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This is a new section that I am adding to the newsletter where I will show a photo as the RAW file that was imported and then the finished version after processing in Lightroom only.
This is the Before Image
The paddlewheel steamboat “Alton” chugs down the side of this building near the Mississippi River in Alton Illinois, a reminder of days gone past. Several passengers wait to disembark while workmen on shore get barrels ready for loading. The lifeboat “Liberty” is tied to the side, and the American flag waves from just over the paddlewheel. The mural was designed by Mike Eckhard and painted by muralist Rip Kastaris in 2010. A note beneath the signatures reads: “God bless America and the Children of the Riverbend.” The Alton-Godfrey Rotary sponsored the mural on September 11, 2010. It took 5 ½ months to complete the 5 story mural, and children of the community added fish at the bottom as a final touch.
I enabled the Auto Upright in the "Transform Panel" this used to be in the "Lens Corrections" in previous versions of Lightroom.
The primary subject of this image is the mural on the building, I cropped the image to eliminate things that do not help to tell the story of the image. This included most of the cars at the bottom, as well as the air conditioning units.
I then raised the "Dehaze" slider to help add contrast and saturation to the image.
I applied a Post-Crop Vignette to darken the edges and draw the eye into the center of the image. When doing a vignette I usually set the Feather amount between 75 and 100 so that it is not so obvious.
I increased the Whites to bring the histogram all the way to the right side giving the image more contrast and pop
This is the Finished Image
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Lightroom Tip of the Month
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Whats New?
Lightroom CC 2015.7/Lightroom 6.7
Edit Smart Previews instead of Originals to improve performance
To increase Lightroom's perfomance while editing your photos in the Develop module, Lightroom provides you a preference option to edit Smart Previews of your photos even when Originals are available. Although this may display a decreased quality of your photo while editing, however, the final output remains full size/quality.
To set this preference:
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Choose Edit > Preferences.
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In the Preferences dialog, select the Performance tab.
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In the Develop section, select Use Smart Previews Instead Of Originals For Image Editing.
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Click OK and then restart Lightroom.
Note:
When you zoom to 100% (1:1 mode) in the Develop module, Lightroom switches to Originals even if the Use Smart Previews Instead Of Originals For Image Editing preference is enabled.
All Synced Photographs collection
In the Library module, the new All Synced Photographs collection in the Catalog panel displays all the Lightroom photos (including the ones that are not a part of any Collection) that are synced to the Lightroom mobile clients. Therefore, the photos that appear in the All Photos view in Lightroom on the web, Lightroom Photos view in Lightroom for mobile (iOS), and Lightroom Photos view in Lightroom for mobile (Android) are same as the All Synced Photographs collection in Lightroom desktop.
Publish photos to Adobe Stock
Available only for Creative Cloud members
Using the Publish Services panel in the Library module, you can now send your photos directly from Lightroom to Adobe Stock. Use your existing Creative Cloud account credentials to establish a connection between Adobe Stock Contributor portal (https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/) and Lightroom, then drag photos from the Grid view to the Adobe Stock photoset in the Publish Services panel. Finally, publish the photos from Lightroom. Now, you can go to the Adobe Stock Contributor portal to tag the uploaded images and submit them to Adobe Stock for moderation.
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Photographic Destinations
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Great Places for Great Photos
Let me help you to find a great location for your next photography adventure. I will list many lesser known destinations, as well as the famous “Icon Locations” for photography. I will provide photos (Lots of Photos), location information, consisting of what there is to photograph as well as other information about the destination. I will give costs, maps, directions, contact information, and other essential information for a successful photo trip. I will only post for locations that I have personally photographed to insure a quality guide to great locations for photography.
Like No Place Else on Earth
“Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world’s great natural wonders – the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Here, great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert and created the world’s largest gypsum dune field.
White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of this unique dune field, along with the plants and animals that have successfully adapted to this constantly changing environment.”, this is how the National Park Service describes White Sands national Monument.
When visiting white sands, If you did not know better, you would think that there had been a snowstorm. The sand drifts and blows into dunes that look exactly like snowdrifts, the road is actually plowed with sand piled on the shoulders as if it were snow in of northern part of United States after a heavy snow-storm.
White Sands is a very unique destination for photography. The sand is continually blowing and drifting and changing the landscape. Several species of plants have adapted well to this moving sand and the desert environment and are able to survive amongst the dunes. The contrast of the brilliant white sand and the green plant life makes for very interesting photos. Adding to the effect are the ripples created by the blowing sand, and the stark shadows from the overhead sun.
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Search from thousands of images online. I am excited to be able to offer my images available for browsing or purchase as stock photography, commercial usage or prints.
