then we tackle the sRGB, Adobe RGB and Prophoto RGB colour spaces and explain what they are, the advantages of each and when and where they are most useful. Finally, Joe recommends some calibration tools, monitors and printers.

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This image shows off the 3 main color spaces. You’ll note that the ProPhoto RGB color space contains the most colors. This makes it the best color space for printing your own images on a quality printer. When posting to the web, the colour space should be sRGB as that is the type of monitor that most people have.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
Podcast 62 – Monitor – printer calibration – Interview with Joe Brady
Podcast 63 – Review of the Colormunki and the i1XTreme
Joe Brady Photography
X-Rite ColorMunki Photo Color Management Solution at B&H
X-Rite ColorMunki Display at B&H
Eizo FlexScan SX2262W at B&H
Eizo ColorEdge CG223W 22 at B&H

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114 — 360 degree light painting — Interview with Patrick Rochon

Marko Kulik — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:36:11 +0000

Photography podcast #114 features an interview with light painter Patrick Rochon who discusses his new experimental 360 degree light painting technique. In a nutshell, Patrick light paints a model who stands in the middle of a ring as 24 DSLR cameras around the ring expose the scene at the same time. The frames are then strung together with software to give the illusion of circular movement. Patrick and I talk about his new work, his older work, and we talk about Patrick’s light painting process as well.

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360 Degree light painting by Patrick Rochon

This is a Gif animation that Patrick created from one of the 360 degree light painting sessions

Light painting by Patrick Rochon — Animated Gif

This is the ‘ring’ where Patrick lit the models:

While I was at Patrick’s place recording this interview, I noticed a gallery of new light painted (non 360) photographs on his wall that were gorgeous. This image below was one that I really liked — Thx for sending it Patrick!

Light painting by Patrick Rochon ©Patrick Rochon

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

patrickrochon.com
24x360.com — Timecode Lab — Eric Paré
Podcast #82 — Light painting portraits
LPWA – Light Painting World Alliance
Light painting photography
Animated gif photography (AKA Cinemagraphs)
Aurora Crowley Light Painter
– Beginnings — New — is our regular forum assignment for January
– Light painting — light drawing is our level 2 forum assignment for January
Photo tours of Montreal

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109 — Flash photography tips — Interview with Joe McNally

Marko Kulik — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:29:11 +0000

Photography podcast #109 features an Interview about flash photography with well known photographer Joe McNally. Joe has been shooting for decades for well known magazines life Life, Sports Illustrated and National Geographic. He was in town giving a seminar on the variety of lighting techniques you can achieve by using just one or two flashes. After the seminar I sat down with Joe for this quick interview to talk about flash tips. In this podcast we talk about diffusing your flash, triggering your flash and Joe talks about personal projects.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Joe McNally’s blog — Joe McNally’s Dance Portfolio
– Cold Beverages is our regular forum assignment for July
– Opposites is our level 2 forum assignment for July

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108 — Film Photography Rocks — Interview w/John Meadows

Marko Kulik — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:03:32 +0000

Photography podcast #108 features an Interview with fine art photographer John Meadows where we talk about the advantages of shooting on film. Although it’s true that film photography is slowly being replaced by digital, it continues to remain VERY popular with fine art photographers for a bunch of reasons. One of these reasons is the incredible quality of the cameras and lenses available to film photographers that can be purchased these days for peanuts.

In this podcast we talk about the advantages of shooting on film, film characteristics, buying film, developing your own film, printing your own images in a darkroom, the hybrid approach of using both film and digital and more.

During this phone interview recorded by Skype, the quality of my voice is mediocre and I apologize in advance for this — Luckily John Meadows’s voice sounds great.

Broken and Unbroken © John Meadows

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Royce Howland’s follow up comment on the photo-realistic HDR podcast
John Meadows website
John Meadows on Flickr
apug.org — Analog Photography Users Group
Freestyle film photography supplies
Pocket light meter
Marshal Oils at B&H
Film at B&H
Photo tours in Montreal — Private photography instruction in Montreal

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107 — Photo Realistic HDR — Interview w/Royce Howland

Marko Kulik — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:34:44 +0000

Photography podcast #107 features an Interview with Canadian Nature photographer Royce Howland. In this podcast we talk specifically about how to get realistic colours using the HDR process. HDR (high dynamic range) is a process that allows us to capture details in the highlighs and the shadows of our images by shooting multiple frames of the same image at different exposures and then blending them in software.

