Latitude Photography Podcast

I get in to all the technical details about making this boxed set from a few printing tips and techniques to full production of the description sheets and the cover overlay in Adobe InDesign. It’s a deep dive into what you need to know to do something like this for yourself. You’ll need a photo printer and the Adobe suite as I use InDesign which is not available in the standard photographers package. I also talk about revisiting photos a while after the shoot and the value of reprocessing images.  Plus, there’s a few key announcements. Such as, after this episode I’ll be changing things up in how I manage the show and the audio files. For you, you won’t need to do anything. The show isn’t going anywhere. My only fear is that with my changes you might be prompted to download all the episodes all over again. With these changes I’ll be able to streamline everything and be more efficient with production and I’ll be able to get started on my big project I’m working on for release in 2020.  This whole process (making the boxed set) is available on my YouTube Channel, just follow the links below to watch the process rather than just listen to it. Links Mentioned in today’s show: Today’s sponsor: https://polarprofilters.com Palouse Shoot-n-Print Workshop: https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/palouse-shoot-n-print-workshop/ YouTube Videos Part 1: https://youtu.be/B8kSIWChSQo Part 2.1: https://youtu.be/SkUV66f79mI Part 2.2: https://youtu.be/gx6LLgWXXlY Part 2.3: https://youtu.be/0baM-2qHf4U Canson Infinity Archival Box: https://amzn.to/2DeHQo9 Easy change frame to display prints: https://amzn.to/2DeQvXY 11x17 Velum Paper Pad: https://amzn.to/34fxvnP Banner Tape for securing the top label to the box top: https://amzn.to/37CNMWi . Use this link AND the code "latitude15" the next time you need to rent gear. I'll get a small percentage and you'll get 15% off. Lensrentals.com affiliate link: https://www.gopjn.com/t/SENJRktJT01DR09OS0lLQ0dLT0tGTg . Need to carry your gear in style? Treat yourself to a ThinkTank Photo bag with this link and get a free gift at checkout: http://bit.ly/2IMRhOT . Learn all about the print process and how to make stunning gallery-quality prints from your photography with my online course: https://brentbergherm.com/course-info/ Some links are affiliate links and a small commission is earned when you use them. Thank you for your support!

Selecting your best images for the year is certainly a good practice to get into. This year is the first time I’ve done a beginning to end approach and I’m glad I did. I confirmed a few things and I learned a few things as well. This is not the final set, but just round one. My ultimate goal is to create a collectable limited-edition box set of images that are printed on 13x19 paper. The images will be mostly 11x16 but there’s a few oddballs in there too for good measure. Once I get back from my Alaska journey in mid-December I’ll make the final edits and put those in the collection, and probably take a few out as well. We’ll see how it all goes. Links Mentioned in today’s show: Today’s Sponsor: Polar Pro Filters with their new SUMMIT filter system.  https://www.polarprofilters.com/pages/summit-filter-system . Palouse Shoot-n-Print Workshop. https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/palouse-shoot-n-print-workshop/ . Selecting the final 14 (at this stage anyway) on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B8kSIWChSQo . Use this link AND the code "latitude15" the next time you need to rent gear. I'll get a small percentage and you'll get 15% off. Lensrentals.com affiliate link:  https://www.gopjn.com/t/SENJRktJT01DR09OS0lLQ0dLT0tGTg . Need to carry your gear in style? Treat yourself to a ThinkTank Photo bag with this link and get a free gift at checkout:  http://bit.ly/2IMRhOT . Learn all about the print process and how to make stunning gallery-quality prints from your photography with my online course:  https://brentbergherm.com/course-info/

Today I speak with Erick Danzer and Scott Wyden Kivowitz of Imagely, makers of the NextGEN Photography Plugin for WordPress. However, we focus heavily on Erick’s experience as a photographer in Indonesia and his brief stint at the US Foreign Service and how Imagely came about. It’s an interesting story of finding the right path and how to make it possible to support things that are important to you. Links Mentioned in today’s show: My interview with Scott Wyden Kivowitz and Jeff Harmon about the Imagely Plugin and the print fulfillment feature they just added: https://masterphotographypodcast.com/nextgen-gallery-with-scott-wyden/ . My Palouse Print-n-Shoot Workshop now has two dates, May and June 2020! Check it out!: https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/palouse-shoot-n-print-workshop/ . Use this link AND the code "latitude15" the next time you need to rent gear. I'll get a small percentage and you'll get 15% off. Lensrentals.com affiliate link: https://www.gopjn.com/t/SENJRktJT01DR09OS0lLQ0dLT0tGTg . Need to carry your gear in style? Treat yourself to a ThinkTank Photo bag with this link and get a free gift at checkout: http://bit.ly/2IMRhOT . Learn all about the print process and how to make stunning gallery-quality prints from your photography with my online course: https://brentbergherm.com/course-info/

