Out of Chicago Podcast Episode 3

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1. Equipment for night photography in the city

Over the next few episodes I’ll be giving advice for night photography in the city. Today we start with equipment for night photography.

• Tripods: Put your money into a good tripod
• Camera: Any camera will work
• Lenses: You don’t need fast glass. 70-200 2.8 vs. 70-300L
• Filters: Take your filters off! ND? Grad ND?
• Lens Hoods: Keep streetlights from creating flare
• Cable release: 2-second delay, cable releases, smart phone apps
• Lens cloth/blower
• Flashlight: I use the Petzl Zipka Plus 2
• Apps on your phone: Rick Sammon’s Photo Sundial
• Migraine Medicine

2. An Interview with Jim Phillips and Pat Armell of ChicagoLoopBridges.com

Jim Philips and Pat Armell have been running the site ChicagoLoopBridges.com since 2008 providing great information about the history of the bridges as well as updates on bridges lifts and construction. This is where I go to get information on the bridges if I want to photograph them. Jim and Pat also offer guided tours of the bridges at their touring page. Jim and Pat give some great tips for photographing the spring and fall bridge lifts or just shooting the bridges any other time of year.

Two Miles-Eighteen Bridges: Book by Jim Phillips

3. Chicago Location: The Chicago Theater at Night

Put those night photography tips to use at a classic Chicago photo destination; The Chicago Theater. There are some obvious places to shoot the theater from, but I share a couple that you may not have tried before too.

Pick of the week: The Adobe Creative Cloud Photographer’s package

For $9.99 a month you get Photoshop, Lightroom, and Lightroom Mobile. A year ago it would cost hundreds of dollars to buy just Photoshop. This is a fantastic deal that you should jump on if you haven’t already.

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The Out of Chicago Podcast: Episode 2

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1. The Current State of Mirrorless Cameras

Olympus: E-M10, E-M1 Fastest, smallest, best handling

Panasonic: GH4, GX7 Best for video

Fuji: X-T1 Best combination of everything

Sony: A7R, A7: Best IQ, Full frame

2. An interview with Mike Boening

Detroit photographer, Mike Boening, talks with me about his favorite places to shoot in Detroit along with tips for shooting in the city. He also gives some beginner tips for urban exploration, or urbex, photography.

Memories by Mike

Piquette Model T Factory Museum

Discover Your World Photography– Detroit Photography workshops and tours with Alanna St. Laurent

Mike’s first article for Out of Chicago- The Detroit Public Library

Detroit Public Library Tour http://www.dplfriends.com Detroit Riverfront Conservancy http://www.detroitriverfront.org Woodward Dream Cruise http://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com Detroit Freedom Festival Fireworks http://michiganfireworks.com/events/detroit-fireworks/

3. Photographing the Chicago Botanic Garden

If I could only shoot one Chicago location for the rest of my life, this would be it. The Chicago Botanic Garden has something for every photographer including Macro, flowers, landscapes, birds, bugs, and architecture.

The Chicago Botanic Garden

Anne Belmont Photography

The Chicago Botanic Garden Monthly Photowalk

The Garden Photographic Society at the Chicago Botanic Garden

The Pick of the Week: SpotHero.com

An awesome site and app to find and reserve cheap parking in Chicago

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Episode 1 of the Out of Chicago Podcast

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1. An introduction to the Out of Chicago podcast

I started the Out of Chicago podcast for the same reason that I started the Out of Chicago site, wrote The Photographer’s Guide to Chicago eBook, that I’m making the Photographer’s Guide to Chicago App with Craig Ellis, or that I’m running the Out of Chicago Conference this summer. I was disappointed that these things did not already exist. Podcasts are one of my favorite ways to keep up with the photography community because I can listen to them in the car when I can’t do much else.

Sorry to the Disney Podcast guys! It’s ISO5571, not whatever number I said. If you’re a photographer and you’re headed to a Disney park, I highly recommend the podcast. I just don’t really get the name.

2. An interview with Valerie Jardin

I am extremely fortunate to have made so many amazing friends in photography, and Valerie Jardin is one of my most recent new friends. Valerie writes for Digital Photography School, is a frequent guest and sometimes even hosts the This Week in Photo Podcast, and runs street photography workshops all over the world. Learn more about her and her upcoming workshops at www.ValerieJardinPhotography.com

3. Shooting from Navy Pier

There are five places that I recommend and describe in the podcast

1. The Ferris Wheel
2. The Navy Pier Parking Garage
3. Pier Park
4. Olive Park
5. Navy Pier walkways

The Pick of the Week: www.CameraSize.com

If you’re thinking about buying a mirrorless camera, go to CameraSize.com to see images of your choice of camera and lens combination next to images of any other camera and lens combinations. It’s a great way to see how much bigger your current DSLR is. Here is a comparison of my Canon 6D with 70-300L lens and my new Olympus E-M10 with 40-150mm lens.

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