Today we’re talking with Thomas Irwin, who is a grade 12 student at St. Mary’s College in Sault Ste. Marie. With the support of Ontario’s Summer Company Program, he started his summer business Algoma Aerial View, which provides drone photography and video to clients. 

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The Sky's The Limit

David Sornberger speaks with award-winning photographer and writer, Joanna Lentini, whose photo entry was selected from more than 6,000 submissions from across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and seven Canadian provinces and territories. “Joanna’s awe-inspiring image, taken in Mexico, truly took our judges’ breath away,” the Audubon Society said in its press release announcing the contest winners. “Joanna’s image brings this incredible bird, and the food source it depends on, to life.” View the video version of this podcast on YouTube.

Behind-the-Scenes of the Audubon Grand Prize Photography Winner 2020

Today we’re talking with Amir Hariri of Vanexus Photography in Vancouver. He took a stunning photo of the NEOWISE comet, which is currently on a massive “near parabolic” orbit, according to Astronomer Rachel Wang with Vancouver’s HR Macmillan Space Centre. In one of his posts he wrote, “I’m always struck by the scale of our universe when I’m photographing the night sky. Last night was the same, just watching this comet move up and eventually disappear was an absolute joy.” So, you still have time to capture the comet. I’d love to see any photos that you’re able to capture. You can send them to me through my website at davidsornberger.com

Capturing Gorgeous Photos of a Rare Comet

On this week’s episode we’re talking about the items that you need to look out for or bring with you when you're preparing to fly your drone. I’ve created a summary of the checklist in a one-pager that you can get for free by visiting my website.

Drone Photography Checklist

Ideas to Quickly Create Ethereal Winter Images Capturing a swirling winter scene poses unique challenges such as making white balance more of a priority, changing your composition and considering light and colour differently. Editing these images in Lightroom can be very useful. In this episode, I highlight the ideas and workflow that have worked for me. David Sornberger is a self-taught Canadian photographer whose work is layered by surf, landscape, city and travel subjects. Learn more at his website where you can find links to his YouTube channel, weekly podcasts, blog and lots of free 'stuff'.

10 Lightroom Editing Tips to Transform Your Winter Photos

How to Improve Your Photography Game in the Next Year Here are 10 ideas to help get your creative, goal-setting and self-improvement juices flowing. See more at: https://davidsornberger.com For more episodes, exclusive photography tips, tutorials and free photography resources, subscribe to the newsletter.

10 New Year’s Resolutions to Make You a Better Photographer

The World Awaits. Where will your next photo adventure take you? Based on weeks of reading travel and photography books, watching vloggers on YouTube, researching travel trends from tourism boards and considering world events over this past year, I've picked the planet’s 20 most exciting destinations (in my humble opinion) for 2020. So, grab your photo gear, pack your bags and let's go! See more at: https://davidsornberger.com For more episodes, exclusive photography tips, tutorials and free photography resources, subscribe to the newsletter.

Top 20 Travel Photography Destinations for 2020

There are a few photographers who I make part of my weekly viewing. I watch them for a few reasons - two of the most important things that keep me going back to their channels is the quality of content and their dynamic personalities. One of these photographers is Nick Page. Many of you will be familiar with him. He is one of the most talented landscape photographers around. His latest video had a title that really stuck out to me and seemed out of place from what he usually posts because most of his videos provide tips for photographers to improve their skills. The title of his video was "I suck and so does social media". See more at: https://davidsornberger.com For more episodes, exclusive photography tips, tutorials and free photography resources, subscribe to the newsletter.

Photographers, Social Media and Mental Health

Christmas and photography have a special connection. With many of the most important people in your life together with you, this is a special time to capture and share. You might use a tiny digital camera, your smartphone, or a DSLR. It doesn’t matter, because the principals of photography are pretty similar regardless of the equipment you’re using. You can photograph during the day, but some of the most evocative images can be found at night. Here are 12 Christmas Photography Tips and Ideas to take your holiday photos to the next level. See more at: https://davidsornberger.com For more episodes, exclusive photography tips, tutorials and free photography resources, subscribe to the newsletter.

12 Christmas Photography Tips and Ideas

In this week's episode, I announce four new photography tours. Three of them are in Paris in the Summer of 2020 and the fourth will teach you how to capture the majestic autumn colours in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. ﻿See more at: https://davidsornberger.com For more episodes, exclusive photography tips, tutorials and free photography resources, subscribe to the newsletter.

New Photography Tours and the Most Useful Luminar 4 Tools

On this week's episode, I highlight the best smartphone photo editing apps for your iOS or Android device, discuss ransomware attacks on DSLR cameras, put the MacBook Pro Travel Ban in perspective and share a Luminar 4 Sneak Peak. See more at: https://davidsornberger.com For more episodes, exclusive photography tips, tutorials and free photography resources, subscribe to the newsletter.

The Best Smartphone Photo Editing Apps, Luminar 4 Sneak Peak and Security Vulnerabilities

In this week's episode, David highlights three trending topics that photographers will want to know about and concludes with photography book recommendations that would be great to include in your summer reading. See more at: https://davidsornberger.com For more episodes, exclusive photography tips, tutorials and free photography resources, subscribe to the newsletter.

Sony Camera Rumours, Blackmagic Does it Again, Instagram Creator Studio and Photo Books to Bring to the Beach

August 5, 2019 - In this week's episode David shares his thoughts about the Dayflash App, which some are claiming is drawing people away from Instagram. Two new photography workshops - Algonquin Park in Ontario, and South Iceland are also discussed. See more at: https://davidsornberger.com For more episodes, exclusive photography tips, tutorials and free photography resources, subscribe to the newsletter.

Will Photographers Be Leaving Instagram for the Dayflash App?

June 8, 2019 - In this week's episode David shares news from Apple and Sony, and discusses why photographers often get exploited. Two new photography workshops - Algonquin Park in Ontario, and South Iceland are also announced. See more at: https://davidsornberger.com For more episodes, exclusive photography tips, tutorials and free photography resources, subscribe to the newsletter.

Premiere Episode - News, Patreon and 2 New Photography Workshops

A photography podcast with travel and landscape photographer David Sornberger. David chats photography once a week bringing the live feed from his YouTube show.

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