Archive } June, 2008

Total Workflow – Your one-stop source

26. June 2008

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I find that what photographers really need aside from specific direction (ie. How do i do XYZ in Lightroom?) is a sense of the big picture, a sense of why we make one decision over another, and how it all fits together. There is a core foundation to any workflow and our favorite resource for [...]

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Lightning Quick Galleries

19. June 2008

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Wedding photographers shoot a lot of photos … not just a few hundred – I’m talking thousands of photos per shoot. This has always presented some unique challenges for our studio as we process images and create galleries for clients to proof our work. One technique that we have found to work exceedingly well for [...]

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Proportional Exposure Management

11. June 2008

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I don’t use the Quick Develop Panel. There I said it … I’m as guilty as the next person for having ignored what is truly a powerful tool in Lightroom. Sure I’ve played around with some Alt key trickery but I never really though of Quick Develop as a valuable part of my workflow … [...]

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Lightroom Preset – Ekta Chromeo

10. June 2008

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Slides, slides, and more slides. I have boxes full of them. They’re something very cool about pulling the out some slides and cruising them with my loupe. My favorite outdoor portrait film was Kodak Ektachrome 100GX. The 100GX was important because it would nail the skin tones and primaries in my shots. Deep greens, warm [...]

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Lightroom Preset – Kodak Tri-X 400

6. June 2008

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This one was a blast to create, just as much fun as the Velvia preset. TRI-X was my favorite film to push … and not just push a little bit … I’m talking about 1, 2 … or more stops to really bring out the grain. So feel free to walk down memory lane with [...]

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