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Articles by Kerry Garrison

Kerry Garrison is a wedding, portrait, and product photographer living in southern California. With 10 years of experience shooting products and 3 years of experience in the wedding industry, Kerry brings a good deal of technical know-how and can explain topics in easy-to-understand terms. Kerry's work can be found at http://kerrygarrison.com and on Facebook at http://facebook.com/KerryGarrison

Podcast #66 – Conversation with Jamie Pflughoeft about Pet Photography Podcast #66 – Conversation with Jamie Pflughoeft about Pet Photography

This week Kerry sits down with Jamie Pflughoeft of Cowbelly Pet Photography to discuss…believe it or not…pet photography. You may not realize what a huge market this is, third behind weddings and babies.

Panasonic Launches “Living in HD” contest Panasonic Launches “Living in HD” contest

Bloggers, Video Bloggers, Photographers, Podcasters, and other content creators can enter a chance to become the next Living in HD Insider. Winners get a chance to see Panasonic HD techno-goodies before they hit the store …

Podcast #65 – Discussing the new Canon 7D and Nikon D300s with Jeff Sipper and Jason Anderson Podcast #65 – Discussing the new Canon 7D and Nikon D300s with Jeff Sipper and Jason Anderson

Kerry brings in two special guests, Jason Anderson from CanonBlogger.com and the Learning Digital Photography podcast along with Jeff Sipper to talk about the new Canon EOS 7D and the Nikon D300s.
Camera Dojo 7D Info: …

Canon Releases EOS 7D – The 50D’s Big Brother Canon Releases EOS 7D – The 50D’s Big Brother

As is typical with new camera releases, the internet has been buzzing for a while with rumors of an alleged 7D with specs all over the place but guess no longer, Canon has announced the …

OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard – Is it worth the upgrade? OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard – Is it worth the upgrade?

The latest Macintosh operating system, 10.6 Snow Leopard is finally here and the question for our Mac readers is, should you upgrade. First, let’s talk about what Snow Leopard isn’t before we get into what …

15 Photography Books You Shouldn’t Go Without Reading 15 Photography Books You Shouldn’t Go Without Reading

There are hundreds if not thousands of photography books available and choosing one can be a daunting task. I asked around for some suggestions and even made some tweets to ask what other people thought and I came up with this list of 17 (will explain in a moment) books you shouldn’t miss.

Podcast #64 – Conversation with Zach and Jody Gray – Running Your Business Podcast #64 – Conversation with Zach and Jody Gray – Running Your Business

This week we have special guest host Maurice Naragon. Maurice is a writer/editor for CameraDojo  and has been on the show before. Right now Maurice is working on a killer rail system project for the …

Trek-Tech TrekPod XL Review Trek-Tech TrekPod XL Review

What do you get if you cross a walking stick, a monopod, and a tripod? You get a TrekPod. Think of the TreckPod as the ultimate travel tripod and the XL model is the Ferrari of the TrekPod models being made of lightweight carbon fiber and with the MagMount ball head, weighs in at only 22.5 oz

Podcast #63 – Conversation with Mark Robert Halper – Taking Great Portraits Podcast #63 – Conversation with Mark Robert Halper – Taking Great Portraits

In this episode I talk with Mark Robert Halper and  discusses portrait shooting. During the show we talk about what goes into making a great portrait, working with the subject, lighting, and location issues.
During the …

Organizing Images From Multiple Cameras/Shooters with Lightroom Organizing Images From Multiple Cameras/Shooters with Lightroom

Have you ever shot with a second camera or used a second shooter and then when you imported the images into Lightroom only to find out that the time on the different cameras was way …

Digium Card Photo Shoot Walkthru Digium Card Photo Shoot Walkthru

Every once in a while a shoot comes up with specific requirements and your job is to figure out how to get the shot that they want. Today I needed to shoot some Digium interface cards for 888VoipStore.com. The challenge was that I wanted to get a vertical shot with a reflection underneath.

Podcast #62 – Conversation with Gavin Seim – Discussing Wall Portraits Podcast #62 – Conversation with Gavin Seim – Discussing Wall Portraits

Gavin Seim has recently been trying out some sales techniques that he picked up at the recent Wall Portrait Conference so Kerry and David wanted to spend some time with him and see how this …