Photo Talk Radio - Photogs & Assignments

9/6/2008

Websites-Build or Buy, and Online Photo Portfolios

This Show Written & Produced by Howard Lipin

This broadcast features Steve Tout, a consultant at Oracle and a web developer with expertise in Website Management for photographers. Steve contributes regularly to Rangefinder Magazine where he explores just about every facet of web management for photographers and will give you the info you need to know on whether you should build it yourself, or buy a website, and what makes a great online portfolio. Combining his passion for the web and photography, Steve is a wedding and portrait photographer as well and will share selections of his work with you.

8/23/2008

Nikon's new D700 digital camera and Michael Grecco, capturing the essence of his subjects

This Show Written & Produced by Michael A. Garcia

Enjoy this show featuring Dave Etchells, publisher of Imaging-Resource.com and SLRgear.com. Dave will tell you about Imaging-Resource.com’s review and test results of Nikon's new D700 digital camera. Dave will also fill you in on what he sees on the horizon for cameras and accessories at the upcoming Photokina tradeshow. Photokina, which takes place biannual in Cologne, Germany, is the world's largest tradeshow for the photographic and imaging industries. After Dave, Michael Grecco, a Los Angeles based photographer best known for his advertising and editorial work. Michael is continually raising the photographic bar. He is known for dynamic portraiture, which captures the essence of his subjects. His editorial work is extensive, shooting for ESPN, Wired, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Premier and Maxim. Michael articles have been published in Photo District News, PHOTOgraphic, Studio Photography and Design, and American Photo. Michael also has the honor of shooting the cover shot for California 24/7 edition of the prestigious Day In The Life series.

8/9/2008

Extreme Weather Photography with Jeff Smith and Tom Willet

This Show Written & Produced by Michael A. Garcia

Listen to this show and learn how to photograph extreme weather from Jeff Smith and Tom Willett, a photography team based in Tucson, Arizona. Jeff and Tom have a combined thirty years experience photographing severe weather, thunderstorms and lightning. They have created a collection of some of the finest lighting and severe weather photographs in the world. Jeff work’s covers everything from commercial photography to stock photography to art photography. Tom, a photojournalist, uses beautiful light and color to create dramatic images of earth, wind, fire and water. They will share valuable photo techniques on shooting lighting and what equipment they use.

7/19/2008

Creating the Environmental Portrait & Rocky Nook- Photo Books for Photographers, by Photographers

This Show Written & Produced by Howard Lipin

Listen-in and learn from Mr. Pixel, a.k.a., Michael Stern as he shows you, from start to finish, how to create an environmental portrait just like he does for his students at Brooks Institute. Also visiting will be Jimi DeRouen, senior editor at Rocky Nook, publishers of leading-edge photo education books for everyone interested in photography, written by some of the most accomplished photographers around.

7/12/2008

Using the Displacement Map Filter in Photoshop, Great Commercial Photography & an Orphan Works Act Update

This Show Written & Produced by Howard Lipin

Listen to this show and and learn from Mr. Pixel, a.k.a., Michael Stern as he shows you, step by step, how to create simple and realistic compositiing effects using the Displacement Map Filter in Photoshop just like he does for his students at Brooks Institute.
Also visiting will be commercial photographer Martin Trailer, owner of Martin Trailer Productions. He'll show you some of the very cool and fun images he creates for his clients and tell you how he does it. He’s also the National Board President of Advertising Photographers of America and will give you an update on the status of the Orphan Works Act of 2008 now before the Congress of the United States.

6/28/2008

How to put the "Wow" factor in your marketing

This Show Written and Produced by Michael A. Garcia

Tune-in to this show featuring Peter and Kathy Holcombe, a husband and wife team and owners of Peter Holcombe Photography in Boulder, Colorado. They will tell you why a marketing plan is a necessity for business and how to design a marketing plan that works. They will also cover the importance of focused promotions, paying attention to detail and maintaining an effective web site and blog. They will show you how to put the "Wow" factor in your marketing materials.

6/21/2008

Photographing the Spirit of Horses and the "Hey, I Shot That!" Contest

This Show Written and Produced by Howard Lipin

Listen to this show featuring former advertising photographer Tony Stromberg, whom now photographs the majestic beauty of horses. Tony will show you the beauty of the equine spirit up-close and personal in his images that have been described by many as "visual poetry." Most everyone loves a photo contest that gives you a chance to be published in a national magazine. Brody Price, Senior Associate Art Director of Spirit Magazine, the in-flight magazine of Southwest Airlines will tell you how you can enter the "Hey, I Shot That!" monthly contest. If you win, people everywhere will see your photo at 40,000 feet.

6/14/2008

National Geographic Photographer Bruce Dale & working out of a home studio with Blake Richards

This Show Written and Produced by Michael A. Garcia

Check this show out featuring Bruce Dale, an acclaimed photographer, will tell you about his experiences as he traveled through Tasmania. He has over two thousand photographs published by National Geographic, Bruce Dale's vision and creativity twice earned him the title "Magazine Photographer of the Year." In 1989 he was named "White House Photographer of the Year" and more recently, his innovative work with digital imaging brought him honors from the Smithsonian Institution. One of his photographs now journeys beyond the solar system on board NASA's Voyager Spacecraft, as testimony about planet Earth. After Bruce, Blake Richards, owner of Blake Richards Photography in Fremont, California will join us. Blake's photography includes model portfolios, portraits and weddings. Working from his home based studio where he has transformed his garage in to a camera room and landscaped his back yard into an outdoor shooting area, Blake will tell you where he finds the best places to display work, like bridal shows, art & wine festivals and home shows. He will tell how to do follow up on leads received from displays.

