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Today we’re joined by Kerry Garrison of CameraDojo, a great resource for digital photography reviews and tutorials.

Kerry talks about – and gives away – a sweet R Strap Camera Strap.

We also discuss Wescott lighting kits and why you should spend more on your lenses than you do on your camera.

Be sure to send us an answer to the trivia question we ask on the show by the date mentioned on the show, for a chance the R Strap Camera Strap: TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

IFor the expanded DVD extras show notes, please visit Scott’s Photo Blog.

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“Suite?” They should call it “sweeeeet!” Cause it is. (“Sweet” instead of “suite.” Get it? Funny, right? That’s the kind of phonetic humor I just can’t do on the show. See what you’re missing?)

Even better, although it’s called the Plug-In Suite 4, it has six great plugs:

1. Genuine Fractals 5 Print Pro for high-quality enlargements,
2. PhotoTools 1 Professional Edition
3. Mask Pro 4 for removing backgrounds
4. PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition for the perfect finishing touch to your photo
5. PhotoTune 2 for professional quality color correctionz
6. FocalPoint 1 for adding selective blur and vignettes to your photos.

Schwing!

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Check out Scott’s PhotoBlog for all the other great notes from today’s show.

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Here’s his source article.  

We also talk about:

• China barring “professional cameras” at the Olympics.
• The new Micro 4/3 standard for digital cameras.
• A new technology for waterproofing electronics.
• Nik’s Silver Efex Pro, onOne Software’s FocalPoint, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom II and Apple Aperture. 

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Scott

July 25, 2008 :On today’s show, Michael and I cover a lot of topics, including:

• Nikon’s newest DSLR - the full-frame D700.
• The Yahoo/Getty Deal – and my first contest on Scott’s Photo Blog. Check it out here.
• A photo service that you may want to think twice about
• The sexy but mysteriously-priced AniMoto. -
• Listener Matthew Boyle’s 100 Portraits
• A great-sounding little clip on diffuser – the Puffer.
• Check out how good Laurel’s gotten!

You can get more information on these topics, as well as a bunch of other interesting photo-related news, at Scott’s Photo Blog.

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July 17, 2008 : Today’s show features an interview with long-time friend of the The Digital Photography Show, Rick Sammon.

Rick’s new book, Face to Face, focuses on taking better portraits, or, as its subtitle reads, it’s “Rick Sammon’s Complete Guide to Photographing People.”

RIck gives many great tips on today’s show, including

• How to transform your garage into an inexpensive photo studio
• How to properly calibrate your external flash to use as a “fill light”
• The importance of establishing rapport with your models
• How to not just take – but make – your shots

Rick also talks about his newest venture – online training over at KelbyTraining.com.

For the answer to this show’s contest question – how many pages are there in the printed version of Face to Face (warning, Amazon.com has it wrong), check out the show notes over on my photography blog: ScottsPhotoBlog.com.  Rick is giving away signed copies of Face to Face to two lucky winners!

For those of you who enjoy the banter between Michael and I – sorry, today’s show is banterless. We were in the middle of recording when my Mac decided not to work anymore. Turns out there is an issue with the latest build of Leopard and USB audio devices such as my Blue Snowball (you can read about it here). Since I just gave up Windows because of exactly this kind of problem, I’m a little bitter about this, Steve Jobs.

I did buy a new Firewire mixer though, so, assuming the next build of Leopard doesn’t fry that, we should have a return to banter on the next episode.

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June 26, 2008 : Today, Michael and I try and answer some of your questions that we’ve received on our voicemail and email.

For full show notes and links to the things we discuss on today’s show, hop on over to my photography blog: ScottsPhotoBlog.com

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Scott

June 8, 2008 : On a Very Special Episode of The Digital Photography Show, we are once again joined by digiphoto superstar Scott Kelby.

Scott talks about his newest books, The Digital Photography Book Vol. 2 and The Mac OS X Leopard Book. 

For full show notes and details on the contest, please click here: ScottsPhotoBlog.com

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Thanks! 

Scott

May 25, 2008 : After more delays than a US Airways flight, Michael and I are back with another episode of The Digital Photography Show. We hope!

I won’t go into too many notes here, as I’m anxious to see if the show posts. And sorry that the audio isn’t quite perfect yet – I’m still getting used to my new Mac.

Here’s some links we talk about on the show:

My new photography blog: Please be sure to check here if the show goes wonky again, or if you want to read about the latest photo news, great deals on equipment and software and my photographic journey: ScottsPhotoBlog.com

Michael’s latest pictures: You can see the shoot Michael describes on the show, as well as many of his other outstanding shots, on his Phanfare site. Be sure to check out his “I’ve Been Published!” album.

My first novel: I’ve been published too! The release of my first novel, First You Fall, is absolutely one of the highlights of my life. You can check it out here. It’s a funny, sexy mystery – not for the kids, but I don’t let them touch my cameras, either. If you pick up the book, drop me a line – you can click the email link on my personal blog.

HDR Software: Michael and I are both users of Photomatix Pro. On todays show, he also recommends you try out Bracketeer.

Listening to The Digital Photography Show can make you money: Congratulations to our wonderful Queen of All Contests, Laurel Housden, and our loyal listener Denise. They are both beginning to make some green off of what previously had been a hobby – and they were nice enough to give us a little credit for the inspiration. Take a look at Laurel’s stunning shots on her blog, and you can see Denise’s amazing iStockPhoto catalog here. We’re so proud we could bust!

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It’s good to be back, baby.

Scott

April 6, 2008 : On today’s show, it’s just me and Michael, two old friends talking about my experiences with the to-die-for Canon EOS1D Mark III, my first attempts at HDR images, and Adobe Photoshop Express, the new and free online editing tool from Adobe.

Michael also talks about some other online editing options, including Aviary, Picnik, Fotoflexer and Splashup. solution.

If you want to see my first HDR images (they’re not very good, but they’re mine!) and my full review of the Mark III, please visit my new blog at http://scottsherman.typepad.com/photo.

We apologize for the long delay between shows – this episode was completed almost a week ago, but our site was hacked by illicit Viagra sellers.

As I say in the show, I’m also looking to produce a version of the podcast in the enhanced AAC format, which will embed links and images into the show itself for those of you who have video iPods (you can also watch the show in iTunes if you don’t). If you’d like to send me a Mac, please write me at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com and let me know.

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March 19, 2008 : Today, we talk with uber-enthusiast Jeff Revell about HDR images, photowalking, the newest Nikons, the importance of supporting your local camera store, and a bunch of other interesting and useful stuff.

You can find more Revellian goodness at his blog, which is full of great images and helpful tutorials.

Jeff is a super-nice guy – I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did! Jeff is the newest Friend of The Digital Photography Show, and, I’m warning you Jeff: Once you step into the Circle of Love, there can be no escape! I’m sure we’ll be talking to Jeff again soon.

Jeff sometimes uses Photomatix Pro software for creating his HDR images. If you want to see some amazing HDR images check out these from Smashing Magazine. (BTW, since we recorded our interview, Jeff has put up a video tutorial on how to process HDRs with Photoshop).

I also give the information I left off last week’s show about how to enter the contest for an X-Rite i1Display 2. The name of the product may be a little wonky, but it’s performance is great. Scott Kelby recommends it on his blog here, and, as I always say - if it’s good enough for the Kelbinator, it’s good enough for me. And probably, you, too.

Send the answer to the question we ask in the show to us at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com. We’re looking for the name of X-Rite’s newest product (hint: it rhymes with Bolor Chunky), with the correct spelling, and we’ll pick a correct answer at random to win the i1Display 2, a $250 color calibration solution.

As I say in the show, I’m also looking to produce a version of the podcast in the enhanced AAC format, which will embed links and images into the show itself for those of you who have video iPods (you can also watch the show in iTunes if you don’t). Only problem is, you need a Mac to do it, and I don’t have one. This is shameless, but I’m Brokey McBrokey these days, so if you have an old (but not too old) Mac, or if you’re rich and want to buy me a new one, please send me an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com and let me know.

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March 8, 2008 : Welcome to the eighty sixth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

It was hard to get Michael on the show today – it was a long distance call to heaven, where he is right now, playing with the Nikon D3 that the people at Nikon were kind enough to lend him. Sorry, Michael, that means you’ll have to give it back. Michael shares his first lovestruck impressions of the D3.

We also talk about shooting HDR images. Michael recommends Ben Wilmore’s HDR training at xTrain. If you want to improve your basic photography or become a Photoshop, Lightroom or HDR guru, check out xTrain, a great web-based learning resource. They have a ton of on-line videos that will teach you how to do pretty much everything with your camera – and your computer – that you might ever want to do. And exclusively for our listeners, they offer a 15% off discount on any xTrain course or membership plan by using the code DPS on the page you’ll find here.

Michael also likes the Wilmore-endorsed Photomatix Pro software for creating his HDR images. If you want to see some amazing HDR images (not Michael’s, alas) check out these from Smashing Magazine.

Then, we answer listener John’s question about whether he should buy a Canon 5D, a Canon 40D, or wait for the next generation of cameras. We get digital camera guru Dave Etchells, the genuis behind Imaging-Resource.com, to help us give John the best possible advice. As a long-time digital industry insider, Dave knows the ins and outs of the biz. If you’re looking to buy a camera or lens, be sure to check it out on Imaging-Resource.com, or its sister site, SLRgear.com. Then, buy through their shopping links – you’ll get the best price, and you’ll be helping support these valuable resources. Thanks, Dave!

Then we clean house, airing the remaining interviews from PMA 08.

• First up is Jobo, telling us about their fantastic new 15 inch digital frame that is bee-you-tee-full beyond my ability to describe it here. Catchily named the JOBO Photo Display PDJ151, this frame seems like a steal at a list price of $359. (Actually, to be fair, it’s also called the Photo Display 15 Zoll, which isn’t much better.) We also talk about their storage devices, like the GigaVu Extreme.
• Then we talk to the makers of the inexpensive and handy XShot. This extending little monopod for your point and shot will help you to make sure you’re in the shot, too. Last time we featured this product, it got a lot of attention from our listeners; the new version of the XShot has some incremental improvements that makes it even better.
• Lastly, we talk to X-Rite about their color callibration solutions – one of which comes with a live person to walk you through the callibration process. This is an excellent way to make a painful process less daunting for the user.

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February 27, 2008 : Welcome to the eighty fifth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

First, some housekeeping: We’ve finally chosen the finalists and a winner of our 7th photo contest. Congrats to everyone! Check them out here. Thanks to everyone who entered.

More interviews today from PMA 08.

First up is someone we honestly consider a friend: Doug Little from Wacom tells us about some of their super-sexy products. For those of you who don’t know (first time listeners?) Wacom makes great pen tablets and interactive displays that let you do all your photoediting and other work using a pen instead of mouse. Working with a Wacom tablet or interactive display is feels totally organic, natural and precise.

First up is the powerful yet totally affordable the Bamboo Fun, which makes a great entry-level tablet. Our audience will probably be more interested in the more fully-featured Intuos line of tablets, or, if you’re really bringing your A game, you’ll want to want to spring for a Cintiq, the high-end LCD that allows you to actually work on screen.

The Cintiqs are truly incredible, and at every show Michael and I go to, people are lined up to play with the Cintiqs. Their newest model is the Cintiq 12WX, which has a 12 inch interactive display that is a joy to work with. It’s their smallest and lowest priced Cintiq ($999) but don’t let that low price fool you – this is one powerful beast that can transform the way you work. (On a Window’s Vista computer, you can even use it to mark up documents or to write them by using the handwriting recognition that’s built into Vista. You can even use “pen flicks” to do things like navigate the web – go one page back with a quick swipe of your pen. Very cool. I don’t know if Macs have similar features – if you do, add a comment below.)

Because they love our audience so much, Wacom is giving away a Bamboo Fun Small tablet to a lucky The Digital Photography Show listener. To enter the contest, go to this page and answer this question:

The Intuos works with Adobe Photoshop and over how many other programs?

Send your answer to us at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com by March 15, 2008 to be entered into a random drawing of the correct responses. Please put “I Want a Wacom” in your subject line.

Then, we talk to Eric Zarakov, Vice President of Marketing of FotoNation. Fotonation creates the incredible technolgy they build that powers your camera. They’re the pioneers behind Face Detection, Smile Detection, Blink Detection, Face Tracker and a bunch of other technologies that make taking pictures easier and more accurate. Listen to Eric tell us what these technologies do and what is coming next from this company that’s truly on the cutting-edge of photography. It’s the future of photography, baby.

He also tells us how camera phones can have more functionality than digital cameras, and I share my crackpot theory on what would make a great paradigm for The Next Big Idea – the upgradable camera. (Camera companies: If you steal this idea, please send me money. Thank you.)

