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David Hobby (http://strobist.com) has posted a thought provoking article today about whether or not you should consider doing work for free. This isn’t to say you should go on Craigslist and post that you will perform wedding photography worth thousands of dollars to everyone that emails you.
This week we have a special guest, the vivacious Scarlett Lillian who has gained tons of notoriety recently with her upbeat and punchy style. We talk with Scarlett about her transition from video to photography, how she found inspiration, her gear, her workflow, business, and much more.
We think there is a little something for everyone in this interview and hope you enjoy it as much as we did recording it. Please stop by her site and let her know if you enjoyed listening to her.
In this episode Kerry and Doug talk about the background of Think Tank Photo and their philosophy of why they create the products they do. They also discuss the updates to many of the Think Tank Photo products that was announced recently and discuss the upcoming Shapeshifter backpack.
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Kerry and Gavin discuss the use of HDR photography to bring an expanded dynamic range to your images.
Michael asks about what you do about eating during a long wedding shoot. Kerry and David talk about making sure you get fed and carrying snacks on you just in case.
Jason asks where do you get inspiration from.
Kerry and David talk about how to add some spice to your shots, some of the ideas covered include:
* shooting from different angles
* changing your depth of field
* dissect other people’s work
* Look at EXIF data on people’s images
Kerry and David discuss the new features of Adobe Photoshop CS4 and give their impressions of Lightroom 2.1.
Kerry talks about OnOne Software’s Photoframe 4.0 and FocalPoint 1.0.
It’s been only two weeks since we moved the podcast over to the Personal Life Media network but I wanted to take a moment and give a shout out to Susan and Tim over there. They have managed to totally clean up the fubar’d iTunes feed, get the show featured as a new release for over a week, and have helped bring the download numbers to three times what they were before we joined up with them.
Kerry and David respond to letters from readers and answer the following questions:
* What is your favorite lens for portraits?
* How do you deal with inclement weather?
* What do you wear when shooting a wedding?
* How much equipment do you carry on you when shooting a wedding
Are you prepared for the inevitable day when something goes horribly wrong during an important shoot? Kerry and David discuss some situations when things went very wrong and how being prepared can save the day. The guys also talk about being prepared at a wedding by discussing with the church coordinator about any rules that they may have.
This week Canon released new firmware for their EOS line of cameras from the 30D up to the 1Ds Mark III. Think Tank Photo announced the new Urban Disquise 35 and the Shapeshifter Backpack. My co-host this week is David Esquire from Esquire Photography and we talk some more about how we work together to do bridal shows and why “competing” photographers can developed a great synergy by working together.