6/7/2008

Talented High School Photogs & How to be Part of the 2008 Give Us Your Best Shot Photo Contest

This Show Written and Produced by Howard Lipin

Check this show out featuring Veronika Glazunova, Juan Ayala, and Veronica Shogren, three talented high school photographers and their photo instructor,Thom Hunt, from Patrick Henry High School in San Diego. Each has a unique view from behind the camera and want to share their vision with you. Dave Fuller, the editor of the Costco Connection Magazine will stop by and tell you how you can be part of the 2008 Costco International Give Us Your Best Shot Photo Contest, and be part of history at the same time.

5/31/2008

Yosemite National Park photo tour with Sara Bateman and Bryan Linden on album design software

This Show Written and Produced by Michael A. Garcia

This show features Sara Bateman, Director of Photography Workshops at The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite National Park in California. The Ansel Adam Gallery offers a wide range of photographic workshops from digital, traditional black & white and color photography for all levels. They also offer private one on one sessions for accelerated learning or time-constrained individuals in both traditional and digital technologies. The workshops have helped photographers capture the beauty of Yosemite like they have never captured before. Sara commutes between San Francisco and Yosemite and has the rare opportunity to live and work inside the park as a photo tour guide. After Sara, Bryan Linden, owner of Linden Photography in Santa Clarita, California will join us. Bryan will tell you about Album DS, which is new software from Spain that will revolutionize the way you design and layout
albums. Bryan became frustrated after using Photoshop and other album design software, which took up too much time and was to limited in it's capabilities. Album DS works together with Photoshop to create memorable, one of a kind albums that customers can't get enough of. Album DS has over 1,000 templates that can be changed to any size or aspect ratio and also supports freehand album design, with new template design taking only seconds. No longer will you spend mind numbing hours in front of the computer, battling your software to get the right design.

5/24/2008

The Orphan Works Act of 2008, What it Will Mean to All Photographers & Very Cool Commercial Photography

This Show Written and Produced by Howard Lipin

Listen to this broadcast and learn about the Orphan Works Act of 2008 from Martin Trailer, National Board President of Advertising Photographers of America. He'll tell you why it's important for every photographer, professional and enthusiast alike to know about it and how devastating The Orphan Works Act of 2008, now before Congress could be if it becomes law, and what you can do to help stop it before it's too late. Martin is also a successful commercial photographer and the owner of Martin Trailer Productions. He'll show you some of the very cool images he creates for his clients, and how many of them truly live up to his name.

5/17/2008

Married Bliss: Dan and Whitney, married co-owners of Bliss Studio and onOne software's FocalPoint

This Show Written and Produced by Michael A. Garcia

This show features Dan Harlacher and Whitney Stevens, a husband and wife team and owners of Bliss Studio in Portland, Oregon. They run a full service studio photographing families, children and senior portraits. They also have a unique style when photographing weddings, using two cameras with two points of view, which is how they capture the big picture as well as the smallest details. Dan is a Senior Product Manager at onOne Software. Dan is here to introduce FocalPoint, the newest product in onOne Software's line of Photoshop plug-ins. They will tell you how they use the onOne plug-in in their workflow. Whitney will also tell you how she makes her unique albums and why she believes having a blog can help your business.

5/10/2008

From behind the Camera to Behind the Camera Shop Sales Counter, and the Fundamentals of Photo Marketing

Listen-in as photographer Ronnie Revoredo tells you how for the past 11 years he's been pleasing clients locally, nationally and internationally under his studio name, RMR Photography as well as for other studios. He specializes in portraiture, and is always looking for ways to do it better and expand his horizons and will share the secrets of how he makes great portraits. He's also been behind the camera counter for just about as long as behind the camera, and will have tips you'll want to know about when it comes to new photo gear. Having a marketing plan and understanding the basics if you're into selling your photography is just as important as creating beautiful photography. Selina Maitreya has been helping photographers in almost every photographic pursuit for the past 28-years since she started Port Authority, her photographic consulting firm. She's the author of "Portfolios That Sell," and her most recent book, "How To Succeed in Commercial Photography: Insights From A Leading Consultant" was published recently. She'll visit and tell you what the fundamentals of photographic marketing are, and how you can be just as successful in the business of photography as you are at creating great pictures.

4/26/2008

Finding Grace: The Face of America's Homeless and Understanding and Using Metadata

Tune-in and be inspired by Lynn Blodgett, the photographer behind the book, Finding Grace: The Face of America's Homeless. He's also the President and CEO of Affiliated Computer Services, a Fortune 500 company. Lynn has been called by some, "An Avedon For The Poor," and Finding Grace was named of one of the top photo books for 2007 by American Photo Magazine. What started out as a Santa Fe Workshops assignment has become his mission and his passion to give back through photography. Also stopping in for important motivation and Metadata inspiration will be photographer and digital imaging expert David Riecks, known as the "Metadata Guru." David will guide you through the basics of understanding and using Metadata and explain why it's so important to use it on every image, especially since it's so easy to apply.

