This week Ray passes along the latest photographic news pertaining to Nikon:
-Nikon DSLRS outselling Canon
-Snow Leopard versions of Camera Control 2, Capture NX2, Nikon Transfer and View NX
-New wireless flash control announced
-8 new Zeiss F mount lenses announced
-NX2 compatibility issues with Windows 7
-Sigma announces photo scholarship
-Berger Brothers offers Nikonians special
-Get a free Nikonians cap
-October winner announced in Nikonians photo contest
-Yosemite in the Winter photo workshop
-Nikonians Thanksgiving Sale-Just days left
This week Ray passes along the latest photographic news pertaining to Nikon:
-It's coming-The D4
-Canadian prices decline
-D3S orders starting to ship, 70-200 VRII lenses also
-D3 no longer available everywhere
-EyeFi adds FTP support
-Nikon announces DSLR Video contest
-Nikonians eZine 43 ready for download
-Get a free Nikonians cap
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This week Ray passes along the latest photographic news pertaining to Nikon:
-Coolpix S100PJ in top 10 products of 2009
-D300S prices take a dip
-Photoshop releases mobile app
-New ThinkTank bag released
-Epson announces four new fine art papers
-Free shipping from Blurb
-PhotoProShop Thanksgiving Sale continues
-Ray models his Nikonians attaire
-Michael Mariant announces an extraordinary Nikonians Workshop experiance
This week Ray passes along the latest photographic news pertaining to Nikon:
— WiFi on board Nikon's next generation DSLRs?
— Nikon Instant Rebates
— Nikon releases iPhone app
— Phase One releases Capture One5 Pro
— Inventor of the first digital camera honored
— OnOne launches Plug-in Suite 5
— Nikonians Annotate V1.05 released
— Nikonians Thanksgiving Sale ends November 29th
— Tammy McBrien wins Nikonians photo contest for September
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This week Ray passes along the latest photographic news pertaining to Nikon:
- A D800?
- Some new Nikkor lenses forthcoming
- New versionsof Nikon View NX and Nikon Transfer released
- Nikon compatability with Windows 7
- Beta version of Photoshop Lightroom 3
- Nikonians PhotoProShop Thanksgiving Special
This week Ray passes along the latest photographic news pertaining to Nikon:
—It's here! Nikon's Steve Heiner tells us about the new Nikon D3s
—Nikon's new DX-format 85mm VR micro lens coming in December
—Cliff Mautner tests the AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
—New products from Adobe and onOne Software add wireless phone features
In this episode of The Image Doctors, Jason and Rick discuss everything you need to know about getting started with a DSLR. We'll give tips for beginners, and provide information for experienced users to help them give advice to their friends.
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This week Ray passes along the latest photographic news pertaining to Nikon:
—Wildlife Photographer Andy Rouse teams with Nikon UK and National Geographic
—Look for Nikon announcement on new products with next two weeks
—CCD inventors win Nobel Prize for Physics
—Interview (Part Two) with Nikonians Academy faculty member Winston Hall
This week Ray passes along the latest photographic news pertaining to Nikon:
—Rumors of the week
—Nikon availability updates
—New ACDSee Pro 3 released
—Interview with Nikonians Academy faculty member Winston Hall
—The Nikonian eZine 42 is ready for download
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This week, Arnold Crane joins Jason as our guest podcaster, filling in for Rick, who is on vacation. Hear about Arnold's projects and how he plans to convert some of his older Leitz lenses to F-mount.
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Tune in to your weekly edition of the Nikonians News Flash Podcast for all the very latest news from our friendly Nikonians Community, brought to you this week by Tamron - a leading manufacturer of digital camera lenses for all photographic situations. Experience the award-winning mega zoom Tamron 18-270mm with "VC" Vibration Compensation.
Sorry for not getting last weeks podcast out to you all, just simply ran out of time due to other commitments, shouldn't happen too often though - James :-)
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Tune in to your weekly edition of the Nikonians News Flash Podcast for all the very latest news from our friendly Nikonians Community, brought to you this week by Tamron - a leading manufacturer of digital camera lenses for all photographic situations. Experience the award-winning mega zoom Tamron 18-270mm with "VC" Vibration Compensation.
Tune in to your weekly edition of the Nikonians News Flash Podcast for all the very latest news from our friendly Nikonians Community, brought to you this week by Tamron - a leading manufacturer of digital camera lenses for all photographic situations. Experience the award-winning mega zoom Tamron 18-270mm with "VC" Vibration Compensation.
"Mastering The Nikon D700" from Nikonians Press - Available for Pre-Order
2009 Images Contest - April's Winner Announced
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Tune in to your weekly edition of the Nikonians News Flash Podcast for all the very latest news from our friendly Nikonians Community, brought to you this week by Tamron - a leading manufacturer of digital camera lenses for all photographic situations. Experience the award-winning mega zoom Tamron 18-270mm with "VC" Vibration Compensation.
Tune in to your weekly edition of the Nikonians News Flash Podcast for all the very latest news from our friendly Nikonians Community, brought to you this week by Tamron - a leading manufacturer of digital camera lenses for all photographic situations. Experience the award-winning mega zoom Tamron 18-270mm with "VC" Vibration Compensation.
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Jason and Rick are emerging from hiatus to bring you a photography workshop in Rocky Mountain National Park. Email us to get more information. More details to come.
5:45
Listener Image Diagnosis
14:30
Nikon Coolpix P6000 hands-on review
27:46
What we like (and dislike) about photography in the 21st century.
55:39
Photo Prescription: Set your camera's time zone when you travel.
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Edition 89 of The Image Doctors - D5000 Discussion (amongst other things)
Rocky Nook ask Nikonians to get involved
D40/D40X Firmware Announcement
Competition Winners - New Members & Best of Nikonians 2009 Contests
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"Here comes the skins" - Nikonians Skin Creation Competition
Edition 88 of Image Doctors - People & Travel
Latest edition of Phase One's Capture One software announced
D60 Cake...!
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The Nikonians On Location #57 - Photograhper's Block
Blocked, bored, uninspired. Martin apologizes for this somewhat depressing podcast about photographer's block and his vague attempts to give advice to others when not even being able to get out of the hole himself.
Show Notes: March 30, 2009
But He manages to get a bit of advice over the counter like giving yourself assignments, shooting with shallow depth of field and an tip found on the web: the 100 step challenge. Walk, count steps and every 100, take a picture. You will find this and more tips on Photocritic.org.
