November, 2008

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tfttf318 - Interview: Robin Preston - pt 2 of 2

Friday, November 21st, 2008

laboratorium.jpgThis is part 2 of the interview with illustrator and photographer Robin Preston. Listen to part 1. Today we talk about Robin’s experience around his first car photography shoot. We’ll also spend some time discussing Robin’s current project Laboratorium (link below) and how he wants to use this to give something back.



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How to calibrate your screen

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

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Oh nooo, Twitter is down. twitter.com/chrismarquardt that is … so I guess instead of aimlessly wandering about the studio, I better put the unexpected chunk of time to good use and calibrate my monitors.

If you want any sort or certainty that what you see on your screen is what others see on theirs, or that you get a print-out that gets close to the image on your monitor, then screen calibration is the single most important thing you’ll have to think about.

And before you say “but how about the printer and the camera and and and…” - yes, there are other things that make sense (and are even necessary) in a color-managed workflow, but we’ll have to start somewhere. And making sure the colors and contrast of your screen are where they should be is pretty central to the whole complex.

Speaking of complex.. don’t worry, this is much easier than you might think.

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tfttf317 - Interview: Robin Preston - pt 1 of 2

Friday, November 14th, 2008

screenshot_113.jpgToday features the first part of the interview with illustrator and photographer Robin Preston. We talk about the beginnings of digital image editing and we look at the difference between commercial and professional photographers.


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One-Minute-Howto: HDR Phtography

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

screenshot_02.jpg Tune in to the One-Minute-Howto podcast with George Smyth. George and Chris talk about what HDR photography is and how it’s actually a two-step process: creating the HDR and tone-mapping it into the target medium.

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tfttf316 - Burst Burst Burst

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

2996734468_54bcc08080_m.jpgIt’s industrial photography time! Chris and Monika spent time to shoot at the former Continental factory in Hannover, which has been shut down for many years. Let’s re-visit the burst trick and find out how you can take hand-held long exposures without a tripod and still avoid camera shake.


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