Photography Education Videos (Page 17)
From the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom YouTube Channel:
Lightroom tips and tricks in 60 seconds or less from longtime Lightroom team member Benjamin Warde.
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In the video above, we get a glimpse of an upcoming feature to Photoshop CC – the ability to select subjects in an image with a single click. Looking closely at the video, it looks like the automatically calculated selections will need some refinement, but... the new feature looks like it provides a fast and solid starting point for subject selections.
From the Adobe Photoshop YouTube Channel:
We’re excited to give you a sneak peek into one of the new functionalities coming to Photoshop CC. Select Subject, powered by Adobe Sensei, is a tool that enables users to make their selections in one click. With Select Subject, you’ll be able to get started with your selections faster than ever before.
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From the Adobe Photoshop YouTube Channel:
Discover how to use the Fill command in Photoshop CC. Quickly fill areas in an image with color, patterns, history, and the content aware technology to remove distracting elements in an image.
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From the Adobe Photoshop YouTube Channel:
Discover how to use Smart Guides to quickly align and distribute layers and shapes in Photoshop CC.
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Photographer Ed Verosky demonstrates the value of picking up an inexpenisve styrofoam mannequin head for practicing your lighting setups.
In this Lightroom Coffee Break, Benjamin Warde explains 4 tricks for working with videos in Lighroom Classic CC.
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In this video, Benjamin Warde provides tips for using the color picker in Lightroom Classic CC.
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From the Profoto YouTube Channel:
Albert Watson’s iconic photographs resonate. Perhaps none more so than this 2006 shot of Steve Jobs which has become a signature image of the late visionary and businessman.
B&H carries Profoto equipment.
One of the biggest concerns of getting a drone is the fear of breaking it on your first (or second, or third) flight. Thankfully, DJI's Care Refresh can help when disaster strikes. [Sean]
B&H carries DJI Care Refresh coverage.
Join Rudy Winston as he explains various features of the Canon EOS 6D Mark II.
Want to know more about Canon's affordable full frame camera? Check out our extensive EOS 6D Mark II Review.
- AF Custom Functions: AI Servo AF Control (embedded above)
- AF Point Management
- AF Custom Functions: Viewfinder Display
- Maximize Image Quality
- Auto ISO
- Built-in GPS
- Video Features
- Video AF
B&H carries the Canon EOS 6D Mark II.
I must admit – Simon Roy's technique of building a custom perch with a hole drilled out for placing seed is absolutely brilliant, easy to do and provides great results. [Sean]
From the CreativeLive YouTube Channel:
To spark your creativity, try a new (totally doable) challenge every other week to help you discover and harness new techniques. We’ll send you an email with a video (about five minutes long) outlining simple steps and ideas for a unique portrait. Take a moment to think about your point of view and deliver something outside of your norm.
In the above video, photographer David Flores explains how to capture multiple exposure images using Fuji, Canon and Sony cameras. Note that while Flores explains that previewing your multiple exposure before capture is a benefit of mirrorless cameras, Canon DSLRs offer the same benefit through the use of Live View during multiple exposure capture.
If you own a camera with the ability to capture multiple exposures, you should definitely give the feature a try. You can create multiple exposures with the following Canon cameras:
- EOS 1D X Mark II
- EOS 1D X
- EOS 5D Mark IV
- EOS 5Ds / 5Ds R
- EOS 5D Mark III
- EOS 6D Mark II
- EOS 6D
- EOS 7D Mark II
- EOS 80D
- EOS 70D
Below is an image of my former neighbor I created using the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM. [Sean]
From the Joe McNally YouTube Channel:
A true test of the radio capabilities of the SB-5000. At night, helicopter to helicopter, exceeding the triggering distance I thought possible. This short video is technical in nature, and shows the placement and progress of lighting the helicopter. We used four SB-5000 Speedlights to get the interior lit before taking off over the NYC skyline.
The Shot
An alternate version of the shot can be found here.
B&H carries the Nikon SB-5000 AF Speedlight Flash.
In the video above, Julieanne Kost, Principal Digital Imaging Evangelist for Adobe, explains the primary differences between the new Lightroom CC and the older Lightroom Classic CC (the program we're all familiar with), and which type of user may benefit from using each program.
