http://www.canonblogger.com Photoshop tips, tricks tutorials from a Canonite, as well as musings and thoughts on the state of photography Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:30:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Get the Photo Tip of the Week, Participate in Contests, Enjoy Timely Digital Photo Information, News, Digital Camera Reviews, Photography and Shooting Tips and Camera Techniques, Creative Perspectives, Photoshop Insights, Approaches to Photography, Listener Questions and Answers, and Event Information from Jason Anderson, the \"Canon Blogger.\" As a user of the Canon brand of bodies for his photography, Jason has particular insights and thoughts useful to other \"Canonites.\" Get a solid foundation for understanding the technical and the esoteric side of photography and photo editing as Jason generously shares his insights with new and experienced photographers. 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Photoshop tips, tricks tutorials from a Canonite, as well as musings and thoughts on the state of photography Jason Anderson http://www.canonblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/images/itune_LDP.jpghttp://www.canonblogger.com photography, tutorial, tip, trick, news, Canon, blog, podcast, gear, technology, interviews, contests clean Jason Anderson jason@canonblogger.com http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/03/15/borders-and-logos-its-photoshop-oh-my/ http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/03/15/borders-and-logos-its-photoshop-oh-my/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:30:45 +0000 Jason http://www.canonblogger.com/?p=3127 http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/03/15/borders-and-logos-its-photoshop-oh-my/feed/ 4 <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">That’s right, we’re back to a photoshop tip again on the blog, and this one comes courtesy of question I read in the NAPP community forums.  The person there had asked about pricing on some photography for a large company’s set of employee photos and his concern was about the post production time in creating the border and logo that the company wanted on each.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The community quickly sprung to action, pointing him in several directions, and it occurred to me that I had never done this sort of tutorial before!  It’s not too difficult but there are some pitfalls to be aware of when dealing with borders and logos in photos, especially if you are trying to program these steps into an action or script.  Suffice to say, I figured this was as good a time as any to jump back into Photoshop and keep the digits (and brain) fresh!  So, here’s a new video tutorial on creating borders and logos!  Enjoy!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Your thoughts and feedback are welcome and encouraged as always!  Thanks for stopping in, have a great week, and be sure to stop back in tomorrow for more photo goodness!  Oh yeah, and don’t forget the March contest is in full swing where the winner will go home with one of these super cool <a href="http://www.cheetahstand.com/servlet/the-1/etphoto-supply-cheetah-stand/Detail" title="Cheetah Stands" target="_blank">Cheetah Quickstands</a> – the theme is wild and the link for submissions is <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/ldp_podcast/discuss/72157623554770452/" title="March LDP Flickr Giveaway" target="_blank">here</a>!  Happy shooting and we’ll see you tomorrow!</p> <h2 class="related_post_title">Related Posts</h2><ul class="related_post"><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2008/04/29/calendar-templates-part-ii/" title="Calendar Templates, Part II">Calendar Templates, Part II</a> (2)<br /><small>This week I wrap up the tutorial started last week...</small></li><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2008/04/22/creating-templates/" title="Creating templates">Creating templates</a> (0)<br /><small>Hey all, today is tutorial Tuesday, and I share a ...</small></li><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2008/09/09/just-under-the-wire/" title="Just under the wire…">Just under the wire…</a> (0)<br /><small>enver did mighty fine yesterday in their handling ...</small></li></ul> That’s right, we’re back to a photoshop tip again on the blog, and this one comes courtesy of question I read in the NAPP community forums.  The person there had asked about pricing on some photography for a large company’s set of employee [...] 5:39 no http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/03/06/pack-for-the-location-and-the-weather/ http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/03/06/pack-for-the-location-and-the-weather/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:37:56 +0000 Jason http://www.canonblogger.com/?p=3074 http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/03/06/pack-for-the-location-and-the-weather/feed/ 0 <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I got a great question via email while I was en route home tonight about the pending photo shoot in RMNP tomorrow, asking “What and how do you pack for such environments?”  Great question and since I was packing tonight anyway, I figured this would be a good opportunity to put a little video together to share with the viewers and readers exactly what I pack for this type of shoot!  