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July 13, 2009 Jason1 Comment

As you may have guessed, the podcast that was delayed Friday is now compiled and ready for your listening pleasure. I would like to take another moment to thank Terry Reinert of TKR Photo for taking the time to participate in the interview series – not only is he full of useful information, but a great guy to boot. We literally could have B.S.ed on Skype for another couple hours if time permitted.

This does mean the hardware review was supplanted for this week, due to the dentail fiasco from Friday. On that note, I would also like to clarify that it ended up not being the crown, rather a filling next to it (my mouth is a mess – surprise surprise), that was hitting a nerve. So, it looks like another root canal is headed my way. Fun stuff!

So, without delay, here’s the show notes for this weeks episode of LDP, which you can listen or subscribe to from the PLM site here (it’s also linked in the header up top):

Photo News

Contest News

OnOne Software Contest currently underway (make sure you submit your images in the next couple weeks – time’s a’wastin’!)
Congrats to Fred for winning the discount coupon for Fotoquote Pro
Wacom Contest is coming up next month – details TBD

Interview with Terry Reinert

Listener Questions and Answers: Exposure Triangles, Filters, and Hair Lights

Thanks for subscribing, and have a great day all. Happy shooting and we’ll see you back here tomorrow!

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An Interview with Peggy Dyer…

March 16, 2009 Jason3 Comments

As you may recall, a few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting up with Peggy Dyer, a professional photographer here in Colorado, and I got to learn about her latest project – One Million Faces. We got a chance to sit down a second time and I learned a lot more about her creative energy, where she finds inspiration, and about where the One Million Faces project found it’s genesis. In addition, we also got to talk in more detail about the Lensbaby series of lenses, starting with the first one ever, going through the most recent Lensbaby Composer, and even a sneak peak of an upcoming lens from them. Best of all – I actually was able to put together a video of it to share with the community. It all looks very intriguing and with her creative energies, I am really getting motivated to get out there and try some shots with this gear.

An Interview with Peggy Dyer from CBJason on Vimeo.

A couple links from the interview, including some local charities and other resources that readers may find interesting are also included below:

Until tomorrow, Happy Shooting!

Thursday Thoughts with… Crash Taylor

January 15, 2009 Jason4 Comments

Welcome back, and a happy Thursday to everyone. My apologies for the apparent “no blog” post yesterday. Just when you think all is going well, work goes and serves up a crashed server that sidetracks you completely all day. Needless to say, it looks like it’s still not back up this morning, but the blog must roll on! So, today, we’re gonna stick to our regular schedule of the Thursday Thoughts series. This week, I have the honor of sharing and enjoying the company of the blog with Crash Taylor. An excellent photographer, and interviewer himself, this is kind of turning the tables, as the interviewer is now being interviewed! SO, without further ado, here is Crash Taylor!

Q: Everyone always wants to know some of the basics, so let’s get a few things out of the way at once here…How long have you been a photographer?

A: Professionally 4 years.

Q: Canon, Nikon, Sonly, Olympus, Pentax or some other brand?

A: Canon 5D Mark II’s all the way baby! It’s the ultimate wedding camera.

Q: Mac, PC, or Linux?

A: Mac’s rule!

Q: Chocolate, Vanilla, or Strawberry?

A: Vanilla of course.

Q: Moving into a little more granularity, photographers often enjoy hearing helpful and constructive critiques of their work, as we are aware of how much we can grow from it. However, we’ve also all had the “nice shot” and “cool” comments when we’ve shared our work. With that pretext set, what was the singular most useful critique or comment you’ve ever had on work you’ve shared publicly?

A: My wife is my biggest fan and holds nothing back when critiquing my work. Her favorite phrases are I LOVE IT or I HATE IT.

Q: Normally, I’d ask next who said it, but that’d be kind of redundant now. So, let’s skip ahead to the next question. If someone was asking you for an honest critique of their work, what 3 factors would you look at most (excluding friendships or family relatives, we’re talking professional or fellow photographer-types here)?

A: LIGHT, COMPOSITION and EMOTION to me are the key elements to creating a stunning still image.

Q: Got any war stories from field shoots or outings that you can or would be willing to share?

A: Not yet. I’m sure I will have some by the end of my career though. Ask me then.

Q: If you had to choose between the gear or the software as the only way to create, which would it be and why?

A: I definitely need both to create my signature style images.

Q: If you had to pick three pictures out of your entire portfolio to represent your approach to photography, or your artistic vision, which ones would you pick?

Q: Any final thoughts you’d like to share about the state of photography or any catch phrases that you keep in mind when shooting?
A:

Move it from the middle, move in close, watch the light, aim for impact and then capture the moment.
Life without passion and photography is unforgivable.

Thanks so much to Crash for taking the time to sit down and participate in the Thursday Thoughts series. Like his outlook? Then check out his site – it’s a must see, and can be found on the web here. Got anyone you would like to hear from on the Thursday Thoughts series? Feel free to share ideas, comments, suggestions in the comments. Until tomorrow then, happy shooting.