Black Diamond Productions

Here are the photo seminars put on by Mark Daughn for this year… And they are coming up FAST:

nov 6 1-day la shooting workshop models: martina warren & christine nguyen nov 7 - 1-day la shooting workshop models: sunny leone & jelena jensen

nov 8 - are you ready to be the best? lights, models and more nov 8 - glamourcon shooting workshop 3pm to 5pm models: martina warren & malloy martini nov 8 - glamourcon shooting workshop 6pm to 8pm models: jelena jensen & sunny leone nov 9 - how to deal with models and all the other pain in the neck stuff that comes with the territory nov 9 - glamourcon shooting workshop 3pm to 5pm models: christine nguyen and second model tba

Check them out it’s a great opportunity to get input from one of the best in the industry.

I think many of us photographers have seen the huge increase in online portfolio sites and ways to get your name out… But do they work?

I have so many online portfolios I do not even know where my stuff is anymore and I have to say this is a bad thing. How do you balance time allotment vs. shooting? Is it more important to shoot or market yourself?

Where does this insanity end?

So for the quick list I know I have some kind of portfolio at the following places:

Definitely the longest one I have had is OneModelplace.com - Not free thou
Modelmayhem.com  - Free and liked by many photographers

Then I have to worry about my site and then my soon to open members site:

www.blackdiamondproductions.net
www.blackdiamondmodels.com
www.girlsofblackdiamond.com

I think I need a lot more people working for me than just me…… and that’s just to keep this stuff straight on a day to day basis.

How do you cope? Let me know!

PDF? does resolution matter? Do you need HD quality video even thou you cannot view it in HD on 90% of the computers out there?

I have see the PDF thing down many times…. How do you want to get your photos?

Sample: This is a ,pdf Sample

We will be offering multiple formats but I am more interested in what people want to download vs. what I think you should be downloading.

I have recently been trying to find a podcast about photography that
is not just two people with cameras talking for an hour but one that
actually has some substance….

I think I finally found one that is pretty good… more intended for
the intermediate to advanced shooter - but they hit on all sorts of
items:

In the latest episode they talk about RAW - and the commentary by
Mikkel Aaland, author of Photoshop CS3 Raw: Get the Most Out of the
Raw Format with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Bridge, I found
pretty useful…

Might be worth a read or if you like podcasts - its worth a listen…

http://twipphoto.com/index.php/archives/229#more-229

I would love to hear some discussion about RAW workflow here since
the release of Lightroom and now the latest beta of Lightroom 2.0 -
if people are using it etc…