Comments on: Some Surfers, Pinholes and McGinleys.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:11:43 +0000

I’m a big fan of Alien Skin Exposure. Mimics the look of different films, then you can customize and tweak from there.

By: Lake Tahoe wedding photographer

Lake Tahoe wedding photographer — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:05:53 +0000

That red picture is amazing! I am speechless.

By: dq

dq — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:53:25 +0000

yeah, you oughta look into lightroom. shooting with the 5d is only the beginning – you can go in a million directions with the images — in fact, it never ends, you’ll be at your computer FOREVER trying this and that…

so so so many lightroom tutorials on line, many of em free…. have you ever surfed over to

julianne kost? THE very best

http://www.jkost.com/lightroom.html

check it!

By: Ryan McGinley | 12th Press

Ryan McGinley | 12th Press — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:21:49 +0000

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By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:09:22 +0000

Invest in post-processing software like Lightroom or Aperture. It will help you organize your thousands of images now that you’re all digitized n’ stuff and you can try different techniques on images and view them side by side. I use Lightroom and it’s completely changed the way that I do my post production.

By: Robbmc

Robbmc — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:20:50 +0000

Have you ever tried using a half-frame 25mm camera? You can get some interesting diptychs when printing/scanning using a standard 35mm frame.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnhintlian/2400294674/in/photostream/

I use a Canon Demi EE17, Olympus also made a model called the Pen.

http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/demi.html

Lomography also just announced a Diana half-frame!

http://www.lomography.com/magazine/blog/2009/08/19/lomography-introduces-the-diana-mini-half-frame-and-square-format-on-35mm-its-a-first

By: Dalton

Dalton — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:45:30 +0000

You might want to talk to Elizabeth Weinberg. Her digital work is beautiful, she has a great sense of color and her processing is spot-on.

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:42:10 +0000

Hey Rachel,
I shoot with a 5D as well.
What program are you using to process, and are you going from Raw to Tiff or Raw to Jpeg? Makes a difference because converting to jpeg isn’t just compression, but there’s also some loss of data, in turn affecting the detail. For a while I used Adobe Bridge, but now I’m using Adobe Lightroom and love it. The programs, including Capture One, produce files with different color temperatures depending on which you use. You may have to run your files through the different programs to see which produces results you prefer, if any. I do very little color correcting before the processing however. I mostly do it in Photoshop once the raw files are processed and never add sharpening. I’ll maybe make an exception with correcting in the processing stage when I have over a hundred files to work with and the the light and exposure for each is fully consistent throughout. I also make sure my screen is properly calibrated each time. Digital is convenient when you’re shooting. But, when you want to make your pictures the absolute best, post production can be time consuming. And, there is definitely an art to it. No plug and play.
Hope this helped a bit.
Chad

By: Laurence Zankowski

Laurence Zankowski — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:11:14 +0000

rachel

just a thought, but try these ideas out.

http://www.dpmag.com/how-to/image-processing/double-process-raw-for-better-tonality.html

http://www.robsheppardphoto.com/download/pdf/TOMDblProc8-06.pdf

http://www.photoblog2.com/images/pd/Photoshop%20Darkroom-Sample.pdf

my website is undergoing changes

Laurence

By: Glen's photography

Glen's photography — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:42:59 +0000

Great blog. You have some great shots on here.
Film “feel” in a digital world is always an interesting discussion.

I’ve added your feed to my reader.

Cheers,
Glen.