D-Town TV: Episode 122

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In this episode: RC has a tip for adjusting frame rates when shooting video on your dslr camera, Larry has another Cheap Shots segment about how to build a cheap, reflective, black surface for taking product shots, Matt and RC give their thoughts on the Traveler 6X tripod, and Matt offers 3 tips on how to get a longer exposure without using a ND filter.
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DTown TV is a weekly show brought to you by Larry Becker and RC Concepcion with KelbyTraining.com.

Episode Summary

-RC has a tip for adjusting frame rates when shooting video on your dslr camera.
-Larry has another Cheap Shots segment about how to build a cheap, reflective, black surface for taking product shots.
-Matt and RC give their thoughts on the Traveler 6X tripod.
-Matt offers 3 tips on how to get a longer exposure without using a ND filter.

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  1. jason davis says:

    Cool show. Now I need a poster frame

  2. Luis Sales says:

    Another great show guys! :)

  3. Doug Dillon says:

    Great job guys!! Good info. I appreciate the tips. I pick up a lot of ideas from your show.

  4. Lee Calkins says:

    I can never catch you guys live!!! How come?

  5. CLINTON FERRARA says:

    good sho guys.

  6. Edward Levy says:

    Glad to see Matt K. on the show.

  7. Mark Cornell says:

    Thanks for the great tips and the great show!

  8. Phil Burt says:

    Always Good ….

    Thank You,
    phil b

  9. Chad McCormick says:

    You guys are awesome!!!

  10. Wil says:

    thanks for the show

  11. Gary Elliott says:

    I’m confused now. Is CS6 out? I’ve not gotten any info from Adobe on upgrades.

  12. Sam S. says:

    Great show. Thanks.

  13. David Gates says:

    Muchas gracias!

    David

  14. Doug Perry says:

    Been shooting for years, never once thought about over-exposing and correcting in post to replicate a long exposure. I guess it is too obvious!

  15. Mike Speth says:

    And again: issue 122 is a marvelous combination of photography and post – processing tips. Everything can be tried out and used right away – just great!

  16. Mike Speth says:

    And again: a marvelous combination of photography and post processing tips – always something new to try out and use right away. Thanks a lot!

  17. Jack says:

    It’s fun to have Matt back…

  18. Ed says:

    Loving the look of the Traveler 6X! I’m doing some volunteer work in Cairo for a week next month training doctors in communication skills and now can’t decide weather to spend the money I was saving for a new lens on one of those instead. Lol

  19. John Havord says:

    Excellent episode.
    Wee bit of OCD going on there with the tidy up of the books RC :)

  20. Paul Scott says:

    Thanks for the tip for when you don’t have an ND filter. I will soon be purchasing a 10stop ND filter but it is always good to have backup options!

  21. Ryan says:

    Awesome!!

  22. Bob Woolford says:

    Another fine episode. Thanks.

  23. I”ve watched every episode and have learned something from each one. Great tips as usual.
    Thanks!

  24. Peter Nord says:

    Did like the poster frame tip. Bet colors, instead of black, might be interesting.

  25. Goncalo Feliciano says:

    nice show, i need tips for dance Photografy

  26. John Crocker says:

    You guys nailed it again, great show, Thanks

  27. Rene Smulders says:

    Great show !!!

  28. Andres Onu says:

    Another great show. Funny that I just used the black glass of my dining room table to post my D300 for sale on Kijiji.

  29. mike moffo says:

    great show

  30. Ron Zufelt says:

    Greart show. Love cheap shots but you all are great.

  31. chris says:

    Another great show! Nice combination of shooting and processing tips!

  32. Steve Quadrozzi says:

    What a great show. Pretty good cast too! ;)

  33. Clair Staples says:

    Absolutely love Matt’s tip on water photos As always you do a great job. Larry’s cheaps shots a great aid too

  34. alex corbett says:

    hey larry, i was watching dtown season two, and the funny thing is that scott did that same tip except not with plastic with plexy glass. lol

  35. Martin Shipps says:

    Great tips guys!

  36. Tony Goodman says:

    Loved the show guys. Great tips! Keep up the excellent work and make sure Scott and Matt keep coming by.

  37. Yoshinori Miyazaki says:

    Great show guys! Nice tips Matt!

  38. Bob says:

    You guys are really really awesome.

  39. Rey Coronado says:

    Thanks Larry for the great cheap shot.

