Hi all. For a while now I’ve been tossing around the idea of a podcast. The ideas mostly come from conversations I have with friends in the industry and every once in a while we think “We should record this because it’s something that could really help people”.
So I decided to move ahead with it. The podcast is called “The Photography Frame of Mind”. The ideas it to have conversations that change, adjust, enhance, or solidify your frame of mind when it comes to various photography and photo editing topics.
Episode 1 Topic – Beware of Photography Advice!
In this first episode I’ve asked my good friend Blake Rudis of F64 Academy to join me. Many of you know Blake and he was the perfect choice for the very first topic…. “Beware of Photography Advice”.
This is something we talk about a lot. It doesn’t mean advice is bad. But at the same time, all advice is not good advice. And I think it’s important for you to think about the type of advice you get, the quality, as well as how much of it you look for.
How to Listen/Watch
You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or you can watch it below. The podcast is not intended to be visual in any way, so all you’re doing is watching the two of us talk and nothing else. But if that’s the way you prefer it, feel free.
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PRO TIP: I typically listen to podcasts on my phone while driving or in the gym. And I usually set most podcasts to 1.25x – 1.5x speed to get through it faster.
Since this IS NOT A TRAINING tutorial, and it’s just us talking, I think you can speed us up and get through it faster so feel free to give it a try. I can’t help you find that setting, but again… most podcast apps have it so poke around. If you can use Lightroom and Photoshop I have no doubt you can figure out how to use a podcast app 😉
Enjoy!
I love teaching and photography... In that order. I feel that enjoying photography, and photo editing can get WAY too complicated. So my personal mission (and favorite thing to do), is to create education that simplifies the process of taking great photos, and how to edit them to get the results you’ve always wanted.
Lisstened to episode 1 and decided to do some extensive testing of Lightroom CC the way I use Lightroom Classic.
First – how do I search for a image with a specific keywords (sorry, AI is not good enough to tag my dogs properly, so I use keywords) or taken with a specific lens. I want to search through a specific part of my images locally, say taken in 2023 (which is a top folder level for that year), to decide what I will select to sync with the cloud. Is it possible at all?
I also have albums/collections in my Lightroom Classic catalog, that dates back to when I first started using it (was a beta user). These contains selected images from a vacation, travel or a workshop. Some are saved searches. How do I do that?
Thanks.
You can’t teach someone if you don’t know what they already know. Blake’s example of the woman whose camera was taken and the settings changed, that was just an example of bad teaching. I’d never do that to someone I was teaching in my company. I’d make them change the settings after finding out how much they knew about them and then leading through it, but making THEM do all the changes in response to my prompts.
Matt I got several of your programs and love them. I can’t log on because of password issue. need to create a new. Somehow it is being rejected.
Thank you
Marina Jurasek
ps I think you have my iCloud email: (mrj1443@icloud.com) on your system. I am trying to use my yahoo 0ne now, thanks
Matt I got several of your programs and love them. I do not have a bon to pick up with you.My problem is “forgetting password and being able to reset it.” My email is mrj1443@yahoo.com“. I don’t know what happened it the last “password reset. If you can sand me a new “password rest” email I would appreciate it and will try not to mess it up.
Thank you
Marina Jurasek
ps I think you have my iCloud email: (mrj1443@icloud.com) on your system. I am trying to use my yahoo email now, thanks
I stated at a club two and a half years ago. I was asked what I wanted to learn. I told him I would like to learn manual on my camera, so I could create the ideas I had flooding my mind and let him I do not need assistance with composition. First two years I did not receive any assistance. The reason was that all my photos at the time were composed solely using fully auto setting. I have decided to use this year to understand all the terminology associated with photography and LR & PS. I googled as much as I could, when I came across your videos. I now recommend you to my close photography friends to look up your videos. So, a very big thank you because all your videos are informative and explained in plain language, for amateurs, like myself. You are inspirational…..thank you, thank you, thank you.
Finally had sone time to listen in on your podcast. I will not say “I gave a bone to pick with you” or “tsk tsk.” Great dialog. I picked up several pointers. Always enjoy your insight. Probably wouldn’t have found and followed you had it not been for the first GSMPS— so glad you were there.