So, here’s a bonus post for Friday – what I pack for a cold weather shoot:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <h2 class="related_post_title">Most Commented Posts</h2><ul class="related_post"><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2009/11/10/useful-resource/" title="Useful Resource">Useful Resource</a> (32)<br /><small>In the interests of giving people enough time to p...</small></li><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2009/08/31/the-rumored-7d-is-finally-announced-specs-and-photos/" title="The Rumored 7D is finally announced! Specs and photos!">The Rumored 7D is finally announced! Specs and photos!</a> (18)<br /><small>That's right - Canon has announced the 7D along wi...</small></li><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2009/08/28/the-first-ever-comment-contest/" title="The first ever Comment Contest!">The first ever Comment Contest!</a> (17)<br /><small>After a short (and unexpected) break from blogging...</small></li></ul> I got a great question via email while I was en route home tonight about the pending photo shoot in RMNP tomorrow, asking “What and how do you pack for such environments?”  Great question and since I was packing tonight anyway, I figured [...] http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/03/02/the-long-awaited-drobo-review-2/ http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/03/02/the-long-awaited-drobo-review-2/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:30:08 +0000 Jason http://www.canonblogger.com/?p=3053 http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/03/02/the-long-awaited-drobo-review-2/feed/ 9 <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I’d been waiting for the time to put together all the videos, audio, and pictures for this review for a while and I’ve finally caught up on other projects so am getting this out for the listening and reading audiences to enjoy!  For those that subscribe and read via RSS, sorry because this is a video-heavy post and you’re just going to have to visit the blog to get the content today! Trust me though, it’s worth it as I take a look at how the Drobo performs in a real world environment with hot swapping drives, and the perils and pitfalls that surround storage area networks…</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Enjoy!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <h2 class="related_post_title">Related Posts</h2><ul class="related_post"><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2009/06/01/sigma-lightstand-hardware-review/" title="Sigma Lightstand – Hardware Review">Sigma Lightstand – Hardware Review</a> (2)<br /><small>This week's hardware review is the Sigma Lightstan...</small></li><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/02/16/software-review-printkey2000/" title="Software Review: PrintKey2000">Software Review: PrintKey2000</a> (0)<br /><small>Many times I have been asked what kinds of softwar...</small></li><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/18/hardware-review-expodisc/" title="Hardware Review: Expodisc">Hardware Review: Expodisc</a> (3)<br /><small>It's been a while since I've done a hardware revie...</small></li></ul> I’d been waiting for the time to put together all the videos, audio, and pictures for this review for a while and I’ve finally caught up on other projects so am getting this out for the listening and reading audiences to enjoy!  For those [...] 5:39 no http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/27/against-my-better-judgement/ http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/27/against-my-better-judgement/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:32:28 +0000 Jason http://www.canonblogger.com/?p=2840 http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/27/against-my-better-judgement/feed/ 2 <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">For those of you that have been following the blog for a long time (and let me know who you are, because I want to ask why!), you may recall that I used to put out video tutorials on how to do various things inside of Photoshop.  After plodding around with that for a while, I came across the gurus of NAPP and realized that several were already doing it, and doing it much better than I ever could.  So, rather than re-inventing the wheel, I abandoned the video tutorials in favor of just sharing my “wisdom” in the form of the written word (blog posts and articles) and audio tips (which are now part of the Learning Digital Photography podcast).</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Well, when I recently twittered with excitement over the <a href="http://www.lulu.com/product/calendar/landscapes-and-wildlife/6289083" title="2010 Calendar from Jason's Photography" target="_blank">newly released calendar</a> of some of my favorite images for 2010, someone asked me about the template I used to create those images.  I honestly answered that I didn’t really use a template as the website www.lulu.com just let me upload the images and they handled the rest.  On realizing that they were talking about the images on my <a href="http://jasons-photography.com" title="Jason Anderson Photography" target="_blank">Photography Website</a>, I recalled that a template was used for those images.  I could have done a written post about this, but those take a lot of time to put together (lots of screen grabs, lots of writing, and lots of uploading), so I instead decided to put together a new video on how to create a template for your photos inside of Photoshop.  The video may take some time to load, so please be patient as this is a self-hosted video production! <img src='http://www.canonblogger.