tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79158925554762093072024-02-08T00:59:27.977-05:00PeekfotoDoug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.comBlogger690125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-22226978809526987702012-08-30T22:00:00.000-04:002012-08-30T22:00:02.357-04:00What a Mess..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Last week I was returning to my Hotel in Columbus OH and exiting the highway I was directed by a motor officer to make a turn. One that was in the opposite direction from the direction I desired. So I pulled into a gas station to get turned around before the traffic back-up grew too long. It was about ten minutes which was not bad at all. The amazing and mildly pathetic activity that occurred next is nothing but government waste.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> First off roughly ten motor officers shot through the intersection followed by three squad cars. Eventually two or three Suburbans cam on through followed by two white fifteen passengers utility vans. Finally another five or six motor officers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> There are a couple of items here. First to Paul's credit, he turned down service protection earlier in the year saying it was a form of welfare. Guess he has taken another look at that one. He also made the statement that it costs around fifty thousand dollars a day for candidate protection by the Secret Service. Some sources have the 2012 candidate protection will cost at least 113 million dollars. Somehow I doubt all this is being picked up by the individual campaigns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am sure a sufficient level of bodily protection can be maintained with one eighth the man power I witnessed last week. Certainly there can be some savings in this area. It will take every department of our government taking serious cuts to stop the bleeding of our treasury dollars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a great weekend, and take care... Doug</span>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-57282856983265110552012-08-23T23:50:00.000-04:002012-08-24T00:26:51.493-04:00Thank You Steve Jobs<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This little App proved its worth of memory space on my iPad tonight. When I am out of town, I always call my wife at 11:00 at night be for we go to bed. Tonight though when I went for my phone, it was not to be found. Hmm... Yes! use the work Blackberry to call my phone and I will hear it in a pocket or on the floor somewhere. No sound anywhere, Nada!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This i the first time I have ever totally misplaced my phone. Prior to panic setting in, I remember the Find iPhone App on the iPad. I tapped the App and once I logged in to the Apple account a location of the hotel came up on the screen. Well that makes sense as it was locked into the iPad. I clicked on the Doug's iPhone and this is what came up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a nanosecond I was confused as I had not been any grassy or wooded area all day. But then I realized that the building and the ramp with aircraft was the NetJets ramp in Columbus, OH. The grassy area is where the new building is located. It was there that I spend the day in a cubical working on a project. I had left the phone on the desk for sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I grabbed my I.D., wallet, and keys and headed out the door in my work-out shorts and tee shirt. Sure enough it was sitting right there on the desk.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When we look at other creatives work, we often get inspiration. These inspiring thoughts and views help to prompt or awaken our own creative thinking. This is not just a different take on the same image or work, but a whole new idea that the viewing triggered in our own mind. That is vision. You could call it synergy of thought.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Step two - Observe things that can generate inspiration. A musician might listen to music of other artists of the same style. I occasionally do technical writing and I will read other tech manuals prior to starting a project to get into the mode of writing. Photographers have it easy. There are literally thousands of web sites to peruse to get inspiration for whatever type of photography you are shooting. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time has been flying by while I have been dealing with a situation at our church. I've been out of the studio and office so little to nothing is getting done I am sorry to say.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broken, or flying, time just does not stop. TMS is a great help, oops, that is time management soft-ware. but it only works when you have enough hours in the day to fulfill what you haver loaded in TMS. Yes I know... I should not load it up so much. That's the story of my life. Plenty of things to do and never a dull moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cya... <i>Doug</i></span>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-39613086258522927742012-08-07T08:00:00.001-04:002012-08-19T00:03:57.794-04:00It All About The Process (Introduction)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Take care all... Doug</span></span></div>
Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-56877577604751415132012-07-31T12:54:00.000-04:002012-08-01T00:54:40.033-04:00Almost here.In just seven days you will see the restart of the blog here at peekfotoblog. <br /><br />Come on back...<br /><br /><br />From Doug's iPhone<br />Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-18518839794218710442012-07-17T22:03:00.001-04:002012-07-17T22:15:40.222-04:00I'm Still Around<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FYI - News Flash - Breaking News</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm still here. Took a rather long blogging hiatus this year and am feeling refreshed.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm going to go to a two day a week blogging schedule so I don't load myself up. Frankly I don't know how David Ziser does a blog every day. It is a big investment in time. Granted David has a much larger knowledge base that I do to share with people but we have decided on two days a week and we will see how it goes. Right now I'm looking at Tuesdays and Thursdays to start but that may end up getting modified as I go along.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />I have a series coming up with is called "It's All About the Process" it goes into the vision, composure, capture, Post Process, and presentation processes. It is a start to finish as far as the creative process. They are mostly my thoughts and some folks might find it interesting.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />I was listening to a Podcast and they're talking making a blog calendar. So I thought I'd sit down and put some thoughts down. Of course don't know when that will be put together but it should help me get that little more organized and more consistent in my blog.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Well this was a little update on where I have been and what my plans are for the future for the blog. I don't plan on giving it up. So I should be up in a couple weeks.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cya Then,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have been a long time fan of the Fudrucker's hamburger chain. I have dined at the original Fuddruckers in San Antonio not to far from the airport. I was disappointed a number of years ago when the Fuddruckers in Grand Rapids closed (it we eventually replaced with a Carraba's with is another fav of mine) so when ever I am flying through the Detroit Airport, I try to stop by the Fuddruckers in Concourse C. The problem is that there is usually a line out into the concourse and I don't have enough time between flights. So the other day on my way to White Plains NY after getting off the airplane, I looked down the concourse and saw no line at Fud's, this was a good sign... So I thought. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />Walking into the eatery, I noticed there were no cashiers but three kiosks. Ok, at first I thought this looked efficient.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now I have always liked the 1/3 pounder with the pumped melted cheese on it. This option was not available as there was not a cheese pump in sight. For 0.75 more I could get cheese on my hamburger. After a number of options on the Kiosk, I was finally able to get a drink for $2.75.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The kiosk accepted a credit card and if you wanted to pay cash, you had to pay the non-existent cashier. So I became the invisible man waiting at the cashier station. It was not until my burger was ready and the gal behind the counter was keeling out FIFTY... NUMBER FIFTY! After I got her attention that I was at the cash register holding up a ticket and cash and not the food delivery counter did she realize I wanted to pay cash. In all actuality, I probably could have just picked up the burger and she would not have been the wiser. At least that way I would have gotten my money's worth.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So she took my money and turned away. I had to get her attention again so she could give me a cup to with she grabbed a cup and sat it upside down onto of the kiosk. Am glad we have antibodies to fight off germs as I am sure that was not the most sterile of surfaces.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Obviously there were plenty of seats available so I found one in the corner to consume on of the biggest culinary disappointments in my life. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I could go into great detail here describing the pathetic looking burger but suffice it to say, I will not be returning to this Fuddruckers EVER! If given the opportunity I may attempt a run at a regular retail store but never in a terminal.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Take care all... <i>Doug</i></span><br />
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The morning started off at 7:30 with Rick Ferro. Rick is a renowned portrait photographer who has worked with the Miami Dalphins made the Walt Disney World people. Rick covered a range of topics including posing, lighting, and business practices.</div>
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After Rick spoke, David Ziser introduced one of the most prolific wedding photographers in the world today. Australian born and now living in Southern California Jerry Ghionis took the platform and spoke of relational photography. </div>
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How we interact with our brides and what our mindset is makes all the difference in how we approach our profession. Seeing the person you are photographing through the eyes of a loved one changes how we see and photograph that person.</div>
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The afternoon was left to the trade show. There one aspect of the trade show that stuck out to me were the number of processing labs with booths.</div>
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Above is the ribbon cutting by David Ziser and his group. Below Sigma made its presents known with some really big Glass. I can't say much for Canon and Nikon which both had booths but really didn't bring anything to the game. No bodies, no lenses, nada!</div>
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FJ Westcott lighting brought to the show a really unique opportunity. Using their TD-6 content lights and some really really big softboxes, they set up four shooting stations with models and all. The did this at Photoshop World and brought it into town.</div>
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Above is a group of photographs that says it all... Shooting & Chimping! Below is one go the models that were being shot. I took these with my iPhone 4s.<br />
