Robert Jensen

Robert Jensen What? You want to know about the guy who writes this stuff?

Well, I was born in a small town outside Detroit ... huh? I should skip to the good part?

OK, I was in the photo retail business for over 27 years. I sold millions of dollars worth of photographic gear in that time, which makes me sound like some great salesman, but really, I sold only what I liked. I loved talking about camera gear as much as I did taking pictures. I was always known as the guy to go to for technical information but who could explain it in simple terms people could understand.

I left retail in '97 and turned to professional photography where my first gig was shooting content for Playboy's website. Its hard work (really I lost 11 lbs on my first shoot for them) but someone has to step in and do what needs to be done! Since then I've done just about every type of job there is in the photo biz, from shooting for stock to shooting stock cars. I've done weddings to website content, clothing catalogs to corporate advertising, album covers to architectural, and yes, even pet photos.

I'm mostly known for my vintage pinup photography, which I've been doing for almost 20 years. When I started out I was almost the only one shooting in the genre and seem to have inspired a few of the well known names in the biz today.

I'm so completely addicted to gadgets that writing about them has become part of my 12 step program to recovery.

(They got it wrong. He who dies with the most toys isn't the winner, its the guy who gets to play with the toys for free, and gets paid for it. ~ Robert Jensen )


Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Christmas gift ideas for the photographer in your life - Part 1

PPC News Staff | 11/26- 05:13 PM

No matter what your budget here are some good ideas for Christmas gifts for the photographer in your family.

Its that time of year again where you’re trying to come up with gift ideas for the people in your life.  Well, if you know anyone who’s interested in photography I’ll be posting a few articles with gift ideas that will cost you from nothing but your time, up to several thousand dollars.

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Sonnet Echo Expresscard Thunderbolt Adapter Review

Dan Carr | 05/19- 10:20 PM

Testing the only current Thunderbolt CF card reader option

I’m sure by now that you are aware of the Thunderbolt standard and how it has a theoretical throughput that is much faster than Firewire 800, USB 2 or 3 and eSATA.  Like many people I excitedly bought one of the newer Macbooks last year when they first featured Thunderbolt ports but sadly Thunderbolt accessories have been relatively thin on the ground.  Some blame high licensing fees imposed by Apple and Intel whilst some blame technical difficulties and incompatibilities with the implementation of the technology.  I’ve had my Macbook Air for nearly a year now and until the Sonnet Echo arrived on my doorstep I hadn’t plugged a single Thunderbolt product into it.

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

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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.

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