Getting Seen and Going Pro - Professional Photography Workshop
Have you ever thought about getting your images into a magazine or a gallery or a calendar? Have you thought about doing a book but you didn’t know how to go about it? Maybe the thought of earning some money with your images has crossed your mind but you didn’t know where to start? Or you started but your images were rejected and then you gave up. Or maybe you are just stuck in a rut and you want a little inspiration. It sure can be frustrating if you don’t know what you are doing or what the tricks of the trade are.
Proper Exposure With a Digital Camera
The digital camera’s sensor does not see the world the way our eyes do. With our eyes, brightness and tonal variation are linear, but for the camera this scale is logarithmic. Basically, this means that the camera can record lots of tonal variation at the brightest end of the spectrum but it captures very little tonal variation at the darker end.
Converting Digital Camera Raw Files to the Dng Format using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
I am a big fan of the Dng raw file format. Dng files hold all of their metadata internally without the need for separate external .xmp sidecar files. I believe that is a huge advantage over the proprietary, camera-brand specific, raw files that my digital camera creates. In my workflow smarter files are worth the extra step that it takes to turn a camera brand specific raw file into a Dng raw file. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom makes this conversion, this re-wrapping of the raw sensor data, super easy.
Cleaning a Digital SLR Camera
Dust spots on the sensor are annoying. Fixing spots in Photoshop or in Lightroom is time consuming. Most modern digital SLR cameras feature an internal cleaning feature that works up to a certain point. Sadly, even the best internal cleaning system is no match for this dusty, dirty world. Sooner or later, you are going to need to clean the camera yourself. Read on to learn about my favorite sensor cleaning equipment.
Digital Camera File Formats: Raw and Jpeg
Most digital SLR cameras can record images using either a Raw or a Jpeg file format. Both formats have their own advantages and disadvantages. It is up to you to decide which option is the most appropriate for the way that you work and for the equipment that you have at your disposal. Of the two formats, Raw is both the most straightforward and, ironically, the most complex.
Using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to Copy New Images in from a Memory Card
I use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to copy new photographs from my digital camera memory cards into my computer. This is a critical step, and it is one of the first tasks that you will do with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Once you get everything setup, Lightroom makes transfering files from my memory card to the computer easy. Read on for a basic description of how I use Lightroom to empty my memory cards.