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Keep in mind – this is just one way – in Photoshop there are always many ways to reach similar results, and as the old adage says, there’s more than one way to skin a cat!  Anyway, this is for you @mitz!  Enjoy, happy shooting, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow!  Oh, and lest we forget, there are very few days left in the January giveaway!  For your chance to win a free copy of Photomatix Pro from the folks at HDR Soft, get your Circle-themed photos in the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/ldp_podcast/discuss/72157623163057924/" title="January Giveaway" target="_blank">Flickr Contest Thread</a> by midnight on Friday (Mountain Time – GMT-7).</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>P.S.  For those that like my videos and want to see the archives, check out the <a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/wp-content/tutorials/" title="Video Tutorials" target="_blank">Learning Resource Pag</a>e from the sidebar for more materials.  And as an additional side note, this is post #600.  No fuss, no muss, no fanfare, but yet somehow I landed back on video tutorials – which is kind of how it all started!  Somehow, ,ind of poetic, eh? <img src='http://www.canonblogger.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </em></p> <h2 class="related_post_title">Related Posts</h2><ul class="related_post"><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/03/15/borders-and-logos-its-photoshop-oh-my/" title="Borders and Logos, it’s Photoshop, Oh [...] For those of you that have been following the blog for a long time (and let me know who you are, because I want to ask why!), you may recall that I used to put out video tutorials on how to do various things inside of Photoshop.  After plodding [...] http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/18/hardware-review-expodisc/ http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/18/hardware-review-expodisc/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:36:47 +0000 Jason http://www.canonblogger.com/?p=2766 http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/18/hardware-review-expodisc/feed/ 3 <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It’s been a while since I’ve done a hardware review, and I realized that when the folks at Expo Imaging had sent me the Rayflash to review, I had also received an Expodisc.  I know I recorded the video for it, but for some reason it never got published, as the two were meant to be posted back to back.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">In any case, here is the long-awaited review of the Epodisc from the folks at Expo Imaging:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.expoimaging.com" ><img class="aligncenter" title="Expodisc from Expo Imaging" src="http://www.expoimaging.com/MediaFiles/products/EN_product_2.jpg" alt="Expo Disc" width="400" height="266" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">First – what is the Expodisc?  It’s simply a disc that defracts light as it passes through your lens in order to determine the proper white balance setting for your images.  Why is this a good thing?  It’s a good thing because light doesn’t always fall into the specific categories designed by your vendor.  It’s not always daylight, tungsten, florescent, etc.  These vendor pre-sets can get you close, but if you want spot on white balance settings in camera, this is definitely the way to go!  Here’s the short video I had put together a while back on how it works:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Do I like the Expo Disc?  Absolutely – and if I were in an environment where lighting conditions change often, or it was tricky to determine (say those lights in gyms with the green phosphorous), these utilities are a godsend.  Landscape environments can also be tricky when you are dealing with things like snow, shade and sunny areas at the same time, and portraiture can be tricky too – say you have a bride’s wedding dress, the whites of the eyes, and the teeth for sample areas – which do you set?  Use the ExpoDisc and it will be spot on every time!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks again to the folks at Expo Imaging for lending me the review units of the Ray Flash and the Expo Disc.  It was a pleasure, and for those interested in learning more about their products, please<a href="http://www.expoimaging.com/" title="Expo Imaging Landing Page" target="_blank"> visit their website here</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Happy shooting everyone – be sure you get your shots in, because there’s limited time left in the Circles contest for a lucky participant.  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/ldp_podcast/discuss/72157623163057924/" title="January Flickr Contest Thread" target="_blank">here’s the Flickr thread</a> – keep on posting and keep on shooting!  We’ll see you back here again tomorrow!</p> <h2 class="related_post_title">Related Posts</h2><ul class="related_post"><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/03/04/expoimaging-rocks/" title="ExpoImaging Rocks">ExpoImaging Rocks</a> (0)<br /><small>Wanna know why they rock?  I'll tell you!  As you ...</small></li><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2009/11/03/let-me-light-the-way/" title="Let Me Light the Way">Let Me Light the Way</a> (4)<br /><small>It's kind of funny how things go in circles.  As a...