When I first considered Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, I wanted to try it out. You can downloaded it as a free 30 day trial from Adobe. From my research, this program was just what I was looking for. You can organize your photos and edit them very quickly. The problem is, learning all the features in this program using the manual could take months to learn. Then I found the lynda.com online training course by Chris Orwig, a photographer and instructor at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbra, California. In a mater of days after viewing his online video course I was proficient in Lightroom 2. After a week I had all my photos cataloged (about 25000 photos) and could edit about 100 photos in about an hour. Wow! Other programs would have taken me days to edit. Now I’m really excited about the new Lightroom 3 Beta. Chris is a great instructor and passionate about photography. He made this course easy and fun to learn about Lightroom 2 and Lightroom 3 Beta. Watch the videos below and see if Chris Orwig’s online video training on Lightroom 3 Beta or other Lynda.com videos are right for you.
Chris introduces himself and some of the new features in Lightroom 3 Beta
Lightroom 3 Beta preview
Lightroom 3 Beta is now available for download from Adobe and it’s free until it’s final release sometime in April 2010. To download Lightroom 3 Beta, go to Adobe.com and search for Lightroom 3 in the upper right corner of the site.
Introduction to Lightroom 3 Beta
Sharpening in Lightroom 2 vs. Lightroom 3 Beta
I hope you enjoyed theses videos by Chris Orwig on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. Lynda.com is a great source for online training which includes classes on photography, graphic design, web design, programming and software & web applications. With Lynda.com you will have access to 725 online courses 24/7. Course subjects I have taken thru Lynda.com are: Lightroom 2, Lightroom 3 Beta, Search Engine Optimization, Wordpress, Twitter, Facebook, Product Photography, Selling & Publishing Photography, HTML, Photoshop Elements, Word, Excel and Expression Web.
Hoodoos are a strange geological rock formation found mainly in Bryce Canyon National Park, Colorado and the Badlands of South Dakota. Their formation consist of different layers of hard and soft sedimentary rock. Generally the hard layers being on top, erosion of the softer layers of rock gives them their strange unusual chimney or mushroom shapes. The size of the Hoodoos in the gallery range from a couple feet to about 50 feet and are located in Woodman Valley Park in Colorado Springs. One of formations in the area is called the Dutch Wedding Rock, which is not accessable due to being on private land. Hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park can be more than 100 feet tall.
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The photos in this slide show were processed in HDR. For more information on HDR or High Dynamic-Range photography and the program I use, Photomatix Pro 3.1, click on the links below! Photomatix Pro 3.1 is a standalone program and also has plugins for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.
One of my photos just made Finalist in the Outdoor Photographer Magazine Mystical Adventures Photo Contest. This photo was shot in Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts in Lobster Cove by the small village of Annisquam. Cape Ann is located on the coast some 43 miles northeast of Boston, Massachusetts. The GPS location for this shot is Latitude 42.654855 Longitude -70.674945. Click on my photo below to register to vote in the Outdoor Photographer Magazine Photo Contest. Voting is done by selecting your favorite photos and rating them 1 to 5 stars. Every time you vote you are also entered automatically for a chance to win Polar Bear Photo Adventure for two. Of course, I would appreciate a vote for my photo!
This photo was shot in autumn just after sunrise. First, I set up the camera on a tripod and shot 3 photographs at 3 different exposures; 1/4 sec. 1/15 sec and 1/60 sec. ,all at F8. Then , I imported them into Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, then combined them with the Plugin Photomatix Pro 3.1, a program for processing in HDR High Dynamic-Range photography. This allows one to see the detail in the shadows and highlights. It also has the ability to create some pretty cool special effects. Then, I imported them back into Lightroom for final fine tuning. The camera I used was the Nikon D80 with a Nikon 16-85mm Lens and a Circular polarizer filter. Camera settings, Aperture Priority, ISO 100, in RAW format and the Lens set to 16mm.
For more information on HDR or High Dynamic-Range photography and the program I use, Photomatix Pro 3.1, click on the links below!. Photomatix Pro 3.1 is a standalone program and also has Plugins for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.
You can also subscribe to Outdoor Photograher by clicking on the magazine icon below. It’s a magazine designed for all levels of outdoor photographers. There are always great photos and lots of tips to improve your photography. This is my favorite magazine.
