Video Podcast #53 has been posted, with Martin Evening

Video Podcast #53 has been posted, with Martin Evening
While Martin is a fellow editor on Lightroom News, he's by far a more experienced photographer than I. So I have to say, it's great to see this second video on the photo shoot for material for his new Lightroom Book. Discussing the content, he alludes to the book being more workflow related. I'm already dying to read it!
George Jardine has really pulled out the stops on this. The quality of the editing and camera work is great and really fits the material. Well done lads!

As usual the podcast can be had from George's iDisk: http://idisk.mac.com/george_jardine-Public?view=web
This podcast is labeled ‘20080312 Video Podcast - Martin Evening Book Project’ in the Public directory.
Or, it can be found on iTunes by searching under Podcasts for ‘Lightroom’. The RSS feed is:
http://rss.adobe.com/www/special/light_room.rss

(Via George Jardine on Lightroom and Digital Photography.)

Podcast #52 has been posted, with Martin Evening

Podcast #52 has been posted, with Martin Evening: "

A new video podcast where Martin Evening walks us through the results of a photo shoot for his upcoming Lightroom book.

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday March 12, 2008 at Martin’s home in London. It gives us a rare glimpse into the inner thinking of this talented fashion and beauty photographer, as he gives us a shot-by-shot evaluation of a recent session. This video footage was taken during a photo session to create assets both for an upcoming Lightroom book, as well as for demo purposes for Adobe Systems. In it Martin describes his approach to every element of the shoot, from the model selection, the hair, the makeup, the lighting and camera angles, all the way through to the final edit.

This video podcast can be downloaded from my iDisk. It can also be viewed by downloading it directly into iTunes (if you are accessing it by subscribing via the Music Store), or by copying it into iTunes on either a Mac or a PC (if you’ve downloaded the iPod version from my iDisk). Once copied into iTunes, the small version can be transferred to a Video iPod or iPhone, and viewed that way as well.

Special thanks to Jeff Schewe for the use of his photos in the podcast as well.

Duration: 24:23

The podcast can be downloaded from George's iDiskat:

http://idisk.mac.com/george_jardine-Public?view=web

This podcast is labeled ‘20080310 Video Podcast - Martin Evening Fashion Shoot’ in the Public directory.

Or, it can be found on iTunes by searching under Podcasts for ‘Lightroom’. The RSS feed is:

http://rss.adobe.com/www/special/light_room.rss

"

(Via George Jardine on Lightroom and Digital Photography.)

Podcast #46: The Synchronize Command

Not content to rest on his laurels, George Jardine has posted a new Video tutorial, this time on the Synchronize command.

“A new tutorial that covers the Sync command, and a few ins-and-outs of working with Lightroom’s selection logic.”



Photograph © 2006 George A. Jardine

In this tutorial I outline the basics of Lightroom’s Synchronize command. You’ll learn how to apply Develop settings across multiple photos, in both the Library and the Develop modules. I also cover some of the new selection logic in Lightroom that is required to make working with large numbers of files, well…. logical!

Follow the blog link to download the file.

Podcast #40 with Chris Rainier

After a 6 week break from posting Podcasts, George Jardine is back with an interview with Chris Rainier.
"“It [being able to “see and pre-visualize” in black and white] allowed me to speak of things that were beyond the color spectrum, beyond a certain reality, and go into what I like to call magical realism.” - Chris Rainier

This podcast was recorded on Saturday October 6th, 2007 at National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington D.C. Chris sits down with George to have a conversation about working with Ansel Adams, Chris’s love of the landscape, and his sense of how photography can influence the social issues of our times. He also tells the story of the genesis of the Society’s Cultures initiative, which he currently directs."

As usual the Podcast can be downloaded from George's iDisk. It will also be on iTunes shortly (search for Lightroom).

Podcast #32: Eric Meola

George Jardine has posted Podcast #32 through his Blog. This Podcast features Eric Meola as George's guest.

“Up until this point, I have not been happy with digital, and the way it reproduces color. And part of that is just my own sensibility about it. I wasn’t realizing that it was there. Part of it is that I think the raw engines have gotten better. And part of it is that it is a different palette. And if you’re used to shooting in film, it’s going to look different. I can’t always quantify it, and up until recently I’ve felt that film was probably better at reproducing certain things, in maybe 30 - 40% of the time. And that’s kept going down, the more digital I shoot, and as more time goes by.” - Eric Meola

This podcast was recorded on Tuesday May 22th, 2007 in New York City. Eric sits down with George to have a conversation about his photography, his passion for color, and how he approaches the challenge of making authentic photographs when working in indigenous cultures.

