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54 — Making the eyes sing — Photography podcast

Marko Kulik — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:10:08 +0000

Photography podcast #54 talks about how to make the eyes sing in a photograph. When we take a photo of a person or something that has eyes, we really need to pay attention to what we are doing. The eyes are normally the most important part of any portrait and they need to be sharp and bright. Through a few basic techniques this podcast tells you what you need to do to get your subject’s eyes to ‘sing’.

Even in this medium range shot you can see sharp bright eyes

The bulldog’s eye (stock) sings because the iris is sharp & bright

Links mentioned in this podcast:
The eyes have it thread from the photography forum
Accessories podcast (check image of the light stand holding reflector with magic arm)
A dodging technique for the eyes described in paragraph 2 of the post
Gary Fong diffuser at B&H
Podcamp Montreal
CC Chapman

Thanks as always to Benny and Susan who posted a blog comment about our last podcast and for her suggestion that inspired this podcast. Thanks also to Ram, Hallow’s maiden, Rabiakamaran, Gatepc, BenH, MikeS, Dabow,‚ Inukamori, svantland & PKMax 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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Presenting photography to galleries — Photography podcast #53

Marko Kulik — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:51:48 +0000

Photography podcast #53 talks about how to present your photography portfolio to photography galleries. There’s a right way and a wrong way to approach galleries with your work and this podcast offers up a few tips on what the right way is. One crucial tip that I’ll mention right here is to make SURE your work fits with what the gallery is showing. If it doesn’t, don’t waste your time and choose another gallery.

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Robert Miller gallery (New York) — Thanks Karl
Stephen Bulger gallery (Toronto) — Thanks Jessica
Bulger gallery portfolio submission guidelines

Thanks as always to Benny who posted a blog comment about our last podcast and to Spriter 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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Photography tips (recap) — Photography podcast #50

Marko Kulik — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:50:55 +0000

Photography podcast #50 recaps many of the photography tips talked about in the past 49 photography podcasts. Here are some quick tips talked about in this podcast chosen from previous photo podcasts; Watching the background — depth of field — fill flash — exposure in photography — painting with light — framing your subject — intentional blur — polarizing and neutral grad filters — digital in camera filters — patterns — leading lines — the rule of thirds in photography — deliberate underexposure — shutter-speeds - using shadows creatively — wide angle lenses — posing models — using reflectors — studio setups for beginners — cheap macro photography — one light portraits — low-light photography — using histograms — your rights as a photographer — simple back lighting outdoors — brightness and other distractions — photographing babies — dodging and burning in photography.

I’d also like to thank Laszlo, Dominic Fuizzotto, Dita Kubin, Ann Dahlgren, Raphael Goldchain, Vicky Reed, Jolene Monheim and Andre Nantel for the informative interviews that they let me record with them. More interviews are already scheduled for future podcasts.

Here’s a quick snapshot of a small part of Parc-Lafontaine where I have been recently recording these podcasts.

Thanks as always to Landon, Benny, Sandra 543, Manamarak, Claudia regina, destructivemicrowave, ratio, kathleen, taffy, kiddo, dag, trhoads, megster85, langdon9720, Richard Annable, kate and Ashmuddy for recent comments and suggestions. We LOVE comments and suggestions so please send more.

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Depth of field — Photography podcast # 2 — Photography.ca

photomarko — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:11:40 +0000

Our second podcast is dedicated to depth of field. We discuss in pretty good depth how to become more creative with depth of field. These 2 photographs below illustrate the differences between smaller and larger depths of field. Remember: A smaller aperture like F 16 results in both the background and the foreground being pretty sharp. A larger aperture like F 2.0 results in a sharp foreground and unsharp background. If you’d rather read the differences instead of listening to the podcast below, a good depth of field explanation is located here.

F-16 — Large depth of field. Image sharp throughout.

F-2.0 — Shallow depth of field. Only the foreground is sharp

If you see the player, use the player below to listen to the podcast — it’s faster. If you don’t see the player click the link below.

You can download our second podcast here. http://www.photography.ca/podcasts/photog_ca_podcast2.mp3

Photography podcast transcript #2