photo to finished
DESCRIPTION
10 Minute Lightning Talk for the Automattic Meetup at Seaside, September 2010 Automattic is the company I work for. The company is distributed worldwide and once a year we gather at a remote location and meet face-to-face. This year, all the employees are taking a little time during the meetup to compose and give at least one presentation for each other, talking about any subject we are passionate about. For this presentation I chose the subject of photography. Specifically, taking one photo from start to publish describing how I took the shot and the editing steps I chose. Like many bloggers—Automattic is also known as WordPress—I’m passionate about photography and I felt that many of the other people it the room might be interested in it also—our founder and CEO’s online handle is “photomatt.” I hope you enjoy this presentation! This was the second presentation I gave that day. I composed it just after I finished the first.TRANSCRIPT
From Photo to Finished
One Photo from capture to Flickr
Automattic Meetup (10Min Lightning Talk)September 10, 2010, 6PM
Part 1. Shoot
Sunrise at Mt. Whitney
http://wp.me/pGjq4-12I
•2.5 megapixel camera•“Turn of the century” sensor and optics•Tripod from my father’s attic
Location, Location, Location
http://flic.kr/p/3StVzU
“Lands End”
“Lands End”
Time:The Magic Hour
Sun/Moon-set/-rise Compass
FocalWare (there are others)
Aperture Mode
Squinting
Diffraction
DoF Calculator
Composition:
Find something in
the foreground
Film Speed:Find your Base ISO
Bracketing Shot
Part 2. Post
The Select
DxO Optics Pro
High Dynamic Range (HDR)
PhotoMatix Pro Plugin
Pre-Sharpening
Nik Sharpener Pro
Nik Sharpener Pro
Graduated ND
WE Have the Technology
Digital Blending Multiple Exposures
WE Have the Technology
Digital Blending Multiple Exposures
WE Have the Technology
The Technology is Complex and Time
Consuming
Nik Color Efex Grad ND
Final (Color)
Part 3. Print(Black & White)
Color Filters for
B+WColors map onto Tones
Color Filter minimizes tones at that color and maximizes tones at the
complement
No-Filter Trick: Exaggerate
saturation for Landscapes. Desaturate
skintones for Portraits
Nik Silver Efex pro
Nik Silver Efex pro
Zone System
Grain
http://flic.kr/p/6PzKgthttp://slidesha.re/9GvHJn