Photo Talk

The WPPI 2016 conference is just a about 10 days away. I will doing audio and video interviews, and posting to the PhotoTalk podcast, so don't miss out. The annual photography event has over 13000 people attend. Its one of the biggest photography shows in the USA. Listen the PhotoTalk podcast interviews from the floor of the WPPI show. There is something for everyone.

I got a chance to catch up with busy travel photographer Efrain Padro, at a recent workshop for Great Escapes travel publishing in down town Los Angeles, Ca. Mr. Padro was speaking at a working seminar about travel photography. Visit his site at: www.padroimages.com Listen to his tips and ideas on how to get your travel photos published. How to attract attention to yourself with art directors and other agencies. What type of camera gear he packs for his assignments. Padró Images is a stock and assignment travel photography business based in the Denver/Boulder Area, Colorado. He specializes in travel, nature and architectural subjects. His stock collection includes images of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Argentina, Belgium, Chile, India, The Netherlands, Morocco, Perú, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, and other locations. He founded Padró Images in 1999 and became a full time photographer in 2003, after almost 20 years of practicing law. His work has appeared in Conde Nast, Travel +

Listen to some inspirational advice from Malin Fezehai. Malin is PDN magazines Grand Prize winner of Emerging photographers of 2015. She was born in Sweden, and is now living in Brooklyn, N.Y. She has been published by many well known magazines and has well corporate clients that seek her photography skills for their products. Hear advice on focusing on your photography career, and how she is working on her next project.

One of the most popular tripod companies in the world is Manfrotto. They make quality long lasting tripods and accessories. Paul Zakrzewski, Director of Manfrotto marketing shares information on the new line of Manfrotto products. As well as talking about what products work for some photographers. Manfrotto products are made in Italy. The name Manfrotto is well know in the photography industry as the go to photography accessory. Manfrotto also makes bags, walking sticks and now has added color to their long line of tripod and accessories. Visit Manfrotto at: www.manfrotto.us Also visit www.manfrottoimaginemore.com for inspirational images and stories from around the world.

David Zimmerman, President of the well known global data recovery service, talks to us about his product. LC Technology recovers from all types of digital media including Memory Stick, SmartMedia, CompactFlash, Micro Drives, all types of SD cards, XD cards, MMC, USB flash drives and any other type of flash storage media. LC Technology can help every type of photographer no matter how their image data has been lost or damage. LC Technology provides data recovery, hard drive recovery, all types of digital media recovery. Even when you think all is lost, LC Technology can recover your valuable data. Whether it was wet, crushed, bent, vandalized, hardware failure, or in a fire. Check out their free demo program and see for yourself how much data can be recovered. Visit LC Technology on line at: www.lc-tech.com

Listen to founder of studiogenie, Venu Gooty, explain how Studiogenie will help the wedding and portrait photographer manage their photography business. Studiogenie is a mobile studio and business management software for photographers to capture leads; create quotes, invoices & contracts; manage your business workflow. Studiogenie is a photography studio management tool that tracks the photographers business right from their iPad. There is also a plug in that works with Lightroom as well as an app for the iPad and an online service that can be used without a smart device. You actually have a on the go business office in your hands. Try the free 30 day demo at www.studiogenie.net There are several versions to try and the data is on a secure Cloud service.

Listen to Brad Jefferson, CEO of Animoto explain how easy it is for today's photographer to have a special slide show created for their clients. Animoto is an online slide show service that creates a slide show from your photographs. Slides shows that have great flow and emotion as well as royalty free music from Triple Scoop. Animoto lets the photographer spend more time behind the camera than in front of the computer. Go to www.animoto.com for a special 20% savings until March 31st, 2015. Promo Code: vegasbaby

Shai Eynav the President and Founder of the Spider Holster shares how out of need, he created the Spider Holster and its accessories for all photographers. The Spider Holster is a perfected camera carrying system, created for those photographers who have tried many other camera straps. Spider Holster is a great product. It’s innovative, comfortable, and most importantly, it puts the pressure from the weight of your camera somewhere else other than your overworked upper body. Watch the many videos where Shai demonstrates the benefits of his camera holster and accessory system. Website: www.spiderholster.com

Have you ever wanted to do a one click edit on your images. Check out Perfectly Clear software from Athentech Imaging Inc.. The company based out of Canada has a superb image correction program that all photographers will appreciate. I recently sat down with Brad Malcolm, President of Perfectly Clear program, at the 2015 WPPI conference in Las Vegas, NV. Brad explains how the software can benefit todays photographers. The program is also also available for the iOs and Android operating systems. So download the App to your phone or tablet. Check out the website for a free 30 day demo at: www.athentech.com