Video supplement:
Uncommented pictures from a stale period in Martin's photography life - no speech, wise words or advice - just pictures and music. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #57 (NPC-OLV-2009-03-30; 2:29; flash format)
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Once again Martin regrets to have to announce that there will be no On Location podcast or slide show this week. As a consequence of the many delays lately he has decided to make the show biweekly and publish new episodes alternating with the Image Doctors every two weeks.
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Nikonians On Location Podcast Episode 55 - Ringflash Models
New Product - Swarovski Optik EL32 Travel Binoculars
First Nikonians "Hot & Cold" Image Contest winner for 2009 announced
Nikonians On Location Podcast Episode 56 - Macro Ringflash
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This time using a ringflash of the more classical type - for macro photography. The Metz Mecablitz 15 MS-1 is in reality two small flashes mounted on a ring, which rides in front of the lens.
Show Notes: March 16, 2009
Martin has a hard time finding insects and flowers here in mid-March, so he stays indoors and shoot some fishing flies and the orchids in the window sill... again!
Video supplement:
A very small selection of the pictures from today's shoot showing the Metz Mecablitz 15 MS-1 flash and some of the results of its work. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #56 (NPC-OLV-2009-03-16; 5:01; flash format)
Shooting the models Camilla and Louise in a large rotunda in a part of the University of Copenhagen. Fun with the Orbis Ringflash Adapter and more classical light using umbrellas.
Show Notes: March 09, 2009
Following up on the latest On Location podcast Martin Joerhensen covers the model shoot and the Orbis Ringflash Adapter in this episode. He also talks a bit about touching up on model images, removing blemishes and making skin really nice.
Video supplement:
Sample images from the shoot. Just a few of the almost 350 shots taken. Examples of the process of working on model images. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #55 (NPC-OLV-2009-03-09; 9:40; flash format)
Best of Nikonians 2008 Images Photo Contest - Winners announced
Details of this week's Image Doctors Podcast
Great new Lens Baby wide-angle accessory announced
New Product - Datacolour's Spyder Cube
Details of an exciting discount promotion from our Nikonians partner Epson
Olympus declares that the mega-pixel war is over!
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Martin's "On Location" podcast postponed until next week
Ritz Camera files for Chapter 11
Final weeks winner of the New Member's Photo Contest announced
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Martin Joergensen's shoot of the models Camilla and Louise this weekend will be covered in next week. Both the amount of post processing and paid work has Martin bogged down, and he excuses not being able to finish his podcast and slide show on schedule.
Talking about two very different subjects: snowy landscapes and model shoots. First a small trip into the winter landscape, some talk about working on the images and then some thoughts on getting hold of models for model shoots.
Show Notes: February 23, 2009
Winter and snow can sometimes be different to shoot, and since we were suddenly attacked by snow and cold weather, I ventured out with my friend Asger to get the first (and hopefully last) shots of snowy landscapes this winter. We also shot some bird photos. But having spent the week getting an appointment with a couple of models for an upcoming shoot, I thought I'd devote some time to that subject too.
This week I focus on visual noise, which is the kind of clutter that meets the eye when looking in messy garages, on chaotic bulletin boards, at random collections of things.
Show Notes: February 16, 2009
I was introduced to the concept by Erin Fitzsimmons via Chase Jarvis - pictures so chaotic that they are almost beautiful. Chaos on a shelf, a bulletin board, in a garage. It was everywhere once I started looking. Even in my home... well, mostly in my home, unfortunately.
Martin regrets to have to inform you that work - the paid kind - have kept him busy all week, and will so the coming few days, so On Location is in hiatus this week - in spite of a couple of sunny days and lots of photo ops.
But fret not, Martin promises to be back in full force the coming week.
The much anticipated release of the latest book to hit the shelves from the Nikonians Press "The Nikon Creative Lighting System" by Mike Hagen (Nikonians Academy)
Also in this weeks edition:
The latest Image Doctors podcast discusses, amongst other things, alternative systems to the standard Nikon DSLR's that most of us usually use, such as Medium Format, rangefinders etc
Industry News:
Nikon release the new wave of its Coolpix cameras and also the Nikon NAS-L1 Microscope attachment for DSLR's.
Contest News:
A reminder about The Best of Nikonians Image Photo Contest for 2009 - February's theme - "Hot and Cold"
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Lots of exciting Nikonians Academy Information, including workshops on the Nikon D300, Nikon Wireless Flash & Nikon Capture NX around the USA in February 2009, news from the recent Tanzania photo-safaris, details on the Nikonians Academy Triple D Game Farm Shoot and forthcoming landscape & travel photography courses for 2009
Also in this weeks edition: the Nikonians On Location podcast looks at High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography, details on the Nikonians Rewards Scheme, gifting Nikonians Membership to loved ones, personal blogs and email addresses for members are announced, the new members welcome photo contest congratulates its first weekly winner and the Best of Nikonians 2009 Images contest gets underway.
More HDR, this time concentrating on the process and the software. Martin addresses some of the common problems found in HDR's - misalignment, ghosting and halos - and gives advice on avoiding them. The show ends with some references to further reading, online and off.
The first episode of at least two on HDR - High Dynamic Range - this time dealing with the concept of dynamic range and the principles of capturing HDR. Martin Joergensen covers setting up the camera and shoots the first few frames in his home, after which he ventures into the dark Copenhagen night to capture some night HDR's.
Show Notes: January 26, 2009
This program covers the theory and shooting side of HDR, and the next episode will focus on the software side - combining and post processing bracketed series and HDR-images. Before the next time you might want to get a hold of an HDR-program. Martin will mention Photomatix and Picturenaut, but there are many other programs out there, which can do the job. More on that next time.
The sound file:
(High) Dynamic Range
Setting up the camera
First shots
Outdoors
Bye
Video supplement:
The first examples of bracketed shots and the combination of them into tone mapped HDR-images. We see both some natural looking pictures as well as some more typical cartoonish HDR's. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #51 (NPC-OLV-2009-01-26; 12:15; flash format)
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Riding around in the Danish January landscape on the lookout for some shooting options. No mountains, no great vistas and only few places completely undisturbed. But lots of naked trees.
Show Notes: January 12, 2009
A bit about driving after subjects, general landscape advice and some thoughts on converting to B/W as well.
