Posts for: russelray
Dec 16, 2020 10:25:10 #
Porch Pirates are out in force here in the San Diego area.
Dec 6, 2020 07:41:29 #
avflinsch wrote:
I have used lulu.com to do similar things - around $20 for 50 or so pages + a few illustrations/photos
I use BookBaby. $39 for 174 pages with whatever you want on those pages.
Nov 28, 2020 10:22:35 #
russelray wrote:
We probably should take our discussion somewhere else so we don't take over the OP's discussion.
Ooopsy. I just noticed that YOU are the OP. Sorry about that.
Nov 27, 2020 20:51:01 #
Shooter41 wrote:
Russ... That's really interesting in that I spent the last 40 years photographing men playing indoor soccer and women practicing yoga. I never take landscape pictures. Each to his own, I say. That's what keep life interesting. Do you have suggestions how I can improve my humor in this shot I edited yesterday?
I think your shot and humor are great. Gave me some ideas, so thanks!
I have lots of pictures of things like parades and sports. Again, though, they are for me, not the parade or sports participants. In the picture here, the pianist is my husband. None of these three people know that I took this picture. They were the first to perform in the auditorium at the new huge & beautiful San Diego Central Library in 2013.
We probably should take our discussion somewhere else so we don't take over the OP's discussion.
Nov 27, 2020 17:27:58 #
Shooter41 wrote:
Hi again Russ...I too am in several high risk cate... (show quote)
I take pictures of anything and everything, except people. If I take pictures of people, it has to be a candid shot. Can't do portrait photography. It has to be a picture for me, not for them.
Nov 27, 2020 16:11:36 #
Clouds are my favorite background subject because I live in San Diego. It's either all blue sky or all gray sky. Rarely beautiful clouds, so when they do show up, I rush out to take lots of pictures of them.
I'm a train fanatic having been born into a train family, so I'm always doing research on trains and train-related stuff. Here in San Diego we have a beautiful, historic Santa Fe Depot. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter where one goes to get a picture of it, there are skyscrapers and other mush in the picture. That is what caused me to learn how to replace backgrounds, and this ATSF Depot in San Diego was my first attempt.
I'm a train fanatic having been born into a train family, so I'm always doing research on trains and train-related stuff. Here in San Diego we have a beautiful, historic Santa Fe Depot. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter where one goes to get a picture of it, there are skyscrapers and other mush in the picture. That is what caused me to learn how to replace backgrounds, and this ATSF Depot in San Diego was my first attempt.
Nov 27, 2020 15:29:42 #
Shooter41 wrote:
Dear russelray: Your timing and panning were excellent on your original image with the cluttered background. But I am amazed at not only the excellent choice of background you selected for your bird thief during editing, but somehow in post processing you improved the bird image itself a ton. Please keep sharing your excellent work with us on UHH. I would enjoy becoming photo buddies and sharing our growth if you are agreeable. Don Marler at randfan@cox.net (Shooter41)
Hey, Don. Thanks for the nice words.
I'm retired and in several high-risk categories for death by Covid-19, so my photography sales have allowed me to be in self-isolation since March 14. It's dull, boring, and uninteresting, though. We are social creatures, and I really miss the social aspects. I am cataloging several million pictures taken since 1966 and having some fun in that sense.
I've been using Photoshop since it hit the PC market back in the '80s, so if I can help you or anyone with anything, feel free to contact me. I don't have all the answers, but I like to find answers if I don't have them. russelrayphotos@gmail.com
Nov 27, 2020 09:27:52 #
When I'm out and about each day taking photographs, I also am looking for good backgrounds that I can use when necessary. The first picture here is the original, and the second is with a background that I took myself and found it useful for this bird thief.
Nov 25, 2020 05:32:43 #
chasgroh wrote:
Trackballs are great, I used to use 'em. But I discovered that I could decrease the time it takes me to get through upwards of 10k shots HUGELY by using a simple gaming mouse where I can program macros (like the export command for Lightroom Shft-Ctl-E) to function with one button. Right now I'm using a Logitech G500 and I can FLY through images. I have a Wacom pad but it collects dust, never could get the feel for cutouts and such in PS, so I get by with my mouse. YMMV of course!
I do the same thing except that I have been using a Kensington trackball for about a decade. I have one for each computer (seven computers total) and one for a backup just in case the cat thinks they are mice. More about Kensington trackball: https://www.kensington.com/en-gb/software/trackballworks-customization-software2/
Nov 3, 2020 18:07:03 #
GrandmaG wrote:
I may have to try using Bridge!! I don’t know if I could give up Lightroom though (EXCEPT for those times when my collections disappear!). You can do collections in Bridge? Can they sync with Lightroom Mobile?
According to Adobe techs, if you can do it in Lightroom, you can do it better in Bridge. I gave up on Lightroom a decade ago because it kept losing folders and files, and it took too long to resync everything.
Nov 2, 2020 09:46:16 #
WDCash wrote:
I understand that there are many "preferences... (show quote)
Ever since I attended a Photoshop conference in 2012 and found out just how awesome Bridge is, and vastly better than Lightroom for collection and organizing, I quit doing anything in Lightroom. It's Photoshop & Bridge all the way. I have never questioned my decision, and a few hundred of my Clients over the ensuing 8 years agree with me. My biggest complaint about Lightroom is that it has always had problems keeping track of files if someone did something outside of Lightroom. The cool thing about Bridge is that it never has that problem, and Bridge even keeps track of non-digital files—Word, Excel, InDesign, Illustrator, etc. etc. etc.
Oct 28, 2020 06:56:10 #
Left click and hold in the menu bar. Then drag to the left. You might have to click, hold, and drag a couple of times. For some reason, every time I update, Photoshop reverts to a monster screen and the maximize/minimize buttons are way over to the right.
Oct 24, 2020 12:55:09 #
In 1968, I found my wise old grandmother sitting at her huge dining room table with hundreds of photos, several scrapbooks, scissors, pen, and glue. She was cutting pictures apart, repositioning people, removing telephone poles, etc., all the things that we do in digital photo editing software. I asked her why, and she responded: "What comes out of the camera is just the basics to start with."
Oct 24, 2020 07:04:44 #
10MPlayer wrote:
Also, there's a strong black shadow on the back side of the lighthouse indicating it was shot on a bright sunny day.
I used to think that as well until I moved to San Diego. We don't get a lot of all-encompassing storms here so it's not unusual to have a storm roll through with the sun shining brightly. I've even had it rain on me with the sun shining brightly.
Oct 22, 2020 07:54:16 #
It depends on one's purpose. I'm into railroads, and we have a historic Santa Fe depot here in San Diego. However, the depot is surrounded by skyscrapers. There is no way to get a picture of the depot without skyscrapers messing things up, so I did a sky replacement many years ago so I could show just the depot and its beautiful architecture. Here is the original photo and my sky replacement photo. It took me several days to do that sky replacement so I'm really looking forward to the new sky replacement tool in Photoshop.
