New Photo Optimization Series: Invitation to send your images

06/02/2010 Camera Raw 6.1 released

06/02/2010 Free DNG ProfileManager for X-Rite ColorChecker Passport Users

06/02/2010 RAW Developer 1.8.10 update released

06/01/2010 Texture Blending: Creating Hazy Clouds

We actually had a very busy Memorial Day weekend. The Hollister Air Show and a Vintage Car Rally kept us busy. Both were very much worth our attention. Still need to work on quite a few images. This is exactly the way we find new techniques like this one.

05/31/2010 Photos from the Hollister Air show

We find that our Texture Blending works very well on these kind of images. We spend a lot of time finding, photographing and creating textures. Often textures are created using Texture Blending (webinar soon in June).

05/30/2010 Panasonic TM700 Diary: Aerobatics

05/28/2010 Pictures from our book California Earthframes now in our SmugMug gallery

The book features images from 2000-Early 2005 in California.

05/28/2010 iPad Diary: Where are my Camera (or other) Manuals?

05/27/2010 New Front Page Photo

05/27/2010 Vimeo For Video Community & Inspiration (via photography review)

We use now Vimeo for close to a year and really love it. Our good friend John Shafer (Photo John) shows what Vimeo is all about in this article.

05/27/2010 DOP Contrast Plus V2 released

We improved one of our top tools.

05/26/2010 Phase One acquires Expression Media from Microsoft

Phase One is offering Expression Media 2 free of charge to licensed users of its Capture One software.

05/25/2010 Photoshop CS5 Content-Aware Fill

05/24/2010 Adobe Configurator V2 for Photoshop CS5 available

For Photoshop CS5 you cannot use your Configurator V1 (our review) panels. Ther is some upgreade support in version 2. We run all our scripts from Configurator 2 panels. They are very easy to create.

05/23/2010 Stellar DSLR Time Lapse of a Space Shuttle Launch (via Gizmodo)

05/23/2010 iPhone Photo Fun: Plastic Bullet

This seems to be a very fun application and is based on Magic Bullet Looks/Photo Looks which we use for videos and photos all the time.

05/21/2010 Online Web School: "Our Essential Workflow" 5/22/2010

We feature our "DOP Essential 8 Step Editing" workflow

1. Image Analysis (LR or ACR)
2. Essential editing in LR or ACR
3. Core Retouching in CS4/CS5
4. Tuning Highlights (if needed)
5. Creating good mid-tone contrast
6. Sharpening
7. Fine Tuning (future advanced classes)
8. Adding a Look (future advanced classes)

05/19/2010 Think Tank Photo Retrospective shoulder bags released

If you like using shoulder bags this is a really nice option. Use this link and enter the promo code "AP-224". Then with every order over $50 you will receive a free gift from Think Tank Photo.

05/17/2010 Panasonic TM700 Diary started

This little camcorder seems to be just right for most of our video work.

05/16/2010 Online Web School: "Our Basic Workflow" 5/22/2010

05/15/2010 X-Rite i1-Profiler Preview (coming Q42010)

05/15/2010 DVTEC DSLR Extreme DeLuxe

05/14/2010 ACR 6.1 introduces Profile Based Lens Corrections