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Anatomy of Six Creative Portrait Images We are going to do a detailed walk through of the backgrounds, lighting, and camera settings for six creative portraits recently shot by Connor Hibbs. Camera Settings For All Images Shutter on the camera was 1/125 for shutter, set just under the max sync speed (the maximum shutter speed before you get black bars ... The post Six Creative Portrait Images With Connor Hibbs appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

What Is Wet Scanning For Digitizing Film? Wet scanning is a process not for the faint of heart, but if you want the very best image quality digitizing film this may be your best option. Wet scanning is a technique for digitizing film that involves liquids (one is kerosene, so toxic and dangerous) on a flatbed scanner. Why Do Wet ... The post Wet Scanning Developed Film appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Software Updates Status – Don’t Update Photoshop to 21.1.0! Lots of issues being reported to Adobe and by some of the power users of Photoshop I associate with.  Lots of activities are crashing Photoshop, including something as simple as using the Text tool. I am pretty sure my advice will be to skip 21.1.0 and wait for at least one ... The post Six Fine Art Photography Business Tips appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Software Updates Status Another little step back on my recommendation of MacOS Catalina getting the Photo Taco Seal of Approval.  I am hearing from some who still have problems with getting tethering to work in Lightroom with Catalina and Lightroom version 9.2.  If tethering is something you rely on for your business then you want to hold off there. I ... The post Photoshop Has Turned 30! appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Thought exercise on how to boil down all of the elements that makeup the incredible art of photography down to a single sentence. Photography is all about ______? How would you finish that sentence? Software Updates Status A little step back on my recommendation of MacOS Catalina getting the Photo Taco Seal of Approval.  It was brought to my attention ... The post Photography is all about ____? appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Software Updates Status Just last week I gave my Photo Taco Seal of Approval on all of the latest updates from Adobe, Microsoft, and Apple.  Here in early February 2020 Adobe released an update to Lightroom Classic as part of their February 2020 updates with version 9.2.  Nothing I think most of you listening will think is a really big ... The post Challenging Portrait Shoot appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Software Updates Status I am finally giving my Photo Taco seal of approval on the most current releases of Lightroom, Photoshop, and even MacOS Catalina! You can always find my most current Photo Taco status updates on which software updates are “safe” to apply by going to my page dedicated to tracking that information at https://phototacopodcast.com/software-updates-status/ The one caveat I ... The post Software Updates Stats and Listener Q&A appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Photoshop for iPad I’ve been really hopeful that Photoshop for iPad will be everything I ever wanted in a mobile working platform. But as a long time (20+ years) photoshop user, I’ve got a lot of baggage to deal with. Help me get over this “hump” of sorts and better understand this newer way of working with images. Topics of ... The post Photoshop for iPad with Aaron Nace appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

What Is Back Button Focus Back button focus sounds could sound like a difficult and technical thing, but it really is a simple concept.  It is changing the configuration of your camera so that the autofocus system is engaged by pressing a button on the back of the camera instead of pressing the shutter half way down.   That is all ... The post Back Button Focus Irrelevant in 2020? appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Breakdown of a Recent Portrait Shoot Connor recently did a personal project portrait shoot, which is code for didn’t make money but got to shoot with a model who reached out to him. These kinds of shoots are really fun, especially when you have a model who knows what they are doing as far as posing is concerned. They don’t ... The post Portraits, Locations, and Gear with Connor Hibbs appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Sponsor: Squarespace. Make you dreams a reality with Squarespace. Get 10% off by going to squarespace.com/IMPROVE and using offer code IMPROVE when you order a new website or domain. Software Update Status Before we get to that list of the best episodes from 2019, I need to take a quick minute here and update everyone about the status of software ... The post Best of 2019 appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

2019 Predictions, How Did We Do? AI Background Removal in Photoshop (Jeff).  I think Adobe is going to buy and integrate background erasing that uses artificial intelligence into Photoshop.  Click one button and your raw file is sent up to the cloud, analyzed by the AI, and returns a new layer in Photoshop with a layer mask that extracts the ... The post Photography Predictions For 2020 appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Annual Top Ten If you have been listening to this show, or my Photo Taco podcast, for more than a year you will know that I am a huge proponent of going through a “Top Ten” process annually.  I have been doing this for many years and I find it to be one of the most helpful things that costs ... The post Setting Goals For 2020 With Jim Harmer appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Who Is Joy Howard? I played around with my first DSLR camera discovering BoKEH with a Christmas present in 2012 of a 50 mm lens.  I think that’s when the real love started. I had a crop sensor Nikon camera so the 50 mm lens gave amazing images. Everything I didn’t know I looked up I watched countless tutorials and ... The post 7 Tips To Magical Santa Photos appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Question 1: How Do I Pose People In Holiday Portraits? Below are real questions from podcast listeners that were submitted to our Facebook group. Do any of these questions about posing sound familiar? Scott Jeffcote: Tips for dealing with small kids that don’t want to be a part of the shoot and won’t smile etc Josh Austin: How to deal ... The post Holiday Portrait Tips (Part 2) appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Listener Survey Want to mention one last time on this episode that we have a listener survey open right now.  It is a single question and the link is in the show notes. We want to know what software you PRIMARILY use to edit your photos. Post-Processing Listener Survey  7 Holiday Family Photo Tips Relax.  If there is anything I ... The post Holiday Portrait Tips (Part 1) appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Post-Processing Listener Survey  Let’s get to our main topic. That is Outdoor portraits. As you all know I’m big in to the travel/outdoor genres of photography. Sometimes this involves photos of people in the various places I go. But I also like to dabble in the occasional portrait and I’ve been thinking of this show topic for a while and ... The post Outdoor Portraits with Levi Sim appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Listener Survey Before we get into the episode, I wanted to do a really quick reminder here that we have a listener survey we would love everyone to help us with.  It is a single question survey about what post-processing software you primarily use to edit your photos. Several hundred of you have already answered the survey, so thank you, ... The post Seven Listener Questions appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Before we get into the episode, I wanted to do a really quick reminder here that we have a listener survey we would love everyone to help us with.  It is a single question survey about what post-processing software you primarily use to edit your photos. Several hundred of you have already answered the survey, so thank you, but I ... The post Photoshop 2020 For Photographers With Greg Benz appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Really quick reminder here that we have a listener survey we would love everyone to help us with.  It is a single question survey about what post-processing software you primarily use to edit your photos. Several hundred of you have already answered the survey, so thank you, but I would love to get a few thousand responses if you would ... The post How To Do Your First Lighting Setup appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.