Duration: 47:54

The podcast can be downloaded from George's iDisk. This podcast is labeled “20070522 Podcast - Eric Meola” in the Public directory.

Or, it can be found on iTunes by searching under Podcasts for “Lightroom”. The RSS feed is:

http://rss.adobe.com/www/special/light_room.rss

Some comments on Podcast #29

I quite enjoy the work George Jardine puts into his podcasts. I like both the Lightroom specific and more generic photographer podcasts. However, there is nothing quite like listening in on conversation between Mark, Thomas, Zalman, Jeff and (did he speak at all?) Michael.
Many things were covered and I'm just putting my thoughts down on some of them. No one has to listen, but hey, at least there out there.
RAW + JPEG: While I usually shoot RAW, I think there are quite a few things that I do that would benefit from doing a RAW+JPEG workflow. With Landscapes, it would great to have the camera jpeg set to the final look I prefer to go with the RAW for a target look for my processing. Not to mention that if the file is already or nearly perfect, then I can simply use it without needing to process the RAW any further. Other people use it different ways and I do feel that Adobe needs to address this with an Option.

Options: Mark mentions that they are trying to keep it simple and that in Photoshop they simply would add an option for different things. Well not adding options in Lightroom actually makes it complicated for the USER! It means that we get forced into find ways of working around limits provided in Lightroom. Whereas if there was an option we would merely set it the way we wanted and then forget all about the other ways until we need to use them. This is all about blending Lightroom to our workflow and not being forced into other workflows. (I'm not referring to the database v browser here, I need the database and am happy to forego any browser implementation for better DAM handling and folder watching).

Import: We need better previewing in Import to allow pre selection of imported files. This would forego the need to use Bridge to make importable selections. While we're discussing Import, I'd like to request the return of a feature that existed in Beta 4. I want to see the return of Metadata entry on a per folder basis in Lightroom. Each folder/date generally requires different metadata/keywords/ even development sometimes. In B4 you could enter these per Shoot. I know the shoots paradigm is gone, but you could still apply this to folders. Currently you must do multiple imports to get this. Being able to do it in one go saves a lot of time. An 'Apply to All' checkbox would return to current usage (on by default for those users not needing the more sophisticated options).

I'll probably listen to this again and maybe make further comments in it.

Update: Once comment I will make here is on 2 additions to the podcast style. I like the polish that George has added with the music. It just gives it a 'pro' edge IMHO. Also the longer introduction before the actual content begins is quite welcome in setting up the scene for us. Recently George has been leaving in the pre podcast banter, giving an insight into the people we are listening to that can come from no other source. Kudos to George for this.

Podcast #29: Raw team and Jeff Schewe

George Jardine has put podcast 29 up on his blog (soon to be up on iTunes). It's an interesting discussion covering many features of Lightroom along with how the team feels Lightroom is lacking. There is an intense debate on RAW+JPG workflows and the correspondence of ACR4.0 to Lightroom XMP. As it was recorded only 2 weeks ago, it provides a very "now" look into the minds of the people most influential in Lightroom development.

Adobe Lightroom Podcast #28: Phil Clevenger, Grace Kim and Mark Hamburg

Adobe Evangelist George Jardine has uploaded Podcast #28 to his iDisk. It features Lightroom UI designer Phil Clevenger, Lightroom Creator Mark Hamburg and User Researcher Grace Kim. It should be available in iTunes soon or via the Lightroom Podcast RSS feed.
George has left a little of the light banter in at the start. I wondered if it was accidental, but he's assured me it's deliberate.

From the show notes:
“I think pretty much any software has a personality, but a lot of times it's something that one sort of stumbles into, and people don't think about that as part of the design process. When I started the project, I wanted to do something that was more visually interesting, for example, than Photoshop, and tried some directions in that regard. And I did bad KPT imitations.” - Mark Hamburg

“I think the exercise really brought to light people's implicit assumptions about what they thought the Shadowland personality was, or should be. Things that were kind of hard to articulate, but people just had them as working assumptions.” - Grace Kim

“While people in different parts of the country may have different notions of what sleek or stylish may mean, I think everybody knows what butter is.” - Phil “Butter” Clevenger

This podcast was recorded on Monday December 11th, 2006, at Adobe headquarters in San Jose, California. In this podcast, we take a retrospective look at the entire design process of Shadowland, and how personality played a role in the final look and feel of the software. Phil discusses the efforts that went into designing Shadowland to help keep your photography the focus of attention, and visually more important on the screen than the user interface.

The views and opinions of the participants in this podcast are their own, and do not reflect or represent those of Adobe Systems.

