Trey Ratcliff aka Mr HDR the interview: RAWtalk 145

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08/10/15 • 96 min

It’s been a long time in the making and the stars finally aligned to allow me to interview Trey Ratcliff right here in the loft. Trey is one of the most well known photographers online and is most commonly associated with HDR photography (high dynamic range). As man¥ of you know I have been very outspoken about not liking HDR in the past. Most of this stems from seeing really bad HDR. Trey on the other hand does HDR right and tries to share his methods with as many people as possible. No that does not mean I will be doing HDR anytime soon. But you can not deny the success and you have to give major credit where credit is due. Check out the FULL Interview at 33:54

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Announcing the 3rd Annual Allen’s Nikon-A-Palooza taking place on Saturday September 12th from 10:30am - 3:30pm at Allen’s Camera. For all the information please click here http://froknowsphoto.com/3rd-anual-allens-a-palooza/

WARNING - If you are eating or drinking or in a quiet place while watching or listening to photo news you may want to be careful. We can not guarantee that you won’t bust out laughing and disturb the people around you.

Gear of the week was our new Masterclick, which is one of the coolest dam clocks I have ever seen.

We finished off the show with Wheel of FRO as we also do and want to thank all the sponsors who’s names are up on the board.

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Show Intro - 00:00:16

Allens-Nikon-A-Palooza - 00:05:58

Photo News - 00:08:43

Trey Ratcliff Interview - 00:33:54

Gear of the Week - 01:22:07

Wheel of Fro - 01:24:34

Gear of the week was our new Masterclick, which is one of the coolest dam clocks I have ever seen.

We finished off the show with Wheel of FRO as we also do and want to thank all the sponsors who’s names are up on the board.

Don’t forget new RAWtalks go live every Monday both as audio and video so be sure to subscribe on iTunes or YouTube to be noticed when the latest shows go live.

Show Intro - 00:00:16

Allens-Nikon-A-Palooza - 00:05:58

Photo News - 00:08:43

Trey Ratcliff Interview - 00:33:54

Gear of the Week - 01:22:07

Wheel of Fro - 01:24:34

Previous Episode

Oh how I HATE change, but change was needed: RAWtalk 144

Let’s start off with what has changed. First you may notice my hair has a more round shaped look. That’s because for the first time in 8 and a half years I sat in the barbers chair and got my hair trimmed. My goal was to give it a nice shape, think basketball aka nice and round. I think e succeeded there though change does not come easy for me.

On top of that the crew and I decide to do a “reset” of the RAWtalk angles. We wanted to make the center camera tighter which involved Stephen and I not sitting directly across from each other. We switched up the position for the tables which made room for Todd’s seat and more room all around in general. It may seem like a large change but it really makes a difference in the end product.

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Photo News brings you the latest news from the prior week in Photography. We discuss it, comment on it and bring light to the most relevant and popular stories in photography.

Gear of the week this week came from Canon who sent us their mega zoom Point and Shoot camera to play with. We will take this out of the box and give it a look in the not to distant future.

Last week when we spun the Wheel of FRO we did not have any names to choose from so I decided that this week we would select two people from the “Flying Solo” portion. The first person selected won the prize form last week which was something from LEXAR. With one SPIN of the wheel we finally landed on the Grand Prize which was the Atomos Ninja 2 valued at $699.99. I don’t recall which show started the Wheel of FRO with the biggest prize option but after at least 100 shows we finally hit the big one.

Thank you guys so much for watching each and every week. Don’t forget that new shows come out each Monday both as Audio and Video for your listening and viewing pleasures.

Lexar is the official memory card of RAWtalk. Thanks to all the companies on the wheel of FRO.

Show Intro - 00:00:16

Photo News - 00:07:15

Flying Solo - 00:27:30

Gear of the Week - 01:05:22

Wheel of Fro - 01:09:30

Next Episode

Are my eyes RED: RAWtalk 146

No my eyes weren’t red but I did fly in on a RED EYE the morning of RAWtalk. I left Vegas on a 12:30 AM flight that got me back into Philly at 8am. EST. From there I had a few meetings to take care of and without sleep it was now time to film the latest episode of RAWtalk. To put it mildly, I was a little tired for the show.

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RANT: Shitty house photos that Realtors take that they think will help them sell their houses. GET WITH the times, either learn to take quality images or hire someone who will.

Photos news with Stephen this week was not interrupted my me or Todd. If you believe that I have a bridge for sale I would like to sell you.

We FLEW Solo as well as spun the Wheel of FRO.

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00:00:00 - Show Intro

00:07:47 - Photoshop World Recap

00:13:56 - Realtor Rant

00:18:00 - Photo News

00:52:24 - Flying Solo

01:19:20 - Wheel of Fro