Oct 29 2009

Richard Anderson In Person

Category: AfterCapture & Rangefinder Articles, Books, PhotographersEthan G. Salwen @ 10:43 am
No, this is not Richard Anderson, but it is one of his images.

No, this is not Richard Anderson. But it is one of his images.

Photographer, digital standards expert and photography community activist Richard Anderson is incredibly mild mannered — definitely easy to miss in the massive crowds of PhotoPlus Expo, but definitely worth tracking down to see face-to-face. That’s what I did last Thursday, borrowing a cell phone from Judy Herrmann (Thanks, Judy. My cheap, three-year-old Argentine cell phone is no iPhone), and meeting up with Anderson to shoot the breeze in person, which we hadn’t done in two years.

I talk to Anderson fairly often, as he is always incredibly generous with his time and knowledge, and he provides me information to improve my reporting, and also acts as a sounding board on the issues most important to cover.

As the driving force behind dpBestflow.org, the co-author of Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow Handbook and the princial author of UPDIG, Anderson knows a heck of lot about all things related to the broad, critical topic of digital best practices — from in-camera exposure to final file hand-off.

The thing is, such a statement makes Anderson sound like Continue reading “Richard Anderson In Person”

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Oct 26 2009

A Not Recap of the PhotoPlus Orgy

Category: Creative Process, The Industry, ViewpointEthan G. Salwen @ 10:06 am

AC_Blog_PPE_CrowdThe PhotoPlus Expo officially ended on Saturday, but my experience didn’t come to an end until yesterday, with my visit to the studio of commercial photographer Andrew Matusik. My PPE experience was less frantic and more fantastic than I had anticipated.

I think this was simply because I did myself a favor and realized — before the madness began — that I should focus on quality over quantity. So my personal mantra was, “If you learn just one thing today and connect with just one person, this will be a success.” And a success it was.

I won’t try to recap my whole PPE experience — way, way too much to share — but I will give you a taste by simply listing some of the people and ideas that came my way:

The best part of PPE was spending real quality time — and enjoying good eats — with photographers I already knew, including Gail Mooney, Tom Kelly, Richard Anderson Continue reading “A Not Recap of the PhotoPlus Orgy”

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May 05 2008

Dig This! UPDIG Offers THE Answers

Category: Online ResourcesEthan G. Salwen @ 8:45 am

ACMF_080505_image_updig1We’ve all accepted that working with the digital photography medium is a process of constant learning. Still, wouldn’t it be nice if there were one place we could go to find all the answers to all our digital imaging questions? Well there is. It’s a wonderful place called UPDIG.

The Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines (UPDIG) are a set of very concise and well informed guidelines related to the full scope of digital imaging practices. Just a few of the topics covered include color management, monitor calibration, file formats, naming conventions, resolution, sharpening, file delivery and workflow. And there’s much, much more.

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May 01 2008

What IS a Digital Photography Expert?

Category: ViewpointEthan G. Salwen @ 6:07 pm

ACMF_080501_1As far as I can tell, the only clear thing separating so-called digital photography experts and the rest of us photographers is the word “expert.” I’ve met helpful photographers with a mind-blowing amount of experience and knowledge who refuse to call themselves experts. On the other hand, I’ve bumped into a few self-proclaimed experts who could use a lesson or two on some basic aspects of the craft.

While I’m the host of ACMetaforum, I definitely do not consider myself a digital photography expert. At the same time, I have been lucky enough to learn quite a bit of information about a few areas of electronic imaging from some photographers who definitely deserve to be called experts. And all of these experts have digital knowledge blind spots.

This brings us to the interesting reality that digital photography—with its myriad, constantly evolving tools—has totally changed Continue reading “What IS a Digital Photography Expert?”

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