And it is appreciated more than you know.

Thank you for the input, everyone. We have opened communications and are working it out...in writing this time.

It seems a strategically worded email has done well so far today...I now see a whole gallery of my images on her website with all kinds of credit for me. We shall see.....

Thanks, everyone....

I am not looking to sue her for any damages. Our agreement was a barter arrangement, and the only compensation I was expecting was the exposure of my name and logo with her usage of the photos. All I want to do is block her from using them any further and be done with the whole mess.

I just ventured out into getting paid for photography this year.
To get my name out there, I hooked up with a fitness instructor that was in need of pictures for her website, social media, and press releases. We made a verbal agreement to 6 photo shoots
and in exchange for my services, my logo would appear on every picture and my name/logo would be in every ad, website, press release, etc. I later agreed to not have the logo on the actual picture, but she has not been giving me credit or using my info ANYWHERE. She has used the images in national press releases for fitness videos, etc. My question is, do I have the right to revoke her usage of the photos at all and demand she remove them from her website and advertising?

Those are great edits....thank you! I will play around with it and see if I can come up with similar results.

Thanks again!

THANKS!! It was right under my nose the whole time. I am going to play with this for sure!

I have Lightroom 3 and have used it with some actions, but I haven't figured out how to whiten teeth or smoth skin there....can you elaborate on how you do this?

I would appreciate learning this from you as well, if you don't mind posting it. I have a method, but it is an action I downloaded. I would like to see how it is actually done.

I use CS4...got it as a student. It has taken forever to learn, but I love it.

I am one that takes great care to get the shot right out of the camera. I learned the old fashioned way with film and a darkroom. However, after entering my images in several contests, while they were technically correct, well composed, and beautiful images, the ones that were photoshopped ended up winning every time. I am giving HDR a go just for my own curiosity. I like the effect when it is not over done. Sometimes, a person may just want to try something different or give their image an artistic look. I hold nothing against those who are purists, and nothing against those who like to push the boundaries. To each his own...and each person should be free to play with their images how they see fit, without being put down by someone else. That is is beautiful thing about being an artist....you can express your own creativity or personality through your art. My only concern or complaint, for lack of a better word, is that photo contests should be either/or. Unmanipulated images in one contest, and doctored up ones in another. Everyone should get a chance to embrace technology and test the boundaries. That is how we learn and grow. If it isn't your cup of tea, then don't participate...but others should be able to make that decision for themselves.

Dunno, why it posted the HDR so small...huh.

Lets try again...

Here is what I have come up with so far. I used a free program called Luminance HDR....

The Photomatix is good, but it leaves a watermark. I want to play with it some more before I spend the $99 for the full version.

Original


HDR

I like your HDR images...they don't have that fake, painted look that is so common. I downloaded Photomatix and a couple of other "free" programs and I will play with them for a bit and see how it goes. Thanks for the suggestions and advice!

Ok, so I am new to this, and I got all excited when I found out that My CS4 would merge images into HDR...But I don't like what I am getting. Can anyone enlighten me as to what their favorite HDR programs are and how much I need to save up to get it? Don't want to make a huge investment because I don't know if this is going to be my cup of tea just yet, but I definitely want to play with it and get a good feel for it. THANKS!!