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FAQ PhotoMasterTarget/ColorBalanceCoach: When I take the picture of the grey surface, should I leave my WB settings to AWB to take the picture for use in setting custom WB ?
For Canon, Nikon and other brands, it does not make any difference the mode that you are in when you take the image you will use for setting the white balance. As a second step the camera will white balance the surface or the image that you have chosen to perform the custon WB. The [...]
Read moreFAQ PhotoMasterTarget/ColorBalanceCoach: My camera has trouble focusing on the grey surface to get a picture for setting the WB. Would an out-of-focus picture acceptable ?
Many cameras have that limitation of focussing before exposure. When you walk in to fill the screen with the target, it may be impossible to focus. There is no problem as long as you are not casting a shadow on the target. So sharp or out of focus target will be as usefull to set [...]
Read more20 Questions to TheStudioCoach
20 Questions to TheStudioCoach Asked by James Cowie, Stan C. Reade photo store. London, Ontario. 1. What inspired you to make photography your career? At the age of 13 I borrowed my Grandmother’s camera on a vacation and started shooting. I still remember the sense of storytelling that I felt, I would be able to [...]
Read moreThe painting effect without the brushes in your hands
WOW , I just got the AlienSkin Snap Art 1.0. It gives you full control over the painterly look. Pastel, oil, pencil and all the effect you may wish I will have a tutorial up within a couple of days telling you how I got around what I tought was a limitation. I was trying [...]
Read morePhotoshopUser magazine
Learning new tricks is not an easy job for an old dogs, but even with many years of experience in Photoshop (I started with version 2.5) I still devore end read cover to cover each edition of PhotoshopUser. Tips and even stuff that you do know but have forgotten. Watch shortly for a review of [...]
Read moreAdobe Lightroom
Lightroom, is now the perfect asset to actualy manage the aquirering and preparation and presentation of images for client or for my own reference. Lightroom is a complex software, very intuitive and so obvious that many of it’s feature would go unseen if it would not have been of a good training book. I used [...]
Read moreLensbabies
The Lensbabies kit is for me the ULTIMATE fun. In my commercial life, the LensBabies is the tool in the bottom of my bag and when inspiration fails, I put the Lensbabies on and through my camera I see a whole new world…
Read moreThe ColorBalanceCoach in the figure study
In difficult situation like this one, the ColorBalanceCoach target played a key role. I wanted a light rolling on top of my nude model’s stomach. I needed to calculate exactly the light passing horizontal al the model’s point. By putting the ColorBalanceCoach target flat on the floor I was able to preform the necessary readings, [...]
Read moreGraphic Authority image enhancing tools
Wow! affordability, ease and affordability. They have experience and it shows. Established in 1994 Graphic Authority has provided the graphics community with products of outstanding quality and price. Today you can find Graphic Authority in Layers Magazine and Photoshop User. I met them at PPA convention in SanAntonio, Texas and I am preparing samples and [...]
Read moreHow to read the photographic histogram?
How to read the photographic histogram? watch this video to learn about the histogram.
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