  40. Jim Gilliland says:

    Great show. Larry’s cheap shot was very good and it was a treat to see Matt and yes you were great too RC.
    Jim

  41. jorge says:

    awesome show!!

  42. George Kwain says:

    Glad you gave the link to stack mode tip.

  43. Maher Ali. says:

    Great show from awesome guys.
    thank you.

  44. Hi. Great show dudes. How about doing a show about extreme macro?

    Looking forward to next show.

  45. Dave says:

    Great to have Matt back. Good tips.

  46. Jason Thomas says:

    Great stuff as usual guys Thanks.

  47. John Dabarno says:

    Great Cheap Shot, and a great show.

  48. Michael Burks says:

    good tips

  49. Jerry Fry says:

    I enjoy your show. I just bought a D800 and enjoyed RC telling how to help set it up for video. Please have more shows about initial setup of the D800

  50. Larry Nienkark says:

    Great Larry Becker cheap shot. All you guys rock!

  51. Jose Q says:

    Great tip on long exposures without a ND filter.

  52. GM Miller says:

    Love Larry’s tips.

  53. fritz meyer says:

    I’m sitting here with a brand new hip courtesy of blue cross (not related to dave) and I really need some new reading material. thanks ffm

    Y’ALL ROCK

  54. Takesh I says:

    I’d love to get Scott’s new book on CS6.

  55. Robert Norris says:

    Nice show, little scruffy laid back Matt, and jumping like a hot bean RC are always fun to watch. Some great tips as well. Oh yeah can’t forget the guy you want to get out of the way, Larry, of course a great cheap shot tip. I may use that one the most!!! See you guys in Vegas!!

  56. Terry Hansford says:

    Another great show guys. Have you cheched out http://www.naturalart.ca/ by Brad Hill Great photos and helpful site Re Terry

  57. Kevin McGrath says:

    great show

  58. Andrew says:

    Great show, once again. I appreciated the review about long exposures, and glad you referenced the stack mode tutorial as well (have yet to try that one out …). Thanks!

  59. Erik Fischer says:

    Great show

  60. Thomas Piepszak says:

    like tip on tripods—has any one looked at the really right stuff table top tripod?

  61. Mark Richards says:

    I loved larry’s cheap shot segment. Way cool.

  62. Phil Beavis says:

    Great show today guys, some very nice tips – thank you.
    Cheers,
    Phil.

  63. Aakar Patel says:

    You guys are great!! Very informative and fun to watch!! I have signed for a whole year’s worth of Kelby Training and it has helped me loads. It’s made me a better photographer and a better graphics artists. Thanks guys, keep up the great work.

  64. Tom P Zachman Jr says:

    Great show, thanks alot, see you next week.

  65. Foto says:

    Luv your show!

  66. Andy says:

    RC can you explain why shutter speeds have anything to do with shooting video on the DSLR cameras? The shutter speed I thought was only used when taking still photos.

  67. CR says:

    Love this ep! Loved all the tips today! Gonna try Matt’s “stop-down” tip to get some better shots at the beach.

  68. Justin Roush says:

    Hey guys another wonderful show. And I got to see it live this time 10x better!

  69. Roenie says:

    You guys are awesome,
    My editing is blue,
    I’d love the book about CS6,
    So I can be awesome too.

  70. Roenie says:

    You guys are awesome,
    My editing is blue,
    I’d love that book about CS6,
    So I can be awesome too.

  71. Roenie says:

    You guys are awesome,
    My editing is blue,
    I’d love that book about CS6,
    So I can be awesome too!

  72. Roenie says:

    You guys are awesome,
    My editing is blue
    I’d love that CS6 book,
    So I can be awesome too!

    —this is a retry, for some reason i can’t get my message to show up on the page after submitting it. Sorry if I end up triple posting.

  73. JulieW says:

    Great show, good to see Matt Back

  74. RON COMSTOCK says:

    Very nice tips Matt.

  75. Wayne Christensen says:

    Larry does it again with his cheap shot. I will definitely try it.
    Great tip from Matt on long exposures also.

  76. Adir says:

    Great show, and I really loved Matt’s tips about the exposure.

  77. Ed Durr says:

    Great show guys, at some future show could RC again show how to make at least 5 multiple exposures for HDR with the D7000? He did it once before but I do not know what episode.

    Thanks,
    Ed

  78. Adir says:

    Great show, loved Matt’s tips about the exposure.

