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.

  • 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.

  • TWiP #233 – Vincent LaForet on Shooting DSLR Video

    In this chat Vincent and Frederick discuss the then and now. How the industry has changed, and what might be next. And he gives plenty of tips on how “regular folk” can get started shooting professional-looking video without taking out a 2nd mortgage.

  • TWiP #232 – There’s A Yak For That

    This week on TWiP: dSLRs banned from a UK tube station, iPhone photos find their way into stock photography, Kodak burning through $70 million a month, and CF cards to be replaced by smaller XQD format.

  • 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 #228 – Google <3 Photographers

    This week on TWiP: The camera manufacturer industry is abuzz with big news from Olympus, Canon, and Red, Google+ launches pages for businesses, and an interview with Photoshop guru Jeff Schewe.

  • 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.