Author: Frederick Van Johnson

  • TWiP #200 – The Boys Are Back in Town

    On this episode of TWiP, it’s our 200th episode and we’ve brought the band back together. This week, we catch up with some of the original TWiPers to chat about what they’ve been up to and how they are incorporating video into their workflow. Plus, Bruce Clarke sits down for a special interview with David Ziser.

  • 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 #194 – In Living Color

    This week on TWiP:  A new mobile photo-sharing application raises $41 million dollars prior to launch, how printing often can save you time and headaches, Samsung taps Tessara for zoom technology without moving parts, and Zach Prez shares marketing tips for photographers to get customers knocking on your door. Hosts: Frederick Van Johnson, Alex Lindsay,…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Point-and-Shoot Breakup

    Great video from the folks over at the New York Times. What a great and poignant way to explain the the ending of the smartphone, point-and-shoot love triangle.