TWiP #263 – An Olympic Photo Finish


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Hosts: Frederick Van Johnson, Martin Bailey, Doug Kaye, Nicole Young

Episode Overview

This week on TWiP:

  • Outrage over bad Olympic photos (6:00)
  • Microsoft reveals the Surface (17:10)
  • Why is the Canon T4i causing allergic reactions (31:35)
  • An interview with Trey Ratcliff on discovering the art of photography (43:10)

Martin Bailey, Doug Kaye, and Nicole Young join Frederick Van Johnson to discuss these topics and more on this week's episode of TWiP.

[box]We record TWiP every Wednesday at 6pm Pacific, so be sure to circle Frederick on Google+ to catch the show. *Note that we have reverted back to recording the show using Skype while we work out some things on the technical end to improve the audio quality of the recordings via Google Hangouts.

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Interview with Trey Ratcliff

This week Frederick caught up with Trey Ratcliff to discuss his recent move to New Zealand, a “meta” discussion about art vs tech, and how to market yourself in the digital age. You can learn more about Trey at StuckinCustoms.com


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1. Outrage over bad Olympic photos

2. Microsoft reveals the Surface tablet

3. Allergic reactions to the Canon T4i

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Doug Kaye: Digimarc and a video by RC Concepcion showing how to automate its use in LR+PS

Martin Bailey: Photo walks

Nicole Young: Canon 40mm Pancake lens

Frederick Van Johnson: StickyAlbums.com – Use the offer code “twip” and get $40 off StickyAlbums Pro (reg $189) and the Wacom Cintiq 24HD

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Connect with Our Hosts & Guests:

Martin Bailey: http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com or Twitter or Google+

Doug Kaye: http://www.dougkaye.com or http://blogarithms.com or Twitter or Google+

Nicole Young: http://www.nicolesyblog.com or Twitter or Google+

Frederick Van Johnson: www.mediabytes.com or www.twitter.com/frederickvan or Google+

Credits:

Pre-production by: Bruce Clarke
Post production by: Suzanne Llewellyn
Bandwidth provided by: Cachefly
Intro Music by Scott Cannizzaro
Photo Credit: Allie_Caulfield on Flickr