Hello, allow me to introduce myself briefly. I am Michael from LifeInDigitalFilm and X-Equals. I am a hybrid photographer; shooting both digital and film, and I combine both into the same Lightroom workflow. My experience with film leads me to excel at emulating the look of film in Lightroom, creating presets designed for a RAW, digital workflow. When we at X-equals release … [Read more...]
A Complete Guide to Backing up Photos in Lightroom
The hard truth is that our good old hard drives are nothing more than a stack of platters spinning very fast, with a magnetic head hovering over them to read and write data. You are probably using it all the time, day in, day out. And like all mechanical devices, one day a component will wear out, come loose or respond erratically, causing a crash - no explosion or fire but … [Read more...]
First 3 Songs : A Complete Guide to Music Photography II
“The 3 first songs and no flash”. That's the standard speech that you will get when you pick up your photo pass at the venue. Low light, fast moving subjects and bright spotlights make concert photography is one of the most difficult, yet rewarding niches in photography. There are 3 factors that need consideration when it comes to gear and low light photography, the … [Read more...]
Managing Presets in Aperture 3
If you find you are making the same type of adjustments to photographs on a regular basis then saving the action as a preset is a useful way to speed up your post production workflow. Alternatively if you are only starting out using Aperture for your photo management processing then pre-made adjustment presets are a great way to learn how to develop your RAW photographs to … [Read more...]
Moo Your Next Exhibition
Photography exhibits can be a daunting and challenging concept for the amateur photographer. You find yourself with a great series of photos that people apparently want to see but the challenge you face is selecting which of the one hundred photos in the set make to the top twenty five to go on show. Well having recently found myself in this predicament I decided to opt for … [Read more...]