Video supplement:
samples of today's hunt for landscapes. Some naked trees (of course), but also fences, microlandscapes and other aspects of a sunny January day. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #49 (NPC-OLV-2009-01-12; 6:30; flash format)
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This time Martin Joergensen is shooting fishing flies for a series of online articles and uses his usual home studio setup with a ringflash and a snooted SB800 as a backlight.
Show Notes: January 05, 2009
In the podcast Martin takes us through some thoughts about using a standard zoom as a macro as well as creating a black background in daylight flash images and using a ringlight for illuminating small things. Examples of the type of online instructional articles described can be found on The Global FlyFisher.
The sound file:
Intro
Tripod
Black background in daylight
Backlight
Assessing results
Bye
Video supplement:
A few examples of the shots from the podcast as well as some step-by-step shots done earlier - plus shots of the table top setup. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #48 (NPC-OLV-2009-01-05; 6:34; flash format)
The Nikonians On Location #47 - Last Podcast (not really)
A criminal always returns to the scene of the crime, and On Location's Martin Joergensen thought he'd celebrate the podcast's one year anniversary by returning to the location where he shot the first On Location podcast. Shooting a few foggy shots and thinking back through the year that passed.
Show Notes: December 29, 2008
The show covers the foggy shoot as well as some thoughts about the year that passed. Martin also ponders about what to cover in the coming season and as usual wants you to chip in with ideas, comments and suggestions.
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The Nikonians On Location #46 - Christmas Printing
Last minute and with a slight delay: On Location's Martin Joergensen is making a few presents from images. Prints are always a great gift, so get your production out on paper and give it away!
Show Notes: December 23, 2008
In this podcast Martin takes you through an easy process of printing and mounting prints in a frame or an album. Both the Florida trip (and again) and the Berlin trip have been covered on the show before.
Show Notes: December 15, 2008
Join Martin outdoors in the cold December weather probing the different options - one more weird than the other - and afterwards going indoors for a bit of heat and some flash shots. Read more details about the Lens Baby in Martin's review on his blog and on the Lens Baby homepage.
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Show Notes: December 08, 2008
So On Location's Martin Joergensen went out in the dark - both afternoon, night and morning, and rambles a bit about settings for shooting dark images, camera shake and other aspects of night shooting.
Show Notes: December 01, 2008
A small intro to the new beast in Nikon's lineup: the whooping 24.5 megapixels Nikon D3x. A camera meant for fashion and studio photographers, but with the flexibility and portability of the DSLR.
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The On Location podcast will unfortunately not be out this week. Work and other issues have kept Martin on the heels with regards to photography the past week, and as much as he would love to shoot and record, there simply hasn't been time in the itinerary.
On Location will be back in full force next week. Until then you may enjoy some archived episodes, reading Martin's blog or spend some time cooking up ideas for Martin to cover in the coming episodes. Mail them to him at onlocation@nikonians.org or post them in the Podcast feedback forum.
Show Notes: November 17, 2008
Martin has tried many of the more workflow-centric photo-editing programs, but always winds up doing most of his image work in good old Photoshop. This episode covers a few of his fairly primitive approaches to editing.
This week, the Image Doctors interview Tom Hogarty, Product Manager for Adobe Lightroom 2.0. You'll learn all about Adobe's latest version of Lightroom in this podcast.
Looking for an Image Doctors Episode? Check the show archives here.
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The Nikonians On Location #41 - Pragmatic Printing
Seeing your images on print can be very rewarding, and even though many photographers never make prints any more, others say that it ain't a real picture until it's printed.
Show Notes: November 10, 2008
On Location's Martin Joergensen falls somewhere in the category "Is OK with images on a screen, but loves a great print". This week he takes his HP B8850 pigment based A3/13x19" printer through the paces and introduces you to his way of printing - unsophisticated but with great results.
The sound file:
Outdoors in poor weather
Selecting images
Preparing the printer
Preparing pictures for print
Printing
Bye
Video supplement:
The slide show is now ready, showing some examples of the images that Martin selected to print and discussing briefly how to prepare them. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #41 (NPC-OLV-2008-11-10; 7:05; flash format)
Martin Joergensen is on location at his computer as well as walking the dog in a nearby park, and talks a bit about image storage problems and how to dig out pictures from the archives.
Show Notes: November 04, 2008
He also mentions the fact that he brings his camera almost everywhere and that he gets some decent shots from those random non-shooting trips.
Video supplement:
During his going though old archives, On Location's Martin Joergensen dug out a bunch of old pictures shot on occasions where he wasn't really out shooting. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #40 (NPC-OLV-2008-11-04; 8:57; flash format)
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Show Notes: October 27, 2008
Nine photographers and six models got together in a small theater, and On Location's host Martin Joergensen was there to shoot models and try new stuff with flashes.
Martin Joergensen has caught autumn in several ways: outdoors in the withering forest, indoors in the form of leaves on a white background... and in the shape of a cold. So this time he will lead you through a sniffing and nose dripping fall episode of On Location.
Show Notes: October 20, 2008
The episode both covers shooting fall outdoors in your local neighborhood as well as shooting indoors in a makeshift studio, where the aim is to get autumn leaves isolated on a white background.
The sound file:
Intro
In the forest
In the neighborhood
In the garden
In the living room
Bye
Video supplement:
A few samples of the shooting both indoors and outdoors as well as a super short course in isolating stuff on a white background. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #38 (NPC-OLV-2008-10-20; 7:55; flash format)
From The Forums: In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "Maybe I Just Don't Get Fine Art?", "What do you do with them?" and "D3 shutter in super slow motion".
Forum of the Week: Nikonian Ladies
Jessica's Choice Photo: Norweigan Meadow Hut.
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On Locatin's Martin Joergensen had the chance to shoot windsurfers at a championship in Denmark. The day was a bit dull, but good images were caught anyway - and a few lessons on high speed sailing were learned.
Show Notes: October 13, 2008
One thing not mentioned in the podcast or slide show is: be prepared for saltwater! When the wind is good for surfing, you have waves and spray coming over you constantly, and your gear will get wet. That's the price you pay for getting close to the action.
From The Forums:
Nikonian in San Francisco.
Nikonian looking for wildlife shooters interested in Wolf Haven tour in Washington.
In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "Problems when photographing in public places", "Upsetting Reaction" and "Rockslide in Yosemite".
Jessica's Choice Photo: Mason's Feet.
