July 13, 2010

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Aperture, Gavin Seim, lightroom, Workflow

Super Workflow and Lightroom Catalogs:

by Gavin Seim: So I wrote a few articles recently over on my Seim Effects site about editing faster and managing better, and I felt they were worthy of a mention here on PPS. If you want to edit your images faster or have ever questioned the way you manage LR catalogs take a peek and you might just get something new. Enjoy… Gav

Super Workflow: The 7 Steps to Photo Editing Awesomeness:
This is an outline of pretty much everything I’ve learned about the flow of fast editing with a step by step look at how to work more efficiently. It’s geared towards LR users, but applies to most any editing workflow.

Understanding & Managing LR Catalogs. The Captain Awesome Approach:
This once again is what I have learned about catalogs. You may or may not want to use the approach I do, but either way you’ll probably learn something new about how your catalogs work.

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June 24, 2010

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Gavin Seim, Review, Workflow

Lightroom2 VS Lightroom3 Process Examples Compared:

by Gavin Seim: I’ll be talking more about Lightroom soon, but I wanted to make a quick post about what I found most significant in LR3. It’s the processing. It may go unnoticed at a glance, but is so much better, that by itself makes LR3 worth the upgrade. This first example shows an ISO 50,000 image from a 1D MKIV, showing just how impressive the new noise reduction and processing in LR3 is (not to mention the camera). I did this in LR3 by simply switching it back and forth from new to old process version (in the camera calibration settings).

Next is a lower 640 ISO example. For this one I actually processed the first in LR2 itself and the other in LR3. While not so obvious (click for the large version) it shows the subtle quality of not just the noise reduction, the the quality of how the file is being processed. Notice in the large version how the LR3 version feels more organic, almost film like in quality. I love it and you can be sure I’m getting under the hood in LR3 to see what’s possible for workshops and my Seim Effects presets.

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June 23, 2010

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f164, Fine Art

Print Competition 2010. Midnight Seattle Went Loan:

by Gavin Seim: Midnight Seattle is an HDR photo I made of the Seattle Skyline. It went to the PPA International Print Competition this year and was awarded a Loan Collection merit. For those not familiar with PPA, this is a good thing. I’m told it will be be published in the international Loan collection book as well showing at Imaging USA 2011. This is the first year I’ve entered at nationals. I must confess, making the Loan Collection was on my wish list. While this is the only of my four prints that merited, I’m still a happy, thankful camper. There more details on the image itself in the original post… Gav

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June 5, 2010

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Gavin Seim, HDR Photography, news, Photography Podcast, PPS Photography Tips, Pro Photo Show Podcast, ProPhotoShow

Pro Photo Podcast #69 – Mastering the Craft:

Click To Listen>> Photography Podcast. PPS #69
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Two After the Storm. Mentioned on this episode, Gavin caught this image using his E-PL1 with a 20mm 1.7 lens. The detail and quality would be easily adaptable for a 30-40 inch canvas. Processing was done using LR and the Pickles Preset from Color Fantasies.

Today’s Host... Gavin Seim. This week Gavin look at news, the new rangefinder, Photo CS5, stolen images, education and studying, focus ideas and more.

Podcast #69 forum discussion:

Notable Time Indexes:

  • 00:00 Introductions and news
  • 09:02 Photoshop CS5
  • 19:23 Gavin’s W0rkshops
  • 23:00 Stolen Photo (see notes for link).
  • 32:37 Mastering the Craft.
  • 45:30 Talking about focus.**
  • 105:55 Outtakes.

HDR Workshop in Twin Cities MN.

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June 3, 2010

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news, ProPhotoShow

Worldwide Photo Walk 2010!

Photo Walk Logo

by Jarrod Michael Gordon

Scott Kelby and company are at it again, announcing their third annual Worldwide Photo Walk, scheduled for July 24, 2010. If you don’t know what a photo walk is just think of it as a bunch of photographers getting together to photograph a certain location. A few friends and I went on last year’s photo walk and we had a great time. We met other local photographers, professionals and hobbyists, explored a new location and compared our photos over lunch afterward. You can find my photos from last year’s photo walk on my Flickr page. Another benefit of the walk is the opportunity to enter a contest. You don’t have to submit your photos for the contest but if you do your walk leader chooses their favorite image from the photo walk and you win a prize. But, the winner also is entered into a worldwide contest to see who has the greatest photo of the entire photo walk. It’s pretty intense to have the best photo out of THOUSANDS of “photo walkers”. I highly recommend joining a photo walk in your area.

For all the details please refer to the Worldwide Photo Walk website.

For a Q & A from Scott Kelby regarding the walk please visit his blog.

Enjoy!

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