  79. Randy hanson says:

    Great show with great tips

  80. Warren Donowho says:

    Great show! Loved the Cheap Shot.

  81. Lewis Johnston says:

    It’s all good ! (As usual)
    I especially liked Larry’s Cheap Shot this week.
    Scott’s new book would be awesome.

  82. Bonnie Fiser says:

    Great show. Love the cheap shots, glad to see them back.

  83. Larry Robinson says:

    Thanks Matt: thats somethin I never thought of,
    Thats why I watch D-Town TV.

  84. Stephen Tibbels says:

    Great show

  85. Pepe Gomes says:

    Hey Guys, another great episode. Matt’s tip was an eye opener. Going to give it a shot soon. When is Scott’s new book going to be available in a digital format? I’m from Mumbai, India and his books are not easily available here.

  86. David Keneipp says:

    Love Matt’s exposure tip!

  87. Ray Casbourn says:

    Hi guys!
    Love the cheap shot segment….How about a show on cheap (but good) tripods to buy for travelers (beside an expensive Gitzo…..).
    Thanks.

  88. Matt B says:

    Thank you to Mr. K for the awesome tip on overexposure and refinement in camera RAW! BRAVO!

  89. Hubert says:

    Great tips today… Thanks.

  90. Nice to see Mat again!

  91. Steve Jones says:

    Who’s the new guy. :-D

  92. Marie Sjoberg says:

    Great tips, love your show.

  93. Lazarus says:

    Nice:)

  94. Christopher Cox, C.S.C. says:

    Thanks for another fine show! The Cheap Shot was great! I also appreciate the commentary about tripods.

  95. Jim says:

    Loved the LE example!

  96. Bea says:

    This was another great show. Especcially the tips abot the longer exposere from Matt because I always finf it hard to get good photo’s when I’m on the beach. With these tips it should go better. Thanks!
    And you always make me laugh :) I like that, thanks again for making my day a bit better.

  97. alemar says:

    nice tips

  98. Terry says:

    I liked Matt’s tips on over exposure.

  99. John Richardson says:

    Two killer tips one on RC’s fix for video and Matt’s overexposure was killer good. Thanks guys!

  100. Juan José Marcó says:

    Nice tips this week, guys !!

  101. Len Cohen says:

    I loved Larry Becker’s tip today! You guys rock!

  102. Alvin Banlaygas says:

    Nice tips on shooting without filters.

  103. Tor says:

    Great show, boys….

  104. Dennis Hughes says:

    Great tips on long exposures. And Larry’s Cheap Shots is a good tip for a product shot.

  105. Great cheap shot by Larry on this show. Thanks!!!

  106. You guys are awesome!
    And I am not saying this because I want scott’s new book :)

  107. Como siempre es un placer veros a los dos enseñándonos cositas para ser mejores artistas y fotógrafos…
    Hasta la semana próxima amigos.

  108. David says:

    Nice tips

  109. Brian Horsey says:

    Loved the Cheap Shot and Matt’s over exposed water. No offence RC, I don’t have video on my camera!

  110. Matt C. says:

    Matt, Very nice tip on shooting without a ND in a pinch. Please make me a very happy person and pick me as the winner.

  111. Karl W Kochman says:

    I am handicapped fan of all things Kelby, Dtown, Grid and Training. Please make me a winner!

  112. Scott says:

    Great black mirror tip — glad you got to Larry.

  113. arthur schoenberger says:

    Loved the info on long exposures.

  114. Wilfredo Gonzalez says:

    Great tips Matt!!!

  115. Robert says:

    great tips with long exposures!

  116. Roy Evans says:

    Hi guys – great cheap shoot – will never spend over 600 for a travel tripod

  117. Harry says:

    Great show and great Cheap Shot segment!

  118. W Patrick Clements says:

    So many tips – great going guys love it and please keep it up

  119. Don says:

    Good tips on long exposures but Larry’s tip was great.

    Tell Larry that he should have mentioned that you can paint the poster plastic with other colors too – white, red, green, you name it.

    Don

  120. Nice tip and cheap shot guys!

  121. Steve U says:

    Some great tips!

  122. John Grant says:

    Another great show guys I have watched them all since the start.

    At the start of the show RC was showing the D800 and I noticed that the camera had some small QR straps attached , do you guys feel comfortable using these type of strap option given the flexibility that hey can offer, secondly and more important how do you feel about using them from a camera safety prospective as I would be slightly concerned that the camera might de-attach itself at some point, your thought,s comments would be appreciated.