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Nikonian podcaster Martin Joergensen experimenting with wireless flash in the darkness. Just for fun, nothing big, and no great results - creatively at least.
Show Notes: October 06, 2008
Martin also talks you through some arguments for using wireless triggers rather than Nikon's CLS - the built-in flash exposure system.
From The Forums:
October's Online Photo Assignment is Colorful Backgrounds.
Nikonian Ladies' October theme is
Fall Foliage.
In the Café :
Noted threads to look for are: "Assumed to be a pro?", "You feel lucky punk? Well, do ya?" and new Poll "Nikon going windows? What's your 'Photo Platform'?".
Forum of the Week: Digital Imaging Software & Hardware
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A different and much more product centered On Location podcast with impressions from Photokina in Germany and interviews with some interesting people about some interesting products.
Show Notes: September 29, 2008
Martin Joergensen talked to Wacom, Kata, Pocket Wizard and Lensbaby amongst others and saw many other products and talked to dozens of interesting people.
Weekly news from The Nikonians Academy.
Check out Photokina updates in our news blog!
Nikon's new 50mm lens has just been announced.
Nikon and HP have teamed up for a new fine art reproduction system.
From The Forums: In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "What is the joy of photography for you?", and "Single question test".
Forum of the Week: Nikkor Lenses
Jessica's Choice Photo: Fall Colors.
Questions, Comments, Announcements?
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Show Notes: September 22, 2008
The podcast tells about setting flashes and camera for a shoot like this combining ambient light and flash as well as a little about shooting with models.
Black and White extravaganza! Rick and Jason dedicate this entire episode to processing digital images into beautiful black & white photographs, and review a new plug-in, Nik Silver Efex Pro. This is an enhanced (MP4) podcast with embedded images. Read the show notes if you prefer to download the MP3 version of this episode.
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Literally... Martin has been out fishing these past few days and must regretfully announce that he has concentrated more on scaly creatures than on Nikonians (with good luck he says). Because of this the podcast On Location is cancelled this week, but will be back in full force next Monday.
Show Notes: September 08, 2008
Martin found the perfect spot for the shoot, and this slideshow shows a few of the many options. But he will have to do further preparations to gain access in car.
Rick and Jason travel to Indianapolis to shoot the 2008 Indianapolis Air Show. For the first time, this episode is presented in AAC format with embedded images, viewable in iTunes, or on video-capable players. For an MP3 audio-only version of this episode, check the show notes for the download link.
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Show Notes: September 01, 2008
Martin covers preparing for shoots - in particular looking for suitable locations, a task which can make you a lot more productive and efficient when you are shooting with assistants, models and other photographers.
Weekly news from The Nikonians Academy.
Canon introduces their new 50D DSLR.
Nikon's new D90 has just been announced.
From The Forums:
Nikonian arranging a photo shoot to Bulls Island, SC in September.
In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "IT People", and "SLRs are like toothpaste and razors".
Forum of the Week: D70/D80/D90 Users Group
Jessica's Choice Photo: Small "lake".
User submission! "Fishing at Sunrise" Questions, Comments, Announcements?
Email Jessica at newsflash@nikonians.org, or drop us a line in the Podcast Feedback forum!
Nikonian Martin Joergensen trying to catch the sense of rain with the camera. Wet streets, drops, water running, people with umbrellas. How to shoot the rain and prepare for rough weather.
From The Forums:
Nikonian looking for members in Mississippi.
In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "Nikon wins a Bronze medal", and "If Nikonia was a nation...".
Forum of the Week: Nikonians Photo Contest
This week, Jason and Rick sat down with popular photographer and author Thom Hogan. Due to the length of the interview, we've split this episode into two parts.
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Nikonian Martin Joergensen packing and getting ready and then shooting a place that he had visited many times before - but never with a camera. It wasn't quite as he remembered.
Show Notes: August 20, 2008
Alleys can provide some really nice subjects - long rows of trees on both sides of a road. But this row wasn't quite as long as it should have been and the traffic was terrible, so getting the calm to shoot it wasn't easy.
Show Notes: August 12, 2008
Martin Joergensen covers setting up a system for gelling or filtering light from strobes and talks about different ways of using them. Find the blog entry for the Flash Modifier theme on Martin's blog here.
Free Capture NX 2 upgrade.
Nikon's new CoolPix models.
New 18mm super wide angle lens from Carl Zeiss.
From The Forums: In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "What Would You Do!", and "A cure for NAS".
Forum of the Week: Nikonians Academy African Safaris
Jason and Rick made their annual trip to the summit of Mt. Evans Colorado, and brought along some new toys, including the Nikon D700. Hear their account of the shoot and get their first impressions of the new Nikon DSLR.
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24:58 Mt. Evans shoot See our shots in this thread on the Podcasts Feedback forum.
51:40 New Presets for ACR and NX 2.0
57:34 Photo Prescription: Using AE Lock
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Martin Joergensen went on location shooting fast paced race cars at the Copenhagen Historical Grand Prix. Fun with a Nikon D3 and a 300mm f2.8 as well as a couple of D200's with assorted lenses - 24mm, 10-20mm, 17-55mm, 70-200mm - and SB800's on top to soften the sunlight.
Show Notes: August 06, 2008
He mingled with the press photographers and shot the celebreties as well as the not so well known, but most of the time he shot cars passing by at high speeds.
From The Forums: In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "Can anyone tell the difference between a film and a digital image?", and "If it were available, would Ansel Adams use digital?".
Forum of the Week: Underwater Photography
Show Notes: July 29, 2008
When shooting many images in the same place you often stumble over a certain theme and start finding similar subjects. Martin Joergensen found a lot of patterns during his recent trip to Berlin, and covers the selection of these images from his 1400-or-so images from the trip.
The sound file:
Intro - summer heat
Organizing and selecting
Opening and assessing images
Goodbye
Video supplement:
A selection of the Berlin Pattern images - Holocaust Denkmal, Neue Palais, KaDeWe and seats in Olympia Stadion - lots of seats. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #27 (NPC-OLV-2008-07-29; 7:54; flash format)
Weekly news from The Nikonians Academy.
Thom Hogan's D3 review.
New Picture Control sets available for download.
Read more about the new wireless technology consortium.
LetsGoDigital's CoolPix P80 review.
From The Forums: In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "Why camera and lenses have to be so heavy?", and "Some good news about photographing on the street".
Forum of the Week: ANPAT 8
Jessica's Choice Photo: Hover Fly Chase.
