Even though I have an expensive camera and a bag full of nifty gadgets, I still contend that photographers make photos, not cameras. Owning a Nikon doesn’t make you a photographer, it makes you a Nikon owner. I never enjoy a home cooked dinner and compliment my wife by telling her that, “the meal was so good, she must have great pans.”

As the latest proof of my theory, I offer this interesting blog post from professional photography Kenny Kim. Mr. Kim decided to see if he could photograph a wedding using just his iPhone. As you’ll see from the results… he did a pretty good job! Notably missing are ceremony shots where the lighting (I assume) was too low for the iPhone to be successful.

It is tempting as photographers to always push for better gear instead of pushing ourselves to be better photographers. Thank you Kenny Kim, and I raise my iPhone with you in pursuit of better Photographers!

Check out his pictures on his blog here: blog.kennykim.com

IPS and Vision 4 Living Ministries have been friends for many years, and we’re really excited about their annual Passion4Christ conference. This year’s event will be held in Perrysville, OH from October 24-28 and focuses on the idea of what it means to make disciples. The Scripture is clear… we are to “…go make disciples.” So what does Go look like for you?

On March 22, Facebook announced that they would be changing the way they display high resolution images. Their feature update means that images are dynamically sized at the largest size that fits on your screen up to either the max image size (i.e. the actual size you uploaded) or 2048px.

This brings up the question of “How do I protect my photos” as a photographer…

Personally, I keep the files I upload to Facebook sized at 720 pixels. That size is going to look great on all mobile devices and tablets, and most laptops. Yeah, it’s going to be a bit small if someone’s using a 30″ monitor… Images sized at 720 pixels can be swiped and put on someone else’s blog, but they can’t really be printed and still look good.

Another thing I usually do is stick a watermark on my photos. I’m not a fan of the “front and center” watermark, but a small logo in the corner says, “this is mine and I care about it.” Yes, someone could still crop the watermark out of the image, but I feel like I have done due diligence.

I’ll probably post a few high-resolution images to Facebook, but that’s going to be a carefully selected few, never a complete family photo shoot.

Remember, posting to Facebook is like telling everyone, and whatever you post can and will be used in ways you never imagined!

R

Read more about the Facebook update:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/03/22/Facebook-high-res-photos

When you think of sports photography, you usually think of fast shutter speeds to stop fast motion. Here’s an interesting gallery from the folks at Popphoto featuring some sports photography using slower shutter speeds.

 https://www.popphoto.com/gallery/reader-gallery-12-great-slow-shutter-speed-sports-photos?image=1.