Photography: What’s real, what’s not and does it matter?

I got some flack on Facebook about a past post on my blog . I received a comment from a reader or two stating they felt that what they saw in the produced images was not real. Meaning, after running through my workflow in Lightroom the images no longer represented reality. I have gotten this kind of feedback many times in the past. I think people are rather shocked at seeing a photo “undressed”. It’s a bit like seeing a high-fashion model on the streets without any makeup, it can be scary.

Lowel Prime LED Lights

RHED Pixel producer Pamela Berry talks with Lowel about their location lighting solution.

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Free Photo Contest/Exhibit Clearing House

Entering photography contests can be an enhancement to prestige and CV. It’s always a boost to me to get a print accepted in a show or win a juried exhibit. Working toward professional society awards is another venue, long kept separate, but there’s no reason today’s artistic photographer…

Mamiya Leaf Introduces the Leaf Credo Medium Format Digital Camera Back Platform

Mamiya Leaf have today announced the Leaf Credo range of digital camera back designed to work with the 645DF. There are 80MP, 60MP and 40MP variations of the new CCD back. The Credo backs feature 1.15 million dot touch-screens.

HP Z1 Workstation Launches at NAB

A new all-in one computer offers a compact, yet easy to upgrade workstation.

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Adobe CS6 Announce Date Revealed

Want to know what’s up with Adobe Creative Suite 6 and the Creative Cloud?

Canon Confirms 5D Mark III and 1DX will NOT Get Clean HDMI Out

A Mobile Tripod System from NAB 2012

The Sachtler ACE Tripod System is a budget conscious solution for those on the go.

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Post-NAB HDSLR Wrap Up

The National Association of Broadcasters show has just wrapped up in Las Vegas and I was down there for a few days to check out some of the new gear.  I’ll be covering some products in more detail in the near future but we’ll start off with a wrap up of some of the coolest new HDSLR gear coming to market this spring and summer.

Videos and photos from radio controlled helicopters

Piloting and camera operating a radio controlled helicopter video/photo platform are new, lucrative niche jobs in an expanding market. With many types of imaging services experiencing lower profits, here’s one that is gaining serious momentum. Aerial filming. Sure, traditional film and even stills from the air was a really cushy job, hard to break into. Real helicopters, real small planes and old school film cameras at insane hourly rates to rent, with serious technical requirements.

Back again! Free Canvas Wrap Contest from The Giclee Factory

The newest buzz in inkjet printing is all about black and white. All inkjet printers will offer black and white printing, however very few will make the effort to deliver real monochrome inkjet.

How to make money with really big portraits

Would how to pre-select, serve and provide the right products for our clients in this cost-cutter, amateur wanna-be, do-it-yourself world help your business model for now and ten years from now as well? Family portraiture used to be big business all around. We all know how prices have sunk very low, but there are contemporary answers of how to make a profit. Even in a depressed market, Master Photographer Ken Whitmire details how to succeed - during one of the best (and cheapest) week-long workshops I know. I’ve been at this workshop to hear how Ken details every step toward making good money with boutique specialty portrait photography.… more »

Canon Announces The EOS-1D C - Packs 4K Video Into The EOS-1D X !

With just a few days until NAB 2012 Canon have unveiled two new additions to their Cinema EOS lineup.  You can read all about the C500, their new cinema camera, over on our sister site PVC but here on PPC I want to talk a little bit more about the new EOS-1D C which I think is safe to say is now Canon’s flagship HDSLR.  Combining all the photographic features of the previously announced EOS-1D X, but now adding 4k video recording as well, Canon have produced something unique.

3-part Secret to Perfect Family Portraits

Whether you’re going for just a quick holiday card picture or an extraordinary 4x6 foot wall portrait, you can’t afford to spend huge amounts of time in postproduction. That’s where everybody loses their profit.

BEHIND THE SCENES: Smoke in the Woods with the Canon 5D

When production companies ask me to shoot spots on the Canon 5D MkII I don’t flinch anymore. Sure, it’s not the most user friendly camera in the world, but I can’t complain about the images I can make with it. And no one else does, either.

In this case, half the battle was putting the camera in the right place at the right time—and quickly. It was the perfect camera for a small, fast-moving project.

Initial Thoughts On The Canon 600EX RT & ST-E3 Radio Transmitter

I’ve just taken delivery of Canon’s new top of the line strobe, the 600EX RT as well as the new ST-E3 radio transmitter.  This is the first time Canon has offered a radio trigger system so I have run through some of my first out of the box impressions.