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23. April 2015

24 Apr

Das Bild des Tages von: Breno Caetano

Im Ausblick: Ein halber Bart, sieben Fotografen und Smog in Peking.
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Shoot Your Own Frozen Flower Photos!

23 Apr

Spring is upon us. And it’s bringing a ton of flowers.

Now the only question is: whatcha gonna do with all those blooming beauties?

Ooh, we know! You should freeze ‘em, photograph ‘em, and then marvel at the gorgeous results.

Seriously, frozen floral photos are so pretty and unique that it’s almost unfair . So let us show you how to make them with this easy peasy (freezy) tutorial.

Freeze Flowers for Stunning Photos

Thanks for the inspiration Mo Devlin!
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Drei Labore im Vergleich

23 Apr

Ein Beitrag von: Normen Gadiel

Wer nicht gerade in einer Großstadt wohnt und ein Labor für die Filmentwicklung um die Ecke hat oder einfach nicht selber entwickeln möchte/kann, muss seine Filme wegschicken. Für den folgenden Artikel habe ich das Kosten-/Leistungsangebot von drei Anbietern verglichen.
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Meet PJ:Drew Edition

23 Apr

Name: Drew “DJ DevDad” Johnston

What Do You Do Here? I program all the things.

Favorite Camera: My trusty Canon T1i with a 28mm f/1.8 lens.

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22. April 2015

22 Apr

Das Bild des Tages von: Thomas Graichen

Im Ausblick: Ein arabisches Frauenkollektiv, Lightroom 6 und ein besonderes Bild.
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New RainbowMini Instax Film

22 Apr

Somewhere over the rainbow … way up high!

Bluebirds fly, and the Instax Film of our dreams is more colorful than ever.

The newest Instax Mini Film in our shop features rainbow gradient borders on each print.

No two in any pack are the same. Each color only happens, once in a lullaby.

So take up your instant cam (or pick up a new one) and start dreaming those dreams that you dare to dream.

Follow the Rainbow (or, this link) for Film

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Von Erfolg und Misserfolg

22 Apr

Ein Beitrag von: Joel Robison

Ich habe viel nachgedacht in den letzten Wochen über eine Menge Dinge, aber vor allem über Erfolg und Misserfolg und was diese Worte bedeuten, nicht nur für mich als Fotograf, sondern in ihrer Gesamtheit.
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6 Steps to Save Your Ass With Lightroom Catalog Changes

22 Apr

Avoid downtime with these 6 steps to keep your Lightroom Catalog in tip top shape:

1. Know Where Your Catalog Resides

Lightroom saves catalogs in the following folders:

Windows: \Users\[user name]\Pictures\Lightroom
Mac OS: /Users/[user name]/Pictures/Lightroom

When in doubt check here:

(Mac OS) Lightroom > Catalog Settings

(Windows) Edit > Catalog Settings

Know Where Your Lightroom Catalog Resides

2. Save Metadata to Your Files

To save metadata to your files highlight your images and hit Command-S on Mac or Control-S on Windows. This will save author’s name, resolution, color space, copyright, and keywords to a sidecar file for proprietary RAW files or directly to the file if JPEG, TIFF, PSD, and DNG. This is a great precursor step that builds in redundancy in case there are any catastrophic failures in your future.

Why you should use DNG: DNG, RAW and JPEG: What I Use & Why

More on Metadata: Metadata Basics and Actions via Adobe

Save Metadata to Your Files

3. Back Up Your Catalog Regularly

There is one key prompt you should never ignore in Lightroom and it is the “Back Up Catalog” prompt. Always take the time to regularly backup your catalog in the event your hard drive fails, you suffer file corruption or a meteor crashes into your home destroying your computer. Well for the last point see step 4 below.

Back Up Your Lightroom Catalog Regularly

4. Save Your Back Up Catalog to the Cloud

Redundancy is the name of the game in case you suffer a catastrophic data corruption or loss of equipment at home. By having your most recent catalog saved to the cloud (Dropbox for example) you can restore the organization (color coding, stars, edits, etc.) of your entire catalog assuming you have an off site backup of your image files.