Best of all – Eric tells us we’re great and that ours was one the best interviews he did during PMA! Eric, you’re welcome back anytime!

If you want to improve your basic photography or become a Photoshop, Lightroom or HDR guru, check out xTrain, a great web-based learning resource. They have a ton of on-line videos that will teach you how to do pretty much everything with your camera – and your computer – that you might ever want to do. And exclusively for our listeners, they offer a 15% off discount on any xTrain course or membership plan by using the code DPS on the page you’ll find here.

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February 18, 2008 : Welcome to the eighty fourth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

On today’s show, Michael and I talk with Sony’s Mark Weir at PMA 08. If you’re not tied in with another system, their ever-expanding line of DSLRs definitely deserves a second look. Their new 300 series has a lot of compelling features, including some of the best live view features out there.

Plus, Sony’s announcement at PMA that they’re planning to introduce a full frame 25mp DSLR by the end of this year indicates they’re in the DSLR game for the long haul - and you’re always smart to buy into a company that has a full range of products – you never know when you might want to turn pro!

I’ve been in the market for a new point and shoot for a long time now, and Mark and I also talk about their super-sexy T300. It’s slim, it’s beautiful and I think I want it.

Michael and I respond to some voice mails and emails from listeners.

• Jackie wants a recommendation as to whether or not she should buy a dye-sublimination printer for her event photography business.
• Dana chides us for being mean to Pentax users – but we don’t think we are!
• And Juan wants to know if Canon is sponsoring any photo workshops. (We don’t know, but they have a good online photo workshop).

If you’ve gotten a new digital camera for the holidays, or if you’ve received a new software program that you want to know how to use, check out xTrain, a great web-based learning resource. They have a ton of on-line videos that will teach you how to do pretty much everything with your camera – and your computer – that you might ever want to do. And exclusively for our listeners, they offer a 15% off discount on any xTrain course or membership plan by using the code DPS on the page you’ll find here.

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We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom, maker of great tablets for interacting with you computer.

Wanna participate in the show?

• Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
• Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
• Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
• Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps.

Thanks for joining us. We have the greatest listeners in the world!

Scott

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February 12, 2008 : Welcome to the eighty third episode of The Digital Photography Show!

On today’s show, Michael and I talk with Nikon at PMA 08. They have a new entry-level DSLR with some terrific features – the D60. It’s their smallest, lightest DSLR ever, you can do a ton of editing right on the camera’s LCD, and you can even use a kind of mini-mode to approximate moving images. Throw in an image stabilized kit lens, compatibility with many of Nikon’s excellent lenses, and 10.2 megapixel images, and the D60 is a very formidable contender for the new DSLR shooter – or for the more advanced user looking for an inexpensive backup.

Michael and I also talk about PhotoWalks. Find out more about them here and here. Not to mention here.

If you’ve gotten a new digital camera for the holidays, or if you’ve received a new software program that you want to know how to use, check out xTrain, a great web-based learning resource. They have a ton of on-line videos that will teach you how to do pretty much everything with your camera – and your computer – that you might ever want to do. And exclusively for our listeners, they offer a 15% off discount on any xTrain course or membership plan by using the code DPS on the page you’ll find here.

Please remember to sign up for email notifications from our show! Every podcast subscription service out there – and that includes you, our beloved iTunes, has a bad habit of sometimes unsubscribing you from the shows you enjoy. Like this one (we hope!).

If you just click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Emailyou’ll get the weekly posts announcing each new show in you email. How cool is that? You’ll also be letting us know how many of you care enough to take the time to subscribe, which will put big dumb smiles on our faces. Isn’t that reason enough to sign up?

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Wanna participate in the show?

• Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
• Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
• Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
• Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps.

Thanks for joining us. We have the greatest listeners in the world!

Scott

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February 4, 2008 : Welcome to the eighty second episode of The Digital Photography Show!

On today’s show, Michael and I talk about what was hot at PMA 08. We discuss the latest trends and coolest new technologies to make your photography even better.

Over the next few shows, we’ll feature extended interviews with a bunch of camera companies. Today, the focus is on Canon, and our special guest star is the always-articulate Rudy Winston. Rudy tells us about Canon’s latest version of their entry level camera, the Digital Rebel XSi. Notice something about the name? The artist formerly known as Prince, I mean, the “Digital Rebel”, is now just the “Rebel.” I guess that means with almost every camera going digital now, it’s redundant to call them “digital.”

The Rebel XSi has features that are amazing for an “entry level” camera: a 3 inch LCD, 12MP resolution, Canon’s newest Digic III processor and an image-stabilized kit lens. That’s crazy! Buying this as an “entry-level” camera is like shopping for training bras at Victoria’s Secret – it’s almost overkill! But a sweet overkill it is, and I bet people are going to love this camera.

If you’ve gotten a new digital camera for the holidays, or if you’ve received a new software program that you want to know how to use, check out xTrain, a great web-based learning resource. They have a ton of on-line videos that will teach you how to do pretty much everything with your camera – and your computer – that you might ever want to do. And exclusively for our listeners, they offer a 15% off discount on any xTrain course or membership plan by using the code DPS on the page you’ll find here.

Please remember to sign up for email notifications from our show! Every podcast subscription service out there – and that includes you, our beloved iTunes, has a bad habit of sometimes unsubscribing you from the shows you enjoy. Like this one (we hope!).

If you just click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Emailyou’ll get the weekly posts announcing each new show in you email. How cool is that? You’ll also be letting us know how many of you care enough to take the time to subscribe, which will put big dumb smiles on our faces. Isn’t that reason enough to sign up?

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Wanna participate in the show?

• Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
• Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
• Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
• Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps.

Thanks for joining us. We hope enjoy this week’s show.

Scott

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January 28, 2008: Welcome to the eighty first episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Today it’s just me and Michael talking about all the new cameras and other cool stuff we’re hoping to see at this year’s huge photo convention PMA 08.

According to their webpage “PMA 08 hosts photo retailers, professional photographers, mass merchandisers, professional labs, custom picture framers, scrapbook retailers and event videographers from around the world.” Doncha wish your convention was hot like that?

Of course, Michael and I are so excited about our upcoming trip (we leave in one day for Vegas, baby!) that we don’t make a lot of sense on today’s show, but we somehow manage to give you the skinny on some of PMA 08′s most exciting new hardware, including:

Canon Digital Rebel 450: The entry level’s getting pretty sophisiticated.

Canon’s massive new lenses: You can get the pair for a mere $18,000!

New Pentax and Samsung Cameras: What they lack in market-share, they make up in heart. Or something like that.

Fuji’s latest point and shoot: I’ve really liked using previous iterations of the Fujifilm F100fd, a camera that would be great if they could only work one more “F” into its title.

Sony’s Smile Shutter: Quick – which do you think can recognize a human expression faster – you or your camera? If you answer the latter, this could be the shooter for you! Here’s a USA Today review of this technology, written by Edward Baig.

Blurb.com: A popular place to make your photo books.

JOBO’s third-party batteries: Spend less on batteries, more on cameras. With a name like Premio, they’ve got to be good.

If you’ve gotten a new digital camera for the holidays, or if you’ve received a new software program that you want to know how to use, check out xTrain, a great web-based learning resource. They have a ton of online videos that will teach you how to do pretty much everything with your camera – and your computer – that you might ever want to do. And exclusively for our listeners, they offer a 15% off discount on any xTrain course or membership plan by using the code DPS on the page you’ll find here.

Our latest photo contest, “Spotlight on Giving,” got fewer entries than any of our previous competitions. But are they any good? For now, you be the judge over at www.dps.phanfare.com. In a few weeks, it will be our turn. The winner will recieve a wonderful Wacom tablet. Thanks, Wacom!

Please remember to sign up for email notifications from our show! Every podcast subscription service out there – and that includes you, our beloved iTunes, has a bad habit of sometimes unsubscribing you from the shows you enjoy. Like this one (we hope!).

If you just click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email you’ll get the weekly posts announcing each new show in you email. How cool is that? You’ll also be letting us know how many of you care enough to take the time to subscribe, which will put big dumb smiles on our faces. Isn’t that reason enough to sign up?

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Wanna participate in the show?

• Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
• Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
• Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
• Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps.

Thanks for joining us. We hope enjoy this week’s show. Wish us luck in Vegas!

Scott

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January 14, 2008: Welcome to the eightieth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

If you’ve ever wanted to take better portraits – or if you’ve thought of going into business as a portrait photographer – you’ll want to check out today’s interview with Erin Manning, photographer and author of Portrait and Candid Photography: Photo Workshop.

Erin and I talk about what focal length to use for portraits, how to manipulate light to flatter your subjects and ways to get better, more relaxed and flattering poses. We also cover some business basics of portraiture, such as what you should say to potential customers and what’s the best way to show them your work.

I met Erin briefly at PPE, and I have to say I wasn’t sure what to expect on today’s interview. Suffice it to say she’s our newest Friend of the Show – totally charming, full of valuable information and able to communicate her knowledge in a way that’s accessible and interesting. What’s not to love?

Buy her book, OK? We’ll be giving away a copy to a lucky listener who signs up for her free newsletter. Listen to the show for more details.

Michael and I start the show by talking about what he’s been up to – 2008 hasn’t started out too well for him. But that just means it’s going to get better! We love you, Michael!

At the end of the show, I replay last week’s interview with Keats Elliot from Shootsac that I taped back in November at PhotoPlus Expo. The interview got cut off for most people who downloaded the show, so I present it again in its entiretly. The Shootsac is a super-light and stylish way for the active shooter to carry your lenses. If you’re really fashion-forward, you can even customize your Shootsac to match your personality – or even your outfit!

It’s too bad the interview got cut off – I heard from a lot of you who were really interested in the Shootsac, and a few of you who were even motivated to buy one. The initial listener reviews are good.

If you’d like to win a Shootsac, listen to the show, and send us the answer that completes the phrase “Can a camera bag really change the way you ____?” Send us your answer at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com by January 30th, when we will randomly pick a correct entry.

If you’ve gotten a new digital camera for the holidays, or if you’ve received a new software program that you want to know how to use, check out xTrain, a great web-based learning resource. They have a ton of online videos that will teach you how to do pretty much everything with your camera – and your computer – that you might ever want to do. And exclusively for our listeners, they offer a 15% off discount on any xTrain course or membership plan by using the code DPS on the page you’ll find here.

We’re in the very last days of our latest photo contest, “Spotlight on Giving.” You can see all the terrific entries on our show photo album www.dps.phanfare.com. The prize will be a wonderful Wacom tablet. Thanks, Wacom!

Here are the rules for DPS Photo Contest #7:

Title: A Spotlight on Giving

Theme: A subject demonstrating the act of giving.

Technique: Add a vignette to your image. A vignette can draw the viewers eye to the subject of your photo.

You can achieve a vignette by:

• Darkening around the subject, highlighting it. This works because the eye is generally drawn to the lightest object in a photo. (You can also do a reverse vignette, which lightens the area around your subject, although it’s rarely done, and rarely done well).
• Adding a selective blur around the subject, so it’s the sharpest thing in your photo.

1. Email jpg images to dpscontest@gmail.com.
2. The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.
3. You may only enter three photographs.
4. If more than three photographs are entered, the first three received shall be entered.
5. The photo must be one that you created.
6. Please include the original exif info within the image.
7. Rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know its yours).
8. If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional):
   1. Append the title after the photographers name of the image file name.
   2. Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg
9. Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.
10. Please provide us permission to post the image on our Phanfare site.
11. Photos will be accepted through Friday, 19 January, 2008.

Enjoy Being Creative!

If you want to buy DXO Optics Pro, remember 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 DXODPS.

Please remember to sign up for email notifications from our show! Every podcast subscription service out there – and that includes you, our beloved iTunes, has a bad habit of sometimes unsubscribing you from the shows you enjoy. Like this one (we hope!).

If you just click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email you’ll get the weekly posts announcing each new show in you email. How cool is that? You’ll also be letting us know how many of you care enough to take the time to subscribe, which will put big dumb smiles on our faces. Isn’t that reason enough to sign up?

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Wanna participate in the show?

• Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
• Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
• Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
• Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps.

Thanks for joining us. We hope enjoy this week’s show. Shoot safe!

Scott

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January 1, 2008: Welcome to the seventy-ninth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

A few weeks ago, listener Georgina wrote in to ask us how to organize her digital photos. Here’s part of what she had to say:

Up until now, I’ve been just shoving all my original digital files into folders by month/year and having additional subfolders for any
images I decide to process further before uploading/using them. This has worked well up to now…

However, now I’m getting to the point where the sheer number of photographs (47GB!) I have is making this system rather impractical -
my memory isn’t THAT good. I do really need a better system of organising my photos, but am really at sea where to start or what to
look for.

On today’s show, Michael and I put on our Superman capes (but not the tights, thank goodness!) and tell Georgina how we keep our pictures organized and findable.

