From February 13 to 24, 2011, I held my fourth Winter Wonderland Workshop, and after shooting the Snow Monkeys in Nagano for three days, which we looked at in Episode 279, we jumped onto a plane and made our way up to Hokkaido for a further nine days. Last week in...
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Podcast 281 : Snow Monkey and Hokkaido Tour 2011 # 2
From February 13 to 24, 2011, I held my fourth Winter Wonderland Workshop, and after shooting the Snow Monkeys in Nagano for three days, which we looked at in Episode 279, we jumped onto a plane and made our way up to the northern island of Japan, Hokkaido. We were...
Podcast 279 : Snow Monkey and Hokkaido Tour 2011 # 1
From February 13 to 24, 2011, I held my fourth Winter Wonderland Workshop, and took thirteen avid photographers to shoot the Snow Monkeys in Nagano for three days, then joined by one more participant in Hokkaido, we had fourteen participants with us for a further nine...
Podcast 278 : “In the Big Forest” – a Chat with Brad Striebig
Associate Professor of Engineering at James Madison University, Virginia and co-author of the book “In the Big Forest”, about the role of photography in such a project. Because this was a recorded chat, there is no transcript for this Podcast. Below though are the...
Podcast 276 : A Chat with Syl Arena
I’m really pleased today to be able to bring you a recording of a chat that I had with photographer Syl Arena this afternoon. Syl is like the Canon version of Joe McNally, and like Joe, his teachings aren’t specific to any one system, so not only will any photographer...
Podcast 275 : Xmas Party Portrait Shoot – Part 2
On December 17th 2010, I did a portrait shoot at a Xmas party, where I set up my studio in a large room in a restaurant here in Tokyo, and ended up shooting nine groups of people. Last week we looked at the Studio setup and I talked about some of the other...
Podcast 274 : Xmas Party Portrait Shoot – Part 1
On December 17th 2010, I did a portrait shoot at a Xmas party, where I set up my studio in a large room in a restaurant here in Tokyo, and ended up shooting nine groups of people. Today I'm going to take you through the idea behind all of this, and some of the...
Podcast 273 : The Nature of Japan Exhibition in Retrospect
As you’ve heard in recent months, as I kept you up to date on my preparation, I had my first solo exhibition called “The Nature of Japan” at the H.A.C. Gallery in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, from December 23rd to the 30th. The show went incredibly well in many respects, and...
Podcast 271 : Printing and Framing for an Exhibition (Video)
Now that my ten gallery wraps for my December show "The Nature of Japan" are finished, I have started to work on the 28 standard fine art prints that make up the total of 38 pieces. Over the last few days though, I realized that I've figured out a number of ways to...
Podcast 269 : More on Planning a Photography Exhibition
As you probably will have already heard, I'm holding an Exhibition of 38 of my Nature of Japan images from December the 23rd to the 30th this year. With it being exactly a month from today, and bearing in mind that I just completed ten 20x30" gallery wraps that I'll...
Podcast 268 : Oct 2010 – Bookmark – Assignment Winners
As with last month, we have another tie situation, with two people in joint fourth place. First let's take a look at Landon Michaelson's photo "Kokanee Trail", with Landon's amazing back-story (below). Most bookmarks can wind up being upside down, so the idea was to...
Podcast 267 : Silver Efex Pro in Use (Video)
Having used Nik Software's Silver Efex Pro 2, among other plugins for around a year and a half now, I have been meaning to talk more about this amazing plugin for some time. So today, we're going to touch on some of the times that I reach for Silver Efex Pro, and I'm...