The quick and dirty of how I back up my image files in case you’re wondering…

I have a hard drive enclosure that mirrors 2 drives (RAID 1). As I work on my files they’re saved to 2 drives simultaneously. At regular intervals I back up these mirrored drives to a 3rd drive that I keep offsite. In the event of a catastrophic event I always have 1 copy of my image files at an outside location. This combined with my Lightroom Catalog being saved to the cloud means that I can restore my Adobe Lightroom environment at any time.

Save Your Back Up Catalog to the Cloud

5. Before You Upgrade Lightroom Make A New Catalog Back Up

Lightroom will prompt you to upgrade your catalog when you upgrade your copy of Lightroom to the latest version. To avoid any risk of a fluke corruption when you upgrade your Lightroom Catalog always make sure you have a very recent back up copy of your catalog. Before any upgrade my first step is to make sure I have a recent catalog backup.

Before You Upgrade Lightroom Make A New Catalog Back Up

6. Regularly Optimize Your Catalog

If you’re experiencing performance issues or you want to make sure that your catalog is in optimal condition then be sure to optimize your catalog from time to time. To do this go to Lightroom > Optimize Catalog

Regularly Optimize Your Lightroom Catalog

Recommended Reading: Lightroom Catalog FAQ and Lightroom Help / Optimize performance

Did I miss any precautions you take? If so add them to the comments.

6 Steps to Save Your Ass With Lightroom Catalog Changes

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My Favorite Features in Adobe Lightroom 6 (CC)

22 Apr

The long awaited next version of Lightroom is out and below is my list of favorite features and improvements:

Note before you upgrade I recommend reviewing Steps to Save Your Ass With Lightroom Catalog Changes

1. Graduated Filters – Brush function

A new Brush function has been added to Graduated Filters so that you can create custom edges versus a linear edge.

Graduated Filter Brush Function

2. Performance: Optimized Multi-Processor and Multi-Core Support + GPU Utilization

This version of Lightroom has improved export performance that leverages more of your available system resources. This means that Export is faster, but it also means that you’ll have less resources available during Export for other tasks such as other Lightroom, Photoshop and other application tasks. If you batch export this should be of great benefit for you.

Additionally if you use a 4K or 5K monitor Lightroom CC’s utilization of your computers Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) will result in marked performance improvements.

Requirements to use the GPU in Lightroom CC:

64-bit only
OpenGL 3.3 and up
Mac OS 10.9 and higher
Windows 7 and higher

Additional system requirements for Lightroom CC / Lightroom 6

3. In Application Panoramic and HDR

To do Panoramic or HDR merging you no longer need to bounce out of Lightroom to Photoshop. You can now do these functions in Lightroom. As an added bonus there is now a built in preview functionality. In regard to panoramic photos the coolest feature is the “Auto Select Projection” mode that automatically selects the best result between the Spherical, Cylindrical and Perspective modes. One negative to note you won’t be able to batch process multiple panoramic or HDR photos, but you can repeat this function one after the other with each process running in tandem similar to past multi-exports running in tandem.

Panoramic Selections

Lightroom CC Pano Preview

Mono Lake Milky Way Pano

HDR Lightroom Selection

Lightroom CC HDR Preview

Lightroom CC HDR Image Comparison

4. Facial Recognition

Lightroom now contains facial recognition which is quite nice if you’re photographing events or family. Seeing that I’m known to take tons of photo of my two young boys this will come in handy. By assigning names to each person in your photo you’re essentially applying keywords behind the scenes. With an eye toward privacy names of those in your photos are not exported with keywords unless you adjust your preferences.

Lightroom CC Facial Recognition

Lightroom CC & Photoshop CC Keyword Comparison After Lightroom Export

5. Improved Metadata Categorization (Date, Location, etc.)

Now Lightroom does a better job of automatically organizing your photos referencing Dates and Locations. If you utilize GPS in your photos you’ll now be able to make use of the Map module in an easier fashion. Similarly if you search or categorize by dates you’ll find Lightroom CC / 6 a little easier to work with.

6. Adobe Slate – Publish to the Web

If you’ve yet to hear of Adobe Slate you may want to take note. If you utilize Lightroom CC as part of your Creative Cloud subscription you can publish images and stories to Adobe Slate, a visual blog publishing platform.

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