A discussion with my G+ friend Michael Adkins got me thinking about the art of photography as a business. It left me mulling over several thoughts that I wanted to share with anyone who will listen. I've been self-employed (not as a photographer) for nearly 10 years now so I have a bit of experience to speak from. And please, take it all with a grain of salt and realize I am smirking as I write it. :-)
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These things are springy! Here's how to easily fold up a Botero pop-up portable photography background and cram it back in it's pouch.
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I shoot all my pictures in Olympus RAW format, and do most of my conversion and most of my editing with LightZone for Linux. Occasionally though, I may have several dozen photos that I want to treat like snapshots and just make quick JPEG images from them.
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I decided to configure a new Linux machine just for photography. I just bought LightZone for Linux, and plan to move all my images over to this new machine and set it up just for photo editing.
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In photography, when you're trying to add flash and want it 'off-camera' there's a few options. Off-camera flash is important, because let's be honest, on-camera flash looks harsh and just plain bad. So we have to move the flash away from the camera.
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I've been practicing at photography for a while, and there's a few things I've learned that I think applies to most any thing you want to be good at.
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Wow, I don't think I've ever seen the addition of a feature cause so much grief. It's not like Flickr has taken away something everyone loved, or perhaps they have. When is the last time a website you use, without taking anything away, added a new feature and made you mad?
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In today's digital photography age, we're producing gigabytes and gigabytes of photos. Many more than we ever did in the days of film. This makes people who normally wouldn't think about proper backup practices need to learn these things. Suddenly a photographer has a need to be computer literate, if not a computer expert. For many of you, this takes you out of your comfort zone.
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I'm trying to play around with RAW image photography instead of JPG, but I've been finding Linux not very cooperative with my Olympus E-510 camera.
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Just a side note on today's weather. Taken with an Olympus e-510 DSLR camera at iso 100 shutter 1/100th and aperture of f/5.6. Post processing and conversion to B&W using The Gimp.
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