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photography--tell me what you would like to learn about? working out my next shows and tips, really interested to hear yr suggested topics
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hey Marc, taking up the sport of photography for the first time. Inspired by my sister and brother and law, I got the Cannon G10 and am loving it. I'd love to see the basic or all basic series on photography myself. Of course this may be to "simple" for your readers I don't know but that's my opinion
- tony falcaro
cool tony that's why I'm thinking step by step any specific Qs you've got?
- Marc Silber
Working with models for the first time. Where to find then and how to direct them.
- Alan Morris
from iPhone
Alan did you see http://www.silberstudios.tv/previou... Got into some of this, can cover more
- Marc Silber
from email
http://digital-photography-school.com/photogr... is a good start to learn/teach the basic things. Though, I've found that some of these still aren't basic enough...
- Holger Eilhard
So what would be ³basic enough?²
- Marc Silber
from email
this is good, but would love to hear specific points you'd like to see covered in video tips
- Marc Silber
During workshops I get questions like "How does aperture work?", "What do I have to do to get a blurry background?", "How do I get this with my Point & Shoot because I don't have a SLR and can't adjust all settings?", "What is ISO and what's that noise you're speaking of?", "How does the inside of a SLR vs. a P&S look like?", "How does a SLR (digital and analog) work?"...
- Holger Eilhard
Marc Silber Interviews Me - http://thomashawk.com/2009...
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Had a great time doing a video interview with Marc Silber for his new Photo Show out at Baker Beach shooting the Golden Gate Bridge. The shot above is one of the shots that I got shooting with Marc. You can watch the video here: http://www.silberstudios.tv/tomas-h...
- Thomas Hawk
How come you mark everything off on the camera and lenses Thomas? (canon name and the red rings on lenses)That so they dont look so pricey? Also, thats a big dent in your Mac you have :) Is a great interview, some inspiring words.
- Simon Wicks
Awesome Shot...The color and lights scream Bay Area.
- Jamie Ginsberg
Thomas Who? :)
- Kreg Steppe
Beautiful! One of the best I've seen from this angle
- Michael Fidler
Nice Interview. Makes me want to shoot (w/ camera) something now.
- Kreg Steppe
Hey Simon. A good question. I replied with a blog post because it's actually a longer conversation than a simple reply: http://thomashawk.com/2009...
- Thomas Hawk
Would love to watch the video, but....."The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later. " :-(
- Nils Sandin
Hmmmm.. just checked Nils, seems to be back up.
- Thomas Hawk
Yepp, back up again :-)
- Nils Sandin
Incredible shot!
- Rick Bucich
Great interview.
- Mark Groves
Always informational and inspirational hearing you talk about your approach to photography. This video reminded me a little of one of those early photowalk videos you did with Scoble.
- Andy Roth
Excellent interview!
- Susan Dennis
we got slammed with views to had to bump up our bandwidth but should be ok now. I told Scoble this goes right back to your 1st PhotoWalk with him
- Marc Silber
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Great photo.
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About Ansel Adams - The Ansel Adams Gallery - http://www.anseladams.com/aboutAA...
Marc's videos added to this page
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Chase Jarvis' 5 Secrets for Exceptional Photographs - http://vimeo.com/2752529
In this absorbing interview Marc Silber gets an inside look at multi-award winning Chase Jarvis' photography. Follow Chase around the globe as he discusses his style, what he loves about being a photographer and his five tips for getting exceptional photos. Tune in and learn from a professional, then go out and put these tips right to use. Check in with www.silberstudios.tv/blog for follow up and more tips.
- Marc Silber
Apple Picking - Stop Motion on Vimeo - http://vimeo.com/2013743
check out this cool stop motion, by Ian Silber at Long Ridge where Robert Scoble shot PhotoWalking with me a year ago http://vimeo.com/1915045
- Marc Silber
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John Nack on Adobe - http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/
John has great tips and a great guy!
- Marc Silber
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Tintswalo Safari Lodge - http://www.tintswalo.com/SafariL...
