All I have time for today.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Day 20, wine and cat
Pages 72 Checking Camera Settings
Light it, shoot it, retouch it. Kelby training
1) What are you using
2) Quick Test
3) One Light at a Time
4) Shooting Trial and Errors
5) Changing things up
Recommended on my friend's blog http://brockstreet.blogspot.com/
http://www.douglasfriedman.net/
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Day 19, Two Turkeys
Pages 70-71 File Numbering Method
Automating Photoshop CS3
1) Intro to actions
Falling asleep, need to make up classes tomorrow.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Day 18, how many rooftops in this picture?
Pages 68-69 White Balance Bracketing
Made up classes watching the entire series of Dave Cuerdon Beauty and Retouching kit on Kelby Training
Will resume 3 more lessons tomorrow.
Great class, learned lots of photoshop tips and tricks
http://www.steveskoll.com/index.php
Day 17, Broadway Tunnel
Pages 66-67 Setting the Color Temperature and White Balance Correction
Made up classes watching the entire series of Dave Cuerdon Beauty and Retouching kit on Kelby Training
Great class, learned lots of photoshop tips and tricks
http://www.steveskoll.com/index.php
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Day 16, Going for a Workout
Pages 64-65 White balance, color White Balance
Need to make up classes later
http://www.cuerdon.com/
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Day 15 Legion of Honor in the Fog
1 photo, 2 pages in the manual, 3 photo lessons
Photoshop Down and Dirty Tricks
1) Intro
2) Watch Ad
Beauty and Portrait Retouching Kit
3) Intro
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Day 14 ocean beach
Pages 60-61 Filter Effects
7 pt. System for Camera Raw
1) Intro
2) Opening jpegs in camera raw
3) Updating your process
http://www.steelmoxie.com/
Looking to reshoot my portfolio and need to find a new theme.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Day 13 Pink Sky
Pages 58-59 Customizing Picture Style
Lessons from Moose Peterson Landscape Photography
1) Forest and the fisheye
2) Finishing images from the lake
3) Part 2 Intro and composition
http://www.orangephotography.com/
It was a good day for a tripod. Too bad I forgot to take one with me.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Day 12 45th Ave. Park
Pages 56-57 Selecting Picture Style
Lessons from Moose Peterson Landscape Photography
1) Choosing lenses - fisheye, wide, mid, telephoto
2) Shooting streams fisheye
3) Shooting streams Polarizer
Moose Peterson landscape photography
Hopeing these classes will improve my photo a day exercise. Need to start carrying my tripod.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Day 11 Fan Frond
Pages 53-54 Continuous Shooting, ISO Speed
Lessons from Lightroom in Depth, Part Two
1) Editing in Photoshop and back to LR
2) Working with Panoramas
3) Working with HDR
Jock McDonald website - saw him speak years ago at school. I wonder if he needs an assistant?
http://www.jockmcdonald.com/
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Day 10 Spider Web
Pages 51-52 manual Image Settings, About Raw
Lessons from Lightroom in Depth, Part Two
1) Getting Creative with the Adjustment Brush
2) Retouching with the Adjustment Brush
3) Getting Ready to Move to Photoshop
It was right in front of me.
Looked at Gerald Bybee website. Wow! I want that kind of life.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Day 9 Moma Mia
Pages 48-50 manual Basic Zone Modes / Self Timer operation
Lessons from Lightroom in Depth, Part Two
1) Saving and Loading Presets
2) Removing Spot Tool
3) Removing Red Eye Tool
Didn't see this until I uploaded the picture.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Day 8 Into the sun
Pages 45-47 manual Using Full Auto setting
Lessons from Lightroom in Depth, Part Two
1) Chromatic Aberration
2) Frames and Vignettes
3) Creating and Using Presets
Who says don't shoot into the sun?
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Day 7 Marina party hats
Pages 43-44 manual Set the power off time/auto poweroff; Dioptric adjustment, Holding the camera
Lessons from Lightroom in Depth, Part Two
1) Color Saturation and Vibrance
2) Sharpening
3) Noise Reduction
Seeing differently
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Day 6 Sailboat
Pages 39-41 manual Replacing Date/time battery (didn't know there was one), Cleaning CMOS sensor
Lessons from Lightroom in Depth, Part Two
1) Black and Whites/Grayscale
2) Split Toning
3) Creating Versions
4) Adjustment Brush Basics
Had time today to take lots of good pictures. I forgot how carrying my camera around makes me see more. Maybe it will make me more mindful.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Day 5, Turkeys
Pages 37-38 manual Setting language, time and date
Lessons from Lightroom in Depth, Part Two
1) HSL/Saturation/Color
2) History and undo's
3) Before and Afters
Appropriately named photo today.
*Need to find best / cheapest film scanning method still.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Day 4 Sunset House
Pages 35-36 manual LCD monitor, restoring default settings
Lessons from Lightroom in Depth, Part Two
1) Working with Shadows
2) Vibrance and Saturation
3) Tone Curve
*Need to find best / cheapest film scanning method
Day 3 Rain
Backed up lightroom catalog onto external hard drive
Pages 34-35 manual Menu Setting Procedures
Lessons from Lightroom in Depth, Part One
1) White Balance
2) Crop tool (measuring stick for straightening)
3) Exposure - tonal Controls and using histogram
*need to clean sensor in camera - charging battery
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Day 2 Cat food
Used flash unit with mini diffusion box
Pages 32-33 manual operating quick control dial and menu operations
Lessons from Lightroom in Depth, Part One
1) Applying the painter tool
2) Finding photos
3) Backing up photos *tomorrow need to plug in external hard drive and back up
Friday, April 9, 2010
Day 1 Golden Gate
Starting today 4/09/10 1 photo, 2 pages in the manual, 3 photo lessons
Why not start today?
Pages 30-31 manual
Lessons from Lightroom in Depth, Part One
1) Saving your Favorites into a Collection
2) Using Smart Collections
3) Keywording
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