PM2k12 - Jim Korkis meet photos

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From Jim Korkis meet. Thanks Tim for setting this up. just bought his book. ; Garry Rollins

Jim & Tim
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Brown Derby dining room
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sunset Street Star
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Ticket Window (sepia)
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Well there she sits buddy just a-gleaming in the sun
There to greet a working man when his day is done
I'm gonna pack my pa and I'm gonna pack my aunt
I'm gonna take them down to the Cadillac Ranch

Eldorado fins, whitewalls and skirts
Rides just like a little bit of heaven here on earth
Well buddy when I die throw my body in the back
And drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac

Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark shiny and black
Open up your engines let `em roar
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur

James Dean in that Mercury `49
Junior Johnson runnin' through the woods of Caroline
Even Burt Reynolds in that black Trans Am
All gonna meet down at the Cadillac Ranch

Cadillac, Cadillac...
Hey little girlie in the blue jeans so tight
Drivin' alone through the Wisconsin night
You're my last love you're my last chance
Don't let `em take me to the Cadillac Ranch

Cadillac, Cadillac,
Long and dark, shiny and black
Pulled up to my house today Came and took my little girl away

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - CADILLAC RANCH LYRICS



Caddie grill master by Disney Photography Phanatic, on Flickr

 

I processed it in camera raw, version 7.3 which was in PS 6. When I got the D4 I found out that the raw files generated by the camera were not supported by previous versions of PS/Camera raw, so an upgrade was mandatory.

I don't use presets and I'm a total noob when it comes to photo editing. One of these days I would like to take the time to sit through all the online tutorials to help me maximize my use of this software. As for now I'm just a slider monkey, trying this and that until I like what I see. I have Photomatix (version 4.1) that I use for my HDR shots and I have Lightroom 4 but I really don't like to use it for any kind of batch processing yet or file organization. If I use LR4 it would be for it's noise reducing function, that so far is beating the advanced capabilities I'm seeing in Camera raw 7.3.

I used to laugh when I would read about how some one would process something in Photomatix, import it to LR for some tweaks and then further process it in PS. I'm not laughing anymore since I've become just as obsessed with working on my pictures.

Some people might think that it's the camera that makes all the difference with shots like these but you and I know better. I've seen you do great things with your images so I know you are really good with the photo editing stuff. I'd like to encourage everybody on this board to take what they've got and learn how to manipulate the image using software. It can be very intimidating at first, but if you stick with it, you'll get the hang of it before you know it.

When I first set out to learn Photoshop I made the mistake of going to my local community college and taking a mini course. The guy had to fly through the material in 4 weeks and I was pulling my hair out trying to understand a very non intuitive software program. I thought about it for awhile and then I realized that the information I was looking for was not located in a bricks and mortar school, but it was on line on my computer.

There are a ton of sites on line that will get a person started learning how to use all different photo processing software. Perhaps others reading this can list some of the places that they have gotten great information from when trying to learn various types of photo processing/editing software. (Tim that might make a nice sticky somewhere on these boards, sorry if it's already there but I am still new to the site and I'm still trying to get the lay of the land. A listing of software and a resource for matching online tutorials might make a great topic for the forum members for example http://www.lynda.com/ is good for Photoshop users)

In the end, the camera captures an image. If you are shooting raw then it's almost like a very flexible canvas that you can manipulate in many different directions. Most people are not aware that their camera takes an image and processes it with in camera presets to come up with a certain style of Jpeg image. If you shoot raw files and you have a software program that can edit those files, then you can experiment with things like color or contrast or any one of a number of neat manipulations. Shoot Jpegs on any camera and the software in that camera decides what the contrast should be or the color intensity or the clairity, etc.

So all of those of you that are new to photo processing software, I would encourage you to take the leap! It's the next step in advancing your photographic skills. The software required to do this is a lot cheaper than upgrading your equipment and you will be amazed at the results. All you need is a camera that has the option to shoot raw files and away you go!

 

Joanie, ;

I did not meet you at Pixelmania but impressed with the color in this pics. I too am pretty new to photography and struggling with learning the post processing thing. I've yet to buy Photoshop and doing what little tweaks I know in Aperture 3. I second your suggestion for a tread on how some of the veteran photographers get their photos to pop. I've searched the boards and found some help but my best advice has come on YouTube videos. ; Is anyone else out there only using Aperture 3 for post processing?




Garry Rollins

 

Here here, Gary. ; I do all my post work in Aperture 3. ; Usually it's just a small amount of total saturation to get the desired result. ; Adding a color adjustment using the dropper will give a more specific result.

I agree with Tim in that your best efforts to capture a great photo will yield the best results in post. ; Seems like the more I fuss with editing, the more sloppy my pictures can become.


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