Yesterday, most of my Internet contacts were buzzing about the announcement of Lightroom 3.0 (beta). E-mail, blog pages, Facebook and Twitter all repeated pretty much the same message. I looked at it a bit less enthusiastically than most, perhaps since I use Apple’s Aperture to manage my photo library instead of Lightroom.
I’m back from my business trip and had some time to process a few more shots from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM). There are actually a couple of visitor sites for NASM. The original site in the National Mall and the one I visited, the Stephen F. Udvar Hazy Center in Chantilly,…
Just a quick note from the road. I’m up in the D.C. area for a business meeting tomorrow, but I lugged along my camera gear because this place is full of wonderful scenery. Well, usually. I think. Today, it’s cold, overcast and raining. I decided to duck out of the rain and visit the Stephen…
Moose, Joe, and Laurie all helped me with different pieces of information that played into resolving it, but none of them ever tried to come out and say “this is how you do it.” That’s great, because I wanted to solve the problem on my own, but I didn’t mind asking for some how-to information to provide tools that I could use on the problem.
One of the first things I learned is that the camera can’t think for you. Forget the idiot modes and learn how to take control of your exposure. Get closer to your subject. Look for the light. Sometimes the difference between an average picture of a person or a great portrait can be as simple as having the subject raise her nose to get rid of harsh light or an unflattering shadow.
