so mike, I can do what I want in LR?

Does anybody know if I can do the same in aperture?


I'm too cheap to pick up photoshop

Well I just ordered the 60D and 430EX II. They'll be here tomorrow. Now I can not know what I'm doing with two cameras and a really bright flashy thingy. :D

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I recommend pointing the bright flashing thing towards your face when you shoot

I read that you are supposed to bounce when you use the flash.

Yup, you can. You just mask an area with a brush and can adjust a specific area without effecting the rest of the image. You might even be able to pull those details out by just moving a slider and not having to apply a mask.

LR is about $150 and Aperture is about $100.

Just remember, flash reflects color, so as long as you're white, you should be fine bouncing it off your face....

bounce it off your eyeball.

So that's why all my subjects have a yellow cast?

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Holy large image! is that plane 1:1? :)

They look great onzedge!

Thanks, man. That was the Boeing 767 we flew from Kona to SFO. I shot it with the 10-22 at about 12 mm.

Opie the dog.

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Daisy:

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Opie:

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Always Aperture priority for me unless I'm taking a pan shot in which case I'm shooting shutter speed priority, or when shooting with flash, in which case I shoot manual

Yes you can, an it's very simple. A matter of 2 swipes using the mouse

I should try shooting aperture priority. I never shoot in any mode but full manual.

UPS came today. If I can take a break later I'll open the box up and look around.

To brighten the roof in aperture, all you have to do is slide the "Shadows" slider to the right to increase shadow detail. Just a side note, you can retrieve waaaay more detail out of any given shot edited in aperture when shooting in RAW. For anyone who is still shooting JPEG because they don't quite understand RAW, basically a jpeg is edited in camera with sharpening, contrast, color, exposure, etc, all adjusted for you and all other data of that shot is trashed to reduce file sizes.

A RAW file contains all data (take into consideration its a much larger file size) from when the shot was taken, so you can make more tweaks in post production and have way more flexibility adjusting things like color, shadow and highlight detail, WB and any other aspect of your photos. However some people don't shoot RAW because unless you use a program like aperture, LR, or others you may not be able to view RAW files because they are not a "finished" image. When editing RAW files in a program like aperture for instance, a JPEG will look better than a RAW photo side by side when viewed straight from the camera because the Jpeg had all adjustments made in camera, whereas a RAW file looks less saturated, less sharp, less everything because you have to adjust everything after the fact in an editing program, which is the point of shooting RAW anyways.

When editing a RAW file, you are in essence editing a preview of the image that has been created by the program based on all of the image data until you have made all adjustments including sharpening and whatever else you decide to adjust. Once I'm finished editing my RAW files in aperture I export them as high quality jpegs to my desktop or a folder so I can upload them to the Internet, email them and whatever else.

This post is taking me 2+ friggin hours to finish at work on tapatalk, I keep having to put the phone down...........gay

I just wanted to throw the whole RAW thing out there in case some of you where unaware of its potential. I'm sure I'm skipping some stuff too so if anyone has questions just ask.

Lastly in that shot with the cigar's you just need to slide the "definition" slider to the right to increase micro contrast, which seems to me more like an extra tool for sharpening.

Aperture is badass and worth every penny... BUY IT

Sweet.

Definitely. It's very similar to manual. You still adjust the ISO, assuming auto ISO is off. Just adjust the aperture for the depth of field to your liking and shoot away. If shutter speeds are too slow up the ISO. Same as manual only easier because you control the depth of field still and how grainy the image will be, but you don't have to also adjust shutter speed every time you point the camera in a different direction cause it's done for you to get the proper exposure.... What's that..... You don't want proper exposure...... No problem. Just adjust the exposure compensation to get your desired exposure. Just like manual for lazy people I guess we'll call it

I should also shoot RAW more. I rarely do just because of the memory usage. Its foolish on my part cause I edit a lot of what I shoot.

Steve, congrats bro:tup:

I want to shoot RAW, which is a big part of the reason I want a program to work with the files. The nikon software is super slow.

Im bootleg as heck and use free software:ugh2:

CS5 bitchez!!! :bowrofl:

Of course

Im on the GIMP programs. Though Im no fancy schmancy photographer/editer. I get all I need done in there. Or even Picasa, lol!! Ill throw a pic in there, darken the shadows up a bit, crop and viola:bowrofl:

Picasa is nice and convenient when you wanna do simple stuff.

Tell me about it:icon17:

Lr is the way to go if you don't want to spend the cash on full Photoshop.

Yeah, Id like to get it myself.

I feel like everything in Picasa is overdone.

Yeah, you cant go crazy in there.

It was on sale for $99 last month. Watch Adobe's site or sign up for their e-mails.

Ok, thank you sir:tiphat:

That offer for $99 for Lr was if you also bought Ps or the CS suite. If you're a student it's $75 no matter what.