IF IT ONLY WENT TO 11... ~ APPLE 3Gs

Recently I attended an outstanding workshop with John Paul Caponigro at his home studio in Maine. It was a group of 10 participants and all were high level photographers and everyone contributed to the flow and delivery of information during the week. It is something I would HIGHLY recommend!!!

Skills in the craft as well as many creative aspects were in the mix which I found as the most unique part of the workshop. I was honored by a blog entry on JP's blog (www.johnpaulcaponigro/blog/) which has evolved the following link for a body of work presently under construction. The link is as follows and can be accessed through the blog as well: www.lightyearimaging.com/airhead/

Enjoy

BESIDE MYSELF...iPHONE STITCH

Special thanks to John Paul for the recent post of the iPhone images on his blog. Attending this workshop has been nothing short of spectacular. It was my birthday week and one I will not soon forget. If anyone can here him speak or attend a workshop here in Maine, I would highly recommend it. The focus here has been as much on the craft as it has been on the vision. I have met a number of great photographers and now friends on this adventure and look forward to doing this with JP again soon. Here is a shot of the birthday cake that JP's wife made for me - yum!

BIRTHDAY BOY

I am in Maine with John Paul Caponigro at the best workshop ever and have been really inspired to push this cell phone stuff even further. Thanks to all of my fellow workshoppers for their kind words and motivation. Yep - tomorrow is my birthday so...I thought I would share some of my favorite apprs for the iPhone. Some cost a few dollars but others are free. Try some - yum!
Cheers

CHRISTMAS WITH THE OZ

What would the holidays be like without a little Ozzy?

Beginning or End?

With all of the hooplah recently about placing blame on image manipulation I thought it necessary to show one side of the equation that most never talk about. Everything that happens to "control" the image even before things like photoshop. Anyone that has been around stock shoots on location or advertising shoots for clothing know what the image would look like from the angle the viewer never sees. Duct tape, clips, pins - you name it everything and anything to make the clothes and the image look perfect. And this is not limited to just the clothes - anyone or thing in the picture would be subject to this level of perfection.
This is not to let the retouchers of the world off the hook as far as being responsible - more a spread of the responsibility. Take a look...

HDR to PS Options2

Here we talk about one way for us to use Photoshop after an image has been tone mapped.

OPTIONS - NOT ALWAYS BLACK AND WHITE!

In this tutorial Chris will walk through a few of the more important things to think about and how they may effect your final conversion to Black and White - at the very least they will show how they effect your results.

IT'S COMING! - PHOTOPLUS 2009

Huge Event with all the latest and greatest tools and toys for photographers as well as a lengthy list of excellent seminars and instruction - except for mine that is?! ha

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DOUBLE HEADER - POST PRODUCTION

On October 4th, Chris Alvanas will host a double workshop/lecture at CDIA. 10-12 will be on Extending Dynamic Range and 2-4 will be on Glamour Retouching. Seating is limited so please RSVP to calvanas@cdiabu.com. This event is free and not limited to CDIA stiudents.

024 RT Last One

This video represents the last phase of a serious retouch. There is a need to get away from the screen to give your eyes a break and come back to finish up. When coming back there will almost always be final tweaks in finishing the image.