by admin on June 29, 2010
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On this episode!
- High ISO or Flash
- Do you use assistants?
- Outsourcing your editing
- Speedlights or something bigger – like a soft box?
- Guidelines for a complete newbie creating a style?
Transcription!
Question #1 (Shawn): High ISO on shoots instead of flash?
Dave: You’ve got to visualize the outcome you want, and if you want the available light being used, then I’d say you use ISO.
Taylor: Just the depth that high ISO gives you – for more photojournalistic –type stuff, I far prefer cranking the ISO with a little bit of grain. And I’ve never heard my clients say they hate a photo because “it’s a little bit grainy”.
Dave: Charlotte and I crank up the ISO – like during receptions, we shoot 25, 3200 or something like that and bounce the flash through the room. We use reflective light, so that means using the light bounced off backs of chairs or walls.
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by admin on June 22, 2010
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We’re giving away some Totally Rad Actions! All you have to do is reply @PotluckPhoto and say ‘You guys should have _______(insert your favorite photographer) on the show!” Or something like that.
We’re going to do the best we can to involve as many of them as possible. We’re just going to be randomly choosing the winner from all the submissions!
If you don’t have Twitter, you can drop a comment in the section below – just make sure you leave an email address in case you win!
On this episode:
- Thoughts on ‘fad-ish’ processing
- Dealing with price shoppers
- Raw vs. sRaw
- What to expect first commercial shoot
- How many images do you provide a wedding client. Lightroom or full Photoshop?
- What lenses would you bring on a destination shoot?
Note: Photographer suggestions can be made through Twitter by mentioning @Potluckphoto or through the actual Potluck Photo comments page.
*Prize: Action Pack by Totally Rad Actions or TRA 2: The Revenge
Question 1 (Debbie Lee): How do you feel about “fad-ish” processing like vintage, wash-out or muted tones?
Answer:
Dave: I’m not so much into the trend, and I prefer to keep things relatively classic in order to prevent cringing in about ten years time.
Taylor: I try not to take anything too far, because after looking back on my old work, I find I tended to over-process with photo shop. Not I try to hit at that decisive moment because when you do, it doesn’t matter what you layer onto the photo.
Dave: I think it’s all good to create a brand for your look of images because otherwise everything would look identical. If you want to look at someone with a very distinct brand of photography, check out Marcus Bell.
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by admin on June 15, 2010
Hey all! Episode 3 is here, and we have an iTunes feed that everyone can now follow! Check it out!
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Here’s what we’re talking about on this episode
- What’s the best F Stop for flare and solid blurry backgrounds.
- What to do with a screaming baby at a kids shoot. How to calm them down.
- Lifestyle photography. How do you pose things so that they look more candid?
- What software do you use for work flow?
- I have a lot of gear. What gear do you bring on shoots?
Transcription!
Dave: Welcome to the next edition of Potluck Photo. I’m Dave Biesse.
Taylor: And I’m Taylor Jackson, and Potluck Photo is the place where we answer all of your questions submitted by Twitter at @potluckphoto. We cram as many questions photography-related as we can into this little podcast and just kind of go from there.
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Just like last week, leave us some comments with suggestions and/or questions and topics you’d like us to cover in the future! Don’t forget to follow @PotluckPhoto on Twitter!
Thanks so much for the support this early on! Click the links in the top right if you want to ask us questions – either by @replies or DMs on Twitter, or via Formspring.
On this episode:
- Email and inquiry management
- What would you suggest for a 1 pm photo shoot? Where would you do it? How would you do it?
- Starting to shoot weddings this year, don’t have any backup gear – what do you suggest?
- Do I need a contract or mode release to post portrait sessions online?
- I’m using Blogger at the moment, are there any other websites out there that you suggest for blogging?
- WordPress and where to find good themes
Episode 2 Transcription:
Taylor: Hello, and welcome to Potluck Photo – I’m Taylor Jackson.
Dave: And I’m Dave Biesse, and we’ve got another episode here that we’re very excited to share with you guys. Our first question – we’ll jump right in: “I’m starting to get a lot of inquires and feel overwhelmed replying to them all. Do you have a system to make it easier?”
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Hey! Taylor and Dave here. Potluck is podcast where we answer any and all questions you might have. Send them in via Twitter @ replies or DMs to @PotluckPhoto
Our mission here is to create a podcast where everyone brings something else to the table. We’ll have lots of different people on the show eventually and we hope to create a discussion based around questions submitted by everyone.
Download our first podcast here!
Episode 1
Leave us comments and let us know what you think of Potluck so far, we’d love to hear from you.
The questions and general talking points that we talk about in this show are:
- How did we get into the industry?
- Favorite lenses
- First steps we’d suggest for how to get into the industry
- How to jumpstart your business
- Where to meet with clients
Episode Transcription:
Taylor: Hello, and welcome to potluck photo. I am Taylor Jackson.
Dave: And I’m Dave Biesse, and we’re here to field your photography questions. What we’re hoping to do is open up a good discussion on enlightening ourselves as artists and also talking business and tech gear and all that good stuff.
Taylor: Yep, and we’re answering any questions you throw at us from Twitter – we’ll go through as we can kind of cram into the podcast every week.
Dave: Our Twitter account is http://www.twitter.com/potluckphoto, and what we want you to do is send any questions you’ve got. Just mention @potluckphoto and we’ll get your questions and each week, we’ll go through and pull out our ten favourites and have a good discussion about it.
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