50 New Episodes… and more!
I’m excited to announce that Snapfactory is partnering with Adorama.com to bring you a new series of Digital Photography One on One videos, product reviews, and a brand new show that will debut next month.
We began talking five months ago and agreed early on that we wanted to do something big. Really big. Here’s what we have in store for you this year.
50 New Episodes
Digital Photography One on One is now a weekly show. That’s right – weekly. Adorama is sponsoring the show for a full year (50 episodes). We’ve decided to release a new episode every Monday beginning in mid-February. The episodes will be available on YouTube, Vimeo, Blip.TV, Adorama.com, Snapfactory.com, StudioLighting.net, and other sites on the web.
iTunes!
You told us you wanted to be able to download the episodes and we listened. Digital Photography One on One will be available for download on iTunes! These will be full HD episodes that you can download to your computer and watch at your convenience.
Free
Adorama and I both agreed that it’s crucial to keep the show true to the original intent, showing you how to do things with your camera, and we plan to do just that. Adorama is dedicated to education and we’re happy to partner with them because it means that we get to keep making the videos and offer them to you free of charge. There is NO CHARGE for these videos.
New Series: How’d They Do That?
We are also creating a brand new series called How’d They Do That? This series will go behind the scenes to show you how the Pros create stunning images and videos. We’ll show you the techniques and gear they use and show you how you can get similar results with the gear you own.
How’d They Do That? is also a weekly show. There will be a new episode every Tuesday and just like Digital Photography One on One it will be available on YouTube, Vimeo, Adorama.com, Snapfactory.com and (of course) iTunes – free of charge.
Product Reviews
But wait, there’s more! We’re just getting warmed up here. I’ll also be doing product reviews every week. Every Wednesday you’ll get a dose of cool gadget reviews. I’ll be taking a look at cameras, tripods, printers, video gear, meters, post-production tools, filters, lenses, and… well you get the point. If it has anything to do with Photography we’ll be talking about it at some point.
Ok, so you’re catching on now. You’ve probably guessed (correctly) that these product reviews will also be available on numerous websites and (yep) iTunes.
Behind the Scenes Videos
But we aren’t stopping there. We’ll be adding our own behind the scenes videos throughout the week as we brainstorm, shoot, travel, edit, and create all of this content. It’s going to be a LOT of work and we want to show you how we do it as we do it. We’ll be posting at least three videos a week that show you what we’re doing behind the scenes.
Talk To Us
All of our videos will encourage viewer participation. We want you to write in and ask us questions, make suggestions, post photos and videos you created using the techniques you learned from the videos.
And when I say “we” I’m talking about myself and Diane and our brand spanking new employee. When we agreed to create all of these videos we knew we’d need to hire a couple of people to help us make it a reality. We think we got the best.
Kelsey Hazlewood
Kelsey Hazlewood is our new Producer. She’s responsible for all of the logistics of these new videos. She’ll be working hard to get equipment in for reviews, scheduling models, finding locations, following up with artists for interviews, updating our newsletter, shipping gear all over the US, booking travel, making coffee runs, and a million other things I’ve forgotten to mention.
Kelsey recently graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications. After graduation she went to work for Wired Magazine. Have you read their cool gadget reviews in recent months? Kelsey helped create those reviews. In fact she was so good at it we executed a perfect coup d’etat and hired her to work for us. Yep – we’re patting ourselves on the back for a job well done. Kelsey is a rock star and we’re honored to have her working with us.
Stay Tuned
We’ll be posting more information about our partnership with Adorama as the days go by. We’ve been keeping a tight lid on this project for months (it seems like years) but now that the cat is out of the bag we’ll be giving you regular updates.