Monthly Archives: December 2007
2007 – It’s all over…
Tune in next year to learn how I did this!
Friday Frenzy
Rather than the Friday follies, it was something of a Friday frenzy. I realized belatedly that next week Tuesday is New years Day, and I would be spending that time with family. So, to avoid going that long without putting out a new tutorial, I decided to put together a short one on vignetting. Since we’re all enjoying some slower times at work, and more times with family over the holiday season, I figured a vignetting tutorial might be an appropriate one given all the family and portrait shots that people are likely capturing. So, I put together some materials … Continue reading
Wednesday Web Links
Having travelled during the recent holiday, a few photography-related issues came up during my travels. First off, was the procedures used to handle photography equipment. While travelling, my gear list included the following: Apple Macbook Pro Canon Rebel XT Canon 18-55mm kit lens Sigma 70mm f2.8 lens Canon 530 Speedlight EX Various CF cards, batteries and charging mechanisms Prior to entering security checkpoints, I pulled my laptop out, set it in its own container, and sent it through the security X-Ray. Nothing I had was ever submitted to additional inspection. This was quite the opposite experience that others have recorded … Continue reading
Monday Merriment
Good evening to the photo community. As Tracy and I return from our travels up to the frigid northern territories of Ohio, we are so happy to have made the trip to visit family. Christmas, after all, is about spending time with family. So, a short post today, simply from me and my family here to you and anyone else out there who may be reading… Merry Christmas !!!! God bless us all… (and no post tomorrow)
Friday’s Follies (but not really…)
Fun stuff for the first Friday follies from Canon Blogger…but it requires a little prep, so bear with me. (I need to get in a program to help me with my alliterative tendencies, don’t I?) First off, I had a thread started in an online community that was getting a lot of dialog on the latest Scott Kelby book and what people’s thoughts were on it. Specifically, I was interested in the reaction to the nature and trend of his teachings – in recent publications, I’ve noticed that his tutorials and work flow seem geared to be recipes for how … Continue reading
Thursday’s Thoughts
Wit the sidebar poll continuing to generate some increasing preferences toward PS CS3, I can’t help but wonder why more are not adopting LR as an alternative. My guess is that it has something to do with familiarity of the interface, as well as the support for dual monitors, and the added benefits of layers and filters. I’ve also heard from a few that profiling papers using LR is more challenging as well. From this I am thinking that it may have been a little counterintuitive for Adobe to launch not one, not two, but three new software lines that … Continue reading
Wednesday on the Web
For my first post of “Wednesday’s wonderfully wise web gems” (it’s an addiction, I know…), take some time to stop over at Scott Sherman and Michael Stein’s Digital Photography Show. Self-admitted non-pros give great information on events in the industry, interview industry-leading experts and big wigs, as well as some pretty innovative contests with cool prizes. Their average podcast length ranges between 45 minutes to an hour and change. Another great resource is Photoshop User TV. Adobe gurus Scott Kelby, Dave Cross, and Matt Kloskowski deliver tips, tricks, news and events relating to Adobe products and share their thoughts on … Continue reading
The weekly tutorial is up and available for viewing!
This weeks tutorial has been recorded, produced and published. Watch how to create a neat antique effect on your images. Because the tutorial shows a camera raw view, it does not fit a blog-sized flash screen, so my normal procedure for embedding the flash player in the blog will not work. For an online streaming version, click the Flash link at the bottom of this post. The Quicktime version is available as always for iPod or other media player via download. Enjoy the vid, and feel free to share your comments here on the blog or with me directly via … Continue reading
Tuesday Trivia Tickle…
Well, the Monday Minutiae did not happen as I had hoped (my pillow convinced me to deal with it instead…), so I guess Tuesday will get a temporary trivia tickle (I can’t help it – alliteration is my ”thing”.) Did you know that Canon currently has 64 lenses on their website for purchase as of 12-17-07. Here’s the breakdown: Number of lenses w/IS: 17 Number of lenses w/USM: 46 Number of lenses at 2.8 or higher: 32 Number of dedicated macro: 5 Number of non EF-mount types: 4 Number of L Lenses: 25 Third Generation lenses: 3 Second Generation lenses: … Continue reading
New Poll (both literally and programatically)
In light of my recent foray into a solid system that has both portability and transparency for use across multiple software and OS platforms, I started a new poll. In doing so, I also realized the polling system was broken, and voting links were dysfunctional (I put the fun in dysfunctional, eh?). So…the polling plugin has been updated as well, and is now re-enabled. So, participate in the most recent poll: Let’s see which software package is the most popular – any guesses on which it will be?
Scott Kelby’s 7 Point System
Reknowned photographer, and Photoshop/Lightroom posterboy Scott Kelby has released his latest book, the 7 Point System for Photoshop CS3, and it’s marching it’s way into people’s homes left and right. While I am looking forward to getting a copy, I am also a little concerned about the fact that CS3 is in the title. Usually when a specific type of software is in a books title, it means that specific generation is required to take full advantage of the concept behind the book. This concerns me because while I do plan on getting to CS3 eventually, I am still fairly … Continue reading
Suddenly silent…
Hello to the possibly dozens of viewers of Canon Blogger. I must first apologize for the suddenly silent turn the blog took these past four or five days – after Saturday’s shoot, I had a few days of rather nasty flue-like symptoms. Hopefully no one was waiting on baited breath to hear the next words I utter online or in video podcasts. Anyway, I think I am in the clear now though, so have ventured out of my cave and back to the microphone. Yup, my Tuesday tutorial got pushed back to Wednesdays. I know…it’s not like I’ve been too … Continue reading
Saturday’s scenery
Normally I take the weekends off from posting while I go out shooting and recording podcasts and such, but the fun of todays outing was such a high that I wanted to put a few shots out after processing just because I thought they were something anyone could enjoy. Not sure the low-res will work, but I thought these were good examples of how an entry level SLR is still quite capable of taking some great shots! Feel free to critique and share your thoughts in the comments section of the blog!
Finally Friday…!
Well, it was quite a long work week, but unfortunately, I cannot vent here as I have signed an NDA, so it will suffice to say TGIF!!! Some long hours this week, especially in the latter half, so the video tutorial I wanted to work on anad post today will not be up like I intended. In my last tutorial, I mentioned a new page of content that is coming to Canon Blogger. That is still in progress, but since I have not gotten all the links in place yet, I shall keep the URL mum for the time being … Continue reading
Rounded Corners (a.k.a. Web 2.0 graphics)
Rounded corners on graphics are really the mainstay of the “Web 2.0″ movement, so I figured it might be helpful to show a nice and easy way to apply a rounded corners effect to your images. It’s a little bit longer of a tutorial today, going upwards toward 5 minutes, as there’s some other news that I’ve shared in there as well. Rather than spoil the surprise, it’ll suffice to say here in this context to be on the lookout for a new link soon with just tons of content, with videos, PDF support documentation, and relevant attachments like actions … Continue reading
No video or photo post today…
With the holidays now on our heels, my better half wants some time spent compiling images into holiday calendars, portraits, and other suc gifts. While flattering (and cost effective), it has taken a day away from my current photography-related pursuits. Aside from that, Baltimore is ahead of New England in the 4th quarter of MNF with less than 9 minutes to go and is about to get the ball back…they were 20 point underdogs! ANd I am hoping against hope that NE will get handed the loss here. Go ahead and win the Super Bowl if you want NE, just … Continue reading
