Click To Listen>> Photography Podcast. PPS #71
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This is the 30x70 classical framed canvas Gavin made from the large family project discussed on this episode. More links below.

Today’s Host... Gavin Seim. This week Gavin look at news, a bit on LR3, the stolen photo and a look at the technique and results of the large family portrait, the underwater senior session and more.

Podcast #71 forum discussion:

Notable Time Indexes:

• 00:00 Introductions and news
• 01:40 Lightroom 3.2
• 04:44 Stolen photo update
• 08:35 Canon Lenses still coming off
• 12:00 Introducing Power Workflow 3
• 14:19 Things I’ve Learned
• 16:50 Fusion Wedding Videos
• 23:30 The Twin Cities Trip
• 25:30 The large family portrait
• 41:43 The underwater portrait session.
• 52:24 Pick of the Week.
• 52:12 Closing nerdyness.

PS. These are things I’ve learned. I’m only 25 so I have a lot more to learn. I reserve the right to  learn better in the future ;)

Gavin’s new Power Workflow3 LR Presets. Use code PPS to save 15%

Gavins new fine art blog. f164. A travelogue and deep analysis journal.

Canon announced the 60D.

**Corrections. I repeatedly said D,30 D40, D50. Those ate old camera. I meant to say 30D, 40D, 50D. Also I say Episode 70 at the start. This is #71.

Stolen Photos. Not an uncommon problem. This is the photo they used. They did pay up however.

LR 3.2 is official. We’ll see if it fixes things.

Some new bodies, lenses etc. Nothing earth shattering. D60 is here, but just is an upgraded rebel (ie Sd cards) 7D seems to be the new 50D.

Here’s the article about Canon lenses falling off.

Projects:

Gavin’s article about selling large wall portraits.

Gavin used this Ewa Marine bag for the underwater session.

Here’s the blog post of the underwater portraits session in Chelan.

Fusion Video reaction. Heres the the client reaction. Heres the post with the result.

Gavs favorite from the underwater poretrait session.Click for the blog post and more from this session.,

Heres the image the 30x70 was made from. Click for a larger version.

Midnight Seattle went into the PPA loan collection.

Photography and Coffee. I just assume photographers drink good coffee. I LOVE coffee. My son helps me make espresso almost every day. The poll is in the sidebar. This is the Rocket Premium Plus I bought. Loving it.

Pick: Epson artisan printers. Cheap printing of disks. Artisan 50 or Artisan 710 All in One.

These are the printable disks Gav used. Best we’ve found.

Here’s our new trailer.

I also got a PK301 mini projector.

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by Gavin Seim: In a few weeks I’ll be loading our the trailer as myself and my family will embark on a month long photo adventure. It’s like nothing I’ve ever done and I’m very excited. The final destination will be Twin Cities MN, where I’ll be teaching my HDR and LR workshops, but the trip itself will be all about photography. I intend to try new things, explore new places and push my skills a bit further.

With that in mind, plus the fact that I plan to embark on these sort of adventures more regularly, I’ve started a new site. Don’t worry, I’m not closing my other projects. But I’ve been planning for some time to make a site for my fine art work. I did that, but with a bit of a twist. Instead of just making another portfolio site, I did what I wanted to do. I made a travelogue and a journal. A book of notes if you will. It’s called f164.

It’s not that I don’t enjoy Pro Photo Show, Seim Effects, or my client blogs. But this is more like a diary where I can share what I learn, show what I’ve made and let me hair down (though my hair is not very long).

While on my trip and beyond there’s likely to be quite a bit of activity on 164. I hope you’ll join in and share our journey. Pro Photo Show will remain active, and some favorite posts from f164 may even make it over here. But if you want to see a bit more  of the emblazoned adventurous photograoher, come on over to f164.

PS. On a side note, I’m pretty proud of the f164 site. I built it all in WordPress, using the Twenty Ten theme and a lot of CSS tweaking.

I won’t make this long. You can click below for info on either workshop. Whether you’re local or traveling in, I look forward to seeing some of you there. There’s also talk of some kind of a PPS meetup, so stay tuned… Gav

Click To Listen>> Photography Podcast. PPS #70
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Grooms Wake. Even this has a story. I almost dunked my gear during this TTD session. But the results were worth it. Gavin used a preset from Power Workflow for tone. The couple loved the result.

Today’s Panel... Gavin Seim – Denns Zerwas – Kerry Garrison – Barry Howell.
We talk about Lightroom, Photoshop and other random bits. Then move on to our main topic where we discuss tales photographic of woe and suffering and war and trauma and horror and even happiness.

Podcast #70 forum discussion:

Notable Time Indexes:

• 00:00 Introductions and news
• 13:00 Lightroom 3
• 25:20 Photoshop CS5
• 35:00 War Stories & Battle Scars.
• 1:42:50 Picks and Favorites.

HDR Workshop in Twin Cities MN.

Wedding with Lensbaby.

Kerry’s LR video learning center.

Tim Arnes Shortcut Plugin.

Sigma 17-50 2.8 EX DC OS HSM

Gavin talks HDR on Dojo podcast.

Picks…
Berry – Likes his Drobo FS.
DZ – Gavin’s LR workshop – Kerry LR workshops.
Kerry – Android Smartphones
Gav – Cowboy Studio triggers.

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Direct YouTube link.

PS. The wind was not intense on the day I made this, but I left them up all afternoon without reservation. These make a VERY stable light and they should handle heavy winds if needed. Do some tests of your own and if in doubt just add a few extra tether cords to make it as sturdy as you need. Also here is a good video on how to tie the Tautline Hitch.

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by Gavin Seim: Dynamic range is a big deal in photography and I’ve been making a point to study it over the past few years. Last week I joined Kerry Garrison on the CameraDojo podcast, for a new episode on HDR. In fact however, it’s not just a discussion of traditional HDR, but on all things dynamic range.  It’s always fun guesting on other shows (not to mention a lot less work) and I think we pulled together something good here.

Thanks to Kerry for having me. Head over to CameraDojo to give it a listen. Then stay tuned because there’s also a brand new PPS Roundtable coming real soon.