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106 – White balance and why snow is blue

Marko Kulik — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:01:11 +0000

Photography podcast #106 discusses the often confusing topic of white balance and why sometimes the camera screws up our images like giving us blue snow. Correcting this is really easy and it just requires a bit of understanding of what is going on in the background. In a very tight oversimplified nutshell, when we see something that has colour, it has that colour due to the colour temperature of the light source illuminating it.

Light a candle in a dark room and look at a white baseball; it will look orange. The same thing happens with white snow that looks bluish under cloudy overcast conditions because cloudy light is bluish. Our eyes might not notice the blue because our brain compensates for the cast because it “knows” that snow is white, but the camera often gets it wrong. In this podcast we talk about white balance, automatic white balance, the white balance presets that your camera comes with and setting a custom white balance. If you’ve ever wanted to improve the colour accuracy of your images, this photo podcast offers up some fast tips.

Left image - When we see an object that has colour, it has that colour due to the color temperature of the light source illuminating it. This is why if we take a white baseball into a room lit only by a candle, the baseball looks orange. The same thing happens when we take a picture of white snow on a cloudy overcast day and it looks blue. Right image - White light (the kind we see at noon on a sunny cloudless day) is actually made up of equal parts of Red, Blue and Green light. These are the primary colours in photography.

Left Image - The camera's AWB (automatic white balance) didn't render this scene properly and the snow looks bluish because the day was cloudy and cloudy light is bluish. Right Image - I corrected this in post processing and the snow looks more natural to the eye.

: If your image has a colour cast, to neutralize it, you add the OPPOSITE colour of the cast.

This image was lit with 2 light sources; the light coming from the stove AND overcast light coming in through the windows. AWB does a very good job here but is a hint too warm. The cloudy preset adds yellow to compensate for cloudy light which is blue. In this case it reproduces too warm. The Incandescent preset adds blue to compensate for incandescent light which is warm. Here it added way too much blue. The custom setting, where you take a quick reading from a grey card or use a tool like an Expodisc was the most accurate and best reproduced the scene.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Spinrite - To recover crashed hard drives
Allan Levene is running for congress!
Grey cards at B&H – Expodisc at B&H – Color meters at B&H
Photography tours in Montreal – One to one photography instruction by yours truly

- Wide open aperture is our regular forum assignment for May
- Texture is our level 2 forum assignment for May

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105 – Four tips to improve your bounced flash photography

Marko Kulik — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:48:19 +0000

Photography podcast #105 offers up tips on how to improve your bounced flash photography. Bouncing your flash off of walls and ceilings is easy and really softens the light which is often desirable especially in portraits. You can also achieve a much more interesting lighting pattern versus direct on-camera flash. You can often achieve great results with minimal effort and minimal help; I often use bounced flash when I am shooting alone and need a quick lighting setup.

The images below of my wife Carmy were shot in about 5 minutes against a slightly green wall in my livingroom. The tones in the face and background wall are similar but not identical in all images and I deliberately chose not to match them to see the subtle differences. These differences are due to the different ways that the light bounced around the room. There were windows in the room but the day was cloudy and no direct light was shining through the windows. Images are unretouched.

The image on the left shows direct flash. Note the harsh shadow on the wall and the relatively even lighting on the face. The shot on the right, bounced the flash off the ceiling. The shadow is still on the wall but it is softer. The lighting pattern on the face is less even but more interesting to the eye.

The image on the left used flash that was bounced off of the wall about 12 feet behind me. The image on the right used flash that was bounced off the side wall about 6 feet from me. Note the absence of any shadow on the back wall compared to the left image in the first set. When you try this for yourself make note of how far the bounced walls are from your flash. The farther the walls are from the flash, the harder the flash has to work and you may need to increase the flash's output.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
Spinrite - To recover crashed hard drives
Photo podcast #4 – Fill flash
Photo podcast #47 – Flash sync speeds
Photo podcast #71 Portable flash

- Bright Colour is our regular forum assignment for March
- Silhouettes is our level 2 forum assignment for March

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104 – Backing up images like a pro versus a bonehead