User Submission Photo! From Nikonian "Maxwell1": Road Race. Questions, Comments, Announcements?
Email Jessica at newsflash@nikonians.org, or drop us a line in the Podcast Feedback forum!
48:48 Photo Prescription: Getting low with your tripod
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Due to a busy schedule and a short holiday break the podcast "On Location with Martin Joergensen" will skip an episode this week.
Martin will be back in the coming week with a new and fresh show.
Show Notes: July 15, 2008
With the camera mounted on a tripod and connected to a wireless remote trigger Martin experiments with getting some decent images from the car while driving. The results are mixed. Not all good, but not entirely bad either.
Video supplement:
A bunch of the pictures from the drive-by-shot. Most of them blurred, a few of them useful, but quite a lot of them interesting... kinda. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #26 (NPC-OLV-2008-07-15; 8:05; flash format)
Weekly news from The Nikonians Academy.
Canon announces new plant in Nagasaki.
Everyone is still buzzing about the D700. Check out some test shots here.
Don't forget your copy of The Nikonian!
From The Forums:
Nikonian looking for help in Ventura, CA.
In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "Big Mac Worldwide Price survey", "'Unlawful Photography' in Tennessee", "Camcorder Help" and "Estate Agents and HDR".
Forum of the Week: Our new-look news blog!
FX or DX? Jason and Rick discuss the merits of each Nikon DSLR format in this week's episode, along with their thoughts on the newly announced Nikon D700.
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Inspired by some pictures in a magazine Martin takes on creating a dark mood in a small makeshift, tabletop studio using black background paper and a couple of flashes. He shoots dry flowers and leaves and plays with different subjects once the light is set up.
Show Notes: July 07, 2008
Join Martin as he gets into controlling off camera flashes, the Nikon wireless system (CLS) and using gels to create a special tone and quality of light. And as he hunts dry flowers in the garden round midnight and brews espresso for photography and consumption.
Video supplement:
In the slideshow Martin shows examples of the setup he used to get the gloomy, dark, renaissance painting-like mood with a dark background that he aimed for. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #25 (NPC-OLV-2008-07-07; 8:58; flash format)
Nikon introduces the new D700, the SB-900 speedlight, and two new lenses!
D3 and D300 firmware updates are out. From The Forums:
July Online Photo Assignment: Forbidden
Nikonian Ladies July Photo Assignment: Fireworks In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "How old is your main camera?", "How long have you been a Nikon user?" and "To exploit or not..A photographer's integrity".
Forum of the Week: D700 Users Group Jessica's Choice Photo: Where Trolls Live.
Questions, Comments, Announcements?
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Martin Joergensen giving himself the assignment of taking pictures with a distinct line going horzontally through the center. Shot some for the purpose, but also manipulated some in Photoshop.
Show Notes: July 02, 2008
If you're in some kind of creative doldrum, you can always give yourself an assignment. Martin likes giving himself constraints in his photography - like this one: shoot images, which are cut in half by a horizontal line in the subject.
Jason and Rick discuss their trip to Dallas Texas to teach at the Nikonians Academy Advanced Workflow Workshop, and then discuss Rick's photo safari to Olympic National Park.
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01:05 Report from the Advanced Digital Workflow Workshop, Dallas, Texas
22:41 Rick's visit to Olympic National Park, Washington, USA.
36:22 Photo Prescription: Printing 4x6 snapshots
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The Nikonians On Location #23 - LadyLike band pictures
A fun and educating day of shooting the Danish rockband LadyLike together with fellow Nikonian Alexander Orstrom. Indoors and outdoors and a lot of off camera flash.
Show Notes: June 24, 2008
Shooting a band with four members offers a lot of opportunities. LadyLike want to appear as powerful as the music they play, and by using different techniques, props and settings we try to obtain that effect.
Weekly news from The Nikonians Academy.
Capture NX2 is now available for sale!
Check out the IM2GPS geotagging software. From The Forums:
Congratulations to Joe Iannandrea for winning the May segment of the Best of Nikonians - Images 2008 photo contest with Cold Wait.
In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "Is Film well and truly Dead and Buried?", "I'm a PENTAX USER! Why did you choose Nikon?" and "Airtravel and NAS".
Forum of the Week: Podcast Feedback Jessica's Choice Photo: Ripple.
Questions, Comments, Announcements?
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This time Martin is sticking a lot of individual images together to form collages. He covers the way of shooting them and how to create controlled chaos in the result.
Show Notes: June 16, 2008
Inspired by Heather Champ of flickr and David Hockney, a British pop artist, we this time venture into a more arty way of taking and working on pictures. By shooting panoramic-like, but without the meticulous control that's used in normal panoramas, we get a dozen or so images that can be arranged into a chaotic collage.
Jason and Rick discuss the latest in inkjet technology with an HP Engineer. Then, listen as Jason and Rick break down Nikon Capture NX 2.0 in their detailed hands-on review.
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55:15 Photo Prescription: Using Labels and Ratings in your browser
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Show Notes: June 09, 2008
I had been looking at these flowers for weeks wanting to shoot them, and finally grabbed the camera and just used the bright summer sunlight coming in through the window. No flash, no backgrounds and no big setups. Just a bunch of very beautiful images.
Get Jason Odell's The Photographer's Guide to Capture NX2now!
Win a free trip to Photokina 2008 with ThinkTank Photo! Enter here!
Want to be a moderator? Email us at me-be-moderator (at) nikonians.org! From The Forums:
Call for Nikonians in the Chicago suburbs, Perth, Western Australia, and Boise, Idaho.
In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "Fox news clip RE photographers harassment at Union Station" and "If you could shoot anywhere in the world, where would it be?".
Forum of the Week: Digital postprocessing and workflow Jessica's Choice Photo: I love my job!.
Questions, Comments, Announcements?
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Show Notes: June 04, 2008
Intensifying colors, removing glare, deepening blue skies and a few other things can all be obtained by using a polarizing filter. In this episode of "On Location" Martin covers this filter on a shoot on the rocky, Danish island Bornholm.
Weekly news from The Nikonians Academy.
Win a Nikon D60 kit in the Moving Moments contest!
From The Forums:
June's Online Photo Assignment is Circles.
Nikonian Ladies June photo assignment is Flags.
In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "Size really matters", "Which camera to buy" and "Day Dreaming debate".
Forum of the Week: Website Creation Jessica's Choice Photo: Stop! Thief!.
