PhotoActive
A podcast about photography and the Apple ecosystem.
We found 10 episodes of PhotoActive with the tag “photography”.
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Episode 23: Printing Photos with Rick LePage
November 2nd, 2018 | 33 mins 10 secs
apple, cameras, iphone, jeff carlson, kirk mcelhearn, lenses, photo editing, photo organization, photography, podcast, printing
Do you print your photos? Although we know we should make prints, but getting from screen to paper isn’t always easy. It turns out, though, that printing is much easier today than it used to be. In this episode, we welcome photographer and publisher Rick LePage to talk about printing photos at home, from hardware to paper to inks.
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Episode 21: High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography
October 19th, 2018 | 32 mins 19 secs
apple, cameras, hdr, high dynamic range, iphone, iphone xs, jeff carlson, kirk mcelhearn, lenses, photo editing, photo organization, photography, podcast
“HDR” used to bring to mind surreal landscapes with garish colors and very few shadows. Fortunately, high-dynamic range photography has matured beyond those early days, and is a useful technique for getting more detail out of any scene. The latest iPhone and other smartphone cameras use HDR liberally to create good shots in all types of situations. We talk about making HDR photos using traditional cameras and techniques and also the new iPhone's computational methods.
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Episode 19: Michael Rubin and Classic Photos
October 5th, 2018 | 35 mins 36 secs
arnold newman, black and white, conversation, elliot erwitt, igor stravinsky, magnum photos, michael rubin, photo podcast, photography, podcast
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Episode 14: Chris Marquardt Goes Wide-Angle
August 31st, 2018 | 40 mins 39 secs
chris marquardt, landscape photography, photo book, photo technique, photography, rocky nook, technique, wide-angle
Photographer, podcaster, and author Chris Marquardt just published Wide-Angle Photography (published by Rocky Nook), and he joins us to talk about the time he took only a 24mm lens on a photo tour and fell in love with wide-angle lens photography. We cover composition, thinking in wide-angle terms, and shooting with tilt-shift lenses.
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Episode 13: Aspect Ratios and Why They're Important
August 24th, 2018 | 30 mins 3 secs
2x3, 4x3, 5x7, 8x10, aspect ratio, iphone, medium format, photo podcast, photography
Aspect ratios in photography are about more than making prints at 8x10 or 5x7 sizes. In fact, aspect ratio has been key in defining some of the best-known photos in the world. In this episode, Kirk and Jeff talk about why every photographer should understand the importance of aspect ratios.
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Episode 9: Instagram for Photographers
July 27th, 2018 | 32 mins 43 secs
cats, instagram, photography
In this episode, we turn our attention to something that often takes too much of our attention: Instagram. It's an annoying time trap filled with hucksters, motivational imagery, and so, so many selfies—while also being one of the world's richest resources for experiencing all kinds of photography.