I also play an interview with Keats Elliot from Shootsac that I taped back in November at PhotoPlus Expo. We had so much audio from that trip that we haven’t gotten to it all yet, but if you have a DSLR and some additional lenses, you should know about Shootsac. Its a super-light and stylish way for the active shooter to carry your lenses. If you’re really fashion-forward, you can even customize your Shootsac to match your personality – or even your outfit!

If you’d like to win a Shootsac, listen to the show, and send us the answer that completes the phrase “Can a camera bag really change the way you ____?” Send us your answer at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com by January 30th, when we will randomly pick a correct entry.

If you’ve gotten a new digital camera for the holidays, or if you’ve received a new software program that you want to know how to use, check out xTrain, a great web-based learning resource. They have a ton of online videos that will teach you how to do pretty much everything with your camera – and your computer – that you might ever want to do. And exclusively for our listeners, they offer a 15% off discount on any xTrain course or membership plan by using the code DPS on the page you’ll find here.

We’re in the second week of our latest photo contest, “Spotlight on Giving.” You can see all the terrific entries on our show photo album www.dps.phanfare.com. The prize will be a wonderful Wacom tablet. Thanks, Wacom!

Here are the rules for DPS Photo Contest #7:

Title: A Spotlight on Giving

Theme: A subject demonstrating the act of giving.

Technique: Add a vignette to your image. A vignette can draw the viewers eye to the subject of your photo.

You can achieve a vignette by:

• Darkening around the subject, highlighting it. This works because the eye is generally drawn to the lightest object in a photo. (You can also do a reverse vignette, which lightens the area around your subject, although it’s rarely done, and rarely done well).
• Adding a selective blur around the subject, so it’s the sharpest thing in your photo.

1. Email jpg images to dpscontest@gmail.com.
2. The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.
3. You may only enter three photographs.
4. If more than three photographs are entered, the first three received shall be entered.
5. The photo must be one that you created.
6. Please include the original exif info within the image.
7. Rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know its yours).
8. If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional):
   1. Append the title after the photographers name of the image file name.
   2. Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg
9. Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.
10. Please provide us permission to post the image on our Phanfare site.
11. Photos will be accepted through Friday, 19 January, 2008.

Enjoy Being Creative!

If you want to buy DXO Optics Pro, remember 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 DXODPS.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Wanna participate in the show?

• Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
• Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
• Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
• Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps.

Thanks for joining us here and hope you enjoy this week’s show. Now, go out, picture giving and put a spotlight on it!

Scott

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December 20, 2007: Welcome to the seventy-eight episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Today we’re joined by the fantastic Rick Sammon, who teaches us how to apply a vignette effect in Photoshop, how to use a graduated neutral density filter (this one’s for you, Laurel!) and how to take better pictures of people.

Rick is the greatest, and we’re so glad he could join us for our holiday show.

Rick teaches at xTrain. xTrain is a great resource for learning skills that will enhance your photography and your photo-processing skills. You can take two of his lessons for free on the site, and if you want to sign up for more, you’ll get, FOR A LIMTED TIME THROUGH THE END OF THIS MONTH, a 25% off discount on any xTrain course or membership plan by using the code DPS on the page you’ll find here.

If you’re thinking about using the xTrain service, I don’t think they’re going to do a better discount than this one, so I’d sign up now. In January, I’m told, the discount will go back to the generous – but-not-quite-as-generous – 15%.

A special shout-out to Randy at Randy’s PhotoBlog for this great review of the show. We also appreciate the mentions at Sightlines, Fotonomy and Jennifer Elaine . And just today, too late for the taping of the show, I see we were also chosen as a pick of the day over at Canon Blogger. We’ve gotten so many nice comments lately – it’s the holiday spirit at work!

We live for your love.

We’re in the second week of our latest photo contest, “Spotlight on Giving.” The prize will be a wonderful Wacom tablet. Thanks, Wacom!

Here are the rules for DPS Photo Contest #7:

Title: A Spotlight on Giving

Theme: A subject demonstrating the act of giving.

Technique: Add a vignette to your image. A vignette can draw the viewers eye to the subject of your photo.

You can achieve a vignette by:

• Darkening around the subject, highlighting it. This works because the eye is generally drawn to the lightest object in a photo. (You can also do a reverse vignette, which lightens the area around your subject, although it’s rarely done, and rarely done well).
• Adding a selective blur around the subject, so it’s the sharpest thing in your photo.

1. Email jpg images to dpscontest@gmail.com.
2. The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.
3. You may only enter three photographs.
4. If more than three photographs are entered, the first three received shall be entered.
5. The photo must be one that you created.
6. Please include the original exif info within the image.
7. Rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know its yours).
8. If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional):
   1. Append the title after the photographers name of the image file name.
   2. Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg
9. Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.
10. Please provide us permission to post the image on our Phanfare site.
11. Photos will be accepted through Friday, 19 January, 2008.

Enjoy Being Creative!

If you want to buy DXO Optics Pro, remember 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 DXODPS.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Wanna participate in the show?

• Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
• Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
• Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
• Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps.

Thanks for joining us here and hope you enjoy this week’s show. Now, go out, picture giving and put a spotlight on it!

Scott

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December 11, 2007: Welcome to the seventy-seventh episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Listener Brian called us on our Skype voicemail last week with a question about the best ways to photograph a low-light wedding reception. On today’s show, we surprise him by calling him back with one of the top wedding photographers in the world on the line – David Jay.

David’s a great guy and he gives Brian excellent and practical advice on what equipment to bring to the reception, and how to use it. David even gives Brian a free copy of his plug-in modules for Abobe Bridge and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. You can check them out, along with David’s other software offerings, here.

We’re just kicking off our latest photo contest, “Spotlight on Giving.” The prize will be a wonderful Wacom tablet. Thanks, Wacom!

Here are the rules for DPS Photo Contest #7:

Title: A Spotlight on Giving

Theme: A subject demonstrating the act of giving.

Technique: Add a vignette to your image. A vignette can draw the viewers eye to the subject of your photo.

You can achieve a vignette by:

• Darkening around the subject, highlighting it. This works because the eye is generally drawn to the lightest object in a photo. (You can also do a reverse vignette, which lightens the area around your subject, although it’s rarely done, and rarely done well).
• Adding a selective blur around the subject, so it’s the sharpest thing in your photo.

1. Email jpg images to dpscontest@gmail.com.
2. The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.
3. You may only enter three photographs.
4. If more than three photographs are entered, the first three received shall be entered.
5. The photo must be one that you created.
6. Please include the original exif info within the image.
7. Rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know its yours).
8. If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional):
   1. Append the title after the photographers name of the image file name.
   2. Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg
9. Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.
10. Please provide us permission to post the image on our Phanfare site.
11. Photos will be accepted through Friday, 19 January, 2008.

Enjoy Being Creative!

We’re also are giving away a free year’s membership to xTrain. xTrain is a great resource for learning skills that will enhance your photography and your photo-processing skills. Send the answer to the question we ask about the coupon code to us at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com. The cut-off date is January 1, 2008. We’ll pick a correct answer at random.

You can get a 15% off discount on any xTrain course or membership plan by using the code you’ll find here.

If you want to buy DXO Optics Pro, remember 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 DXODPS.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Wanna participate in the show?

• Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
• Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
• Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
• Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps.

Thanks for joining us here and hope you enjoy this week’s show. Now, go out, picture giving and put a spotlight on it!

Scott

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December 2, 2007: Welcome to the seventy-sixth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

On today’s show, photographer, Photoshop master and master instructor Chris Orwig joins us as we judge our most recent photo contest. Hearing an expert like Chris critique a picture can really help you improve both your photography and photo-processing skills.

Chris has some online training at Lynda.com and you should also check out his new book Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: Video Training Book, for more great video tutorials.

An entertaining and enlightening way to listen to today’s show is at your computer, looking at the finalists as we discuss them. You can find them here.

Every one of these photos is a winner, but only one can take first place, along with the Wacom Bamboo Fun Medium that comes along with it.

In the words of the brilliant and creative copywriters at Wacom (and why would I think I could do any better?):

Now there’s a simple, easy, and fun way to harness your creativity. Bamboo Fun makes your computer your canvas, allowing you to freely express yourself by simply touching the pen tip to the tablet. Touch up digital photos, draw by hand, create artwork and paintings, and even write in your own handwriting.

Bamboo Fun includes full editions of valuable creative software to help get your creative juices flowing. Edit photos with Adobe® Photoshop® Elements, create artwork with Corel® Painter™ Essentials, and apply photo effects with Nik® Color Efex™ Pro. Bamboo Fun is available in a variety of colors and sizes.

Bamboo Fun works with any software. In fact, many software applications have special features and tools that are designed to be used with a pen.

Thanks, Wacom, and congratulations to all of our finalists and, of course, to our winner…you’ll have to listen to find out who he or she is.

If you want to buy DXO Optics Pro, remember 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 DXODPS.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Wanna participate in the show?

• Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
• Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
• Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
• Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps.

Thanks for joining us here and hope you enjoy this week’s show – especially my guest co-host!

Scott

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November 25, 2007: Welcome to the seventy-fifth episode of The Digital Photography Show!
Today is our listener-appreciation show. Michael and I share sincere appreciation to our guests, our sponsors, and of course, you.

As a measure of our thanks, we share some tips and tricks we’ve learned over the past year. Some are practical, some are philosophical. We hope you find them helpful!

Some of the things and people we discuss this week are:

• Adobe’s DNG Converter
• Ann Landers (I thought she wrote the piece we read on the show; further research indicates she reprinted it from an unknown author)
• The Power Of Appreciation
• Gary Fong’s Lightspheres
• Scott Kelby
• Kevin Kubota
• Rick Sammon
• David Jay

We also talk to Michael Rubin of Nikon about some exciting upcoming promotions that the company is featuring, including a limited-time offer of a free copy of Nikon’s excellent and award-winning Capture NX software with purchases of their new D3 and D300 DSLRs. According to Nikon, you can:

Supercharge your workflow with the next generation of high-quality image editing and processing. Utilizing U PointTM technology, Advanced Nikon Capture 4 delivers you powerful tools to help you fully realize the potential of your photographic imagination.

The new Capture NX software releases not only the power of Nikon’s Electronic Format (NEF) files; for the first time it makes JPEG and TIFF processing and editing elegant and easy enough for any photographer to implement. There are no complicated procedures – Nikon’s new interface provides intuitive access to all of the tools you need. Make you photographic possibilities endless and realize the power of your imagination with Capture NX

On today’s show, Michael gives away FIVE copies of this $150US software to FIVE lucky listeners of The Digital Photography Show. Be sure to listen to the show for your chance to enter the contest – you’ll never have better odds than this!

If you want to buy DXO Optics Pro (http://dxo.com/intl/photo), remember 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 DXODPS.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

We appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Wanna participate in the show?

Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps.

Thanks for joining us here and hope you enjoy this week’s show. Remember – before you take that shot, take time to count your blessings.

Scott

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November 13, 2007: Welcome to the seventy-fourth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

On today’s show, we have a great interview with Photoshop Guru Scott Kelby, one of our favorite guests. Scott’s not only a wonderful photographer and a terrific teacher, but he’s a genuinely nice guy and I hope that his essential goodness and charm are as evident in this interview as his digital expertise is.

Scott’s latest book Scott Kelby’s 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3 is rocking the world, with ecstatic reviews and a lot of user buzz. Scott and I talk about his 7-Point (but not 7-step!) system, as well his photo editing code of ethics and the difference between Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop Lightroom. And be sure to check out his essential Gear Guide.

I mention a giveaway of his book on the show, but forgot to tell you how to enter. So, here it is: For an opportunity to win Scott’s latest opus, send us your answer to this question:

On Scott’s homepage, it says Scott Kelby is the editor and publisher of Photoshop User Magazine, Layers magazine (the how-to magazine for everything _______.)

Send the word that goes in that blank in the subject line of an email to TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com. We’ll pick a correct answer at random on November 30, 2007. Scott will even sign the book for you – and sometimes, he even uses his own name! (He signed mine “Frank N. Stein” – what a joker!)

We also talk to Michael Wong from OnOne software. They had some of the best new products I saw at Photoplus Expo.

Michael is giving away a copy of two of their great programs: PhotoFrame Pro and PhotoTune. That’s insane!

To enter THAT drawing, send us the answer to this question: On the OnOne homepage, it says that:

American PHOTO Magazine awarded the Plug-In Suite 3 a Top Imaging Software pick for ____.

What year did American PHOTO Magazine give them that award? We’ll pick TWO winners on November 30th, and I’ll give you your choice as to which program you want.

Michael and I also cover

• Wireless transmission with The Eye-Fi
• John Nack’s comments about Adobe Photoshop needing a facelift
• Adobe’s Online Program
• Microsoft gunning for Flickr – and a few others, too

If you want to buy DXO Optics Pro, remember 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 DXODPS.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Wanna participate in the show?

• Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
• Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
• Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
• Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps.

Please remember to sign up for email notifications from our show! We will pick one subscriber at random to win either a copy of onOne’s Plug-In Suite 3 for Adobe Photoshop, Alien Skin’s Snap Art or Rick Sammon’s DVD “Rick Sammon Live.” You get to choose.

Click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email.

Thanks for joining us here and hope you enjoy this week’s show.
Scott

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November 2, 2007: Welcome to the seventy-third episode of The Digital Photography Show!

On today’s show, we feature interviews with two luminaries from Photoplus Expo.

David Jay is a terrific photographer – ranked as one of the top 15 wedding photographers in the world! David tells us a little bit about his workflow, about how he uses Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and about the almost t00-sweet message on his automatic email responder. Awww, David!

If you want to win one of his David Jay’s products as described in the show, go to David’s site and sign up for his weekly newsletter. (We’ll take you at your word on this, but really do sign up, please.) Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com that says “David’s sending me mail” in the subject line and we’ll enter you into a random drawing to be chosen on November 30, 2007.

Luc Marin is the genius behind DXO Optics Pro. DxO Optics Pro offers a whole range of features to automatically correct and enhance your images. It eliminates distortion, vignetting, & lens softness through specifically developed camera/lens modules, it removes camera noise and purple fringing and it optimizes your exposure, dynamic range and colors. It’s pretty magical, and, best of all, Luc gives away a copy of this program on today’s show.

For a chance to win this outstanding program, go to to DXO’s homepage at http://dxo.com/intl/photo. On the bottom right of the page, they talk about a tool that gives you “Stunning colors under control .” Send us an email with the name of that tool in the subject line (clue: It’s called “Smart_______[fill in the blank]”) TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com. We’ll pick a correct answer at random on November 30, 2007.

If you want to buy DXO Optics Pro, remember 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 DXODPS.

On today’s show, Michael also tells us about his wedding shoot. You can see Michael’s pictures at www.stein.phanfare.com.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Wanna participate in the show?

• Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
• Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
• Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
• Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps.

Thanks for joining us here and remember: While you’re taking your pictures, picture a better a world.

Scott

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October 24, 2007: Welcome to the seventy-second episode of The Digital Photography Show!

This week, we have a slew of interviews from PhotoPlus Expo. I talk with Dave Etchells of Imaging-Resource.com about what caught his eye at the show, Tony Corbell of Nik Software about the soon-to-be-released Color Efex Pro 3.0 and Rudy Winston of Canon USA about the 40D and what Canon’s planning to do for EOS 1D Mark III owners who are having problems with their focusing mechanisms.

Thanks to Tony and Nik for giving away a free copy of Color Efex Pro 3.0. Listen to the show for details on how to win!

Other thinks we talk about on the show:

• OnOne Software
• Adobe Photoshop Express
• Wacom’s Cintiq tablet
• Gary Fong

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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 DXODPS.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Alien Skin(www.alienskin.com), Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), all great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Wanna participate in the show?

• Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
• Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
• Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
• Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps

Thanks for joining us here and we sincerely hope you enjoy this week’s show.

Scott

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October 11, 2007: Welcome to the seventy-first episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Sometimes, we hear from listeners of the show about someone doing great work in the field that we really should know about. That was the case with this week’s guest: “Carolyn Wright, The Photo Attorney.”

Long-time-listener and FOTS (Friend of The Show) Landya wrote me three weeks ago saying “I think it is time for you guys to do another ‘photography and the law’ show.”

Landya’s suggestion was Carolyn Wright, who has an excellent blog over at PhotoAttorney.com. I contacted Carolyn, asked Landya to fill-in as the co-host for the interview, and the rest is podcast history.

Carolyn is a terrific interview: interesting, articulate and accessible. The topics she discusses are ones you’ll want to know about. Do you need permission to photography a work of art in a public area? If you make money off a piece, is it automatically a commercial work? Can you put someone’s picture on your book cover without a model release?

We answer these and more questions when Landya asks me for my answers to ten common misconceptions of the law for photographers. You’ll astound at my ignorance! Carolyn then gives us the correct answers and explains the rationale behind them.

It’s really fascinating stuff, and I have to say, Carolyn explains everything so clearly that by the end of the quiz I was doing better because I had a (very) basic understanding of how the law looks at these issues.

Carolyn also is giving away a copy of her top-rated book Photographer’s Legal Guide to a lucky listener. Listen for the clue in the show, and send in your answers to TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com by October 30, 2007. We’ll pick a winner at random.

Before Carolyn and Landya join us, Michael and I take time to catch up. We talk about a lot of things, including how we use and select tripods and my new favorite cookies.

Here’s some of the stuff we discuss:

• Bogen 3021BPro tripod
• Really Right Stuff Ballhead
• Nikon D200 L Plate
• Really Right Stuff Wedding Pro Flash Bracket
• Bogen 322 RC2

Wanna hang out? I will be in NY next week for the PhotoPlus Expo, seeing all the latest and greatest equipment and software. I’m inviting listeners who want to meet up to join me Saturday, October 20th at around 5PM, somewhere around the NYC Convention Center. We can get together, introduce ourselves, and I’ll tell you all the fascinating secrets behind The Digital Photography Show (I’ll try to come up with some.) I’ll also try to score you some schwag at the Expo and we can do contests and giveaways right there. If you’re interested, send me an email with “NYC meet up” in the subject line and we’ll try to put something together.

Don’t forget to check out our latest contest. The prize is a Wacom Bamboo Fun, Medium (there is no large, so you’re getting the biggest there is!), a $199 US value.

Here’s the scoop on the contest:
Theme: A subject demonstrating the act of creativity.
Technique: Photographic technique is up to you, however you need you add that extra personal touch by “signing” your work. You can use a mouse, a trackball, or your Wacom tablet. You can use your first name, last name, or nom de plume. If you’re not using a Wacom, think how much easier it would be to write with one!
1. Email jpg images to dpscontest@gmail.com.
2. The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.
3. You may only enter three photographs.
If you send in more than three photographs, the first three received shall be the only ones considered.
4. Please include the original exif info within the image
5. Please rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know it’s yours).
6. If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional),
please append the title after the photographers name of the image file name.
Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg
7. Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.
8. Please provide us permission to post the image on our Phanfare site.
9. Photos will be accepted through Monday, 22 October, 2007.
10. Enjoy Being Creative!
You can see the contest entries at www.dps.phanfare.com.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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 NEW CODE: DXODPS. They are just about to come out with a new version that sounds amazing; if you buy now, you get the upgrade for free.

And don’t forget the fifty buck discount on Alien Skin’s Snap Art (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html). Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Wanna participate in the show?

• Send us an email at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com
• Leave a comment at www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com
• Call in a voice mail to US 301-637-7767
• Join the listener-run (thanks Laurel and Frank!) Flickr group Friends of The Digital Photography Show at http://flickr.com/groups/thedps.

Thanks for joining us here and hope you enjoy this week’s show.

Scott

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October 6, 2007: Welcome to the seventieth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Today we talk to Rick Sammon, one of the best photographers and instructors out there. Rick has many books out, and his newest venture is as one of the instructors available on xTrain.

The fine people at xTrain describe their service as follows:

xTrain is the world’s easiest-to-use online training program for graphic design, web design, digital arts, digital photography, and online marketing. The xTrain mission is to provide the best, fastest, and most affordable training for everyone from digital professionals to students, hobbyists, and companies. Online training videos are taught by industry-best instructors and authors. Using a variety of teaching models, the xTrain videos are designed to captivate and educate everyone.

We also talk to the lovely and talented Queen of All Contests Laurel Housden about the new The Digital Photography Show Flickr group she’s started.  It’s at http://www.flickr.com/groups/thedps/.

 She also raves about the 24 by 30 print she received from Mpix – you can see the unboxing and ultimate results here: http://thephotoenthusiast.com/archives/39.

Laurel is also running out latest contest. The prize is the terrific Wacom Bamboo Fun, Medium (there is no large, so you’re getting the biggest there is!), a $199 US value.

Here’s the scoop on the contest:
Theme: A subject demonstrating the act of creativity.
Technique: Photographic technique is up to you, however you need you add that extra personal touch by “signing” your work. You can use a mouse, a trackball, or your Wacom tablet. You can use your first name, last name, or nom de plume. If you’re not using a Wacom, think how much easier it would be to write with one!
1. Email jpg images to dpscontest@gmail.com.
2. The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.
3. You may only enter three photographs.
If you send in more than three photographs, the first three received shall be the only ones considered.
4. Please include the original exif info within the image
5. Please rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know it’s yours).
6. If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional),
please append the title after the photographers name of the image file name.
Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg
7. Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.
8. Please provide us permission to post the image on our Phanfare site.
9. Photos will be accepted through Monday, 22 October, 2007.
10. Enjoy Being Creative!
You can see the contest entries at www.dps.phanfare.com.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html). Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom (www.wacom.com) and Lensbabies (www.lensbabies.com), two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

We encoded the show at a higher bit rate this week – it will give us better audio quality, although the file is larger, too. Will you let us know if it sounds any better?

Thanks for joining us and we want lots of contest entries, so go to work!

Scott

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September 25, 2007: Welcome to the sixty ninth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Thanks for all kind wishes, hopes and prayer we received after last week’s show. They all meant a lot to me.

Today we talk to hot photographer and instructor Chris Orwig. In addition to being a great shooter, Chris also is a Photoshop and Lightroom guru. He teaches at Lynda.com and can always be counted on to throw some photography advice in with his post-processing tips.

Chris and I cover the gamut in this interview, and I think you’ll agree he’s a very fun and instructive guy to listen to. Check out this video of him to get a feel for how he integrates photography with his other life passions.

Then we have Michael Markum of Wacom on to tell us about their new Bamboo tablets. These powerful yet playful tablets are the best ways to interact with you computer. You can get the business-styled Bamboo or the photo-centertric Bamboo Fun, which comes with a bunch of photo-editing software.

We also talk about the Intuos line of tablets for the more serious photographers and digital artists.

Best of all, we’re giving away a Wacom Bamboo Fun, Medium (there is no large, so you’re getting the biggest there is!), a $199 US value.

Here’s the scoop on the contest, which we’re calling :Picturing Creativity with a Creative Hand.

Theme: A subject demonstrating the act of creativity.

Technique: Photographic technique is up to you, however you need you add that extra personal touch by “signing” your work. You can use a mouse, a trackball, or your Wacom tablet. You can use your first name, last name, or nom de plume. If you’re not using a Wacom, think how much easier it would be to write with one!

1. Email jpg images to dpscontest@gmail.com.
2. The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.
3. You may only enter three photographs.
If you send in more than three photographs, the first three received shall be the only ones considered.
4. Please include the original exif info within the image
5. Please rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know it’s yours).
6. If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional),
please append the title after the photographers name of the image file name.
Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg
7. Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.
8. Please provide us permission to post the image on our Phanfare site.
9. Photos will be accepted through Monday, 22 October, 2007.
10. Enjoy Being Creative!zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom and Lensbabies, two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Thanks for joining us and let’s see those creative shots!

Scott

The Digital Photography Show #68: This is Not The Digital Photography Show (11Mb, 30 mins)

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September 14, 2007: Welcome to the sixty eight episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Or, the first episode of Not the Digital Photography Show.

Today, Michael and I talk about the trials, troubles and tribulations that led to our NOT doing our regularly scheduled show this week.

It’s kind of non-traditional for a show’s hosts to talk so openly about the problems they’re having with production, but we’re not interested in hiding behind a faux-corporate façade where we’re always perfect and never suffer human foibles. That to us is very “mainstream media” in the worst sense of the phrase.

We think of our show as a conversation between friends – and that includes you. It’s in that spirit that we present the first episode of The Digital Photography Show that features almost no discussion about digital photography.

We’re going out on a limb with this one, but it was either this or you wouldn’t hear from us at all. And we’d miss talking with you.

Here’s my incredibly brave and strong son Sasha in the hospital awaiting his operation. BTW: This was taken with my iPhone.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom and Lensbabies, two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Thanks for joining us and we promise to be back next week with the REAL Digital Photography Show.

Scott

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September 14, 2007: Welcome to the sixty eight episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Or, the first episode of Not the Digital Photography Show.

Today, Michael and I talk about the trials, troubles and tribulations that led to our NOT doing our regularly scheduled show this week.

It’s kind of non-traditional for a show’s hosts to talk so openly about the problems they’re having with production, but we’re not interested in hiding behind a faux-corporate façade where we’re always perfect and never suffer human foibles. That to us is very “mainstream media” in the worst sense of the phrase.

We think of our show as a conversation between friends – and that includes you. It’s in that spirit that we present the first episode of The Digital Photography Show that features almost no discussion about digital photography.