4/19/2008

How to Book Better Brides and the Hottest Tips on How to Separate Yourself from the Competition

You'll enjoy this show with Gary Bernstein, pro photographer, author and longtime friend of the show known for his celebrity and portrait photography. Gary will tell you about the new DVD he produced featuring the late Monte Zucker who passed away in 2007 and Clay Blackmore entitled "How To Book Better Brides" which is based around a step-by-step conversation between the two legends of wedding photography. The program covers important topics including how to educate the bride and groom on photography and addressing their concerns. Part two covers "Lighting And Posing Of The Bride & Groom with Monte" where he demonstrates his techniques for posing and lighting. After Gary, Bruce Hudson, professional photographer and educator from Renton, Washington will phone-in from the road between stops on his "New Direction/Reality Check Tour 2007-2008". Bruce's seminars cover subjects like how to separate yourself from the ever-growing competition, the hottest marketing strategies, and how to produce stunning images in your camera that will increase your sales and help you avoid countless hours in front of your computer.

4/12/2008

"Vanishing America" and How to Enter Photo Contests

Listen to this show and travel with Photographer Holt Webb, who in 2007 started out on a multi-year project crisscrossing the Continental United States to document what he believes is "Vanishing America". Holt will visit from somewhere on the road and show and tell you how he's using modern technology and photography to capture the special elements of American culture and landscape that he believes are in danger of disappearing forever. Also visiting will be Stephen Burns, Coordinator of the Digital Arts and Photo Exhibition at the San Diego County Fair with important tips on how to enter photo contests everywhere that can help you improve your chances of winning. Stephen is the author of several books on Photoshop and is a career photographer and photo educator as well as being the president of the San Diego Photoshop Users Group.

4/5/2008

The Use and Selection of Lenses and Nik's New Viveza Software

Tune-in and listen to this edition of Photo Talk Radio featuring Gary Stanley, nationally known professional nature, landscape and wildlife photographer and accomplished author of several instructional books on digital photography. Gary will tell you about his latest article, "The Use and Selection of Lenses", and will explore zoom vs. fixed lenses, the differences between macro lenses and close-up filters, and the benefits of using a tripod. After Gary, Tony Corbell, Senior Manager for Product Education and Planning at Nik Software, will show and tell you how Nik's new software, Viveza, provides easy-to-use methods for correcting and enhancing your photos. Tony is pro photographer and educator with more than three decades of experience behind the camera and in the photo industry. A speaker at over 350 seminars and workshops around the world, Tony's photos and articles have been published in the top photographic magazines as well. He was awarded the title of Photographer of the Year for 2005 by the International Photographic Council, a non-governmental department of the United Nations and is a member of Camera Craftsmen of America, an elite group of less than 40 photographers worldwide.

3/29/2008

Tune-in and enjoy this edition of Photo Talk Radio featuring lawyer and legal expert Carolyn E. Wright, specializing in issues that affect photographers everywhere. Copyright, as important to protecting our photography as it is, can be somewhat clinical. That's until you add the sensational revelations that former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer hired a call girl which lead to his downfall and in the process created copyright issues when photos of "Kristen," the call girl were taken from her MySpace page and published apparently without her permission. Carolyn will explain the basics of copyright, the Spitzer case and what protection you really have. When she's not handling legal issues, Carolyn can be found behind the camera photographing wildlife in the great outdoors. She's also a regular contributor at ProPhotoResource.com as well. Also visiting will be Steven Frischling, a globetrotting editorial, corporate and commercial photographer, traveling to more places in a year than most of us will do in a lifetime. Steven is smart and well informed on security at airports and elsewhere around the World especially for photographers. He's equally smart at making sure his camera gear travels as safely as he does and will share his travel tips with you.

3/22/2008

Betty Huth and Ed Booth - Shooting and Managing Success Coast-to-Coast

Tune-in and listen to this show featuring Betty Huth and Ed Booth, who together have over fifty years of professional photography experience. Betty and Ed owned and operated a storefront studio in a California strip-mall for ten years before relocating to Riverview, Florida and built a new studio and name from the ground up in their new community. Explore with Betty and Ed as they take you on their coast-to-coast journey and how in the process they evolved and reestablished themselves and insured they'd be successful with their style and approach to business. Moving to a new community, or not, revitalizing your image might be in your future. Betty and Ed have the insight even the most established photographer can benefit from and will share it with you.

3/15/2008

Adobe's New Photoshop Lightroom 1.4 and Francois Clement's Big Winner, the Mythical Oak

Listen to this broadcast of Photo Talk Radio featuring Tom Hogarty, senior product manager at Adobe for Photoshop Lightroom. Tom will enlighten you on how Lightroom will streamline your digital workflow and review the new features in the latest version of Lightroom 1.4 and Adobe Camera Raw 4.4 announced March 14th. Also visitng is Francois Clement, a professional photographer and creator of Mythical Oak, winner of the prestigious Kodak Gallery Award at the 55th Western States Print Competition held in California. Mythical Oak was awarded the 2007 Print of the Year from Professional Photographers of Santa Clara Valley in California (PPSCV) as well. Francois will show you how he created his award winning print using Photoshop. He's the current President of PPSCV and will tell you about the benefits of joining local and state photographic associations.

3/8/2008

Gary Parker-From CEOs to Cats and Dogs and Little People and How WPPI Can Help Your Photography-Arlene Evans Has the Answers

Listen to this show featuring Gary Parker, a professional photographer from San Jose, California. Gary has photographed everything from high-powered CEOs like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs to advertising campaigns featuring cats and dogs. In 1991, Gary shot two magazine cover stories about dwarfism and since then has been passionately involved, doing pro bono work for the organization, Little People of America including photographing those with dwarfism and creating websites to help connect uninformed parents of little people with leading dwarfism experts. Gary will also share with you his unique lighting techniques. After Gary, Arlene Evans, Director of Operations at Wedding & Portrait Photographers International will be tell you about the upcoming WPPI convention and trade show in Las Vegas, one of the world's largest for photography and about the many benefits of WPPI membership.

