E21 – Personal Projects – Creating a portfolio and body of work (Part 2)
Portraits & Dance Photography – we continue our conversation about self-assigned photographic projects, to grow and gain experience, to try out new ideas, and to build a portfolio and body of work. Backstory: Being involved with a dance academy, we create concepts for theatre productions and all the photos that go with it, for social
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E20 – Personal Projects – The Path to Experience (Part 1)
Every day, I walk into the studio and pass my little gallery, with photos hung up when we just moved in, back about 9 years ago. The photos are at least 10 or more years ago, one of of them, featuring the 6 year old Nae, was shot 13 years ago. This little girl will
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E19 – Photo Questions & Answers with a portrait/dance photographer
Photography Questions & Answers with a portrait & dance photographer, covering the following subjects: 0:00 – Intro 0:35 – What is your style? 1:38 – Do you use flash and if so what brand? 3:18 – What do you ask your client before a shoot? 5:46 – What do you look for before a job
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E18 – Video Color Grading Basics (From Log to Rec 709)
This episode is an introduction to color correction and grading of video footage, specifically for photographers. We talk about raw and log footage as well as flat colour profiles, broadcast safe norms, and basic adjustments to correct and grade our videos. SBweekly.tv is all about sharing ideas, experiences, knowledge, creativity and inspiration, focusing on photography, video
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E17 – Audio Basics for Film & Video (Levels, Compressor, EQ, LUFS Standards)
In this episode, we talk about basics of audio for video productions, from recording microphones to recording settings, compressors, EQs, sound levels, True Peak, RMS, LUFS and broadcast loudness norms. We finish with a real-life video example, enhancing a professional voice over recording, balance it with music and maximize it to YouTube LUFS loudness standards.
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E16 – Becoming a People Person (Portrait Photographer)
My personal story of how I became a portrait photographer, from my first job as a DJ, to performing in Musical Theatre, being in front of the camera, experiencing the good and the bad photographers behind the cameras. This episode is about learning the craft to not just become a technician, but a goof ball,
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E15 – Color Grading in Photoshop, every technique and tool explained
Working from Camera Raw to Curve Adjustment Layers, Control Layers, Selective Color, Channel Mixer, Color Mixer, Lut, Gradient Maps and Composites. SBweekly.tv is all about sharing ideas, experiences, knowledge, creativity and inspiration, focusing on photography, video & sound production.
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E14 – Colour explained! From Eye & Visual Cortex to Colour Gamut, 8 vs 16 bit – RGB and Lab
Colour explained – from Eye and Visual Cortex to Computer RGB and Lab, Colour Gamut, Profiles, sRGB, Adobe RGB, ProPhoto and 8 vs 16bit SBweekly.tv is all about sharing ideas, experiences, knowledge, creativity and inspiration, focusing on photography, video & sound production.
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E13 – Bangkok (Thailand), Ho Chi Minh City / Saigon (Vietnam) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Visiting Bangkok, The Grand Palace, the ruins in Ayutthaya, Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Independence Palace (Reunification Palace), Kuala Lumpur, Petronas Towers, Malacca (Melaka) and more… SBweekly.tv is all about sharing ideas, experiences, knowledge, creativity and inspiration, focusing on photography, video & sound production.
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E12 – Customising Photoshop – Menus, Scripts, (plus Prank and hidden gems, PS Easter Eggs)
This week, we look at how to customise the photoshop experience. Panel arrangement, fly-out menus, color coding application menus, actions, automatic photoshop scripts, playing a prank for your co-workers and a few hidden gems (easter eggs). SBweekly.tv is all about sharing ideas, experiences, knowledge, creativity and inspiration, focusing on photography, video & sound production.
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