Questions, Comments, Announcements?
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Jason and Rick revisit the AF-ON button technique, and review Nikon's Multi-CAM 3500 autofocus module found in the D3 and D300 DSLRs. They also review the Viveza plug-in from Nik Software, which gives Photoshop and Aperture users access to Color Control Points.
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Show Notes: May 27, 2008
The Nikonian's Martin Joergensen was having all kinds of gear trouble, forgetting things at home, having the D200 fail and facing various wet hazards while shooting during a fishing trip in Ireland.
Video supplement:
Samples of the Ireland shots - both some of the good ones and some of the ones that didn't work out due to the gear trouble. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #19 (NPC-OLV-2008-05-27; 7:51; flash format)
D3 wins the 2008 Camera Grand Prix.
Behind the scenes of Nikon's Scene Recognition System
Tamron's new lenses.
Lowepro's new AW bags.
From The Forums:
Photographer wanted in Ventura.
In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "Do you take breaks from photography" and "Cell Wars: Nikon or Canon".
Forum of the Week: The French Cafe' Jessica's Choice Photo: Froggy Came a-call'in.
Questions, Comments, Announcements?
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Show Notes: May 19, 2008
The Copenhagen Marathon was run on a beautiful day with perfect weather for the runners and almost perfect weather for shooting photos. The podcast talks about shooting running people, using flash in daylight and assorted other subjects.
This week, the Image Doctors go back into the past to discuss the Nikon F5 SLR. They'll also offer their advice for using modern digital editing software maximize quality of scanned film images.
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Show Notes: May 12, 2008
A few tips on shooting when access to your subject is difficult because of a crowd. Also some tips on the use of flash in daylight when the light is harsh and there is lots of shadow alternating with bright light.
Video supplement:
Color, faces, crowds, music. A carnival parade has it all. See the slide supplement to "On Location #17, Carnival Parade" here. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #17 (NPC-OLV-2008-05-12; 8:35; flash format)
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Show Notes: May 05, 2008
A podcast gathering some thoughts from a newly ended two-week trip to Florida. It's not shot on location as such, but just captures some thoughts on traveling and shooting.
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April 27, 2008
In The News:
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From The Forums: In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "Best of Nikonians--Images 2008", "UK Photography in public places" and "The arrogant professional photographers".
Show Notes: April 22, 2008
A visit to the famed Corkscrew Swamp bird sanctuary in Florida, which was extremely dry and not very swamp-like. I got some decent pictures anyway, but it wasn't exactly the bird safari I had envisioned.
April 20, 2008 In The News: Check out our news feed for all the stories! From The Forums: Nikonians looking for other Nikonians in Ohio, as well as Eastern PA/Western NJ. In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "I knew I was finally an amateur photographer when..." and "You know you are a photographer when..."
Join the Image Doctors from California as they discuss the Nikonians Advanced Workflow Workshop, shooting in San Francisco, and celebrate the 8th anniversary of Nikonians!
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01:48 Nikonians Academy Advanced Workflow Workshop Report
06:32Shooting the Golden Gate Bridge
12:25 Nikonians 8th Anniversary
17:35 What's really in our bags?
28:43 Photo Prescripton: Photograph the layout of your bags
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Show Notes: April 14, 2008
Birds are singing and spring finally seems to be here, and that lured me back into nature shooting spring flowers in the sunny forrest. The drill was to shoot wide open - at lowest aperture only, f2.8 and f1.8 plus a few at f4 (10-20mm Sigma and 70-200 with a 1.7 extender). The music for this episode is a guitar duo, Duo Chambure, with Petite Camusete by Adriano Willaert. Published by Magnatune.
The sound file:
00:10 Intro
01:25 Low aperture
02:40 Controlling aperture
05:02 On hands and knees
08:25 Wild forrest
12:30 Wide angle
15:00 Really low
15:40 70-200 and extender
18:10 Goodbye
Show Notes: April 07, 2008
The Grundtvig Church in Copenhagen is modern yet classical and a beautiful architectural monument. Its interior is characterized by lots light, bright brick walls and chairs. Yes, chairs. Join Martin on a shooting session in this fascinating building. The Music is Opus 4 of Handel's Six Organ Concertos performed by Sonnerie publsihed by Magnatune.
The sound file:
00:10 Intro
00:30 The church
05:50 Look up
06:50 Distorted lines
07:40 Symmetry
09:40 Fisheye
10:00 Discretion
12:10 Details
13:30 The organs
15:00 Goodbye
Video supplement:
The slide show supplement for the church shoot - with lots of chairs and a bit of advice on correcting wide angle distortions. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #13 (NPC-OLV-2008-04-07; 8:05; flash format)
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April 6, 2008 In The News: Check out our news feed for all the stories!
From The Forums: April's Online Photo Assignment In the Cafe' Noted threads to look for are: "Photography is an obsessive pursuit" and "What is your portable storage device?"
This week, Rick and Jason discuss how to prepare for shooting in inclement weather, and review the Think Tank Photo Hydrophobia rain cover. Looking for an Image Doctors Episode? Check the show archives here.
27:06 Product Review: Think Tank Photo Hydrophobia Rain Cover: Get a free bonus module from Think Tank and support Nikonians by ordering here
33:30 Scouting a location before you shoot
53:03 Photo Prescripton: Get some kneepads and shoot in comfort
Don't forget! Jason and Rick will be the featured guest instructors at two Nikonians Advanced Workflow Workshops. Sign up now-- spaces are filling up!
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Show Notes: March 25, 2008
Brightly colorored tents, wagons and trailers with lots of little details - and a new 10.5mm fisheye to deliver some really distorted images - all that within walking distance. That was more than Martin could resist, so this On Location visits the local circus.
The sound file:
00:10 Welcome
01:00 A circus
02:00 The walk - and a package
06:00 Traffic!
10:00 The tent
20:00 Shooting left and right
24:00 Goodbye
Video supplement:
Images from todays shoot of the Danish Circus Arena. A few too many 10.5mm fisheye-pictures maybe, but man, it's a fun lens! Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #12 (NPC-OLV-2008-03-25; 8:20; flash format)
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Jessica, the voice of Nikonians News Flash, joins the Image Doctors in the studio this week and discusses her photo shoot on location with Jason and Rick. Looking for an Image Doctors Episode? Check the show archives here.
