LensFlareLive is a show created and brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, panelists Juan Pons, Rick Sammon and Rob Sheppard discuss lighting, flash photography (both indoors and out), attachments and other topics. In addition, they answer questions that came in via email, Twitter and from the live listening audience.
As a nature and wildlife photographer, Juan Pons is a strong supporter of wildlife and natural habitat conservation and is a member of several conservation organizations. Juan, his wife Abby, and their son Nathaniel live in North Carolina. Although much of his photography is focused on native wildlife in North Carolina, Juan and his family also travel frequently to other regions of interest, such as Yellowstone National Park, Puerto Rico, New England, and the Southwestern states. Juan never ceases to be amazed by the natural subjects he photographs and hopes that sharing his photographs will inspire others to appreciate and respect natural life.
Canon Explorer of Light Rick Sammon has published 36 books, including Exploring the Light and Digital Photography Secrets. His book, Flying Flowers won the coveted Golden Light Award, and his book Hide and See Under the Sea won the Ben Franklin Award. Rick, who has photographed in almost 100 countries around the world, gives more than two-dozen photography workshops (including private workshops) and presentations around the world each year. Rick also hosts five shows on kelbytraining.com. He also writes for PCPhoto magazine. Rick, who has been nominated for the Photoshop Hall of Fame, is considered one of today’s top digital-imaging experts, cutting through lots of Photoshop “speak,” making it fun, easy and rewarding to work and play in the digital darkroom.
Rob Sheppard is a naturalist and nature photographer and videographer who says his favorite location is the one he is in at any time. Presently, he is spending a lot of time in the chaparral of Southern California and says that the chaparral is one of the wildest and least photographed ecosystems in the country. He is the author/photographer of over 30 books, as well as a well-known speaker and workshop leader. He was the long-time editor of the prestigious Outdoor Photographer magazine and helped start PCPhoto (Digital Photo). Presently he is editor-at-large for Outdoor Photographer. He does workshops around the country with Great American Photography Workshops, plus he does workshops at Light Photographic Workshops.
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LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, Dave interviews Photographer and Blogger Syl Arena. Syl photographs the people, lifestyles and products of central California for advertising, editorial, and corporate clients. Whether it’s a single glass of wine or a group of winemakers, America’s most popular rose or the man who bred it, the world’s fastest sailboat or the team that races it, Syl has the expertise and the personality to create memorable photographs — both on location and in the studio.
In this episode, Syl talks about the state of our industry, the introduction of all this new gear and technology, HD DSLR’s and what it means to the industry, his blog, LIDLIPS and his new Speedlighters Handbook. We created a special video of Syl’s images with his explanation of each that plays (above) and then the full podcast interview, which is below.
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LensFlareLive is a show created and brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, panelists Philip Bloom, Scott Bourne and Steve Weiss discuss HD DSLR’s, convergence, fusion, video and film. In addition, they answer questions that came in via email, Twitter and from the live listening audience.
For the past 20 years Philip Bloom has been following his passion as a career, which has taken him around the world to places he has felt privileged to have seen. He has filmed, directed and edited short films, documentaries and much more from Clapham to Cambodia. In 2005, he was short listed for a BAFTA craft award for his series of short films for Sky News “If I were Prime Minister.”
Philip is one of the new breed of cinematographers. Over the past three years he has embraced the 35mm film adapter market, shooting on HD video but making it look close to 35mm film. He has also have recently embraced the video DSLR cameras, in particular the Canon 5d Mk2 and the Canon 7d and become world-renowned for his expertise with those systems.
Scott Bourne is a new media producer, consultant, photographer, author, lecturer, teacher, technology enthusiast and Twitter Ori Master. He is an award-winning photographer who is known for his use of color, shape and form and is a pioneer in the digital imaging field. Scott regularly lectures on a variety of photo and media-related subjects. He has appeared on national television and radio shows and has written columns for several national magazines. He has focused considerable energy on video in DSLR’s, exploring the capabilities of Canon 5D Mark II’s, 7D’s and now the Canon 1D Mark IV. He is also the host of PhotoFocus.com .
Steve Weiss is with Zacuto – makers of Custom Camera Packages & Zacuto Brand Accessories for both video and DSLR cameras that have video capability. Zacuto is a one-stop-shop for customized camera packages. This includes the latest technology in high definition, where their trademark camera packages are designed by Zacuto staff members who have over 45 years of combined film and video experience. Zacuto USA products are entirely designed and manufactured by Zacuto and made in the USA, with input from staff and customers.
