I’m happy to announce that after a long hiatus, the Beyond the Lens Video Podcast is back! It’s been a while since the last episode (almost a year) but I’ve got a bunch of new episodes scheduled for the coming months, so plenty of content coming soon. Lots of developments happening behind the scenes, and you’ll see those over the course of the next few episodes. I’ll have some very rare gear reviews, some interviews with inspiring photographers, and of course some “in the field” footage as I explore the landscape near and far.
In this episode, enjoy a Lightroom 4 tutorial where I process one of my latest images, and talk in-depth about the changes and improvements to the develop module. I’m excited to be doing the podcast again, so please let me know what you think, and of course I’m always open to ideas and suggestions for improving future episodes and tutorials and making them more useful for you. Thanks for watching!
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I’ll be giving a 2 hour seminar titled “Intro to Fine Art Printing” this weekend at Unique University, part of Unique Photo located in Fairfield New Jersey. Sponsored by Canson Infinity, I’ll be talking about the basics of printing your own work, the latest fine art printers, workflow, and of course Canson paper. I’ll also have a bunch of my own prints on hand to use as examples of the different papers I use, and also highlight key aspects of a successful print. There will also be a Q+A session where I’ll try to field all of the questions thrown at me!
Of course there is no way I can teach everything about fine art printing in a few hours, but I hope to give participants a thorough overview of what is involved, and provide some practical tips they can put to use in their own printing right away. This is a deep topic but I’m always eager to share what I’ve learned over the years, and give other photographers a deeper respect for the art and craft of printing. Many photographers choose not to print their own work, and I totally respect and understand that. I have always been interested in the finished product, which for me is the print. It is what I sell and how I make my living, so it gets my focus and attention as much as any other part of my photography.
I’ll have some photos and post some tips from the seminar here next week – if you’re interested and in the area, check it out.
Unique Photo SuperStore
123 US Hwy 46 (West)
Fairfield, NJ 07004
Phone: 973-377-2007
Canson booth – PhotoPlus Expo 2011
Tomorrow I am heading to southern France as an invited guest of Canson Infinity for their “Customer Appreciation Days” yearly event. Basically they invite their best customers from around the globe to join them in a week long educational conference where they learn about all of their newest products (mostly fine art papers and canvas’) and how best to use them. As an official evangelist, my role is to talk about why I use Canson papers for my own work, my fine art printing workflow, and my landscape photography in general. I’ll also be taking many photos of the event, and Canson will be using these for promotion and web use.
While I’m taking my full gear bag with me, I’ll be using my Pansonic GH2 with a Lumix 20mm f/1.7 panacake lens for the event photos. I haven’t used this camera much for still photos (using it mostly for video), so this will give me a chance to put the camera to work, and also dive into the new Lightroom 4 beta.
I’m deeply honored for this opportunity, and also really excited about traveling to France for the first time. I’m not sure how much free time I’ll have to shoot some landscapes, but I’ll keep you updated here with photos and updates. I’ll be there for 10 days so hopefully I’ll find time to sneak away into nature!