Don't forget! Jason and Rick will be the featured guest instructors at two Nikonians Advanced Workflow Workshops. Sign up now-- spaces are filling up!
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Show Notes: March 17, 2008
Spawned by listener feedback coins bace the main subject in this week's On Location. Shooting them both as documentation as well as more creatively.
The sound file:
00:15 Intro
02:30 Concepts
06:00 Setup and first shots
13:20 Documentation
22:00 Reverse ring
26:00 Piling
28:20 Winding down
Video supplement:
The picture supplement to the Coins Shooting Session shows you some of the results, the different setups and how to easily make a snoot. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #11 (NPC-OLV-2008-03-17; 7:59; flash format)
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In the Cafe'
Noted threads to look for are "How Many Photographers started with film or digital?", "Traveling to Europe-Any problems with carry-on?" and "A funny observation while at a carnival".
Show Notes: March 10, 2008
Martin Joergensen spends some time thinking back on his film days and what they still do for his shooting. As he says: his career does after all consist of more than 30 years of film shooting and only 5-or-so years of digital photography. And old skills just don't vanish.
This week, Jason & Rick shoot at the US Air Force Academy, discuss AF fine-tuning, and compare the 24-70 f/2.8 Nikkor with its predecessor, the 28-70 f/2.8 Nikkor.
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There will not be an episode of On Location (#10) this week as Martin has taken ill. Please send him your well wishes as we eagerly look forward to his next installment. For Martin's archived shows please click: Nikonians On Location
Show Notes: February 25, 2008
Martin visited The Nikon Solutions Expo in Copenhagen, which gave Nikon fans a chance to handle all the new Nikon gear, mainly the D3 and the D300, but also lenses, flash systems and other goodies. As an added bonus there were also monitors, printers, color calibration, lighting systems and many other interesting products.
The sound file:
00:15 Intro
01:10 Packing
04:00 Impressions
05:40 The show
11:30 Last round
13:00 Back at the computer
19:20 Goodbye
February 24, 2008
In The News:
Updates from the Nikonians Academy.
Check out our news feed for all the stories!
From The Forums: In the Cafe'
Noted threads to look for are "Don't Try This At Home", "Insurance Advice" and "Charismatic Photographer" Forum of the Week: Black&White: Film & Digital
Want to get great photos on a budget? Look no further than this week's episode of The Image Doctors. Jason and Rick devote this week's show to photography "on the cheap".
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Show Notes: February 18, 2008
An assignment for a landscape print brings Martin Joergensen outdoors to shoot a view from a hill. He plays with wide as well as telephoto shots, tries to avoid his own shadow and talks about times when clouds are welcome in a blue sky.
The sound file:
00:25 Intro
02:00 Getting ready
04:40 First impression
06:30 The forrest
12:35 Preparation
14:30 Near the top
17:50 The view
20:10 Expectations
25:20 Ready to go
29:00 Checking on the computer
36:30 Goodbye
February 17, 2008
In The News:
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From The Forums: In the Cafe'
Noted threads to look for are "The Zen of Candid Portrait Photography" and "At what point do you think about buing used versus new...?" Forum of the Week: Nikonians Academy NA Workshops
Show Notes: February 11, 2008
This time Martin wanders a place that just calls out for fooling around with perspective, vanishing points, diagonal lines and symmetry, and he talks abit about different composition techniques.
The sound file:
00:13 Intro
01:00 The scene
02:05 Symmetry
04:00 The moment
04:35 Silhouettes
06:50 Empty benches
07:50 Perspective
09:30 More symmetry
11:00 Wideangle
13:00 Arcs
14:10 Goodbye
February 10, 2008
In The News:
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From The Forums:
Nikonian Ladies monthly theme is LOVE Nikonains Groups are forming in Boise, Colorado Springs, Edmonton, and NE England! In the Cafe'
Noted threads to look for are "Sunglasses" and "Professional lens reviewers: are they overly picky?" Forum of the Week: New Members
Rick and Jason share more experiences with the Nikon D3, including captive wolves. They offer their take on using perspective control lenses, and discuss the recent announcement of the Nikkor 24mm PC Tilt/Shift lens.
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28:28 Photo Prescripton: Using your SB-600 or SB-800 off-camera for hand-held portraits
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Show Notes: February 4, 2008
This episode was focused on small winter flowers and recorded in a bare winter garden, where the only dots of color and light were small early flowers - winter acolites and snowdrops. The episode shows a bit of technique shooting plants using a flash.
The sound file:
00:10 Intro
00:30 Brewing latte
04:00 Gear
06:25 Board
08:30 7 steps to the location
11:00 Finding sun
12:20 Formatting cards
14:00 Manual for macro
18:00 First shots, acolites
23:00 Flash
30:00 Small bunch of acolites
36:40 Showdrops
46:20 Goodbye
Show Notes: January 28, 2008
The fifth episode was recorded during a morning photowalk together with a group called the Copenhagen Photowalkers, who arrange photo gettogethers online and meet up to shoot a suject together. This time we were shooting an abandoned building where they used to chop up old cars. Everything is smashed up, broken and painted over with graffiti, but it does offer a lot of great subjects for photographers. After the walk the images are shared amongst the group online.
The sound file:
00:21 Intro
01:30 First picture
02:14 Urbex and photowalks
04:30 Step carefully
06:33 Intermission, folks chatting
07:40 Pipes
08:30 Slow, rear sync
10:05 Electrical installations
10:45 Winding down
11:50 Goodbye
Video supplement
In this fifth slideshow you can see both Martin's and some of the other participant's pictures and hear Martin's comments. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #5 (NPC-OLV-2008-01-28; 7:45; flash format).
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Rick is back from his trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. Hear all about it in this week's episode. Looking for an Image Doctors Episode? Check the show archives here.
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Fourth episode of the Nikonian's On Location with your host Martin Joergensen.
Click here to download Nikonians On Location Podcast #4 (NPC-OL-2008-01-13; 28:14; 26MB, MP3 format). Video supplement available here (NPC-OLV-2008-01-21; 7:45; flash format).
Show Notes: January 21, 2008
This time on a location where very few of you have ever been: in Martin's bedroom! This has been set up as a makeshift studio for shooting photo equipment for online ads. Learn how to make your used stuff look better and maybe fetch higher prices.
Video supplement
In this slideshow you can see the outcome of the bedroom shooting session and hear Martin's comments. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #4 (NPC-OLV-2008-01-21; 8:02; flash format).
