George did some excellent video tutorials on Lightroom, and I learned a lot from them. He is a superb photographer and a natural teacher. He is working on a new tutorial series on the Lightroom-Photoshop interface and how to use the two together in an integrated workflow. I’m looking forward to seeing these when they’re ready mid-summer.
A blog about amateur photography in the (post-) space age.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Farbspiel’s HDR Cookbook
Klaus Hermann (Farbspiel) maintains a blog on High Dynamic Range imaging called HDR Cookbook — chock full of tips & tricks & interesting info about making HDR images. Klaus’ own images are posted on his Flickr page. Remarkable work.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Camera Sim
A slick simulation to illustrate how camera settings will affect depth of field, motion blur, etc.
evening tram, Ave. de la Constitucion, Seville.
One of my faves. Shot with a 3-stop neutral density filter to enable the longer exposure (2.5 seconds). The framing of the carriage by the moving tram lights was serendipity.
There was some (by my standards) complicated post-processing in this image. It’s actually a composite of two different raw conversions — one very dark to try to recover some of the information in the very bright highlights where the spotlights are. I used a layer mask to blend in the info from the dark conversion in the spotlight areas. I also used Tony Kuyper’s Triple Play technique to darken the sky, lighten the shadows a bit, and bring out some more detail. Lots of other fiddles and diddles to get this result. I like it.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
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