3/1/2008

Innovative Story Telling and Conceptual Photography and New Rules for Photographing Big League Baseball

This show features J. Kyle Keener whom for the past 25 years has been the mastermind behind some of the most compelling and innovative conceptual photography in the newspaper industry. J. Kyle embarked on a freelance career in 2007 after a successful career at the Detroit Free Press, Philadelphia Inquirer and the Kansas City Star newspapers. During that time he received the title of Regional Photographer of the Year from the National Press Photographers Association six-times. From start to finish, J. Kyle will walk you through the process of how he creates the great images he's known for. Also stopping-in will beTony Overman, President of the National Press Photographers Association who'll give his perspective on Big League Baseball's proposed new rule that will prohibit galleries of photos taken during baseball games to be published on the Internet. The NPPA along with major news organizations and other media associations are working together and trying to convince Major League Baseball that it's not in Baseball's long-term best interest or in the interest of the public to ban photo galleries.

2/23/2008

High School Senior Portraits and Travel Photography

Listen to this show and learn from Southern California based photographer Shawn Richter and the co-founder of LDPTForum.com(Learning Digital Photography Together). Shawn specializes in portraiture of all types, especially on location high school senior portraits. Going far beyond shooting just the photo for his clients is a big part of what defines his style and helps increase his sales. World traveling photographer Ralph Velasco has logged more miles traveling with his camera than most calculators can count. He's been to 35 countries and isn't stopping until he reaches at least 100 and has the low-down on how you can be a great traveler and get those once in a lifetime travel photos.

2/16/2008

Starting Photo Education Later, What The Duck and The Northern Short Course

Listen to this broadcast featuring Daryl Peveto, an up and coming photo student. In his short time behind the camera Daryl has developed a style and created numerous insightful and important story-telling photos and received several awards along the way. Find out about the unique elements and qualities that set Daryl apart from others and how you can learn from him too. "What the Duck" is the funniest comic strip for photographers created by Aaron Johnson stops by with his humor filled perspective on photography and life. Good or bad, Aaron tells it like it is.... Sort of. David Handschuh will visit and tell you about the Northern Short Course for Photojournalism. The NSC as it's known is three days of lectures and workshops from some of the best known names in photojournalism and multimedia. David is a staff photographer at the New York Daily News, and a photojournalism professor at New York University as well being a past president of the National Press Photographers Association.

2/2/2008

The Photojournalist's Eye and Beauty & Glamour Photos-More than Just Pretty Faces

Listen to this edition of Photo Talk Radio featuring John Gastaldo, Staff Photographer at The San Diego Union-Tribune. John has the special ability to look at the commonplace and find the uncommon elements that make for great photos while telling important stories at the same time. Also, joining us will be Gary Bernstein, celebrity, glamour and fashion photographer whom makes his monthly visit and will give you tips on how to shoot better photos no matter the subject or lighting.

1/26/2008

Fujifilm's FinePix S5 Pro Camera, Will Crockett's Photo Tips and LapDome-Eliminating Computer Glare

Listen to this edition of Photo Talk Radio and learn from Darin J. Pepple, Marketing Manager at Fujifilm U.S.A. You'll learn about the advancements Fuji has made in the world of digital photography with the FinePix S5 Pro camera. Joining Darin will beWill Crockett, world-class digital photography expert from ShootSmarterTv.com. The FinePix S5 Pro is the main camera Will shoots with and he'll tell you about the features that make it his go-to camera. After Darin and Will, Kirk Lindamood of LapDome will tell you about the "Outdoor Office," a popup dome your laptop computer sits in making it easy to work anywhere by completely eliminating glare that comes from many indoor and outdoor lighting conditions.

1/19/2008

Legal Photo Tips and How to Create Executive Portraits

Tune-in and learn from lawyer and legal expert Carolyn E. Wright, a specialist in issues that affect photographers everywhere. Carolyn is the author of Photographer's Legal Guide and will help you make sense of all the legalese that at one time or another will be important for you to know. When she's not helping out with photo legal issues, Carolyn can be found behind the camera photographing wildlife and conducting workshops at Vivid Wildlife Workshops that she started to help photographers reap the benefits and enjoyment of Wildlife Photography. She's a regular contributor at ProPhotoResource.com as well. Also, joining us will be Mark Robert Halper, a commercial photographer and expert at the subjects he shoots including executive portraits. Mark will explore with you the elements that go into the making of exciting dynamic portraits of the executives in companies big and small and how you can make it all work. Mark's been featured in Rangefinder Magazine, the Photos to Inspire series at Double Exposure as well as other publications and he conducts photo workshops and a whole lot more.

1/5/2008

Finding Your Photographic Vision and the Hidden Photoshop Image Processor

Tune-in and listen to this show featuring portrait photographer Wes Kroninger whom lives by the motto, "plan for nothing but be prepared for everything" and is a key ingredient that has helped him develop his unique vision. For Wes, less in more and he'll show you how he creates his images. After Wes, Tony Hertz, photography instructor at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, California will show you how to find the Hidden Image Processor in Photoshop that's lying beneath the surface of the scripts menu and makes batch processing your images easier than ever before. Tony has been a professional photographer for more than 25-years and is the author of the Photoshop Encyclopedia, and Photoshop Crosswords and has taught Photoshop at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo. Wes and Tony are also regular contributors to ProPhotoResource.com one of the best places for important information for photographers everywhere.