Entertaining and instructive. I am looking forward to the next edition.
Thanks for the great discussion. Being a U-Tube junkie (being retired gives me that luxury and time) I have learned that a number out there have a good story (and some with a bit of humor) to tell and give the occasional photo tip. On the other hand I’ve learned titles like to “Ten steps to sharper images”, are probably repeats to what I’ve heard before and will take them with a grain of salt or just pass them over.
Thanks again for your time…
Hello Blake and Matt – just found this link in my email and am so glad that you decided to create this podcast. As Blake shared about mentorship in the military (I also have some experience there ) I realized that both of you have become, by default, my mentors. I travel a lot with work and can now listen to these as I drive – thank you.
For the record, I use the tips that you both share and as members of Matt K and F64 elite, I appreciate what you educate and how you present it and am applying those tips as needed in learning how to better my PS skill.
Great mentors and educators are appreciated! Thanks
You talk about knowing where you’re at. How do you know? How do you get to the point where you can tell someone how you do things?
HA!!! From one of your longest followers from HDR days and I’m still here. Believe it or not, it’s been a good ride. I appreciate all your work.
Wow. Two of my favorite, and in my opinion two of the best, photoshop ,lightroom and photography
educators in one place. How awesome is that. Loved the podcast. Some very pertinent point made there. Will definitely be watching again. Thanks guys.
I have found that keeping my advice coming from just one person, You, Matt, has simplified. As you say, there are 7 ways to do the same thing in PS. I love how you teach and I am learning so much going to PS from Elements. This was a great podcast!!!!!
I love this podcast. Two points that you have talked About so far that hit home: Camera Club Judges. They drove me insane. Two almost identical prints each from a different member, were critiqued differently! But it never dawned on me that they, the judges, also compete in the same competitions Island Wide (LI New York). So they are critiquing and competing against the same person!
Then you talked about people asking how did you do that? Or how did you see that ???? I shoot with a buddy all the time. We could be standing right next to each other and I will see something he never saw. I may work the image so differently from the way he would. And he will say: How did you see that? And I honestly cannot explain how I saw that object or the scene. Or how I work the image in PS to create something so different. This hit home!!!
Thanks guys, this was so refreshing and such a treat — my two favorite educators hitting some thoughtful topics. Hooray that there will be more episodes!
This is for Matt but will work for everyone. I am a golfer and photographer and over the years I have determined that it’s best to have one swing thought and for photography, focus on one aspect of photography at a time. To many thoughts while playing golf or trying to capture photos will not work. You will get poor results in both (golf and photography). Always keep it simple and the next time focus on another aspect of photography or another part of your golf game.
Thanks Matt & Blake, what a great podcast. I really enjoyed the easy chat and openness, can’t wait for the next episode.
Podcast #2 ; Last winter decided to cull all the image folders on the hard drive I use exclusively for digital images. Needed a list of all the folder as a checklist. Seems hard, perhaps impossible, in Windows. But the old DOS command prompt does it easily. My image HDD is H: so this command generates the folder list in alphabetical order and writes the list to a TXT file at the root of the drive. (I organize by location; not sure if this is practical if you organize by date.)
DIR H: /A:D /B /O:N > H:\DIR.TXT
Thanks Guys. Entertaining and informative as always. Looking towards many more.
This is a great show guys, thank you for starting this Podcast. You touched on a bunch of topics that all of us photographers are interested in and can relate to. I’m looking forward to the next one!
Finally had a chance to listen. It was so much fun. Good content, good laughs. I loved listening to your enjoyment of your friendship and the choice you made/passion you have for teaching. Kudos to both of you.
Great content and to hear your point of views on various topics around photography and editing. Look forward to Episode 2.
That was a lot of fun and very interesting. Its nice to know you guys are grappling with the same issues that we jimochas are also dealing with. I must say, that besides you, Brian is one of my favorite people in the Photography biz.
Matt and Blake,
I always like both of your submissions. I really enjoyed your “The Photography Frame of Mind Podcast (Episode 1)”. Great thoughts of the subjects you covered. As always, keep up the good work.
I have a bone to pick with both of you guys.
