Something You Should Know about Photography
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Taking Good Photos
March 15, 2013
Interview with Jim Miotke, author of the book The BetterPhoto Guide to Digital Photography (BetterPhoto Series)
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Mike Carruthers:
Try as we might to take really good photographs that truly capture the moment - the results are often disappointing.Jim Miotke:
Some of the biggest mistakes are that people simply don't analyze the scene and decide what is the one element that they really want to capture and then move in very close to that.

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Taking Great Photos With Your Smart Phone
July 3, 2012
Interview with Adam Bronkhorst, author of the book SnApp Shots: How to Take Great Pictures with Smartphones and Apps
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Mike Carruthers:
If you have an iPhone or other smart phone you have the ability to take some pretty cool pictures.
Adam Bronkhorst:
The only way to describe and say that I, in the palm of my hand I’ve got a whole photography studio, I’ve got a whole editing suite.

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Taking Better Photographs
July 28, 2011
Interview with Scott Kelby, author of the book The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
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Mike Carruthers:
Do you take good photographs?Scott Kelby:
When most people go to shoot a vacation picture, they center everything. The horizon line is in the center of the picture, the person is in the center of the frame, every single thing is centered.

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Shooting Better Video - Part 2
June 15, 2011
Interview with Steve Stockman, author of the book How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck: Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro
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Mike Carruthers:
If you want the video you shoot to look and sound great a good rule to remember is to get up close and don’t shoot until you can see the whites of their eyes.Steve Stockman:
What we say with our mouth is only part of the information that we convey. The rest of it is all in our eyes and the wrinkles in our forehead – you can’t see any of that stuff if you’re too far away.

Steve Stockman -
Shooting Better Video
June 14, 2011
Interview with Steve Stockman, author of the book How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck: Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro
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Mike Carruthers:
Everyone is shooting video and with so much video floating around it’s important to realize…Steve Stockman:
That nobody watches bad video. Even your mother will lie to you and say she watched that video of your kids but really if it was bad after 10 seconds she flipped to Family Guy.

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Holiday Photos
December 21, 2010
Interview with Vance Checkettes, COO of www.Mozy.com
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Mike Carruthers:
Holiday time is photo taking time, in fact this year in December…Vance Checkettes:
People in the United States will take about 2.5 billion digital photos, that’s 750 photos every second.
Vance Checkettes


