FUN WITH PHOTOELASTICITY Photoelasticity is a fascinating effect that reveals the stress contained in plastics in a beautiful and surprising way. We can see this by using a polarizing filter while photographing under polarized light. With a little imagination, trial and error and lots of plastic stuff you can create some spectacular images both realistic…

REFLECTIVE PERSPECTIVES
By turning this world upside down, what was expected now becomes a surreal and an artistic echo of the original scene. Taking a simple idea and creating a compelling image.
Essential Elements – The photo workshop experience
While chatting the other night about what you should expect from a photo workshop and what I consider essential elements, both from the participants perspective and the instructor. I realized that many of my answers unexpectedly were starting with the letter “E”. I decided to expand on that idea. A photo workshop whether individual, small group…
CLEAR SAILING TO CATALINA – Lightroom 9.1 released
CATALINA December 2019 release (version 9.1) ADOBE has just released the long awaited update to LIGHTROOM CLASSIC MAC users that have not updated to the new OS can now go ahead as the known issues have been fixed Those on Catalina should update Lightroom Classic to the 9.1 release If you don’t see the update…

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE???
WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN………..?????????? In my Lightroom classes and one on one tutoring I often get countless questions that ask… “what’s the difference between this and that. Vibrance and Saturation…..Dodge and Burn…..Relative vs Perceptual rendering intent etc. Great questions and we have fun exploring the answers. Over the years I have collected some of the most…

LIGHTROOM CLASSIC v 9 Released today November 2019
ADOBE released a few updates to Lightroom Classic and CC today.NOVEMBER 2019 release (Version 9) FEATURES Fill uneven edges around Panoramas Often, when you merge your photos to create a panorama, the result is an image with a lot of uneven edges. Fill Edges is an option that uses Content-Aware Fill technology to fill the uneven edges…

LIGHTROOM CLASSIC CC v. 7.2 Released today
Primarily additional performance enhancements but a few sorting and image management features that are pretty nice to have. Adobe has been working tirelessly to address performance issues – This will benefit those with 12GB of RAM or more when you are importing and exporting, moving between photos and creating merged images with HDR or PANORAMA….

THE NEW LIGHTROOM “ECO-SYSTEM”
LIGHTROOM CLASSIC – LIGHTROOM CC Lots of changes announced this week and confusion, worry and misinformation are rampant. This happens with any new changes. We all get very comfy with the familiar and resist change vehemently. At the same time we have also been complaining loudly about the speed of importing, culling and developing inside…

Performance Enhancement Survey – Lightroom
The folks at Adobe are listening! Some folks, no matter how beefed up there systems are have consistent performance issues with Lightroom. Although this effects only a small percentage of users, the Lightroom folks are listening. Tom Hogarty, Adobes Photo Project Manager writes: “I would like to address concerns recently voiced by our community of…

Lightroom Black Panel Bug fix for MAC OS Sierra and El Cap
Issue The panels at the top, bottom, left, and right in the Lightroom user interface become ‘black’ intermittently when you perform actions such as switching between Lightroom modules, or minimizing and maximizing the Lightroom window. Issue: Panels appearing black in Lightroom Product versions affected Lightroom CC 2015.8/Lightroom 6.8 and earlier Operating system macOS 10.12 (Sierra),…