    Regards
    John (UK)

  123. Steve Thompson says:

    Larry ROCKS! Also never thought of Matt’s tip over exposure tip.. Can’t wait to try it. Thanks!

  124. Roger Trawford says:

    Excellent show

  125. Rene says:

    great show

    thanks for the tips

  126. Sandy Stigliano says:

    Love you guys!

  127. John Swarce says:

    Matt, the scruffy look suits you well. Grow that goatee out, man!

    Thanks for some great tips this week. Can’t wait to try the overexposure setting sometime.

    –John

  128. Jim Hayes says:

    Good show, good tips especially the cheap shots segment.

  129. fclive davies says:

    great show again.

    any chance of some night time shots tips

  130. Bob Shear says:

    Another terrific show! You guys really know how to communicate. Also really enjoy Larry’s “Cheap Shots” segment…great stuff!

    Keep it up!

  131. Zack Peltz says:

    awesome show, thanks for all of the great tips

  132. Kevin Murphy says:

    I always come away with something new. Thanks Guys. Keep it up.

  133. Ross Judice says:

    Great exposure tip.

  134. Eric Laberge says:

    Great show and great tips. Thanks!

  135. Eric Boyer says:

    Awesome tips and great show.

  136. Chris Helms says:

    Great job, guys!

  137. Yacine says:

    Your tips are always great!

  138. Rick Dunlap says:

    Great tips, Thanks!

  139. Chris Sieritis says:

    I always learn something new from DTown

  140. Billy Zhao says:

    you guys are awesome!

  141. Alfonso says:

    you guys are awesome!

  142. I use Larry cheap shot it really works
    thanks

  143. Great show liked the tip on slower shutter speed

  144. Nice show!

    I’ve actually been struggling with the silky water thingy.

    For the moment a ND or even the polarisers are not yet in my bad.

    This weekend I applied the multiple shots suggested by RC some weeks ago, even though my 60D doesn’t have this mode (it can be done by hand and stacked in this magic code … what’s the name? Photoshop? hehehehe).

    I might get to a multiple shots+over exposures combination! Let’s see :-)

  145. C Sikwila says:

    Like RC’s tip on frame rates on a DSLR camera.
    CAN’T WAIT TO TRY IT OUT.

    I absolutely love kelbytv.com after stumbling across it while surfing (via an on-line ad.)!

    I’m an enthusiastic photographer new to the industry and looking to learn as much as I can.
    With the little I’ve seen, You guys rock!!!

    THANK YOU-

  146. Josh says:

    I want free stuff.

    PS. you guys are awesome.

  147. Rich E. says:

    I enjoyed the show. Larry’s cheap shot was great and I think I will try that.

  148. Jim Neale says:

    Thanks for the overexposure tip

  149. Glenn Hewitt says:

    Great show as always

  150. Francis says:

    Sweet.

    Any chance you guys can do a show on panoramic photography? It seems like there’s a fair share of technical knowledge involved like parallax errors, nodal points, panning heads, etc. A primer on this would be nice in the future!

  151. Theodore K. says:

    Great show guys!

  152. Peter Lawton says:

    great show guys, thanks!

  153. Gerardo Palermo says:

    Great tips guys! Loved the cheap shot!

  154. IraE says:

    Thanks for the long exposure tips.

  155. Bill Guy says:

    Love the long exposure tips

  156. DAVID ROSAS says:

    great tips ! You guys ARE GREAT!Very good teachers .

  157. Great show as always. Thanks guys

  158. Tony White says:

    Thanks guys, really appreciate the tips.

  159. seth strohecker says:

    Would love the CS6 Book

  160. lev radin says:

    Can you address low light photography? Thanks

  161. Robert Jacobs says:

    love it

  162. Mike says:

    Great stuff as usual.

  163. David Weber says:

    Always nice to see Matt on D-town. Great show as always–loved RC’s tip

  164. HK says:

    Excellent tip on silky water. Thanks!
    HK

  165. Ramiz Fargo says:

    thanks guys. great show

  166. emilio b says:

    great show/tips – thx!

  167. Mike Wootton says:

    Thanks, Guys! Every show is a winner – I always learn something from you. Keep ‘em coming, please!

  168. Jan Winther says:

    Great show guys!!