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Here is David Ziser who originally was not going to be speaking at the Expo found himself with a Lightroom 4 Beta demo.Being the organizer it is amazing he was abel to carve out the time to present anything. He told us that he was able to get Adobe to come is as a sponsor as long as he did the demo on LR4 Beta. </div>
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The day finished up with another seminar on creativity presented by Joel Grimes. Joel is color blind in that he can not see greens and to be able to produce the beautiful images is not only a credit to him, but the human experience. Joel shared with the group his creative process, seeing the end before you start shooting.</div>
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Well, there is a quick update on Saturdays activities. I'll update again tomorrow night.<br />
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Take care...<i> Doug</i>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-14702169355393949992012-02-04T23:50:00.000-05:002012-02-09T00:26:31.130-05:00Expo - Friday Summary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Before I get going with todays summary of the PhotoPro Expo I wanted to put up an image I took last night before I went to bed. This was an iPhone 4s shot from my bedroom window. Post was done in an App called Perfectly Clear. The camera in that phone continues to amaze me.</div>
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Friday morning started off with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason & Rebecca Weaver, their topic was about creating sticky customers. How and what we can do to create a relationship with our customers so the stay our customers. That seminar was held in the Marriott. Most all of the other seminars were held in the convection center. You can see what it looks like below.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Following was the marketing master planner Sarah Petty which presented her BUMP process. The session attendees learned about Branding, Understanding your numbers, Marketing, and Promotional process in managing and promoting your business.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">After a break for lunch we were all wowed by the imagery of Vincent LaForet. An amazing and Pulitzer prize winning photographer we learned that the breakthrough video Reverie was his first shooting with a camera that took video. Here is the Canon <a href="http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/galleries/galleries/sample_videos/reverie.shtml">link</a> if you have not watched it.</span></div>
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I had not gotten very much sleep the night before and I knew if I did not want to fall asleep during one of the seminars I needed a nap. After about an hour of Vincent's look at this wonderful image I have created, I snuck back to my room and took a good nap. When I returned, he was still going at it. They were dazzling images and very inspiring but my sleep deprivation needed attention.</div>
After Vincent LaForet was done, Lindsay Adler came on stage for her presentation.<br />
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Lindsay is a New York Fashion photographer and was presenting her work and motivating the attendees to consider a fashion flair in their portrait and wedding photography as an option to provide to their clients.</div>
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The day was really getting long and yo could see it in the crowd. The final speaker of the night was Kirk Vuclain. All I will say is the following image explains the rest of the evening,</div>
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Kirk was a hoot with plenty of takeaway information. Probably the most entertaining of the entire expo. His message was to make your studio the coolest one in town.</div>
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That is going to do it for tonight. Cya... <i>Doug</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I found where the photo competition was being held in our hotel and I enter this dimly lit room. A number of people are sitting in the from of the room looking at an image somewhere has entered in the competition. The room is as quiet as a mortuary at a viewing. Suddenly one of the judges calls out a number there starts justifying why that chose that particular number. These end up ranking the image in the competition. They would spend ten minutes on one picture with the photographer describing the emotional connection (or not) they they were trying to express when the captured the photo. Enough for me, I was outta there. I was going back to the room and catch up on some stuff when I ran into the man himself, David Ziser. As he saw me come out of the competition room, I asked home where all he excitement was. David directed me to the second floor.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">This </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">is where stuff was happening. This image was taken a little later as you can see Ziser across the image getting a shot of the group. So take a group of photographers in a hotel they do not have to drive away from, add some beer and wine with a scoring competition and what do you have. A secondary competition only for cash. People would pay $10 to get a dry-erase card to put their name on and when the image was brought up on screen (from the actual competition) people would write down the number they though the judges would score the image. After ten images the one who got the most correct guesses won half the pot. The other half went to the association. It kind of reminded me of the movie Rat Race when all the old gamblers were in the hotel suite betting on wich of the five or so hotel employees hanging from the curtain rods would last the longest. <span>It was fun to watch.</span></span></div>
