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April 5, 2012 by Craig

What Matter Most at the Visual Advocate

Photo of a circus acrobat in a Nepal temple

Acrobats shot for the Esther Benjamins Trust. 2011. Canon 5D.

What matters most is the image, the final product that represents your vision and intent. How you get there is not so important, particularly when it comes to equipment. Contrary to a lot of people’s belief, having the latest and greatest gear may not be the best investment you can make.

I recently guest posted at The Visual Advocate discussing What Matters Most. Click the link, head over and give it a read.

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March 26, 2012 by Craig

Upcoming Classes

Cell phone photo of basketball players in Taiwan.

He Shoots - taken while giving a photography lesson. Android phone with Vignette app.

Finishing touches are being put on a new initiative at the Taipei Photo School. It’s being tested out on an individual basis at the moment, with plans to take it to group classes in the next month or so. To that extent, I’m looking for expressions of interest from anyone who’d like to attend. Aimed mostly at beginners, those coming back to photography after a break or just anyone looking for a bit of discipline in their shooting, the class will run for 2-3 hours on a Saturday. The final date is to be confirmed, with mid-May the most likely time. Once the class is officially announced, it will cost NT$2000 per person, however if you respond by either commenting here, sending email or messages, you can secure a place for NT$1500. Full details of the class will be announced in a couple of weeks but what I can tell you is that it’s based around a series of short exercises that concentrate on various aspects of photography. The only gear required is a camera and that can be any camera. It does not have to be a DSLR – compact cameras, phone cameras and whatever else you may have is all you need. Also, no special technical knowledge is needed, although it is useful.

Coming up later this week I’ll be featuring the latest project from my friend Matt Brandon. You are going to want to see this. Also this week, I’ll have the April desktop calendar ready by Friday.

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March 9, 2012 by Craig

Lightroom 4 and Presets

Photo of Taiwan's Red Fort.

Taiwan's Red Fort.

The release this week of Lightroom 4 has been welcomed by photographers eager to upgrade after a relatively short public beta period. I immediately upgraded to it and have so far processed one job through it but not really had time to really dive in. One thing I did check though was the behavior of presets. I often make use of presets although when I do I almost always make further adjustments, using the preset as a starting place rather than a finishing point. With the change to the Raw engine and the release of Process Version 2012, many presets will no longer function as they originally did. Some settings transfer through directly with no evident changes, some get approximated and some get left behind completely.

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