In the video, we learn that the following features are not yet found in the new Lightroom CC:
Lightroom Classic CC Features Not Available In Lightroom CC
- Tone Curve and Split Tone Panels
- Camera profiles and soft proofing
- Snapshots or a History Panel
- Hierarchical keywords
- Extended metadata support
- PhotoMerge
- Smart Collections, custom sort orders
- Survey, compare, or reference view
- Robust batch processing
- Support for 3rd party plug-ins
- Print, Book, Slideshow and Map creations
- Color and Luminance Range Masking
If any of the above features are necessary for your workflow, the program formerly known as Lightroom CC – now called Lightroom Classic CC – is still there for you. And the really good news is that the newest iteration of the desktop-centric program has been upgraded for faster performance (in my limited tests so far, the difference was noticeable). If you need to have access to your full resolution files across multiple platforms (desktop/laptop, especially), then using the new Lightroom CC will make a lot of sense. And keep in mind, this is the first version of the cloud-centric Lightroom CC. The list of unavailable features will likely diminish over time as the new program is updated.
Thoughts on Repurposing the "Lightroom CC" Name
I've been a big proponent of Adobe's Creative Cloud subscription model since the early days of its existence because, from a consumer's standpoint, I think the Photography Plan (Photoshop + Lightroom) makes a lot of sense. It's easily the most productive $9.99 I spend each month.
But I must admit to being completely baffled by Adobe's decision to take the name of a well known program, give it to a new (very similar) program, and then rename the old program. It's very confusing (to put it mildly).
Let's say you want to start using the new Lightroom CC but its new interface seems a bit confusing for you, especially as you're used to the Lightroom Classic CC. Try typing in "Adobe Lightroom CC Tutorial" into YouTube and you will undoubtedly be presented with a hundred videos with similar titles. However, determining which of the instructional videos will be providing information relating to the "new" Lightroom CC will be, at best, challenging.
As Shakespeare penned, "That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet." That may be true, but there are expectations that come with a well known name. If florists started calling carnations "roses" and roses "classic roses" tomorrow, we'd all be just as bewildered. [Sean]
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Being red/green colorblind, I'm always interested in new, easy to understand, technically precise ways of color balancing as opposed to just eyeballing it. One method that's helped me over the years is to use a color calibration target, like the X-rite ColorChecker Passport. However, for times when I either forget to photograph the color target or else forget to bring it with me, using a 50% gray layer in Photoshop along with a difference blending mode could enable me to achieve reasonably color balanced results without the calibration target. [Sean]
From the PiXimperfect YouTube Channel:
Just ONE-CLICK and All Your Colors Fall into Place! Learn how to automatically perform Color Correction using Curves in Photoshop within seconds! Whether you have a gray area to sample from or not, in this video, we will learn a very essential technique and the concept behind the same to allow Photoshop to figure out automatically the areas that you can sample from for accurate color correction. The video is a bit long (the narrator describes three different ways to create a 50% gray layer and constantly reiterates certain points), but... it's worth watching to fully understand the concept.
In this video, we will dive deep into the concept of "Difference" blend mode and how it can help us to remove unwanted color casts by figuring out the right areas for sampling. I hope this video helps you. Thank you for watching.
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From the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom YouTue Channel:
Boundary warp is key! In this week's Lightroom Coffee Break, Ben Warde explains two great things about stitching panoramas in Lightroom.
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From the B&H YouTube Channel:
Hot off the release of the new Nikon D850, B&H got a chance to give four of our photographers some time with the camera. With an incredible new 45.7MP sensor, massively improved auto-focus, 4k video, and even post-friendly features such as focus stacking, we see just what the D850 is capable of.
B&H carries the Nikon D850.
I must admit – I've wanted the ability to rotate the clone stamp tool many times but didn't realize it was possible. That tip alone makes this video worth watching. [Sean]
From the PiXimperfect YouTube Channel:
Two Techniques and Shortcuts to Perform Better Cloning with Clone Stamp Tool in Photoshop. Learn to customize the cloned sample to match with the surroundings, thus giving you a much more accurate replacement for the thing you want to remove or introduce.
In this video, we will learn how to rotate and scale the sample taken in the clone stamp tool to better line up the edges and create more convincing and natural cover-ups! Hope this video helps you. Thank you for watching.
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From the f64 Academy:
So what if I told you there was a second dimension of data in your photos that can help you make the most accurate color correction ever? You probably wouldn't believe me because it is a bold statement and you might not be as into Sci-Fi as I am. However, this other dimension is not in a galaxy far far away as it sounds, it is as simple as inverting your photo to access it.
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