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LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, Dave interviews Nature and Travel Photographer Brenda Tharp. Brenda is an award-winning freelance photographer who specializes in location, nature and travel photography for a variety of clients.
She has llama-trekked, sea-kayaked, flown in helicopters and hot-air balloons, cycled, and hiked to get her photographs. Those images have appeared on the pages of Alaska Airlines, Audubon, Northwest Traveler, Sierra, and Sunset magazines, along with many others.
In this episode, Brenda talks about the difference between being a female photographer versus a male, steps she takes on the business side of things to make her stand out from the pack, lessons you can apply to both travel AND nature photography, her latest book project, recommendations she would give to help other photographers become successful and much more. We created a special video of Brenda’s images with her explanation of each that plays (above) and then the full podcast interview, which is below.
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LensFlareLive is a show created and brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, panelists Jack Hollingsworth, Rosh Sillars and Lindsay Adler discuss Twitter, Facebook and Flickr for Photographers. In addition, they answer questions from the live listening audience.
Lindsay is a professional fashion and portrait photographer in New York and London. Her work has been featured in dozens of fashion and photography magazines internationally, including Sublime, Existence, Oasis and Chic Today Magazines as well as MindFood Magazine, Popular Photography, Shutterbug and dozens more.
She currently owns a successful portrait studio and continues to shoot fashion editorials on commission for a variety of publications. Her first book will appear in stores in March. Lindsay travels throughout the Northeast, US and abroad to teach photography workshops and share her knowledge at conferences and seminars.
Jack is one of the most well known names in stock photography and not only sells stock through Getty, Corbis and his own site, but was a founder of BLEND images as well as redchopsticks and PhotosIndia. Jack has been described as “Indiana Jones with a camera” due to his constant world travel. Jack teaches, lectures, blogs and has a column in Shutterbug magazine.
Rosh is a photojournalist, magazine and corporate photographer and specializes in capturing images that tell a story, evoke an emotion or represent the subject in its natural context. He also contributes regularly as a staff and free-lance photographer for multiple daily, weekly and monthly newspapers and magazines. Rosh has photographed presidents, pro and amateur athletes, pop stars and local heroes through his 20 year professional career and he shares photography, new media and creative business ideas at Prosperous Artists.com and New Media Photographer.com.
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LensFlare 35 is a weekly show brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, Dave interviews Humanitarian Photojournalist Karl Grobl. Karl travels to the far corners of the world to tell compelling picture stories that reveal the human side of issues faced by people across the globe.
Karl specializes in humanitarian photojournalism, documenting relief [...]
This is a Quick Hit Podcast short. Today we’re talking with Noel Carboni, who has a company called ProDigital Software. They make some interesting Adobe Photoshop Plug-ins for both daytime and nighttime photographers. Noel has nearly two decades of experience in professional digital imaging and has built this knowledge into some unique and powerful software [...]
LensFlareLive - 02/16/10 2:00 p.m. EST - Social Media, New Media and Marketing with Lindsay Adler, Jack Hollingsworth and Rosh Sillars! We'll have live chat, live Twitter, and YOU can call in and talk to the panel by calling 646-721-9811 during the show!
Episode 39 - 02/23/10 - Ami Vitale - Photojournalist
LensFlareLive - 02/23/10 2:00 p.m. EST - HD DSLR’s, Fusion, Convergence, Video & Film with Zacuto's Steve Weiss, Philip Bloom and Guest! We'll have live chat, live Twitter, and YOU can call in and talk to the panel by calling 646-721-9811 during the show!
Also coming up: David Carlson, Charlie Borland, Alexx Henry, Simon Bruty, Tony Sweet, Mark Rebilas, John Isaac and Martin Bailey.
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LensFlareLive is a show created and brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, panelists Juan Pons, Rick Sammon and Rob Sheppard discuss lighting, flash photography (both indoors and out), attachments and other topics. In addition, they answer questions that came in via email, Twitter and from the live listening audience.
To listen to the full podcast interview, click on the player’s forward arrow below. You can also play the Podcast in a pop up window, download it OR subscribe to it via iTunes. To find out when the next live show is going to air, visit our Live Shows page.