I just spent an hour listening to your podcast. I rarely, if ever, listen to more than 10 minutes of any podcast, but you guys have great chemistry, and your discussions were all very interesting.
I follow you both, and have learned so much from your courses and webinars. Just want to say thanks, and keep it all going.
And looking forward to more podcasts, Matt … maybe you’ll get Brian M on sooner rather than later.
Same here, and I could have been surfing YouYube for 8 videos on how to wash my truck!!!
Great content! I enjoyed the topics and the different prospects you both presented. I’m looking forward to more content. Thanks!
Thank you for enlightening us that rabbit hole I often find myself going down! I have a number of courses from Matt, but sometimes find it quicker to google a topic and find myself down that rabbit hole. Why didn’t I just look it up on my course objectives? U-tube will just suck you right in. I get so much more accomplished with an uncluttered mind when trying to improve my photography skills in the field.
As far as taking information I have just learned on an information video on how to improve my lightroom or photoshop skills does me little if I am I not able to apply to my current set of images. I will often think that it was great information, but quickly forget it if I don’t apply it within a short period of time. Or, I will write it down so that I don’t forget it, but then quickly forget where I placed it!
Thanks for you insights and levity.
Congrats on your podcast, Matt. Glad you had Blake on I follow and support you both. Dig into the art vs. craft topic more would be a suggestion I have. Also, how DO you get to sell prints and win competitions?
Tsk tsk…loved it!!!?
Good stuff!. I rarely listen to podcasts anymore since I now work from home (no lengthy car trips/commuting) but this was worth it. I think there are several ideas here that could be turned into a separate podcast such as where/how to find a mentor, how to critique your own work, etc. I follow both of you on YT and appreciate the education. I also agree that a great photographer does not necessarily make a great educator, but sometimes it does happen.
BTW, I agree with Blake that photography is an art form but getting to that is hard. It takes practice and a desire. I had an uncle who took his camera (a Brownie) everywhere and took thousands of pictures, but all were “snapshots.” He was happy with that though, since he had no desire to bring art into his photography, just recording memories. There’s nothing wrong with that, its simply that some folks with a camera want more.
Greetings from Xalapa, Veracruz. México !!! … THKSM Blake & Matt for this excellent webinar (I prefer to be looking at you instead of only hearing) !!!!!! … I’ve been a follower and client of both of you for MANY years and I think you are great teachers !!! … Keep going !!! … And … Keep safe, be good … Best wishes …
Loved the podcast! It was very entertaining and informative.
I have gone through the life-long attempt at being a better photographer and can honestly say that I am not much better than I ever was. My photography talent has probably improved to the current level more because of the massive improvement of hardware technology.
I am a perfect example of Information Overload. I could really relate to what you were saying.
Thanks to both of you. Can’t wait for the next one.
Hi Guys, Loved the video, it was great to see you both laughing and relaxed! I could relate to many of your topics especially the manual, and how did you get that photo. I never know what my settings are, and when I have a camera or settings question I usually ask my brother who replies – Robin! did you read your manual? To which I reply yes, and it said Bla, Bla Bla, Bla Bla. Great Job, can’t wait for the next one.
Everyday HDR helped me when I watched it. I’ve now moved on and probably wouldn’t it useful if I watched again.
Brilliant guys, looking forward to the next one.
For Blake. Long time follower (lifetime Everyday HDR subscriber). I’ve followed your growth in photography and post processing and will continue to. You’re such a great teacher.
Great advice on the topic of “beware of bad advice”! I enjoyed your interaction, topic and stories. The social algorithm story was fascinating as I had never thought about ‘the hooks’ like that. I appreciate both of you as excellent teachers on the subject of Photoshop, LR and ACR photo editing. They are all such huge tools, it takes some training and time invested to learn them.
Enjoyed.
Appreciate the candid conversation. Thank you for your honesty and caring for the level of knowledge we acquire in our quest to become competent/expert photographers, whether as a craft or an art form. 🙂
Thank you for going by an outline. Too much ripping in
podcasts these days. And your discussion about advice is very pertinent and informative. Looking forward to hearing your future podcasts
Bravo! A great conversation between my two favorite photography teachers/instructors/coaches. Thanks. Also, was able to easily listen at 1.5 speed.
Gene
Please don’t assume people know things like what VR is without saying first. And I’ve been photographing for 50+ years.
I’m assuming you mean the anti-shake?
Hi. It’s a relaxed conversation. Not everyone is going to be at the same skill level and that’s ok. We won’t cover every acronym’s definition. What’s great, is if you don’t know there’s an easy fix. 🙂
https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=What+does+VR+in+photography+mean
I was just wondering what VR stood for. I didn’t need a whole explanation, but I’m very thankful you sent me, so creatively, to the answe. ?
However, I’m even more confused what you mean by VR. I assumed it was camera shake. I didn’t even know there was a panoramic photography choice in a camera menu and I’m wondering how it makes your photos blurry. I’ll look that question up.
The comment regarding those who do and teach is right on point. As a former doer, in a totally unrelated field to photography, I know that the doers spend time learning how to do. The teachers need to learn how to do and how to teach it. The time spent on the two levels is at least the same but the emphasis is on different areas. My wife taught and I did. We both had very good careers and were both experts in what we did. I am now trying to learn how to do photography and very much appreciate those who can teach me how.
Great topic for your first vlog. I feel it is the responsibility of every user of social media, looking for education, to qualify, filter out the advice that suits the individual. One of my guidelines is to never do an open-ended search on YTube on any subject as I want to avoid the avalanche of algorithmic suggestions that follows.
Over the years I have reduced the number of educators I follow and pay for their product to half-dozen. MattK, Blake Rudis, Colin Smith, David DuChemin, Brooks Jensen, Sean Tucker and Jim Welninski are in my Premier League of Instructors. I buy products from all – not everything they put out – and buy paid subscriptions where I feel what’s on offer fits my needs. I assess “the fit” from what other instructors put out on Y-Tube. So I use Y-Tube as a means to assess the fit for me. I never pay attention to FB, IG etc. I also find two other products out there to discover other photographers – instructors; VERO and Flickr. Both of these are boutique media and require my time to search, look, assess and further investigate. But I do discover gems there.
Thanks for taking this initiative. I trust both your judgement. Hence I look forward to the individuals you’ll bring to the blog as I will be looking into their work, ideas and advice after.
Some of us who are not professionals but are decent photographers and have a situation that comes up and we overthink what we need to do to get a great picture will miss the shot. One just needs to go on instinct sometimes and yes make mistakes but learn from that.
Hi Steve. Really interesting thought. Being in the same place in golf as many are in photography, I’m constantly trying to “let go” a bit. Rather than overthink everything, the pros think a shot through ahead of time, but when they walk up to the ball it’s very athletic and reactive – they let their practice and instincts take over rather than trying to control everything. Interesting to think of photography the same way even though one is athletic and one isn’t. Thanks!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have definitely been far more discriminating over the years and I have watched golf and photography.
btw: I did a workshop in Hawaii several years ago given by a very renowned photographer. We were asked to bring a sample 8×10 of what we considered to be our best work and walk it around to share. When I showed mine to the instructor he critiqued it!!! Not what I was expecting or asked for!
Hi Matt,
I have just finished watching your first podcast – and I should perhaps tell you that for me, it was also my first podcast as I have never watched/listened to one before.
I have had a lot of advice from both you and Blake Rudis and I found your comments interesting and thought provoking (I was tempted here to say “but I have a bone to pick with you”) however it’s not a bone of contention but a reaction! I think that an hour is too long. I did not take notes and I have a failing memory, and often my mind went wandering to the extent that I missed a lot before I got back to reality. I appreciate the difficulty and that this is more my problem than yours, but if it is one that you and your collaborators can bear in mind I’m sure I will not be the only one to benefit.
A few things that came to mind during that hour (by the way, a solid hour is a long time to find):
On whether photography is art or science. I was once told by a civil engineer that his certificate referred to the art and science of civil engineering. Clearly that institute did not consider the two to be mutually exclusive.
