Episodes
Saturday Jun 25, 2016
Fotobug - Episode 159 - Tips for extended shutter photograhy
Saturday Jun 25, 2016
Saturday Jun 25, 2016
Summer is here along with the heat and long sunny days. Lots going on in the world on Photography! In recent news, Fred and Jim discuss the fact Indian officials have rejected Google's plan to image its towns and cities due to security concerns. A 23 year old man left the boardwalk at Yellowstone National Park and fell through the crust into a hot acidic pool (Darwin award?). KitSplit is a new peer to peer network for renting and leasing camera gear. A disgruntled Nikon D500 owner is suing Nikon and claims the camera's Wifi isn't what was advertised. Two unusual lenses are up for sale: a Birns and Sawyer Omitar 1000mm f/4.5 lens commissioned by NASA and a Nikon 1200mm F11 lens on eBay. Finally, a studio in India founded in 1840 is closing after 176 years in operation.
Technique using 15 frames to simulate long exposure in Photoshop
In the current podcast, Jim and Fred discuss three ways to capture incredible images using long exposures, even during daylight hours. The most common and traditional way is to use ND or variable ND filters. Some recent cameras have a multiple exposure mode (especially Canon) and by using the Average setting, several images can be averaged together to produce a long exposure effect without ND filters. Finally, the same process can be applied with any camera in Photoshop by bringing in all the images into layers, then select and convert the image to a smart object and finally, using the Layers menu, apply the Mean mode to the layers. More details in the podcast!
Jim also demonstrates the new content fill operation in the latest version of Photoshop when rotating the image to straighten the horizon. Previously this had to be done manually or the image had to be cropped to omit the portions outside of the image.
Coming up - a look at the new DJI Phamtom 4 and more interesting guest appearances! Start planning for the Black Hills Photo Shootout taking place the last weekend in in September - www.thephotoshootout.com!
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
Fotobug - Episode 158 - Iceland 2016 - Magnús Jóhannesson documentary
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
Welcome to The Fotobug podcast 158! In recent photography news, a new case called Vitrima is in the works, which would enable GoPro action cameras to record 3D video. A Chinese company wants to turn your Android phone into a 3D camera with a USB-C dongle designed to work with a mobile device's front or rear-facing camera. Canon USA has announced seven new photography courses that will form the beginning of a new program called Canon Online Learning. A team at Harvard University has designed a 'metalens', around 100,000 times thinner than an equivalent glass lens. Watch the podcast for more information!
Jim just returned from his 4th trip to Iceland with a terrific group of photographers. Featured on this podcast is a highlight reel of the trip featuring some of the images captured. This year, we completely circled the entire country and only failed to get to the north east since the roads were closed to normal traffic due to heavy snowfall. Iceland is a wonderfully diverse and photogenic country and should be on your bucket list of places to visit! In addition to the fantastic landscapes, our driver/guide, Magnus Johannesson, recently completed a documentary called The Man Who Shrunk his Ecological Footprint. The documentary follows his brother, Siggi, who analyzes his current ecological footprint and then makes an effort to reduce it. We feature a teaser reel on the current podcast, more information can be found at https://manwhoshrunk.com/.
The current documentary is in Icelandic, but an English language version will be made available and we will update our listeners when the final documentary is available.
Keep the end of September open for the Black Hills Photo Shootout which will take place back in Spearfish, South Dakota - www.thephotoshootout.com