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The third episode of the Nikonian's On Location with your host Martin Joergensen.
Click here to download Nikonians On Location Podcast #3 (NPC-OL-2008-01-13; 35:01; 32MB, MP3 format). Video supplement available here (NPC-OLV-2008-01-13; 8:02; flash format).
Show Notes: January 13, 2008
Even though spring is getting closer in the Northern hemisphere, it's still dark half of the 24 hours of the day, and Martin has taken the opportinity on a dark, foggy night to go to the Copenhagen Harbor and shoot some night pictures.
The sound file:
00:17 Intro
00:35 Shooting at night
02:12 Dog howling
04:30 Extreme highlight handling
06:50 Unpacking
10:20 Shooting 85mm
21:30 Shooting wide
29:18 Moon
34:00 Goodbye
Video supplement
In this slideshow you can see the outcome of the trip and hear Martin's comments. There's a bit of manipulation and postprocessing, but on the subtle side. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #3 (NPC-OLV-2008-01-13; 8:02; flash format).
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Looking for places to photograph in the US? Rick and Jason offer up some of their favorite locations. This week, the "Doctors" also review Nik Color Efex 3.0 and a new Gitzo Tripod, the GT1550T. Looking for an Image Doctors Episode? Check the show archives here.
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The second episode of the Nikonian's On Location with your host Martin Joergensen.
Click here to download Nikonians On Location Podcast #2 (NPC-OL-2008-01-06; 20:49; 19.5MB, MP3 format). Video supplement available here (NPCOL20080106; 8:02; flash format).
Show Notes: January 6, 2008
When the sun is out in the Northern hemisphere this time of year it's often quite low on the horizon. How can you utilize this in your pictures? Join Martin Joergensen on location in the low winter sun.
The sound file:
00:16 Intro
01:10 Low sun
06:10 Manual focus override
08:20 Shooting at lake
11:15 Shooting at church
19:30 Goodbye
Video supplement
This time Martin fools around a bit more with colors, contrast and B/W, playing with the images from his shoot in low winter sun. See what the pictures he got and what he did to them. Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #2 (NPCOL20080106; 8:02; flash format).
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The very first video supplement for the Nikonian's On Location with your host Martin Joergensen.
Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #1 (NPC-OL-2007-12-30; 6:46; flash format).
Show Notes: December 1, 2007
This set of commented slides will give you a lowdown on how Martin sorted, selected and post-processed some of the images from the shooting session documented in the podcast "Boring Light" and reveal some of his thoughts on the results.
Questions, Comments, Announcements?
Email Martin at onlocation@nikonians.org, or drop us a line in the Podcast Feedback forum!
New Podcast On Location is coming December 30th. Your host Martin Joergensen is "on location" shooting and sharing experiences and tips.
On Location - A podcast that will take the listener on the adventure that is the mind of a photographer. Listen with Martin Joergensen as he faces severe weather, traffic jams, wild dogs and other adversity to capture that magic shot.
Martin Joergensen is a semi-pro photographer with a former career as a journalist and editor-in-chief. Being a bachelor in biology with Arctic biology as a main interest, he has a preference for the great outdoors - and a certain liking for rough conditions and cold weather.
This week, Rick and Jason are joined in the studio by Dave Black, who answers questions about Nikon's new flagship DSLR, the Nikon D3. Looking for an Image Doctors Episode? Check the show archives here.
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This week's episode of The Image Doctors has been postponed until December 27th, as Jason has welcomed the arrival of a new baby boy. We'll resume our biweekly schedule next week.
Rick and Jason both received their D300 and D3 bodies last week, and in this episode, they give their hands-on first impressions of the Nikon D300 DSLR. In addition, The Image Doctors were able to get a brief telephone interview with Nikon Pro Vincent Versace, who gives his take on the D300 as well.
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2:00 Vincent Versace on the D300
Learn more from Vincent at his website and educational shop
15:12 Jason and Rick's D300 hands-on preview
51:42 Photo Prescription: Linking effects into a single Edit Step in Capture NX
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It's holiday season again, and The Image Doctors bring you their annual holiday gift suggestions. This episode is brought to you by Bogen Imaging.
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Episode #54 of The Image Doctors is brought to you by Bogen Imaging.
2:25 Holiday gift suggestions for photographers: 2007 edition
17:34 Good deals on used equipment
22:11 Photo Prescription: Choosing the right ND Grad filter
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Are you just getting started in digital photography? Do you feel overwhelmed? Listen as Jason and Rick meet with a novice photographer and give him advice on how to use his Nikon D40x. Also in this episode, Rick and Jason give their hands-on preview of Nikon Capture NX 1.3, slated for release in late November.
18:39 Beginners' tips: An interview with Renzo Bianchi
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November 4, 2007
In The News: From Nikonians:
We have winners in our 100,000-members Celebration! Thanks to Nikon Europe and The Nikonians PhotoProShop for prizes. More to come!
The 35th edition of The Nikonian is ready for download.
Thanks to members for help with the NikoScope Beta improvements. Check out the forums!
In Other News:
Nikon appears to be bundling Capture NX 1.3 with a limited number of new D3 and D300 purchases. Find out more in the news blog.
DxO's Optics Pro v5 is ready for purchase in mid-November.
Listen to The Image Doctors talk with Nikonians founders Bo and JRP!
From The Forums:
November's Online Photo Assignment is Group Struggle.
Hear a brief interview with Nikonians founders Bo Stahlbrandt and J. Ramon Palacios with "The Image Doctors" at the recent Nikonians ANPAT in Jackson, Wyoming.
Click here to download Nikonians Podcast #10 (NPC-2007-11-04; 10:46; 3.9MB, MP3 format).
Bo and JRP give their impressions on the state of the Nikonians community in 2007 and tell of more good things to come in the near future.
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Listen as the Image Doctors go back in time and discuss the Nikon F3, followed by a discussion of how to simplify your shooting. Jason and Rick also discuss the major camera settings for Nikon DSLRs and how to set them up to get great photos in the field.
35:13 In-camera settings for Nikon DSLRs in the field
51:21 Photo Prescription: Soft Proofing tips
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1:21 7th ANPAT Report: Grand Teton NP and Yellowstone NP Click here to see some of Jason's Photos from the ANPAT.
14:44 Challenges with shooting wildlife and landscapes; thoughts on choosing the right gear
34:10 Photo Prescription: Using a telephoto lens for landscape shots
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