Category Archives: Lightroom

UniWB – A good tool for good HDRs

Well, I must first admit that this topic is neither new nor my own finding/tip. I did however find out about it a while ago, and have been using it for a while now. This along with the other tips on HDR and Skin tones will bring out the best from your RAW image…

September 28, 2009 – 11:08 am | By you | Posted in ACR, Articles, General, Lightroom, Notes, Photoshop, Workflow | Comments Off

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 …

June 13, 2009 – 2:20 pm | By you | Posted in ACR, Articles, General, Lightroom, Photoshop, Processing, Workflow | Comments Off

A new camera!

I like my D300. I love the extra reach with the 1.5x crop – especially when shooting macros and telephoto. The 1.5x is like having a Tele-converter on all the time! However, over time, i have realized that i don’t shoot much macros or sports (or wildlife for that matter). I most shoot “people” & …

May 19, 2009 – 10:10 am | By you | Posted in Cameras, D700, Digital, Lightroom, Photoshop, Processing, Review, Technology, Workflow | Comments Off

ACR Calibration for Lightroom – Part 4

The way Adobe is thinking about this, this may be the last part in the ACR series. The previous part can be read here. With the announcement of DNG Profiles, Adobe may have finally closed the loop on the need for calibration aspects of ACR for most people. Purists may still need to tweak this, …

August 8, 2008 – 8:43 pm | By you | Posted in ACR, Articles, Cameras, Canon, D300, Digital, Lightroom, Nikon, Photoshop, Processing, SLR, Technology, Tips, Workflow | Comments Off

HDR Processing notes

Warning: This post is not about how to take HDR and process them. If you are looking for a basic or advanced primer on HDR processing – I would like to refer you to Christian’s Blochi’s HDR book, Dan Burkholder’s Workshops or Trey Ratcliff’s excellent and free definitive guide for HDR processing. This post is …

June 21, 2008 – 7:46 pm | By you | Posted in ACR, Articles, General, Lightroom, Notes, Photoshop, Processing, Workflow | Comments Off

That damn workflow again…

Well, i have written about Workflow a number of times here , here and here. So, why again? Well – Like all other things, “time” changes things. So is my workflow. I process more volume of images from my photo shoots, and process images differently (HDRs, Panos etc).

June 19, 2008 – 8:09 pm | By you | Posted in ACR, Articles, Cameras, Canon, Digital, Foto, General, Lightroom, Nikon, Notes, Photoshop, Processing, SLR, Technology, Travel, Workflow, philosophy | Comments Off

Trip report – What worked and what didnt.

I recently traveled to India, and carried with me a lot of gear. Here is a quick report on that. I carried all of the following camera equipment in one Think tank Ultra light backpack: D300 camera, Sigma 10-20mm, Nikon 35-70 f2.8, Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR, Nikon 85mm f1.4 Canon G9, Lensbaby, Expodisc, Singh Ray …

June 17, 2008 – 12:52 pm | By you | Posted in General, Lightroom, Processing, Travel, Workflow | Comments (7)