The Digital Photography Show #30: Win a Wacom Intuos3 6×8, and Macro Photography Fundamentals (24MB, 70mins)
The Digital Photography Show #30: Win a Wacom Intuos3 6×8, and Macro Photography Fundamentals (24MB, 70mins)
December 14, 2006: Welcome to the Tabletastic Thirtieth of The Digital Photography Show.
Today we interview a representative from Wacom, the makers of incredibly useful pen tablet input devices. What is a pen tablet? Why would I want one? Join us to learn about these amazing tools and how they provide us a lot more control in our digital darkrooms.
The folks at Wacom were incredibly generous to offer a free Intuos3 6×8 to a lucky listener. This mid-sized Intuos3 6×8 is valued at $329! Listen to the show to hear how to enter the contest. Entries are due on Dec 21st, 2006.
I’ll be attending a Photo Workshop at Shelburne Farms, Vermont in January. If you are interested in attending, drop me an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com and I’ll get you the details.
Scott and I talk about the fundamentals of macro (close-up) photography. We are having our first photo contest. Send us one of your Macro (close-up) shots with a winter holiday theme at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com. Please try to keep the images on the small size (around 800 pixels maximum height/width, or around 1MB file size). You must state in your email that you give us permission to show the image on our Phanfare site. We will pick a winner on January, 2, 2007 and post the images on our site. The winner can choose their prize: a copy of Alien Skin’s Image Doctor or Rick Sammon’s DVD Rick Sammon Live.
We also talk about The New York Times list of cameras under $300 .
As always, a special thank you to our sponsor, Alien Skin, and to our advertiser, Phanfare. These are companies we are incredibly proud to feature on the show. Check out their free trial downloads today!
Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us there on the blog. We appreciate your feedback and great ideas. Now please, go out there and make some great photos!
Michael
December 15th, 2006 at 2:54 am
on the yahoo news submissions. im no lawyer but by reading their terms, it sounds like you get …..nothing. they in fact leave a loophole to not even credit you for the photo (although i would suspect they would try to ) but by the mere submission of your work you are agreeing to the following:
2. # By submitting your Material, you hereby
* grant to Reuters and its affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, transferable and non-revocable right and license to use, reproduce, display publicly, modify, adapt, edit, publish, translate, distribute, perform, play, create derivative works from, exercise and sub-license all associated and relevant rights (including intellectual property rights and publicity rights) with respect to your Material in any media whatsoever, whether now known, or developed in the future (the foregoing license is granted for the entire respective terms of the relevant rights); and
* to the extent permitted by law, unconditionally and irrevocably waive all moral rights which you may have in your Material.
so it sounds like they can use it forwhatever they like by the mere submission (which is pretty comon so this is no a slam at yahoo) but this would mean that they would not be bound to do virtually anything regardless of if and how they decide to use your submission. thsi si why i dont submit to alot of these sort of things. im not relaly hip on RF license in general, at least istock will give you 20 cents..lol
December 15th, 2006 at 4:54 am
Hey guys,
Great show as usual. As for the rating of one star you recently received. I believe that the reviewer most likely hadn’t had his coffee before submitting his review. Scott as you know I am on the road photographing people and I get asked for advice on photography all the time. The one thing that I tell everyone is “listen to the Digital Photography Show” because it is entertaining and very informative.
Keep up the good work.
PS: Scott you still haven’t sent me any feed back on the photos and website I sent you.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:12 am
Thanks for the info, Joe. So, there was nothing in their agreement about giving them your first born child? I suppose that’s good.
Richard - Thanks for the nice words - and the referrals! Sorry about not checking out your link. Your photos are of total pro quality. What kind of studio set up do you have? And do you want to share the link here on the forum?
December 15th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
Nice show, guys. I’m looking forward to winning the Wacom Intuos 3.
How about a show on filters (color, polarizing, neutral density, etc.)?
Thanks for all the work you guys do to get great prizes for us and for the time you spend on show preparation. You deserve better than to be given 1 star by some ingrate…the good news, however, is one less entry for the Wacom.
Have great Holidays, guys.
December 16th, 2006 at 8:05 am
Regarding the Yahoo news photo submission issue, I think this a symptom of a problem we are just starting to see.
So many people have digital cameras now and are willing to give thier photos away just to possibly “see thier name in print” that real professional photographers are having a hard time selling images (sound like the microstock argument?). I take pictures for my local newspaper from time to time and make a few bucks here-n-there doing it… one time I got some real great pictures of a huge story and I called another (larger) paper and asked them if they wanted any of my photos. Of course they wanted them. I asked how much they pay and the person actually said “we don’t pay anything, we have lots of people sending us images all the time for free … we don’t have to pay”.
I think digital cameras are greatest thing ever, but like everything else, there can be a down-side.
BTW, Great show as always guys.
Download Photoshop CS3 today!
December 16th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
Great show! One minor audio issue. I kept hearing this “thud, thud, thud” type sound whenever Scott was talking. I did not hear it when Michael was talking. It sounded just as though someone was patting himself on the back throughout the show. Anyway you can fix that?
December 17th, 2006 at 3:13 am
Great show, as always. I have been looking for a good tablet to use with AUTOCAD, but could never find information on just tablets. If I don’t win, I will be purchasing one to make my photo enhancements and AUTOCAD work much easier. Keep up the good work.