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<span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Here is a zoomed shot of David Ziser on the other side of the room. These were taken with my iPhone 4s and run through an app called Perfectly Clear but are still a little noisy as the light was low in the room. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Cya... <i>Doug</i></span>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-33602781715452766482012-02-02T16:00:00.000-05:002012-02-11T10:43:39.500-05:00Expo - Arrival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today was real a day to get here and get settled. There is a seminar this evening but the real learning starts tomarrow.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I arrived in Cincinnati this morning to attend the PhotoPro Expo 2012. I am super excited as this is my first foray into photoaphic conventionering. I have been to a number of aviation conventions and there is always so much to see in such a compressed timeframe. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Exiting the airplanes presented a striking image of the economy in this area as seen below.</span></div>
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When the economy tanked, ComAir had been one of the largest regional airlines in the country meriting their own terminal in Cincinnati. The had been bought out by Delta Airlines while Delta was using CVG as an international hub. Post economic crash, the ComAir terminal was closed and was incorporated into the main terminal.</div>
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Enter the Northwest/Delta merger. There goes the international hub. Detroit was already serving that capacity. If the lack of people in the terminal at 10:30 on a Thursday morning does not make it clear, the image below brings even more clarity.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I was able to get a room at the Marriott which was the convention hotel and the one that was directly connected to the Greater Northern Kentucky Convention Center. This was the view I was given from my 12th floor room of the downtown Cincinnati waterfront. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Once I get going with the various seminars it will be non-stop action here is the line-up for my next few days. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 7:30-10:00 PM for Youth Sports with John Pittman and Jim Seers</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 7:30-9:00 Client Relations with Rebecca and Jason Weaver</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 9:30-12:30 Marketing withnSara Petty</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 1:30-2:00 Lightroom 4 Preview with David Ziser</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 2:00-5:00 Future of Photography with Vincent Laforet</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 5:00-7:00 Fashion with Lindsay Adler</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 8:30-11:00 Cool Studio with Kirk Voclaim</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7:30-9:00 Lighting with Rick Ferro</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 9:30-12:30 Style with Jerry Ghionis</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 12:30-4:00 Trade Show</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 4:00-6:30 Artistic with Joel Grimes</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7:00-8:30 Speedlight with Syl Arena</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 9:00-12:00 Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It with Scott Kelby</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 12:00-4:00 Trade Show</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> 4:00-6:30 Surviving with Skip Cohen</span></div>
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I'll have more later... <i>Doug</i></div>
</span></div>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-32346724698887088782012-02-01T14:00:00.000-05:002012-02-08T21:28:15.966-05:00A Timely Christmas Gift<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This all started this past Christmas. Admittedly I am a very hard person to get Christmas presents for. Generally if I have a need and the money is available I will purchase the item. So this past Christmas I was the only one in our family that got absolutely nothing and I was fine with that as I had so much fun seeing the joy on others faces as they opened their gifts.</div>
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So in early January, my dear wife suggested I go to this photography she in Cincinnati. This was a shock to me as I have never considered asking her if I can go to these events as I am already away from home so much. I must have been surprised as my reaction did not impress upon her how much I would enjoy this as she asked if I really liked it. The significance of this gift of time has sunk in even further as the Expo approaches.</div>
The next few days I will have some posts regarding the Show and Expo.<br />
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Take care all... <i>Doug</i>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-57176982729073149912011-11-16T22:20:00.001-05:002011-11-16T23:59:12.518-05:00Ding Dong The Droid is Dead<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been waiting at least four years for this time that day in October when I was able to get an iPhone. Surviving the Blackberry Pearl and then a first generation Android, I was finally rewarded with a smart phone that lacks the clunkiness of Microsoft... Err, well, it might just as well be. Google will eventually get it but the software exceeded the sorry Gen 1 of the Droid. The folks in Cupertino CA have something going when they can release a new product in an old form factor hand have it so sucessful. I am talking of the iPhone 4S. It is the same shape and feel as the iPhone 4 but all new insides.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is not going to be a post on how much I like my iPhone 4S but rather a review of one of the iPhone Apps.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TrueHDR is an App that worked ok with the iPhone 4 but when Apple changed the sensor to handle light a little better in the 4S and added the fifth optic element something happened. In a good way. When you start the app you get to choose how you are going to control the app.