12/29/2007

Improve Your Images with Kubota Image Tools and Show Off Your Best Photography with Red River Paper

Listen to this show featuring Kevin Kubota, of Kubota Image Tools in Bend, Oregon. Kevin will share with you how easy it is to become a Photoshop or Lightroom wiz using the Actions he designed. The motto at Kubota Image Tools is, "Empower Photographers" and is designed around the simple principle that If it won't help you make money, or become a better photographer, they won't offer it. Kevin is also contributor to onOne Software's new PhotoTools 1 Professional Edition.
After Kevin, Drew Hendrix, Vice President of Red River Paper will tell you the difference between Pigment Ink and Dye Inkjet papers. Also how to make your photography unique by using custom designed greeting cards, postcards and other products Red River offers.

12/22/2007

Photographing the Historic American Ruins and Photo Tips for Marketing and Selling your Photography

Tune-in to this show featuring photographer and Emmy Award-winning writer, director of television documentaries Arthur Drooker whom traveled throughout The United States in search the historic ruins of America. Arthur photographed each using "digital infrared" which adds a special quality and dimension to each of the images he created. His photos have now been published as the coffee table book, American Ruins. Arthur will tell you how and why he shot the photos the way he did and will have easy to understand and use right now “How Do I Do That” photo tips and information.After Arthur tells you aobut the American Ruins, Gary Bernstein, celebrity and fashion photographer makes is monthly visit and will give you tips on how to shoot better photos and the different ways you can make money with your camera too.

12/15/2007

Nikon Cameras with Class, Steve Heiner will Teach you the Way and Wedding Marketing, Photoshop Tips and Actions with Kevin Kubota

Listen and learn to this show featuring Steve Heiner, Senior Technical Manager at Nikon and a former Nikon School instructor. Steve will tell you about the advancements Nikon has made in the world of digital photography with the new Nikon D3 and D300 cameras and new lenses too. He'll also tell you how Nikon School can benefit you as well. After Steve, Kevin Kubota, of Kubota Photo-Design in Bend, Oregon will share his successful approach to marketing his wedding photography with you. Sponsored by Nikon, Kevin is an ongoing contributor to OnOne Software and been a Photoshop educator since 1993, teaching Photoshop workshops and developing Actions for Photoshop and Lightroom.

12/8/2007

170+ Countries and Counting Bill Bachmann's Been There and Done That, "But of Course"

Listen to this show featuring Bill Bachmann and his photography which has taken him to more than 170 countries for many of the best known companies, organizations and publications around the World. With seven books to his credit and countless clients, Bill has easy to understand and use right now photo tips and information that will help you go farther faster. Whether you want to know how to shoot great pictures, get published, or work with stock photo, advertising and modeling agencies, Bill has the answers to these questions and more. Bill has over 350,000 images in his personal library and more than 1,000 magazine covers to his credit and the knowledge, insight and passion to help you wherever you are and wherever you go. Before Bill shares his wealth of information with you, Sandy Huffaker, contract photographer with Getty Images will tell you how on December 16th you can be part of a panel discussion and slideshow presentation at the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego by five photojournalists that photographed the recent Southern California Wildfires. Each will present a slideshow of their respective news organization's photo coverage and answer questions from the audience. All donations at this event will go to the After-the-Fires Fund administered by The San Diego Foundation.

Create Custom Designed Greeting Cards, New Software Photo Frame Concepts and New & Cool Photo Gear

Check this show out featuring Dave Etchells, Publisher of Imaging-Resource and SLRgear.com. Dave will have the Imaging-Resource.com first look test results and review of Nikon's new D300 Digital Camera and his top picks for other cameras and accessories. After Dave, Helene Glassman, photographer with studios in Santa Barbara, California and Atlanta, Georgia. She is a a well respected portrait-event and fine art photographer and the owner of Imagery Photography and a contributor to the new onOne Software PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition. Helene will tell you how you can use PhotoFrame 3.1 to add a new dimension to your photographs along with making and marketing custom designed greeting cards using Photoshop.

From the Big Apple to Small Town America and Beyond David Handschuh Captures Moments that Become our History

Listen and learn from David Handschuh, staff photojournalist at the New York Daily News. David has great "How Do I Do That" photo tips you can use right now and will share them with you.
Whether he's photographing some of the biggest news events in New York including the September 11, 2001 attack on America where he almost lost his life at the World Trade Center to sheep herding in a small Utah town and photographing the beauty of the great outdoors, David is a wealth of easy to use information. David has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize several times, is a former president of the National Press Photographers Association and is a professor of photojournalism at New York University. Also joining David is John Gastaldo, staff photojournalist at The San Diego Union-Tribune whom worked in New York City before heading to San Diego.

George Delgado - Giving Back Through Charity Auctions and Bay Photo Lab - Linking photographers Directly to the Lab Via the ROES System

Tune-in and listen to this show featuring George Delgado, accomplished wedding and portrait photographer voted "Best Wedding Photographer" by San Jose Mercury News readers in "The Best in Silicon Valley 2007". George will share his experiences with charity auctions and how he's been able to increase sales and get his name out to the public by volunteering his services for some very good causes. Joining George will be Debbie Thomas from Bay Photo Lab. Debbie and George will shed light on the Bay Photo Lab interactive program ROES (Remote Order Entry System), an Internet based program that links the photographer directly to Bay Photo print services. ROES now makes it easy to create custom albums, photo mats, and photo greeting cards and many more products that helps increase sales.

11/10/2007

Photographing the San Diego Wildfires- The Worst Firestorm in California History

Learn from this show featuring Michael Stern, a.k.a “Mr. Pixel”. He will be helping you and Joe Brennan from Elkton, Maryland, a listener whom contacted us for guidance with Adobe’s Lightroom. Michael will be sharing the ins and outs of using Adobe’s Lightroom, Import Basics, Sorting and Ranking. After that Michael will be telling you how he does 3D object scanning, one of the many concepts and tips that he shares with his students at the Brooks Institute of Photography.