Thank you to Tintswalo Safari lodge for hosting us in Africa
- Marc Silber
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Please check out PhotoShow at SilberStudios.TV - http://www.silberstudios.tv
We're building our site but check out our temporary page
- Marc Silber
Alltop - Top Photography News - http://photography.alltop.com/
great site that Guy Kawasaki put together
- Marc Silber
SurveyMonkey - Question Builder - http://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurve...
Please take this 2 minute PhotoShow survey
- Marc Silber
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Richard Binhammer from Dell just posted this interview with me: Marc Silber and the Fine Art of Photography http://yourblog.direct2dell.com/2008...
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Thanks for doing the interview Marc
- Richard Binhammer
my pleasure Richard, my favorite subject!
- Marc Silber
Tease for our new photography show, PhotoCycle, starting later this month: http://scobleizer.smugmug.com/gallery... with @thomashawk and @marcsilber
Gustav Holmström, Kreg Steppe, Chris Nixon and 30 other people liked this
great project! is marc really on a mountain? :)
- Anthony Farrior
Heh, thanks. It's going to be a lot of fun. Thanks to Rocky Barbanica for editing and producing it, too. By the way, SmugMug's video is quite nice, very impressed.
- Robert Scoble
Looks like it will be a pretty good show. I'm looking forward to it.
- Jeremy Kunz
from Alert Thingy
Color me excited!
- Andy Roth
Looking forward to PhtotCycle!
- Mitchell Tsai
Great teaser. Looking forward to it. I like the use of SmugMug for the HQ video.
- Jeremy Hall
It's not pn smugmug- it's on my personal site.
- Rocky Barbanica
Looking forward to this
- Andrew Smith
yep that's really Half Dome behind me, no blue screen! check it here http://www.silberstudios.com/blog...
- Marc Silber
Rocky: actually I moved it over to SmugMug.
- Robert Scoble
cool idea for a show
- chartreuse
Wow ! seems great, can't wait to see it ! (definitely Half Dome, great climbing spot too!)
- Heimana
Looks like a great project; the backdrop is ridiculous.
- Blake N. Cooper
was that a real view on the background? (amazing)
- Orli Yakuel
Nice teaser. The show looks like something I'd really enjoy. What's the best way to keep tabs on when the first videos start coming out. Subscribing to the feed on that video page?
- Dylan Parker
I'd try Opera before using IE
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I suppose I should break down and install Opera at some point...sheesh, how many browsers does one need these days! :D
- Joel Gray
It works in Firefox 3.0 RC1 here. Not sure why it's not working for you. Do you have the latest Flash plugin?
- Robert Scoble
@Joel Gray - We haven't tested with FF3rc1/rc2 yet, but I'll see if we can give it a shake today. Can't imagine why it wouldn't work. Mac or Windows?
- Don MacAskill
Hopefully already obvious, but click the "Share" button to get an embeddable player.
- Don MacAskill
Don, where is the "share" button. I can't find it anywhere on the page and want to embed the video on my blog?
- Thomas Hawk
@DonMacAskill Windows Vista SP1. Haven't had any problems with YouTube or other videos that use the player. Just sits there saying "Buffereing" connection seems good to everything else.
- Joel Gray
Really looking forwared to this!.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
@Thomas Hawk - Looks like Scoble has some interesting customization, blowing away our normal buttons. Go here http://scobleizer.smugmug.com/gallery... and click 'share photo'. Use the 'Get a link' tab.
- Don MacAskill
@Joel Gray - Can you tell me which version of Flash this page says you have? http://kb.adobe.com/selfser...
- Don MacAskill
@DonMacAskill WIN 9,0,115,0 OS Windows Vista - Video Cap: Yes - Audio Cap: Yes - Local File I/O: Yes
- Joel Gray
Awesome, can't wait for it. Where will we be able to view this show?
- Cade Brown
it will be on http;//www.fastcompany.tv
- Robert Scoble
@Joel Gray - There are some bugs in 9,0,115 that are fixed in 9,0,124, so you could try updating. I'm installing FF3rc2 on my Vista SP1 VM right now, so we'll see how that goes.
- Don MacAskill
@Joel Gray - Hmm, fresh FF3rc2 install on my Vista SP1 machine w/Flash 9,0,115 and it plays fine for me. Dang. I'm stumped. I'll keep looking, though.
