Podcast #74 – Back to the Basics – Composition with Roberto Valenzuela
January 19, 2010 – 6:34 pm | Comments

This week we go back to the basics and talk about composition with our good friend Roberto Valenzuela.
Roberto talks about composition and gives the following guidelines:

Choose a selective focusing technique
Placement and composition of your main …

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Camera Dojo Slowly coming back to life
October 29, 2009 – 6:55 am | Comments

After a catastrophic failure yesterday and issues with restores, the camera dojo website is slowly coming back to life. Please bear with us while we get all of the issues sorted back out. I apologize …

Podcast #69 – Conversation with Jim Collins – CEO Pictage
October 13, 2009 – 6:15 am | Comments
Podcast #69 – Conversation with Jim Collins – CEO Pictage

Kerry and Jim discuss how to combine your art and your business to help become more successful. Jim also talks about some important trends in print sales that are occurring in the business right now.

Building a Rail System for your Video DSLR
October 7, 2009 – 4:21 pm | Comments
Building a Rail System for your Video DSLR

This is a product that may be new to a lot of photographers.  I know it’s a little new for me too, as I just started researching rail systems at the beginning of this year …

Think Tank Photo Airport TakeOff Review
October 4, 2009 – 11:49 am | Comments
Think Tank Photo Airport TakeOff Review

For a little over a year now I have been using a Think Tank Photo Airport International 2.0 as my primary bag and a Think Tank Photo Shape Shifter bag for my travel bag. The …

LR2/Mogrify Plugin has been Updated
October 1, 2009 – 9:47 am | Comments

Timothy Armes has just released a new version of his wonderful LR2/Mogrify export plugin. I did a writeup on using LR2/Mogrify to do advanced watermarking in Lightroom some time ago, so I am really excited …

Podcast #68 – Conversation with Chase Jarvis – Talking about the world of commercial photography
September 30, 2009 – 10:13 am | Comments
Podcast #68 – Conversation with Chase Jarvis – Talking about the world of commercial photography

In this episode Kerry sits down with the world famous commercial photographer Chase Jarvis to talk about the world of commercial photography. Chase explains some of what goes into a large commercial project and what …

Think Tank Photo Announces new Airport Takeoff Hybrid Camera Bag
September 24, 2009 – 2:09 pm | Comments
Think Tank Photo Announces new Airport Takeoff Hybrid Camera Bag

What do you do when your Airport International is just too big to lug around for a small shoot but your ShapeShifter bag won’t carry enough gear? Think Tank Photo has answered this question with …

Breeze Systems Releases DSLR Remote Pro for Macintosh
September 24, 2009 – 1:58 pm | Comments
Breeze Systems Releases DSLR Remote Pro for Macintosh

Breeze Systems has announced the immediate availability of DSLR Remote Pro for Mac 1.0; Mac OS X based software to control Canon DSLR cameras from an Intel Mac. Breeze Systems’ highly regarded software has …

Podcast #67 – Kerry’s favorite photography websites
September 23, 2009 – 2:01 pm | Comments
Podcast #67 – Kerry’s favorite photography websites

In this show Kerry talks about some of the latest photography news and goes through some of his favorite photography websites.

Adobe Releases Lightroom 2.5 and Camera Raw 5.5
September 14, 2009 – 8:16 pm | Comments

Lightroom 2.5 and Camera Raw 5.5 are now available as final releases on Adobe.com and through the update mechanisms available in Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2. These updates include camera support for the following models: