Photography Podcast 004 - Interactive Photography Exhibit and Photography on the Chesapeake Bay

Co-host Christopher Stokes joins Brian Palmer to showcase the combination of a traditional photography exhibit with an interactive use of QR bar codes which show text and video content for each photo. Photography Exposed Interactive Photography Exhibit is available at the Kohl Gallery on the Washington College campus now through Feb 27th, 2011.

Chris and Brian also talk about the Chesapeake Bay Photographer’s Sailing Adventure, a 4 day photography centric trip Brian led in October with students of the college. The video, which won a 2010 MarCom Platinum Award and a 2011 Annual Educational Advertising Award, features images from the 5 students and photos and video shot by Brian.

Brian also mentions an upcoming interview with photographer Tim Babasade. Brian and Tim took two trips to the American south west in 2009 and 2010, and the upcoming podcast episode will talk about specific locations they visited, and also generic trip planning ideas.

Runtime: 15:00

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Photoshop Podcast - Photography Exposed 003 - Creating Mini Planets

I taught Digital Imaging at Washington College this past fall semester, and for one of the assignments, I had students go photograph several images to stitch into a panoramic image, and fold into a mini-planet, like this one. I was making short videos like this for out of class review in case anyone had difficulties, and I thought it would make a good episode for Photography Exposed.

In this example shown, I shot several overlapping images around in a 360 degree sweep, based on a central point on campus at Washington College. I used Photomatix for tone mapping the images, which might be an extra step you may want to skip if this is your first time trying this.

The actual processing of the images and folding into a globe-looking image was all handled in Photoshop CS4.

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Photography Podcast - Photography Exposed 002 - Timelapse Pioneer, Jay Burlage

For our second episode of Photography Exposed, I interviewed Jay Burlage, a pioneer in developing hardware, software and techniques used by timelapse enthousiasts and professionals around the world. Jay goes by MILapse online, since he lives in Michigan, and has taken a couple hours of his time to speak with us via Skype.

This interview is a bit niche for some viewers, and at nearly 90 minutes, it may be a lot for a beginner to appreciate. So, having warned you, if DSLR time lapse is your cup of tea, or you would like to learn how to do it form a pro, click through to the iTunes link.

In addition to the interview, this podcast features by my and Jay's timelapse work, as gives specific examples of software and hardware to use for producing MILapse worthy results!

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Photography Exposed Podcast - Mitch Epstein - American Power

I'm experimenting with a new project, which we are calling Photography Exposed, which lives at PhotographyExposed.tv. This is a photography podcast geared to all experience levels, where we'll look at a variety of broad and some very niche topics.

For our first episode, we had Mitch Epstein come to discuss American Power, his new photo book that asks everyone to look harder at their daily relationship with power.

In American Power, Mitch Epstein investigates notions of power, both electrical and political. His focus is on energy – how it gets made, how it gets used, and the ramifications of both. From 2003 to 2008, he photographed at and around sites where fossil fuel, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, and solar power are produced in the United States. The resulting photographs contain Epstein’s signature complex wit, surprising detail, and formal rigor. These pictures illuminate the intersection between American society and American landscape. Here is a portrait of early 21st century America, as it clings to past comforts and gropes for a more sensible future. In an accompanying essay, Epstein discusses his method, and how making these photographs led him to think harder about the artist’s role in a country teetering between collapse and transformation.

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Kids with Character

We had the opportunity to photograph these sassy children through the portrait sittings we did for Colonial Nursery School. Annabell and Philip gave us great face and attitude. Love the different aspects of their relationship and personalities that came across in the images.

Celebration of Life

We really enjoyed the grace of this beautiful family celebrating life. The spirited children, charming teenager, and loving father added to the feeling of family as we captured the beautiful Elizabeth in this special moment in time.

LifeBrushed Beauties

These two cuties have been our pleasure to capture for years now. For their first LifeBrush, I created two versions from which to choose. In the end, they got one of each! What adorable subjects to paint.