by Todd Bannor | May 11, 2021 | Blog, People I recommend, Useful Information, Videography
Our fellow Oak Park River Forest Chamber of Commerce member, Excel Window Tinting, recently needed their photos of their work compiled into a high definition video slideshow for a virtual home show. We were happy to be of service. I set up a shared Dropbox folder and...
by Todd Bannor | Apr 27, 2021 | Blog, Photography, Tips and Tricks, Useful Information
Recently one of our video clients inquired if we do real estate photography. He’s was selling a condominium near UIC and was considering selling it himself. As I’ve photographed real estate in the past, I affirmed we could photograph the condo for him. To...
by Todd Bannor | Feb 12, 2021 | Interesting Reading, Photography, Tips and Tricks, Useful Information
In a previous blog post regarding the iPhone 12 Pro Max cameras, I mentioned that I found banding in blue skies to be a problem when shooting regular compressed HEIC or jpeg files, rather than using Apples ProRaw format. I’ve discovered what the problem is. A...
by Todd Bannor | Feb 9, 2021 | Blog, Photography, Useful Information
Recently, there has been an increase in the number of images we license through Alamy for use in presentations and in newsletters. (Presentation/Newsletter is considered one category of use by Alamy.) This makes sense given that there are a lot of video conferences...
by Todd Bannor | Jul 28, 2020 | Blog, Headshots, Photography, Useful Information, What I've Been Doing
We are now shooting headshots with all due COVID-19 precautions of course. We wear masks and social distance. We also have hand sanitizer available. Clients are required to wear a mask, which may be removed during the session. Headshots and portraits are normally...
by Todd Bannor | May 20, 2020 | Blog, Copyright, Photography, Useful Information
A long time ago, I wrote a post about photographs and copyright. It’s time to talk about this again. If you want to use a photograph on your website for illustrative purposes, you need to secure rights and permission to use it. If you copy a photo from another site...
