The Digital Photography Show #36: Another contest, color spaces, depth of field preview, and we talk to a listener
The Digital Photography Show #36: Another contest, color spaces, depth of field preview, and we talk to a listener (19MB, 55mins)
January, 25, 2007: Welcome to the thought-provoking 36th episode of The Digital Photography Show!
Michael and I do the show tonight without a safety net – that’s right, no celebrity guest star! Just me and Michael and, briefly, listener John H. who accompanied Michael on a recent photo workshop. They both have Phanfare albums, you can see their excellent shots at http://stein.phanfare.com/album/194104. You can link to John’s album off Michael’s.
In answer to our listener’s requests, we’re doing another photo contest. The theme this time is Love (just in time for Valentine’s Day) and the instructions are even more complicated than they were for the last contest!
As background, the whole point of our contests is to get you to stretch your creative muscles and use or learn techniques you may not otherwise practice. Our last contest focused on macro photography with a Holiday theme, this one focuses on Black and White photography with a Love theme and one major twist…at least one item in the picture has to be red or pink.
This will require you to convert your picture to Black and White while maintaining the color in at least one red object. Alternatively, you can shoot your picture in Black and White and color one object red. Or, you could convert your picture to Black and White and make one object red even if it wasn’t red before.
We talk about methods to do all these things in today’s show. You can see some admittedly mediocre shots I processed with these techniques at http://dps.phanfare.com/album/199114. Here’s a preview and an example of what we’re talking about:
To enter the contest, simply email your image as a attachment to thedigitalphotographyshow@gmail.com. Please size the image at no more than 800 pixels for the longest side. It helps if you rename the image file with your full name and title of the photo. Please indicate in the email that we have permission to post your image on our site. The deadline for your submissions is February 19, 2007. I don’t know what the prize will be, but I will extort get something great for you. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Here’s Mike Chaney’s article on color space we reference: http://www.steves-digicams.com/techcorner/October_2006.html.
Thanks to our advertiser DXO (www.dxo.com) for the 20% discount they are only offering to listeners of this show. Try the program for free, and when you’re ready to buy, use the code DPSSHOW.
And don’t forget the fifty buck discount on Alien Skin’s Snap Art. Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.
You can check out the show’s photo album on Phanfare at www.dps.phanfare.com.
We love our sponsor, Alien Skin (www.alienskin.com), and our advertiser, DXO Optics Pro (www.dxo.com). These guys have fantastic programs that every enthusiast should try.
Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us there on the blog. You’re our American Idols (and European Idols, and Australian Idols, and Canadian…
Scott
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January 30th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Have not listen to #36 as yet, but will very soon. Just wanted to say how helpful I have found the DVD from Rick Sammon. I have only been through through three lessons and already have greatly improved my use of Photoshop. I also have downloaded the trial of DXo, have used it on a few photos and am very likely to make a purchase soon.
I am happy to see you have another contest poted, I will be trying to come up with a photo that I will feel good about entering.
Keep it up, love this podcast!
Mike
January 31st, 2007 at 12:22 am
Am very very new to SLR’s but to quote Krammer “I am loving every minute of it Jerry”. Very excited about the contest, when I started listening I had mist the first contest. But the show was great on what made the pictures nice. Anyway I have Photoshop CS2 but am overwhelmed climbing the mountain. Listner Mike Despot writes of a dvd from Rick Sammon. Where can I get that and is that good for a green horn like myself. Guys your show is very well thought out and easy listning. Keep up the great job.
Bongo
January 31st, 2007 at 8:46 am
Michael & Scott
I am making it a point to write and thank both you guys for such an enjoyable show. I have been (seriously) shooting for the past 4/5 years hoping to break into the professional level of photography. I live in Las Vegas and enjoy plenty of work shooting commercial jobs, however my love is nature and landscape. You both provide me with essential material & information that i find useful on every show. Thats about all. You two ROCK. If you have the opportunity check out the beginer website I just published, I did everything myself and have had quite a few visits. It would mean alot to me to have your guys feedback. http://www.SteeleExposures.com
Thanks, Brendan Steele
February 1st, 2007 at 3:53 am
Michael & Scott -
As a new listener after finding your show on Itunes, I wanted to thank you for what you are doing. You help my commute go by faster. I have been an advanced Amateur part time Pro for over 20 years now and moved to digital about 3 years ago with the D100 Nikon, and now with the D200. Primarily Landscape and Stock.
I did want to comment on the color space issue though. Although i basically agree with what the experts say about Adobe RGB over sRGB, and I also read ken Rockwell, a question remains unanswered. If adobe is the flat out best, why to most/all of the online labs like MPIX and others insist on sRGB and not Adobe RGB? In fact some I have seen specifically tell you to convert if you are not in sRGB.
Could make for an interesting podcast dicussion?
Thanks for the great shows.
Steve
February 3rd, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Love, Jebus!
Talk about a hard topic. I’m going to struggle to enter this one, not so much of it going on at my workspace! (Minesite).