Many HDR images that we see on the web have really wonky and unrealistic colours. We pass no judgement on these types of images but this podcast is dedicated to getting realistic colours using the HDR process. We summarize the process from why we do this, to capture, to gear, to using the software to create the images. We also discuss the differences between the HDR process and using graduated neutral density filters.

Old Prairie Church & Storm Front, Mundare Alberta Canada © Royce Howland

That Halloween Mood, Glenmore Reservoir Calgary Alberta Canada © Royce Howland

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Royce Howland website
Royce Howland’s feature on Photography.ca
Older HDR article by Royce Howland
HDRSoft — Makers of Photomatix
Oloneo — Makers of PhotoEngine
Red Giant — Makers of Magic Bullet PhotoLooks
HDR Labs — HDR information resource
Topaz Adjust
HDR Efex Pro

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101 — Intentional Camera Movement — Interview with Michael Orton

Marko Kulik — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:51:52 +0000

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 intentional camera movement. This podcast discusses intentional 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 Intentional camera movement.

: 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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95 — Larry King family portrait — Interview with Laszlo of Montreal

Marko Kulik — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:57:45 +0000

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 © Laszlo of Montreal

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

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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Thanks to forum member Glenn Euloth (AKA Iguanasan on our forum) who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board. Most of the links to actual the products are affiliate links that help support this site. Thanks in advance if you purchase through those links.

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90 — Tilt shift lenses for landscape photography — Interview w/ Darwin Wiggett

Marko Kulik — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:21:21 +0000

Photography podcast #90 features an interview with Canadian landscape photographer Darwin Wiggett. It was recorded on a photo tour in the Alberta Rockies led by Darwin. In the interview Darwin discusses why he often uses a tilt shift lens in landscape photography. For those that have never heard of a tilt shift lens, it’s a lens that has the ability to tilt and/or shift while attached to your camera. The tilting aspect of the lens allows you to get amazing depth of field (REGARDLESS‚ of aperture) because the lens can tilt in the same direction as the plane of focus. The shift aspect of the lens allows you to correct non parallel lines in camera when photographing a building for example. It also allows for easy panoramas. Darwin is a fabulous teacher so take a listen and it will all make even more sense. We also talk a bit about testing your lenses, resolution, aperture, depth of field and image circles.

An example of a tilt shift lens

Note how the image on the right has SUPERB depth of field because the tilt shift lens was TILTED into the plane of focus. Image at left uses a regular wide angle lens. ‚©D. Wiggett

Note how the lighthouse is straight in the shot at right due to the SHIFT correction on a tilt shift lens. Image at left uses a regular wide angle lens. ‚© D. Wiggett

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
Workshops and photo tours with Darwin Wiggett
Jay Maisel Documentary for inspiration
Show us where you live is the regular assignment this month on our photography forum
Time (No clocks) is the level 2 assignment this month on our photography forum
Nikon’s 24mm tilt shift lens at B&H
Canon’s 24mm tilt shift lens at B&H

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82 — Light-painting portraits — Interview with Patrick Rochon

Marko Kulik — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:20:53 +0000

Photography podcast #82 discusses painting with light AKA light painting with master light painterPatrick Rochon. In a nutshell, light painting is (usually) the art of using portable lights like flashlights to ‘paint’ a subject in a dark environment while the shutter stays open on a tripod during a long exposure. In this podcast Patrick describes and shares some of the tips and tricks he uses to create his amazing light painted portraits. The majority of Patrick’s body of work, like the image below is non-digital, was shot on film, and has not been Photoshopped.