</small></li><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/03/02/the-long-awaited-drobo-review-2/" title="The [...] It’s been a while since I’ve done a hardware review, and I realized that when the folks at Expo Imaging had sent me the Rayflash to review, I had also received an Expodisc.  I know I recorded the video for it, but for some reason it never [...] http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/15/challenge-yourself/ http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/15/challenge-yourself/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:45:29 +0000 Jason http://www.canonblogger.com/?p=2760 http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/15/challenge-yourself/feed/ 6 <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The field of photography is a very challenging venue and finding your “voice” in a crowded field can often make the task seem daunting.  If you want to challenge yourself in different ways, try something else.  Painting, singing, and yes, playing a musical instrument can not only give you a new vision for your photography,  but it can get your creative juices going in ways that you may not realize.  While you may never become a Picasso, Luciano Pavarotti, or a Mozart, even picking up something you used to do as a kid (or when you were younger for those among us who are under the 30-something cutoff!), and giving it a whirl can give you new-found pleasures.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">For instance, when I was <strong>much younger</strong>, I took piano lessons for seven years.  Endless scales, arpeggios, and the whole nine yards filled my practice sessions for days, weeks, months, and well….years!  When I moved onto college, other interests bended me away from the piano, probably because after seven years I realized I was never going to be a Mozart.  Nevertheless, I enjoyed the practice and occasionally I return to tickle the ivories from time to time.  The photography vision has been clouded this week, and I found some solace in the keyboards late Friday night.  So, I plugged in the M-Audio keyvoard to my Mac and pounded away for a while as my fingers tried to remember their proper positions.  I remembered again that I am no Mozart, but I do have some creative ideas again, all because of a little ditty I put together.  Does this ring a bell for any of you?</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Have a great weekend everyone!  Happy shooting, and we’ll see you back here Monday with the results of my creative challenge! <img src='http://www.canonblogger.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p> <h2 class="related_post_title">Related Posts</h2><ul class="related_post"><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/02/10/composition-and-the-angle-of-view/" title="Composition and the Angle of View">Composition and the Angle of View</a> (1)<br /><small>We've talked a lot about various rules of composit...</small></li><li><a href="http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/19/photoshop-teaser/" title="Photoshop Teaser…">Photoshop 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and paid a visit to historic downtown Brighton (about 30 minutes northeast of Denver.  It was a fun get-together, and with a smaller than average turnout of 6 of us, we really got a chance to not only converse and interact with one another, we also had some great opportunities for photographs.  The highlight of the day was when we happened to be walking by the Brighton Armory.  As it turns out, this building was recently renovated as part of a new cultural center for the area.  The Operations Manager saw us walking by and invited us inside, as well as a tour of both the upstairs and downstairs areas.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Not only did we get a little piece of history about the place, we got some great shots of the building itself.  With several hundred to parse through over the weekend, I’ve trimmed it to the slide show below showing some shots from both around Brighton and the Armory itself.  The other thing that was exciting about this is that after expressing an interest in volunteering our photographic services for any events, they seemed interested in taking us up on the offer.  We shall see what may come of these serendipitous meetings.  It just goes to show you that it’s always a good thing to support the arts, and always good to think about networking – even when you are just having fun on a photo walk!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Here’s a couple links for those interested in learning more about the area and the Armory:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">http://brightonarmory.org/</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">http://heartofbrighton.org/ArmoryVideo.htm</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Enjoy the slide show and we’ll see you back here tomorrow – happy shooting!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Don’t forget too, the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/ldp_podcast/discuss/72157623163057924/" title="January FLickr Contest" target="_blank">January Flickr contest thread</a> is open, and the 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the metro Denver area got together and paid a visit to historic downtown Brighton (about 30 minutes northeast of Denver.  