post processing experiment
how to make your photo shine… post processing experiment – email your RAW or jpg file to submissions@markushartel.com and upon selection I will post a video tutorial on my blog. I’ll process your image in Lightroom or Photoshop (your choice, make a note in your email) and I’ll explain in a video response what I’m [...]
Top tips for black and white shooters
Avoid flat lighting like the plague and avoid shooting mid-day in the sun, find spots with interesting light and shadow details. Look for interesting textures and patterns. Try shooting at night – the light, or lack thereof, is much more dynamic at night and looks fantastic in black and white A calibrated computer monitor is [...]
Lightroom Printing on Epson K3 printers (OS X Lion)
- download the latest driver for your Epson printer and install them on your machine – download the manufacturer’s ICC profiles for the paper you’re using. I highly recommend Epson Exhibition Fiber for color and black and white work. find Epson profiles here – select the correct paper size under “page setup” – hit command-p, [...]
The Best Street Photography Walking Tours. period.
When you are looking for authentic street photography workshops that’ll teach you the real ins-and-outs about street photography, you have found the right source – I am a passionate street photographer, with an active history for the past decade and my work gets published nationally and internationally on a regular basis. I’ll offer you the [...]
resizing film grain vs digital noise
Oh I’ll bet this has been asked and answered a billion times, but has anyone ever seen a good explanation between the difference between film grain and digital pixels. What I mean by that is that you can take a nice “clean” digital image from a good sized noiseless sensor and with some interpolation you [...]
street fashion lighting inspiration
street fashion – Images by Markus Hartel blog special: $30 for a signed 7″x10″ print on Exhibition Fiber Paper with free shipping within the Continental US click on slideshow image to purchase one could call this mini tutorial “how to light a fashion portrait effectively on a budget”? I had two days to photograph about [...]
iphone tripod mount
DIY iphone tripod mount. 1x super clamp, 1x 1/4″ x 20 nut, 1x metal epoxy. less than $10 and rock solid! Related Posts:lightsphere vs. ghettosphereCanon 430 EX hotshoe fixTrick the DX sensorDevelop b/w film at home 101Top tips for black and white shooters
The complete guide to mounting and matting
get the pdf file here a great video tutorial by Dave Beckerman Related Posts:Top tips for black and white shootersLightroom Printing on Epson K3 printers (OS X Lion)resizing film grain vs digital noiseflash on the streetGuide Guide for Photoshop
flash on the street
sometimes the use of fill flash can help you out tremendously in harsh lighting conditions, or just provide the extra kick for the look of your pics… I started out using an off-camera cord, but hated every second the logistics of it, so… option #1 off-camera flash cord, which is a pain in the ass [...]
Guide Guide for Photoshop
I give you GuideGuide: a columns, rows and midpoints panel for Photoshop CS4 & CS5 most excellent for (web) design in Photoshop Related Posts:resizing film grain vs digital noiseEasy Neutral ColorsChannel Mixer SettingsThe complete guide to mounting and mattingflash on the street
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 mini review
I’m a big fan of your street photography, and visit your site almost daily (even weekends!) You are a truly gifted photographer, and a great inspiration to us street photographers! I noticed that lately you’ve been using a Lumix LX5 instead of the Leica M9. Would you please share some of your experiences using the [...]
Nikon SuperCoolscan5000 ED software update
My Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED refused to work with the original Nikon software since I upgraded my desktop Mac to Snow Leopard and in the meantime I used the G4 file server that was still running an older version of OSX for my scanning needs. Now I just upgraded my desktop and I’m finally [...]
lightsphere vs. ghettosphere
Gary Fong clear Photojournalist Lightsphere II Markus Hartel Ghettosphere clear PJ Lightsphere II translucent Ghettosphere I This weekend I futzed around with light modifiers for battery operated speedlites for an upcoming impromptu shoot at a live concert. Normally I’m an available light shooter, but I know that the light at the venue, or the lack [...]
what is the best way to store digital photos
We all like to take pictures with our digital cameras and copy the precious files to our computers for easy access and online posting. Eventually, we’ll end up with thousands of photos on our computer hard drives. So what is the best way to store digital photos? What happens if that computer hard drive fails? [...]
Canon 430 EX hotshoe fix
this happens when a DSLR with a hotshoe flash falls off the kitchen table… luckily there is a pretty simple & cheap fix full DIY instructions here purchase the part here [ad#Google Adsense 428x60 tuts] Related Posts:iphone tripod mountlightsphere vs. ghettosphereTrick the DX sensorDevelop b/w film at home 101Top tips for black and white shooters
Sigma DP1 vs. Ricoh GRD
Many fellow photographers have asked me about my opinion on the Sigma DP1 compared to the Ricoh GR Digital and these cameras don’t even fall into the same category – both are suitable for street shooting though… I have owned and used both cameras from the minute they came out and immediatedly fell in love [...]
Street Photography Q&A
Q: I noticed that you have a lot of great street photography of people on the street and such. I was wondering how do you go about approaching people on the street? Do you ask if you can snap a photo or do you just take it when you feel you should? I really would [...]
Non-destructive Photoshop dodge/burn
Sometimes it is more intuitive to dodge and burn instead of using curves, here I dodged some detail into the smoke and burned the shadows a bit more for drama. Did it ever bug you that dodging/burning in Photoshop is destructive and can not be changed after you used the tools? I have good news [...]
Easy Neutral Colors
Oftentimes it might be a bit tricky to achieve the right White Balance, especially when shooting jpg. I usually shoot RAW and try to get the color temperature as close as possible in Adobe Camera RAW or Lightroom. For this tutorial I purposely introduced a slight yellow-ish warm cast to the image. Oftentimes, it’s hard [...]
Channel Mixer Settings
here are some Photoshop Channel Mixer values to create the look of different kinds of film Film Type R G B Film Type R G B AGFA 200X 18 41 41 Ilford Pan F 33 36 31 Agfapan 25 25 39 36 Ilford SFX 36 31 33 Agfapan 100 21 40 39 Ilford XP2 Super [...]
Real film grain files!
coming soon – animated motion picture grain clips from the original scans! Since I posted the “convert to b/w” tutorial I had quite a few requests for my “real” film grain files. Each file is full frame 35mm, 24MP equivalent and can be used with any digital photo – simply paste the grain into a [...]
Sunny 16 Rule
A simple rule of thumb for taking photos in daylight without a light meter. The rule is quite easy to remember – if you’re taking a photo in bright daylight set the aperture to f/16 and set the shutter speed to be as near as possible to the same number as the film speed. So [...]
Digital Black and White Processing 101
To get most out of my black and white negatives, I scan them in 16-bit mode with “Auto Levels” activated in VueScan. The “Auto Levels” function provides a very good tonal range from, yeah, white (RGB 255 255 255) and black (RGB 0 0 0). Actually, I scan in Grayscale mode and save the file [...]