The *Official Photography Thread*

I guess it all depends on the use for me.

 

thanks guys, I'll play with it more. set up the flikr publish for now

 

I've made plenty of prints from SmugMug using JPEG images and they turned out great

I do start from a RAW file then export to a JPEG. I haven't seen any issues in my prints.

 

The printer here is really nice, but takes a lot of getting used to. Things print darker than on screen for example. I had to really tweak my files until I figured out how to make them look good printed rather than on screen. They always looked a little overexposed on the screen in order to get them just right especially.

 

I like this pic. Nice job pineapple!

 

Dang it I have to buy Lightroom now, my trial is up

 

Find a discount code online before you buy it.

 

Cheaper than the student and teacher edition

 

Don't know. I think it's 15% so probably not.

 

PetaPixel pointed out this video from Adobe. It covers 10 basic things Photoshop users want to do. It should work for earlier versions-maybe not exactly but enough to help learn PS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=w47hA7dosjY

 

SM have some really good print partners. Nothing like the average print place. They care about printing-a lot more than many places to the point of making regular comparison prints. Pretty awesome if you ask me-and they guarantee your prints no questions asked.

 

I use BayPhoto for my prints

 

well good to know a jpeg will print nice.

I'd still do tiff..just me though.

like a .wav vs .mp3 IMO.

 

its probably closer to the debate like..

16bit/44.1khz vs 24 bit/96khz music.

very subtle..very few notice the difference. unlike .mp3 vs .wavs where actually more tend to notice if compared side by side.

 

you really get to notice the differences in mp3 quality once you playback really good audio

 

Bay is the best. I went over there one day and got the unofficial tour. At the time, they were looking for some new machines and had a couple of million dollar plus machines setup in the back for testing. There were printing some metal stuff too. Amazing process. I would have thought your file would hit the printer, be printed and ship. If you check the "no color correction" it will but otherwise, someone looks at it and if it needs work, it will get some correction then be printed-Bay uses a pretty hands on approach and it shows in their work.

 

http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/02...rs/#chapter-getting-ready-for-the-longest-day

This is where I aspire to be in motorsports photography

 

I'm glad I use BayPhoto, thank you for that insight

 

www.automotophoto.com

Andrew is amazing. Shoots mostly MotoGP and has some really great work.

 

So I just read through all the pages from my post on 684. Man did I just learn some stuff. Some of those pictures are just incredible. I will make sure to follow this closer so I don't get too far behind. lol

m3bassman seriously man great photos!

Anyone shooting in really cold conditions have any tips for battery life?

I created a logo for myself last night and will be adding watermarks to my photos from now on.