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Book Review: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended For 3D And Video By Chad Perkins

Written by T. Michael Testi

There are a lot of things that Photoshop CS3 Extended can do that Photoshop has never been able to do before. These include importing and editing of video and animating any object in a file. Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended For 3D And Video is the first book to provide a detailed look at these new features. This book is geared for both those who want to learn about video and 3D in Photoshop as well as those video producers and 3D artists who want to incorporate Photoshop into their workflow.

The goal of CS3 Extended For 3D is to get you started down the road in using Photoshop for 3D and video. Even if your workflow is print based and you think that there is nothing in this book for you, or you feel intimidated by professional grade 3D and video software packages, this book is aimed at you.

One thing to keep in mind is that because of the specific nature of this book, it does not go over how to use Photoshop. It is assumed that you are comfortable with using Photoshop and know the most basic concepts such as the interface, pallets, tools, how to work with layers and other fundamental topics. CS3 Extended For 3D is 318 pages long divided into ten chapters.

Chapter 1, "Photoshop's New 3D Abilities: The Basics," starts off by looking at Photoshop's new extended capabilities with regard to video and 3D.

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Written by T. Michael Testi | Source: http://photographytodaynet.blogspot.com/
on October 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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“Ready For The Day”

"Ready For The Day"
© David A. Ziser

Here is a quick photograph I made at this past Saturday's wedding celebration. The bride had just walked in front of the mirror for one last check before everyone arrived. The location was very contemporary in it's layout and design. I wanted to capture that in my image. The wide angle perspective adds to that interpretation of this moment with the strong convergence of the lines. I even like the little quartz-halogen light making it's appearance known in the shot. It also seems to add to the ethereal feeling. I pre-focused the shot, clicked on "Live View", held the camera over my head and took the shot. A little tweaking in Lightroom - shadow recovery, negative clarity, and "goosed" oranges in "Greyscale" finished the image. Camera specs; Canon 40D fitted with 10-22mm lens at 10mm, F5.0 @ 1/60 second, ISO 800. Enjoy! -David


Written by Carlos | Source: http://digitalprotalk.blogspot.com/
on October 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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Technique Tuesday: Wow! It Sure Didn’t Look Like That To Me

Good Morning Everybody,
We are off and running bright and early today. We need to be out the door in less than an hour but I wanted to get today's tutorial up before we headed out to my presentation. So many people say; "Get it (the image) right in the camera." Well, sometimes, I say baloney! Sometimes getting it right in Lightroom or Photoshop is so much quicker.

I'm talking about using your creativity efficiently. The software tools we have today add a tremendous amount of efficiency to the creative process. In today's digital world, we need to modify the perception of getting it right in the camera with a new creative strategy. Determine which way is most efficient time-wise in getting to your final result, then take the path of least resistance.

Never set aside a golden image opportunity at the expense of getting it right in the camera. Today's cameras coupled with today's technology software make it a kick to get exactly what you want quickly and easily. Creativity is not a - get it right in the camera - one way street. Check out this video to see what I mean.

Hey, gang, sorry for the rush out of here but I've got to go. See everybody tomorrow - same time, same place. -David

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Written by Carlos | Source: http://digitalprotalk.blogspot.com/
on October 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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Book Review: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book For Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby

Written by T. Michael Testi

Last August, Adobe released the second incarnation of their photography workflow product Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 to rave reviews. As is to be expected, new editions of companion Lightroom books are also coming to market to provide educational assistance to learning Lightroom. Scott Kelby's Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book For Digital Photographers, along with being one of the best, is also one of the first out of the chutes.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, while it certainly addresses the new features of Lightroom 2, also guides you through the existing features that have not changed. This version is 456 pages in length (40 more pages of material) and contains 14 chapters (3 additional chapters)

Chapter 1, "Importing," devotes it's time to showing you how to get your photos into Lightroom. The improvement I see in this chapter is that not only are you shown how to get them in, there is more devotion to figuring out where to store your files, how to set up your folder organization, shooting tethered, as well as discussing topics like the use of the Adobe DNG file format advantage. Chapter 2, "Library," focuses on organizing your photographs. Here the author looks at using Collections, Quick Collections, adding Keywords, working with Metadata, and working with multiple catalogs. This chapter is more focused on the library and some of the content from the previous edition was reorganized and moved to the next chapter.

