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Book winners!

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I’ve been a little remiss in doing the comment drawings, so without further delay, here’s the video where I randomly picked the three lucky winners for “Taking Stock” by Rob Sylvan:

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For the winners – you know who you are, so drop me an email and I’ll get your mailing info over to Scott at Peachpit Press!  Thanks to everyone who commented and thanks to Scott for his generous offer to sponsor this spur-of-the-moment giveaway.  And for those that haven’t checked out the podcast with Rob Sylvan where we talk about (among other things), his forthcoming book, check it out here:  Rob Sylvan Podcast

The Workshop Tour Takes Off!

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After extensive preparations, logistical planning and coordination, it is very exciting to finally announce the often teased and hinted at Learning Lightroom 3 Workshop Tour! Kerry Garrison and I have pooled our collective resources and we’ll both be at all the classes!  We’ve got an initial launch in our own residence cities, with dates and locales already in place at:

Sunday Aug 1st – Anaheim, Ca [Completed]
Saturday Aug 28th – Denver, Co [Completed]

Seats are expected to go fast as this is a full day workshop aimed at getting you up to speed with Lightroom 3 whether you are new to the game, or ready to jump in for the first time!  With lots of content, including “bags-o-schwag”, door prizes, and resource DVD’s, the dirt cheap Early Bird Price of $79 for the first 15 to sign up, we’re sure to hit capacity quickly!  After that, the regular price of $99 per person kicks in.  Special thanks to our sponsors:  Adobe, Thinktank Photo, Nations Lab, and many more for their generous contributions to help get this off the ground.  We’ve also got lots of local vendors who will be showcasing some super cool products at super cool discounts, and we’ll have gift certificates to give away too!  So, come on out and check things out – it’s a steal at these prices!

Also, if you don’t live near any of the initial launch cities, make sure to submit a request for your own city (and get your friends to do the same!).  Fifteen requests for another city brings us to you!  There’s also an email subscription link on our launch page, (and here on the blog) so be sure to stop in and visit us at:

Lightroom Dudes

Lightroom 3 is here – Now What?

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With all the hubbub of the release of Lightroom 3 and all the resources that cropped up online in mere minutes of the announcement, we often find ourselves asking more questions once the excitement and energy that surrounds a product release has drained.

I took these questions with me to a conversation with Senior Product Manager Tom Hogarty last week, and got a lot of insights and answers, with both a technical perspective and that of long-term development.  I give you this week’s podcast: Continue reading “Lightroom 3 is here – Now What?” →

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The Photographer’s Workout

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You’d think with toting camera bags chock full of bodies, lenses, field drives, lighting equipment, filters, tripods, monopods, and batteries would be enough to give anyone a workout who carries it all day.  It is a lot of stuff to carry, and you can certainly accredit some cardio to this activity, but there’s other ways to work out as a photographer.  Today, I give you:

5 Photography Exercises Continue reading “The Photographer’s Workout” →

A New Look…

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For those of you coming to the blog via feeds, this is something you’re gonna have to come to the site to see, but the re-launching of the site is ready!  After design, development, and testing over the past two months, we are now live and ready to surge forward!

Special thanks and major kudos to Erik Bernskiold of XLD Studios for all his talents and patience with me in both seeing my vision for the blog and website, and for pulling it off almost to a T – and ahead of schedule to boot!  For those interested in web design work, I would highly recommend Erik – you can find him over at his XLD Studios web presence here.  If you mention my name (CanonBlogger) Erik has also generously offered readers and listeners a 10% discount!

Continue reading “A New Look…” →

Cultures Colliding – a Podcast with Martin Bailey!

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On this week’s show, we’ve got a lot to talk about including a couple of particular news stories to note, with a little insight from the crew, we’ll be taking your questions and answers on the show and the special guest of the week for this show is none other than the well-reknowned Martin Bailey!

Photo News

  1. 3rd Annual Worldwide Photo Walk has been announced by Scott Kelby, and details are here.
  2. Lightroom 3 was announced last week Monday – and is available to purchase and download…you can also download a 30 day trial for free from Adobe here (or buy via the sponsored link in the sidebar!)
  3. New Plugins available for LR – Pro Show Gold, a popular slideshow and movie creation software set.  Info here

Martin Bailey

  1. Photography and Culture in Japan: Laws or hassles shooting in public?
  2. Workshops and your development in photography
    • Workshops
    • Development/Inspiration
  3. X-Rite Colorati
  4. Martin on the web

Links: http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/
Blog: http://blog.martinbaileyphotography.com/
Podcast: http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/podcasts.php
Workshops: http://www.mbpworkshops.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MartinBailey
Folio: Martin Baily Photography

Q&A

  • Professional Critique
  • Cost of Printing
  • Starting Camera Suggestions

Martin was also kind enough to share a sample selection of his portfolio with us here on the show.  These are the low res versions, to see things super nice, head on over to his folio link provided above.  In the meantime, enjoy the photos, the show, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow for the latest in photography reviews!

