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August 2008
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Rod Barbee Photography Newsletter
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Greetings
I can't believe August is nearly over. Before I know it, I'll
be 48 years old (my birthday is coming up). In
the last few days we've gone from some of the hottest
days of the year to some of the coolest, wettest days of
this summer. I guess that's just our wacky northwest
weather.
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More Home Projects |
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So once again I'm a little late with the newsletter. It's
getting to be a habit. But I've got a really good excuse.
Really. I was working on yet another home related
project. And this was a big one: I built a fence! About
300 feet worth of fence.
Ok, so I helped the guy we hired to build the fence. But
still, it was a lot of work and I dug a lot of holes and
poured lots of cement. And I have the sore muscles
and other maladies to prove it! We replaced our old
fence and also fenced in our lot next door. The
accompanying picture shows a remnant of our old
fence with a section of the new.
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Profiling Your Camera |
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Last year I wrote briefly about a script you can use with
Photoshop and Camera Raw to calibrate your
camera. I have yet to actually get around to using it
however. But if you're interested in calibrating your
own camera there are a couple of script sources out
there including the one at Chromoholics.
Now there's this from PhotoshopNews.com:
"Adobe
has released new beta camera profiles for Camera
Raw 4.5 and Lightroom 2.0 as well as a beta of the
new application called DNG Profile Editor for editing
DNG profiles. The betas of the profiles and the editor
app are on Adobe Labs." There is also the new DNG
Profile Editor. Using this tool you can open a DNG file
(you'll have to convert the raw images from your
camera to Adobe's DNG format) and tweak the colors
to your heart's desire. You can then save this "recipe"
and output it as a new camera profile. Pretty
cool. You can also photograph a Gretagmacbeth
Color Checker and use the "chart" tab in the DNG
Profile Editor to create your own camera profiles.
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Image Critique Service |
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Lately I've had several requests from workshop
participants to offer online or email critiques of
images. Not to be one to turn down potential income,
I'm now offering an image critique service. For
$10/image, with a five image minimum, I'll give an
honest evaluation of images along with suggestions
for improvement (if applicable) or groans of envy (also
if applicable). For the complete rundown,
including method of payment and image size
specifications, visit my Image Critique page.
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Workshop News |
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In Closing |
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That's it for now. Next week we're having a couple of
guests staywith us; we'll be dog sitting for a
couple of Tracy's friends. I hope Bailey enjoys the
company. She'll finally be able to really be Queen of
the Yard.
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Contact Information
phone:
360-437-1124
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