On YouTube / Facebook advice: It’s not just about the producers but often about the askers. I see an awful lot of questions posed by people who have clearly not bothered to do any experimentation and all to often have little or no appreciation of the limitations to the capabilities of editing software e.g. “What can I do in Photoshop to turn that person from back to front” type of question. May O suggest as a future topic something about the benefits of looking at all menu topics and experimenting or with what they do? (This perhaps an echo of your own advice on Photoshop tools)
Apologies for the lengthy comment and thanks to you and Blake for an interesting hour.
Martin
This podcast was wonderful with the only two people that I will take courses from. What a treat! Can’t wait for the next one and you two just keep doing what you do best and I for one will always say, ‘thank you.’ I also teach and it really shows when you are dedicated to teaching and you two are very dedicated. Kudos for Matt and Bravo Zulu for Blake.
Brilliant. Two of the best photo educators. I found Blake via Matt and both are outstanding in their field. The information they provide is some of the most useful and timely information anywhere around. Their content is well thought out and explained it great detail. Thanks for the podcast.
I was excited to listen to this as Matt and Blake are two of my favorites. I’m so glad you both choose to teach. Because of both of you, I can now “do” photography better. I’ve still got room to grow and you will both be there to help me along the way. It is clear that you guys are friends and respect and like each other even though you don’t always agree. I loved the Art vs Craft argument. I’m with both of you on this one. I see photography as art but I have to build the craft part to create the art. I’ve been down that YouTube rabbit hole before. That is when I decided I needed to settle on the core instructors I liked and concentrate on their content.
Great job you guys, I look forward to more.
enjoyed podcast-you two are some of my most favorites—-tsk tsk—I am just kidding-great job keep doing them
In response to “those who can’t, teach”. I also do not agree. Teaching is a separate thing. Sometimes people are so good and it comes so easily to them, they do not know how to break it down to people to whom it does come easy. As a high school administrator I have watched many, many teachers. It is a combo of caring that the student actually learns and using effective instructional strategies to both break it down and pull it altogether. I am victim of spending too much time on the computer “learning” and not practicing. Your words are what I use to kick myself outside.
Great podcast. Loved the advice about not falling into the rabbit hole. Guilty. Looking forward to having something good to listen to when I’m traveling. I appreciated the short intro. It drives me crazy when podcasts take 20 minutes to get to the point. Great first podcast!
Thanks for the podcast!
Ah, two of my favorite educators (and artists, sorry Matt), in one place. What a great idea!
It always amazes me when experienced professionals share their insight, and some people get nasty, or using such sarcasm as “tsk, tsk”. Thanks for hanging in there through all the noise. And I send a “here, here!”
Thanks for all you guys do!
I’m sure this will be fun and enlightening. I love all things photography! Anxious to watch. How often will you be doing these?
I’m on the Blake train – photography is an art!!!
Hi Matt. I listened to your first podcast and enjoyed many subjects that you and Blake discussed. One of my comments has to do with how you tube algorithms lures their customers into the dark side or addiction to endless watching. Wow. I had no idea. Thanks so much and appreciate your candid and honest advice.
This is great podcast!!!
Matt, I’ve been following you for a couple of years and I find your content exceptional. I’m looking forward to to watching/listening to your future topics. Thank you for introducing me to Blake Rudis. I will check out his website.
You mentioned the importance of finding a mentor. Do you have any suggestions on how I would do that?
I listen to podcasts on Google podcast player, or Prime Music. Any chance of increasing your reach?
I use what I use when something in my brain says to. I have had people ask why I did something or took a specific shot. almost every time I have to slow down and analyse what I did and often still can not fully explain why other than “one of the voices in my head said DO IT”. Some times I can answer that question because I went through a process to set up a shot, but often there are times one part of my brain says “do these settings and take that photo” and it is when I bring it into Lr I go “oh that is why I did that”. I tend to function on instinct a lot. I shoot a lot of inline hockey and found I know what different sounds mean and even to the point of knowing where the puck is without looking or what will happen based on body movements and knowing when a photo is about to happen before it happens, it is almost like being at one or in the zone with the game. If someone asks for my advice I often start answering by asking a bunch of things first as most questions can not be answered without more info. Photography is art, the editing is a craft.
When are you going to syndicate for the radio?
So I really enjoyed the podcast.
