Saturday, 31 March 2012

Adobe Lightroom 4

Updated on 10 May 2012

Finally Lightroom 4 is available, and the big news is its price! Definitely all existing users will upgrade.

At the moment, the best resources that I can find at the moment about Lightroom 4 are:

(A) Resources for experienced users of the previous versions:

Tonal adjustment in the Age of Lightroom 4

(B) General Introduction for general users:

http://thelightroomlab.com/ (There are just a few Lightroom 4 tutorials. Perhaps more will come. Meanwhile, you may read the very comprehensive "Tutorials Roadmap" for Lightroom 3 first: http://thelightroomlab.com/our-photoshop-lightroom-tutorials-roadmap/)

http://www.peachpit.com/promotions/promotion.aspx?promo=138777

http://kelbytraining.com/online/freetrial/

http://lightroomkillertips.com/2012/lightroom-4-presets-hdr-effect-part-2/

http://www.lynda.com/allcourses

(C) A collection of various other resources:

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials.html

Enjoy!

Thursday, 8 March 2012

與背景融合的時尚人像攝影

有不少時裝攝影或所謂「時尚人像攝影」(glamour photography),其實都只是攝影師叫女模特兒騷首弄肢,只要把燈光、調色和反差等基本技術弄好便成,根本與攝影藝術扯不上任何關係。

來自莫斯科的攝影師 Mercuro B. Cotto,職業是時尚攝影師,原本也可以單靠叫模特兒騷首弄肢混飯吃,但他卻願意花時間思考如何配合 模特兒與背景之間的構圖,增強作品的感染力,算是把 「時尚人像攝影」 添上些藝術色彩。見他的網頁。