April 6, 2012

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f164, journal, musings, Nature, science, technique, travel

The Night How Bright – A Night Exposure Study Image.

A study image only. Canon 5D MK2, 50mm 1.4 @f5.6, 1 hour, ISO160. Bright rock light from the moonlight

An image study for photographers.


Star trails, turning night to day, midnight landscapes. There is amazing image potential for the photographer willing to do their homework and pre-plan setups to take those grand steps into the dark of night.

This photo is lacking. What it shows me is not. I was in the New Mexico highlands. The sun has long set and the light is only from moon and stars in this one hour long exposure. This image is not fully up to my standards and hence may never make it into my Signature Collection. That said there’s something to be learned from it.

I’m trying to develop some baselines and ideas for working what I call ULE’s (Ultra Long Exposures) and I wanted to share some of those here. This image represents the first time I used “only” past experience to determine exposure time, running a single one hour exposure at 5.6, ISO160.

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March 21, 2012

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inspire, news, ProPhotoShow, special effects, tips, video, workshop

EXposed Promo – New Mexico Camp

I’m still out here recording footage for the new EXposed video series. I plan to keep on teasing until the series releases this summer, because it’s going to be that good. But I won’t waste time. Check out, “New Mexico Camp” below and then head over and save 50% on your pre-order of EXposed.

 

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March 12, 2012

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lightroom, news, ProPhotoShow, Updates, video, workshop

EXposed Promo Spot – Dorky Jogger

We’ve been on the road more than two months now and I’ve been recording footage for the new EXposed video series. Maybe it’s cabin fever, but we wanted to have some fun, so I’ve been running some b-roll and quick promo spots to hold us over until the real series releases this summer.

I plan to post those along with some more serious info spots as I work towards the final collection that is EXposed, and will indeed be serious. But still with a bit of fun. Behold, Dorky Jogger.

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December 16, 2011

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lightroom, news, ProPhotoShow, special effects, tips, video, workshop

Press Release: Lightroom Ninja Video Workshop Series Launched.

12/15/11: Seim Effects Announces Gavin’s Seim’s, Lightroom® Ninja Workshop Series.

A fresh new Lightroom® workshop series from workflow expert Gavin Seim. Lightroom® training where you pick your workshop, pick your topics, and pick your time.

Soap Lake, WA, (December 17, 2011) – Seim Effects Photo Tools announces the availability of the new Lightroom Ninja downloadable video workshops for Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® at an introductory discounted price.

Lightroom is a system for creativity, quality, and efficiency. Each Lightroom Ninja video workshop takes users step-by-step through live screen recorded chapters, looking at each level of using Lightroom’s features with Gavin Seim, award winning photographer, writer, and designer of Seim Effects photo tools. Learn Lightroom step-by-step when and where you want.

Each workshop is fully downloadable in 720HD, making review and learning easy for all levels of Lightroom users. Three workshops are currently available: “LR Essentials,” “Everyday LR,” and “The LR Pro.” Three more workshops on advanced topics are planned for release in 2012. Each workshop is divided into topic chapters for a total of approximately 90 minutes. Workshops are being released at an introductory price of just $25.00 each. The first workshop in the series is also available for no cost to users that share about Seim Effects on their Facebook or Google+ pages. Details here.

Visit the Lightroom Ninja product page for more information.

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February 21, 2011

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Gavin Seim, HDR Photography, Lighting

See you in California for Spring 2011 workshops.

by Gavin Seim. So I’ve planned another road trip, along with Spring workshops. I’m hitting the road early April with my little family and heading to SF area for two workshops in Oakland. I’m stoked. We plan to spend about a month on the road in the RV. After the workshops, we may head up towards the Grand Canyon as I hunt for stock and landscape images, then who knows. Here’s the workshop lineup. I hope you’ll help me spread the word and I hope to see you there.

April 16-17 is  my Lights and Shadows workshop. This is a fresh 2 day event that covers HDR and beyond. It’s an intimate workshop limited to about 20 people. We’ll be doing work in the field and editing back at the home base. More info here. There’s also a Facebook event page.

On April 18th is the Lightroom Power workshop. This has something for everyone. We’ll cover basics, but also get deep into power user stuff. It’s another fun hands on workshop, so bring your laptops with LR and prepare to think differently about your editing. More info here, and the Facebook event page here.

I’m also working on setting up something for Fresno. Still working on the details of that, but stay tuned to this post or the Seim Effects FB page for details. I’ll also update the workshop pages if a new location is added. Hope to see some of you there… Gav

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