Snow Monkeys

Bathing Snow Monkeys

Snowy Hands

Distant Dance

Scene from Hokkaido

Soft Arched Wings

Honking Dance

Kussharo Lake Swans

Eagle Eye

Sunset Flight of the Cranes

Stag in Element

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Lightroom 3 FAQ

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With the release of Lightroom 3 the other day from the folks over at Adobe – I’ve had an influx of several repeating questions.  While I’ve replied to (hopefully) everybody, it’s useful to note those questions and the responses here as well for my first ever:

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Frequently Asked Questions

1.  I tried the tethered capture, but Lightroom does not appear to let me adjust shutter speed, aperture or ISO with my (fill in your camera body type).  Is this model not supported?

Answer:  The tethered capture is only intended as a capture function.  The display shows you the shutter, aperture and ISO, but you cannot make those adjustments on the computer – that must be done at camera.

2.  Will Lightroom 3 upgrade both my catalogs from LR2 and the beta?

Answer: My understanding is that Lightroom 3 will automatically upgrade your LR2 catalog for you.  Once that operation is done, you can then import the catalog from the beta edition to your new catalog in LR3 to bring everything in together.

3.  What if I don’t want Lightroom 3 to upgrade my catalog?  Can I stop it from doing that?

Yes, on first launch you will be prompted to either upgrade your LR2 catalog or to start a new one.

4.  Should I get Lightroom 3 or Cs5 – I can’t afford both.

Answer:  If you are just diving in now, I would recommend starting with Lightroom 3.  It has so many features and the strength and robustness of it really has diminished the need for round trips to Photoshop when you are talking about photography.  Of course if you have serious restoration work, clone work, or need to use features like layers, then Photoshop is a requirement, but I would classify people in this group as graphic artists, not photographers.  If you’re upgrading, both do not have to be done simultaneously.  Go with one (Lightroom) and the other a few months down the road (Cs5).  Or, use the sidebar here to get 30% off the combo pack!

5.  Will there be any contests here on your Flickr Monthly Giveaway Series so I can participate for a copy of Lightroom 3?

No comment! 🙂  In all seriousness, I’d love to, but cannot speak for Adobe – we’ll see what happens in the coming weeks.  Don’t be expecting it, but don’t write it off either! 🙂

Got any of your own questions about Lightroom 3 not covered above?  Feel free to sound off in the comments! Happy shooting and we’ll see you back here again tomorrow!

Worldwide Photowalk Update

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For those in the Denver area, the photowalk that I will be attending has been uploaded and is now available for registration.  Thanks to photo walk leader Tim Tonge for publishing the locale and info to allow us to register!  If you’re in the area, here’s the direct page to sign up.  Walk limit is 50, so there’s room for only 49 more people!  See you on July 24th!

Denver Photo Walk

Don’t forget, there’s also a really good cause going on too for the photo walks this year, so stop over to the Cafe Press store for Towner Jones Photography.  The proceeds all go to the Springs of Hope Eternal, and you get a cool t-shirt!

Lightroom 3 Learning Center!

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The news is just out the door from the folks at Adobe, and Kerry Garrison from Camera Dojo asked me to help out with preparing some completely free videos and first look tutorials on how to use everything that Lightroom 3 has to offer.  It’s a pretty kick butt content area, and I’ve covered 3 or 4 of the 12 videos we’ve put out so you can get insights from the both of us.  We’re pretty excited about this new resource that Kerry has set up, so make sure you stop over to Camera Dojo and check it all out.  Kerry even has shared the videos through YouTube too, so you can share the content with others from there too!

We cover everything new in LR3, including:

  • Tethered Shooting
  • Exporting to Video
  • Lens/Perspective Correction
  • Adding Grain
  • Sharpening and Reducing Grain
  • Multi-image Print Layouts
  • Enhanced Watermarking
  • Vignettes
  • The new and improved Import Tool
  • The newly improved and feature rich Develop Module and Pre-sets
  • The features of the Local Adjustment Brush

…and more!  So, stop in, enjoy the tutorials, and let us know what you think – what’d you like?  What do you want to see more of?  Sound off with your own thoughts in the comments on his site and here!  Enjoy the brand new Lightroom 3 Learning Resource Center, and tell your friends!