2015 Nature Photographer of the Year Winner & Image Critiques
Gary Detonnancourt
2015 Nature Photographer of the Year Winner & Image Critiques
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This is the blog for More Than A Snapshot's Online Photography Classes. In these blog posts I will give photography tips, tutorials, and show images.
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Adobe is Working on a New Monument Mode
Gary Detonnancourt
Taking pictures of landmarks and sites can be difficult, the more popular the location the more likely it is that people, vehicles, and other objects will get in the way obstructing your view. "Monument Mode" uses a new algorithm to distinguish moving objects from fixed ones, one-click and those obstructions are gone for good.
New Lightroom CC.2 / 6.2 Update... Does it Suck?
Gary Detonnancourt
Changes that are available in both 6 and CC include:
- a redesigned streamlined import process, intended to make importing more straightforward for newer users
- improved blending and alignment of panorama and HDR merges
- support for new cameras
- tether support for the Leica M Monochrome
- new lens profiles
- bug fixes
In addition, for CC subscribers only, De-haze is now available as a local adjustment, in the adjustment brush, graduated filter, and radial filter tools.
What was Adobe thinking? The new import process looks more modern and is designed to be easier for non-pros but looses some of it's features. Additionally, it causes a performance hit because it's always looking for new image folders to import. Luckily this can be turned off in the preferences, by un-checking "add photos". There are even rumors that it's causing Macs to crash. This may turn out to be a good update in the end, but I would wait for now until they figure out all the bugs. You can see the full update information here.
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How to Book More Wedding Photography Clients and Save Time
Gary Detonnancourt
How to Book More Wedding Photography Clients and Save Time
Every wedding photographer needs to check this out. It could be the missing link you need in your business to book more wedding photography clients. here, via FStoppers.com.
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Apple iPad Pro for Photographers
Gary Detonnancourt
Apple has just announced the biggest and best tablet screen for the new iPad Pro. It's about the size of a 13-inch laptop and with the A9x chip and 4 GBs of Ram, it should be faster than 80% of the computers on the market today.
It is supposed to be able to edit 3 streams of 4K video. Pretty Impressive for a tablet, but what about storage space? You can't store too many 4K videos with 128 GBs of internal memory. Apple is also putting out a pencil and a keyboard to compete with the Surface Pro.
That all sounds great but would you buy one ($800-$1000)? What would you use it for? Do you think it will be useful for Photographers?
It would be nice if it could replace a laptop, but I think storage memory limitations still hold it back from being a true productivity tool. Check out this video that does a nice job of describing it's features.
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Today's Magazine Deals
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Find Photography Hotspots in Any State
Gary Detonnancourt
If you are looking for a great resource to find a place to photograph, check out this site, it has resources for all 50 states. I'm from Rhode Island so you can click here to see an example. The site is cool because it shows you a map of the area and categories of photography. When you click on Sunset, for example, it shows you the best places to take sunset images. The site also shows images from that location which can help you determine if you want to visit this spot and it may even help you plan out the type of shot you want to make. The one downside to this site is, you should go away from the crowd and try to find your own interesting places so your images are different from everyone else. Just be careful not to copy other people's images. You can even add your favorite photography hotspots to the list to share with everyone.
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