A lot of users have been experiencing issues tethering to Lightroom with both Canon and Nikon once they upgrade to the Catalina OS. I have been troubleshooting this off and on for 5 months. Basically, you launch Lightroom and launch tethered capture and Lightroom can’t “see” the camera. This is what it looks like, but […]Read Post ›
The images in this work are rooted in my discovery of art as a child. I was very fortunate to be born into a military family that, during my formative years, was stationed in Europe. My mother made it her personal mission to ensure her children experienced the great works of the European masters. I […]Read Post ›
This is a recurrent issue, in the classes that I teaching assistant for at Grand Valley State University. I run into the problem almost every time I run into a photo student who just made the mirrorless jump. If you read through mirrorless camera facebook pages and comb through the forums you will find tons […]Read Post ›
I got the opportunity this semester to participate in a multi-discipline advertising project for the AmWay corporation. Shooting for a client, and meeting the expectations of an art director is something every student photographer should be doing. The added pressure of working inside someone else creative constraints, goes a long way in forcing you to […]Read Post ›
Sometimes it is good to change up what you are photographing. I did this series on food photography to experiment with working on sharpness and post processing. This was one of my first uses of tethered capture, which is an incredibly efficient way to work in a controlled studio like environment. Unlike commercial food photography, […]Read Post ›
Surrealism is my favorite style of art, and Salvador Dali is on the top of my “three people from history I would love to have a beer with” list. Surrealism has been an influence in photography from almost its invention. Dali himself dabbled in photography as a medium. Surrealism is something every photographer should experiment […]Read Post ›
Film Noir and the techniques that were developed for this style, are still very much with us. Developed in the days of silent black and white films, as a way to build ambiance and portray emotions, the style has remained a major part of present day film making and photography. This is a fun style […]Read Post ›
Or, How to get 4-6x more bang out of your sensor! The purpose of this project was to experiment with the panoramic features in Lightroom. Panoramic photos are something that anyone can do with a little time and effort. The basic tools required are a camera, a tripod and some panoramic stitching software. There are […]Read Post ›
Instagram is one of the most used photography media sites out there. Did you know you can script your posts to make a steady flow of images with little work? Like the saying goes, “There is an App for that.” Tweetdeck and Hootsuite have been doing this automation for Twitter for years. The programs allow users […]Read Post ›
At some point college is going to end and we are going to have to find jobs. One of the best was to do this in the leading search sites like InDeed and Beyond are to search by specific skill sets and not just job titles. For instance the 5 listings below were found not […]Read Post ›
Christopher Bergeron Photography 