The Magic Box

Posted on October 12th, 2007 by HuthPhoto.
Categories: Photo, Teaching, PhotoJava, Rochester NY, Famous People, Events.


What is this box that garnered such attention…


Come back for a hint tomorrow.

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Les is More

Posted on October 12th, 2007 by HuthPhoto.
Categories: Shoots, Personal, Photo, Teaching, Rochester NY, Colleges, Famous People, Events.


I love seeing my old professor Les Stroebel (left in the photo) at the RIT Reunion each year.

Les was one of my profs for ‘Materials & Processes of Photography’ (known as M&P, it was every science rolled into one class… we learned photography down to the atomic level!)
So Les and John Compton did a great job making a tough class interesting and useful and when we had our final class, we created a ‘Les is More’ banner that hung in the class and we all wore similar buttons.

One lesson I have today from that class is that the real, solid basics will never go out of fashion. The same histograms we learned (and honestly thought we’d never use, are part of my everyday life in Photoshop and in-camera, judging exposure… the histogram is the hills and valleys plot of how bright/dark a photo is).

This year Les beat me to the punch, he said:
‘Hi Ken, You looked surprised when I beat you to the punch and took this picture.’

and sent me this photo:

and here’s my photo of him at the same time… OK, Les won…


I’ll get him next year  :-)

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Instant Alpha Rocks

Posted on September 14th, 2007 by HuthPhoto.
Categories: Apple, Teaching, OSX.


Apple introduced a super easy way to do knockouts for your Keynote presentations… you just click once or twice on the background color you want to remove and it knocks it out to transparent… sweet, fast, elegant… very Apple.

Keynote is Apple’s presentation software, like PowerPoint (insert your snotty pro-Mac comment here).

In the photo above, the white boxed image is how all of the photos started.. note the top photo being layed over text. And you can then add beautiful drop shadows from the object or reflections.

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Learn with Ken: Cameras, Workflow, Photoshop

Posted on September 14th, 2007 by HuthPhoto.
Categories: Shoots, Personal, Skills, Equipment, Photo, Teaching, PhotoJava, Photoshop.

Here’s what’s next if you enjoy learning from Ken… These classes are great—you don’t have to leave the office, just use the ‘net and take an hour to update your skills.

Through the Eli Research Audio Educator system, I’m teaching 3 classes:

Digital Camera Class (What to buy, what features matter, how to save money… everything for buying and understanding the important features of digital cameras)
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 **Next Wednesday!
11:00 am ET
Info and signup HERE

(We’ll cover important tips… like taking your lens cap off ;-)

Digital Workflow Class (What to do with all of those photos you have! Find them fast, keep it simple and safe with backups, etc)
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
11:00 am ET
Info and signup HERE

Next Step in Photoshop (The distilled tips I have for working on photos)
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
1 pm ET
e-mail me for info… it’s not online yet.

•••Discount for Clients•••
I was able to get the Audio Educator folks to give my clients a $20 discount.
Please contact me if you are a client and I’ll send you the code.

Also, the prices are per location—you use a speakerphone for the audio and then watch on the internet… so if you have several people attending, or your whole office, it’s a pretty good deal. And I do a Q&A at the end, so you can ask your questions live.

Please shout with questions!

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Great Wedding & Portrait Site

Posted on September 14th, 2007 by HuthPhoto.
Categories: Skills, Photo, Teaching, PhotoJava, Photoshop.

Jess Strickland is an amazing shooter and friends with Gary Fong (she just shot Gary’s wedding).
Check out her site for a few things:
Beautiful presentation
Great shots
Her ’special sauce’ the get the saturated, contrasty look in photos
and she’s just plain nice…
Her site is HERE

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Canon Sports Shooting Tips

Posted on September 7th, 2007 by HuthPhoto.
Categories: Shoots, Skills, Equipment, Teaching, PhotoJava, Rochester NY, Colleges, Canon Cameras.


Canon has done a nice job of giving some tips on shooting sports. I know people always ask me about things like this and it’s a great summary if you need to do that kind of thing. Check it out HERE

I tell young shooters that getting good at sports helps you with all photos, since learning the perfect moment in a game is really no different than the perfect moment when a portrait subject smiles, or an award is given, or news action is happening.

Here are some recent fun sports shots I did for RIT’s team. They are doing a huge banner with the senior photo below.

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