In the third installment of this special FotoTV series, historic journalist and photographer Horst Faas shares a little about his career working on international assignments around the world's most dangerous political hot spots, while sharing photos from some of his greatest work from exhibits.

Faas touches poignantly on the subject of political turmoil and unrest between the Vietcong and ordinary village people. Either the civilian population was either for or against the unjust or inhumane ruling, or they were forced into submission if they tried to show support for anyone else but their own government.

Teary eyed, Faas hauntingly explains that he witnessed innocent people suffer horrible and cruel deaths, having their villages burnt down while cuddling their children as they lay burnt death to dying in their arms. There was nothing anybody could do, not even Faas, a photojournalist. All he could do is document the atrocities and hope that his images would be seen around the world and that they would echo his own unimaginable horror at seeing such events taking place to normal civilians with everyday lives, from farmers to housewives, to grandparents.

Often the cities were being bombed by air to surface bombs with Napalm even before the troops marched in. Without much protection or defense it was an unthinkable terror for the villagers. Villages being destroyed, men, women and children being shot to death, whether they tried to flee or just stood their in shock--there was carnage was everywhere the could see.

He also discusses the use of Agent Orange a herbicidal warfare that was used to defoliate the trees and jungles. The effects of the use are horrifying and the results can still be seen today. As Faas explains it, "All wars are Barbaric and Vietnam, which I've seen in great detail was an exceptional barbaric war".

The Logic of the Movement

In this film, photographer Martin Krolop covers the exciting topic entitled, "Flashing during the second shutter curtain". After receiving email from one of his viewers looking for advice on a problem he had producing the train of light in a photograph appear as if it were moving backward, not towards the front.

Being the professional photographer that he is, Krolop dives right into the problem and realized that shooting during the second shutter curtain could solve the fellow photographers dilemma. Krolop explains the basic requirements how to create such a shot, such as movement, actual movement of the object in order to capture the movement with the camera. Second, a longer shutter speed is needed in order to actually capture the movement on the sensor or film. Third, a flash is needed to freeze the image.

Putting all these elements together should ensure a spectacular professional looking image. But Krolop does not stop there with just mere simple information. He continues by giving several elaborate demonstrations, including tips and techniques how photographers can achieve their own stunning picture. Most valuable are the technical aspects as well as having your idea in planned what you'd like to create. Indeed, sometimes photographic idioms and jargon is tough enough to make anyone’s head wobble, amateur or professional; such as the term freeze an image. Even today the laws of physics and pendulum talk became part of the film. FotoTV strives to give the most information to educate photographers around the world to create their own good quality photography. And Krolop continuously dedicates his knowledge to do that. Today even proving sometimes two curtains are better than one. Based out of Bonn, Krolop comprises half of the creative team at Krolop & Gerst photography.

Combining traditional photography techniques with the latest technology and software, Krolop and Gerst specialize in editorial, fashion, location and wedding photography, providing excellent visual solution services to many satisfied clients.

In this FotoTV tutorial, Torsten Kieslich shows how to import and organize images into Adobe Photoshop´s Lightroom 3.

Kieslich explains all the fundamental functions of the software program and also gives shortcuts and valuable tips on the best way to handle the program and  to achieve the best digital photography files possible. Kieslich also highlights the improvements to the new version of Lightroom 3, such as the import dialog, the new IPTC Extension metadata fields, the improved sharpening and noise reduction algorithms, and the incredible new lens correction tool, which helps photographers bring out the best quality in their photographs, whether it be are perfecting one image, searching for ten, processing hundreds or organizing thousands.