Author: Frederick

  • TWiP Talks 59: Inside Macphun

    In this episode, I sit down with Alex Tsepko – Managing Partner, and Kevin La Rue – Vice President. We discuss one of the company’s newest programs, Aurora HDR 2017. Aurora was launched last year to rave reviews, and they’ve updated the software with new features and performance updates.

  • TWiP 488: Making Copyright Great Again

    In this episode, the Trump campaign lifts photos from Flickr without permission. Kodak enters the smartphone game, and Nikon goes multi-lens with a computational photography based camera.

  • TWiP 487: Amputees en Vogue

    Sony’s new 4K Action Cam adds optical image stabilization. Paralympic athletes replaced with able-bodied models in Vogue campaign. Plus a tourist is jailed for flying his drone in Havana.

  • TWiP 486: Google Grabs them with the Pixel

    Google changes the smartphone conversation again, this time with the introduction of a new phone they’re calling “Pixel”. Plus Sony announces the a6500 and Zoom releases the Zoom Q8 all-in-one video/audio recorder.

  • The Complete Photography Bundle is BACK!

    It’s that time of year again! It’s time for the 5DayDeal Complete Photography Bundle for 2016! Every year the crack team at 5DayDeal assemble an all-star cast of photographic educators and software makers to bring you a huge bundle of photography products at a ridiculously low price.

  • TWiP Weddings 048: Finding Inspiration and Shooting Mirrorless

    Getting and staying inspired is something that many creatives struggle with at certain times during their career. Whether it’s at the beginning of wedding season when we’re all a little bit out of practice, or when we’re halfway through wedding season and feeling a little burned out – getting and staying inspired is something most photographers have to deal with.

  • TWiP 484: DJI Strikes Back

    Last week GoPro impressed with their new small-sized drone system dubbed Karma. DJI answers this week with a similarly sized drone, with more capability called Mavic. Also, Flickr updates it’s homepage and Panasonic reveals details about the successor to their wildly popular GH4 mirrorless camera called, wait for it — the GH5!

  • TWiP Weddings 047: The Law of Attraction

    A big part of attracting the ideal types of clients comes down to what we show online. On today’s episode, we’re going to share our processes for choosing which images go into our portfolios and how we decide what types of images we share on social media and on blog posts to ensure that we are attracting the types of clients who we want to work with.

  • TWiP Talks 57: Inside Vietnam with Ralph Velasco

    In this interview I sit down with globe-trotting photographer Ralph Velasco to discuss his experiences traveling in and around Vietnam. We also discuss my upcoming Vietnam workshop, and some tips for traveling and getting great pictures in South East Asia.

  • Introducing Aurora 2017

    Next week, our friends down at Macphun will launch the next version of their amazing HDR processing software Aurora HDR 2017.