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9 months ago

Following Through

While reading an interview with legendary photographer Kurt Markus on APhotoEditor.com recently I was struck by one of his comments. In the interview with Rob Haggart he said, “It takes guts to make a print. You know you have to convince yourself that this is you, that you’ve made this and that you’re putting your name on it, and you also have to believe that maybe somebody else [...]

9 months ago

Nikon's Perspective Control Lenses

In a continuing effort to create new and different images I picked up the 85mm f/2.8 PC-E Micro Nikkor earlier this year for shooting landscapes, action and portraits. While this type of lens is definitely not new to Nikon’s lineup, I hadn’t tried them out before and I was very impressed by the images that ex-New York Times photographer Vincent LaForet has been able to capture using [...]

9 months ago

Summer 2011 Newsletter

The Summer 2011 issue of the Michael Clark Photography Newsletter is now available for download. If you’d like to sign up for the Newsletter just drop me an email and I’ll add you to the mailing list. This issue includes an editorial about a recent assignment shot for State Street Global Advisors, a review of Nikon's Perspective Control (PC) lenses, an in-depth On Assignment [...]

9 months ago

Basics for Building an Online Website Portfolio

The most important marketing tool for any photographer is a website. Whether you are a professional or an amateur, creating a website to display your images is a great way to show your work. For the pro, a website is home base for every other form of marketing because all promotional materials will reference the website. A website is a requirement for any professional photographer seeking [...]

9 months ago

Storing, Archiving and Cataloging Images

One of the major topics in any digital workflow is how to store, archive and catalog your digital images. This is a complex topic and in this short blog post I definitely will not cover everything. I will speak to my experiences and what I have found best suits my methods and work. And while this blog post isn’t directly related to Lightroom we’ll come around to how it fits into my [...]

10 months ago

Resolution Roundup

Back in 2006, I wrote an article in my Spring 2006 Newsletter comparing the image quality of three digital SLR cameras with different resolutions. At that time the top DSLRs were the Canon 1Ds Mark II (16 MP), the Nikon D2x (12 MP) and the Nikon D200 (10 MP). The comparison was basically a test to see how the different resolutions stacked up. There was a lot of noise back in those days (and there [...]

10 months ago

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - 2 Day Digital Workflow Workshops

**I know I have been listing a lot of workshops here on the Pixiq blog lately - it just seems to be the workshop season right now - thanks for your patience with these posts.** START to FINISH WORKFLOW FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS 2 Day Hands On Workshop with Michael Clark - in a city near you! Lightroom is the essential software of choice for digital photographers on both Mac and Windows. This unique [...]

10 months ago

Adventure Photography Workshop

I just thought I'd post some info on my Adventure Photography Workshop that I will be doing at the Maine Media Workshops in August later this summer. This will be an action packed workshop that will be fun for any photographer interested in outdoor and/or sports photography. Below is an image of a PDF flyer that the workshops created, if you would like to download that flyer you can do so by [...]

11 months ago

Importing Images into Lightroom

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom may not seem like a complex piece of software but there are some subtleties that will help it run smoother and much more efficiently – a few of those techniques have been covered here on the Pixiq blog here and here. In this post we’ll cover importing images into Lightroom. There are a few different methods and Lightroom offers some very powerful shortcuts [...]

11 months ago

Surfing Photography Workshop

January 12-15, 2012 Workshop Leaders: Brian Bielmann and Michael Clark Location: Turtle Bay Hilton Resort, Oahu North Shore, Hawaii About The Workshop Join legendary surfing photographer Brian Bielman and adventure sports photographer Michael Clark for an exciting one-of-a-kind workshop that delves into the world of surfing photography. Brian is a top surfing photographer who has been [...]

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