Hey everyone. Based on the huge demand that B&H Photo received for Scott Kelby’s lighting equipment used in many of his demos, they went ahead and put together the Scott Kelby Location Lighting Kit. It’s out of stock right now but if you do manage to pick up the kit from B&H, Scott went ahead and created a video of how to set it up and use it. Check out the video here or click here to purchase the kit from B&H.
I have to say that it’s pretty darn amazing to see that Lightroom users are already coming up with ways to tweak Lightroom and get it to do things it probably wasn’t originaly built to do. A while ago, at Photoshop World, I saw a demo at onOne Softeware’s booth about tweaking the identity plate in the Print module to print a border around a photo. I had also heard about a post on Sean McCormack’s blog where he did something similar. So this week’s killer tip video is based on just that. By the way, in the video I mention a link to iStockphoto.com to download the same borders (and more) that I used. Just click here to go to the iStock page with those borders.
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When I convert my photos to black and white, I usually nail the exposure and white balance before the conversion. That means setting the White Balance, Exposure, and Blacks settings. However, when you make the black and white conversion it’s always good to revisit those settings. Depending on which conversion method you use (one of the presets in Develop or by clicking Grayscale) Lightroom can change things about your photos. Sometimes the Exposure and Blacks settings worked great for the photo when it was in color, but maybe they need to be tweaked once it’s black and white. So the moral of this story… convert to black and white and then check your shadows, highlights, and midtones again, just to make sure the photo looks its best.
If you haven’t heard the news yet, Scott Kelby is taking the Lightroom Live tour to Boston, Atlanta, and then on to New York. Scott teaches this 1-day seminar in that same down to earth, plain English style that he’s so popular for. Last week, he kicked off the tour in Los Angeles to a packed house of over 800 people. That just goes to show you the popularity that Lightroom has gained over a short period of time. Anyway, it was so successful that he’s taking it to some other great cities soon. If you want to learn Lightroom and how it fits in with the whole digital photography workflow (including how it’s used with Photoshop) then you’ll want to check it out at www.photoshopseminars.com.
One word describes today’s inspirational link - WOW! Dave Hill’s photo techniques have been discussed in literally hundreds of web forums. It’s got a dark-gritty-surreal look to it that makes it immediately recognizable as his own. Forget about figuring his methods out for a moment and just enjoy his photography though - his work and lighting is just beautiful. Plus, his website has some behind the scenes videos that make visiting well worth it. Check it out at www.davehillphoto.com.
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