In this episode, I tackle some readers questions that have been sent in.During this episode we talking about fixing exposure issues, bouncing light, using reflectors, shooting groups of people, rechargeable batteries, and a handful of other topics.
This one was recorded in our cargo van so the noise reduction makes it sound pretty tiney. I apologize for the poor audio quality.
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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
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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 you have additional tips, please add them to the comments.
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. Should you go? What should you do there? Hopefully this GoCast will answer those questions.
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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 they can make amazing photos with it.
Is there any truth behind these statements? Let’s dive into the issue and see what we come up with.
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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 photographers can even pay their bills with their photography business and I actually can’t name a single photographer that I know who makes their sole income from pressing the shutter for their own business. Every photographer I know has to supplement their income with a day job, other types of work, side jobs, or by going down the teaching route.
With clients’ budgets at an all time low, this has become an even bigger issue as the price of jobs has fallen over the past few years. Add to this instructors who are telling aspiring photographers that they can easily make six figures or more or bill weddings at $10,000+ when the average photographer in the US makes $29,000 a year and you have a real recipe for disaster and disappointment.
Listen to this week’s GoCast at CameraDojo.com as I delve deeper into what’s wrong with photography education today and how to make sure your photography education budget is spent wisely.
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 with Brian Noah about his new camera holster and Brian offers Camera Dojo listeners a 20% savings on pre-orders with discount code ‘dojo20′. Check out more about the camera holster and Brian’s work at http://www.losangelesweddingphotography.org. READ MORE »
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.
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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 then how he delivers the images and uses a projector to show the client how the image would look on their wall.
These can be some great techniques for improving your large portrait sales for your wedding and portrait photography clients.
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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 Station in Los Angeles. Kerry talks about getting permits and David follows up with his stealth tactics for staying under the radar when shooting in public locations like this.
Tina Chapman wanted some tips on outdoor portraits using a single speedlite. Kerry talks about some lighting techniques and using high speed flash sync and David shares some bounce and flash techniques.
Finally Kerry shares a recent story about his hard drive in his laptop crashing to illustrate the importance of backing up your data all the time.
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