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Master Photography Team

5 photographers (Brent Bergherm, Jeff Harmon, Connor Hibbs, Erica Kay, Brian McGuckin) take turns covering listener questions, photography news, and the famous photography “doodads” of the week with each round table discussion episode. This is the podcast for enthusiast and professional photography nerds who want to level up and master their photography–without the fluff of a “talk show.” The team has a special skill for covering advanced level photography techniques in a way that less experienced photographers can understand. They don’t talk down to newer photographers yet provide tips that help advanced photographers. Come join us as we all work to master our photography together!

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How I Got The Shot – Details About The Creation Of 5 Landscape Photos
The world has been a crazy place thus far in 2020. Like many of you, we haven’t had as many opportunities to get out and shoot thus far this year. However, we have done some shooting. Let’s walk through the details of 5 landscape photos to help you learn and/or get inspired to get out and shoot (safely)! The Shots ... The post How I Got The Shot – Details About The Creation Of 5 Landscape Photos appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Aug 6, 2020 · 1 hr 6 min
Sony A7s3 and other Sony tips with Juan Pons
Introduction Welcome to the Master Photography Roundtable part of the Master Photography Podcast Network! You are joined by thousands of photographers listening to this show who are all on the same journey to master their photography. I am Brent Bergherm, the host for this episode, and I am joined by Juan Pons! Juan, thank you for joining us, I’m very ... The post Sony A7s3 and other Sony tips with Juan Pons appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Jul 30, 2020 · 1 hr 17 min
9 Tips For Young Beginning Photographers
9 Tips For Young Beginning Photographers We recently got some really fun feedback from a listener Gianna Kirschner: “Dear Master Photography Podcast, my name is Gianna and I’m 10 years old. I love your podcast and listen to all the podcasts you make. I listened to your newest podcast and I’m going to try to shoot/see the neowise tonight or ... The post 9 Tips For Young Beginning Photographers appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Jul 23, 2020 · 52 min
Shooting Comets Like Neowise
What is Neowise? Neowise is a comet. One that scientists say only comes around once every 6,800 years! It has been something that the photography community has been writing about for a couple of weeks now. Photographers have a couple more weeks here in July 2020 to shoot the comet. Check out this link for more information on the comet ... The post Shooting Comets Like Neowise appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Jul 17, 2020 · 1 hr
Canon Announcements with Mary Malinconico
I’ve been busy with a lot of things and haven’t been here on MPP for a bit. We sold our home, made an offer on a new one and we’re just waiting for the process to play out now. I’ve made three different short trips to the Palouse region and am busy working on my Latitude Photography School, I’ll comment ... The post Canon Announcements with Mary Malinconico appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Jul 9, 2020 · 48 min
Lens Filter Talk with Matt Bishop
About Matt Bishop Matt has been on the Lattitude Photography Podcast (Patagonia and Pentax, Preparing for Normal, and Being a Social Media Underdog) with our own Brent Bergherm, but this was his first time here on the Master Photography podcast. Matt dove into landscape photographer back in 2002, when he purchased his first Pentax SLR camera and used Fuji Velvia ... The post Lens Filter Talk with Matt Bishop appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Jul 2, 2020 · 49 min
The Curious Case Of The Decaying Photo
A really curious thing happened in the Photo Taco Facebook group. Listener Jim Ruse asked a question there about an experience he was having where some of the photos he copied from his internal hard drive over to an external hard drive would be unreadable a few months later. Hey folks. I’ve got an issue I would like to share. ... The post The Curious Case Of The Decaying Photo appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Jun 25, 2020 · 1 hr 10 min
Ideas To Get You Shooting This Summer
Software Update Status Adobe just released updates to both Lightroom and Photoshop here in early June 2020. Lightroom has been updated to version 9.3 and Photoshop to version 21.2.0. Both have a “Wait” status from Jeff of course, just hasn’t been long enough on the release to get the Photo Taco Seal of Approval. I think I’ll do a more ... The post Ideas To Get You Shooting This Summer appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Jun 18, 2020 · 49 min
Guide To Screen Calibration Using DisplayCal
Software Update Status I have just updated my Software Update Status page over at phototacopodcast.com. I am giving the “Caution” status to the Photoshop 21.1.3 update Adobe released in late May. It looks like a number of the larger issues I had with Photoshop have been addressed in this version which allows me to upgrade the status from “Wait” to ... The post Guide To Screen Calibration Using DisplayCal appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Jun 13, 2020 · 1 hr 35 min
Overcoming A Failure To Save A Shoot
We All Fail As Photographers I want to be real in this episode. We live in a world where information is highly curated and in some cases entirely staged. Sort of like the beginning of the Jumanji movie where there is a female character who works extremely hard to get the lighting, environment, and angle just right so that she ... The post Overcoming A Failure To Save A Shoot appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Jun 5, 2020 · 45 min
5 Things Photographers Need In A Computer Monitor
