Logan Lamar

@bennet-family (I tagged you because you were talking here)
@creative-click-photography… this LightStock site intrigues me… is it worth it? I see you have a modestly sized portfolio… how often does someone purchase one of your pictures off of LightStock?

I don’t think I’ll be shooting this one, actually—but thanks for holding the door open! If anyone wants to submit images, now is the time!

Hey @creative-click-photography!
I find it good to work in extremes when I am wanting to see exactly what a specific slider does on my own. So I would try cranking the noise reduction slider to the maximum on an image with a hideous ISO number (like 3200, 6400, or 128000) and seeing what effect the details slider has.

That said, I don’t use L…[Read more]

@creative-click-photography—will you be needing more photos later? It looks like I’ll be missing this assignment (and I have six sisters…) (not kidding).

@creative-click-photography,
I understand why you’d want full rights to an image under the royalty free license—but I’m a bit concerned (healthy attitude on the net). Is this ONLY going on your clothing website and nothing else? I think that probably should be part of the agreement (because if I submit a photo of my little sister, I don’t think I…[Read more]

Okay, not a person, but a looking up shot.
I think it might work if you don’t want any people in the picture.

@jamesstaddon, I uploaded the .CR2 file and a original size JPEG of my edit. I use Luminar, so no DNGs from me, unfortunately.
The one uploaded here is downsized and watermarked.

@kina… real quick, and in no particular order of importance.

9 tips off the top of my head:

1. Have everyone close their eyes. You count to three, say “open!”, and take the shot. That way everyone’s looking at you and nobody’s blinking.

2. Idea: have the parents sit on two chairs in the middle, and have all the kids go around them. If they…[Read more]

Again, the-digital-picture.com talks about these:
https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Lens-Filter-Wrench-Review.aspx

Personally, I don’t use one and haven’t needed one… yet. I think if your filter is high quality (like from B&W—and Hoya looks like it’s of good quality), you probably aren’t going to need one as much as if you have one of lower quality. If you have a cheap filter, though, it might get stuck on your lens, and that’s why those people are saying y…[Read more]

All things Affinity (Photo, Designer, iPad app) are 30% off in the Apple App store and on their website (Affinity Photo going for $35, normally $50).

Thanks for the headsup!

Oh, and I don’t believe I’ve needed a tripod for my CPL—yes, it does reduce light, but I’m generally the type of guy who only shoots handheld.

I have a little experience with polarizers—and I think they are loads of fun to work with.

Yeah, that looks like it’s a decent filter. (Okay, perspective-wise, I have an AmazonBasics CPL filter… ten bucks and cheap, but it’s fun to play with and I can still get polarized results.) I think I was looking into Hoya for a different filter set (…[Read more]

@creative-click-photography,
Please remember that your backgrounds might be a little more fall-winter themed from those of us in the Northern Hemisphere as well… keep that in mind.

I didn’t like my crop job. How’s this?

How’s this?

@dhancock, it does look a little dark, and my histogram confirms your statement. I can’t believe that I, a former JPEG-only shooter, would say this, but the nice thing about shooting RAW is that I don’t have to perfectly nail the exposure in camera (I just have to get pretty close). I’ll boost the exposure a bit in my editor.

@ryanben2, yeah, the…[Read more]

p.s. happy election day, my American friends.

@kina, yes, @buddingphotographer is absolutely right—you don’t have to pay a cent to just downsize/change the resolution of your photo. There are many programs that will allow you to do that. For example, like we’ve been discussing, Preview is already built into your Mac, and it will work to change the resolution of your photo. Don’t get Luminar o…[Read more]