Inside Digital Photo Special Report

Part XII - Phil Borges, Icon of Imaging

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Photographer/Microsoft Icon of Imaging, Phil Borges joins host Scott Sheppard for his thoughts about participating in the MS Photo Summit which he explains is much more of a relaxed atmosphere than usual trade shows. Phil discusses his latest project and exhibition "Women Empowered", that he did in conjunction with the CARE organization. This is one of his first multi-media projects designed to reach a broader audience and includes video coverage and interviews. You can hear furthur details about it on Inside Digital Photo’s Special Report on the exhibition hosted by FiftyCrows.

Phil explains some anecdotes about the amazing women and people he met while working on the project including several photo essays featuring surgeons and doctors specializing in helping burn victims. Phil completely immerses himself in the environment and hardships of his subjects and discusses how much he’s learned from being able to work on these projects.

Phil also shares some information about his favorite gear and workflow including his latest experiences incorporating audio and video components to his projects.

For more information and to see his images visit his website at: http://www.philborges.com/

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Photographer and Author, John Harrington joins host Scott Sheppard to share some details about his work and an update on his recent talk about the Orphan Works Bill at this year’s MS Pro Photo Summit. Based in Washington, DC, John is often on assignment covering staff at The White House in addition to his broad range of commercial, portrait, and occasional wedding work. John’s websites include a blog "Photo Business News" that allows him to share his passion and wealth of information on the business side of photography. John and Scott also discuss some issues and commentary about the recent partnership between Getty and Flickr. John points out, which is also well documented on his blog, Flickr’s early partnership with Photoshelter.net. John explains some examples of how Getty may be leveraging their new partnership via stock image searches.

John recently finished his book "Best Business Practices for Photographers"where he shares his experiences and interactions with clients that have helped him build his successful, and fulfilling, photography business. John explains some highlights including very valuable lessons in negotiating pricing and contracts.

His passion for educating photographers and working with interns led him to create another valuable resource site "Assignment Construct". On this site, John actually explains in detail how to setup your gear and environment for a range of photo assignments. The videos are also available as a podcast on iTunes and offer time saving tips, and techniques.

Find out more about John’s client work at: http://www.johnharrington.com/ or visit his blog sites at: http://www.photobusinessnews.com and http://www.assignmentconstruct.com

The McNamara Report on Inside Digital Photo with Michael J. McNamara

This week’s topic: Digital photo projectors come of age, but beware of smoke
and mirrors.
Almost overnight decent digital projectors dropped in price from thousands of dollars to under $500. Now the best projectors offer image quality that is compelling enough for photographers to consider as showcase for their favorite photos and portfolios (or use on the side . They’re also more portable than a wide screen TV, and cheaper than making prints to show off. But just as until recently the digital camera industry focused too heavily on megapixels to determine image quality, there are misleading specs and several smoke and mirror acts that can mislead you into buying the wrong projector for showing photos. In fact there’s a war going on between the projector manufacturers, split nearly 50-50, and it all came to a head at the Projection Summit and Infocomm 2008 trade show in Las Vegas last month.

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