: Patrick Rochon — From the Butoh Dancers Series

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Podcast #8 — Anotherpodcast on light painting
Patrick Rochon on Photography.ca
Patrick Rochon’s website
10 Amazing Light Graffiti Artists and Photographers
Light painting group on Flickr
May 2010’s — Vintage assignment on the Photography.ca forum

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77 — Neutral density filters — Graduated neutral density filters — Interview with D. Wiggett

Marko Kulik — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:36:27 +0000

Photography podcast #77 features an interview with Darwin Wiggett where we talk about neutral density filters and graduated neutral density filters. Darwin explains why we use these filters and how to use these filters effectively. We discuss hard edge versus soft edge, physical versus software filters, we even talk about reverse graduated neutral density filters. For newbie photographers that have just hatched, Darwin goes over polarizing filters as well.

Left — Screw on neutral density filter. Right — The Cokin system

Left — Lake with no filter. Right — Lake with polarizer and-2-stop hard edge grad. Notice how much ‘poppier’ this shot is. The grad reduces the sky’s intensity. The polarizer adds contrast to the clouds in the sky and intensifies its colour. It also removes the water’s reflections thus saturating its colours. ‚© Darwin Wiggett

Left — Tire with Polarizer and-2-stop-hard-grad. Right — Tire with a Polarizing filter plus a 2-stop-hard-edge grad and-a 5-stop solid-ND filter. Note the movement of the foreground brush and the softness in the clouds. This was achieved by using the solid ND filter to get a slow shutter speed. ‚© Darwin Wiggett.

The effect of a polarizer on its own. Left — No polarizing filter. Right — The polarizing filter lets you see through the water by eliminating the water’s reflectivity. With the reflections removed, the colour is much more saturated. ‚© Darwin Wiggett

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Seven Rules for Effectively Using a Polarizer
Filters, holders and vignetting: building a filter system that works with your lenses
The Terrific Triple Threat
Fields of Gold (or was that blue?) Three Camera Filters all Digital Photographers Should be Using
Filters for Outdoor Photography
January’s macro or close-up assignment on the Photography.ca forum
Cokin filters at B&H (Disclosure — Aff links — help support our site)
Singh-Ray filters at B&H
Lee filters at B&H

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67 — Orton Imagery — The Orton Effect — Interview with Michael Orton and Darwin Wiggett

Marko Kulik — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:52:50 +0000

Photography podcast #67 discusses how to use Orton Imagery (AKA the Orton effect or the Orton Technique) to give your photographs an ethereal/painterly feel. This technique was invented by Michael Orton in the mid 1980’s using 2 pieces of overexposed slide film sandwiched together. The principles of this technique can also be used in graphics programs like Photoshop to achieve a similar effect. This podcast contains 2 interviews; one with Michael Orton discussing‚ the technique’s history, and one with Darwin Wiggett,‚ discussing his method for creating Orton Imagery using Photoshop and other graphics programs. Darwin’s step-by-step is outlined below and his Photoshop action is also included. Thanks a ton Michael and Darwin!!

Orton Imagery by Michael Orton — Click to enlarge

NMP2823 — Non-Orton image by Darwin Wiggett — Click to enlarge	NMP2823 — Orton image by Darwin Wiggett — Click to enlarge
NMP9058 — Orton image by Darwin Wiggett — Click to enlarge	NMP6435 — Orton image by Darwin Wiggett — Click to enlarge

Here’s how to create Orton Imagery Using Photoshop. Portion reprinted from from Orton Imagery — A …œHow to‚ guide for Photographers by Darwin Wiggett. Thanks to Nature Photographers online magazine for allowing me to reprint this.

Digital Technique to Create Orton Images

Here, there are many ways to simulate an Orton slide sandwich. You can do it the same way as outlined above for slides overexposing two separate images and then in the computer stacking the images together in software and blending them. Personally, I prefer to take my existing digitized photos (either from film scans or digital camera files) and running them through the process below to see if they work as …œOrton Images‚.

