Boundaries…
In the purest sense, Photography refers to those that somehow involves a the usage of a “Camera” somewhere in the Workflow (a.k.a process of creating the image).
Times has however changed. We see use of Computers & Software – blur the lines, along with the use of digital cameras. Computers have in fact become indispensable to the generation of images. In fact, a typical digital camera is in fact a computer by itself!
So, where does this leave the images that were created by scanning objects using a flat bed scanner, or those that involved the use of a Inkjet printer for printing on non-paper materials, or even those generated completely by the software (Painting using corel draw, fractals, etc) . Is it acceptable for such art to being presented alongside Photographs (Most of them already manipulated with Photoshop and other similar tools). Read more
Introducing yourself
When you attend small group focused workshops, this is often the first thing everyone starts off with. Introducing yourself to the group. I am often very surprised on how people open up and speak about their personal lives in this brief duration of their “lime light”.
Skin tones…
Lightroom (LR) plays a significant part of my work flow. A few years ago, I had tried the approach of using Nikon’s Capture for the process of RAW conversion, however since LR 2 came out, I have given up on using Capture. I choose LR for its DAM capabilities and the batch processing capabilities (and most importantly usability and speed factors). In any case, since its version 2 release, LR has had major changes in its RAW conversion capabilities – especially since it started using DNG profiles.
I however admit I have never been happy with ACR’s (LR) conversion of NEF images - especially when it comes to skin tones. In my quest to find a better conversion for my new D700 – I recently tried several converters – RAW converter, dcraw, Perfect RAW, Capture One, View NX/Capture NX2 & RAW therapee (via Parallels on Mac). Read more
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