Today we finished reviewing the Advanced Photography Techniques DVD. I feel really good about this because it’s been in the works since last summer when I was on my road trip, and several lessons are filmed in front of many cool landmarks. The DVD runs about 3 Hours and 40 Minutes long. It deals with many of the same shooting techniques and tips I shared at the workshops last year, and I have also added several additional bonus lessons. I believe the most valuable part is the end where I take viewers out on a shoot and show them how to scout a location, and I then show them what I am doing and thinking during a shoot. I also share the list of 10 and Photography Judo in great detail.
We are just waiting on the final green light from our disk manufacturing company – they test for “playability and compatibility issues” and we expect this to happen next Wednesday or Thursday. As soon as we get the green light, pre-orders will be available. I expect the price of the DVD to be about $35 plus shipping, essentially the same cost as a camera DVD.
Because one lesson covers the Sky Cam, I am going to make an unprecedented offer: All customers who pre-order will receive a free down-loadable copy of the “Sky Cam Adapter” instructions which I also sell on the store for $35, so essentially, you are getting this free. I will leave this offer available right up until the day we ship, and at that time we will send out the downloads.
Here is the main lesson structure of the DVD (many chapters have many lessons within each):
-Camera Settings Speed Quiz – Part One (Test yourself to see how fast you really are with your camera!)
-Monitor Calibration
-5 Ways to be more Creative
-Auto Exposure Bracketing
-Tack Sharp- Getting Sharper Images in Camera
-The Parallelity Problem
-Picture Style Settings and Tips
-50mm Lens Comparison
-Painting with Light (Multiple Lessons)
-Pop A Flash – Basic and Advanced
-The Wiggle
-The Steady Hand
-Michael’s Secret Handheld Long Exposure Technique
-Camera Strap Tips
-Landscape Basics
-Light and Dark- The Limits of Dynamic Range
-Graduated Filters
-Framing
-How To Shoot Fireworks
-Macro Lessons
-Artist vs Photographer
-Let Them Play
-JPEG Myths
-Cropping to Recompose
-Cropping to Resize
-8 x 10 Dilemma
-Painting with Dark
-Remotes
-Lens Distortion
-Pinhole Photogrpahy
-Self Critique
-Tilt Shift Lenses
-Star Trail Photography
-Texture Overlays in Photoshop
-Sky Cam Tips and Tricks
-Stop and Go Series (Multiple Lessons)
-Cleaning Your View Finder
-Shooting in Manual
-2 Hand Technique
-Shooting into Sunlight
-Photography Judo
-The List of 10
-Scouting a Location
-Shooting with Michael
-Camera Settings Speed Quiz Part 2
Next up is the Business Photography Crash Course (August 2010 Release), Wedding Photography CC, and Photography Lighting CC will follow.
sounds great. let us know when preorders are ready 🙂
I’m in.
Count me in!
When will the lighting DVD be ready?
Look forward to learning. And I also would love to see the lighting DVD.
Looks like a great line up Michael, looking forward to adding this to my MA CC collection 🙂
I will be ordering this as soon as possible. The topiics look great! Also, thanks for throwing in the Sky Cam instructions for free. Very generous. Can’t wait for the other DVDs.
I’m totally in! Can’t wait to learn more from you. Thanks for all the hard work and being so diligent to post often. =) Yer such a good mentor/maven!
Michael – thank you for all of your videos! You are a great asset to the photography world and I can’t wait to get my hands on this video. I will also be patiently waiting for your wedding and lighting ones!
Just can’t wait to see and learn from this DVD. I already enjoyed and learned a lot from 2 of your DVDs: Rebel XSi and Photoshop CC. Now it is time to move on to your Advanced Photography Techniques. Thanks Michael!
Lighting DVD should be out in the Fall of 2010 – there is a lot of research still going on for that DVD. Should be very good.
Thanks Michael, can’t wait to add it to my Michael Andrew collection, great work, thanks again!!!
Awesome M! I’ll be ordering one as soon as its available. Will you be sending out a newsletter when it is available or will it be posted just on the blog and Facebook?
I’ve seen the final draft – awesome.
I will announce here, Facebook, and Twitter.
How can preoder this useful DVD. I really like your DVDs. Keep up the good work.
Pre-Orders should be available later this week, Probably Thursday or Friday.
Great news! How long should it take before it can be shipped? And can you give us a hint about its price?
I will definitely pre-order!!!!! Will check back Thursday/Friday 🙂
where we can order or buy this dvd will really help me….i like it…
I’m very patiently awaiting the pre-order. I’ll pick up the 2 intro dvds as gifts (they’re going to love it). Keep it coming Mike.
Pre-orders are now available! 🙂
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