Apr 5, 2020
Unless you’re in Belarus or some
other far-flung location, you’re in some form of lock-down and our
abilities to travel are severely restricted. That’s tough for
travel photographers like us to handle. I talk with Matt Bishop
about ways to prepare for normal, ways to continue to enrich our
lives as photographers while we also deal with these
ever-increasing restrictions. Also, this episode is dedicated to
all the front-line workers such as doctors and nurses and everyone
in-between and on the periphery of all the work that’s going on to
combat the virus. Thank you for all your energy, dedication,
sacrifice and general love for humankind.
This is Latitude Photography
Podcast, Episode 74 for April 5, 2020
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You get a bonus episode today.
This is the second episode for April 5. I thought about waiting a
week but figured I really wanted to get it out to you so here you
go. I’m talking with Matt Bishop, Matt, Welcome to the
show.
- You
live in Italy, give us a photographer’s perspective of what’s going
on there in Rome and around the country.
- The
last time we were chatting we talked a bit about Pentax as you’re a
Pentax shooter and we talked about Patagonia. But we didn’t get to
finish Patagonia. Let’s finish that up, so where shall we
start?
- phlearn.com is running a discount until April 6, that’s a
day after this episode is published. It’s 40% off and the code is
Latitude40. If you miss the date go with Latitude20 and you’ll get
20% off their annual subscription rate. It’s excellent photoshop
training.
- This
whole quarter I’m releasing my principles of photography lessons
into the Latitude Photography Facebook group. You can find them
there in the feed, it’s not “organized” like a class, but if you’re
a beginner or you want to brush up on a few photography techniques
and such you’ll appreciate these. I’ve released three so far and I
have three more I think to go. I’ll have to reference my notes but
I think it’s three more to go. This is a preview of sorts for my
Latitude Photography School service coming out later this year. I’m
still planning on Summer 2020 for the release of the school, stay
tuned.
- enricofossati.it Matt, you wanted to talk about this. People
interested in going beyond post production techniques that delve
you into a world of mystery
- Rent
something. Head on over to lensrentals.com and rent something to try out. Maybe you want
to try some macro photography or a camera mount to track the stars.
Use my code “latitude15” and get 15% off your order. I have my eye
on renting a cine lens. Not that I want to make any movies or what
not, but cine lenses are supposed to not have any focus breathing,
no vignetting when wide open and super smooth focus and aperture
control. I think it would be interesting to shoot with something
like that.
- Brain
training off-field. Listen to podcasts, watch youtube videos with
regards to on field landscape photography, invest in advanced post
production tutorials. Know your gear inside and out so you don't
waste time on-field.
- I
plan to do a tutorial soon on doing macro photography on your
kitchen table. I’ll do other shoots like that where I’m working
with what I have very close to home and let me tell you, this is a
huge challenge for a travel photographer like me who suffers
greatly from back-yard-syndrome. I’m just not as interested in
subjects that aren’t tied to a travel adventure. It’s just my
nature.
- Another thing I’m tempted to do is look into
Final Cut Pro. Apple is giving a 90-day trial. I use Premiere now
and that’s fine, but FCP is certainly a good package too and I’ll
be producing a lot of videos again soon so I say why not? Davinci
Resolve is also tempting since the base license is
free.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202389
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/
- Eventually we’re going to get back to normal
lives where we can go out without much fear or trepidation and the
risk of transmitting the disease will be mitigated. It’s our goal
to encourage you to transform yourself photographically. A lot of
us have more time on our hands these days and what better way to
spend some of that time than investing in yourself. Here’s our tips
and resources for investing in yourself during this
time.
creativelive.com has some great materials too, and they have a
free offer as well.