Equipment Review: Shooting Tethered

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:36:53 +0000

Scott Kelby has consistently recommended a particular setup for shooting photos tethered (where the camera is attached to your laptop and as you take pictures, they are automatically transferred to and appear on the laptop). This video reviews the equipment that makes it SO much easier.

Two of the primary pieces of gear I discuss are:

If you have any trouble viewing the video here or would like to watch it in HD, check it out here on YouTube.

5 Great Lightroom Resources and an Honor

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:55:14 +0000

I’ll start off by briefly mentioning an unexpected honor I received today; a promotion to Lightroom Guru over at LightroomForums.net. I ran across the forum a few months ago and began answering questions I thought I could add my (limited) expertise to. It turns out that the moderators at the forum felt I was adding enough value to make me a Guru. Go figure.

So, speaking of quality Lightroom Resources, the following lists my top favorite/most valuable resources. While this list isn’t a comprehensive, non-stop shopping list, it does provide a solid start for anyone wanting to learn more about lightroom.

LightroomForums.net

As I just mentioned, I check this on a daily basis. The people are great and the discussions rarely, if ever, degrade into the types of arguments you see on other forums. If you have a Lightroom question, post it here and you’re likely to get a quick and thoughtful response. Link.

Lightroom Killer Tips

Matt Kloskowski does a great job at posting regular tips and tricks for Lightrom users, many of which are video tutorials. Beginners and experts alike will benefit from this site. Link.

Lightroom User to User Forums (Adobe)

This is Adobe’s user-to-user forum, allowing you to post questions and receive answers to Lightroom questions. Another resource similar to LightroomForums.net. Link.

Jeffrey Friedl’s Blog

Jeffrey Friedl is one of the most prominent Lightroom plugin developers out there today. He’s released a wide variety of tools, ranging from tools that let you export to Facebook or Flickr to a GeoTagging plugin (which is my personal favorite). Some are free. Some can be unlocked by donating as little as a penny to Mr. Friedl (all are worth far more than that, IMO). Link.

The Photo Geek and Lightroom-Blog.com

Okay, this is technically two resources. As I recently started following them both, I thought I’d include them as one. Both are blogs from guys who really know Lightroom. They share insight, tools and more. Both are worth a look. Photo Geek link. Lightroom Blog link.