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May 12 2008
More than any other recent time I have really had trouble writing this blog posting. Not because I did not know what I was going to write about but mainly because the topic is currently in constant flux and the... read moreLightroom 2 Beta - Creating a Bluer Sky with Selective Color Control
May 04 2008
More often than not, we end up with a washed out sky when we would like something really dramatic. There are of course some really complicated methods for dealing with this in Photoshop CS but in Lightroom we have been given a very simple way of dealing with the problem… read moreLightroom 2 Beta - Working with two monitors to speed up the workflow.
April 28 2008
Sometimes the solution is so simple that it takes forever to find it. If you have been reading my recent posts you know that I have been looking for a way to illustrate the second monitor in this blog. I... read moreAttempting a major retouching (image restoration) job with Lightroom 2 Beta.
April 20 2008
This is a very short article in words, but it did take some time to put together the accompanying illustrations. Basically I have been holding off on attempting a major retouching job with Lightroom until it had enough retouching tools.... read moreLightroom 2 Beta - the second monitor is alive.
April 14 2008
Sorry for being late again with this post, but it is the Songkran (Thai New Year) holiday season in Thailand. A lot of people also call this the water festival, which quite literally means that you can not step out... read moreLightroom 2 Beta - Dodge and Burn for RAW image files.
April 05 2008
Well they said it couldn't be done, but we finally have a non-destructive dodge and burn in Adobe Lightroom. And it isn't your grandfather's dodge and burn either. It is essentially a paint brush tool that has the ability to generate masks over your image which can affect the Exposure,… read moreIt's OK not to use (or even understand) all the functions of Lightroom.
April 01 2008
The other day a friend of mine asked me to come to his house and help him create a simple website slide show. About a year ago he had bought Lightroom (at my suggestion), so I told him to just... read moreCaution: Using Color Management can lead to rude and antisocial behavior.
March 24 2008
Have you ever noticed that almost every online discussion on Photoshop and Lightroom color management ends ups with an "expert" becoming extremely belligerent and insulting? The discussion usually revolves around exporting a JPEG image out of Lightroom and then discovering... read moreProper exposure and focus is still as important in the digital age as it was with film.
March 14 2008
As powerful as shooting with digital cameras and using software applications like Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to process the images are, it is becoming obvious to me that a perfect exposure and dead accurate focusing is still as important as it... read moreIn search of the perfect portable image storage device.
March 07 2008
For quite a few years now I have been in search of the perfect portable image storage device. I have experimented with storage devices from Archos, Epson and a number of not so well known Taiwanese manufacturers. Some of these... read moreUsing an external image editor with Lightroom
February 29 2008
Lately I have been getting a lot questions on the subject of integrating an external image editor, such as Adobe Photoshop CS3 (or Nikon Capture NX) into the Lightroom workflow. I usually use the following workflow. 1. Select an image... read moreOrganizing your images before you Import them into Lightroom - Part 2
February 22 2008
When I wrote last week's post I did not realize that there were so many different opinions, on which is the best way to prepare your files before Importing them into Lightroom and how strongly some people felt about their... read moreOrganizing your images before you Import them into Lightroom.
February 15 2008
I am usually pretty good about organizing my images into logical folders and subfolders before importing them into Lightroom, but for the last couple of months I have been fighting a recurring flu and other related ailments and the logical... read moreA few of the my favorite faces
February 11 2008
As I mentioned in my last week's blog posting, I have just recently returned to my home base in Thailand from a trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia, the home of the Angkor Archaeological Park. The most famous temple in the... read moreAnother trip to Cambodia and a lingering case of the flu
February 01 2008
If you are a regular reader of these blogs, you must be wondering what has happened to my weekly entries in the last month or so. I have actually had every intention of writing and publishing them, but a series... read more