- Don MacAskill
Look froward to seeing that!
- Kreg Steppe
It is now up at http://www.fastcompany.tv/photocy...
- Robert Scoble
@ahockley do you shoot things in RAW? or does it depend on the mood? how do you store it all? plz answer in 140 chars ... :-)
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Any serious photographer ALWAYS shoots in RAW. When I meet people who say they don't know what RAW is or who do, and decide to do only JPEG I just shake my head and feel sorry for them. It's like throwing away your original slides or negatives. Makes me sad.
- Robert Scoble
Ok. I am one of those JPEG photographers. I just got a new DLSR and don't know anything about RAW. Any good links on taking RAW photos and how to process them? Also, what do you use to manage your files?
- Michael Carter
Michael: get Adobe Lightroom http://www.adobe.com/product... -- if you save in RAW you'll be able to much more widely manipulate your images, saving color temperature and exposure problems, among other things. Plus you'll get sharper images and know that you've actually saved all the data coming off of your DSLR's sensor. It takes more memory space, though. Need more hard drives and bigger memory cards, etc.
- Robert Scoble
Thanks Robert!
- Michael Carter
Michael: Aperture is a great option if you are on a Mac. It's absolutely brilliant for organization. Google This Week In Photography -- it's a great podcast about all things photography related.
- Jeremy Brooks
Now storage is cheap, there's not much reason not to use RAW.
- Rich
Generalizations like this don't make for a good argument, Robert. Most serious photographers do indeed shoot raw and I agree for most it is the way to go. But there are indeed good reasons for shooting JPEG. It all depends on the circumstances. News photographers who have to get their stuff out as quickly as possible are one example. Plus, DSLRs have become much better at in-camera JPEG processing. The newest Nikons produce exceptionally good JPEGs in most situations.
- Ole Begemann
Ole: there's no reason anymore. Why? Pro DSLRs like my Canon 5D and the Nikon D3 I borrowed for a month shoot in BOTH RAW and JPEG so you get the benefits of each. News photographers should keep a historical record in as high a quality as they can. Also, RAW can actually be much easier to process and get a good professional image from.
- Robert Scoble
What about sports photography where speed is necessary. You are wrong scoble for dissing on JPEG like that. Raw is great, but JPEG has its own needs and uses
- Varun "Maverick" Pitale
I tested out the Nikon D3 and have the Canon 5D. I don't see any real-world speed difference between shooting both RAW and JPEG and JPEG only. Most sports photogs I know shoot RAW because they want the processing capabilities that come with RAW. Most sports photogs I know use many cameras anyway and use the most expensive equipment.
- Robert Scoble
But, that's missing the point anyway. I don't mind a professional making a conscious choice. But most people don't really know what RAW does for them and they really are limiting themselves and their photography because of their lack of knowledge.
- Robert Scoble
RAW images are not always noticably better in a side-by-side, unprocessed comparison. However, they have major advantages when you're doing a lot of correction afterwards, particularly to bad white balances. If you shoot hundreds of images a day, RAW is not a practical choice.
- Ian Betteridge
Ian: that's bull. Thomas Hawk shoots hundreds of images a day and shoots in RAW. I'm shooting tons of pictures every day in both RAW and JPEG and I can see the difference. I upload my JPEG's to Flickr for speed's sake, though, but I wouldn't consider making an image without keeping the RAW around.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, your point about "historical record" highlights the BIG issue with RAW: it's not a standard format as such, but simply the raw sensor data. This means that there are lots of kinds of RAW, and no future-proofing. A Nikon NEF which is supported today might not be supported in 10 years time. Keeping your archives as RAW files is basically gambling that the (proprietary) format will still be supported in ten years time, something that you're not doing with JPG.
- Ian Betteridge
Oh, and not all RAW is created equal: some types use lossy compression anyway, so you might as well shoot in JPG.
