Learning Adobe Lightroom

Posted on May 22, 2007 - Filed Under Books, Learn, Reading Material, Software, Technique | Leave a Comment

If you’re like me, you love Adobe Lightroom. If you’re not like me, you should give it a try. The learning curve is easy. The controls are intuitive. It blows through RAW files as seamless as iPhoto does with JPEGs. It’s not quite the power hog that Aperture is either.
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Portrait Retouching in Photoshop

Posted on May 4, 2007 - Filed Under Learn, Photoshop, Software, Technique | Leave a Comment

This is an excellent tutorial video for portrait retouching:
A video tutorial that takes a look at enhancing portraits using tools such as Liquify, adding catch lights, and skin tone adjustments by the numbers. For more free tutorials, visit www.radiantvista.com!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwOHZGciHfU

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Macro Lenses

Posted on April 28, 2007 - Filed Under Gear, Lenses, Reviews, Technique | Leave a Comment

Step into my parlour…
Originally uploaded by swifty_mcvey.

What should you be using?  A dedicated macro lens or a close-up filter?  I dunno.  But you’ll find a great article over at Lonewolf Online that gets into the details.  Check it out.  They’ve got some great sample images comparing a variety of different setups.
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John Locke Speed Painting

Posted on April 17, 2007 - Filed Under Photoshop, Technique | Leave a Comment

Time lapse speed painting in Photoshop. 3 hours of work, 5 minutes to watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K_NQe57C-k

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Camera Tossing

Posted on March 31, 2007 - Filed Under Learn, Photos, Technique | Leave a Comment

Camera Tossing (3 of 3)
Originally uploaded by hawridger.

I’ve been reading the Camera Toss Blog for some time now and admiring all the great abstracts that camera tossing produces. Until last night, I hadn’t tried it myself.
I was more than pleased with my first effort (above) at camera tossing. What’s more, it’s addictive like […]

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