Marko Kulik — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:41:34 +0000

Photography podcast #104 discusses strategies for backing up your images. One of my external hard drives that held tens of thousands of images failed recently. Even though I had a duplicate of the images on another drive, the duplicates were poorly arranged. This got me thinking about better and safer backup strategies. I’d DEFINITELY appreciate hearing about YOUR backup strategies.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
- Crashplan.com
- Backblaze.com
- Carbonite.com
- Amazon S3 services calculator

- “Transportation” is our regular forum assignment for February
- Intentional Overexposure is our level 2 assignment for February

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Thanks to skcazador, amber, cartman75 and Glenn Iguanasan Euloth who posted blog comments 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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103 – Photography umbrella for rain and snow

Marko Kulik — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:11:54 +0000

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

Marko Kulik — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:43:59 +0000

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 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

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 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

Marko Kulik — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 04:38:29 +0000

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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Thanks to Rob vE, Rich, Anuj, Photo art cafe and Best who posted blog comments 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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99 – Controlling brightness in photography

Marko Kulik — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:33:02 +0000

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

Marko Kulik — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:36:40 +0000

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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Thanks to forum members Jimmy, Scorpio_e, and Brendan who posted blog comments 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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97 – How to photograph with hard light

Marko Kulik — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:13:34 +0000

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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Thanks to forum members NorthStone, Wicked Dark, Howard J, KawarthaBob and Jonny Hotshoe who posted blog comments 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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96 – Tripods for photography (the good stuff)

Marko Kulik — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:56:23 +0000

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

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
If you liked this podcast and want to write a testimonial, it’s a great way to say “Thanks” and it’s super-appreciated

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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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94 – Turning day into night

Marko Kulik — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:32:45 +0000

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.

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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93 – Black and white photography – qualities that make good bw images

Marko Kulik — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:10:20 +0000

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

Marko Kulik — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:25:03 +0000

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!

91 – 3 ways to reduce noise in photography

Marko Kulik — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:52:26 +0000

Photography podcast #91 discusses 3 common‚reasons‚we get noise in our photographs and we offer tips on how to beat that noise. For the purposes of this podcast, noise is the appearance of coloured‚specks, ‚monochromatic‚specks or bands/lines that appear in your photographs (often in uniform areas like the sky or in the shadowy parts of the image) that should not be there.

Scene from Oka Park Quebec Canada

This image from OKA Park looks pleasing enough and looking at it here you might not know that the image was underexposed. I boosted the levels in Photoshop so at first glance it looks pretty good.

HOWEVER, this 100% crop from the same image reveals the noise (colours in the snow) due to underexposure.

Snow detail crop at 100% shows colour noise

TIP – Don’t automatically underexpose. Underexpose the scene only when necessary.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Cambridge in Colour article on noise
Noise Ninja
Dfine
Topaz Denoise

Shiny‚is the regular assignment this month on our photography forum
Ton sur Ton is the level 2 assignment this month on our photography forum

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

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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89 – Interview with Joyce Tenneson – Michael Grecco – Notes from Jay Maisel

Marko Kulik — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:41:56 +0000

Photography podcast #89 features 2 interviews that were recorded at the PDN Photoplus Conference and Expo in New York last weekend.‚ This conference and show happens yearly and is one of the largest photo shows in North America. It’s an AWESOME show/conference with all the latest products and fabulous seminars from some of the best photographers in North America. This post/podcast will cover some of the seminars and other posts will cover some of the products.

Interview 1 is with fine art photographer Joyce Tenneson. I’ve been following her work for close to 20 years so it was a real treat to interview her. In this interview we talk about finding a personal style.

Interview 2 is with well know portraitist and celebrity photographer Michael Grecco. In this interview Michael shares some of his lighting secrets to achieve a dramatic portrait.

Finally I share some of the notes that I took in a seminar led by master photographer Jay Maisel.

Thanks again to Joyce Tenneson, Michael Grecco and Jay Maisel for allowing us to feature their work and for their wonderful seminars.

