Category Archives: Digital Darkroom

Lightroom issue

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Michael Willems

Adobe Lightroom is great – I run my life using it – but now I have run into an issue that appears to be a bit of a showstopper. Let me run it by you: perhaps I am missing something. … Continue reading →

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Camera Setting II

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Michael Willems

Today, part two of my “always do camera settings. Many cameras bias their metering toward the focus point when spot metering. Some only allow centre point for metering. And mine allows me to choose. I choose “meter off my focus … Continue reading →

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Get your camera settings right.

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Michael Willems

Your camera has many standard and custom settings, and getting them right is important. In the next few posts, let me take you through the settings I always make sure are set on my Canon 1Dx and similar cameras. The … Continue reading →

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That’s correct.

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Michael Willems

The new Lightroom has an auto perspective correction function, but the current Lightroom 4 has this too – you just have to do it yourself. Imagine that you have to shoot a building facade like this, and you happen to not … Continue reading →

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An old refrain!

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Michael Willems

Backup. Backup. Backup. As you know, I do make backups, and good thing too. My Lightroom library disappeared, or rather, became corrupted. But no worries, I have good backups at all times. Disaster averted. Plus, my Lightroom writes little XML … Continue reading →

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I have seen the enemy, and he is…

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Michael Willems

…dust! Dust is the enemy of photos. Sensor dust, to be precise. Tiny pieces of dust that stick on your sensor. Look at this image of model Danielle on the beach yesterday: Now look at a small section, with slightly enhanced … Continue reading →

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Treasure Trove

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Michael Willems

Your old photos are a treasure trove. I reminded myself of this again last night: searching for some images for a client, I came across many great images that I had overlooked before. Like this, of Miss Halton 2009, Evangeline … Continue reading →

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Presentation.. is important.

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Michael Willems

Presentation of images to show you are “not Uncle Fred” can be very important. As in this here example from a recent shoot: That looks better framed than as “just the image”, no? As in food, presentation counts for a … Continue reading →

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A little technique.

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Michael Willems

Sometimes images need a little TLC.. a little post work, to bring them back to waht you saw. Like this one, a rainy shot in Jamaica last week: That is what it looked like. But the camera shot, taken in … Continue reading →

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Photo Change, and Video Starter Tips

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Michael Willems

Here’s Brynn and her colleague from Photosensitive, preparing to video-interview me today for the Picture Change Project I will be part of (keep July 15 open, all!): And this prompts me to talk a little about video today. Vido on … Continue reading →

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