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Aerial Infrared Photography From GravityShots.Com
I lent my infrared camera to my good friends Jeff and Adele Scholl earlier this week. Jeff and Adele run a low-angle aerial photography company which uses remote controlled helicopters. Here’s a sampling of what they did with their helicopters and my infrared camera!
Book Release – Lightroom 3: Streamlining Your Digital Photography Process
I just wanted to take a moment to announce the pending release of a new reference book for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. Lightroom 3: Streamlining Your Digital Photography Process by Nat Coalson is currently available for pre-order at Amazon.com.
Five New Features of Lightroom 3 for Professional Photographers
This video tutorial is a quick overview of my five favorite new features in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 for the professional photographer. This video highlights: improvements to the import dialog, the new IPTC Extension metadata fields, the improved sharpening and noise reduction algorithms, and the incredible new lens correction tool. The video concludes with a quick demo of the new Publish Services feature.
What’s New in CS5: A Series of Ten Enlightening Video Tutorials
Join Photoshop luminary Mark S. Johnson from May 13 through May 22 as he introduces Photoshop CS5′s most interesting and useful new features.
What Software Should I Add to A New Mac For Photography
We photographers need to buy some additional software to get a brand new Mac up and running. This article is about the software that I think a new Apple computer needs for professional-grade digital imaging, word-processing, and everyday use. Click here to read more….
Apple 17-inch MacBook Pro: The Ultimate Guide
The 17-inch MacBook Pro is a great desktop replacement. When I see a 17-inch model after staring for hours at my 15-inch Mac, I feel like I’m watching a movie in a theatre! I kid, of course, but the 17-inch display is strikingly large for a laptop. That large display comes at a price, of course. Weight. A full pound (0.45 kg) heavier than the 15-inch MacBook Pro, the 17-inch model also calls for a non-standard carrying case in most circumstances.
Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro: The Ultimate Guide
The 15-inch MacBook Pro is my pick for the perfect computer. It’s the computer that I personally use 95% of the time. It’s robust, easy-to-carry, fast, and a bit sexy.
Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro: The Ultimate Guide
The 13-inch MacBook Pro is a well-performing candidate for great photography computer. The display is smaller than I like, but I recommend the use of external displays with laptops when you’re in a relatively controlled environment such as your office or studio. It certainly doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of it’s larger siblings, but it’s a great contender. This machine will perform well for you. Just plan on adding some screen real-estate for those pixel-hogging applications such as Lightroom.
LRSaver – The Lightroom Screensaver
LRSaver is a screensaver built for Lightroom. It’s no flying toaster, but if you’ve got images in Lightroom that you’d like to show off (and I hope you do!) LRSaver is a great way to do so!
Recommended Reading: My favorite Lightroom and Photoshop CS4 Books
My students often ask for book recommendations. Here’s a link to all of my favorite Lightroom and Photoshop books.
Book Review – Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2: Visual QuickStart Guide by Nolan Hester
Designed to quickly take beginning Lightroom users through a series of graphically-intensive lessons, Nolan Hester’s Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2: Visual QuickStart Guide lives up to its name. An incredible amount of information is included in this relatively short book.
Read on for my review.
Book Review: Photographer’s Photoshop CS4 Companion by Mark S. Johnson
It’s no secret that my software use for photography has moved heavily towards Lightroom. Adobe Photoshop, however, is still the gold standard when it comes to detailed adjustments to your photographs. Mark S. Johnson, an excellent author (and great friend of mine), has begun releasing chapters of his new book, Photographer’s Photoshop CS4 Companion.
Read on for a review of this book and detailed information about the topics in each chapter.
Book Review – Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 How-Tos by Chris Orwig
If you’re looking for some quick tips on Lightroom from a book that doesn’t require you to read it cover-to-cover, then Chris Orwig’s Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques may be the book for you.
Read on for a review of this book.
NPR Stories on the 50th Anniversary of Robert Frank’s The Americans
NPR stories marking the 50th anniversary of Robert Frank’s groundbreaking book The Amercians.
Book Review – Luminescent World: The Stories (and Secrets) Behind Twenty-Five of My Favorite Photographs by Mark S. Johnson
My good friend and colleague Mark S. Johnson has just released his latest eBook, Luminescent World: The Stories (and Secrets) Behind Twenty-Five of My Favorite Photographs. For those of you who don’t know him, Mark is an incredible photographer and artist, and an even more incredible human being.
Check out this post for a brief review of the book as well as a link to purchase or download a free excerpt.
Book Review – The Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby is my recommendation for a Lightroom reference book. Read on for my review and link to purchase the book for 30% off the cover price.
