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Survival Tips From Hanson Fong

Posted by Steve Herzberg on Jan 16, 2010 in Survival Stories | 6 comments

Nowhere is the pressure of competition greater than in the world of wedding photography. So, I turned to one of the world’s best known and most successful wedding photographers, my friend Hanson Fong, for answers to the question “How can wedding photographers survive in this economy and in this...

Self Assignment: No More Pretty Pictures

Posted by Steve Herzberg on Dec 16, 2009 in Quick Focus | 1 comment

This shoot came from my “Dark Side”. The basic concept was simple — to show that contrary to what glossy magazines and movies may tell us, beauty does not necessarily bring happiness. And, that for some, external beauty can be a trap because it blinds many an eye to the internal picture...

Cool Tools: Sofortbild Tethering Software

Posted by Steve Herzberg on Dec 16, 2009 in Quick Focus | 1 comment

I know. Yet another article about tethering? Yes. But, this one will be short. I’ve already written extensively about the topic both in a newsletter article and in a review of onOne Software’s DSLR Remote Pro. In the onOne review I wrote: The upside of shooting tethered is: (1) the ability to...

Camera Profiles and the ColorChecker Passport — The What, Why and How

Posted by Steve Herzberg on Nov 27, 2009 in Featured Articles | 6 comments

For a while it was a mystery. I just didn’t get it. No matter how I set the white balance in my Nikon cameras — be it preset or custom — when I opened my images in either Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) or Lightroom (which are, in essence, the same thing) the White Balance number would be way off....

Book Reviews: Stoppee, Odell and Deunkel

Posted by Steve Herzberg on Oct 21, 2009 in Quick Focus | 1 comment

To survive in this business climate, to improve our art, to differentiate our work — whatever our goal, we must continue to learn and grow as photographers. Fortunately, there has never been a greater variety of learning tools available. We have the electronic — online courses, webinars,...