    Regarding RC’s tip a few weeks ago. Please note that the Stacking feature is NOT available in CS6, only CS6 Extended. Im not sure about older versions.

  169. Don McKay says:

    Great Show

  170. Skip Wolff says:

    Great show nice growth Matt

  171. monkeyinabox says:

    Larrys tip was well worth the price of admission! ;)

  172. Rob Morgan says:

    great show

  173. Marvin Foster says:

    Great tips

  174. Dave Moore says:

    Great show, and a great Cheap Shot segment! I’d love any one of those prizes.

  175. Chuck Neeley says:

    Great tips! Love the new ideas.

  176. Michael Umana says:

    Tripod was too much $ but the frame trick was more my budget. Great show

  177. Mike E says:

    Great tips today;

  178. Andrea says:

    Hi guys I like watching your show i didnt find out about all the cool things kelby hast offer until I was the google+ back in May, I have been watching the older videos and was wondering what kind of soft wear you guys use back up your images to dvd or cd rom. I am looking for something that nikon had out years ago called picture people where you could put as much images as you wanted and it would tell you how many dvds or cds you needed to back it all up then it would burn it for you. Is there anything like that out on the market right now?

  179. Greg Young says:

    WOW Larry. How did you get so smart? Great tip! Thanks——–

  180. dennis says:

    thanks for the long exposure tips! I never thought of grossly overexposing the image and pulling it back in camera raw

  181. Mike says:

    You guys are Awesome! Love the exposure tips, Matt.

  182. Branko Gregov says:

    Very informative show… thanks again

  183. Salman says:

    I think I am getting religiously addicted to this webiste and your shows – :-) Great job!

  184. Bruce Reigner says:

    Love the show. very helpful

  185. Charles says:

    Great tips guys. Thank you.

  186. Trevor Hasekamp says:

    Nailed It!! Great Show

  187. Jim Hill says:

    Matt, thanks for the silky water tips. Have tried the first two but never thought of the over exposing one. keep up the good work.

  188. Jane Hamilton says:

    You guy are awesome, really really awesome!

  189. Ken Toney says:

    Matt, try multiple exposure on Nikon for soft water falls! Must set camera to jpg with no bracketing, then use 10 shots on multiple exposure!

  190. JACEK says:

    Great show, see you next week

  191. Denis Landry says:

    Tnx for the tricks about working without ND filter…

    See U on next show..

    Denis

  192. Randy says:

    Great show! Thanks for the tip on shooting video in manual mode. Good stuff!

  193. Brian Plush says:

    Excellent show, loved the longer exposure tips Matt! Even worked the right way up down under!

  194. Michael Go says:

    I just love that Pete is a 7D Shooter

  195. steven says:

    great show

  196. Christopher Mainprize says:

    Thanks for the great show guys.

  197. jose renteria says:

    you guys rock!

  198. Thor Hansen says:

    Liked the tips! Thanks for the show.

  199. Gail says:

    Enjoyed the show. I would love the CS6 book. I just purchased CS6!

  200. Bruce Elder says:

    love the show, keep up the great work

  201. David Fabian says:

    Great show. Love Larry’s tip.

  202. Alan Storey says:

    Another great show! Thanks, guys.

  203. Hey guys: Thanks for another fabulous show. Loved Larry’s Cheap Shot today……

    Rich

  204. Joe says:

    Great tips !!! Never thought of overexposing scenes with water to create the silky effect.

  205. Gary says:

    Great show guys. Matt, all three tips used at the same time should create a more silky looking stream.

  206. Linda Jacobson says:

    Great as usual!

  207. Erol says:

    Well done!

  208. Riyaz Mamdani says:

    Great Tips on Long exposure!

    Thanks Guys

  209. Mars says:

    Matt you really need a shave!
    Seems like you’re burning the candle at both ends…
    ‘Holiday time’!

  210. Richard P. says:

    Regarding the smooth water/longer exposure, you guys had another tip here a while back:

    Taking multiple exposures of the same scene (tripod helps here ;-) ) and combine them in Photoshop. It will smooth out any moving bits and with some work you can even mask what you want smooth and what you want to sharp from a single exposure.

  211. Mark Lewis says:

    Awesome show again guys, just a quick tip Matt re: shooting without a ND filter. You can also take multiple shots of the river at the correct exposure and then blend together later in PS, this will also give a soft blurred effect.
    Thanks for all the tips and advice over the years
    Mark

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