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John Reuter, Principle, 20×24 Holdings LLC and head of 20×24 Studio, Master Photoshop Instructor, and Artist joins host Scott Sheppard for an in-depth look at his background and experience with Photoshop and hybrid workflows in digital art. John’s journey in photography began in early college where one of his professors introduced him to the fine art aspect of solarization and reticulation including studio photography. He then began working for Polaroid as a Research Photographer which allowed him to work closely with their development team and field test a variety of their film formats.
While at Polaroid, John was able to work with their large format 20 x 24 camera, which literally captures Polaroid images 20" wide by 24" tall and soon learned to incorporate this medium into his art. John eventually became the studio manager for Polaroid’s 20×24 Studio and became involved in digital imaging since it’s inception working with film scanners, Photoshop, film recorders thereby starting his digital hybrid workflow experience. Digital image capture and scanning became an intregal part of his creative expression as did digital image transfers. John even experimented with digital prints using the early Iris and Epson inkjet printers onto watercolor paper.
Since 1995, John, teaches art-focused Photoshop classes, featuring digital collages and Polaroid scanning techniques. A series using Holga cameras and Polaroid, and created a podcast series last year, "Creative Photoshop Techniques with John Reuter" featuring tips and tutorials on using Photoshop for fine art.
After Polaroid stopped making their instant film, John formed 20×24 Holdings LLC and now manages the NYC based studio with Jennifer Trausch and continues to capture incredible 20×24 art images for talents that include William Wegman, David Leventhal, Mary Ellen Maher, and many others. The camera and studio are available for rent and offer a great experience for any art enthusiast.
Find out more about John’s background, work, and training classes at http://www.johnreuter.com or find out more about the studio at: http://www.20×24studio.com/
The McNamara Report on Inside Digital Photo with Michael J. McNamara
This week’s topic: Are we giving up our right to take scenic photographs?
The tragedy of 911 brings back haunting images of an 
unforgivable attack on innocent people, especially for those who lost loved ones and neighbors. In its aftermath, we all agreed that security had to be tightened to prevent such an act from reoccurring. But have we gone too far by adding laws that actually prevent nature and scenic photographers from taking pictures of lakes, bridges, dams, and other scenes that inspired previous generations of painters and photographers?
In this segment, Mike has some stories to tell about his latest encounters with growing photo restrictions in his rural home town area north of New York City.
Listen in on the McNamara Report segment or get more photo insights and analysis on a variety of topics from Mike McNamara at: http://www.mcnamarareport.com
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One of the key new features, Tom discusses is the new version’s built-in local adjustment brush that includes a "dodge and burn" tool which allows you to selectively modify images rather than apply changes to the entire images. In addition, Lightroom 2 also features 64-bit processing support that optimizes the available memory on both your Mac and Windows version making working with your images faster and more efficient. Tom assures us that some of the performance issues including camera support have been updated and are available online. 
Camera phones have been part of the digital imaging landscape for the last five years, but you don’t see any landscape photographers using them! That might change soon as decent cameras start appearing in affordable camera phones (they’ve been around for a while, but who could afford $500 or more for a 5MP or higher phone?) The Motorola MOTOZINE™ ZN5 camera phone, priced at only $99 with a two year contract, might be the first of a new breed with its 5MP camera engine designed and manufactured by Kodak. It also features an autofocus lens, 2.4″ LCD screen, and many other features that appear to make it a camera first, phone second. Plus, it integrates with Kodak’s online photo sharing and processing tools. Ok, it’s not an iPhone 2.0 or a Nokia N95, and its missing a fast 3G internet connection, but for the price and image quality potential it might be worth considering. Find out more on the phone at: 