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SemiAuto Capture waits for you to select to locations in the screen. One for highlights and one for shadows. The you press the shutter button and the app takes two exposures based on your selection and then works its magic.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like to use the SemiAuto Capture option and is what the following images are an example of. Excuse the fact that I am simply using my hotel room for the example but it serves the purpose for this post.</span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qhfsAVOTEys/TsSFmTWG38I/AAAAAAAADVU/L6IbvQ131XM/s1600/photo-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qhfsAVOTEys/TsSFmTWG38I/AAAAAAAADVU/L6IbvQ131XM/s320/photo-1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here you can see the two locations in the image that I have selected to be used for the highlights and shadows of the HDR. When the camera shutter is pressed it will make two different exposures based on the selection I made.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here it has taken both exposures and is waiting for the second one to display. When you press the Merge button, the app goes to work keeping you abreast of its progress with the following screen.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once both images have been merged you are presented with four sliders to tweak the image. Here again there is not much to do here except for the previously mentioned control freak.</span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xYGmodb6GqU/TsSBl8rqbpI/AAAAAAAADVA/axPZlbhphXk/s1600/photo-5.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xYGmodb6GqU/TsSBl8rqbpI/AAAAAAAADVA/axPZlbhphXk/s320/photo-5.PNG" width="213" /></span></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sliders are self explanitory. At the bottom are some options which include some Fx presets. The presets available are Sepia, Retro, Retro-II, Mono, XPro RedShift, and Vingnette. You can select any of the presets and if yo decide you don't like any of the just click on the last selected and it goes back to the original merged file. Once a preset is selected you can also go back and make adjustments with the sliders by selecting the little slider icon at the bottom.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you his the save button you really don't get to see the finished image but rather you have to exit the app and go to your camera roll to see the finished product. Here is a comparison between the iPhone 4S and the 4S camera after the TrueHDR processing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know about you, but I'm sold. If you want to enhance the already fantastic camera iPhone 4S, I can not more highly recommend TrueHDR for your iPhone Apps collection</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That will do it for me today. Take care... <i>Doug</i></span></div>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-54665299052985996902011-10-27T15:52:00.000-04:002011-10-27T15:52:10.480-04:00Wedding Composite<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every composite image has at it's core a destination where the artist must in-vision the end in order to know how to navigate from the beginning. Sometimes though a composite may arise from the ashes so to speak. Todays post is about the latter and not the former.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In todays example I am using a bride who signed the second verse of a song to he imminent husband. Obviously this can not all be captured in one image so a composite image lends itself to this situation. Here are the steps I took.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First was an image that can be used as a background. Of course the elements obstructing the background must be cloned out in order to provide a clean slate for the subjects in the foreground. One point here is that you may want to wait until you have the subjects positioned in the foreground befor you completely clone out the background. This way you don't have to do as much cloning as the foreground images bloc much of what gets cloned anyway.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the case above I chose to completely clone out the background subjects so I could use this image another time rather than just for this composited image. From one of the images with the bride and groom I extracted the groom for this image.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All images are on separate layers to allow a logical stacking of the subjects. Below I have the bride in the position she was standing in relation to the groom.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bride had to be extracted in order to make the stacking of the brides work for the composite. Below is the next image (sign) of the bride.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a total of five images of the bride that needed to be extracted from other images. This was a simple but tedious process. Selecting the bride from each of the images and copying them into the composite image was the easy part. Each bride layer had to have a layer mask to isolate the bride from the selection of the original image. This was the tedious part but well worth it to make it half way believable.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two layers were critical in aligning the brides for the composite. Below you can see how they gave me a reference to each head and shoulder of the bride.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now comes the tricky part. While the brides are placed in a stack, the overlap of parts must be worked to again make it believable. This first image shows the stack uncorrected. You can see where the vail is blocking the dress and arm of the bride stacked behind.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Through a series of selections, opacity adjustments, the image became more believable. Below is the layer of parts that needed to be added to show some transparency in the vail. (It is shown on a black background so you can better see the example).