We’re going out on a limb with this one, but it was either this or you wouldn’t hear from us at all. And we’d miss talking with you.

Here’s my incredibly brave and strong son Sasha in the hospital awaiting his operation. BTW: This was taken with my iPhone.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom and Lensbabies, two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Thanks for joining us and we promise to be back next week with the REAL Digital Photography Show.

Scott

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September 11, 2007: Welcome to the sixty seventh episode of The Digital Photography Show!

It’s just me and Michael today talking about:

• My historic meeting with Scott Kelby at his Lightroom Tour
• My New Canon 40D (a big shout out to the folks at Penn Camera who got it for me!)
• What NOT to do when you get a new camera.

We’re having a contest for a DVD from the world of Scott Kelby and the great folks at the National Association of Photoshop Professionals: The winner will receive a free copy of the $69.99 value DVD “The Best Of Photoshop User: The 9th Year.” The DVD features over 3 hours of nonstop special effects, and cool tips and tricks from Scott Kelby, Dave Cross, Matt Kloskowski, and Corey Barker.

I haven’t watched it yet, but I’m certain it’s better than the 1st-8th years.

Listen to the show, find the secret clue and send us your answer by September 30, 2007 at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

Please remember to sign up for email notifications from our show! We will pick one subscriber at random to win either a copy of onOne’s Plug-In Suite 3 for Adobe Photoshop, Alien Skin’s Snap Art or Rick Sammon’s DVD “Rick Sammon Live.” You get to choose.

Click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom and Lensbabies, two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Thanks for joining us this week – we’ll see you again in seven days. Or thereabouts. (Our lawyers made us put that last part in.)
Scott

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September 4, 2007: Welcome to the sixty sixth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Today, Michael and I are joined by Craig Strong of Lenbabies.

We’re thrilled to welcome Lensbabies aboard as our newest sponsor. In honor of their coming into the circle of love that we like to call “The Digital Photography Show,” Craig is giving away a free Lensbaby 3G. You can win it by sending us the answer to the trivia question we ask during his interview. Send it to us at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com by September, 20, 2007. We’ll pick a correct response at random.

To whet your appetite for a Lensbaby, here are a few words from their webpage.

Lensbabies are selective Focus SLR lenses. Lensbaby photos have one area in sharp focus, with that “sweet spot” surrounded by gradually increasing blur. You can move the sweet spot to any part of your photo by bending the lens.

Lensbabiesâ„¢ are perhaps the simplest way to add a completely new dimension to your photography. Try a Lensbaby when you need a creative edge or just want to have fun with your camera.

Michael and I also answer the age old question: What should you do if a friend asks you to shoot their wedding? To organize our conversation, we rely heavily on this article by Antony Hands. (http://www.rokkorfiles.com/Wedding101-page1.html) Antony’s article is a great reference, and if you’ve ever considered shooting a friend’s wedding – or any important event – you’ll want to check it out.

Please remember to sign up for email notifications from our show! We will pick one subscriber at random to win either a copy of onOne’s Plug-In Suite 3 for Adobe Photoshop, Alien Skin’s Snap Art or Rick Sammon’s DVD “Rick Sammon Live.” You get to choose.

Click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

We also appreciate the sponsorship of Wacom and Lensbabies, two great products for when you want to get creative with your photography.

Thanks for joining us here, in the Circle of Love

Scott

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August 26, 2007: Welcome to the sixty fifth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

It’s the triumphant return of Michael Stein and have we got what to talk about: Major new DSLR releases from Nikon and Canon. We compare specs on the Nikon D3 and the Nikon D300, as well as the Canon 40D.

But unlike many Canon/Nikon discussions, we’re not about player-hating. They’re both great companies and we’re glad to see so many great offering out there.

We also talk to Kevin Kubota to hear who won the charitable giving/community action scholarship he promoted on our show. The answer will shock and amaze you! We don’t want to give it away, but we will say: Kevin is The Man!!!

Please sign up for email notifications from our show! We will pick one subscriber at random to win either a copy of onOne’s Plug-In Suite 3 for Adobe Photoshop, Alien Skin’s Snap Art or Rick Sammon’s DVD “Rick Sammon Live.” You get to choose.

Click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email. It’s free, and the work of a minute.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks for being part of our community. We got so much great freedback from you guys last week. It really keeps us going.

Scott

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August 17, 2007: Welcome to the sixty fourth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Michael couldn’t join me today, so my guest host is the lovely and talented Laurel Housden, or, as we call her, The Queen of All Contests.

Laurel and I interview Chuck Delaney, the Dean of the New York Institute of Photography, which I believe is the world’s largest photography school. Chuck is a great guy, and he tells us about NYIP’s ongoing photo contest which you can find here. You can enter to win, or vote on other photos if you think they’re more deserving.

Then we talk to Joe Dellesega from MPIX. MPIX is the print house I hear about most often from digital enthusiasts, and Joe tells us why. Who know that a human being actually looks at every picture they print to check it’s color accuracy? MPIX has a wide variety of products, including statuettes, hardcover books and they even offer framing.

MPIX is having a great contest exclusively for listeners of The Digital Photography Show. You’ll win a fantastic 30×24 canvas gallery wrap print that will really make your picture look like a work of art. It’s a $150 USD value, and it’s worth every penny – I bought one six months ago and it’s hanging proudly in my home.

We’ll close the contest on September 09, 2007, so get your entries in by then. Send in the answer to the question we ask you in the show to TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com. Please put “MPIX” in the subject line so we can find your entry.

I have to thank Chuck, Joe and most especially Laurel, Queen of All Guest Hosts. You can check out the Queen’s blog at www.thephotoenthusiast.com. And make sure you listen to the end of the show to hear the special surprise I have for Laurel. She’s so cute when she’s happy!

Please remember to sign up for email notifications from our show! We will pick one subscriber at random to win either a copy of onOne’s Plug-In Suite 3 for Adobe Photoshop, Alien Skin’s Snap Art or Rick Sammon’s DVD “Rick Sammon Live.” You get to choose.

Click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

You can now get transcripts of the show at PodsinPrint.  How cool is that? Let me know how it is if you get one.

You can read Scott’s personal blog on politics, technology and what I carry around in my pocket here. And check out The Better World Show - you’ll feel good about it.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks for joining us. You guys rule.

Scott

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August 10, 2007: Welcome to the sixty third episode of The Digital Photography Show!

By the time you read this there’s either one day left in the voting for The Podcast Awards, or the voting has closed.

We’d like to thank you for your support. You guys have been incredible. Now comes the waiting – some of the winners won’t be announced till the end of September!

But whatever the outcome, we were nominated for awards in two categories and we heard from many of you that you were voting every day. To have done so well our first time out and to receive such incredibly kind wishes from our listeners – I guess you could say we’re already winners.

So: thank you, thank you, thank you! Whatever happens next is the cherry – you guys are the cake.

Today we judge our fifth photo contest: Little Creatures in a Little Color. Our special guest judge is Rudy Winston, manager of the Technical Information Department at Canon’s camera division.

We knew Rudy was technical guru, but who knew that he’d be an aesthetic genius, too? Michael and I were blown away by Rudy’s insightful, supportive and illuminating critiques of the great photos submitted for this contest – you can see them here.

Our winner will receive a Wacom Graphire4 6×8. Can you say “bling?” Its ample work space allows you have fun with your digital photos in any creative project. You can quickly and easily edit your digital photos with 512 levels of pressure sensitivity, a natural feel, and superior performance. Thanks, Wacom!

You may want to be at the computer while we judge this contest to view the photos while we talk about them. Alternatively, if you have an iPod or iTunes, check out our home page www.TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com in about two weeks – we’re going to have an “enhanced” version of this podcast that allows you to view the photos on your video iPod, iPhone or on iTunes.

Listen twice!

We also pump Rudy (but in a nice way) for information about the hotly anticipated Canon 40D. Rumors were flying wild over the net about this camera in the past few days – you can see one example here.

Unfortunately, Rudy would have fared well during the Inquisition: He’s pretty good a keeping his mouth shut. But he did promise to come back on the show as soon as he’s free to tell us about what’s the next big thing from Canon.

Much love to Laurel, Queen of All Photo Contests. This was her first photo contest, and she performed flawlessly. Let’s see if she stick around for another! You can check out the Queen’s blog at www.thephotoenthusiast.com.

Please remember to sign up for email notifications from our show! We will pick one subscriber at random to win either a copy of onOne’s Plug-In Suite 3 for Adobe Photoshop, Alien Skin’s Snap Art or Rick Sammon’s DVD “Rick Sammon Live.” You get to choose.

Click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

You can read Scott’s personal blog on politics, technology and why watching a Democratic debate is like seeing Gladys Knight and the Pips here.
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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

We’re glad you’re listening and joining us here on the blog. Again, we really appreciate your votes for The Podcast Awards. It’s in the hands of the bean-counters now. Thanks for the beans!

Scott

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July 27, 2007: Welcome to the “We’re On Our Knees and Begging You” episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Today, we shill again for your votes in The Podcast Awards. But we keep it mercifully short.

Remember: You can vote every day. And given the size and popularity of the shows we’re against, we’re going to need you to.

You might get a confirmation email from the folks at The Podcast Awards to ascertain that your vote was real. Please check your junk email folder if it doesn’t arrive in your inbox.

Today, it’s just me and my best buddy Michael as we talk about what’s in the news, included the new JPEX XR format from Microsoft and this article from the Popular Photography website on how to shoot insects. With your camera.

I also give Michael a surprise photo quiz based on the this article from the May 2007 Pop Photo magazine. Don’t read it before you listen to the show or you won’t be able to play along!

Michael and I then talk about some of our favorite productivity or playful program for Windows and Mac computers:

• Skype
• Photobooth
• Activewords
• Anagram
• Snag it and Skitch
• Photopresenter
• Mindmanger
• Earthdesk
• BitsDuJour
  
  Please remember to sign up for email notifications from our show! We will pick one subscriber at random to win either a copy of onOne’s Plug-In Suite 3 for Adobe Photoshop, Alien Skin’s Snap Art or Rick Sammon’s DVD “Rick Sammon Live.” You get to choose.

Click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

You can read Scott’s personal blog on politics, technology and why he’s feeling like Sally Fields these days here.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog. AND THANKS FOR THE NOMINATIONS!

Now, go take great pictures. And vote!

Scott

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July 27, 2007: Welcome to the listener appreciation sixty first episode of The Digital Photography Show! Why are we so appreciative?

Because you nominated us for two Podcast Awards! Words can’t express how grateful we are. You made this happen and it’s incredibly humbling to know that you’d come through for us like this. You guys rule!

Voting for the awards starts on July 28th Click on any of the banners on this page to go to the voting site. You can vote once a day for us in both the Cultural/Arts category and the People’s Choice Award.

Now that we’re nominated, we’d be incredibly appreciative if you’d take the time to vote for us, too.

Did we mention you could vote once every day?

Today we’re joined by listener Michael Rather from The Digital Photography Connection (www.thedigitalphotographyconnection.com). Michael provides a great resource with this site, as well as with his two podcasts: Photoshop for Digital Photographers and Lightroom for Digital Photographers.

Michael presents a ton of free flash videos that feature different techniques for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and general photography. His videos are like really good potato chips – you can’t watch just one. And unlike the potato chips, they’re non-fattening.

Also check out the finalists for our latest photo contest here. Thanks to everyone who entered – it was really hard narrowing it down to a lucky 13 finalists. And special thanks to Laurel, Queen of All Photo Contests. You can check out the Queen’s blog at www.thephotoenthusiast.com.

The prize for this contest will be a Wacom 6×8 Graphire Tablet. Michael and I love our Wacom tablets, and after you use one, you will, too. There isn’t an easier, more intuitive or more creative way you can interact with your PC.

Please remember to sign up for email notifications from our show! We will pick one subscriber at random to win either a copy of onOne’s Plug-In Suite 3 for Adobe Photoshop, Alien Skin’s Snap Art or Rick Sammon’s DVD “Rick Sammon Live.” You get to choose.

Click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

You can read Scott’s personal blog on politics, technology and why watching a Democratic debate is like seeing Gladys Knight and the Pips here.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog. AND THANKS FOR THE NOMINATIONS!

Now, go take great pictures. And vote!

Scott

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July 22, 2007: Welcome to the sensational sixtieth episode of The Digital Photography Show! Sixty shows? Holy guacamole! No wonder we’re so tired!

Today, Kevin Kubota comes on to tell us about a great thing he doing: Holding one spot in each of his sold out workshops for a full scholarship to any of Kubota Image Tools’ upcoming Bootcamps – including the long sold-out October 2007 Bootcamp, for an individual who has made significant efforts to give back to his or her community.

The Digital Photography Bootcamp scholarship includes full program fee plus lodging and all meals (a $2,195 value). The scholarship winner is responsible for transportation costs to/from Rock Springs Guest Ranch in Bend, OR (www.RockSprings.com) as well as their own social activities.

