Comments on: The Digital Photography Show #56: Pro Show Gold Slide Show Software and Taking Great Group Shots

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:20:44 +0000

Here in the state of Oregon it is not legal to pump your own gas. A “fuel technician” must fill your automobile.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:13:46 +0000

ALL the petrol stations here in South Africa are not self-service. It might have something to do with job creation but then again I could be wrong.

By: Cooper Strange

Cooper Strange — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:17:32 +0000

Like Malaysia, you are safe in Thailand and China, Scott. But in case you thought they might not be capitalizing on the captive audience, Thailand stations will often set an advertisement on your hood so your mouth waters or thirst heightens as you wait!

By: Flash Developer

Flash Developer — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:45:40 +0000

February in Antarctica is actually summer down there. If you decided to go to Antarctica, February would be much better than July.

By: Stewart in Kenya

Stewart in Kenya — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:07:09 +0000

Jambo from Kenya, We only have serviced pumps here. Very civilised. A friend tried to serve himself and was arrested for attempted theft!!! Great pod cast. Stewart

By: Arthur

Arthur — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:55:32 +0000

At these gas prices (2.93 in Boston), I will save the 25-30 cent per gallon premium they use to soak us even more with full serve, and do my own pumping. That roughly translates into one 4×6 digital print for every gallon pumped. If the price difference wasn’t so great, I’d say, sure, give me full serve. But gas is big enough a ripoff as it is.

The full serve stations of New Jersey, and their lack of pay phones, played a prominent role in the last episode of “the Sopranos”.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:25:56 +0000

C’mon, how can you not like the smell of freshly minted gas! Self service isnt that much of a pain. I might be dating myself a bit here, but I used to work at a gas station pumping gas. Pumping gas was the easy part (well maybe not when the wind chill was 40 below! It was using the little sponge pad to clean off all those dried on dead bugs on the windshield that was the real pain!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:12:52 +0000

Victoria, Australia: Most pumps are self service. You still find the odd place where the attendant does the work for you, but it’s rare, and they’re definitely in the “quaint” category.

By: Eduardo Solis

Eduardo Solis — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:10:43 +0000

Hey Scott, in Mexico all gas stations have attendants so you CAN’T pump your own gas, they’ll do it for you.

That been said, I think I like it better here in the states where you pump your own (I might be a control freak).

By: Tricia

Tricia — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:06:52 +0000

You can still get full service in Pennsylvania if you know where to look!

By: Shrewspeaks

Shrewspeaks — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:04:20 +0000

Hiya Scott and Michael:
Love your show! I am learning heaps and telling everyone I know about it. In fact, I hope you don’t mind but I linked your show to my photoblog (shrewshutters.wordpress.com)

I hope you will consider photo contests in the future where owning photo manipulation software is a must. I don’t own Photoshop (yet) and it would still be nice to be able to participate.

Take care,
Shrew

By: Wade

Wade — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:47:53 +0000

I have been listening to your show for a couple of months now. I finally just got done with going through your back catalogue, I listened to them in reverse order which was interesting as you mention things which you have done on previous shows which I didn’t get to listen to for a while.

Keep up the good work.

I even got round to posting some photos for the contest this month.

By: Zahed

Zahed — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:02:24 +0000

Scott. U might be interested to know almost all the petrol stations in Malaysia has an attendant doing it for ya. They’ll even prop up the rear wheel of your car with a brick/thick plank of wood so that they can really fill it up to the brim. And then you pay the pump attendant the money, to pay for the petrol and also maybe a pakc of ciggarettes and a coke so you don’t even have to leave ur seat.

By: Tom W

Tom W — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:54:04 +0000

All pumps are self-service here in the UK!

By: MaryG

MaryG — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:54:55 +0000

I should’ve mentioned that the duotone program at PCDcom.nl is Mac only.

By: MaryG

MaryG — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:52:30 +0000

In Michigan, pumps are almost all self-service.

Anyone looking for an incredibly easy Duotone program can check out PCDcom.nl and it’s freeware! Can’t get much better than easy and free.

Keep up the great work guys. You keep getting better and better!

Mary

By: Holly Sisson

Holly Sisson — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:51:17 +0000

Hi Scott,

Here, in Toronto, Ontario Canada, you can visit a self-service pump or a full-service pump. Sometimes the gas stations are one or the other, sometimes they offer the option of either, so you can decide. I remember visiting CA years ago and being surprised that you “had” to pump your own gas, that there was no option.

Holly

By: Jay River

Jay River — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:15:55 +0000

Edward S. Curtis, Legendary Photographer, What no Photoshop?

Curtis didn’t use a Canon or Nikon SLR, but made his images with a 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 Premo reversible back camera. It had a 22″ bellows, and a ground glass back. It took at least 15 minutes to set up a picture, and his fastest shutter speed was 1/100th of a second. He didn’t have a “healing” or “cloning” tool, sharpening, curves, or levels… neither Photoshop nor the computer, or the CCD had been invented yet. My God! How did he do it?

For as much criticism as this man has received in the last century, it leads one to think that perhaps he did create a little magic. Perhaps he was on to something in the photographic world.

The beginnings of the modern west certainly resonate in the works of Edward S. Curtis. His photos were made at a time when Indians already driven from their lands were being shorn from their cultures.

This history is very apparent in a new film on Curtis’s works, THE INDIAN PICTURE OPERA, (Amazon, DVD). In it, his images are explained in his own words. It’s a re-creation of a 1911 E.S. Curtis lecture and slide show.

This film goes way beyond the images in showing how the west was transformed. It was a last grasp at recapturing was he called the “vanishing race”. Ironic that Curtis’s works were underwritten by J.P. Morgan, who helped bankroll expansion of railroads into America’s west.

A journey into the past is always enlightening. Even though photography has been reinvented by digital, it’s golden age was a century ago.

Jay River
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By: Sven

Sven — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:05:14 +0000

Hi Scott and Michael,
heard that Scott had trouble with pumping gas himself. Here in Sweden, if you want gas you have to do it yourself, most of the gas stations are unmanned so no chance of any help there :)
But hey, it’s not THAT tiresome/hard to pump gas in your car, now is it?? C’mon Scott, I know you can do it.
and hey, since I’m writing, THANKS for an informative and great podcast! Haven’t missed a single epsiode!

cheers guys!