Author: Dave Wilson

For 9 hours a day, I'm a professional software engineer for a major IC manufacturer but the rest of the time I'm a fanatical photographer who loves shooting all kinds of images and mucking with them in Photoshop. Although I shot film for 20 years, I'm now totally digital (though if Brian & Antonio have their way, I'll be breaking out the 35mm gear again shortly and buying some FP4). I shoot Nikon DSLRs but also love my Canon and Fuji P&Ss so have a foot in several camps so to speak. On the web and Twitter, I'm mostly known for my HDR images some of which you can find on my photoblog at http://www.davewilsonphotography.com and my Flickr account (DaveWilsonPhotography). Should you be interested in reading more of my hints and tips, you can also find me at http://blog.webartz.net.

PhotoNetCast #86 – The Value of Photography

Greg Lumley joins us to discuss the value of photography and his $35,000 image.

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Number 86

The Value of Photography

 

If you listened to show number 85, you probably remember that we discussed South African photographer Greg Lumley’s offer to sell his one-off aerial panorama of Cape Town for $35000. After the show was released, Greg contacted us (you can read his response in the comments on the show page) so we invited him to join us for a discussion about his image and, more generally, the value of imagery and photography today.

Greg_lumley_cape_town_pano

 

News

 

In the news, we talked about the verdict in the Morel vs AFP case being upheld – that’s US$1.2M.  Still with copyrights, the appeals Court says streamlined copyright registration for collections is legal, and the Wikimedia Foundation is being naughty.

On Kickstarter there was a campaign for SnaPICam, a Raspberry Pi powered Touchscreen Digital Camera complete with interchangeable lenses – as of this writing, the funding was unsuccessful Sad smile

The Research labs at Microsoft have been busy, and they have published some results of adjusted Hyperlapse, and the results are very very interesting.

To finish off the news, we talked about Canon launching Irista, a free dropbox-like cloud storage service for photos.

 

Enjoy the show…

 

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Selected from the Web

 

 

Photo Copyright Greg Lumley – used with permission

PhotoNetCast #85 – We’re Back!

Has it really been 8 months? Surely not? Just when you thought we had disappeared for good, we’re back. Job changes, house moves and family crises, but now it’s time

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We’re Back!

 

Has it really been 8 months? Surely not?

Just when you thought we had disappeared for good, we’re back. Job changes, house moves and family crises are (hopefully) behind us all so we’re hoping that we can now get back to something like a regular podcasting schedule. Keep your fingers crossed and keep watching!

In this episode, Antonio is joined by Dave and Sean for a general natter about some recent news topics and to answer listener questions.

During news discussion, Dave enthuses about the new Nikon D810, a camera that finally hits the function and price sweet spots for D700 owners looking to upgrade, we consider the value of photography in the light of a couple of news stories from ImageBrief and South African photographer Greg Lumley, consider Flickr’s newly-announced photo licensing marketplace and get confused about how Sony will manufacture their new curved sensor.

On a more light-hearted note, we take a quick look at some imaginative on-the-job engagement photos from a Chinese SWAT officer and note that DXO Film Pack 3 software is available free until August 15th.

Enjoy the show…

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Questions from Listeners

  • Lee vs. B&W 10 stop ND filters? Although we like both of these options, the consensus was that the Lee system, though more expensive, is easier to use.
  • Web sites to support client proof galleries and offer print purchases? Several suggestions were offered with the two most popular in the host’s opinion being
  • What resolution of file is needed to print at a given size? This question resulted in lengthy discussion of the variables involved in figuring out the answer. There’s more to it than just the paper and printer with viewing distance also playing into the equation.

Selected from the Web

San Francisco Photo Walk Winner

We’re delighted to announce the winning photograph from our recent downtown San Francisco Photo Walk! As judged by the show hosts, Jesse Nichols‘ excellent image “Floral Escalation” wins him a copy of Photomatix Pro. Hopefully you’ll enjoy experimenting with HDR photography, Jesse.

Floral Escalation by Jesse Nichols

“Floral Escalation” (c) 2012  Jesse Nichols. Used with permission.

HDRSoft Photomatix

Many thanks to our sponsor, HDRSoft, for donating the prize for this competition.