Over-arching (new test)
Wine aging in oak barrels. Stainless steel fermentation tanks. Modernista style vaulted winery. Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Fermentation tanks. Raimat Costers del Segre Catalonia Spain http://pa.photoshelter.com/swf/Slideshow.swf?feedSRC=http%3A//pa.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/Catalonia-Raimat/G0000HSmTSTY7I6M%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200 Catalonia Raimat – Images by Per Karlsson NB: You can ‘grab’ this slide show and embed it on your site. Click the lower-right up-arrow. More in the […]
Castel del Remey (test post)
http://pa.photoshelter.com/swf/Slideshow.swf?feedSRC=http%3A//pa.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/Catalonia-Castel-del-Remey/G00001NDK51Drhmc%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200 Catalonia Castel del Remey – Images by Per Karlsson Embed: http://pa.photoshelter.com/swf/imgWidget.swf Image link Page link: http://pa.photoshelter.com/img-show/I000026Z_sjqRpf0 In the 1980s the Cusine’ family took over this wine property and started an ambitious program of replanting. They planted, among other grape varieties, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and other !”international” varities but also kept the traditional grapes […]
Photoshelter customisation – what would be good
To Andrew Fingerman, Photoshelter Hi, Thanks for the two customization examples you sent me through Twitter. (http://www.olsonfarlow.com/, http://www.sephi.com/) They definitely look much more interesting. What they manage to do, which most of the other customizations that you feature on the site don’t do, is integrate the Photoshelter “core” into a site that also contains other […]
Stock photographer? How to find your published images
If you’re a photographer shooting stock photography and thus selling your photos through stock agencies, then it is often difficult to know where your images have been published and even more difficult to get “tearsheets” (copies of the published photo in it’s context on the page). But there are a number of tools on the […]
Do you recognise this face?
That’s not a question that is easy to ask a search engine, but Polar Rose is a search engine that claims to answer yes. What it says it can do is recognise the faces of people and recognise other occurrences of that person on other pictures in other situations. Say you have a picture of […]
Photo metadata – You know what it is?
If you’re a photographer, no doubt you do. If not, it’s perhaps not very likely. It’s the sine qua non for a photo that will be used for anything more than personal use, e.g. sold to someone. To put it simply (and not necessarily scientifically correctly), it refers to information about a picture. Often this […]
The Rich and Famous
Perhaps it is the producer, perhaps it is the consumer. Anyway… We just sold a picture of Romanee Conti and that might be worthy of a celebration. It might pay for a few centilitres of the liquid. This picture is not the one we sold but it is also from Romanee-Conti (DRC – Domaine de […]
File names
For a change, a post on a different subject: intellectual property and copyright – and file names and naming conventions. I want to share with you a tip that I picked up from Peter Krogh’s excellent book The DAM Book (you can read my review of the book here – I highly recommend reading it). […]
A very good photo book
But not really about picture taking. But all the more important: The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers By Peter Krogh O’Reilly If you do digital photography (to any extent) this is a book you should read. And who does not work digitally today? The book deals with different aspects of digital asset management […]
How not to do marketing – Or, Victor by Hasselblad
Just received a flyer promoting a new magazine called Victor by Hasselblad, that will be published by Hasselblad for professional photographers. It contained so many what-not-to-do:s-in-a-marketing-campaign that it was quite amusing. The leaflet promised a free copy of the first issue of Vicotr to the first 500 people who registered on their site. Here are […]
Book Review: The Art of Photoshop CS2 Edition
The Art of Photoshop CS2 Edition Daniel Giordan Sams [Have not yet read it but it has been highly recommended. It is on my “Wanted” list.] It has been highly recommended: “one for pure pleasure and beauty”. It certainly looks very interesting judging from the description. This is what Amazon says about it: “Look over […]
Book Review: Photographs That Sell and Sell…
Photographs That Sell and Sell… Roger Antrobus Collins & Brown [Have not yet read it but it has been highly recommended. It is on my “Wanted” list.] This is what Amazon says about it: “Have you ever wondered if it is possible to make money from taking photographs ‘on spec.’? Many amateur photographers are capable […]
Book Review: Adobe Photoshop Restoration and Retouching
Adobe Photoshop Restoration and Retouching Katrin Eismann New Rider [Have not yet read it but it is on my “Wanted” list.] This is what Amazon says about it: “Fully updates edition of the No. 1 selling book on using Photoshop for restoring and retouching any photograph…”
Book Review: Photos That Sell: The Art of Successful Freelance Photography
Photos That Sell: The Art of Successful Freelance Photography Lee Frost David & Charles This is a book that gives you glimpses and pointers. Lots of interesting stuff and ideas on how to develop your photography business but perhaps not too much depth. Frost shows with some real examples from his own photography what pictures […]
Software Review: Backup and Storage
With all pictures saved on digital media backup and storage becomes of vital importance for the photographer. Give it a though: How many pictures do you have on, say, a 250GB external drive? Perhaps 13,000 (250GB divided by an average file size of 18MB) How much work do you have invested in that hard drive? […]