- Ian Betteridge
Ian ALL professional cameras shoot in both JPG and RAW. In fact, the Nikon D3 has two Compact Flash card slots. You can set the camera to shoot in RAW on one card and JPEG on the other. That way you have both formats to work with. Even if I shot in RAW only, though, I'd convert my photos to JPEG that I wanted to save and I keep both the RAW format and the JPEG.
- Robert Scoble
Scoble, I agree with all the points you make, but I still would argue that if you need speed, JPEG beats RAW. Even the D3 takes RAW at only 2.5 fps
- Varun "Maverick" Pitale
Robert, does Thomas shoot hundreds of images a day without access to a laptop? How long, exactly, does he spend processing afterwards? If all he's doing is shooting raw and creating JPGs, he's wasting his time. What's more, if you're really seeing a big difference between raw and JPG, then the issue is your camera's JPG compression algorithms, not the efficiency of RAW.
- Ian Betteridge
And, of course, if all Thomas is doing is using RAW as an archive format, then he's gambling that his particular kind of RAW will be supported in ten, twenty years time. That's a big gamble to take if archive photos are important to you.
- Ian Betteridge
Varun: the D3 sure seemed to take a lot faster photos than that. I'll have to look into that. Ian: yes. He carries many gigabyte cards. He spends hours processing images. We'll cover this topic a lot more in depth on our new PhotoCycle show that'll start in mid-June.
- Robert Scoble
Always RAW. It's amazing how much more data you can get out of a RAW image; highlights/shadows especially.
- Benjamin Golub
Robert, I know that all pro cameras shoot in both. However, the way you're talking about RAW here is as if you can just dispense with JPG - ie "news photographers should keep a historical record in as high a quality as they can." Well sorry, but as an archive format RAW is just not a good choice.
- Ian Betteridge
Robert, your example of how Thomas works makes the point very well that RAW doesn't work for all. Could a news photographer afford to stop mid-shoot and change a card?
- Ian Betteridge
Ian: have you ever watched a news journalist work? They change cards all the time. I'll tell you what, I'll interview some news journalists about this topic and we'll come back to it. Most of the ones I know shoot in RAW because they want the absolute best image to work with as possible. Most news photographers (I watched quite a few work right next to me at Davos) carry three to five bodies and a crapload of memory cards so switching isn't that big a deal for them.
- Robert Scoble
It is extremely rare that anyone needs to shoot for an extended length of time without taking a breath. In such situations anyway the best photographers have assistants who rotate cameras in with fresh cards. I watched Sports Illustrated work a World Series game and that's just what they did. The assistant was taking images off of the cards, processing them, and uploading them while the action was going on on the field.
- Robert Scoble
"If you shoot hundreds of images a day, RAW is not a practical choice." Sure it is. In Aperture I set the correct white balance for 1 RAW image and batch apply it to all othe others in the same photo shoot. Most of the time this doesn't need to change at all. You can even batch apply sharpening/noise reduction/anything else. RAW does not slow me down; it makes my photos the best they can be.
- Benjamin Golub
Some links. Thomas Hawk on Adobe Bridge: http://thomashawk.com/2006...
- Robert Scoble
Part I of Photoshop Lessons from Jan Kabili, where she talks about how to process RAW and other things that are important to making great images: http://www.podtech.net/scobles...
- Robert Scoble
Part II of Photoshop Lessons from Jan Kabili: http://www.podtech.net/scobles...
- Robert Scoble
Inside Photoshop CS3 with John Nack: http://www.podtech.net/scobles...
- Robert Scoble
Robert, I used to be a news journalist - and I think you mean news photographer :) And yes, they change cards (and cameras) a lot. They'll be doing it a whole lot more if they shoot in RAW. Approximately 3-6x as often, in fact. That means you're much more likely to miss getting the best shot in busy circumstances. Don't get me wrong - RAW is great if the important thing is maximising your ability to post-process - but in some circumstances that's not what you're most interested in.
- Ian Betteridge
I shot in RAW and do my post processing in Adobe Lightroom. Pics are saved on 2 external HDDs.
- Marcel Janus
I shoot in RAW when I think post-processing of the image will improve it a lot. But the jpg's my DLSR creates are enough for me in 50-70% of the situations. This does depend on how much of a photoshopper you are. :) It helps if you know the limits of your camera.