Ingerborg Ten Haeff - From Wise Women ‚© Joyce Tenneson

Stevie Wonder ‚© Michael Grecco

A Jay Maisel image exemplifying 'gesture' ‚© Jay Maisel

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
Joyce Tenneson – feature on Photography.ca
Michael Grecco – feature on Photography.ca
Jay Maisel – feature on Photography.ca
Jay Maisel Documentary
Light tools – for modifying light
Dynalite kit at B&H
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88 – Rain photography

Marko Kulik — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:16:57 +0000

Photography podcast #88 talks about rain photography and is based on a suggestion by Mad Aussie, Thanks MA. ‚ In the podcast we talk about how to go about‚ protecting yourself and your camera so that you can enjoy rain photography. We also talk about subject matter, technique, after the rain camera care and we touch on lighting as well.

Puddle-drop and Reflection by Marko Kulik Rainsleeve and Flash rainsleeve Links /resources mentioned in this podcast: Rainsleeve for your DSLR and flash (at B&H) Rainsleeve for your DSLR (at B&H) Please join the Photography.ca fan page on Facebook If you liked this podcast and want to review it on Itunes, this link gets you to the main page My Facebook profile – Feel free to “friend” me – please just mention Photography.ca My Twitter page – I will follow you if you follow me – Let’s connect – PLEASE email me and tell me who you are in case I don’t reciprocate because I think you are a spammer. If you are still lurking on our forum, feel free to join our friendly ¯¿½Photography forum Thanks to Yisehaq, Jack Label,‚ Robertv and Glenn Euloth 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. If you are looking at this material on any other site except Photography.ca – Please hop on over to the¯¿½ Photography.ca blog and podcast and get this and other photography info directly from the source. |¯¿½Subscribe with iTunes |¯¿½Subscribe via RSS feed |¯¿½Subscribe with Google Reader |Subscribe for free to the Photography podcast – Photography.ca and get all the posts/podcasts by Email You can download this photography podcast directly by clicking the preceding link or listen to it almost immediately with the embedded player below.

87 – Rear curtain sync – front curtain sync in flash photography

Marko Kulik — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:02:18 +0000

Photography podcast #87‚ talks about the difference between rear curtain sync and front curtain sync when using flash with your camera. Basically when using rear curtain sync, the flash fires toward the end of the exposure instead of toward the beginning of the exposure as it normally does. This allows the blur that results from using slow shutter speeds to trail behind the subject where it looks natural. When using slow shutter speeds, you’ll generally need to use a tripod. We also go over some basics on combining flash with ambient light.

Front curtain sync - Notice the movement trail in front of my hand, it looks unnatural

Rear curtain sync - Notice the movement trail behind my hand, it looks more natural

Wedding centerpiece by Dominic Fuizzotto - Dominic skillfully bounces flash to add detail to the flowers in this lovely bright image

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
Dominic Fuizzotto photography – Wedding photography in Montreal
Publicphotography.org – Flickr group – Publicphotography.org – Facebook group

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86 – Inkjet paper review 2 – Museo Silver rag, Portfolio rag – Moab entrada bright

Marko Kulik — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:06:21 +0000

Photography podcast #86 is the second? podcast devoted to high end inkjet papers and it reviews and discusses 3 of them. I LOVE photo papers (traditional and digital) and I just bought a new Epson 3880 inkjet to test inkjet papers with?.and of course make larger prints.?There?s LOADS of creative possibilities when you try new inkjet papers so I hope the review of these 3 papers?is useful to many listeners/readers.

All 3 of these papers are highly recommended. Museo Silver rag is a thick (300 GSM) light cream coloured paper with a medium gloss finish and a slight texture. Museo Portfolio rag is a thick (300GSM) matte paper with a cream colour and very slight texture. Moab Entrada 300 bright is a thick (300GSM) double sided matte paper with a white colour and slight texture. Just as an FYI, if i say a paper has a cream colour, others may say on first glance, no it’s white. However, take that paper and put it beside something like regular plain white laser paper and the creamy base tone is more apparent.

