The Art of Photography

In this episode we'll look at Ansel Adams' Zone System and how it was traditionally developed to effect the range of a black and white negative.

In this episode we will discuss some of the tools used in both traditional and digital black and white photography. These include light meters, various recommended books on photography and film types.

The first in a series of videos where we will be going over various black and white photography techniques. In this episode we will discuss an overview of monochrome photography in historical, commercial and aesthetic contexts.

In this episode we'll look at some of the works of German photographer Karl Blossfeldt.

Hiroshi Sugimoto is one of the premiere contemporary artists and photographers from Japan today. In this episode we will examine his work, particularly his "collaboration" with last weeks photographer, Fox Talbot.

One of my favorite photographers, Henry Fox Talbot was directly involved in the invention of photographic process and was an early, prolific photographer himself. In this episode we will take a look at some of his work including works from his book The Pe

By popular request in this Episode I'll go thru color profiles and how I set things up in my workflow. Just a word of caution - everyone shoots on slightly different equipment and has a slightly different setup. Take this as a starting point and test ever

This episode will recap the LeWeb 2010 conference in Paris. I was graciously invited to be on a photography discussion panel about the role of social media and platforms in image making, promotion and publishing.

A break from the norm as of lately, we'll look at some handy applications for photographers who work on netbooks or laptops.

Some closing thoughts on our Framing series. We'll discuss aesthetics, choices and how to get good ideas for presenting your work.

In this show we'll talk about some money saving techniques for framing you images. Framing can be expensive to do it right, but you can do it without breaking the bank. We'll apply some museum framing techniques to over the counter frames to get good resu

In this episode, I'll discuss getting your images ready for print and some options of framing them on the paper.

In this episode we'll discuss a few printing options including various papers for inkjet and darkroom work.

In this episode, we'll look at camera standard movements to correct parallel lines and achieve spot focus effects.

Today I'll cover some technical details for how to work with large format cameras and negatives. We'll talk about how to load, shoot and process film and get you working with large format.