NYI's Photo Contest Grand Prize Winner, New & Cool Photo Stuff at PhotoPlus Expo & Gary Bernstein's Photo Tips

Enjoy this show featuring the Grand Prize Winner of The New York Institute of Photography International Photo Contest. Chuck DeLaney, Dean of the institute will join us along with David Handschuh, Staff Photographer at the New York Daily News and one of the contest judges to introduce Lori Harrison form Ardmore, Oklahoma, the Grand Prize Winner. Chuck will also have his favorite new and cool photo gear picks from PhotoPlus Expo last week in The Big Apple. Also featured is Gary Bernstein and his easy to understand and use right now "How Do I Do That" photo tips. Whether it's photographing the biggest Hollywood celebrities, or the person next door, Gary makes everyone he photographs look and feel like a star.

Tune-In to this show and learn "How Do I Do That" photo tips from product and commercial photographer Robert Sanders. Along with his expertise behind the camera, Robert is a Photoshop expert as well. He'll show you how he takes ordinary products and makes them come alive and how you can too. New photo printers at professional photo labs are helping your photos look better than they ever have before. Dennis Reiter, Partner and General Manager at Chrome Digital and Film Services will tell you about some of the advances that is the buzz in the world of printing. In addition to making your photos look great, Dennis is also spends a lot of time behind the camera shooting cool photos at Jazz clubs.

Architectural Photography Photo Tips Part II and the Most Misused Words of Digital Photography

This show features areturn visit from Alan Blakely, a successful architectural photographer and the founder of The Association of Independent Architectural Photographers (AIAP). On Alan's first visit September 29th, he gave you a few architectural photo tips along with his 30-second sales pitch. This week it will be all "How Do I Do That" photo tips you'll want to know about and use right now. Ever wonder how those cool photos of homes and businesses are made? Alan will show you how he creates his and how you can too. Ever been curious about the real meaning and where the terms we use all the time in digital photography came from? Karen Hubbard, Large Format Printer at Chrome Digital and Film Services has too. She'll have the most misused words of Digital Photography and tips on what the right words to use are that will help you when it comes to having your digital images turned into works of art at your favorite photo lab.

Check this show out featuring David Ziser, Internationally renowned wedding photographer and Fellow of the American Society of Photographers. David has lectured on the subject of photography to over 16,000 photographers around the globe. David will tell you how the right marketing will help expand your Sales. David has risen from $375 in 1979 to over $10,000 per wedding Currently, nearly four times the average of his local market area.Tune in to learn about David’s style of photography. David will tell you the key ingredients for producing superior photographic images,
exploring the use of compositional dynamics with special emphasis on Line, Shape, Form, and Color.

Phil Borges - Documenting People of Indigenous Cultures, Alan Blakely's 30-Second Sales Pitch & Architectural Photography and the Truth About Photo Gear Batteries

Listen to this show featuring Phil Borges and find out how photography can change the world. Phil was an orthodontist for 18-years and then became a photographer. During the past 25 years he's been documenting indigenous and tribal cultures around the world with the goal of creating awareness and understanding of the people in the developing world. Phil is the author of four books that explore the different facets of indigenous cultures and he's the founder of Bridges to Understanding, an on-line classroom program connecting youth worldwide through photo storytelling, exploring and honoring cultural diversity. Also, he's the co-founder of Blue Earth Alliance, which sponsors photo projects that explore endangered cultures and threatened environments. He's also a 2007 winner of the Purpose Prize. Also featured is Alan Blakely, the master of the 30-second elevator sales pitch. It works. Alan is a successful architectural photographer and the founder of The Association of Independent Architectural Photographers (AIAP). After Alan gives you his sales pitch, he'll have the basics of architectural photography. Ever wondered how those cool photos are made? Alan will show you how he creates his and how you can too. Whether traveling too far away places like Phil, or closer to home with Alan, camera gear battery life is important to you. But how do you get the best performance out of your batteries and which is the best to have for different situations. Anna Lopez, Battery Product Manager at Delkin Devices stops by with important information you need to know and will keep your gear ready.

Tim Kelly's Elegant Portraits and the Ultimate Background Check with David Maheu

Learn fromTim Kelly, one of the best portrait artists in America stops by and shares important photo tips that you'll want to know about and will help you with your photography. Creating fine-art photography for more than thirty years Tim has been recognized as a "master print-maker", creating the highest scoring images ever judged. Tim has been creating the best for the best and has won almost every photo you can. He's a frequent speaker at photo conferences and contributes regularly to some of the best photo magazines. Also featured is David Maheu who along with his wife Julie started Backgrounds by Maheu creating a unique line hand painted canvas and muslin backgrounds for photographers. David will share the basics of how important backgrounds are to photos and what to look for when having a background made. As photographers themselves David andJulie have a special sense of what photographers want in their backgrounds used by some of the best photographers in the world.

How to Price your Photo Services & What do Copyright & Use Fees Mean for Every Photographer

Tune-in this edition of Photo Talk Radio and learn the basics of selling and licensing your photography with Joel Zwink the namesake of Zwink Photography based in San Diego. Aside from being successful as a corporate, industrial, architectural, sports and entertainment photographer, Joel has served twice as the President of the San Diego chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers. He has insight into how to price your photo services and what do copyright and use fees mean for every photographer so you don't get ripped-off.
Also featured will be listener David Glandon from Cedar Rapids, Iowa who wants to know how to sell or license a special photo he took. He contacted us for guidance and now David will be on the program and show the photo he needs help with. With Joel's assistance, we'll help guide him so he has the best result, and we'll look at a selection of his other photos too.