Here is the step-by-step recipe for making Orton images in Photoshop:

Open any image you wish to try the technique on. Make a duplicate of the image (Image>Duplicate). Close the original image.
Lighten the image as follows: Image>Apply Image‚¦ then in the dialog box that comes up change the bending mode to …œScreen‚ and the Opacity to 100%. This will give you an appropriately overexposed image.
Duplicate this overexposed image (Image>Duplicate).
Blur this second image (Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur‚¦ and in the dialog box use a Radius setting of 15 to 50 pixels ‚” the higher the pixel setting the blurrier the photo and the more ‹“painterlyž the image‚¦ but you can go too far!). Experiment with different settings, for my tastes and for the size of my digital files (50–100 megabytes) a radius of about 25 pixels works perfect.
Now select the move tool from the Photoshop tool bar (or just press …œv‚ on your keyboard for quicker access to the move tool). Hold down the …œshift‚ key and use your mouse to drag and drop the blurry image onto the sharp one (donžt let go of the shift key until after you release the mouse button or the images wonžt be in perfect alignment).
Bring up the layers palette in Photoshop (F7 is the keyboard shortcut). Under the word …œLayers‚ in the layers palette will be a menu box of blending modes. Change the blending mode from …œnormal‚ to …œmultiply‚.
Now …œflattenž the two layers by pressing …œCTRL+E‚ or by clicking on the sideways triangle in the layers palette to select ‹“flatten imagež.

There, you now have an Orton image — if you like your new masterpiece save the file!

Dwayne Oaks from our photography forum also lists the way he uses the Orton effect using NX2 software. Thanks Dwayne.
1-use midtone (levels) slider to brighten photo (2.04)
2-select gaussian blur, set radius slider to (15.85)px and opacity to (100)%
go to blending mode and select (multiply)
3-readjust (levels) sliders if necessary
4-in the case of my work to get the muted colors just turn down
the saturation

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
More of Darwin Wiggett’s work on Timecatcher.com
Photographing Creative Landscapes: Simple Tools for Artistic Images and Enhanced Creativity by Michael Orton
Dances with Light by Darwin Wiggett
Download Darwin’s Orton Action
June’s low shooting angle assignment on the Photography.ca forum
See and vote on May 2009’s member images

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62 — Monitor — printer calibration — Interview with Joe Brady

Marko Kulik — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:04:13 +0000

Photography podcast #62 features an introduction into monitor calibration and profiling and printer calibration and profiling by way of an interview with Joe Brady of MACgroupUS. Joe clears up many common questions that we have when it comes to monitor profiling and tells us straight up why hardware devices that profile your monitor are vastly superior to the profiling software that comes with monitors. We talk about colour space, ICC profiles and how (unfortunately) the average photographer is using a bad monitor and a flawed workflow to proof their work. The next podcast will feature a full review of the colormunki and i1XTreme hardware profiling devices graciously loaned to me by MACgroupUS.

This image is just to illustrate a point. On the left is an image off of an UNcalibrated Eizo Monitor. On the right is that same image on a mid-range monitor that I thought was somewhat calibrated. Side by side you can see how the Eizo has a greater tonal range and less of a cast. The results are WAY more dramatic when you see the resulting prints with your eyes. When you actually calibrate and profile the monitor using quality calibration hardware, you get the best (or close to the best) result that the particular monitor can deliver. This usually translates to a wider tonal range with whites being whiter and blacks cast free as well, compared to the pre-calibrated monitor.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

colormunki
i1XTREME
colormunki training — Videos on using color munki along with color theory
Guess what it is thread

Assignments on our photography bulletin board:
March 2009 Photo Assignment — Wind
March 2009 — Assignment — photographing words — Wind

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60 — Panning and the Weston Portrait — Interview with Laszlo of Montreal

Marko Kulik — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:27:06 +0000

Photography podcast #60 features an interview with photographer Laszlo of Montreal. In this interview, Laszlo deconstructs a portrait of Loblaws owner Galen Weston so that we may learn from it. In the interview he describes the various techniques used to create this image including panning, balancing the flash and the ambient light as well as his choice of shutter speed and environment for this image.

Galen Weston by Laszlo — Click to enlarge

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Laszlo’s website
Laszlo’s Paul Anka portrait
HDR Podcast #59

Assignments on the bulletin board:
January 2009 photo assignment — Warm and Cozy

Thanks as always to‚ Steven K,‚ Susan, Michael Van der Tol, landon9720, Yisehaq, Frank and Gary H who posted a blog comment about our last podcast and to all the new members of the bulletin board.