Teaching, my son is a high school chemistry teacher. So when I ask him a chemistry question sometimes the answer goes over my head. I don’t get that from the both of you two off YouTube. Now for me to teach landscape photography. I just don’t think I could explain it properly. On the other hand my real job factory maintenance. If I needed you to replace a shaft, bearings, sprockets, and chain. I could give you step by step procedure.
Just bought a Sony A7M4 have a few Sony lens not the G Masters. I did start out with Sony a few years back when the A6000 came out. Only because I could adapt my old FD lens which I had in storage after I stop shoot film. I didn’t know about the stabilization with the newer lens!
You asked for suggestions for the future.
Went back to shooting film with manual vintage cameras hoping to pickup a few new things. Also, using vintage lens on mirror less Sony cameras.
Blake, Editing raw images I use Windows 8 Lightroom and Photoshop. the first thing I learned off you (control J and ALT CTRL SHIFT E) which I use most of the time.
I’m a fan ! I really like the format of the podcast. The content was very helpful and right on target on how all the media is non-stop and seems to overwhelm at times. You guys helped me put all that in perspective so I don’t have to watch everyone but be more selective at to what I need. Thanks… look forward to future casts..
Really enjoyed podcast.
Hi Matt/Blake,
I really enjoyed watching your podcast this evening. You both have a great rapport with each other which really makes for good watchable or listenable content. I am looking forward to seeing/hearing more of these podcasts in the future.
Best Wishes
Tony Cox
Leicester
UK
Really enjoyable “gabcast” boys! You two plus Anthony Morganti and Jim Nix are my top 4 YouTube instructors. I started my YouTube learning journey with Anthony Morganti, and then I think I found Matt K, then Blake, then Jim. But order of appearance isn’t important, for me it’s “am I able to ingest what these great teachers are telling me about photography?” Admittedly, it’s kind of tough because I didn’t get started when I was younger. So the learning curve (especially the color theory learning curve) is rather steep. But thanks a lot to you four great educators the curve isn’t as steep as it once was. I look forward to learning more from all of you!
This is exciting Matt!!! I’m glad you are doing this and there is no better first guest than Blake! I love the concept of the show – it is much needed. I like the name too. It’s just what the podcast is about.
Future topics could be about:
Camera brand snobs “If you use Nikon you are a chump”.
Shooting snobs that say things like “you have to be set on manual”.
“If you use photoshop it’s not a real photo” when their camera is doing processing.
I’m sure the ideas will pour in once you get started!
All the best!
For a second semester Calculus, I had a teacher who said, “He’s not a great mathematician but an excellent teacher.” After explaining a phase of calculus, he asked were there any questions. No one raised their hand. He stood in front of his desk and said that he knows there are questions about the phase he just taught. Then the hands started being raised. That’s the kind of instructor I want.
Great stuff.
Thanks guys.
I have so much to say on so many of these topics, but I will keep it short. Helping photographers at zoos while I am in a Docent uniform is fairly easy. At other zoos I have to be careful making suggestions to people, for example, get as close to the fence as possible, or wait until the animal goes farther back in their habitat.
As for learning from Youtube, I highly suggest paying to take a course that takes you from A to Z before trying to learn the nuances via video. Until you know what to ask, YouTube can be confusing and therefore depressing.
Great podcast. I prefer to see the people who are talking in a podcast. It keeps me interested whereas without video, my eyes wander.
I really enjoyed this podcast. You guys make me laugh! Want you to know that I did learn a few things too.
So NOT a tsk tsk podcast! I really enjoyed watching the two of you interact and talking about some topics I have often wondered about – like going down the rabbit hole on some issues. Thanks for the time and I will be watching more, can’t wait to see them.
Thanks Matt & Blake. Good job on the first Pod Cast. I think the arch you talked about is Mesa Arch.When I went to get the shot, got up at 5am hiked in got over the rock rise before the arch elated to get a pristine early morn shot, and there under the arch was a group doing yoga! So much for wilderness these days. But great test for PS remove tool. you asked for future suggestions, how about a discussion on the photo industry and computational photography. Where we are headed, impact on camera makers etc.
Fun – good content, Thanks!
As a follower of both of your channels I enjoyed the content and look forward to future podcasts.
