When I have the time between shoots or before heading home, I enjoy a walk in Uptown Westerville, always with a camera in hand. Sometimes the camera is an iPhone. Sometimes it’s a D300 and a full complement of lenses. The territory is familiar, usually along alleys, roadways, and sidewalks I’ve traveled before on [...]
One of the joys of shooting RAW is the Clarity slider in Camera Raw for Photoshop and Lightroom. The typical expectation for this slider is to increase contrast in the mid-tones adding a degree of sharpness to the center of a histogram. The edges of the photo, the shadows and highlights, are untouched except in [...]
Photo Mechanic by Camera Bits I’m guessing but willing to bet a very large sum that the most common digital asset management software on a news photographer’s computer is Photo Mechanic by Camera Bits. I’ve used this almost perfect piece of DAM software since the day it first became available in 1996. Its evolution has [...]
A Week of Workflow – Day 1 Over the next several days we’ll explore ways of making it easier for you to prepare for a shoot, handle the variety of on-site storage methods, moving photos from disk to computer and how best to store the finished images and all the rejects you want may to [...]
Here’s yet another iPhone app that’s certainly worthy of exploring for photographers looking to quickly communicate with their clients and explore ways to better relate to their expectations for a shoot. PhotoCamp Ohio is set for April 16, at Heritage Park in Westerville. It’s a day-long series of seminars and workshops for photographers. One of [...]
Last week’s Westerville Meetup centered on shooting two models wearing vintage clothing on the streets and sidewalk in the Uptown business district. The clothes were furnished by Cinda Lou’s as were the two women who modeled for our group of about 25 photographers for a little more than an hour as the sun dipped below [...]
How do you measure the quality of your work? Do you sit quietly in a corner hunched over a laptop analyzing your Photoshop skills? Do you make display prints and share them with friends, family and other photographers? Is there a Web gallery with your photos for everyone to see? Are these your best images? [...]
When you begin to study the great photographers you’ll discover most work with a very specific style. After careful study you’ll almost be able to recognize the photographer just by looking at the photo. It’s fairly easy to tell an Avedon from a Weston from a Liebovitz from a Greenberg from a Smith from a [...]
Lens choice modifies the mood and impact of your photos. My first thought shooting this group of almost Spring fitness seekers was with a telephoto view to compress their figures against the chaotic water falling over Hoover Reservoir as the background. I chose a point on the entrance road leading to the parking lot at [...]
Some of you are familiar with my years-long project, “My Final Photo – If I died in my sleep, this was it.” Started after my early retirement from The Associated Press, the project is to publish a photo every day chronicling my personal and commercial work. It began after my annual checkup on November 15, [...]
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