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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Podcast #51 – Kerry and David discuss issues when traveling
May 27, 2009 – 11:55 am | Comments
Podcast #51 – Kerry and David discuss issues when traveling

Kerry and David discuss issues when traveling such as making sure you are prepared, how to pack tripods and lightstands, watching your equipment, and deciding what to take.

Canon Announces EOS Rebel T1i w/HD Video
March 24, 2009 – 8:16 pm | Comments
Canon Announces EOS Rebel T1i w/HD Video

Canon’s new EOS Rebel T1i is packed with features, both refined and new. In addition to its admirable performance with an all-new 15.1 Megapixel Canon CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 Image Processor, a 3.0-inch Clear View LCD with anti-reflective and scratch-resistant coating, and compatibility with the EOS System of lenses and Speedlites, the EOS Rebel T1i adds remarkable Full HD video capture at resolutions up to 1920 x 1080.

Podcast #41 – Kerry and David discuss the latest gadgets
March 17, 2009 – 8:00 am | Comments
Podcast #41 – Kerry and David discuss the latest gadgets

Kerry and David discuss the latest tools and gadgets they have been using or have seen at the recent shows including products from Lensbaby, Vanguard, California Sunbounce, Datacolor, Lenspen, Sandisk, Flip video, Apple, and Photovision.

Giottos Camera Screen Protector Review
March 12, 2009 – 7:47 am | Comments
Giottos Camera Screen Protector Review

I have always been a proponent of keeping my cameras looking brand new. A big piece of keeping your camera new is protecting the screens. This has been an age-old issue that affects all modern, digital cameras from point and shoots to professional SLRs. With typical protectors seeming overprices at $10 to $15 for a piece of plastic film smaller than the palm of your hand, why would you spend quite a bit more than that for the Giottos Camera Screen Protectors? We needed to try these out and see if they were worth the extra cost.

Podcast #40 – Picking the winner of the converging lines contest with Roberto Valenzuela
March 10, 2009 – 9:55 am | Comments
Podcast #40 – Picking the winner of the converging lines contest with Roberto Valenzuela

Kerry and David discuss some of the cool finds from the PMA 2009 show (see CameraDojo.com for video highlights). The guys also announce the details for the next photo contest that will begin this week called Exciting Lighting, the winner will get a free seat at David Ziser’s Digital Wakeup Call tour. Complete details for the new contest will be posted this coming week.

Save $20 on David Ziser’s Digital Wakeup Call Seminar
March 6, 2009 – 7:24 am | Comments
Save $20 on David Ziser’s Digital Wakeup Call Seminar

I have mentioned David Ziser’s upcoming seminar series several times and I will continue to until it is over as it is going to be the one big not-to-miss seminar this year. David is an expert on lighting and technique and presents these topics in very easy to understand ways so that you can go back and start implementing them immediately.

onOne Software’s Plug-In Suite 4.5 and FocalPoint 1.1 Now Available
February 23, 2009 – 8:37 am | Comments
onOne Software’s Plug-In Suite 4.5 and FocalPoint 1.1 Now Available

onOne Software, Inc., a leading developer of time-saving software solutions for professional and advanced amateur photographers, today announced the immediate availability of Plug-in Suite 4.5 and FocalPoint 1.1. Plug-In Suite 4.5 is the latest version of onOne Software’s Photoshop® plug-in collection, which combines the recently announced FocalPoint 1.1, Genuine Fractals 6 Professional Edition, PhotoTools 2 Professional Edition and PhotoFrame 4 Professional Edition in addition to Mask Pro 4 and PhotoTune 2.2.

Canon Announces Two New Tilt-Shift Lenses
February 17, 2009 – 10:38 pm | Comments
Canon Announces Two New Tilt-Shift Lenses

Today Canon dropped two new tilt-shift lenses that update the previous models that were discontinued recently. The new TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II offers enhanced functionality and image quality in its most popular tilt-shift focal length. Designed with UD glass to minimize and compensate for chromatic aberrations and specially coated aspherical elements for the highest possible glare-free image quality, this tilt-shift lens features an angle of view of 74°. New TS revolving lets users freely combine tilting and shifting within the range of +/- 90° in the direction of movement.

WPPI Highlights Part 1
February 17, 2009 – 4:32 pm | Comments
WPPI Highlights Part 1

This WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) has been a great show already with tons of great speakers, two huge ballrooms of vendors, and lots of great networking with other photographers. Unfortunately you can’t be in multiple places at the same time so you have to pick and choose which speakers to go see.

David Ziser Seminar – Digital WakeUp Call Tour – A New Dawn
February 10, 2009 – 8:35 am | Comments
David Ziser Seminar – Digital WakeUp Call Tour – A New Dawn

When David Ziser told me about his upcoming seminar during our recent podcast conversation I knew this was one seminar this year that I couldn’t pass up going to. I have been counting the days waiting for the announcement so I could get it on my calendar. From the description, I think everyone should attend this as well, David has put together an amazing program and the price is just unreal as well.