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59 — HDR — High dynamic range photography — Interview with Joseph Cartright

Marko Kulik — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:35:42 +0000

Photography podcast #59 talks about HDR (High dynamic range) photography in an interview with fashion photographer and HDR instructor Joseph Cartright. In this podcast we discuss how to create an HDR photograph and be warned, this is an intermediate level podcast. That said, Joseph reviews many of the terms that confuse digital photographers these days, so part of the podcast (especially the beginning) reviews concepts relevant to all digital photography. In a nutshell an HDR image is made of 2 or more shots where the same scene is photographed with bracketed exposures and then put together with software in order to extend the dynamic range (get additional information in the highlights, midtones and shadows) of the scene.

Here’s a few terms as explained by Joseph that are good to absorb right away;
– Latitude — Refers to how much you can be ‘off’ of the correct exposure and still have a usable image.
– Dynamic range — Refers to the usable range of data you can capture between the highlights and the shadows before you lose data. (If you overexpose too much there is no data in the whites or highlights and if you underexpose too much there is no data in the blacks or shadows).

HDR Image by Joseph Cartright — Click to enlarge

HDR Image by Trey Ratcliff — Click to enlarge — Original image http://stuckincustoms.com/2008/12/14/my-five-favorites-from-vancouver/

Links mentioned in this podcast and HDR references — Joseph Cartright Photography

Software:
Photomatix — http://www.hdrsoft.com/
FDR tools — http://fdrtools.com/front_e.php
Software overview — http://wiki.panotools.org/HDR_Software_overview

Reference Sites:
http://www.hdrlabs.com/siggraph/
http://www.hdrlabs.com/siggraph/index_files/Witte_HDRI_Tips_Tricks.pdf
http://www.creativepro.com/article/photo-murals-make-you-think-big-really-big
HDR tutorial by Trey Ratcliff

Assignments on the bulletin board:
December photo assignment — The Holidays
December assignment — Photographing words — Winter

Thanks as always to‚ Steven K,‚ Susan, EJC, Dan, JK and aophoto who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks also to Mark3351, Alex Ross rana, djKianoosh, Rikki, eroder, The_Camera_Poser and benjamindicaprio for joining our bulletin board and posting a few times. We LOVE comments and suggestions so please send more.

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57 — Interview with photographer Phil Borges — Photography podcast

Marko Kulik — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:19:14 +0000

Photography podcast #57 features an Interview with photographer Phil Borges at the 2008 Photoplus conference and expo in New York. (That conference/expo was excellent and packed full of cool new products and world renowned photographers/instructors including Phil Borges as guest speakers/lecturers — Very much recommended and I’m going back in 2009).
In the interview Phil very briefly discusses his career and some of his bodies of work in photography, talks about his artistic style and technique, and shares the way he currently prints his work.

Photograph by Phil Borges — Chema, 77 of Bulava, Siberia. From the series: Spirit of Place — Siberia

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Current exhibits by Phil Borges
Phil Borges’s feature on photography.ca
HP Z3100 printer
Hahnemuhle papers

Thanks as always to Jen, Steven K, Clusty, JD and‚ Susan who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks also to dmagick, wdawson, Lisa Scott, bloveless, dudley206098, SoftServeCo., Duane, Saarto1221, Elle, jmayoff, krphotogs, jasonhightower,‚ omhubbard, aophoto, Amaranth, barbiepurl, jillcatrina, johnyymathew, jayps, fsendel, Mike Guilbault, jecky55, and DAVIS125 who recently joined the photography.ca forum and posted a few times. We LOVE comments and suggestions so please send more.

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Interview with Kevin Kubota — Photography podcast #52

Marko Kulik — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:30:26 +0000

Photography podcast #52 features an interview with photographer Kevin Kubota. Kevin is probably most well known for his photoshop actions but he is also a wedding as well as a fine art photographer. In this interview we talk about Kevin’s work, his gear, and his workflow. We also talk a bit about Photoshop actions in general and discuss if using them is cheating.

Here’s a quick snapshot of Parc-Lafontaine where a little visitor came to say hi while I was recording the intro and conclusion to this podcast. That’s right, my outdoor sound studio includes wildlife

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Kevin Kubota’s Actions
Assignment forum on Photography.ca
Adobe Photoshop tutorials and workflow
– http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/tutorials
– http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop
– http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/cs3/pdfs/CS3_Web_Workflow_Guide.pdf

Thanks as always to Susan who posted a blog comment about our last podcast and to the following people that recently joined the photography.ca forum and posted a few times; pslove, JoeMezz, natalieyoung, nekken, bhvijaykumar, ret, sweetoblivion, scalespeeder, mindforge, bear, sealhunter, PaulaLynn, Wayne, reijo, fire209, Dwayne Oakes, trueartsphotography, BunD, easypickings and Disrupt Studios. We LOVE comments and suggestions so please send more.

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Rafael Goldchain Interview — Photography podcast #29

Marko Kulik — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:56:05 +0000

This photography podcast‚features an interview with teacher and fine art photographer Rafael Goldchain. In the interview Rafael tells us about his past work and we delve into his latest work called Familial Ground.‚This work‚contains over 50 masterfully created self-portraits based on Rafael’s family history and the influences of the different cultures‚that help make up his‚life. Rafael freely talks about how the project came to be, as well as all the technical elements of the project including; lighting, shooting, printing and digitally post processing the photographs.

More of Rafael’s portraits from this series can be seen at Luminous Lint‚and Robot Follow.
A few of Rafael’s older images can be seen on this site, Photography.ca
For more information on Rafael’s work, he‚can be contacted via email‚rafael (a t)rafaelgoldchain(d o t)com

Other photography links mentioned in this podcast;
The Applied Photography program at Sheridan College.
Photography at Ryerson
Fine art photographer Susan Meiselas

Thanks as always for the comments by daronJ and‚Gary‚H on our previous podcast Posing models in photography . We LOVE comments and suggestions so please send more.

You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below this set of images.

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Rafael Goldchain
Self-Portrait as Naftuli Goldszajn
[Familial Ground] — 2000‚
Lightjet chromogenic print — 30 x 40 in‚
Provided by the artist — Rafael Goldchain
b. Krasnik, Poland, early 1800’s
d. Krasnik, Poland, late 1800’s‚‚

Rafael Goldchain
Self-Portrait as Reizl Goldschain
[Familial Ground] — 2001‚
Lightjet chromogenic print — 30 x 40 in‚
Provided by the artist — Rafael Goldchain
b. Poland, 1905
d. Buenos Aires, Argentina 1975‚‚

Rafael Goldchain
Self-Portrait as Don Moises Rubinstein Krongold — Middle-aged
[Familial Ground] — 2000‚
Lightjet chromogenic print — 30 x 40 in‚
Provided by the artist — Rafael Goldchain
b. Ostrowiec, Poland, 1902
d. Cuernavaca, MÆ’‚©xico 1980

Lighting in Photography — Interview with Laszlo of Montreal — photography podcast #19

Marko Kulik — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:54:12 +0000

This photography podcast features an interview with well known photographer Laszlo of Montreal.

Paul Anka by Laszlo of Montreal — Click to enlarge the image

In this Interview we talk about lighting in photography and we dissect the lighting that Laszlo used for a portrait of well known entertainer Paul Anka.

Links referred to in this podcast:
+ Portraits by Laszlo on Photography.ca
+ Personal images (nudes in motion) by Laszlo on Photography.ca

You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player.

Underwater Photography — Photography Podcast #17

Marko Kulik — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:22:31 +0000

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This Photography podcast features an interview with photographer Jolene Monheim‚that I discovered on Flickr. Jolene and I discuss her underwater photography and how she creates her stunning images. During the interview we talk about using filtration in Photoshop. If you’d like information on using conventional filters on camera, wetpixel.com has some detailed information.

Links that we discussed include;
+ Jolene’s feature on Photography.ca
+ Ikelite’s‚underwater housing for cameras
+ John Arnold’s‚Photoshop tutorials
+ The artwork of Maxfield Parrish

You can download‚this photography podcast‚directly‚by clicking the preceding link‚or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player.

Interview with Ann Dahlgren — A Fairy’s Child — photography podcast # 9

Marko Kulik — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:35:11 +0000

Photograph by Ann Dahlgren and Douglas Foulke

This show features an interview with fine art photographer Ann Dahlgren. Together with her husband Douglas Foulke, they created an amazing book of fine art photography called A Fairy’s Child which is the focus of this interview.

Photography podcast transcript #9