With different camera bodies, lenses, and countless accessories available, deciding what to buy that will really make a difference is often very difficult. In this episode I discusses how to go about picking out the right gear. Host: Kerry Garrison Sponsors: GoPro, Blackbelt Lighting Click here to subscribe via iTunes
In this episode, I talk about making the most out of your new photography gear that you just got for the holidays. During this show, I discuss what things you may want to look at next, how to go about planning future purchases, and how to make the most out of your photography budget. If …
WPPI is coming up in mid-February which may seem a ways out, but if you are going, you should make your plans today. What is WPPI? WPPI is the yearly convention for wedding and portrait photographers. At WPPI you will find some amazing speakers, a huge expo floor, and a wonderful community of fellow photographers. …
In this episode, I discuss the ago old question…is it the photographer or the gear? At almost any event someone will likely say “That’s looks like a great camera, it must take awesome pictures” and over the years people have argued that you can hand a point and shoot camera to a great photographer and …
While I have many friends that are photography instructors and I know many photographers who have moved into doing workshops, seminars, ebooks, and other education formats to try to pay the bills, one of the biggest issues I have is instructors that completely over sell the earning potential for photographers. The fact is, very few …
This week we have special guest host Maurice Naragon. Maurice has written some articles for Camera Dojo in the past and has been on the show before. Right now Maurice is working on a kill rail system project for the Canon 5D Mk II. Before the we get started with Zach and Jody, we talk …
In this episode I talk with Mark Robert Halper and discusses portrait shooting. During the show we talk about what goes into making a great portrait, working with the subject, lighting, and location issues. During the show we look at some of Mark’s work and you can follow along at: http://markroberthalper.com If you are interested …
Gavin Seim has recently been trying out some sales techniques that he picked up at the recent Wall Portrait Conference so Kerry and David wanted to spend some time with him and see how this has been working. Gavin talks about first getting the client into the “wall portrait mindset†from the initial meeting and …
It’s time once again to address some of the questions that have come in. We start off with Ramon Carcases’ question about posing different sized people and David throws out some ideas of using different lenses and poses while Kerry throws out some lighting ideas. Brian Noah asks about shooting in locations such as Union …
At the beginning of this year Aaron Dieppa started a daily video project he called The Big Picture, and even had me on as a guest a few months ago. In this podcast David and I talk to Aaron about his motivation and inspiration to take on a big project like that, lessons learned along …