It was a fun get-together, and with a smaller than average [...] no http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/08/keeping-your-resolutions/ http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/08/keeping-your-resolutions/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:11:47 +0000 Jason http://www.canonblogger.com/?p=2739 http://www.canonblogger.com/2010/01/08/keeping-your-resolutions/feed/ 2 <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">As with every new year, there is always talk about setting New Years Resolutions – and setting goals is always easy to do, but what about keeping those resolutions?  Sometimes it’s a challenging thing to do, because we either set goals that are vague or not very specific.  For example, “lose weight” is a common goal, as is “exercise more”.  From a photography perspective, we often will hear (or say) ones like “shoot more”, “get organized”, and other such platitudes.  While the ideal is always good, the intangible goals are always the most difficult to reach simply because they are…well, intangible!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Do yourself a favor and not only set some concrete goals, but share them with colleagues, peers, and friends.  If you write a blog, announce them!  Make your readers hold you to your goals.  Not only will you be more likely to achieve your goals, but your readers will also become more vested in your blog!  It’s very empowering, and I would encourage everyone who writes a blog or has a web presence to do something like that.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Uh oh, I just  realized something – I kind of set myself up there didn’t I?  Okay, yeah, it was kind of intentional, but it came from the heart! <img src='http://www.canonblogger.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   My biggest resolution for this year – finish projects!  I can’t tell you how many projects I have started to get distracted by other projects, ideas, or things, only to never make it back to the original project.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">For example, I had set a project once of getting all my resume and personal information in an easy to access text file for copying and pasting into database driven websites like USAJobs.  So, it was off to getting various records for inclusion, including my military service.  That led me to the filing cabinet (insert Psycho music here)!  Before I knew it, I had spent 3 hours organizing the filing cabinet into tabbed folders of all things non-job related.  Gas receipts, electric bills, and all sorts of other things kept popping up at me saying “file me file me file me”!  It got so bad I even found myself at the local Staples getting tabbed divider label things for each category instead of getting the original project done!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">In keeping with the idea of finishing projects, I would like to share the completion of project #1:  The Sunrise Shoot at Rocky Mountain National Park!  I mentioned it in December before the holidays and I had every intention of completing this sooner, but first the layoff, then Christmas, then New Years, and many other distractions pulled me away.  No more!  The trip is completed, the shots processed, and the videos montaged!  I give you, ladies and gentlemen, the RMNP trip:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">So, project #4982163 has been completed…I have all the rest to do!  What are your resolutions and projects for 2010?  Do they include getting a circle shot ready for the January Giveaway?  (Announced here yesterday…)  Here’s the link for the contest thread on Flickr in case you missed it!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Share your own thoughts and ideas, resolutions and projects in the comments and we’ll help keep you on track!  In the meantime, keep on shooting, have a great weekend, and we’ll see you back here on Monday!  Happy Shooting!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <h2 [...] As with every new year, there is always talk about setting New Years Resolutions – and setting goals is always easy to do, but what about keeping those resolutions?  Sometimes it’s a challenging thing to do, because we either set goals that [...] Jason Anderson 2:42 Rocky Mountain National Park, video, photo shoot, sunrise, RMNP no http://www.canonblogger.com/2009/12/22/video-hosting-services-review/ http://www.canonblogger.com/2009/12/22/video-hosting-services-review/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:55:46 +0000 Jason http://www.canonblogger.com/?p=2673 http://www.canonblogger.com/2009/12/22/video-hosting-services-review/feed/ 7 <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">With the increasing popularity and discussion of video (we are always hearing about the convergence of photography and videography), I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the different video hosting services, and look at their functionality.  So, earlier today I recorded a video using Quicktime Pro on the Mac, and tried uploading it to 3 different popular services:  YouTube, Vimeo, and Animoto.  Here are the videos in that order, followed by my thoughts on each:</p> <p><strong>YouTube:</strong></p> <p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="344" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tnDi-JlTmr8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tnDi-JlTmr8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Thoughts</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Price:  It’s free!  Nothing beats free in my book, and with the competitive landscape of technology, this is pretty hard to beat.