Lightroom 4.1 does 32bit HDR.
0While some (many) photographers CRINGE when they hear the letters “HDR” used in a sentence with “photography”, I’ve found that if done tastefully and processing isn’t heavy handed to the point that the image looks like some kind of psychedelic mess, using high dynamic range …
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Night and Low Light Photography
While I feel that many people “pack it up” and leave when the sun tucks below the horizon, I find myself more and more amazed by the colors and patterns that are only visible during this time of day. And by day, I really mean …
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Why photographers and artists should embrace Pinterest.
This is a bit off-topic for me and this blog, however I’ve heard a good bit of different feedback from others regarding Pinterest, copyrights and how it can “hurt” the industry. I felt that I really wanted to chime in on this with my own …
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A Lightroom tutorial for Landscape & Urbanscape Photographers
Although I enjoy photographing unusual (and ordinary) people, my real joy of photography takes me out to unusual or beautiful locations to photograph objects or landscapes, sometimes even an “urbanscape” is worthy of capture too. Regardless, not every capture can come “straight out of camera” …
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Color Correction for Dummies. (And everyone else.)
Getting good color can sometimes be a difficult task, but if you follow some of these steps and use the tricks I explain in this post you can make color correction a much easier task. Everyone has their own personal preference on what is “good …
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Get the best of your Pro Lab
First off, do feel free to read back to my lengthy review of a number of professional labs as well as several chain stores and other popular printers to understand better what labs may give you the best service for your money. The Big Lab …
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Color Correction in Lightroom & Photoshop – Video Tutorial
Rather than show you all of the steps involved in detail on the blog, I decided to just record a video tutorial and post the link here. Here is the before and after comparison. This was taken 2 years ago with a Nikon D70 camera …
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X-Rite ColorChecker Passport – Test and Review
First off, a quick history on the ColorChecker: “The Munsell ColorChecker—first produced as the Macbeth ColorChecker in 1976 and still widely known as the Gretag Macbeth ColorChecker—a cardboard-framed arrangement of twenty-four squares of painted samples based on Munsell colors. Its maker Munsell Labs and parent …
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Contrast Gone Wild
You may have seen it from other photographers and wondered “just how did they do that?” Although their are plug-in filters and no doubt other ways to do it, here is a nice easy free way to do it with only Photoshop and starting with …
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Lighting Videos from Profoto
Thanks to the folks over at Profoto, Tony Corbell has created these great videos on 1, 2, 3 and 4 light portraiture that can apply to pretty much any studio gear you may already own. These are short but absolutely worth watching for a few …
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