- roel
I just want to say that I love FriendFeed. This whole discussion started from a Tweet from a person that I don't follow. Now there are all these people adding to a new conversation on FF. This is good stuff.
- Michael Carter
Great conversation. I shoot 100% in RAW. Every argument I've heard for shooting JPG above doesn't hold water in my opinion. You can fit hundreds of photos shot in RAW on an 8GB card -- even more on a 16GB. Swapping cards is no problem -- it can be done in seconds. I shoot 200-400 shots in a typical day. If I'm on an actual shoot typically over 1,000. Storage is cheap. You lose so much of your photo by shooting in JPG. There is no reason to only shoot in JPG for serious photographers.
- Thomas Hawk
As soon as I get a RAW capable camera, I'm all over it. I'm waiting until CHDK supports my camera (SD 750) or I get a new one altogether.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Canon took RAW away from the Powershot S80, booo
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Mac OS X supports most Canon & Nikon RAW formats natively so you can preview RAW images in the finder or use QuickLook, so it isn't any more difficult to work with than JPEG. The difference is most obvious when you open a RAW file in Aperture, since it gives you more adjustment options.
- Mike Hussein Cohen
Not sure why everyone moved away from this thread. What I'm wondering, is when I'm at the point where I'll be buying a DSLR, what do I get? Is there a current "king" of the DSLRs?
- Jordan Hofker
Jordan, best advice is to try out a lot of different ones. Also depends on your price range. My own thoughts are to seriously consider both Canon and Nikon due to the extensive line up of fine lenses that both offer. Canon should be coming out with a new 5D shortly. That will be a hot DSLR and probably run about $3,500. the Nikon D3 runs about $5,000. You don't need to spend this much though and there are many seriously good cheaper models from both Canon and Nikon.
- Thomas Hawk
Jordan, I'm about to retire my first DSLR (a Canon 20D) and am looking at replacing it with the Canon 450D... it's a step down in the Canon product line, but feature-by-feature is actually an upgrade for me... :) and, it's squarely within my hobbyist's budget at around $800...
- Kenneth LeFebvre
Jordan, one thing to keep in mind that is just as important to get good lenses/glass as it is to get a good body! So save some money in your budget for some quality starter lenses (you can get some good prime lenses)
- Chris Lewis
from Alert Thingy
I'm late to the party, I seem to get more noise/grain from RAW than from JPG - in Adobe RAW and Aperture 2. Not enough to make me go back though.
- Avelino Maestas
I sure wish I knew why this conversation is not being bumped up in FriendFeed when people post to it. Annoying.
- Thomas Hawk
testing bump.
- Thomas Hawk
I'm testing the bump also (with a like and a comment), but I have a question - what is the shelf life of a typical RAW image? Certainly you have more processing capabilities in the short term, but what about 5-10 years from now? I grant that JPEG won't be supported forever either, but if you're thinking long-term preservation, I would think that JPEG would offer a longer life.
- Ontario Emperor
Testing bump Sat 3:10 AM JST (Fri 11:10 AM PDT). This article bumps in my "Comments" and "See both" pages, but is invisible in my "Friends" and "Likes" pages.
- Mitchell Tsai
Ontario Emperor: That's precisely the impetus behind Adobe's DNG standard. It will provide a standard RAW format that will be more likely to last longer than individual manufacturer's formats...
- Kenneth LeFebvre
I tried bumping another thread from Wednesday (Scott Kveton's Russian coke can from 2 days ago) with "no comments" and it wouldn't appear in my "Friends" page either. http://friendfeed.com/e... So it's not just looong threads. Maybe a FriendFeed algorithm/cache/etc... issue.
- Mitchell Tsai
I'd have to say that it all boils down to what you're going to use it for, which is part of the visualization process that Ansel Adams so heavily stresses. I look at the final use of the photo and make all of my decisions based on that, just like in the darkroom days.
- Marc Silber
...love the flexibility of RAW to save your bacon when you forget a WB setting or the like. A sharper image is generally available to you as well.
- JA Castillo
100% RAW. Why is this even a question?