Chapter 3, "Customizing," looks

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Written by T. Michael Testi | Source: http://photographytodaynet.blogspot.com/
on October 6th, 2008 with no comments.
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“Home Sweet Home”

"Home Sweet Home"
© David A. Ziser

This is one of the last images made during the video shoot last week in Tampa. I brought the bride and groom out into a shaded portion of the driveway, positioned them in the bottom right hand quadrant of the scene for nice visual balance. See how the driveway leads the eye right to the couple. I underexposed the background ever so slightly so that the couple would "pop" from the the scene. Exposure and loop lighting pattern on their faces was created with my off-camera Quantum WITHOUT and umbrella in this case because of the high ambient illumination on the scene. The umbrella soaks up two stops of light which I couldn't afford to lose in this shooting situation. Anyway, the setting, the expressions, the colors, and composition combine for a nice image. Camera specs; Canon 40D fitted with 10-22mm lens at 22mm, F9.0 @ 1/250 second, ISO 200. Enjoy! -David


Written by Carlos | Source: http://digitalprotalk.blogspot.com/
on October 6th, 2008 with no comments.
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Monday Morning Hit Parade - Canon 50D; 18-200mm IS Lenses; and Nikon D90

Good Morning Everybody,
We wrapped a great wedding this past Saturday. The bride was getting ready at her brother's penthouse which had access to a beautiful garden area on TOP of the building. We had a great view of the entire downtown Cincinnati and also across the Ohio River to the Kentucky side. Here was the challenge - the entire shoot was in direct sunshine from about 2 - 4 p.m. It challenged exposure control, and composition because of how the sun fell on the subjects' faces.

We pulled out all the stops to control the light - that included translucent panels to soften or block the light, high powered flash to overcome the high level of ambient sunlight, and judicious posing of the wedding party to avoid the "squint" problem. So, did we get the shots - heck yea, we were able to capture a great series of images. I was so excited that the clients loved the images I previewed on the back of the camera for them. I can't wait to show you a few later this week. The whole experience will provide some great tutorials for upcoming DigitalProTalk.com articles.

As of early Sunday morning and right now we are down in Louisville, Kentucky for the Kentucky Professional Photographers Fall Seminar. We will be leaving heading back home later today, and getting ready for a 9 a.m. presentation tomorrow for the Ohio Society - one of the...
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Written by Carlos | Source: http://digitalprotalk.blogspot.com/
on October 6th, 2008 with no comments.
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Amazon’s top Digital SLR Cameras, Lenses & Books

Amazon.com is one of the internet’s most popular stores. Their comprehensive collection of just about anything you could want coupled with a great website, and their algorithm based display of items that you could be interested in make it a wonderful place to shop online, and a place to discover things you never knew existed (well … maybe).

Here’s their list of “Most Wished for” Digital SLR Cameras, Lenses & Photography Books based on their user’s “wish lists”. If everybody wants them, maybe you’d be interested too. Here, take a look:

Top 5 Digital SLR Cameras

  1. Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
  2. Canon EOS 5D Mark II (body only)
  3. Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX Nikkor Zoom Lens
  4. Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
  5. Nikon D60 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom Lens

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Top 5 Lenses for SLR Cameras

  1. Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
  2. Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED-IF AF-S VR DX Zoom
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Written by Susheel Chandradhas | Source: http://www.beyondphototips.com
on October 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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Kristin & Jonathan-Engagement Shoot

Kristin and Jonathan are two of the nicest people. I had such a blast at this shoot and can't wait till the wedding in January.
We went for a little hike at Chino Hills Regional Park

You could just tell these two are so in love.
Jonathan's awesome idea to bring the bike and the skateboard
I had such a great time at this shoot. Kristin and Jonathan you two did a fantastic job :)


Written by Carlos | Source: http://emausphoto.blogspot.com/
on October 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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