| What the heck do we call a "Walk Portfolio"? Please check out our first Walk Portfolio. Note: All photos were shot with the Canon 1D Mark III and EOS 40D. Here are some recent examples: These "Walk Portfolios" are also very important for our new workshops:  DOP  HDR workshop: "Capture more Light"
 These workshops actually teach how to capture scenes concentrating on exploring the local environment and not too much worrying about the current light. How that?  
                    By capturing multiple bracketed frames we have in many cases the photographic material to handle even more challenging light situations. The image capturing process is then complemented by post-processing techniques that allow us (and of course our students) to make the best out of this material. Walk Portfolio #003: SF Walks #3  SF Mural Wall
 We present here our third Walk Portfolio. Right now San Francisco is a prime location for this type of our photographic work. We also plan to present some sort of data that can be interesting for our readers.  Location: San Francisco (about 1 mile from the workshop location) Location History: First time visit and all scenes for the first time photographed Revisit planned: Yes. We just covered the surface Weather: Sunshine with harsh shades Photographers: Bettina + Uwe Steinmueller Walk Duration: about 60 minutes net Camera(s): Canon 40D and 1D Mark III Lens(es): Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS, Canon 24-105 f/4L IS, EF-S 17-85 4.5/5.6 IS Images Taken: 45 x 3 bracketed exposures for the 40D(135 RAW files)                         75 x 5 bracketed exposures for the 1D Mark III (375 RAW files) Storage needed: 6.7 GB  Time for post-processing: about 3 hours for an initial portfolio Tools uses for Editing: 
                    PhotoshopLightroom Photomatix (tonemapping)Lightzone 3.xPTLens or Kekus LensFixOur own Tonality Tuning Kit 2.0 and EasyS Plus Sharpening 3.0 (yes, we use our own tools :-)) Important Techniques used: 
                    Highlight Recovery (read more here)Tonemapping Lens CorrectionPerspective correctionsPhotoshop layers Here is our first draft of the "SF Walks #3" portfolio. As mentioned before we will share in our workshops all the techniques we used to create these portfolios.   |