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Off Campus Links for July | | Hi guys! I hope your summer shooting is up to par!
I’ve been really busy so I hope you’ll forgive my sporadic postings.
Here are your off campus learning links for July…. enjoy!
Let’s get the ball rolling with a terrific keynote address on the consequences of creativity by Chase Jarvis. It’s about 1 hour but it’s [...] | | 02/07/2009 19:12:40 - Yaniks Photo School |
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Publishing a Photography Book the Traditional Way | |
Photography: Chris Burkard
The Web might have made it easy to show your images to admirers but the appeal of the old methods of displaying pictures still hasn’t disappeared. Photographers continue to look enviously at gallery walls, and a name on the cover of a photography book still delivers the kind of warm fuzzies that no [...] | | 02/07/2009 14:17:53 - Photopreneur |
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Here’s What’s in Volume 3 of my Digital Photography Book | | Hi Gang: Rather than write a thousand words, I did a quick video about what’s in the soon-to-be-released Volume 3 of my book “The Digital Photography Book” and you can check it out below. (NOTE: The book is on press right now, and should be in bookstores in just a few weeks. You can preorder [...] | | 02/07/2009 05:32:39 - Photoshop Insider |
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Catch Matt’s Lightroom Tour in Chicago and New York City | |
My buddy and Lightroom guru Matt Kloskowski is taking our “Lightroom 2 Live!” one-day seminar tour to:
Chicago on Monday, July 20th
New York City on Wed., July 22nd.
Matt absolutely kicks butt on this tour, and if you get a chance to catch him live—don’t miss it!!!!
Here’s the link with more details (By the NAPP: If [...] | | 02/07/2009 05:29:07 - Photoshop Insider |
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I Got My Spiral-bound iPhoto Book From My Trip to Tuscany and…. | |
…..I was surprised how much, in person, it looks like a calendar. I thought the sprial binding would be cool, especially because the photo book would sit nice and flat, but I have to tell you, most everyone that saw it made the mention that it kind of looks like a calendar.
On screen it really [...] | | 02/07/2009 05:27:01 - Photoshop Insider |
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Design to Make Seoul a Global City |  | For Seoul City, design is leverage not only to upgrade its appearance but also innovate its administration.
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Wall of Shame | There should be a special site for photography’s worst offenders. Somewhere for everyone to be aware of those who steal images, those who infringe copyright on a regular basis, those who do not...
everything you ever wanted to know about photography | | 01/07/2009 11:37:33 - Thoughts of a Bohemian |
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It’s Unexpected No-Guest-Blog Wednesday | | Hi Gang:
I wasn’t able to get the completed post for this week’s guest blogger in time for posting, so unfortunately today will be “Unexpected No-Guest-Blog” Wednesday.
I realized this might be the case yesterday on “The Day Before What Could Well Be Unexpected No-Guest-Blog” Wednesday, so that’s why I didn’t announce the guest blogger in advance, [...] | | 01/07/2009 05:42:32 - Photoshop Insider |
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RIBA Trust Presents Exhibition on Valerio Olgiati |  | The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced an exhibition celebrating Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati, examining seven of his projects from the last few years including his extraordinary competition winning design for the Perm Museum XXI in Russia; the National Park Visitor's Centre at Zernez, Switzerland with its unique spatial mirroring and the striking black exterior and interiors of his own office at Flims - the latter resulting from his belief that dark interiors make for a better appreciation of the exterior world from within, creating more extrovert, public spaces.
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Super cool video stabilization technology | Adobe researchers Hailin Jin and Aseem Agarwala*, collaborating with U.Wisconsin prof. Michael Gleicher & Feng Liu, have unveiled their work on "Content-Preserving Warps for 3D Video Stabilization." In other words, their tech can give your (and my) crappy hand-held footage the look of a Steadicam shot. Check out the demonstration video, shot at & around Adobe's Seattle office. (Hello, Fremont Lenin!) It compares the new technique to what's available in iMovie '09 and other commercial tools. As with all research papers/demos, I should point out making technology ready for real-world use can require plenty of additional work & tuning. Still, these developments are encouraging. [Via] [Previously: Healing Brush & Content-Aware Scaling on (really good) drugs.]
* If you've created a panorama using Photoshop, you've used Hailin's (image alignment) and Aseem's (image blending) work. | | 30/06/2009 22:58:55 - John Nack |
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Studio @ Home - Easy Lighting |  Once we have explored location and a few basic backdrops options we are going to hit lighting. The backdrop assignment will be up next. However, I thought it would not be fair to do the first assignment without even a little bit of home lighting discussion.
After all, light is the substance from which your photograph is made of.
There are several lighting options if you are building up your home studio: Tungsten, Halogen, Florescent, small speedlites and the big canons - studio flashes. Each with its vices and merits. I will dedicate a full post to explore the several options. But just to get things started, I wanted to discuss the most available light of all: Available Light.
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8 Family Portaits Tips | | The sun is out and shining bright. The sky is blue and the grass is green. Summers here and it seems everyone is wanting a new family portrait on the beach, at the park, or in downtown.