To apply, photographers can e-mail Kubota Image Tools at kecia@kubotaimagetools.com with a one-page letter explaining why they should be considered for the scholarship. A description of any charity work that they currently do (whether utilizing photographic skills or not) should be included. Submissions must also include a portfolio of 20 image samples. Image file size should be no larger than 750×750 at 72dpi.

The Kubota Digital Photography Bootcamp is a 5-day workshop for professional photographers (or dedicated hobbyists) designed to supply all of the technical know-how to run a successful digital portrait/wedding studio; at the same time, it encourages continued development of a photographer’s unique style and creativity.

We here at The Digital Photography Show love, love, love this idea. It’s so important to do what you can to help make this world a better place. We applaud Kevin for his contribution towards recognizing and rewarding the volunteerism of others.

We also talk to listener Bryen Ford. Bryen is a sports photographer who is shooting with that most coveted of cameras: The Canon EOS 1D Mark III. Listen as we ask him if it’s really worth $4,500. We also talk about what lenses he uses and how he’s managed to turn what was previously a hobby into a profitable business doing photography. Making money at something you love doing? Now, there’s an idea!

We’re releasing this show probably a day or two before the nominations will be up The Podcast Awards. Many of you wrote to tell us that you nominated our show, and we deeply appreciate it. Would you please take a moment to surf on over to www.podcastawards.com and see if we made the list? And, if we did, will you vote for us? We’ll be bugging you about this again if we scored a nomination, but every little bit helps. Thanks!

Please remember to sign up for email notifications from our show! We will pick one subscriber at random to win either a copy of onOne’s Plug-In Suite 3 for Adobe Photoshop, Alien Skin’s Snap Art or Rick Sammon’s DVD “Rick Sammon Live.” You get to choose. Click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

You can read Scott’s personal blog on politics, technology and why Methodists deserve freedom here.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog.

Scott

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July 13, 2007: Welcome to the fifty-ninth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Today, we have a great interview with Rick Sammon, one of the best triple-threat photographer/writer/teachers out there.

Rick shares his Top Ten Tricks for Ultimate Travel Photography. Click here for the original article as it appeared in PC Photo magazine.

Rick also tells us about his new DVD “Rick Sammon’s Canon EOS Digital Rebel Personal Training Photo Workshop.” This is a great resource not only for Digital Rebel users, but anyone who wants to know how to better employ their DSLRs. You’ll get 90 minutes of creamy Sammon goodness as he takes you on location and gives you his one-on-one training in how to get the most out of your DSLR.

Michael and I also talk about Scott Kelby’s blog and the New York Times article on choosing the best entry-level DSLR (see post below).

We also are asking you to nominate us for a Podcast Award. Nominations close at midnight on July 14, so act fast! Here’s the simple five-step plan for how you can help out.

1) Just click the link to go to www.podcastawards.com.
2) Click on the small blue text in the top box that says “Click here to nominate.”
3) When there, you can enter us in People’s Choice and one other category. But since we probably will never win the People’s Choice, don’t bother with that one.
Just nominate us in the Cultural/Arts category. Don’t nominate us for any other category – if you nominate us for more than one category (with the exception of “People’s Choice,”) neither vote counts!
You have to fill out our show’s name and our URL like this:
The Digital Photography Show
http://www.thedigitalphotographyshow.com
4) Then, you have to go to the bottom of the pageand enter your name, your email, and whether you’re a podcaster, listener or both.
5) Hit “Submit” and you’re done!

You can only nominate us once, so when you’ve taken care of this, you’re done!

We can’t give you a prize for nominating us for an award (that would be bribery, which is wrong. Plus, we’d get caught and discredited.) but we can send you a prize if you sign up for email notifications from our show! We will pick one subscriber at random to win either a copy of onOne’s Plug-In Suite 3 for Adobe Photoshop, Alien Skin’s Snap Art or Rick Sammon’s DVD “Rick Sammon Live.” You get to choose.

Click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email.

It’s almost the cut off for our latest contest: Litle Creatures in A Little Color. The official sponsor of our contests is Wacom.

We are looking for animals smaller than a cat, which also means No cats and No dogs. Rodent s such as ferrets, gerbils, hamsters, rats, are okay. Bugs, lizards, amphibian are also good. The subj ects can be posed or not. Alive or dead, but you can’t kill it for the contest. And please, no roadkill.
The Technique is: Duotone. This technique is performed with your image processing program. You make th e image have only to colors, any colors you want, however black and white (together) are not acceptable.
1. Email jpg images to dpscontest@gmail.com.
2. The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.
3. You may only enter three photographs.
If more than three photographs are entered, the first three received shall be entered.
4. Please include the original exif info within the image
5. Please rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know its yours).
6. If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional),
please append the title after the photographers name of the image file name.
Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg
7. Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.
8. Please provide us permission to post the image on our Phanfare site.
9. Photos will be accepted through Saturday, 14 July, 2007.
Bastille Day
10. Have fun. And hope you win, the prize will be a wonderful Wacom tablet. Wacom tablets are the best tools for interacting with you computer and they can’t be beat for photo editing.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

You can read Scott’s personal blog on politics, technology and why well-built guys have more…fun here.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog.

Scott

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June 28, 2007: Welcome to the fifty-eight episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Today, we have a great feature for you – the best shopping sites on the web (see list below).

We introduce on today’s show to two of our listeners, Bob Garas, winner of many photo competitions, and Laurel Housden, Queen of All Contests.

We then talk about the workshop Michael and I are going to attend for his not- birthday.

We also are asking you to nominate us for a Podcast Award. Yes, we know, awards are petty and shallow, but, luckily, so are we! Here’s how you can help out.

1) Just click the link to go to www.podcastawards.com.

2) Click on the small blue text in the top box that says “Click here to nominate.”

3) When there, you can enter us in People’s Choice and one other category. But since we probably will never win the People’s Choice, don’t bother with that one.

Just nominate us in the Cultural/Artscategory. Don’t nominate us for any other category – if you nominate us for more than one category (with the exception of “People’s Choice,”) neither vote counts!

You have to fill out our show’s name and our URL like this:

The Digital Photography Show

http://www.thedigitalphotographyshow.com

4) Then, you have to go to the bottom of the pageand enter your name, your email, and whether you’re a podcaster, listener or both.

5) Hit “Submit” and you’re done!

You can only nominate us once, so when you’ve taken care of this, you’re done!

We can’t give you a prize for nominating us for an award (that would be bribery, which is wrong. Plus, we’d get caught and discredited.) but we can send you a prize if you sign up for email notifications from our show! We will pick one subscriber at random to win either a copy of onOne’s Plug-In Suite 3 for Adobe Photoshop, Alien Skin’s Snap Art or Rick Sammon’s DVD “Rick Sammon Live.” You get to choose.

Click here to Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email.

Here are the sites we talk about on today’s show:

• www.bhphoto.com
• www.adorama.com
• www.penncamera.com
• www.cameratown.com
• www.buydig.com
• www.2filters.com
• www.techbargains.com
• www.bensbargains.net
• www.amazon.com
• www.ebay.com
• www.imaging-resource.com
• www.thomasdistributing.com

I’m sure we missed some good shops, so if you want to add to that list, just jot a note in the comments below. We’d especially love if our international friends could share some of their favorites sites.

One more week for our current contest: Little Creatures in A Little Color. The official sponsor of our contests is Wacom.

We are looking for animals smaller than a cat, which also means No cats and No dogs. Rodent s such as ferrets, gerbils, hamsters, rats, are okay. Bugs, lizards, amphibian are also good. The subj ects can be posed or not. Alive or dead, but you can’t kill it for the contest. And please, no roadkill.

The Technique is: Duotone. This technique is performed with your image processing program. You make th e image have only to colors, any colors you want, however black and white (together) are not acceptable.

1. Email jpg images to dpscontest@gmail.com.

2. The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.

3. You may only enter three photographs.
If more than three photographs are entered, the first three received shall be entered.

4. Please include the original exif info within the image

5. Please rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know its yours).

6. If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional),
please append the title after the photographers name of the image file name.
Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg

7. Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.

8. Please provide us permission to post the image on our Phanfare site.

9. Photos will be accepted through Saturday, 14 July, 2007.
Bastille Day

10. Have fun. And hope you win, the prize will be a wonderful Wacom tablet. Wacom tablets are the best tools for interacting with you computer and they can’t be beat for photo editing.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

Many of you have checked out and left nice messages on my new blog here. Glad to have you aboard!

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog.

And here’s the new not-Canon 40D

Click here for a version you can click to see full-size.

Scott

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June 28, 2007: Welcome to the fifty-seventh episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Don’t forget to sign up for email notifications from our show! We will pick one subscriber at random to win either a copy of onOne’s Plug-In Suite 3 for Adobe Photoshop, Alien Skin’s Snap Art or Rick Sammon’s DVD “Rick Sammon Live.” You get to choose. Subscribe to TPN :: The Digital Photography Show by Email

Today we talk with Chris Butcher of Penn Camera about how to clean you camera’s sensor.

DLSRs are pretty delicate; their sensors even more so. Not only are they subject to bumps and drops, but their innards are sensitive to even a speck of dirt.

Your camera’s sensor is a particularly vulnerable target for dust, which is drawn to it with a Gremlinesque attraction. Dirt on your sensor will show up as small dots or smears in your picture. A whole industry has formed around the need to keep your sensor pristine.

Chris walks us through the different options for cleaning your sensor. They include:

• Giotto Blowers
• Visible Dust Brushes included the Arctic Butterfly (which I think sounds straight out of the Karma Sutra)
• SensorSwabs and Eclipse Fluid
• Delkin SensorScope

If you enjoyed Chris on the show and want to purchase any of the products he’s talked about, would you show your appreciation by buying them from Penn Camera? They have a great mail order service, and I’m sure they’d be glad to serve you. Let them know you heard about them The Digital Photography Show!

Also on the show, we cover updates to Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom.

We congratulate our listener Bob Garras who won first place in Popular Photography’s “Your Best Shot” contest. Great picture, Bob, and congratulations!

We also welcome aboard Laurel, Queen of All Photo Contests. Laurel will be maintaining our Phanfare contest site. Yay, Laurel!

Speaking of our contests, here’s the skinny on our latest: Little Creatures in A Little Color.

We are looking for animals smaller than a cat, which also means No cats and No dogs. Rodent s such as ferrets, gerbils, hamsters, rats, are okay. Bugs, lizards, amphibian are also good. The subj ects can be posed or not. Alive or dead, but you can’t kill it for the contest. And please, no roadkill.

The Technique is: Duotone. This technique is performed with your image processing program. You make th e image have only to colors, any colors you want, however black and white (together) are not acceptable.

1. Email jpg images to dpscontest@gmail.com.

2. The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.

3. You may only enter three photographs.
If more than three photographs are entered, the first three received shall be entered.

4. Please include the original exif info within the image

5. Please rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know its yours).

6. If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional),
please append the title after the photographers name of the image file name.
Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg

7. Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.

8. Please provide us permission to post the image on our Phanfare site.

9. Photos will be accepted through Saturday, 14 July, 2007.
Bastille Day

10. Have fun.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

And if you want to check out Scott’s new blog and see what other nonsense I’m up to, check it out here. And leave me a message letting me know you came by!

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog.

Scott

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June 22, 2007: Welcome to the fifty-sixth episode of The Digital Photography Show! It’s all Michael’s fault!

Today we talk with Paul Schmidt, President of Photodex, makers of Pro Show Gold.

Pro Show Gold turns your pictures into outstanding slideshows, with beautiful transitions, stunning clarity and the background music of your choice. Paul tells us all about the program. I’m especially interested in how it is that Pro Show Gold burns on DVDs – will they really play on the DVD players we connect to our TVs? Paul gives us the skinny on the best kinds of DVDs to use and burn.

A lucky listener will also win a copy of Pro Show Gold. Send the answer to the question we ask on the show to us at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

In the news, we cover CNET’s review of the Canon EOS 1D Mark III and Safari for Windows (see below).

Then we cover this excellent article from the online resource Digital Photography School on how to take group shots.

Also on the show, Michael and I talk about our latest contest: Little Creatures in A Little Color. Here’s the buzz on the contest.

We are looking for animals smaller than a cat, which also means No cats and No dogs. Rodent s such as ferrets, gerbils, hamsters, rats, are okay. Bugs, lizards, amphibian are also good. The subj ects can be posed or not. Alive or dead, but you can’t kill it for the contest. And please, no roadkil l.

The Technique is: Duotone. This technique is performed with your image processing program. You make th e image have only to colors, any colors you want, however black and white (together) are not acceptable.

1. Email jpg images to dpscontest@gmail.com.

2. The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.

3. You may only enter three photographs.
If more than three photographs are entered, the first three received shall be entered.

