5 - P's      (100)

Photo Situation  (130)

  1)  Planning & Preparation   

  2)  Photographing

Advice (humor?)

Dealing with cold  

  3)  Pre - selection   (Includes categorizing)

Extreme Close-up  (Venus 60 + LED)

Long lens technique 

Field Cheat Sheets  (180)

Body Settings  (160)

D500 Auto Fine Tune

    1.  Now What Do I Do ?   (html)

Setup on new bodies - conceptual    

    3.  Composition - Part 2   (html)

 (sRGB & JPG throw out information.)

    4.  Technical - Level 2   (html)

    (See SLO MO multiple short exp below.)

    Notes - Meetings   (html)

    (Put back on AF-C when done.)

    Football - 10 tips   (html)     

In Field Techniques:

Post Processing

   Panorama - Horiz / Vert.

   Photomatrix HDR Blend

   Focus Bracket 

   Helicon Focus Stack

   Long Exposure Multi Exposures  

MFD Workflow  (200)

 (220)

Photoshop CC Milestones

Photo Shop Workflow   (html)

          Photobits Photo Mechanic

( Also includes "painterly style" )

          Photomatrix 3 HDR Blend

  2015  Dehaze Filter

 (210)

          ICE - MSFT Stitch

PS Work Flow Cheat Sheet   (pdf)

PS Effects Cheat Sheet   (pdf)

Techniques   (230)

con't  (250)

Actions - CC    HISTORY / ACTIONS

Perspective Control

Grad. ND Filter

Lose Weight of model

Fix White Outs

Add a Frame

 Squeeze Image and Re-crop  

Move a head in group portrait  

 4. to Record Button:  red    (2nd from bottom left)

Portrait - smooth skin / softar

 5. to Stop                            (1st from bottom left)

 7. to Delete - drag to trash can  

B&W Conversion

Preparing Print with Frame  (Content Aware)

  Photoshop C2: 

         IMAGE ... ADJUST ... CHANNEL MIXER ...   check MONO box

     1. Create border:

          IMAGE / CANVAS SIZE / inches ... .5 / save / close / reopen

     2. Select Border & Extend Image:

          Use MAGIC WAND  (2nd column, 2nd row down) to select

                white border  (red border better color)

          If border bleeds:  select MAGNETIC LASSO

                 (1st column, 2nd row down)

          Holding down ALT key, left click mouse around bleed ...

              (Upon releasing ALT key, updated selection will appear)

                 EDIT  /  FILL  /  CONTENT AWARE  /  CRTL D   (to deselect)

SLOW MOTION  Focus Stacking

    1) IMAGE CAPTURE: 

         Take multiple shots on tripod of same image.   

         20 images at 1/10TH second  =  2 seconds

             (with a micro second between image captures.)

             (Vary # of exposures in Post to change blur strength.)

    2) BENEFITS:

          - No need to carry ND filter and install / remove it.

          - No problem shooting different diameter lenses.

          - No camera shake at longer exposures.

                (Just remove single blurry images in Post if any.)

          - No exposure compensation issues as with NDs.

          - Don't have to focus before putting on ND filter.

 3) POST PROCESS IN PHOTOSHOP:  (CC 2015.5)

        (Copy all JPGs or TIFFs into stack and create file.)

         - Open CC ... File ... Scripts ... Load files into stack ...

               Browse  (select files) ... OK ... OK ...

               Check -> Automatically Auto Align Source Images

               Check -> Create Smart Object after Loading

        - OK

        - Layer ... Smart Objects ... Stack Mode ... Mean ...

        - Layer ... Flatten image

  This technique can be used to reduce noise in landscapes.

PANORAMA (in Photoshop)

    1) Stitching: 

          - File ...  Automate ... Photo Merge ... check "auto"

          - Browse files ... Open ... Blend images together ... OK

    2) Flatten Out:

          - Filter ... Lens Correction ... \

          - Custom Tab ... Geometric Distortion Slider

          - Transform (optional)

                a) Vertical perspective ... OK

                b) Horizontal perspective ... OK

a) CC 2015

  Crop: 10x14 / 7.5x16 / 7.5x20 

     Incr. Canvas Size / Straighten

  Save RAW as TIFF ... reopen

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  Image ... Adj ...  Shadow/High

  Shake Reduction 

  Structure: Nik Vivesa 2 (18 ... 22)

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  Spot: Delete ... Content  Aware

  Dehaze (filter / raw / FX / dehaze)

  High Pass

b) CS 2

 Spot: Clone Tool (if necessary)

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 Pictographics

 Topaz Adjust 4 - Pop

 Bright./Contrast -  +8 / +4

 Imogenics Noise (last) (50%)

 Confirm: Curves / Auto

CC Opt.

 (Canvas Size / Content

       Aware Fill) 

 Athentech Perfectly Clear

CS2

(450 or 630 pxlht files)

  For Web: 

     1) Topaz Adjust 4

     2) Nik Color Effects Pro

     3) B&W Polarizer

  For Prints:

   I-Correct Pro - (again)

Web Slide Shows  (320)

Set Up  (350)

SWF & Slide Pro  (create flash)

Background 33,33,33   sidebar 51,51,51

      02   scroll page of images

Vimeo Link  (offsite video service)

Visual Slideshow   (java script - VSM)

TEMPLATES  (520)

FOLIO:

     INTRO PAGE Template   660 pxl

            4 columns - 660 - 100 = 560 / 4 = 140

            3 columns - 640 - 100 = 540 / 3 = 180

      ENLARGE:  (html pg 1420 x 1060)

          1)  image ... image size ... 900 pxlht

          2)  canvas size ... black add 10 pxls

          3)  canvas size ... white add 150 pxls

                  Horiz ... 1420 x 1060

                  Vert ...         x

          4)  text  "<"  white 14pt Arial

Web Slide Shows  (320)

Presentation  (350)

Vimeo Link  (offsite video service)

Pro Show Gold  (html)

Visual Slideshow   (java script - VSM)

SWF & Slide Pro  (create flash)

Business  (450)

WIN 7 Computer 

Site Legal Notice         

Backup Label   (for printing)  (html)

DSLR Pre-shoot Setup

Run CS2 in WIN 7

Fixing  40 yr old Wedding Pictures

         QUAL - jpeg / tiff

       Over / Under exposure - none

       Bracketing - off

       Aperture - F8

       ISO - 400

  right click on the executable
  Select Properties
  Click on the Compatibility Tab
  Use the drop down menu to select XP SP3 mode
  Checked the box for Run as Admin
  Clicked okay
  Ran the installer

  Layer ... Duplicate Layer

  Image ... Adjust ... Auto Levels ... 75

  Layer ... Duplicate Layer

  Imogenics

  Spot

  Sharpen ... 50

Photoshop:

    CS 2015.5

        CS 2:

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