- TranceMist
I shoot RAW only and it is a noticeable difference (for me) between shooting JPG and RAW. However, I'm not too keen on the current crop of RAW processors. I am still a big fan of RawShooter which unfortunately does not handle UTF8 or GPS EXIF.
- Jauder Ho
SmugMug in Mountain View to offer Free Photo-Workshops, Teams with Renowned Photographer Marc Silber - http://www.webwire.com/ViewPre...
Smug has teamed with Marc Silber, Bay Area photographer to present a series of free introductory workshops entitled Capturing the Spirit of Photography. The first to be held Wednesday, January 23rd, 7:00PM at SmugMug HQ, 67 East Evelyn, Mountain View, CA
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SmugMug in Mountain View to offer Free Photo-Workshops, Teams with Renowned Photographer Marc Silber - http://www.webwire.com/ViewPre...
Smug has teamed with Marc Silber, Bay Area photographer to present a series of free introductory workshops entitled Capturing the Spirit of Photography. The first to be held Wednesday, January 23rd, 7:00PM at SmugMug HQ, 67 East Evelyn, Mountain View, CA
- Marc Silber
"Photowalking With Marc Silber," Latest in Series Is Released - http://www.silberstudios.com/press-r...
ATHERTON, CA--(Marketwire - November 28, 2007) - PodTech releases "Photowalking above Silicon Valley with professional photographer Marc Silber," its latest video, by Robert Scoble, PodTech's VP of Media Development and originator of the series.
- Marc Silber
"Photowalking With Marc Silber," Latest in Series Is Released - http://www.silberstudios.com/press-r...
ATHERTON, CA--(Marketwire - November 28, 2007) - PodTech releases "Photowalking above Silicon Valley with professional photographer Marc Silber," its latest video, by Robert Scoble, PodTech's VP of Media Development and originator of the series.
- Marc Silber
"Photowalking With Marc Silber," Latest in Series Is Released - http://http/...
ATHERTON, CA--(Marketwire - November 28, 2007) - PodTech releases "Photowalking above Silicon Valley with professional photographer Marc Silber," its latest video, by Robert Scoble, PodTech's VP of Media Development and originator of the series.
- Marc Silber
"Photowalking With Marc Silber," Latest in Series Is Released - http://http/...
ATHERTON, CA--(Marketwire - November 28, 2007) - PodTech releases "Photowalking above Silicon Valley with professional photographer Marc Silber," its latest video, by Robert Scoble, PodTech's VP of Media Development and originator of the series.
- Marc Silber
Photowalking above Silicon Valley with Marc Silber, newest in the series is released. - Free-Press-Release.com - http://www.free-press-release.com/news...
PodTech releases Photowalking above Silicon Valley with professional photographer Marc Silber, its latest video, by Robert Scoble, PodTech’s VP of Media Development and originator of the series.
- Marc Silber
Photowalking above Silicon Valley with Marc Silber, newest in the series is released. - Free-Press-Release.com - http://www.free-press-release.com/news...
PodTech releases Photowalking above Silicon Valley with professional photographer Marc Silber, its latest video, by Robert Scoble, PodTech’s VP of Media Development and originator of the series.
- Marc Silber
Photowalking above Silicon Valley - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Marc Silber talking about getting great shots with Robert Scoble above silicon valley
- Marc Silber
Photowalking above Silicon Valley - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Marc Silber talking about getting great shots with Robert Scoble above silicon valley
- Marc Silber
Photowalking above Silicon Valley - http://digg.com/educati...
"It was great to do this Photowalking with Robert Scoble, to not only talk about photography but about this amazing place above the buzz of silicon valley where I grew up. I have a companion ebook @www.silberstudios.com.blog Let me know your thoughts, you can contact me on my site."
- Marc Silber
Photowalking above Silicon Valley - http://digg.com/educati...
"This is a video shot of me by Robert Scoble of the Scoble show. I'm happy to give tips on photography that I've learned over the years and take you to Long Ridge Ranch above Silicon Valley. The video accompanies an ebook on my site http://www.silberstudios.com/blog..., you fined this useful. The idea is to slow down and look for those photographs ..."
- Marc Silber
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