George Jardine on Lightroom and Digital Photography

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 my iDisk at:

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

“A new mini-tutorial that covers another example of the basics of color correction, using Adobe Lightroom.”

Photograph © George A. Jardine

In this tutorial I outline the basics of color correction, in a situation where the color and density of the photograph are wide open to interpretation. Starting with a properly calibrated and profiled monitor, learn to trust your eyes to bring out the very best in your photographs, using the Adobe Lightroom Develop Module.

Duration: 6:04

This tutorial can be downloaded from my iDisk at: http://idisk.mac.com/george_jardine-Public?view=web

This podcast is labeled “20080224 Tutorial Podcast - Subjective Color Correction” 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

Note that this “video” podcast includes screen capture and graphics, so I highly recommend downloading the large version from my iDisk, and viewing it on your computer. 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, it can be transferred to a Video iPod, and viewed that way as well.

Finally, it’s possible that only the audio track will be heard on devices other than Apple Video iPods (depending upon their MPEG4 compatibility), and the video will not be seen.

“A new tutorial that covers the basics of working with RGB files using the Edit in Photoshop command.”

Photograph © George A. Jardine

In this tutorial I outline the basics of using Lightroom’s Edit in Photoshop command, specifically as it pertains to RGB files. You’ll learn what your three basic options are, and how they are best used to begin taking advantage of the incredible variety of workflows available, when using Lightroom and Photoshop together.

Duration: 9:28

This tutorial can be downloaded from my iDisk at: http://idisk.mac.com/george_jardine-Public?view=web

This podcast is labeled “20080223 Tutorial Podcast - Three Options - Unlimited Possibilities” 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

Note that this “video” podcast includes screen capture and graphics, so I highly recommend downloading the large version from my iDisk, and viewing it on your computer. 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, it can be transferred to a Video iPod, and viewed that way as well.

Finally, it’s possible that only the audio track will be heard on devices other than Apple Video iPods (depending upon their MPEG4 compatibility), and the video will not be seen.

“Maybe you want to do a Brett Weston, and you don’t want anyone to open your files. Maybe you want your files to just die a peaceful death, and you want to pull the plug on them, and send them on to eternity. And what you want are these finished prints; they are the realization of your vision. And everything else was just a way to get there. Like you don’t actually want somebody, in a sense, reprinting from your negatives. You’re done. It’s fine. Even though with photography the temptation is that it’s always an open door, it’s fine to lock the door and throw away the key. That’s OK.”
- Gregory Heisler

Photograph Courtesy of Gregory Heisler

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday February 6th, 2008 at the National Arts Club in New York City. Gregory sits down with George to have a conversation about working with Arnold Newman, his love of portraiture, and some of his thinking on a wide range of subjects including the value of the print, and the difficulties of developing a personal style.

Duration: 1:20:49

The podcast can be downloaded from my iDisk at:

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

This podcast is labeled “20080206 Podcast - Gregory Heisler” 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

“If you go and photograph a beggar, it makes a huge difference whether you stand in front of the beggar—the same thing is true for children—if you stand in front of them, and point your camera down, or whether you physically go down on your knees, and try and see the world through their eyes, from their perspective. It makes a different picture. Your picture is determined by your physical point of view. But your physical point of view is also the result of your emotional relationship to that person, to that beggar, to that child, which in turn can be the result of your life perspective. So sometimes when asked ‘what’s the exposure of your image’ a photographer, a photojournalist would say, well it’s a 125th of a second, and in my case 60 years. Because in a great image, ideally your whole life perspective comes and culminates in that image. Flows into it.” - Gerd Ludwig

Photograph Courtesy of Gerd Ludwig

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday November 20th, 2007 at the home of Greg Gorman in Los Angeles, Calfornia. Gerd sits down with George to have a conversation about working with National Geographic on many interesting and diverse assignments. We discuss how he photographed inside the Chernobyl reactor, about the victims, the environment, and many other aspects that particular assignment. After that we delve deeper into his early cross country road trips photographing in Europe and India, and how his education with Otto Steinert played a key role in his photographic perspective today.

This “video” podcast includes photographs by Gerd Ludwig. 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.

Finally, it’s possible that only the audio track will be heard on devices other than Apple Video iPods (depending upon their MPEG4 compatibility), and the photographs will not be seen.

Duration: 43:59

The podcast can be downloaded from my iDisk at:

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

This podcast is labeled “20071120 Podcast - Gerd Ludwig” in the Public directory.