Engagement Portrait Photo Tips, Mr. Pixel's Photoshop World Adventure & Creating Frames & Edges in Photoshop

This broadcast features celebrity and portrait photographer Gary Bernstein who shows you how to pose and light an engagement portrait with easy to understand and use concepts and equipment. Also featured will be Mr. Pixel, a.k.a., Michael Stern who checks-in from Las Vegas with what's new and cool at Photoshop World. Also, Mr. Pixel will have an easy to understand step by step tutorial on how to create frames and edges for your photos using Selections, Quick Mask and Filters in Photoshop just like he does for his students at the Brooks Institute of Photography.

Digital Camera Sensor Recalls-How to Find out if Your Camera is on the List & What to do About it, Nikon & Canon's New Cameras and Dennis Daggett's Listener Review

Take a listen to this show and find out about digital camera sensor recalls and the best way to get yours fixed if your camera has a problem. Shawn Barnett, Senior Editor of Imaging-Resource.com has valuable information everyone with a digital camera should know about. Also, Shawn will have first look overviews of some of the new Nikon and Canon dSLR cameras as well. After Shawn helps you, listener Dennis Daggett stops by for a review of his wedding photography. Dennis is a retired firefighter whom started a new career as a real estate agent and is now following his passion for photography. We'll review his photos and have feedback everyone interested in improving their photography will benefit from. If you'd like us to review your photos, drop us a note at GalleryPhotos@PhotoTalkRadio.com. We can do the review on the air, or if you're shy about it, we can review your photos off-air.

New York Institute of Photography Photo Contest, Gary Bernstein's Lighting Basics and Elizabeth Opalenik's Poetic Grace

Check out this edition of Photo Talk Radio featuring Chuck DeLaney, Dean of the New York Institute of Photography. Chuck will tell you about NYI's International Photo Contest going on now and how you can enter for your chance to win a trip to New York City or other prizes too. Gary Bernstein, known for his celebrity and fashion photography and more makes his monthly "How Do I Do That" visit with the fundamentals of lighting. Gary's career includes photographing some of the biggest names anywhere. And it all starts with how he uses the light. Elizabeth Opalenik lives by the theory that all good photographs are self-portraits and lie somewhere between the imagination and dreams. Her first book, Poetic Grace was published this month and combines three 3 bodies of work. She's had her photography exhibited at galleries, museums and is a frequent workshop instructor and also is a member of the Advisory Board of Photographic Professionals at Freestyle Photographic Supplies.

Listen-in and enjoy this show featuring Jeremy Sutton, San Francisco-based portrait artist, author and educator. Jeremy will be talking about his new DVD "Learning Corel Painter X with Jeremy Sutton," an extensive overview of the new features of Corel's Painter X and he'll show you how to use it too. Jeremy will tell you how to turn your photographs into paintings by using Painter. Also joining Jeremy, Rob MacDonald, Product Manager for Corel. Rob will be taking your questions about Painter X and informing you about Corel's other photography programs.

Scott Kelby's Photo Tips, the NAPP & Softbox Techniques & Photo Tips with Stephen Dantzig

Listen to this show featuring Scott Kelby, Editor and Publisher of Photoshop Users Magazine, Layer Magazine and President of The National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Scott will give you the inside scoop into Photoshop via his magazines, instructional DVDs and The Photoshop World Conference and Expo. As well as being a Photoshop guru, Scott is an accomplished photographer and will share his photography techniques with you. After Scott, Stephen Dantzig, Photographer and Author of "Softbox Lighting Techniques." Stephen will teach you the science and creative uses of one of the most versatile tools in the photographers toolkit: the Softbox. Stephen will tell you how and why they work and how to combine them with other light sources to unleash the creative control over your lighting, whether it is in the studio or on location

David Burnett-One of America's top 100 Photographers and Mary Virginia Swanson-The Business of Photography

David Burnett, named by American Photo Magazine as one of the "100 Most Important People in Photography" visits. Whether he's photographing the famous, or the not so famous, David has captured a little bit of just about everything with his camera that makes up our world for more than 40 years and has easy to understand and use "How Do I Do That" photo tips and information he wants to share with you. David worked for Life Magazine and the French photo agency Gamma and in 1976 co-founded Contact Press Images. He's traveled worldwide working for most of the major photo and general interest magazines and on many major advertising campaigns as well. Also featured is Mary Virginia Swanson, one of the most influential and successful photo-marketing experts anywhere. She's held many important positions in photography including the head of special projects at Magnum photos and worked on the "Day In The Life" series of books. Mary Virginia is an expert in the licensing and marketing fine art photography and career development in the fine art, commercial photography and photojournalism and is the author of "The Business of Photography: Principles and Practices" and is highly sought after as an educator and consultant as well.

"The Holga Queen" - Michelle Bates' World of Plastic Cameras & the Final HP Contest Winner Announced

Tune and listen to this show featuring Michelle Bates known as the "The Holga Queen." She'll show you how she creates really cool photos using nothing more than inexpensive plastic cameras of which the Holga is the best known. Also, her Holga photos have also earned her many awards, and she's the author of the recently released book, "Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity." Before "The Holga Queen" joins us, Gary Bernstein, a King of photography in his ownright will join us for the announcement of winner of the last Hewlett-Packard PhotoSmart 475 Compact Photo Printer in the year long HP and Photo Talk Radio monthly photo contest.

