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April 2009
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Rod Barbee Photography Newsletter
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Greetings
Hi everybody. The Seattle Mariners open their season
tonight. After the last few seasons I don't have real
high expectations for this year. Apparently Ichiro's a
little nervous too, seeing as how he's out with a
bleeding ulcer. Yikes! These low expectations can
only mean that I'll most likely be pleasantly surprised.
At least that's my expectation...
I also still have a small case of PBSGD (Post-
Battlestar Galactica Depression). For those of you
who watched this amazing show (NOT the one from
the 1970s, the new one) over the last four years or so,
you know what I mean (perhaps the best TV show
EVER!).
Anyway, at least Spring is here:
flowers
starting to bloom, bugs starting to do what bugs do,
and hummingbirds practicing their dive bombing
techniques. Boy, but those suckers come close.
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Price reduction on CO Wildflowers workshop |
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We know times are tough, so Don Mammoser and I
are reducing the price of our July 7-11 Colorado Wildflowers workshop
from $995 to $895. For those who have already
signed up, this difference will be reflected in your
statements.
This workshop include a full-day and a half-day jeep
tour, which were a popular highlight of last year's trip.
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Singh-Ray Blog |
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My latest blog posting for Singh-Ray's Focus on Singh-
Ray Filters Blog has been posted. This one is about
photographing the vineyards of Oregon's Willamette
Valley. Take a look here. I'll
also be evaluating Singh-Ray's Color-Combo filter
soon. This filter is a combination of their Lighter-
Brighter polarizer along with their Color Intensifier. I'll
pass on my impressions in a future newsletter.
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PAW Oregon coast workshop nearly full |
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For any of you contemplating attending this fall's Oregon Coast Shoot and Process workshop
with David Middleton and me (Sept. 9-13) , I've
just heard that this workshop is nearly full. This
workshop's a little different from what David and I
usually do. Not only will be helping you in the field
capturing images, we'll then go into the classroom
and help you process the images using various tools
including Photoshop, Adobe Camera Raw, and
Lightroom. We'll also talk about organizing and
managing your growing image collection. Visit the PAW site for more information and to sign
up.
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PAW ad in OP |
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Keep an eye out for the May, June, and July issues of
Outdoor Photographer magazine. Photographer's
Alliance Workshops will be running our first ad
starting in May. Hopefully this will give us the visibility
to make PAW a successful venture.
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Taking control of your images with masks |
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I've written a new tutorial article on using Channels in
Photoshop for creating and using masks. A
simple, yet sophisticated mask can be made from
one of the three channels: Red, Green, and Blue. If
you look at the channels palette you'll see the gray
scale representations of each color channel.
Remember, in a layer mask, white reveals and black
conceals, and shades of gray reveal to a varying
extend. So these channels can be used as layer
masks.
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Showing off |
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And finally, here's my grandson Parker proving to the
world that he does indeed have a bellybutton!
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Contact Information
phone:
360-437-1124
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