Author: Frederick Van Johnson

  • TWiP #246 – Pinterest’s Interest

    This week on TWiP: Is Pinterest helpful or harmful for photographers? The Daily Mirror uses a stolen image to illustrate a story about serial killers, a photographer kills the subject he was sent to cover, and Frederick sits down for a chat with photographer Dan Alban to talk about running a brick and mortar studio.

  • 4 Tips for Better Landscape Photos

    So you have already followed some basic advice for getting better landscape photos: Shoot during the golden hour, use f/22, and focus 1/3 of the way in. You are using a tripod, ballhead, and shutter release. Now you want to improve your landscape shots further. I was in this same boat not long ago, and…

  • Nikon introduces the D800!

    With the release of its new D800 and D800E cameras boasting 36 megapixels, Nikon has carved a trajectory away from what many futurists envisioned and wowed us all in the process.

  • TWiP #238 – Deviantly Artistic

    This week, Frederick sat down with the Advisor in Chief from deviantART – Josh Wattles to learn more about the site, discuss who it is targeted at, notable artists on the site, and what the future holds for deviantART.

  • Going, Going, Going… Pro!

    Ever wanted to know what it would take to “Go Pro” with your photography? Guest contributor Patrick Reed reviews the book he says will help you do just that.

  • TWiP #237 – Bourne to Be Wild

    This week on TWiP: Scott Bourne gets hands-on with a Lytro camera, a look back at some of the announcements coming out of CES, Adobe backtracks on their upgrade pricing for CS6, and a new online service lets photographers make money from photographing strangers.

  • New eBook! Vision is Better 2

    David duChemin has had one hell of a year. Let’s see: Divorce, self-induced homelessness, falling off of a wall in Italy and breaking both feet (and his pelvis); and the subsequent fight to walk again. He has taken the time to chronicle his year in this amazing ebook along with some incredibly salient words about “gear lust”.

  • TWiP #231 – Only $30 to Touch Their Junk

    This week on TWiP: CNN lays off photojournalists citing the accessibility of quality cameras, brick and mortar camera shops start charging you touch the goods, looking back a the most memorable stories and images from 2011, and an interview with Paul C. Buff.

  • TWiP #230 – Flash is Dead? Long Live Flash?

    This week on TWiP: Are liquid lenses the next big thing in Photography, Adobe kills flash for mobile and revamps it’s upgrade pricing model, Google+ reunites a DSLR owner with his images lost at sea, new hardware from Nikon, and an interview with Dan Brodnitz about the state of distance learning for creatives.

  • TWiP #226 – Retro Active

    This week on TWiP: A new iPhone app called Shoebox lets you scan & archive old photographs with your iPhone, Nikon eying webOS, What’s behind the rise in popularity of retro photography?, and does the printed portfolio still matter?

  • Adventures in Updating to iOS5

    Thought I’d give my opinion on how the iOS 5 update experience was for me. I updated two iPads, one iPod Touch, and one iPhone 3GS to iOS 5 over the past couple of days. Personally, I had no problems at all.