Paul Gero's World of Wedding Documentary Photography and Julia Dean's Photo Workshops

Listen-in and learn from Paul Gero nominated for the Pulitzer Prize Prize in news photography while a photojournalist at the Chicago Tribune whom left the world of news photography and now shoots weddings from a documentary perspective and is loving every minute. Along with making a successful transition, Paul is a wealth of easy to understand and use "How Do I Do That" photo tips and information he wants to share with you. From the basics too how to master flash photography while keeping the photos looking natural, Paul has the answers. He's a Canon Explorer of Light and a contributor to ProPhotoResource.com as well being a faculty member at ShootSmarter University.You can never get too much education and Julia Dean known for her documentary photography started The Julia Dean Photo Workshops has important easy to understand and use right now "How To" photo tips and information that will help you expand your world of photography. Julia's career began as an apprentice to famed photographer Berenice Abbott, and later, she was a photo editor for the Associated Press in New York. Julia is the Director of The Julia Dean Photo Workshops and has taught at many prestigious colleges and universities as well as at the Santa Fe and Maine Photographic Workshops.

Will Crockett’s Digital On-Camera Flash & TTL Facts and Christine Leahey Presenting Visual Art by Visually Impaired Photographers Bruce Hall & Pete Eckert

Listen to this show featuring Christine Leahey, Guest Curator with The View from Here, whom will bring you into the world of photography by photographers that are visually impaired and blind. Joining her will be, Bruce Hall, a legally blind photographer whose underwater photography has been featured in such magazines as California Diver and Pacific Diver, and Pete Eckert, who has lost his sight because of retinitis pigmentosa, whose photography can best be described as “painting with light." Bruce and Pete will explain the techniques used by visually impaired photographers to produce wonderful imagery. After Christine, Bruce and Pete give you a new perspective, Will Crockett, World-Class digital photography expert with ShootSmarter University founder will share exciting news and photo tips about Digital On-Camera Flashes and how it can help you solve your TTL troubles.

Listen to this show featuring Tony Corbell and the"The Power of Light" Part II. Tony Corbell will show you photos built around lighting fundamentals that come from his nearly 30-year photo career in photography Along with an impressive career, Tony's portfolio is equally impressive and includes U.S. Presidents, World Leaders, hundreds of brides and grooms, Astronauts, and famous and not so famous faces. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from (WPPI), Wedding and Portrait Photographers International and has been designated a Photographic Craftsman from the PPA, (Professional Photographers of America) and has received the Photographer of the Year Award from the United Nations. He's a member of Camera Craftsman of America, an elite group of only 40 photographers worldwide as well. Tony has been and instructor or speaker at over 350 photography seminars and workshops and has had articles published in many of the top photo magazines. Along with everything else, Tony is the Senior Manager for Product Education and Planning at Nik Software.

Underwater Photography with Berkley White, Delkin’s New SensorScope and Enhanced Images’ Unique Labels

Check this show out featuring Berkley White, owner of Backscatter Underwater Video & Photo, who wil tell you about his world of underwater photography and equipment is needed. After Berkley, Eric Richter, Marketing Manager for Delkin Devices Inc. will tell you how to use Delkin's new SensorScope to clean your camera’s sensor properly. Also, Lenny Rosen, President of Enhanced Images, makers of copyright protection and marketing products & labels will tell you how to improve your marketing image by using their unique labels. Lenny will also tell us about their copyright labels and label-making machine available for photographers.

Gil Garcetti - From District Attorney to Photographer and the May HP Photo Contest Winner Announced

Listen-in to this show featuring former Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti whom is making a name for himself as a photographer the same way he did as the top law officer in Los Angeles County. With four coffee table photo book to his credit and a fifth on the way, Gi has what it takes and wants to share it with you. Also joining us for the announcement of the May winner of the HP monthly contest will be fashion and advertising icon Gary Bernstein.

Listen-in to this show and see the world's largest photograph and how it was made. The Legacy Project as they're known and the creators of "The Great Picture," Jerry Burchfield, Mark Chamberlain, Jacques Garnier, Rob Johnson, Douglas McCulloh, and Clayton Spada will visit tell you the story of how they made history. Black and White traditional photography isn't dead and they have a world's record to prove it.

From International Fashion and Glamour Model to the World of Photography, Majken Kruse Sees Both Sides and Gene Nocon's Photo Tips

Check this show out and find out how Majken Kruse whom started out as an international fashion and glamour model became a well-known wedding, portrait, public relations and social event photographer in England. An Associate of the British Institute of Professional Photographers and an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society, Majken learned many of the skills she uses today when she was modeling. She has easy to understand "How Do I Do That" photo tips you'll want to know about and start using right away. The photo tips and The British connection continue as Gene Nocon also visits. Gene is a Fellow of The Royal Photographic Society and a member of the Freestyle Advisory Board of Photographic Professionals and the author of photography books and a lot more during his 40+ photography year career.

How to be Part of the Monte Zucker Legacy and Teresa Wells' Listener Photo Review

Listen-in and find out how you can be part of "ZIPI when Jeff Medford, Executive Director for Monte Zucker will tell you about the Zucker Institute for Photographic Inspiration. Although Monte tragically left us after a hard fought battle with cancer, his legacy lives on through thousands of photographers around the world. After you learn about "ZIPI," listener Teresa Wells sent photos to GalleryPhotos@PhotoTalkRadio.com and visits for an on-air review. You can have us review your photos too. Send them in like Teresa did and you'll be visiting with us on the air too.