- Browse Images
- Create and Save Personal Lightboxes
- Purchase Licensing Rights
- Download High Resolution Files
- Download Personal Use Files
- Order Prints
The featured galley this month is:
Hackberry General Store is a museum of old Route 66 and has been called the “mother lode of mother road memorabilia”. No gas is sold but vintage pumps stand outside the Mobilgas Pegasus leaps from the roof and the Greyhound dog welcomes bus travelers.
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Greg offers both classroom instruction and in the field hands on photographic workshops. Classroom sessions are normally held in Fort Smith Arkansas, but arrangements can be made to bring a class to your group.
All classes and workshops have small class sizes designed to provide an optimum student to instructor ratio, where you can get the personal attention you need.
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October 30 to November 5, 2016
1 space left
This will be a week-long intense photography learning opportunity, including classroom work, photo shoots, and post processing with Adobe Lightroom. This will be a very small group and a great way for obtaining one on one photography education, while having a good time and making new friends.
I will host this at my cabin at Lake Ouachita, where participants will stay for the workshop. This will be a great learning experience where we can talk photography while cooking steaks on the grill or kicking back on the porch.
The schedule for this event will be very dependent upon the interests of the participants. During the week though we will plan to photograph Little Missouri Falls and Cossatot River Falls, star trails and the night sky, Hot Springs National Park, Talimena Scenic Drive, Garvan Woodland Gardens and other locations.
We will not only do some great photo shoots, but will then go through a complete post processing workflow in Adobe Lightroom including importing, file organization, and complete post processing. We will cover HDR and Panorama workflows from capture to final image.
We will have several night photo shoots making use of the techniques we will learn in classroom instruction, followed up with post processing including how to stack star-trails.
This will be limited to 2 or 3 people. Cost will be $1295 each. A $500 deposit is required upon registration to confirm your place.
Lodging and most meals will be included, though you will have to help cook and do dishes (this is boot camp).
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January 10-15, 2017
Maximum of 4 participants
Join me for an extraordinary photography workshop in Bosque del Apache national wildlife refuge and white Sands National Monument in southern New Mexico in January 2017. We will have 3 evening and 3 morning shoots at Bosque del Apache and 1 evening and 1 morning at White Sands giving us a chance for great images.
Cost $1549
The workshop fee will include Lodging based on double occupancy.
The workshop fee includes all lectures, fieldwork and critiques of your images during our sessions. This is a photography workshop, not just a photo tour, teaching is my goal and to provide as much personal hands on help as possible. I will check with each participant to see how you are doing and if you need help, if you wish for assistance let me know, if not just let me know, and you will be free to shoot on your own. I will be more than willing to look through your viewfinder or at your LCD to check your images.
Click here for complete workshop information or to register.
I drive to all of my workshops and it your are interested in carpooling with me to the workshop please contact me.
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Here is a slideshow of some of my images from Bosque del Apache.
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Join me for a photography workshop in the Palouse region of southeast Washington state to photograph the extraordinary landscape often refereed to as the Tuscany of America. The Palouse Is a region of where there are no continuous valleys, and the hills do not connect to make long ridges. These hills were not created by rivers and streams, as is most of our landscape, but formed more like sandunes, with winds depositing silt to form of some of the most fertile soil in the country.
The natural form of the land gives unique form, shape, and shadows. Add to this the lines and patterns of farming, a great deal of color, and you have the recipe for great photography. This time of year the Palouse offers rolling hills of green wheat, yellow flowering canola, and pea and lentil for as far as the eye can see. Toss in an old weathered red barn, a grain silo, and an old truck and you have picture perfect rural America.
Cost $1395 Lodging included
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Here is a slideshow of some of my images from the Palouse.
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If you are looking for a great opportunity to get personal individual instruction I do private workshops and classes at a location of your choice, whether doing a location photo shoot or coming to your home or business. This is a great way to learn digital workflow and be sure that your computer equipment is properly configured for optimum performance.
I will be offering more private and semi-private travel workshops due to high degree of personal attention that participants receive and I find this to be the most effective and enjoyable way to learn photography. This gives a chance to work on the entire process from capture to image workflow and post processing all at a pace and level for the attendee, photographing what and where they want. These workshops can be organized for 1 to 4 people on short notice, contact me about doing your dream trip.
Benefits of Private Instruction
- Personalized Instruction
- Flexible Scheduling
- Concentrate on what you want to learn
- A pace that works for you
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Contact Me:
Greg Disch
gdisch@gregdisch.com
479-414-6889
1918 N. 7th Street
Fort Smith Arkansas 72904
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