Here are some things to keep in mind when creating family portraits:
Think in “mini-groups”. A family portrait [...] Post from: Digital Photography School - Photography Tips. 8 Family Portaits Tips | | 30/06/2009 20:32:44 - Digital Photography School |
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7 Steps for Taking Photos in the Rain | | It’s raining right now… actually it’s pouring. Which made me think that it would be a great tutorial idea to give you my tricks for shooting in the rain.
It’s not because it’s raining that you can’t go out and shoot. Some great photography was done in the rain. Not a lot of people do it [...] | | 30/06/2009 11:01:40 - Yaniks Photo School |
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How to get Faster JPEG Exports from Lightroom | |
My buddy Terry White turned me on to this technique that he picked up from Lloyd L. Chamber’s Macintosh Performance Guide (which is published online “for Digital Photographers & Performance Addicts”).
Anyway, Lloyd did a really great article on Optimizing Lightroom, and within it he specifically tackled the problem of slow JPEG exporting from Lightroom (if [...] | | 30/06/2009 05:23:22 - Photoshop Insider |
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Don’t Miss Moose’s Images from the Reno Air Races | |
Now that I’m back from my workshop, I’m catching up on reading my favorite blogs, and I saw over at Moose Peterson’s “Moose New Blog” (link), that he attended the practice sessions for the Reno Air Races (along with a group of 25 aviation photographers).
Nikon Professional Services (NPS) was there to support the event, and [...] | | 30/06/2009 05:22:01 - Photoshop Insider |
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Like the Good Ol' Days | | I had a chance to go over to the market at the Old American Can Factory on Sunday to see some great local Brooklyn products, from t-shirt designs to jewelry.... | | 30/06/2009 04:50:37 - Graphics |
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Yuri Arcurs: Mr. Microstock |  Do you dabble in stock photography? Maybe, say, a little microstock photography?
If you do, this is the guy you are up against.
To say Yuri Arcurs has the game figured out would be a bit of an understatement. He sells nearly 2,000 images a day, 24/7/365.
Hit the jump for a video tour of his insane, made-for-micro studio, and a look at his lighting techniques.
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Made for Micro
I have to admit that when I first started watching this I thought it was one of those parody videos. But then I realized that Yuri (a nom de photo used by Jacob Wackerhausen) has basically beaten the microstock equivalent of the Kobayashi Maru by creating an entire facility based around the needs of microstock.
Insanity? Genius? Maybe a little bit of both:
(If you are reading this via email or RSS, you may have to click on the p... | | 29/06/2009 23:55:00 - Strobist |
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PhotoshopUser TV Episode 192 (June 29, 2009) | | The Photoshop Guys practice their alliteration with tippy typey and tricky tricks galore. Dave interviews Dave Maynard about a new compact lighting setup. | | 29/06/2009 21:04:49 - Photoshop User TV |
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Poll: Design Inspiration | | Designers find inspiration in all kinds of places... books, museums, nature, and countless other sources. Where do you find yours? If you don't see your answer here please share in... | | 29/06/2009 18:36:07 - Graphics |
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Poll: The Business Side | | I often speak about the importance of taking on both sides of graphic design... creativity and business. While many of us would like to spend ALL our time designing, we... | | 29/06/2009 18:30:06 - Graphics |
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Poll: Your Website Portfolio | | An online portfolio is a great way to present your work to potential clients and employers. It allows you to control what work is featured and gives you the opportunity... | | 29/06/2009 18:20:56 - Graphics |
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Adobe is closed this week (and what that means) | I just saw Daring Fireball point to an SJ Merc story relaying the rather banal news that most Adobe offices are closed this week. So they are*. I'm no expert on company expense management, nor am I a corporate spokesperson (see blurb at right), but I feel like sharing a little perspective. Let me first mention that these Adobe shutdowns are nothing new. I've worked here for 9 years, and the company has done the shutdowns off and on throughout that time--at least since '01 or '02. I didn't hear the news of this one and say (as DF does) "Uh-oh." Mr. Gruber reasonably asks, "At a software company, shouldn’t every week be a productive week?" Sure, but I'll bet you know what it's like to work near holidays: it's harder to make progress when lots of your colleagues are out of the office. If that's going to be the case, why not just schedule a break & save a bunch of money on facilities, security, and so forth?** I'd rather have everyone be gone at once (and thus more likely back at once) than to run at reduced strength for weeks on end. Gruber also writes, And I can only guess that on some, if not most, teams, there is subtle (or even not so subtle) pressure to keep working from home on whatever your current project is. Nope. As I understand it, a few teams with time-sensitive projects may get permission to work through the break, but everyone else is taking the time off. Because the breaks aren't a surprise, most teams built them into their schedules a long time ago (just as they do with holidays). Adobe offers very 29/06/2009 16:01:11 - John Nack |
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A cacophony of frenzy sellers | It is not the amount of images available to image buyers that is an issue these days, its the proliferation of places you can purchase them from.
It used to be quite expensive to set up a photo...
everything you ever wanted to know about photography | | 29/06/2009 09:52:26 - Thoughts of a Bohemian |
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