Latitude Photography Podcast

I took my new Fuji X-T3 to the Oregon Coast. It’s so fun to shoot, but I do have some challenges with processing. I talk about it all here in this episode.

Developing a personal visual workflow is something we all should do. This conversation helps us as we continue in our photographic journey

Today’s topic is printers. This is something that’s very interesting to me because I love printing. I love it so much I made an online course about it to help you get going quickly with creating fine prints.  I recently finished an in-person class on printing and the student was just all smiles. She couldn’t believe the creative doors that had been opened because she learned to print. She was very timid going into it and almost afraid to make it happen. But by following my process and taking things one step at a time she quickly gained the confidence she needed to wrestle those various printer settings and controls to do what she wanted them to do and she made some excellent prints.  If you want to add more “wow” to your photography I encourage you to learn to print fine gallery-quality images. Whether you do it on your own printer or if you use an online lab, it’s a valuable process to go through. Speaking of online labs, as I record this I’m in the middle of adding my bonus feature to the online course where I order from at least six different online labs. I walk you through the entire ordering process and do a print analysis at the end comparing the different print labs. I’ll turn this into a future episode of the podcast as well. Alright, on with the show, selecting a printer. In this episode I’m going to assume you’re buying a printer for the first time. I’m also going to assume you want to have maximum control and freedom of paper to put into your printer. Towards the end I’ll look at large format or grand format printers. Where to begin For me, the end result is all about the image on paper. The machine you use to make that happen is just an intermediary device. Your image is key, I can help you there, but not in this episode, and the paper is key. But even with paper, where to begin? There’s so many options available. It can get quite frustrating to tackle this daunting task of deciding which paper to go on. The reason I suggest you start here is so you can easily identify which printer you “Shouldn’t” be buying. Your end goal is to create fine gallery-quality images. And we’ll get there, but we need to also start there at least for a few moments so all the other decisions we have to make are the right ones that will help us achieve that end goal. Recommendations on paper manufacturers I really like Canson Infinity papers. There’s also Moab Papers and Hahnemühle. I just went for it and jumped to the finest quality papers on the planet. This may seem strange since this is not going to be your starting point when you make your first print. This is about understanding where you want to be with your print making once you have all the skills. There are literally hundreds of different paper types to choose from between just these manufacturers, and I’ve only mentioned three manufacturers.  The first thing to do on these manufacturers websites is to simply read about the different types of digital papers they offer. Much of it won’t make any sense to you. That’s OK. Please do however look for some keywords that do interest you. Maybe it’s something like the word texture, or smooth, or warm tone. Anything like that. Just get a basic feel for it. Once you’ve looked at a few items to see if there’s anything that interests you, it’s time to look at their ICC profile downloads. This is THE reason I had you come to the paper manufacturers first. The ICC profile is a little tidbit of information that’s needed so the printer puts down the proper amount of ink on that specific paper it’s made for in order to get accurate color. It’s possible to make your own Profile, and I cover that in my online course,

Airshow photography presents many challenges. My guest in this episode helps us understand those challenges and how to address them to make great images.

For the full write up on the CIE diagram, please read this blog post. For the purposes of this pot I’ll include this outline: https://brentbergherm.com/cie-chromaticity-diagram/ The Diagram The shape of it Color Models vs Color Space Color Values vs Perception Additive vs Subtractive Color Meanings of color: BLUE Robert Henri, an American painter probably summed it up best when he said, “Color is only beautiful when it means something.” For the most part, I agree. And it’s that understanding of what color can mean that drives me to do these episodes where we focus on color, and listener submitted images. Different colors can have many different meanings depending on context and culture. In China, for example, blue conveys a sense of immortality. Positive Associations for Blue The best (think county fairs with the blue ribbon being the best of the best), truth, conservatism (mostly in anything but US politics), loyalty, security and all things relating to the ocean or nautical themes. Negative Associations for Blue Sadness, cold, unexpected, low-class, depression, indecent and censored. Color in Motion This is a great animation that takes you through all the main colors and gives ideas for the meanings they can convey. https://vimeo.com/129112056 Listener Images and comments Alan Comer – Blue Angles pic Mark Morris – Some type of lily Mike Hoppe – Crown Point For the next showcase of listener images I want to do something a little different. I want to hear from you. Please think of a photo that fits the general genre of travel/outdoor photography and fits the idea of “For the Love of Photography” Submit that image to the fb group (or email it to me) and then use the voice memo feature on your phone (or any other way of recording your thoughts) and tell us the story behind your image. I’ll get at least three on the show, I’ll try and do more if I can. Try and keep it between 2 and 5 minutes. I think that would be awesome.

Brent talks with the director of marketing from ThinkTank Photo, Ted Meister. They cover various topics such as how ThinkTank does customer research and handling feedback, manufacturing and design challenges and more.

Episode 37: Vision is hard to define for ourselves, sometimes. In this episode I talk with a listener about searching for the right solution to execute his vision for a photograph.

Learn the positives and negatives of workshops and how to figure out what’s the right ‘shop for you.

Brent and Chris talk about a few travels, design principles in photography and familiarity with a subject and place.

I talk about my time in San Francisco with the Sony a6400 and the images I created there. I also finally have enough experience with the iPad Pro 2 to think about using it as an exclusive mobile editing device.

Have you ever wondered about the basics of color and how we actually see? Then this episode is for you. I also dive a bit into the color red with listener submitted images and I end on a note pertaining to wisdom shared by a few listeners.

8+ Hours of Bite-Sized chunks of printing and post-production goodness is wrapped up into this course.

I talk about recent happenings as a professor and then I focus on Macro photography. With spring now here, it’s time to start planning some interesting subjects and macro can open up a whole new world right in our own backyard

I talk about recent happenings as a professor and then I focus on Macro photography. With spring now here, it’s time to start planning some interesting subjects and macro can open up a whole new world right in our own backyard

Banff is amazing for winter landscape photography. I’ve been planning on heading up for there some time and it was just brilliant. I talk about dealing with the light that you’re given. I also take a look and critique listener submitted images.