Hands-on Digital Photography Workshops at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Registration is limited, dates to be announced. Click for more information.
These
resources are provided as a courtesy by Michael
A. Schwarz Photography. They do not necessarily
reflect the opinions of the sponsors of any
of his workshops.
Michael is an Atlanta-based freelance photojournalist and digital
photography consultant. He is a three-time nominee for the Pulitzer
Prize and a recipient of the Dag
Hammarskjöld Award for Human Rights Advocacy Journalism, and
he was chosen by Life
magazine as one of the country's outstanding young
photographers. A frequent exhibitor and lecturer on photojournalism,
Michael has completed more than 2,700 assignments for major national
publications.
This
is a private
page for attendees of workshops taught by Michael. Please use the email
address below if you have any
questions.
You
might also want
to check colleague Nick
Didlick's page of digital resources.
Be sure to look at Nick's
excellent page of camera and flash
settings.
If you
have comments or
questions about a
workshop taught by Michael Schwarz, you may contact him via email
digital7@michaelschwarz.com
Click
here for more workshop information.
Cool
Tools:
Joby
Gorillapod
Microsoft
Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 (has the screen magnifying effect good for presentations)
Razer ProSolutions Mouse (better mouse if you don't need the magnifying effect)
MacBook
Pro 15"
Epson
Stylus Pro 3800
Epson Stylus R2400
Epson P-5000 Image Viewer
Gitzo
Series 5 Tele Studex 6X Tripod
Acratech Ultimate Ballhead
Lowepro
Compurover AW Camera Bag
Lowepro CompuDaypack
Lensbaby
3G
Nikon Capture NX
Photoshop CS3
Photoshop Elements 5 (Windows)
Adobe Lightroom
iView MediaPro 3
Photo Mechanic
Monitor Calibrating:
Pantone Huey
Eye-One Display 2
The
following 5 items and a shoe mount flash like the Nikon SB800 make a great portable lighting
kit.
Bogen
3373 Lightstand
Westcott
43" Collapsible Umbrella
Manfrotto
Umbrella Adapter
Stroboframe
Bracket Shoe Mount
Bogen Clamp with Flash Shoe
Links provided for your convenience. We recommend purchase from a good local photo retailer.
On
the iPod this month:
Randall
Bramblett, "Rich Someday"
Rosanne
Cash. "Black Cadillac"
Lucinda
Williams, "West"
Holmes
Brothers, "State of Grace"
Madeleine
Peyroux, "Half the Perfect World"
James
Brown, "Live at the Apollo, Vol II"
Mark
Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, "All the Road Running"
Some
Restaurants We Like Vancouver,
British Columbia (Nick's home)
Vij's
Staranise
L'Emotion
Atlanta
(Michael's home)
Rathbun's
Sotto
Sotto
Bacchanalia
Manuel's
Tavern
(Atlanta's most important cultural landmark. Be sure to toast to the
memory of Manuel.)
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