In this episode, Kerry and David sit down with Roberto Valenzuela from Beverly Hills, CA who is a remarkably skilled wedding photographer. Roberto talks about getting started and "finding his eye". Roberto gives some helpful tips on how to practice different techniques to improve your skills. Read More

With the release of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.2, camera profiles are now built in by default. What are camera profiles? Well, let's look start at the beginning and explain what happens to your images within Lightroom so we have a basis of reference when we get back to figuring out how to use these profiles. Have you ever imported some RAW files and when you first open the image in Lightroom the image is vibrant and looks great and then all of a ... Read More

2008 was certainly a banner year for photography enthusiasts when it comes to the number and quality of websites that you have to choose from. We certainly appreciate all the visitors here at cameradojo.com and hope we are doing a good job at bringing you good information and we are always thrilled to see our name on lists like this. Now it's our turn to pay tribute to some of the best sites out there that we read on a regular basis. ... Read More

In this episode, Kerry has a talk with Robert Evans. Robert has shot the weddings of Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes, Brad Pitt & Jennifer Aniston. Robert has a passion for photography as well as teaching and has a website at PhotographyMentor.com has a free social networking section for photographers and has a complete school system that you can subscribe to with tons of videos and tutorials. Links from the show Photography Mentor (http://photographymentor.com) Robert Evans (http://robertevans.com) Engage Film (http://engagingfilms.com) Robert's Twitter (http://twitter.com/RobertEvans) Issuu (http://issuu.com) Show Hosts Kerry Garrison (http://L7Studios.com) You ... Read More

Focal Point is OneOne Software's newest Photoshop plug-in that allows you to create images with selective focus and edge vignette effects. Using these techniques you can guide the viewer's eye to the spot in the image that you want them to look at. Using an easy to use "focus bug" you can control the sweet spot, the amount and kind of blur. These types of effects have only been possible with expensive specialty lenses before. Does Focal Point deliver on the goods? ... Read More

We are happy to announce that we are one of the first sites to use the new CommentReactor system for our comments. While we were pretty happy with the previous system, the new CommentReactor system allows you to insert images directly into your comments. If we are talking about a certain technique, you can show off your examples of it right in the comments system. We think this will allow a great degree of interaction with the articles than any other site ... Read More

Do you have a new years resolution? Capture an image that describes a New Years resolution and enter it into our photo contest and you could win a new R-Strap from BlackRapid. Pay careful attention to the rules so you do not get disqualified. You have to be the person who took the image, you cannot use someone else's image. You have to upload the image to Flickr and tag the image with "Camera Dojo Resolution" (Note: you have to put quotes around it ... Read More

Kerry and David talk to Ron Henry from Blackrapid about the R-Strap camera strap. We find out about the new RS4 version and Ron offers to give one away to a lucky listener. To be entered to win the contest, you need to visit the BlackRapid website and find out the position in the company that Milo has. When you have found the answer, send an email to podcast@cameradojo.com with the subject "BlackRapid Contest" and let us know your answer. The winner will be ... Read More

If you are even considering making money from photography, even as a small side business, then you need to read Dane Sanders' Fast Track Photographer. Dane was featured on a recent podcast and shared some real insight into the market and where we are heading. Dane's book, Fast Track Photographer, is designed to help you find yourself and where you fit into the market. Along with the book is the pDNA Assesement which is a tool to help you figure out your strengths ... Read More

Lightroom 2.2 is now available on Adobe.com. (Mac, Win)  The release includes new camera support for the following models: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Canon PowerShot G10 Panasonic DMC-G1** Panasonic DMC-FX150** Panasonic DMC-FZ28** Panasonic DMC-LX3** Leica D-LUX 4** Adobe has also fixed a few bugs that were introduced with the Lightroom 2.0 release: Lightroom 2 Bugs - Fixed Images rendered from the Slideshow export process produced a jagged effect on hard edges relative to the quality of normal JPEG export Increased the number of characters allowed in ... Read More