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Photography Lens Filters Explained! Oct 14, 2019

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What and Why of Lens Filters Every photographer, no matter the genre of photography they enjoy and do the most, should have a neutral density (ND) and circular polarizing (CPL) filter for the camera lenses. Photographers should skip the ultra-violet (UV) filter and may want to skip the graduated neutral density (GND) filter. Read on or listen to the podcast ...

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Best Background for Composites Sep 23, 2019

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Lightroom Hardware Testing Project Update Still working on this. I know that is disappointing to many of the listeners because it meant I didn’t get an episode out in August 2019. I really thought I would be close to finishing up the testing I am doing of the Develop module in Lightroom and what the impact of hardware is on ...

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Taking the Intimidation Out of Photoshop With Aaron Nace Jul 18, 2019

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Do You Find Photoshop Intimidating? If you find Photoshop to be intimidating you are not alone! We constantly hear from photographers that they know they need to learn how to use Photoshop but they can’t figure out how to use the program. Hopefully you have found this post and podcast episode because you need that help and we are going ...

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How To Use The Texture Slider in Lightroom Classic Jun 17, 2019

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Most of photographers already know a little about the texture slider that Adobe added to Lightroom Classic in the release of version 8.3 in May 2019. In this episode I want to try and help photographers know what the Texture slider does and when and how to use it. Where Is the Texture Slider? Let’s start with where photographers can ...

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Getting Started In Macro Photography With Don Komarechka Jun 14, 2019

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Beginning Macro Photography Don, let’s start off the show by talking about what a competent photographer who has never done any macro can do to get started. Let’s say this photographer is one who knows their way around their camera, knows how to control their settings to get good exposure, but has never done any macro shooting. How would you ...

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Concert Photography Tips With Steve Brazill Apr 15, 2019

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Permission to Shoot Let’s start off with how photographers can get permission to shoot at a concert. There have been so many stories in the photography world over the last year or two of artists who don’t allow photography in their concerts. I have never tried to go and shoot a concert but I assume that you can’t just buy ...

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Adobe’s New Enhance Details Feature Explained! Mar 18, 2019

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What Does the New Enhance Details Feature of Lightroom Do? The Enhance Details feature in Lightroom and Photoshop uses artificial intelligence to interpret the color information in a raw file from a camera and provide better fine detail. It can be used on the raw photos you already have on your hard drive and Adobe says you can get as ...

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Why Photographers Should Choose Their Top Ten Photos Annually! Feb 11, 2019

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Jeff explains why photographers should choose their top ten image annually and what benefit he saw from doing that for 2018. Why Should Photographers Do a Yearly Photography Top Ten? Photographers should really consider going through the thousands of photos taken over a year and choosing the ten best they created to help them see trends in their photography, the ...

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What Is Luminosity Masking? Nov 12, 2018

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Greg Benz joins Jeff to answer the question of “What is Luminosity Masking?” Episode Sponsors: Squarespace has beautiful templates to make your website look great and 24 hour support if you do happen to get stuck. Head over to squarespace.com/improve for a free trial and when you are ready to launch use offer code IMPROVE to save 10% off the ...

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Ultimate Guide to Digitizing Prints and Negatives Oct 03, 2018

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Chris Marquardt talks with Jeff about everything you need to know about digitizing prints and negatives/slides using scanners and cameras. Episode Sponsor: Squarespace We love squarespace and are sure you will too for showing off your best work. Head over to squarespace.com/improve for a free trial and use offer code IMPROVE to save 10% off your first purchase of a ...

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