P.S. After downloading the ACDsee photo manager, I think it will help organize and catalog our project photos at work. Never would have tried them without your show. Thanks.
December 17th, 2006 at 8:06 am
Hello
December 17th, 2006 at 8:09 am
Hey guys….
I just took a look at the DPS phanfare site and loved the photos. My My but you are a handsome duo. Scott, don’t let that anonymous person set your teeth on edge. Anyone who can’t sign their name certainly isn’t worth giving a second thought. The two of you present a wonderful program and it’s got staying power. One of my favorite shots was Michael with that 600mm lens. I believe I actually cried out when I saw that one. Maybe even a bit of drool in the corner of my mouth. A girl can dream. Scott, great capture of the extreme joy on Michael’s face, loved how his eyes just lit up. Have a wonderful Holiday Season with your families. I just wanted to let you know I’m still out here listening and telling everyone about the show.
Denise in Santa Cruz, CA
December 17th, 2006 at 8:11 am
2 photos I wanted to share with you:
Sunset with Pelicans Watching was taken with my Nikon D70 and the 70-300mm Nikkor zoom lens. (a very inexpensive lens at $139 I might add)
http://static.flickr.com/103/295640715_b890222d6d_b.jpg
Sunset on the Pidgeon Point Lighthouse along the Pacific Coast Highway, taken with my Nikon D200 and the 18-200mm VR Nikkor lens.
http://static.flickr.com/84/280067794_8ae6f1ec4d_b.jpg
Michael, I tend to carry both cameras and shoot with both all of the time. Sometimes I leave my 6omm Nikkor macro lens on one camera, and the 18-200mm lens on the other camera and I’m ready for anything. I was always changing my lens in the field and the dreaded spots were showing up in my photos. I have to admit I got that Giotti blower you talked about and it is the best. No spots anymore.
Denise (The ER nurse from the Santa Cruz, CA area)
December 17th, 2006 at 9:34 am
Denise,
GREAT SHOTS!
If you have a RAW version of the image “Sunset on the Pidgeon Point Lighthouse along the Pacific Coast Highway” I would love it if you’d email it to me so I can play around with HDR tone mapping on it. Of course I’d send you back whatever results I come with.
December 17th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
Denise:
Your photos are gorgeous! Love the soft orange/yellow light. Not sure which I like best; they are so different.
I have that same cheap 70-300 Nikkor lens, and I love it. On so many of the forums you see people slamming that lens. I am a big fan of what the lens can do in the right light. My photos are not this good though!
December 17th, 2006 at 2:20 pm
Ah, great prize to win! The winner will be lucky (hoping it’ll be me, but it’s doubtful)!
Denise: Nice shots. My only nitpicking complaints would be that the pelican shot seems to be a tad washed out. But that could be my eyes/monitor. The sunset is beautiful and the oranges and yellows are great!
The second shot is nice, but I’d really like to see a wide angle of the same area to get more of the body of water in the shot as well. Very crisp shot, though. That location would be great for a sunset shot, too!
December 18th, 2006 at 6:24 am
I’m looking for a teleconverter that will work with my lens. I’ve already been told by a friend who called B&H that the 18-200mm Nikkor vr Zoom lens can’t use one I read that it won’t work with anything under 50mm I sure would like a 1.4X (B&H has a Kenko)teleconvertor with that 80-400mm Nikkor lens. Has anyone used this combo.
Michael, do you have this lens or anything similar? Any thoughts on maybe a Sigma that might be comparlable.
I know my pelicans were a bit over exposed for a silouette but I just love that pelican with his beak open on the right. These guys have primo real-estate rights. They arrive every evening for the sun set.
I call the lighthouse my rusty lady. I have enough photos of her to wallpaper a room. I was amazed at the way the iceplants capped the cliffs and surrounded her like a skirt. Ben that would be nice too, but an entirely different shot and the iceplants wouldn’t have showed up so well. It was a boring sea that day, no waves.
December 18th, 2006 at 6:43 am
Allen …unfortunately I shot it in Large fine, the way it is now is pretty much how it came out of the camera. I don’t do much work on my photos. I have PS Elements 4. It seems iStock doesn’t take the photos with much done to them. The light is true to the moment. The light house sold almost as soon as I put her up. I’ve told myself I will start shooting RAW images in the new year. I will gladly send you some and see what you can do and teach me…LOL. I’m sorely lacking and all very new at the technical stuff. What program do you use to work on them. I haven’t read all of the book yet, but I got the Scott Kelby book for PS Elements 4 This will be something to tackle and learn. I love the way he writes. I have two of his books now after hearing him on this podcast. I take notes and jot down things in the margins when reading his books. It’s a full interactive experience. Have a great day.
December 18th, 2006 at 6:51 am
Landya …I used that inexpensive lens to catch this photo.
http://static.flickr.com/43/78859763_e84e369451_b.jpg
I have to learn how to use noise reduction software and it would probably help to clean it up but this was a hand held shot literally a point and shoot with the D70 and that $139 Nikkor lens.
December 19th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
Denise asked: “What program do you use to work on them?”
For HDR image I use Photomatix available at http://www.hdrsoft.com