I talk with Frank Smith about his experiences with photographing architecture, the Atacama Desert and philanthropic photography items as well. Frank is an Olympus Visionary and I’m thrilled to have him on for this episode. Links Mentioned in today’s show: Frank T. Smith Photography on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/franksmithphotos/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Franktaylorsmith/ His Website: https://www.franksmithphotos.com Olympus Visionaries: https://www.getolympus.com/us/en/visionaries . Use this link AND the code "latitude15" the next time you need to rent gear. I'll get a small percentage and you'll get 15% off. Lensrentals.com affiliate link: https://www.gopjn.com/t/SENJRktJT01DR09OS0lLQ0dLT0tGTg . Need to carry your gear in style? Treat yourself to a ThinkTank Photo bag with this link and get a free gift at checkout: http://bit.ly/2IMRhOT . Learn all about the print process and how to make stunning gallery-quality prints from your photography with my online course: https://brentbergherm.com/course-info/

Andy Hayes joins me today to talk about the new Monogram device and its kickstarter campaign.I have the previous item called Palette Gear and I wanted to bring them on the show so we could have a chat about using this device and to be inspired by the possibilities. Links Mentioned in today’s show: https://monogramcc.com https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cchu/monogram-a-modular-productivity-tool-for-creative-pros?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=monogram%20creative%20console . Use this link AND the code "latitude15" the next time you need to rent gear. I'll get a small percentage and you'll get 15% off. Lensrentals.com affiliate link. . Need to carry your gear in style? Treat yourself to a ThinkTank Photo bag with this link and get a free gift at checkout.  . Learn all about the print process and how to make stunning gallery-quality prints from your photography with my online course.

Links Mentioned in today’s show:https://www.arielestulin.com https://www.outdoorphotojourney.com Instagram @ariel.estulin Lensrentals.com affiliate link: https://www.gopjn.com/t/SENJRktJT01DR09OS0lLQ0dLT0tGTg ThinkTankPhoto affiliate link: https://www.thinktankphoto.com/pages/workshop?rfsn=953619.2a0eb My Online Course: https://brentbergherm.com/course-info/ Guest Introduction.Today I have a special guest with me. Reading from his website it says that he’s “primarily interested in landscapes, he travels the world seeking out beauty in those wild and remote places on earth that still remain untouched by civilization and where nature commands ultimate attention.”On the about page there’s also something about training as a graphic designer which also very truly speaks to me so we’ll get in to that too, but without further ado,Ariel, It’s so good to have you here, welcome to the show. Topic: Tell us a bit about you as a photographer. I’m particularly interested in that graphic design training bit and how that informs your photography, but a tiny bit of historical context about you is good as well. Let’s dive a bit deeper into some of your work. In particular: * How you choose locations to travel to and shoot* Off-the-beaten-paths in Tibet and Nepal* Interactions with the local people when you’re there* Practical logistics of traveling in places such as Nepal/Tibet. a. Transportation b. Accommodation c. Safety, personal and for your gear d. Money e. Traveling alone or in a small group

For all the photos, please check out the Latitude Photography Facebook group, or my website here: https://brentbergherm.com/all-about-clouds/ Links Mentioned in today’s show: Fine Art Cloud Photography link: https://www.thomasfinkler.com/gallery-color/dramatic-skies/ Bag Review on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZWOfVT-2TaQ Lensrentals.com affiliate link: https://www.gopjn.com/t/SENJRktJT01DR09OS0lLQ0dLT0tGTg ThinkTankPhoto affiliate link: https://www.thinktankphoto.com/pages/workshop?rfsn=953619.2a0eb My Online Course: https://brentbergherm.com/course-info/ Cloud Illustration: Valentin de Bruyn for Coton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cloud_types#/media/File:Cloud_types_en.svg Coton Cloud App: https://cotonapp.com Topic:  Clouds, possibly a strange topic, but let’s face it. When I’m shooting images that include the sky, or anything significant that’s sky related, I usually like some good clouds to add interest. Of course, there’s some types of clouds that totally get socked in and that just stinks when you want that overview, the vista or what-not. When that happens I know I have to shift my expectations and what I’m looking for in order to get good images. For all the photos, please check out the Latitude Photography Facebook group, or my website here: https://brentbergherm.com/all-about-clouds/

