April 4, 2008

<<Click To Listen – Photography Roundtable #6 PPS#44

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Todays Panel…
Michael Anderson
~ Michael Anderson Photography

Gavin Seim
~ PhotographyTools & Effects

Kerry Garrison
~ L7Foto.comL7 Studios

Dennis Zerwas ~ DZ Photography

 

Show notes
Roundatble #5 General Forum Discussion
Photography Contracts Discussion
Photo Gear Insurance Discussion

Lightroom 2 beta is looking cool. Get it here! Photoshop Express is up an running. Strobist had a funny April fools article. And there’s a Burn & Dodge Tips video at Seim Effects.

PSD Tuts has some amazing Photoshop tutorials. A forum member posted test shots from his Nikon D3. And ShowIt Web is great for making slideshows.

Adobe has a prototype 100mp camera. Photoshop Express had a crazy license agreement that has been fixed. Photo Me metadata editor is full of info.

Picks of the week…
Gavin’s is Rice Studio Supply
Dennis’s is WHCC Press Books
Mike’s is Animoto Slideshows.
Kerry’s is Lightroom Enfuse.

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April 2, 2008

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Real quickie tip for you this week. It has to do with shooting details at a wedding reception site. If you are lucky enough to get there early before any guests arrive, start with the wide angle shots of the entire venue all decked out. That way, as guests start arriving you can focus into a single table, then a single table setting and centerpiece, finishing up with the tiniest details of any favors they have made for their guests. Typically you will arrive with some guests already seated and mingling. If this is the case, try to find a table not yet occupied that has the best available light to work with.

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April 2, 2008

Lightroom 2

Just about to retire for the night until I read Terry White’s latest post over at Terry White’s Tech Blog. Adobe has released Lightroom 2.0 as a Public Beta and is now available to download. Check out Terry’s Lr 2.0 Beta post for a great explanation on how Lightroom 1.3 and the 2.0 Beta will coexist. Download it here at Adobe Labs Here are some of the new features in this Beta version:

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March 30, 2008

Just posted over at Seim Effects is a free video about using burn and dodge to control light and dimension in your image.

Burn and dodge is an overlooked tool, and it’s true we see images all the time that need it. It’s not hard to apply, and it doesn’t take long to transform an image with burn & dodge and get that final magic! Yep even with those HDR images.

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burn and dodge video

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March 30, 2008

I wanted to post a free video from my up and coming Seim Effect video series.

Burn and dodge is one of those overlooked gems that can give you control over where viewer attention is drawn to in an image. Some people avoid vignettes, burns and dodges because they don’t realize how effective they can be.

I see images nearly every day that could be twice as good with a little B&D Love. This is just as important with HDR images ass well ad they tend to be a bit flat in their natural state. Here’s a Seim Effects video on the topic. It’s slightly cheesy, but a good look at how I leverage B&D. Click the link to get the free High Res version.

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