Out there on the web
September 9, 2007
More interesting things I’ve encountered on the web:
- Doug Plummer has an interesting post about using the various sliders in Adobe Camera Raw to eke out the most and best from an image captured under the nightmare lighting conditions – hard, direct sunlight with deep shadows from an open sky. I’m just beginning to get a grip on how to integrate recovery and fill sliders into my workflow (especially planning on their use when in the field making exposures) so this post was a huge treasure trove for me.
- From Doug Stockdale’s blog, Singular Images, this post on artist’s statements. I’ve been known to mock artist’s statements mercilessly, but the web site that Doug links to makes an interesting case for the artist statement as part of presenting your work.
- Also from Doug Stockdale, this post on pricing which would be interesting to people just getting started. I like the post mostly because of the photo that accompanies the text. There’s just something about gas stations at night, I don’t know what it is.
- From Mike Johnston’s The Online Photographer, this excellent essay on being an artist and making a living.
September 9, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Paul, interesting enough after reading Plummers notes on using ACR Fill Light slider, I immediately thought of two images to re-do. I am going to compare what I can do with the Fill light vs. a curve adjustment layer.
I am also equally interested in your experience with the Z3100, as I would like to easily switch between Black and Matte Black to work on my image options and Epson doesn’t get it.
P.S. my gas station came after you’re gas station image was posted and duely noted:- )
September 9, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Paul, I forgot to add that one of my earliest influences was George Tice and I especially admired his image of the gas station and water tower from Patterson NJ. It was the one image that I felt was missing from his 1975 retrospective book “Photographs 1953 – 1973″. I bought the book anyhow! So sorry, but I guess his gas station image was really my “first” influence.
September 9, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Don’t worry, I’ll share my experiences with the z3100 in gory detail. The shipping company says it will arrive on Tuesday, which naturally is a very busy day for me.
That one photo by Tice is probably the root influence for just about every photo of a gas station at night.
September 11, 2007 at 9:19 am
Paul, have you looked into applications like Photomatix? (www.hdrsoft.com) While they only have the tone mapping plugin available for Mac OSX, you can do a helluva lot with it when it comes to recovering blown highlights and lost detail:
http://www.urbanrefugee.ca/example08.php