Links mentioned in episode: LensRentals refer a friend link: https://share.lensrentals.com/x/hrt2mH If 10 people use this I’ll put a poll in the facebook groups to ask what I should rent next. https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/palouse-shoot-n-print-workshop/ Come to the Palouse and learn to print! Trip Report Workshop basic info. Time frame, location, things learned. I goofed up a couple times. Reminder, this will be video recorded so if you’d rather watch it on YT you can. But it’s also an enhanced episode so you can see the images on your device. Images walk-through. Palouse Announcement The future: India is out, Alaska or Costa Rica is in for December. Interviews coming up. What gear do you want me to try out next? If you use the refer a friend link (min 10 people) I’ll put a poll out there to ask what gear you’d have me rent and try out next. Hopefully it can be done by December so I can take the gear to either Alaska or Costa Rica.

Episode Links Exposure Averaging Video: https://youtu.be/zcEV6hqe16M Segmentation Series Video: https://youtu.be/DhlHh4O0LxI Soft-proofing Analysis Video: https://youtu.be/wKuHGHH5Tqw Online Print Course: https://brentbergherm.com/course-info/ List of available workshops: https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/ Summary I talk about the process covered in my recent YouTube videos. They are Exposure Averaging, Segmentation, a series I started several years ago, and expectations about color and a calibrated system for our printing process. Topic:  This is the 50thepisode. Wow, what a milestone. Just a brief history about the show in case you’re a newer listener and you are interested in these things. This show actually started as part of the Improve Photography Network. In April 2018 the founder of Improve Photography gave the other contributing podcasters the various shows. The main show is now Master Photography Podcast and is owned by five of us. Each “side show” as it were, was given to the primary host. This show was my baby from its inception and was originally co-hosted with my friend Brian McGuckin. With the changes that happened I assumed full control of this show and he decided to one day resurrect Thoughts on Photography. So, I relaunched this show with the first episode publishing on May 4, 2018. So that’s where the count “50” is coming from. If I were to count the shows I did with Brian we’d be at over 60 or something like that. But this is a count from when I rebooted the show. In this timeframe I think I’ve only relied on one Latitude Replay where I republished a show with Brian.  I put a question out in the facebook group on what I should do, if anything, for episode 50. One suggestion was to give an account of what I’ve learned/gotten/achieved in this timeframe. The biggest thing really, is the friendships, relationships and connections I’ve been able to make. I’m sure you can probably tell, but I can talk about photography until I’m blue in the face, and that’s just getting started. I can’t do that with most of my friends, if I did they probably wouldn’t be my friends anymore. To actually have people who are just as interested in this field as I am and to hang out with them and talk shop with is just amazing. I’m loving every minute of it. I’ve also gotten to talk with a lot of great photographers. I think of the episode where I talked with Ashley Tinker about photographing Provence, Dan Bailey came on twice to talk Fujifilm gear with me, Brian Pex talked with me about photographing the Palouse which is just a couple hours north of me, but he’s from Boston so it was good to get on outsider’s perspective there. Quite possibly the most moving and sobering episode was with Randy Narkir when we talked about the March of the Living which is an educational program bringing individuals from around the world to Poland and Isreal to study the history of the Holocaust and to examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance and hatred.  I even had Ted Meister on from ThinkTank Photo, maker of some fine camera bags and then there’s David duChemin who took over a year to schedule. But it was worth the effort! Fellow teacher Mary Malinconico has been on a few times to talk about workshop expectations and we also discussed the book by Ibarionex Perello called Making Photographs. Oh,