Note as well that the 2 matte papers have optical brighteners in them. I also talk about ICC profiles again. Here is where they go on your computer after you download them. MAC= MAC HD > Library > ColorSync > Profiles
Windows PC= C: > Windows > System 32 > Spool > Drivers > Color

Detail from Parisian self portrait on Museo silver rag - ?Marko Kulik

Parisian self portrait on Museo silver rag - ?Marko Kulik

Detail from Reflection at Dorwin - 2009 on Museo portfolio rag - ?Marko Kulik

Reflection at Dorwin - 2009 on Museo portfolio rag - ?Marko Kulik

Detail from Parisian self portrait on Museo portfolio rag - ?Marko Kulik

Parisian self portrait on Museo portfolio rag - ?Marko Kulik

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Epson 3880 at B&H
Podcast 62 – Monitor/printer calibration
Podcast 63 – I1 Extreme and ColourMunki review & printer dialogue boxes when printing.
Museo Silver rag – Buy Museo silver rag at B&H
Museo Portfolio rag – Buy Museo portfolio rag at B&H
Moab Entrada 300 bright- Buy Moab entrada bright 300 at B&H
Main assignment on our photography forum – Minimalism
Level 2 assignment on our? photography forum – Sidelight to create texture in B/W

Publicphotograpgy.org – Celebrating the rights of photographers -?Publicphotography.org – Flickr group – Publicphotography.org – Facebook group

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85 – Inkjet paper review 1 – German etching – Fine art Baryta by Hahnemuhle

Marko Kulik — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:15:46 +0000

Photography podcast #85 is the first of several podcasts that will review and discuss inkjet papers. Let me say it right now, I LOVE photo papers (traditional and digital) and I just bought a new Epson 3880 inkjet to test inkjet papers with….and of course make larger prints. There’s LOADS of creative possibilities when you try new inkjet papers so I hope the review of these 2 papers (German Etching and Fineart Baryta by Hahnemuhle) is useful to many listeners/readers. Both papers are Highly recommended. German Etching (310GSM) is a textured matte creamy white paper. Fineart Baryta (325 GSM) is a glossy white paper with an ever so slight texture. Ansel Adams called the print ‘the performance’ and these days there’s tons of paper choices to get your prints to sing.

Steam Vents at VNP - German Etching Marko Kulik

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Epson 3880 at B&H
Podcast 62 – Monitor/printer calibration
Podcast 63 – I1 Extreme and ColourMunki review & printer dialogue boxes when printing.
Hahnemuhle papers – Hahnemuhle ICC profiles
Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper at B&H
Hahnemuhle Fine art Baryta Paper at B&H
Comment about back button autofocus on Nikonians – Thx F8&Bthere!
Testimonials link if you’re feeling wordy

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84 – Back (rear) button autofocusing

Marko Kulik — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:12:15 +0000

Photography podcast #84 is based on a single comment by Richard from our forum where he mentions rear-button autofocus to aid in sharpness. This technique was developed by Canon about 20 years ago but I first heard of this technique on the MPB podcast (link in shownotes – thx for finding it for me Martin!) about two and a half years ago. Basically this technique REMOVES autofocusing from the shutter release button and assigns it to a button on the back of the camera. Especially when tracking a moving subject, this is a great technique and will likely get you more keepers. It will also STOP your autofocus from tracking things that you don’t want it to.

Finger positions for rear button autofocus

Ducks - Even though ducks are entering/exiting the scene, autofocus is not lost on the central duck which I was tracking. The autofocusing cannot 'hunt' for any other duck because I am tracking and locking focus on only 1 duck.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Excellent Rear button autofocus article by Canon
Rear button autofocus discussed on the Martin Bailey Podcast
July 2010′s – Perspective and/or Leading lines assignment
Publicphotograpgy.org – Celebrating the rights of photographers -Publicphotography.org – Flickr group – Publicphotography.org – Facebook group

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83 – Photography 20 steps from your door

Marko Kulik — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:47:50 +0000

Photography podcast #83 is based on a suggestion by Casil403 (Thanks Casil!) from our forum. This podcast describes the exercise of photographing whatever you want with the restriction that it must be 20 steps from your door. This restriction forces you to “see”¯¿½ what you are otherwise too busy to see. It’s an excellent exercise that really gets you to zero in on your sense of sight. Feel free to try this exercise for yourself and post the image somewhere and link to it in the comments for all to see. The photos below are images taken within 20 steps of my own door.

