Black Diamond Productions

This article is well worth a read….

Outsourcing your Scaning Nightmare

It is outsourcing - but its about all that is left these days…….

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…

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.

So Mystique has gone and shot with Lux ……… My thanks goes to Mark for what should be a great shoot in the typical Mystique style.

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!