June 8th, 2010: 12:01 AM ET Adobe announces the release of the long-anticipated Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.0. What follows is brief breakdown of my favorite new features, module-by-module. Library Module Tethering – It is now possible (depending upon camera manufacturer and model) to connect your...
Sometimes which White Balance setting to choose is counter-intuitive. When presets fail and logic stumbles, sampling and common sense can be your best guides. Camera’s Auto-White Balance – Close to Daylight I was shooting White-headed Capuchin Monkeys in Costa Rica in April when the problem of white...
It is time to dust off those images you captured in the dawn of digital and reprocess them in the software from the decade of the teens. This image, Stone and Spray was one of my very first bracketed sequences. I had heard (in May of 2005) that you could bracket exposures and capture shadows [...]
I produced a short video demonstration of why I choose to shoot RAW over shooting JPG in most instances. The big reason for me: Bit Depth. I just love those extra bits and what they mean to my style of editing. Check out the video on YouTube. If you would like to view a larger [...]
File this under the “I’m not quite sure how I feel about this” category.
I read an article on a new functionality that is cropping up on the world wide web. It’s appearance was innocuous enough but, upon sufficient reflection, including furrowed brows and a look of stern consternation, I have decided...
RAW image processing takes over. The power of modern RAW processing software has saved the bacon for many photographers. Even severe adverse conditions offer reasonable photographic opportunities. Better equipment and more advanced software are making it possible for photographers to pull a masterpiece...
And a new Lightroom Preset!
The primary reason for working in RAW is to gain access to your sensor’s unmanipulated data: the pristine pixels captured. Standard procedure is to-somehow-get your pictures into an image editing program so that you can create a version of your picture for output to...
The versatile gateway for all image manipulation programs. Recent work I’ve done preparing classroom materials for my Image Editing Workshops have convinced me that Lightroom from Adobe is a perfect compliment-nay-necessity for anyone in a digital photography workflow. Regardless of who makes your preferred...