Summary A road trip is awesome, but when I can combine work into the mix as well, that’s just awesome. Links this episode: https://brentbergherm.com/info/resources/ https://brentbergherm.com/course-info/ https://brentbergherm.com/workshops/oregon-coast-2019/ Exposure Averaging video: https://youtu.be/zcEV6hqe16M Segmentation process video: https://youtu.be/DhlHh4O0LxI Online print related videos: https://youtu.be/Qjzs_TfNCyI https://youtu.be/7R3ye0gDzAg Topic: Today we’ll be focusing mostly on my recent family road trip. We spent 3.5 weeks on the road and drove over 5,500 miles, my wife drove about 15 of those. It’s all good, I do like to drive. Basic Itinerary: Boise, ID; Salt Lake City, UT; Denver, CO; Lincoln, NE; Hannibal, MO; Chicagoland, IL; Council Bluffs, IA; Kimball, NE; Salt Lake City, UT; Boise, ID; HOME! Boise area: my folks live in the area so we spent a few days there. This is also where I had one of my print workshops for the Boise Camera club. More on that in a bit. Utah: We then drove to the Salt Lake City area and just spent a night there. We wanted to have a place to spend the evening on the way to Denver so we drove to Layton, stayed the night, swam in the hotel pool and moved on the following day. The drive to Denver was about 8 hours so we started early and just pushed forward. I was rather busy in Denver. This was a family vacation after all, but, I worked with photo clubs in the Boise area and Denver to host a print workshop. I brought my printer to both locations and club members supplemented with their own printers too which was great. I’d hoped to get even more printing done, but with 18 attendees at the Boise workshop and 12 at the Denver workshop printing was slightly crowded. It was an absolute blast though. Being able to share and teach one of the great things I love about photography is just so cool. And I should probably put a call out there, if you have a photo club and you’re interested in either a lecture at your club meeting or a workshop for your members please reach out. I’d love to make this happen again and again. In Boise the extra printers were the Pixma Pro 100, and I have the 10. They’re virtually the same printer, but the 10 uses pigment ink and the 100 uses Dye ink. So I went through the lecture and discussion part where we talked all about color spaces, proper file setup and challenges we face when we try to get “perfect” color out of our prints. Then we had a short break for lunch and then we spent the rest of the time answering questions and trying to keep things moving forward. Things were a bit more manageable in Denver since we had six less people but it was still busy. Additionally, in Denver, one printer we had was using a different inkset. It was very interesting to me to see the results of that inkset. I’ve had a lot of inquiries about third-party inks and I usually have to say that long ago I tried it, it failed and I never looked back. But third-party providers have gotten a lot better but I have not had any recent experience with any of them until now. First off, I noticed a phenomena called metamerism that was very evident to me when I looked at the print. It’s something that you notice on pigment inks if the print is held in the light a certain way because the color is a particle and...

Links: See the images and read the full Fuji conclusion here. https://brentbergherm.com/shooting-xt3/ Announcements. My Oregon coast workshop is coming up, just a few days away now. If you have been on the fence about this I encourage you to jump in and allow me to challenge you and encourage you in your growth as a photographer. David duChemin said in the last episode that the print “is a powerful evaluative tool.” In fact, I’m going to turn it over to him once again. And I invite you to come out to the Oregon Coast with me and take the plunge into the world of shooting the beautiful coast and getting excellent prints from those images right there onsite as we dive deep into printing your photography. Topic:  There’s actually a few topics today. I’ll start out by wrapping up the story about my Fujifilm experiment, Mark Morris joins us with a drone safety concern and then I end the show with a listener chiming in on the love of photography. Here we go. I wrote a blog post about my experience trying to switch to the Fujifilm X-T3 camera. The shooting experience was so wonderful. And I’ve talked about it a bit here on this podcast as well as on the Master Photography Podcast too. It’s time to wrap this up.  In short, I sent the camera back. Please do read the post on my website, the link is in the show notes. The reason I sent it back is both complex and simple at the same time. It really hurts to send it back because I just loved shooting it so much. It was amazing. But I couldn’t get over a few details with regards to the types of images the camera struggled with. Most notably the sand image that not even the Fujifilm processing in camera could make look like sand, and an edge issue when shooting silhouetted objects. The processing in multiple programs just didn’t come out right so I lost faith in my ability to achieve my creative vision in post-production. I owe many thanks to Ibarionex Perello, Dan Bailey and David duChemin for coming on the show and talking with me about creativity and shooting Fujifilm cameras. But in the end it just wasn’t for me. For my photography, the ultimate purpose of a quality image is to make a gallery quality print out of it. I did a lot of printing comparing results from my Canon camera and the Fuji camera, and then I did a lot of further printing with just the Fuji files. I got a lot of very good and excellent prints. But a few subjects had too many challenges and I just can’t get passed it. Dan Bailey was also suggesting that I skip the raw processing and go with the in-camera JPG files. I tried that and on the flower subject I photographed in open shade the results were stunning. I literally took the file from camera, resized it, applied minimal output sharpening and it was excellent. However, I did the same with the raw image, also using the Fujifilm color profile, and it was even better, not by much, maybe 2%, but still, it was better. So I think I’ll keep my flexibility of the raw processing for now. But, when you’re in a pinch it’s good to know that usually you’ll have such awesome quality images coming out of the camera’s JPG processor. I also shot some star trails with the camera. My technique is to take multiple images over a period of time and blend them in Photoshop. I should have shot JPG for this process because in the raw as I switched from image to image the stars were not white. They were very distinctly blue, red or green, and they changed color depending on which frame you were looking at. This, of course, represents the rendering pixels but for the stars to not be recognized as white,