Massachusetts is rich in history and old cemeteries. To visit and photograph the Old Burying Grounds of Massachusetts in Autumn is incredible. The old maple trees are huge and beautiful, with bright fall colors of yellows, oranges and reds. The last trip to Massachusetts we went out looking for dead relatives for our genealogy project. You see both my wife and I have ancestors in the area that date back to the first settlers of this great country. Finding grave stones of many of our ancestors is a thrill and trying to imagine what life was like back then. I would like to sit down to dinner with our ancestors to visit with them to find out what they were like. The photos in this gallery were shot in the town cemeteries of Ipswich, Harvard, Shirley, Essex, Groton, Newburyport and Lexington. It’s a step back in time. It’s a chance to understand what our Founding Father’s sacrificed for us.
Cape Ann is located 43 miles northeast of Boston, Massachusetts. It includes the towns of Rockport and Gloucester. Gloucester is America’s first seaport established in 1623, some 7 years before Boston. A nor’easter is a circular storm were the winds come from the northeast with the worst having hurricane force winds. The photos in this gallery were shot after a small nor’easter storm with gale force winds. I can only imagine how bad a really big storm would be, like the storm of September 1991, which was made into a movie about the Andrea Gail in The Perfect Storm. The seaport of Gloucester has lost more than 5000 fishermen in the last 386 years.
Colorado Springs was founded by General William Jackson Palmer in 1871. Charles Elliot Perkins purchased the Garden of the Gods in 1879. He opened the Garden of the Gods to the public so all could enjoy. At his death in 1907 he deeded the land to the City of Colorado Springs with the stipulation that it be a city park and be free to the public. The park officially opened in 1909. This gallery celebrates the Garden of the Gods 100th year as a city park on October 17, 2009. four of the black & white photos in this gallery were from a book my grandfather, Arthur C. Niedermiller had. The book is (Our Own Country A Complete Picturesque America) by James Cox published about 1894. I hope you enjoy these photos of the Garden.
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The Cruise Above the Clouds Car Show on Saturday September 12 brought to Woodland Park Colorado by the Teller County Classic, Custom and Special Interest Car Club. The show featured over 200 Classic Cars, Hot Rods and Muscle Cars. This was an incredible car show. In the afternoon they went on the Poker Run to Cripple Creek Colorado. The car show continued on Sunday in Cripple Creek Colorado. Each photo in this Gallery starts off as 3 separate photographs at 3 different exposures and combined with a process called HDR or High Dynamic-Range photography. This allows one to see the detail in the shadows and highlights. It also has the ability to create some pretty cool special effects. Part 2 of the Car Show with more photos coming soon!
For more information on HDR or High Dynamic-Range photography and the program I use, Photomatix Pro 3.1, click on the links below!. Photomatix Pro 3.1 is a standalone program and also has Plugins for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.
The photos in this gallery were shot at the Cruise Above the Clouds Car Show on Saturday September 12 brought to Woodland Park Colorado by the Teller County Classic, Custom and Special Interest Car Club. The show featured over 200 Classic Cars, Hot Rods and Muscle Cars. This was an incredible car show. In the afternoon they went on the Poker Run to Cripple Creek Colorado. The car show continued on Sunday in Cripple Creek Colorado. Each photo in this Gallery starts off as 3 separate photographs at 3 different exposures and combined with a process called HDR or High Dynamic-Range photography. This allows one to see the detail in the shadows and highlights. It also has the ability to create some pretty cool special effects. Part 2 of the Car Show with more photos coming soon!
For more information on HDR or High Dynamic-Range photography and the program I use, Photomatix Pro 3.1, click on the links below!. Photomatix Pro 3.1 is a standalone program and also has Plugins for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.
This gallery has photos from Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Cozumel, St. Lucia and Canada. There are Critters such as fox, coyotes, elk, deer, seals, birds, frogs, bugs, bears, llamas, alpacas and much more.
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All of the slideshows in this website were edited and created with Adobe Lightroom 2.
Independence Pass is located between Twin Lakes on the east and Aspen Colorado on the west, on Colorado Hwy. 82. The pass is a steep, winding, paved road with some parts without guard rails. One short section on the Aspen side narrows down to one lane. It rises to a height of about 12095 feet above sea level. At that point you reach the Continental Divide which is above the tree line with spectacular vistas of both sides of the divide . This makes for an incredible drive especially in the fall with the golden aspen trees. Just remember, this pass is closed in the Winter and may close earlier in the Fall because of weather. The sights along this road starting from the east side include the town of Twin Lakes, Independence Pass, the ghost town ruins of Independence, the Grotto and the Devil’s Punchbowl. This road is one not to miss. The photos in this gallery were shot at the Devil’s Punchbowl, the Grotto and Twin Lakes.
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