Duration: 29:01

Podcast 24: Mark Hambug, Zalman Stern and Thomas Knoll

It has been a little remiss of me not to mention Podcast 24. It's the first Developer podcast in ages and contains a wealth of information on ACR 4 and future features for Lightroom. It's very educational and available at George Jardines iDisk or by searching for Lightroom in iTunes.

Podcast 23: Richard Benson and Jay Maisel

New podcast up on George Jardines iDisk:

Shownotes:

Title: “Adobe Lightroom Podcast #23: Richard Benson and Jay Maisel”

“My background in relation to photography is to think about taking pictures apart, and assembling pictures in multiple steps or multiple layers, and that's the kind of thinking I've applied to this.” - Richard Benson

“The thing that's important is that the picture shows me where the picture can go as I'm making it. That's what's interesting.” - Richard Benson

This podcast was recorded on Monday October 30th 2006, at the Richard Benson's home in Newport, Rhode Island. Adobe Pro Photography Evangelist George Jardine speaks with Richard Benson and Jay Maisel about Richard’s latest work with inkjet printers.

This “video” podcast includes photos taken by Richard, as well as photos documenting the occasion taken by both myself and by Thomas Palmer. It can be viewed by downloading it directly into iTunes (if you are accessing it by subscribing via the Music Store), or by copying it into iTunes on either a Mac or a PC (if you've downloaded it from my iDisk). Once copied into iTunes, it can be transferred to a Video iPod, and viewed that way as well. When viewing it on an iPod, be sure to access the video from the Video menu (then “Movies” or “Video Podcasts”.... depending upon how you downloaded it), and NOT from the Music menu. If you access it from the Music menu, you will not see the photographs.

Finally, it’s likely that only the audio track will be heard on devices other than Apple iPods, and the photographs will not be seen.

The views and opinions of the participants in this podcast are their own, and do not reflect or represent those of Adobe Systems.

Photographs by Richard Benson, George Jardine and Thomas Palmer.

Photograph of George courtesy of, and © Jeff Schewe.

Duration: 50:07

New Podcast: Richard Benson and Thomas Palmer

After a long time without a podcast, George Jardine has posted a new one to his iDisk

"This podcast was recorded on Monday October 30th 2006, at Richard Benson’s home in Newport, Rhode Island. Adobe Pro Photography Evangelist George Jardine speaks to fine art printer and photographer Richard Benson and his printing partner, Thomas Palmer, while they recount many fascinating stories such as working on the Gilman Paper Company book, working with Irving Penn and Paul Strand, and many other luminaries."

Podcasts 20 & 21 Posted.

George Jardine has posted 2 new podcasts. The first is with Michael Clark. The podcast note from this one is:
"Title: "Adobe Lightroom Enhanced-Podcast #20: Michael Clark"

"I'm a climber, and you kind of have to be to photograph the rock climbing, because you have to have the skills to get above the climber, to get in position with them, and to hang out with them on these big walls so that you're comfortable." - Michael Clark

This podcast was recorded on Friday May 5th 2006, at the Santa Fe Workshop. Adobe Lightroom's Pro Photography Evangelist George Jardine speaks with extreme sports photographer Michael Clark. This enhanced podcast includes photographs from Michael Clark's exciting portfolio of climbing, mountain biking, and other extreme sports.

This "enhanced" podcast includes photos taken by Michael, and they can be viewed on Photo and Video iPods. Only the audio track will be heard on other devices.

The views and opinions of the participants in this podcast are their own, and do not reflect or represent those of Adobe Systems.

Duration: 19:48"
The second is with Nevada Wier:
"Title: "Adobe Lightroom Enhanced-Podcast #21: Nevada Wier"

"I'm looking to expand a photographic vision, beyond the obvious, into the edge of light, into the edge of seeing, in a way into the edge of my imagination. Because intuition and imagination are such a big part of photography." - Nevada Wier

This podcast was recorded on Friday May 5th 2006, at the Santa Fe Workshop. Adobe Lightroom's Pro Photography Evangelist George Jardine speaks with travel photographer Nevada Wier about how she got started traveling and photographing in exotic locations. Nevada discusses in depth, the patience, waiting and effort that's often required to capture photos that "are all mine", as well as camera techniques that create "more complicated images that give a sense of the place".

This "enhanced" podcast includes photos taken by Nevada, and they can be viewed on Photo and Video iPods. Only the audio track will be heard on other devices.

The views and opinions of the participants in this podcast are their own, and do not reflect or represent those of Adobe Systems.

Duration: 31:04"

Podcasts 18 & 19 now on iTunes

You can download these new Enhanced Podcasts from iTunes. Simply search for Lightroom in the Music store and subscribe.
You can also get them from George Jardine's iDisk.
Podcast 18 features Maggie Hallahan, while 19 features John McDermott.