4. Please include the original exif info within the image

5. Please rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know its yours).

6. If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional),
please append the title after the photographers name of the image file name.
Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg

7. Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.

8. Please provide us permission to post the image on our Phanfare site.

9. Photos will be accepted through Saturday, 14 July, 2007.
Bastille Day

10. Have fun.

Check out the contest entries here.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog.

Scott

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June 15, 2007: Welcome to the fifty-fifty episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Today we talk with Michael Wong, Vice President of Marketing for OnOne Software. Michael tells us all about their terrific plug-ins for Photoshop, including Genuine Fractals, Mask Pro, Photoframe Pro and Intellihance Pro.

Michael makes a generous offer of 15% off any of OnOne’s products. Just enter the code “DPS” at checkout from OnOne’s site. Michael tells me he’ll leave the code active till mid-August 2007, so you have plenty of time to try out their software. Love it? But it – for 15% off!

A lucky listener will also win a copy of their full Plug-In Suite 3, which contains all of those plug-ins. Send us an email by July 4th, 2007 and complete this phrase from OnOne’s homepage: “Software that gets you back to _________.”

Put “OnOne Contest” in the subject line of your email, please.

Also on the show, Michael and I go over the rules for our latest contest: Little Creatures in A Little Color.

We are looking for animals smaller than a cat, which also means No cats and No dogs. Rodent s such as ferrets, gerbils, hamsters, rats, are okay. Bugs, lizards, amphibian are also good. The subj ects can be posed or not. Alive or dead, but you can’t kill it for the contest. And please, no roadkill.

The Technique is: Duotone. This technique is performed with your image processing program. You make the image have only two colors, any colors you want, however black and white (together) are not acceptable.

1. Email jpg images to dpscontest@gmail.com.

2. The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.

3. You may only enter three photographs.
If more than three photographs are entered, the first three received shall be entered.

4. Please include the original exif info within the image

5. Please rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know its yours).

6. If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional),
please append the title after the photographers name of the image file name.
Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg

7. Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.

8. Please provide us permission to post the image on our Phanfare site.

9. Photos will be accepted through Saturday, 14 July, 2007.
Bastille Day

10. Have fun.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html). Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog. You rock!

Scott

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June 8, 2007: Welcome to the fifty-fourth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

You know how it goes…a few weeks of guests and then Michael and I like to catch up just with each other. And you.

Today, we cover a few things in the news such as the latest update to Adobe Camera Raw, the PC World Top 100 Products List, and we reflect on our latest photo contest.

We also tell you about Scott’s t-shirt design (see post below).

Michael and I have some questions for you this week:

• Would you like to volunteer to post the pictures for our photography contests? It would take you a few hours a week. We’ll try to find a goody that you might enjoy for your troubles, but you’d mostly be doing it for the, um, glory.
• Do you know a great easy-to-use website design program that will allow me to insert a blog (either through WordPress or Typepad)?
• Would you be interested in doing a photography workshop/retreat with us and some of your fellow listeners?

Send us your answers at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

Then, it’s onto The Secret Origin of The Digital Photography Show. Michael and I talk about how we met, how we got started podcasting, and what personal challenges we had to overcome to be any good at this. We also share our triumphs and our undying appreciation for you, without whom none of this would be possible.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog.

Listener David sent me this Mark Twain quote, which I’ll reproduce for you here. It sums up a lot of my attitude about life, and is the kind of thinking which has allowed Michael and me put so much of ourselves into the show:

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover”

Isn’t that true? And that’s the theme of today’s show. Whether you want to write a book, compose a song, enter a photo contest, climb a mountain, create great art or just learn more about it – do it. “Throw off the bowlines.”

We’ll see you on the other shore.

Scott

June 1, 2007: Welcome to the fifty-third episode of The Digital Photography Show!

On this show we critique and judge our latest photo contest: The Natural World. We’re joined by the multi-talented and always instructive Kevin Kubota.

Kevin is a rock star of a photographer – rated one of the top ten wedding photographers in the world! He also teaches workshops and markets his own line of Photoshop actions that will make it looks as if you spent hours in the digital darkroom – in just minutes!

As I’ve said before on this blog (see previous entry) the vast majority of entries we received for this contest were wonderful, beautiful, fabulous – you name it. On today’s show, you’ll find out who wins the grand prize – a Wacom Graphire 6×8 tablet.

Check out the finalists here.

We’d love to hear what you thought of the show either here on the blog or at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

We also talked (off air) to Kevin about the possibility of his doing a workshop just for our listeners. Would you be interested in attending a workshop with me, Michael and twenty or so of your fellow listeners? We don’t know where or when yet, but if enough of you are into it, we’ll talk to Kevin about locking something in.

Michael and I think it would be great to meet and shoot with you. And we’d all have a ball learning from Kevin.

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 (http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.html) and the 50% discount on Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/index.html) . Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog. Enjoy the finalists!

Scott

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May 26, 2007: Welcome to the fifty-second episode of The Digital Photography Show!

We’ve been using Phanfare forever to share our photos and host our photo contests. Today, CEO and founder of Phanfare Andrew Erlichson comes on to tell us about what’s new and improved with the service and a little about what’s coming up, too.

He also makes a great offer of sanctuary to Yahoo photo users.

We’re big fans of Phanfare. Try it free for a month and you may be, too. Also, check out our Phanfare page at http://dps.phanfare.com and see our latest contest entries. It’s too late to send in your pictures, but you can definitely enjoy those of your fellow listeners.

Andrew also gives away a free Phanfare subscription. Enter the contest to enjoy a year’s worth of beautiful online albums. Send your answers to us at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

Speaking of the conest, the winner takes home a Wacom Graphire 6×8 tablet. He or she will enjoy the best in pen-based, natural photo editing.

We also talk with Kerry of L7Foto.com. Kerry is a listener of The Digital Photography Show, so we’d love him even if he hadn’t started a very useful site where he features some great deals for his fellow photographers.

In other listener news, Andrew has created Fotobonobo.com, a Flickr-type site which lists and ranks stories of interest to digi-shooters. I bookmarked Andrew’s site and I think you should, too. Tons of useful reviews, news and tips await!

We love when our listeners get jiggy with it, creating new and useful resources.

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 and the 50% discount (!!!) on Exposure. Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog. Go make some art!

Scott

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May 18, 2007: Welcome to the adjective-less fifty-first episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Today we talk with Doug Murdoch from Think Tank Photo. TTP makes a lot of great solutions for transporting your camera gear, but Michael and I are especially ga-ga over their Modulus line. This terrific belt-borne system lets you carry your DLSR accessories around with almost-no effort, and allows you easy to access to whatever you need.

Enter the contest we’re having this week and you’ll have the chance to win one of two great TTP products: Either their Modulus Speed Kit or this “keep it on the down low” bag from their Urban Disguise line.

Miguel and I also talk about how to remove a beta install of Photoshop CS3 from your Mac before you install the full version, as well as his gripes about synchronizing Adobe Bridge with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

We also wax rhapsodic (which I can spell but not say) about the brilliant entries from our latest photo contest which you can find here. Here are the rules, but check the deadline. You better hurry!

The Theme is the Natural World. That means: no buildings, no people, no artifacts made by people, and no animals (yes, insects are animals too!). By the way, we love people and animals even though they are indeed part of the natural word, however they are not part of the Natural World of DPS Photo Contest #4. So what is the Natural World? Just about everything else found in nature. The photograph should not just comply with the theme, but truly speak to the theme of the Natural World.

The Technique is to produce images with a very shallow depth of field. Your subject should be in sharp focus and everything in the foreground and background would be out of focus. The spirit of the shallow depth of field technique is that the image be captured in-camera, and not through post processing. We’ll be on the honor system for this.
Photos will be accepted through Friday, 25 May, 2007.
You can only enter three photographs. If more than three photographs are entered, the first three received shall be entered.
The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.
Please include the original exif info within the image
Please rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know it’s yours).
If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional), please append the title after the photographer’s name of the image file name.
Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg

FYI: Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.

The winner of our next photo contest takes home a Wacom Graphire 6X8 tablet. It’s more tablety goodness than you can shake a stylus at! Good luck!

Send your pictures to TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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, and the 50% discount on Exposure. Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

You can see examples of how we tranformed some pretty “blah photos” to works of art using Snap Art here.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog. Snap happy!

Scott

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May 10, 2007: Welcome to the fabulous fiftieth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Fifty episodes – holy cow! We could never have gotten this far without your encouragement, participation and support. Thanks for being part of The Digital Photography Show!

Our guest today is the wonderful, funny and talented Scott Kelby! Scott is one of our most requested guests, and it’s easy to hear why. Today we discuss:

• His new and improved and almost-magical home page.
• His lighting video
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
• Scott’s brilliant book on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom:
• The finalists in our third photo contest

Scott helps us review the finalists of our third contest. It’s very enlightening to hear someone who really knows photography – and photo editing – talk about a picture. You’ll learn a lot by listening his critiques of our finalists.

And don’t forget to enter the contest for a free copy of Scott’s Lightroom book. Send your answers to us at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

Also remember our ongoing Photo Contest #4. Here are the rules from Michael: Ruler of the Contests:

The Theme is the Natural World. That means: no buildings, no people, no artifacts made by people, and no animals (yes, insects are animals too!). By the way, we love people and animals even though they are indeed part of the natural word, however they are not part of the Natural World of DPS Photo Contest #4. So what is the Natural World? Just about everything else found in nature. The photograph should not just comply with the theme, but truly speak to the theme of the Natural World.

The Technique is to produce images with a very shallow depth of field. Your subject should be in sharp focus and everything in the foreground and background would be out of focus. The spirit of the shallow depth of field technique is that the image be captured in-camera, and not through post processing. We’ll be on the honor system for this.
Photos will be accepted through Friday, 25 May, 2007.
You can only enter three photographs. If more than three photographs are entered, the first three received shall be entered.
The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.
Please include the original exif info within the image
Please rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know it’s yours).
If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional), please append the title after the photographer’s name of the image file name.
Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg

FYI: Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.

The winner of our next photo contest takes home a Wacom tablet. Good luck!

Send your pictures to TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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, and the 50% discount on Exposure. Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog. Remember: The show may be 50, but we don’t sound a day over 45!

Scott

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May 03, 2007: Welcome to the framey forty ninth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Why framey? Because we talk about digital picture frames – a perfect gift for the next big holiday here in the states – Mother’s Day. (Although, in our very progressive household, we call it “Special Women in Our Lives Day.”)

Our guest is Stefan Guelpen, President of Smartparts Products. Among other things, Smartparts makes digital picture frames which are sold in most major retail outlets here in the US.

Stefan tells us what to look for in a digital picture frame and describes the options offered by Smartparts, including a cool portable, battery-powered frane that also plays digital movies.

You can enter the drawing for Smartparts 8” frame by completing this phrase: “Smartpart…For I___________ People.” You can find out the missing word here.

Michael and I also talk about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, the new printer from Xerox that understands simple English, how you figure out if a vendor on the web is legitimate, and how some women are making money with their cameras.

Links:

• Xerox’s new printer
• Resellerratings.com
• NY Times

We also update you on our ongoing Photo Contest #4. Here are the rules from Michael: Ruler of the Contests:

The Theme is the Natural World. That means: no buildings, no people, no artifacts made by people, and no animals (yes, insects are animals too!). By the way, we love people and animals even though they are indeed part of the natural word, however they are not part of the Natural World of DPS Photo Contest #4. So what is the Natural World? Just about everything else found in nature. The photograph should not just comply with the theme, but truly speak to the theme of the Natural World.

The Technique is to produce images with a very shallow depth of field. Your subject should be in sharp focus and everything in the foreground and background would be out of focus. The spirit of the shallow depth of field technique is that the image be captured in-camera, and not through post processing. We’ll be on the honor system for this.

Send your pictures to TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.
Photos will be accepted through Friday, 25 May, 2007.
You can only enter three photographs. If more than three photographs are entered, the first three received shall be entered.
The image must be in jpg format, and no more than 800 pixels on its widest side.
Please include the original exif info within the image
Please rename the image file with the photographers first and last name (so we know it’s yours).
If you are inclined to title your image (titles are optional), please append the title after the photographer’s name of the image file name.
Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg

FYI: Only one image per entrant can be eligible as a finalist.
The winner of our next photo contest takes home the super-sexy Wacom Graphire 6×8 Bluetooth Tablet. Check out this wireless goodness and know what it is to experience true photo-editing comfort.

Send your pictures to TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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, and the 50% discount on Exposure. Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog. Keep the emails and posts coming.

Scott

The Digital Photography Show #48: New contest, Canon updates and a lot of blather! (18.5MB, 52 mins)

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April 23, 2007: Welcome to the friendly forty eight episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Today’s show it’s just a couple of nerd-boys sitting around talking. After a busy five weeks of interviews from PMA and with the wonderful Bobbi Lane, Michael and I wanted to catch up with you and with each other.