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Quality:  The thumbnail does not look right, but that’s a minor nit…on playback it seems pretty good.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Ease of use:  Another pro here as well…it was easy (and quick) to upload.  It took less than a minute to upload, and adding the video details was also easy.  You do need a Google account to do this though, but since that is also free, the downside here is hard to find.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Accessibility:  It was VERY easy to find the embed code to copy/paste into the blog.  And YouTube/Google is pretty recognizable as far as things go, so it’s going to be hard to compete here.  But, let’s look at the other services…</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Limitations:  The only one I can find is that you are limited to videos under 10 minutes.  You can do HD quality, up to 2GB per video (so no data size limit), with no waiting in line for video conversion or anything like that.  At first I thought 10 minute limit was, well…limiting, but after looking at the other two services, not as much.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Vimeo:</strong></p> <p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="400" height="300" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8335326&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8335326&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" [...] With the increasing popularity and discussion of video (we are always hearing about the convergence of photography and videography), I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the different video hosting services, and look at their [...] Jason Anderson 2:00 no http://www.canonblogger.com/2009/03/10/news-artists-and-inspiration/ http://www.canonblogger.com/2009/03/10/news-artists-and-inspiration/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:30:32 +0000 Jason http://www.canonblogger.com/?p=1207 http://www.canonblogger.com/2009/03/10/news-artists-and-inspiration/feed/ 2 <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Welcome to the show notes for week #17 of Learning Digital Photography.  Here’s the show notes for this week’s podcast…</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">First off, I’ve done some further tweaking to give a little more consistency and structure to the show for your listening pleasure.  The three segments that I am going to try to regularly stick to will be:</p> <ol style="text-align: justify;"> <li><strong>News, Events, and Information</strong> from around the community and industry – here I’ll share nuggets, information, and other useful snippets from the most recent days and weeks of activity within the photography community.  Sometimes I’ll share information that’s available elsewhere, and other times I’ll offer my own perspectives on the news and events that shape the industry.</li> <li><strong>Authors and Artists</strong> from within and related to the industry of photography are also an area I would like to devote some time to since the Thursday Thoughts series has not seen much attention lately (not that I am planning to either – I think it’s just on sabbatical!), and I had the good fortune of actually sitting down with an area professional recently which provided a source of inspiration for this weeks show.</li> <li><strong>Sources of Inspiration</strong> – As artists I think we are always searching for and discovering new sources of inspiration.  Often these can come from well known venues such as photography magazines, galleries, and the like, but I am not adverse to featuring unusual or new sources either.  This week, I will be featuring an unusual source of inspiration, so make sure you stop in for this segment too!</li> </ol> <p style="text-align: justify;">To find out why these links are all up and on the blog, make sure to stop over to <a href="http://personallifemedia.com/podcasts/516-learning-digital-photography/episodes/31988-news-artists" title="Link to the Podcast at PLM" target="_blank">Personal Life Media</a> and grab this weeks show!  For the link grabbers, here you are:</p> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li><a href="http://twipphoto.com/archives/3100" title="This Week in Photography" target="_blank">TWIP on the Panasonic</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2009/03/panasonic-lumix-gh1-with-video.html" title="The Online Photographer" target="_blank">The Online Photography on the Panasonic</a></li> <li><a href="http://photojojo.com/content/inspiration/photographic-dictionary/" title="PhotoJojo" target="_blank">PhotoJoJo</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.thephotographicdictionary.org/home.html" title="Photographic Dictionary" target="_blank">Photographic Dictionary</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd-e.html" title="EOS Firmware Updates from Canon" target="_blank">Canon Firmware</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/new.jsp" title="Adobe Lightroom and Camera Raw" target="_blank">Adobe Updates</a></li> <li><a href="http://onemillionfaces.org/" title="One Million Faces" target="_blank">One Million Faces</a></li> <li><a href="http://peggydyer.com/Blog/index.html" title="Peggy Dyer" target="_blank">Peggy [...] Welcome to the show notes for week #17 of Learning Digital Photography.  Here’s the show notes for this week’s podcast… First off, I’ve done some further tweaking to give a little more consistency and structure to the show for your 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