Links mentioned in this episode: https://davidduchemin.com https://craftandvision.com http://mycontactsheet.com https://brentbergherm.com/course-info Book mentioned in this episode: Art and fear https://www.amazon.com/Art-Fear-Observations-Rewards-Artmaking/dp/0961454733/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=art+and+fear&qid=1563289912&s=gateway&sr=8-2 I have another very special guest with me today. His name is David duChemin and I’ve been following his work for pretty much as long as I can remember. David, Welcome to the show! Topic:  Tell us a brief history of your career as a photographer. You recently sent out an email to those on your list and I’d like to use that to start our conversation. The first one talks about your rules for photography. In it you talk about: * ConstraintsI teach design and photography at a university, so I love this one. When my students don’t like an assignment I give them the “excuse that this is their “design challenge” i.e. constraints.Tell us about some of the recent constraints you put yourself under and how that has affected your creativity.* Trust your gutHelp us understand how this works out for you* Sounds like your bottom line is these ideals help you make images that are truly your own. When should a photographer be taking these steps of constraints and trusting their gut. From the very beginning? After some experience? You then mentioned another comment, “Creativity is a work ethic more than it is a talent.”             Wow, I want to put this in all my syllabi at the university…  Help us understand the meaning behind this though. I think in one sense we get caught up with the notion that “I’m not as creative as so and so…” and what not. It seems that what you’re getting at here is that this comparison misses the mark. So… “creativity is a work ethic more than it is a talent.” Let’s unpack this a little bit more. One last thing before we wrap it up, I recently switched to Fujifilm X-T3 and I love the change in the shooting experience. But I’m struggling a bit with getting my vision executed in post-production. You made that switch a little while ago, what changes in post-production did you experience, in any, or do you have any advice for someone like myself? My biggest problem is a subject I shot on the Oregon Coast. A backlit sand dune. The results didn’t even look like sand. And it’s all about the processing for sure, but it’s really thrown me off a bit and I’m trying to do a good job to test things out and see if I can make it work for me. I’ve talked with Ibarionex Perello and Dan Bailey and now yourself, all Fujifilm shooters, and you’re all, and many others, are producing great work with it. I’ve just hit a bump in the road and I’m trying to overcome it… Where can people find you online? Tell me about your online courses, and where can listeners go to sign up for them? https://davidduchemin.com https://craftandvision.com http://mycontactsheet.com

Developing a personal visual workflow is important for photographers. Brent, Mary and George discuss topics from the book that specially resonates with them.

Composition is the one item that makes or breaks an image. If you mess up technically, sometimes the image can still be saved. But if you mess up composition it’s just a boring image. David Long and I talk about ways to consider a scene while you’re setting up the shot to put composition at the forefront of your thinking.

Photographer, blogger and author Dan Bailey joins me to talk through my switch to the Fujifilm X-T3 camera. The shooting experience is excellent. I’m having some challenges with the files in post-production though and Dan helps me with a few thoughts and challenges of his own.