Author: Frederick Van Johnson

  • TWiP Forums – Growing Pains

    When we relaunched the TWiP website a while back we made the call to use Wordpress Forum software from Simple-Press.com. Unfortunately, due to the increase in traffic it looks like we underestimated the amount of stress the software would have to withstand.

  • TWiP #198 – Viva Las Vegas

    On this episode of TWiP, can you tell the difference between the Las Vegas Statue of Liberty and the real one in New York? If so, the US Postal Service could use your help. onOne introduces layers to Lightroom, and Bruce Clarke sits down with photographer Matthew Jordan Smith to pick his brain about all things photography.

  • TWiP #196 – Inspiration

    How do you get and stay inspired? The oldest surviving Nikon digital camera goes up on the auction block. Lens Baby announces the Composer Pro, and a recent incident in Libya raises concerns over the safety of female photo journalists going into war zones.

  • New eBook! The Power of Black & White in Lightroom and Photoshop

    In the beginning there was black and white photography… and shooters weren’t able to use color as a means to communicate their vision. In many ways this forced the shooter to exercise the other tools at his disposal (lighting, composition, exposure) to create impact. Now it’s time to get back to basics.

  • TWiP Training: Foundational Photoshop Part 1, Selecting

    In this three-part article, I will dig into Selecting, Layers, and Masking giving simple tips that should be considered in every-day editing.  Regardless of how simple or complex my methods are, I always try to approach Photoshop with a focus on loss-less editing and keeping the file size manageable.

  • TWiP #190 – The Furious Five

    Public outcry causes a photographer to drop a copyright lawsuit, Tamron & Nikon readying built-in Image Stabilizers in their Tele-extenders?, Steve Simon joins in “randomly” and an interview on photo sharing sites with PurePhoto CEO, John Ellis.

  • Killer New eBook on Canon Cameras!

    I just got my hands (virtually) on the newest ebook from my good friend Joseph Linaschke. This one is all about how to get the most out of that powerful Canon camera you have sitting in your camera bag.

  • Write for TWiP!

    Think you’ve got what it takes to help us create This Week in Photo? If so, we are looking for a “few good men & women” interns and writers to cover beats such as HDR, Gear, Technique, Wedding & Portrait, Sports, Landscape, Software, etc.

  • TWiP #188 – Exposing Danger

    This week on TWiP: Photographers in Egypt put their lives on the line to get the shot, Canon releases new lenses, camera bodies, and flashes and Google Art Project brings Street View photographs to Art Museums. This week’s show features Frederick VanJohnson, Andy Biggs, and Derrick Story.

  • Quick Tip: Creating Google Velcro

    For a page or website to rank highly in Google, you must create the page with a specific search term (or terms) in mind. In other words, don’t build a random page and hope it ranks. Build it from the ground up with making sure it gets found in mind.

  • TWiP #180 – I Am Ironman

    On this episode of TWiP, Copyright or Copy wrong, Iron Man body armor for your dSLR, and Borrowlenses.com marketing guy Josh Norem talks 3rd party lenses.

  • New Photography eBook: Light & Land

    New photography ebook! With equal parts inspiration and instruction, Michael Frye goes step-by-step through the aesthetic judgements behind each decision in making great imagery, and reveals some fundamental principles behind creating amazing landscape photographs.

  • TWiP #178 – Airport Insecurity

    On this episode of TWiP, is taking photos of the security lines in airports a good idea , Canon offers to modify your camera, and a follow-up on Topaz Labs InFocus software.

  • Topaz InFocus Real-World Test

    Every now and then a peice of software comes around with the promise of making photographers’ lives easier. When I first read about the InFocus software from Topaz Labs I thought it might be the holy grail of fixing soft shots. Unfortunately, it looks like there’s no magic bullet for bad focus-yet.