Matt, I liked your podcast with Blake Rudis. I follow you both on YouTube and I remember the great presentation you did for our camera club in Englewood, FL. I appreciate the back and forth banter and your and Blake’s thoughts on receiving and giving advice. I am an artist and I’d like a follow up podcast on your view of photography as a craft and Blake’s view of photography as art with some comments on AI.
Looking forward to your next podcast.
Oh gosh! That Blake guy… get some more inspiring people on the show 😉
That was fun. It felt like our phone conversations but on camera.
It’s easy to spend a lot of time and money on magazines, on-line classes etc. when the time would be better spent going out and taking photos.
Nice to hear you guys, together, thank you. I really loved the first one, nice conversation, relaxed, without the “editing behind scenes” like most of YouTubers do. IdK if my suggestion, would entice you for the next podcast.
“Do you think, AI, would create one button solution, for editing photos, in the next future”?
Thank you.
Thank you Matt and Blake. Your casual video was perfect for my afternoon listening/viewing. Learned things, smiled at examples and will now grab my camera for a neighbourhood photo shoot.
Loved this! You are great teachers. Thank you!
Great job, guys. I really enjoyed listening to your back and forth. I follow both of you and have really learned a lot from both. I hope this is a regular thing. Will we get a heads-up before the next episode comes about?
For me the worst sort of ‘advice’ is that given by cut and paste educators – probably the most obvious example of that is ‘the exposure triangle’ with aperture, shutter speed and ISO as the sides, however, not all ‘triangles’ on the 120,000,000 page hits show the same relationship between the 3 factors.
BUT simply, exposure is a function of aperture and shutter speed – being the density of light power at the image plane measured in lux seconds (according to the ISO standard). Changing the ISO on a digital camera doesn’t make the sensor more sensitive (i.e. capture more photons), instead it amplifies a weak signal (gain) and the accompanying noise – similar to turning up the volume on a low quality audio recording. You can hear it, but it still sounds lousy.
Hi Matt. This was a very interesting and thought provoking conversation! Thank you very much! I tried your suggestion about speeding it up but ended up using the normal speed. I am 72 and can’t listen faster than normal speed.
You asked for suggestions for the future. I have been using Photoshop and Lightroom for many years and really appreciate your videos about updates as they are to the point without repeating the basics over and over. I like the way you refer viewers to previous videos instead of repeating basic stuff. Like how to import photos and turn the computer on 😉 I don’t know exactly what to suggest but as a long time user I would be bored taking and entire basic LR or PS course. I would be interested in more stuff about the art of photography. Things like composition, how to tell a story, how to use color and BW, and how to pose people. Ideas that are relevant longer than the next update. I would be willing to pay for that type of content especially from someone with a reputation like you have.
I think the arch you might be refering to is Mesa Arch In canyonlands NP. All famous photographers are required to get there before sunrise so they can get photos of all the photographers taking photos of the arch when the light is right.
These thougths are very well applicable to many areas not only photogrpahy. Thnx!
I read a lot about “expressive photography” and “Is this a photo of “something”, or “about something?” My question is, “Does it matter to the average photographer?? And one more, what’s with the “Fine-art Photography” title that is bandied around on so many photographer’s website?? Is it a marketing term that somehow separates good photography from “Fine-art Photography” where good photo I like is not quite as “valuable” as a “Fine-art Photo”?
Matt,
This is awesome, I listen to lots of shows while driving. I’ve had trouble finding good photography discussions so I’m excited to add this to my list of shows!.
When you can get to it, please also propagate the show to Pocket Casts … That’s my world!
Hi Brian. It says it’s already there.
Hmm. I can find the podcast on Spotify easy peasy, for sure, but it is not showing up in either my Pocket Cast or Google Podcast apps, the two podcast apps I rely on. Odd, but could be just some sort of quirk on my end. I will post something over at the FB Ask Matt site to see if others are experiencing the same issue.
Never mind! I cleared my Pocket Cast cache, forced-stopped the app, and then restarted it, and that solved the problem. There you are, indeed! (Sorry for the bother, Matt.)
Beware of dated content reviews, YouTube and others. Many, most, don’t date the content near the top.
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