I'm doing more of my repair and touch up work in OnOne's Perfect Photo Suite. Click through for a short video on how I use the he Magic Eraser and the Clone tools to remove distractions and reconstruct backgrounds.
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I have a pretty rigid workflow - although each step is more a guideline, not a hard and fast rule. Here's two tips on altering workflow to find those shots you really want to start to work on.
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Choosing a composition and sticking with it throughout a sunset - or any landscape - opens up some interesting possibilities for crafting a unique image. Over the last two weeks I've been experimenting with the shots from a recent sunset shoot. With each photo, I focused less on producing an end photo and more on "generating ideas" - to borrow a phrase from Trey Ratcliff.
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One of my favorite post-processing tools is OnOne's Perfect Photo Suite. Here's two quick tips, one for layering and one for vignetting.
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Aperture's custom metadata fields offer some advantages over keywords to track some items, such as how a photo is processed or where it is shared. Click through for a short video on converting a keyword into a custom metadata field.
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I've been struggling with a sunrise picture for a couple of weeks now. The processing feels "off". And then the bombshell ... my foreground is way out of focus.
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Post-processing is a vital step in today's digital photography workflow. Processing can make a good photo great. Yet it's not everything. To make a great photo, you need a story.
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When dealing with chromatic aberration, I prefer to attack it up front in workflow. Aperture has excellent tools for correcting aberration. Click through for a short video.
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Looking back, the signs were all there. I hit the snooze on the alarm clock 2 or 3 times ... I took a wrong turn ... the skies were bland ... and then I clipped my thumb in the car door ...
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My post on Making The Time For Photography really struck a chord with people. I thought I'd follow it up with more thoughts about squeezing more photography into daily life.
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There is this cool, ominous looking door at the entry to the Museum of Man in Balboa Park. As I sat on the steps in front of the museum this past weekend, I felt the door looming over me. Not menacingly ... more like what's behind the door is of importance.
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