The Set Up Interview

Now that all the SXSW stuff is behind me I plan on taking a break from photos updates this weekend. I thought this would be the perfect time to post about this interview I did with a website called The Set Up.  I do interviews from time to time (I am actually doing another interview on Sunday…) but I thought I would feature this one because it features some questions I get asked a lot.

The Set Up is a geek interview blog where they ask people from different industries what sort of tools they use to get the job done. I think the site mostly is about tech people and what sort of software and hardware they use but I got to talk about all the camera equipment that I use as well as being self effacing about what sort of computer stuff I am dealing with.

I did the interview a couple months ago so a few things have changed. The main thing is that I have been using a program called Photo Mechanic that I love to do the basic edit of my photos. I don’t mean editing the photos themselves but editing out the bad shots, thumbnailing them and sticking my logo on them. That stuff used to take forever and now it is a breeze thanks to Photo Mechanic. Then again as you will read in the interview my old process was a fucking mess.

Anyway, I might not update for the rest of the weekend. My Alma Mater VCU is playing their first Final Four game in history tonight and I plan on watching that and doing nothing else today. Tomorrow I have an interview and a photo shoot and then if VCU wins tonight I am going to get on a bus and get my ass to Richmond to watch the Rams play in the national championship game on the VCU campus and hope for a riot that I can photograph…

So click here to read my interview with The Set Up!

The Set Up - Nate "Igor" Smith

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  1. April 2nd, 2011 | 12:47 pm

    i found really interesting your interview expecially all the things you said ’bout the hardware you use: really useful.
    by the way i really like your photos (well you start with a great advantage: naked people!) … expecially the ‘reportage’ type (for example i loved the juggalos sets!).
    keep on going
    ciao

  2. April 2nd, 2011 | 12:52 pm

    Thanks a bunch. I like doing the “reportage” stuff the most but getting paid to do that stuff is not quite as easy as shooting nightclub bullshit…

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