20 steps from my door by Marko Kulik

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Rain cover for your DSLR and flash (at B&H)
Rain cover for your DSLR (at B&H)
June 2010′s – Motion assignment on the Photography.ca forum

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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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81 – Multiple exposure photography

Marko Kulik — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:50:08 +0000

Photography podcast #81 discusses multiple exposure photography. Basically multiple exposure in photography involves getting more than one scene on a frame of film or on a single digital file in camera. Many digital and film cameras can do this but if yours cannot, I briefly describe how to do this using a graphics program (that uses layers) like Photoshop. In this podcast, I use the word serendipity quite a bit. Just in case you’re not familiar with it, it means finding/discovering something that you did not expressly seek. It’s one of my favourite words in the English language.

: Homeless in Paradise – Honolulu 2010 – by Marko Kulik

: Inside Isabelle II – by Marko Kulik

: Self Portrait – Wailea, Maui – by Marko Kulik

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
Master multiple exposure photographerJerry Uelsmann
Freeman Patterson – multiple exposures (a few are on this page)
April 2010′s – Different point of view assignment on the Photography.ca forum

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80 – Clean your camera’s sensor – cleaning camera lenses

Marko Kulik — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:56:37 +0000

Photography podcast #80 talks about how to clean your DSLR camera’s sensor. It describes the wet technique and the dry technique and it’s not as scary as it seems. We also talk about how to clean your camera’s mirror as well as cleaning camera lenses and general camera care.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Original suggestion thread for this podcast from our photography forum
The visible dust website – Camera and camera sensor cleaning products
The Copperhill Method of sensor cleaning – They sell cleaning kits and products as well
SensorKlear by Lenspen demo on Youtube
Camera and camera sensor cleaning supplies at B&H
Lenspen SensorKlear to clean camera sensors at B&H
Air blower at B&H
March 2010′s Light and Shadow assignment on the Photography.ca forum
Hat tip to photographer Dominic Fuizzotto for his insight on sensor cleaning.

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80 – Clean your camera's sensor – cleaning camera lenses

Marko Kulik — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:56:37 +0000

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

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79 – Customizing your camera for free

Marko Kulik — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:56:48 +0000

Photography podcast #79 talks about how to customize your camera using the custom settings functions in your camera’s menu. There are many, many, many useful ways to customize these settings for the way YOU personally shoot, but many photographers don’t use these settings or are afraid to touch these settings. Many features that your camera offers are set to OFF by default, and the only way to access them is by turning their custom function on in the custom menu of your camera. A quick and easy example is high ISO. On my former 30D from Canon, this setting was set to off so my highest normally available ISO was 1600. With one setting change in the custom function menu the highest available ISO becomes 3200.‚ This podcast encourages you to play with similar (and even better) settings in your camera.

: Nikon D700 customization menu

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The Nikon D700 at B&H
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78 – Winter photography gear

Marko Kulik — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:50:46 +0000

Photography podcast #78 talks about how to enjoy winter photography. Many photographers avoid shooting in the winter because‚ it’s too cold and they feel uncomfortable. What a huge mistake. There are so many spectacular winter scenes to photograph and the cold can be tamed with the right gear. The majority of the podcast is dedicated to how to keep your entire body warm on a cold winter day. We talk about shooting at different levels of coldness including very cold temperatures like -20 degrees C (-4 degrees F) and colder. We also touch on tips like avoiding condensation and preserving battery power.

Winter photography gear

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Le Baron – Awesome camping/fishing store in MTL. Great products.
SSG Silk Winter Glove Liners at Amazon
Fox River Four Layer Glomitt on Amazon
Polar Ex Glomitt Fleece Mitten/Gloves – Medium-Gray
Gordini Da GORE-TEX-‚« Goose II Mittens Mens
Heat Max Hot Hands hh2
Lorpen Hunting Extreme Primaloft Socks on Amazon
Toe-sters battery powered foot warmers

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