Friday, July 17, 2020

Star trails come alive with Plotagraph Pro

I just had an opportunity to experiment with Plotagraph Pro, which adds motion to a single image. I used the desktop app of Plotagraph Pro to animate parts of my night photos. Here’s how the process went. Masking I began masking the parts that I wished to remain still. I quickly found that many of […]

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Thursday, July 16, 2020

How to import and view captions in Premiere Pro

When you receive the transcript of the media you sent over to the transcription service, you can now import it into Adobe Premiere Pro. How do you import and view your captions in Premiere? In this ThinkTAP Learn video, instructor Jeff Greenberg walks you through how to bring in your transcription files into Premiere Pro. […]

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Pushing the light with post-production

Our state photography association in Arizona has been putting out a weekly challenge to members. They ask you shoot and post some behind-the-scenes photos to further education for members. The directions: “Everyone has a chair in their home. How can you photograph one to come up with something amazing?” All photographs must reflect the weekly […]

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Luminar 4.3 brings search, user experience improvements, 500px integration

This morning, Skylum announced the latest update for Luminar, version 4.3, now available for download. This latest update brings the ability to search through your photo library, improvements to the Looks browsing experience, 500px integration, a new crop interface and several performance improvements. There are also improvements to AI Augmented Sky, plus a new space […]

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How bright is that light? Your guide to lux, footcandles and exposure

The output of LED lights is rated in lux, lumens or footcandles. What the heck do all of these terms mean when all we want to know is how bright the light is in f/stop, shutter speed and ISO? Here are the simple answers … Footcandles are for movies, video and television I remember working […]

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Portrait Tips: What was I wearing???

How do you know someone is a photographer? They only wear black clothing, of course. The stereotypical garb of photographers is a stereotype for a reason, and we’ll get to that. Fortunately, black isn’t the right color for everyone and you should definitely wear the colors and textures that make you feel good. You should […]

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Beyond Technique: Mike Peters discusses street photography and treating his subjects with respect

Welcome to Beyond Technique, the podcast that empowers photographers to bring their businesses to the next level! Today we chat with Mike Peters about how he handles street photography, treating his subjects with respect and building rapport with them while on the field. You don’t want to miss this! Be sure to check out Platypod®, the […]

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