Or, it can be found on iTunes (in a day or two) by searching under Podcasts for “Lightroom”. The RSS feed is:

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

Phuket Bay Fisherman, © 1985 George A. Jardine

I’m finally posting a few photos from a recent trip to Thailand. The purpose of the trip (for me, at least) was to teach Lightroom, supporting the December Santa Fe workshop led by Nevada Wier.

The photo above was shot on Kodachrome in 1985, using a Nikon F3 with a 24mm f/2.8 lens. So for me, a large part of returning to Bangkok after 22 long years was to re-explore some of my visual memories from that first trip, only this time shooting digital. What a difference digital makes!

I’m not posting these photos because I think that any of them are great photographs in their own right. But rather, most of them are included because they tell part of the story of Thailand for me, personally.

Bangkok is obviously a wondrous and multi-faceted place. But for me, it’s all about just a few things: the people, the food, the motorcycles, the multitude of incredible smells and aromas, and the incredible density and diversity of life on the street. So my eye for photography during this trip was all about capturing that vibrancy of the city. Incredible!

I hope you enjoy the photos. Please send comments if you wish.

“So much of it is having faith in your work and your vision. If you believe in yourself, and you believe in what you’re doing, and you illustrate your vision, then the money will come, and everything will fall into place.” - Catherine Hall

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday November 21st, 2007 at Catherine’s family home in Lafayette, Calfornia. Catherine sits down with George to have a conversation about how her personal work inspires her wedding photography, about her personal approach to working with people, and how having the opportunity to work with people from many different socio-economic backgrounds makes it all worthwhile.

Duration: 32:18

The podcast can be downloaded from my iDisk at:

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

This podcast is labeled “20071121 Podcast - Catherine Hall” 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

“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!

Duration: 11:56

This tutorial can be downloaded from my iDisk at: http://idisk.mac.com/george_jardine-Public?view=web

This podcast is labeled “20071114 Tutorial Podcast - The Synchronize Command” 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

Note that this “video” podcast includes screen capture and graphics, so I highly recommend downloading the large version from my iDisk, and viewing it on your computer. 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, it can be transferred to a Video iPod, and viewed that way as well.

Finally, it’s possible that only the audio track will be heard on devices other than Apple Video iPods (depending upon their MPEG4 compatibility), and the video will not be seen.

Special thanks to Jonathan Caponi for the fabulous artwork used in this tutorial.

Welcome to tutorial podcast #6. This tutorial covers the basics of understanding Lightroom’s catalog model. We cover where Lightroom stores your previews and metadata, how Lightroom links to your source files, and how to use Lightroom with Bridge’s browser-based workflow.

Duration: 23:21

This tutorial can be downloaded from my iDisk at: http://idisk.mac.com/george_jardine-Public?view=web

This podcast is labeled “20071111 Tutorial Podcast - The Lightroom Catalog - Part 1” 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

Note that this “video” podcast includes screen capture and graphics, so I highly recommend downloading the large version from my iDisk, and viewing it on your computer. 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, it can be transferred to a Video iPod, and viewed that way as well.

Finally, it’s possible that only the audio track will be heard on devices other than Apple Video iPods (depending upon their MPEG4 compatibility), and the photographs will not be seen.

“Yes you do work your own hours. It’s called 24/7.” - Allegra

“When I’m shooting I’m a rock star. It’s when I get home and I’m downloading that I go, what the h*&$% is this?” - Kim Bednarski

Photograph © 2007 Kristin Reimer

Today we’re doing something completely different. Welcome to a completely unscripted conversation with 6 top women wedding photographers. Come listen in to this fun and friendly conversation, as Susan, Jen, Allegra, Kristin, Jen, and Kim tell all about shooting weddings. What are the most gratifying things about shooting weddings? What are the most difficult? What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen at a wedding? The funniest story? The dresses. The shoes. The drunken bridesmaids. It’s all here.

This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 during the Photo Plus Expo in NYC. Please understand that this podcast has been minimally edited, and it contains some language that may offend. Parental warning advised.

Special thanks to these extremely talented photographers:

Susan Stripling: http://www.susanstripling.com

Allegra: http://www.allegrasstudio.com

Jen Bebb: http://www.tyingtheknot.net

Kim Bednarski: http://www.kbimagephoto.com

Jen Capone: http://www.jencapone.com

And of course, the PhotoMuse herself, Kristin Reimer: http://www.photomuse.com

Duration: 47:15

The podcast can be downloaded from my iDisk at:

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

This podcast is labeled “20071017 Podcast - 6 Women Wedding Photographers” 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