• We talk about a of stuff tonight including
• Depth of Field: Check out how complicated it can get on Wikipedia
  or better yet, here is an article from the Luminous Landscape called Understanding Depth of Field and their followup article Do Wide Angle Lenses Really Have Greater Depth of Field Than Telephotos?
• The finalists are posted from our last photo contest. You can see them here
• Updated firmware for Canon DSLRs
• Scott Kelby’s new blog/homepage
• Debbie Grossman’s guide to editing JPEGs with masks

The winner of our next photo contest takes home the super-sexy Wacom Graphire 6×8 Bluetooth Tablet. Check out this wireless goodness and know what it is to experience true photo-editing comfort.

Photo Contest #4:
The Theme is the Natural World. That means: no buildings, no people, no artifacts made by people, and no animals (yes, insects are animals too!). By the way, we love people and animals even though they are indeed part of the natural word, however they are not part of the Natural World of DPS Photo Contest #4. So what is the Natural World? Just about everything else found in nature. The photograph should not just comply with the theme, but truly speak to the theme of the Natural World.

The Technique is to produce images with a very shallow depth of field. Your subject should be in sharp focus and everything in the foreground and background would be out of focus. The spirit of the shallow depth of field technique is that the image be captured in-camera, and not through post processing. We’ll be on the honor system for this.

Example file name: MichaelStein_ElbowStuckInEar.jpg

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, and the 50% discount on Exposure. Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog. You are the wind beneath our wings. Keep the emails and posts coming.

Scott

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April 17 , 2007: Welcome to the full-bodied forty seventh episode of The Digital Photography Show! Why full-bodied? Because full-bodied means “rich in tone and strong in volume.” So crank up the audio and let’s go!

Today our guest is the talented and delightful Bobbi Lane. Bobbi is an accomplished photographer and instructor. She is the author of Creative Techniques for Color Photography and she has a training DVD called Portrait Lighting Techniques.

Bobbi is on today to tell us how you plan and shoot a story with pictures. Whether you call it a photo essay or photojournalism or any other name, how do you use your camera to convey a tale of people, time and place?

It’s really a fantastic chat – Bobbi is a great teacher with a totally accessible approach. You’ll learn what you need to consider before you go on your shoot, what supplies you should bring and how to structure an interesting and compelling narrative with pictures.

Next week, we’ll announce the finalists for our latest photo contest. The lucky winner will get Wacom Graphire Bluetooth Tablet. The Graphire Bluetooth gives you over 30-feet of wireless freedom and allows you work without the hassle of a cord. Compatible with any Bluetooth 1.1 or higher computer, the Graphire Bluetooth is easy to install and operate. We really appreciate Wacom’s sponsorship of our contests.

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 and the 50% discount on their excellent Exposure. Just call and tell them you heard about it on The Digital Photography Show.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog. Keep the emails and posts coming. You make us feel might-eee real.

Scott

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April 9, 2007: Welcome to the faith-filled forty sixth episode of The Digital Photography Show!

Today’s show features the last of our interviews from PMA.

We talk to:

1. Nik Software: They make fantastic photo filters that plug into Photoshop. They’re giving away a free copy of their very popular Color Efex Select to a lucky listener. This is great software that Michael and I use all the time.
2. Sharpcast: This photo-sharing site has some nifty back-up and synchronization features. Enter our drawing to win a free year of full membership.
3. Crumpler: They make very funky and functional bags to carry your stuff – including your digital photography stuff.
4. Zoom Album: This is a great way to share your photos in a traditional medium called…what’s the word again? Oh yeah, print. You make these super-pocketable albums using your home printer and they turn out really neat. We have three sets of these you can win by answering the trivia question in the show.

Also, have you entered our show’s latest photo contest – “Food on the Move?”

Not many of you have, which means your odds are better for winning a Wacom Graphire 6×8 Bluetooth Tablet. Check out this wireless goodness and know what it is to experience true photo-editing comfort.

Send your pictures to TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com.

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.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog. Keep the emails and posts coming.

In the spirit of this Passover/Easter/Who-knows-what-else-season, I’ll leave you with these inspirational words from the Unitarian Universalist First Parish in Concord, MA. We say this at the closing of every service at our local UU Church.

Go out into the World in Peace
Have Courage
Hold on to what is good
Return to no person evil for evil
Strengthen the faint-hearted
Support the weak
Help the suffering
Honor all beings.

Scott

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April 1, 2007: Welcome to the forty-fifth forty-fifth episode of The Digital Photography Show! And no, that’s not a typo. You’ll have to listen to the show to find out why not.

We have more interviews today from PMA. Listen to Nikon (a little camera company – maybe you’ve heard of them?) talking about the new D40X as well as some real sweet compacts.

We also have Lexar on about why it matters which memory card you use in your camera.

We’re especially happy on this show to feature some smaller companies who are doing very creative and interesting things in the digifoto space.

Joby makes great little tripods, Tilano Fresco has some clever photo projects you can make in your own home and the XShot is a very handy tool for those of you who enjoy using a point and shot.

And all the contest clues are on their hompages’s linked to above!

And don’t forget about our newest photo contest: “Food on the Move.”

Yup, we want a picture of moving food. (And really, who wouldn’t?) What does that mean? We’re not quite sure either. But it could be a busy waiter running with a crowded tray; it could be an egg shattering on the counter; it’s up to you to use your imagination and creativity to fit the theme.

The prize for the contest will be a Wacom Graphire Bluetooth Tablet. The Graphire Bluetooth gives you over 30-feet of wireless freedom and allows you work without the hassle of a cord. Compatible with any Bluetooth 1.1 or higher computer, the Graphire Bluetooth is easy to install and operate. We really appreciate Wacom’s sponsorship of our contests.

New rules for the contest:

You can only enter three pictures.
You can only have one picture in the finals
You have to state in your transmittal email that it’s OK for us to post the pictures on our Phanfare site.

Send your pictures to TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com. And check out the entries we’ve received so far at www.dps.phanfare.com.

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.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog. Keep the emails and posts coming. You are the champions, my friend.
Scott

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March 25, 2007: Welcome to the Funky Forty Fourth Episode of The Digital Photography Show.

Today we feature several interviews from PMA 2007 in Las Vegas.

We start with an interview with Michael from lynda.com. The folks at lynda.com have a tremendous online training library for digital photography applications as well as a wide range of other subjects. They provide a subscription service which unlocks their full library during your subscription period. Subscribe monthly, or annualy. Usually their demos unlocks the library for 24 hours, but this special promotion makes the library available for a 7 Day Free Trial.

If you’re smart, work fast, and have a lot of time in the next 168 hours, you can pretty much learn anything you need to learn in life in the next week. For free! Go ahead, give it a try.

Then we chat with our old friend, and our advertiser, Luc Marin, from DxO. We learn what’s new in the latest update of version 4.2 of DxO Optics Pro. Luc also shared the news about DxO Film Pack. Film Pack comes in three flavors: 1) a stand-alone application. 2) a Photoshop plugin. 3) An integrated add-on to DxO Optics Pro. Don’t forget the 20% discount for DPS listeners on DxO products.

Michael Steavenson from FujiFilm tells us about their latest cameras and technologies. Michael was a great guy, lots of fun, and we really love the super-featured little Fuji compacts.

Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI is a popular and powerful image editing tool. CPSPP guru Doug tells us about what makes this low-priced/high-end software so special. The folks at Corel are giving away one copy of Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI to one our our lucky listeners. Listen to the show for the details. The due date for entries is April 15, 2007.

Last week, we started our third photo contest: Food on the Move. The theme is food and the technique is motion, whether implied (with motion blurs) or frozen motion (no blurs). Our sponsor for this contest is Wacom, and they will give away the Wacom Graphire 6×8 Bluetooth. A $249.95 value! Imagine using a tablet without being encumbered with wires (and, really, when is encumberment ever good?). If you want to see the photos we received throughout the contest period, we will routinely post them on our DPS Phanfare site. See show 43 for the rules.

As always, a special thank you to our sponsor, Alien Skin, and to our advertiser, DxO. You can get a substantial discount on Alien Skin’s hottest products by calling and saying you heard about them on The Digital Photography Show and save 20% on DXO Optics Pro with the checkout code DPSSHOW.

We are incredibly proud to feature these companies on the show. Check out their free trial downloads today!

As always, thanks for listening to our show and for your comments on the blog. You are the sunshine of our lives.

Have an inspired photo making week!

Michael (and Scott. But mostly Michael)

March 19, 2007: Welcome to the ferocious forty third episode of The Digital Photography Show!

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE

What a show we have today! First, Michael and I talk about the show’s latest photo contest – “Food on the Move.”

Yup, we want a picture of moving food. (And really, who wouldn’t?) What does that mean? We’re not quite sure either. But it could be a busy waiter running with a crowded tray; it could be an egg shattering on the counter; it could be a winged doughnut (you’ll have to listen to the show to understand that one).

Michael and I talk about the two primary ways of showing motion in a picture, by implying it through blur achieved through the use of a slow shutter speed or image editing software, or by freezing the motion with a fast shutter speed. We don’t care how you do it; we just want to see it.

The prize for the contest will be a Wacom tablet, although we don’t yet know which one. But I’m sure the nice people at Wacom will let us know any day now…

New rules for the contest:

You can only enter three pictures.
You can only have one picture in the finals
The picture should be no more than 800 pixels on its widest side
There is no Fight Club

Send your pictures to TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com by April 17, 2007 to be in the running!

Then, we talk to Rudy Winston from Canon about the crazy sexy cool EOS-1D Mark III, a camera whose full name I find impossible to remember. It sounds like ship from Star Trek. “Time to board the EOS-ID, Scotty. Take it out at Mark III….” Rudy tells us all about this super-powerful and fast camera, including how it’s like a car.

Then we chat with the charming Tom Hogarty, a guy who seems entirely too young and too hip to be the Product Manager for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, but don’t tell his bosses. Tom takes us through the highlights of this very important program AND gives away a free copy to a listener who can answer the question “What is the last word in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom’s tagline ‘Simplify Photography from Shoot to _______.” The lazy among you can find the answer at the link above.

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.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us here on the blog. Keep the emails and posts coming. You’re everything we’ve hoped for. You’re everything we need. You are so beautiful, to us…

Scott

March 10, 2007: Welcome to far from home forty second episode of The Digital Photography Show!

I’m writing this on the red-eye from Las Vegas to Washington, DC. Depending on whether you judge by where I’m coming from or where I’m going, it’s either 2:24 or 5:24 in the morning. Which means I’m going to hate myself later today, but I’m too keyed up and uncomfortable to get any sleep on the plane.

The frequent interruptions from the pilot don’t help. Did I need to know that we had approached cruising altitude? That I could – indeed should – apply for a US Airways Visa right aboard this very plane? That if I ordered from the online catalog during the flight I’d save $30 on a $100 purchase? That he was lighting the fasten seat belt sign as we were approaching slight turbulence? That he was lighting the fasten seat belt sign again? Is this a flight or an infomercial?

In any case, one of the things I’m so excited about is the great chat you’re about to hear with Chuck Delaney of the New York Insistitite of Photography (NYIP). Chuck tells us about NYIP and what makes it the leading solution for those looking to hone their photographic skills in settings and timeframes that work for them.

He also is making available to one of our listeners a free enrollment in NYIP’s Fundamentals of Digital Photography course, a $300 value. As a former NYIP student myself, I’m sincere when I tell you this class will greatly expand your knowledge and skills. Listen for the instructions on how to win in the show, and send us the answers to the trivial contest at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com by March 30, 2007.

Our main reason for inviting Chuck on was to act as our second celebrity guest judge. The first one, Rick Sammon,was a hard act to follow, but with hundreds of contest-judging experiences under his belt, Chuck more than holds is own.

Listening to Chuck critique photos is a master class in itself. Be sure to check out the contest finalists at www.dps.phanfare.com to see what Chuck is talking about.

And congratulation to our winner! We’ll post his image on this page later in the week, after he’s had a chance to be surprised when he or she hears that he or she has won (yeah, we’re mean like that).

The winner will receive the dreamy Intuos III 6X8 – a $329 value! Check out just how cool a tablet can be here.

Next week, we’ll be announcing our next contest. It’s the nuttiest one yet, so brace yourselves.

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.

Thanks to everyone for listening and joining us there on the blog. Write us anytime at TheDigitalPhotographyShow@gmail.com. For any reason. We’re lonely!

You’re the tops, you’re the Mona Lisa, you’re the tops, you’re the Tower of Pisa. You’re a melody in a symphony by Straus. You’re a Shakespeare sonnet, a Bendel’s bonnet, you’re Mickey Mouse!

Scott

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