Book Review: Photoshop Masking Compositing
Photoshop Masking Compositing Katrin Eismann New Riders [Have not yet read it but it has been highly recommended. It is on my “Wanted” list.] This is what Amazon says about it: “Takes readers through numerous step-by-step examples, highlighting the tools and techniques used for masking and combining images. Featuring work by leading artists and photographers, […]
Book Review: Photographier dans les lieux publics
Photographier dans les lieux publics La Documentation Française (12 mars 1998) [Have not yet read it but it has been highly recommended. It is on my “Wanted” list. Unfortunately it seems to be out of print. Couldn’t get one from Amazon. Anyone has a copy to spare?] This book deals specifically with the rules and […]
Software Review: Noise Reduction
Indispensable when you shoot in low-light conditions. You can do it in Photoshop with filter and some manipulations. I have found it easier (can’t say better, since I have not done any tests) to use a dedicated sw to do it. (BTW, if you are going to use noise reduction, you should do it at […]
Stock Photo News
A bit off topic, or perhaps not. At least not the usual daily picture: If you are interested in stock photography industry news, here’s an interesting newsletter: Photo Archive News, http://www.photoarchivenews.com/
Book Review: Photoshop CS2 All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies
Photoshop CS2 All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies Barbara Obermeier Hungry Minds Inc This is a heavy tome. Just over 800 pages (for the previous “CS” edition). It goes through most of the functions and features you need to know about Photoshop basics and Photoshop medium-advanced. It is a bit short on “theory” and background but […]
Book Review: Le Photographe – Guide Pratique et Juridique pour le Professionnel et l’Amateur
Le Photographe – Guide Pratique et Juridique pour le Professionnel et l’Amateur Alain Cabrit Edition du Puit Fleuri Legal issues are a problem for photographers in France. Taking pictures (or to be correct, using pictures taken), even in public places, are governed by laws that are not very kind to the photographer. You can get […]
Software review: Upsizing your picutres
You may find that your “developed” file is not big enough and therefore that you need to upsize it (scale it). There are different tools for that: Genuine Fractals onOne Software www.ononesoftware.com Recommended by many. Also referred to as Genuine Fractals PrintPro. From a workflow point of view the current version of GF is much […]
Book Review: Color Management for Photographers: Hands on Techniques for Photoshop Users
Color Management for Photographers: Hands on Techniques for Photoshop Users Andrew Rodney Focal Press [Have not yet read it but it has been highly recommended. It is on my “Wanted” list.] This is what Amazon says about it: “”Color Management for Photographers: Hands on Techniques for Photoshop Users”, by Andrew Rodney, addresses the difficult subject […]
Book Review: Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera
Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera Bryan Peterson Amphoto Books Perhaps I should start by saying that I thought this book was about something that it is not. I thought it was about exposure, as in light and balancing lightness, darkness and colours. But the exposure referred to […]
Book Review: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book
Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book Anita Dennis Adobe Creative Team I have read the CS (without “2”) version and would think this new edition is pretty much the same but including the new CS2 features. Rather boring “class room”-like, but full of information. I would certainly recommend it for its thoroughness and since […]
Book Review: (2005/2006/2007/…) Photographer’s Market
(2005/2006/2007/…) Photographer’s Market Donna Poehner Writer’s Digest Books This, to put it short, is the same thing as The Freelance Photographer’s Market handbook but for the USA. Buy it for the addresses to publishers and editors…
Raw File Processing – and some more
In my opinion, unless you like taking Polaroid snaps, you will be shooting in raw format. So you will need some kind of raw processing (development) software. Here are a few: Capture One Phase One www.phaseone.com In my opinion (but not in everyone else’s!) this is the best processing (“development”) software. It takes some time […]
Book Review: Professional Photoshop: The Classic Guide to Color Correction – 4th Edition
Professional Photoshop: The Classic Guide to Color Correction – 4th Edition Dan Margulis Hungry Minds Inc. (New edition to be published on 31 Dec 2006) [Have not yet read it but it has been highly recommended. It is on my “Wanted” list.] This is what Amazon says about it: “The commonsense, by-the-numbers approach of Professional […]
Book Review: Still Life and Special Effects Photography
Still Life and Special Effects Photography Roger Hicks, Frances Schultz RotoVision This book is almost the direct opposite of Light – Science and Magic (see other comment). It is a series of examples of studio photos with explanations of exactly (yes, really exactly) how each shot was set-up. It tells you nothing about theories of […]
Book Review: The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers
The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers By Peter Krogh O’Reilly [Have not yet read it but it has been highly recommended. It is on my “Wanted” list.] It was described to me like this: “One of the best workflow books I’ve read recently. I’m making some pretty major changes to my workflow because […]