Software Update Status Microsoft has released a new build of Windows 10 here in the last part of May 2020. This release is called Windows 10 2004 and as always I highly recommend that photographers wait before installing the new build. There isn’t a ton of new functionality that photographers should be excited about. There actually isn’t much in the ... The post 5 Things Photographers Need In A Computer Monitor appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
May 29, 2020 · 33 min
5 Things That Should Be On Every Photographer’s Pre-Shoot Checklist
Five things every photographer should have on their pre-shoot checklist to make sure they are ready for whatever comes their way 5 Things That Should Be On Every Photographer’s Pre-Shoot Checklist I don’t know if full-time photographers have the same challenge, but as a hobbyist photographer fitting in client shoots wherever I can, it seems like I am always rushing ... The post 5 Things That Should Be On Every Photographer’s Pre-Shoot Checklist appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
May 22, 2020 · 39 min
Shoot Your Fruits and Vegetables!
Shooting Fruits and Veggies This shoot comes from way back in 2015. I was wanting a unique way to test out a new macro lens and I remembered something sort of like this and wanted to make it happen myself. The basic setup is: Select your fruit or veggie. In this case we’re going for internally lit produce, you’ll need ... The post Shoot Your Fruits and Vegetables! appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
May 14, 2020 · 45 min
Creative Juices Contest Winner – Dee Cusick
About Dee Cusick Dee picked up a camera five or six years ago. She grew up in the Pacific Northwest on and around cattle farms, which has greatly influenced what she shoots. She had intended to try and get her PRCA photography card so that she could be a full time professional photographer here in 2020, but a little world-wide ... The post Creative Juices Contest Winner – Dee Cusick appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
May 7, 2020 · 44 min
Creative Juices Photo Contest Winners
April 2020 Updates from Adobe Good to go to on Lightroom Classic 9.2.1. Minor problems most photographers won’t run into. No go on Photoshop 21.1.2. Still massive issues with popular extensions plus other problems. Canon Webcam Canon released this YouTube video showing how to use a new beta version of a USB driver that turns a few of their supported ... The post Creative Juices Photo Contest Winners appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Apr 30, 2020 · 1 hr 1 min
Canon R5 Confirmations and Rumors
April 2020 Updates from Adobe Before we get into the meat of the show, many of you rely on my Photo Taco status for updates to Adobe products and Adobe just released a number of minor updates for Photoshop and Lightroom Classic. I have yet to give my Photo Taco seal of approval for Photoshop 21.1. That release has been ... The post Canon R5 Confirmations and Rumors appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Apr 23, 2020 · 52 min
Raw Defaults in Lightroom Classic 9.2
April 2020 Updates from Adobe Before we get into the meat of the show, many of you rely on my Photo Taco status for updates to Adobe products and Adobe just released a number of minor updates for Photoshop and Lightroom Classic. I have yet to give my Photo Taco seal of approval for Photoshop 21.1. That release has been ... The post Raw Defaults in Lightroom Classic 9.2 appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Apr 16, 2020 · 38 min
Different ways of shooting macro with Levi Sim
Welcome to the Master Photography Roundtable part of the Master Photography Podcast Network! You are joined by thousands of photographers listening to this show who are all on the same journey to master their photography. I am Brent Bergherm, the host for this episode and I am joined by Levi Sim! What’s up Levi? Levi: Spring is here and the ... The post Different ways of shooting macro with Levi Sim appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Apr 10, 2020 · 1 hr 11 min
Quarantine Resources For Photographers
Quarantine Resources For Photographers Brian, you are a full time school teacher and part time professional photographer, how has COVID-19 impacted you? Brian: Wow. Where to begin? Our school building closed down two weeks ago and we have moved to teaching online. Fortunately, I’m in a community where students have the technology and we’ve used aspects of it in the ... The post Quarantine Resources For Photographers appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Apr 2, 2020 · 52 min
20 Steps To a Professional Self Portrait
Tips For Taking a Professional Self Portrait Kenny Huffman, a long-time listener and alumni of the Create Photography Retreat, asked a question I thought would be good to answer in the episode today given the contest we are running (again we will talk about it at the bottom of the show). Kenny asked me “any method of focusing on the ... The post 20 Steps To a Professional Self Portrait appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.
Mar 26, 2020 · 1 hr 1 min

Master Photography

How I Got The Shot – Details About The Creation Of 5 Landscape Photos

Sony A7s3 and other Sony tips with Juan Pons

9 Tips For Young Beginning Photographers

Shooting Comets Like Neowise

Canon Announcements with Mary Malinconico

Lens Filter Talk with Matt Bishop

The Curious Case Of The Decaying Photo

Ideas To Get You Shooting This Summer

Guide To Screen Calibration Using DisplayCal

Overcoming A Failure To Save A Shoot

5 Things Photographers Need In A Computer Monitor

5 Things That Should Be On Every Photographer’s Pre-Shoot Checklist

Shoot Your Fruits and Vegetables!

Creative Juices Contest Winner – Dee Cusick

Creative Juices Photo Contest Winners

Canon R5 Confirmations and Rumors

Raw Defaults in Lightroom Classic 9.2

Different ways of shooting macro with Levi Sim

Quarantine Resources For Photographers

20 Steps To a Professional Self Portrait