Learn how White Wall Photo labs can make your images look like gallery type photographs with their award winning printing and framing options. Listen to Marieke Goethe, director of public relations for White Wall. She will share the companies history and the pursuit of great customer satisfaction. Based in Germany White Wall ships to all countries around the world. Watch their video on line to see how carefully they package their customers prints and framing. Check out their products at: www.whitewall.com

Find out about Tamrons new exciting lens the 15-30 mm 2.8, from product manager, and well known travel photographer, Andrea Constantini. The new 15-30mm lens has VC, vibration compensation or image stabilization. Its the first of its kind. This is an ultra wide full frame lens with image stabilization with 2.8 aperture through the lens. Also listen to what the "go to lens" are for most wedding and portrait photographers. Tamron lens have consistently proven to be equal to the higher end type of lenses for todays digital camera, whether its full farm or cropped sensor. Tamron is also having a $50 rebate and another bonus $100 rebate on some of their popular Tamron lens line. Take a look at their most popular all around lens, the 28-300 lens, and the 18-200 lens with its new smaller size and sharper image improvement. Rebates are good through April 30th, 2015. Visit www.tamron-usa.com for more information on rebates and their line of lens for todays busy photographer.

What is your compositional photography favorite. Is it the Rule of Thirds? Leading Lines, Framing?, Rule of Odds. Listen to the local photography club share their favorites ideas on composition. Hear some of the ways some photographers compose their subjects. Composition is the basis for photography, without which you don't have an interesting image. Can good composition be learned? Or can composition actually be part of the technical side of your photography.

There are more questions on photography. So listen in on the questions that are tackled by the Advance Photography class. Take the quiz, listen to the question, place audio on hold, and then answer them. See how many you get correct. These are general questions posed to the advance photo class who just finished their photo course. Learn the "Sunny 16" rule. The F/8 rule. Golden hour, Metering modes, Aperture and shutter priority shooting.

Play along with the Basic Photography class as they team up to answer fun photography questions. Learn the basics of digital photography and have fun with the students. Why is it called "Digital Photography", What does "Actuations" mean. What are the advantages of shooting in Program over Auto mode. Try and get a perfect score as the questions get harder.

The advance photography class learns some tips for manual SLR exposure. Learn the many tips about the mysterious and arduous camera manual mode. Manual is not just for the "pros". Manual is for anyone when they want to control the camera settings. Manual is the ultimate in creative vision for your masterpiece image. Learn the "F8" rule, the sunny 16 rule, and other settings to help you gain control and confidence when shooting in the manual mode. Find out if the manual mode is right for you. Use the "Exposure Triangle" to balance the settings on your exposure. There are over 18 helpful tips in this episode.

Listen to the Basic Photography class discusses what they need to learn. Whether you are a Artistic or technical person. We all need to learn the basics of digital photography. We need to blend the two parts of our personality to become proficient in our passion of photography. The instructor reviews over 25 suggestions to the class. Including how to spot color, light and shapes in our world. How to recognize different rules of composition. What basic equipment to have as we start out in photography. Knowing the rules means that you can break them to capture your dream shot. Hear the suggestions about how to keep your passion going. Try photoblogs, use a mentor, join photo clubs, forums, display your work.

Listen to four different photographers sharing their views on where to find photography information. Photography schools, online help or courses. Why they want to work in photography. Get new information and ideas on education resources near you. Hear some of the obstacles and challenges in becoming more proficient in the field of photography. Also learn about Artistic or Technical photographers personalities. Why we need to blend the two skills together.

Photographers rights in the USA are being diminished. Every day new laws are enacted in the name of privacy and security that provides less photographic freedom to the every day photographer. Hear the different stories from members of the RC Photo Club, as they share their experiences when they were told they could not take photos at various locations or venues. Also hear opinions on the new rage of Camera Drones through out the country and how it will impact on photographers rights to shoot in public.

Listen to several compositional photography tips that will improve your images. Learn the basics of photo composition with people, landscape and other styles of photography. Anthony Feliciano is live and talking about photography to a Photo Club in Southern California. What is a rule of thirds, leading lines, framing, basic elements. These answer are available in this podcast. Learn how your personality affects your style of photography and your composition skills.

I caught up with Jennifer Kruger by telephone. Jennifer is the Communications Director for the Michigan based Photo Marketing Association. Jennifer discusses the recent Big Photo Show event in Los Angeles. The Big Photo Show held just last month at the LA Convention Center, featured many exhibitors and well known speakers. Listen to the behind the scenes details of the Big Photo Show. Learn how to keep in touch with future shows and other photographic educational opportunities. For more details visit. https://www.thebigphotoshow.com/