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Part of the problem I had with the vail is being transparent, it brought over the background from the original image. Some cloning... Ok, a lot of cloning was employed to eradicate the remnant background. The image above is not all on the same layer as that would not have worked at all. Each part has its own layer because it required a different level of opacity to make it realistic.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So now with all the layers on to show the entire sequence we have an almost finished composited image.</span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8rrSGr4pYYI/TqmuTWasvNI/AAAAAAAADRc/NZOdvN6DO7c/s1600/tsp-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8rrSGr4pYYI/TqmuTWasvNI/AAAAAAAADRc/NZOdvN6DO7c/s320/tsp-11.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This would be fine for a final image except for anyone who was at the wedding, There was a trellis made from branches that set the outdoor scene for the couple. In another image I had extracted the trellis which in and of itself was a monumental task but now I have one. So I dropped it in just in front of the background, did a little free transformation and viol á, a composited image of a beautiful moment in a scenic outdoor wedding. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy... <i>Doug</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday morning I thought it only appropriate to display on my iPad, this Apple logo that I worked up in recognition of the death of Steve Jobs. I am not a person who morns the loss of celebrities and the rich and famous. I do not spend a lot of time morning the loss of close acquaintances but rather enjoy the memories of the times I have been privileged to know and be in their presence.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do however reflect, and recognize the greatness of individuals that have passed. Steve Jobs was one such individual. Listening to the news on Thursday the descriptive words were visionary, genius, inspired as well as inspiring. All these are true about Steve Jobs and so the best way I know how to celebrate this creative visionary' legacy is to make it to my meeting on the 14th at the Verizon office to purchase my iPhone 4s or as it has been said since his passing the iPhone Four Steve.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It will be good, I am sure. Take care all... <i>Doug</i></span></div>
Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-86789480102210850382011-10-05T21:08:00.000-04:002011-10-05T21:08:26.663-04:00Jobs Dies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyone who has been following Steve Jobs in the past couple of years can not be too surprised about this news today. Death is a reality in all our lives and impacts us in ways that we can not know when we do not look at deaths door.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Good Job Steve!</b></span>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-62817323499289394042011-10-05T00:04:00.000-04:002011-10-05T00:04:08.590-04:00Chroma Key<div style="text-align: justify;">
Chroma Key is a process that is used in still and video productions that allow a subject to look like they are in a different location. One would look at the following image and assume the man is in front of a window.</div>
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In reality the man was shot in a studio and later dropped into a background. This is often called a green screen (blue is used also) and it has been around for some time. Did you ever wonder how the weatherman appears to be standing in front of the weather map not knowing where to point or missing the thunderstorm when they do point at something. That is chroma key. This process starts out with a photo of a subject in front of a green screen. This requires specific lighting because you want a good separation between the screen and the subject. If this is no accomplished, the green will bleed to the subject. Especially in women's hair.</div>
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With a good consistent background you can just use the color range command in the Select menu. If there is some variance in the background holding the shift key while clicking the differing gradations of the background will select the whole color range. I do this on a copy of the original image so I can just delete the selection after I have expanded the selection by one pixel (Select-Modify-Expand).</div>
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Once the subject is isolated, drop the background in and its onto blending. The image in this example was done somewhat quickly from stock so the lighting is off just a bid but you get the idea. Below is the layer stack from this project.</div>
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Two adjustment layers were added to the subject to better blend him with he background. Both are clipping masks as designated by the down arrows to the left of the layer. The first was a levels adjustment to set the light quality as close as I could given the lighting pattern. The second was a cooling filter to match the background.</div>
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That's Chroma key.</div>
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Take care all... <i>Doug</i></div>
Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-9733006737621061272011-10-02T17:40:00.000-04:002011-10-02T17:40:41.610-04:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow, Where did September go. Ok I was on vacation for three weeks but still, wouldn't you think I would have time to do a blog post here and there. Oh well, guess that is water under the bridge now.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a little over a month since I shot my son's wedding and the images have been coming slow. I am not sure it I am being to picky or if I am too emotionally attached to the images. Usually I can fly thought image selection but this time it came slow. It has been spaced out a little also. Just last week we shot the rings. It is nice to have the couple local to be able to do that with. So with those all shot it was into Photoshop to get the finished. Here are some of the examples.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zC6cmzMDLpU/TojSzuMVZ3I/AAAAAAAADPI/pyVEnDEvXMg/s1600/F-Rings-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zC6cmzMDLpU/TojSzuMVZ3I/AAAAAAAADPI/pyVEnDEvXMg/s320/F-Rings-3.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UPUuTn9lPJg/TojS4nOzUaI/AAAAAAAADPM/GnLcKv08E6o/s1600/F-Rings-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UPUuTn9lPJg/TojS4nOzUaI/AAAAAAAADPM/GnLcKv08E6o/s320/F-Rings-4.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> These are all straight forward shots of stacked rings. The on one below with the bible is slightly different ion that both rings make the heart shadow in the gutter of the bible. Interesting though is how the lighting creates relatively the same heart shape while the grooms ring is laying down and the brides is standing up. The shot was taken with tungsten light (the ceiling light in the room overhead) with an EF50 f/1.4 USM at 1/6 seconds at f/11 and 100 ISO. I needed f/11 to get both rings in focus with that 50mm lens and ended up stacking sharpness (-100) adjustment brushes in Lightroom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zhvcEFC3_Ec/TojS-YFMgZI/AAAAAAAADPQ/P3yHKsX4qwc/s1600/F-Rings-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zhvcEFC3_Ec/TojS-YFMgZI/AAAAAAAADPQ/P3yHKsX4qwc/s320/F-Rings-5.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would have used onOnes Focal point but was getting error messages when I went to the plugin from CS5 so I had to improvise. I fixed the memory error by rebooting but didn't want to in the heat of battle so I improvised and liked what I had.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next image I have receive the most comments from as it seems the brides ring is floating in air.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxL6BQA7T0vWh1_s5wP3RiS5dR4J8w6b7Dfa08vdinTqSs5DG4eNkh2gcn1dnk1U-5H7HtuGTNHG0p8ZTcGWh5eDdeHOi8tqTb5quaPDiv0JqBvZSmj00JOTgFlzrSXweFFUIBk7WKfQ/s1600/Floating+Ring-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxL6BQA7T0vWh1_s5wP3RiS5dR4J8w6b7Dfa08vdinTqSs5DG4eNkh2gcn1dnk1U-5H7HtuGTNHG0p8ZTcGWh5eDdeHOi8tqTb5quaPDiv0JqBvZSmj00JOTgFlzrSXweFFUIBk7WKfQ/s320/Floating+Ring-2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This one surprisingly was one of the easiest to edit. It was only three layers in CS5. The image below is where I started. The grooms ring is about eight inches behind the brides. It was shot with the same lens only at 1/100 second at f/4 however the light was constant fluorescent. I positioned the camera to have the stones in the circle of the grooms ring. My first action was to do a rough selection of the rings and put them on their own layer. Next was to fill the Wii controller and rings. Looking back now it would have been easier to just create my own background but the blending of the isolated rings would have been much harder. Finally on the third layer I copied the brides ring, selected and filled to black, compressed it with free transform, and finally ran a gaussian blur on it. When it made the trip back to Lightroom I sharpened, lightened, and boosted the clarity with the localized adjustment brush (I just love that thing).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wZmvdzOlp4E/TojTB7U3rDI/AAAAAAAADPc/lT-_oGyVtB0/s1600/Floating+Ring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wZmvdzOlp4E/TojTB7U3rDI/AAAAAAAADPc/lT-_oGyVtB0/s320/Floating+Ring.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last ring shot was somewhat of a progression project. Below is the stating image right out of the camera. It was shot with an EF 24-105 f/4 IS USM at 1/160 second, f/18 and 100 ISO. Shot on a piece of foam-core board and lit with an Alien Bee's Ring flash and way low power.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MWBynmME1nE/TojTOiUC3PI/AAAAAAAADPg/mhfUnMZfopg/s1600/F-Rings-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MWBynmME1nE/TojTOiUC3PI/AAAAAAAADPg/mhfUnMZfopg/s320/F-Rings-6.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take care... <i>Doug</i></span>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-71958168781986013042011-09-01T23:25:00.016-04:002011-09-09T22:01:35.749-04:00Secrets in the Closet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiYTZdcvnoxwqzNzu0XU2OEwB1kFamBWt0-6-kFZ1d36I-3j5z-jrGgBY6wDPlOvbKkhkdrkbFDu59ZVs-xy7JD9_cu6gwIitwH3skTAE5PwsCodsZQj5XIvJtAN8eothiI7a6ktEQA/s1600/PBI+Photowalk-95-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiYTZdcvnoxwqzNzu0XU2OEwB1kFamBWt0-6-kFZ1d36I-3j5z-jrGgBY6wDPlOvbKkhkdrkbFDu59ZVs-xy7JD9_cu6gwIitwH3skTAE5PwsCodsZQj5XIvJtAN8eothiI7a6ktEQA/s320/PBI+Photowalk-95-Edit.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in July I posted about <a href="http://peekfoto.blogspot.com/2011/07/leaving-paradise.html">Leaving Paradise</a> from Palm Beach Florida. Had some really nice images from that layover but I forgot to put one up that I had to process a little more.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a pano shot from the shore of Palm Beach to the west which ironically show downtown West Palm Beach in the image. I was walking around shooting in the Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden and was unaware of the impending deluge. I knew I wanted to get a pano across the iner-coastal waterway but had no idea of what loomed beyond.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As it turned out, I was able to get back to the car without getting wet except for the beads of sweat form the incessantly hot and humid South Florida weather.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-baj-8tNS8z4/TmrDxirzMPI/AAAAAAAADPA/HX9QJh_bArI/s1600/PBI+Photowalk-123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-baj-8tNS8z4/TmrDxirzMPI/AAAAAAAADPA/HX9QJh_bArI/s320/PBI+Photowalk-123.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was able to make it across the bridge and grabbed this image imminent squall. You can make out the double towers of the historic Breakers Hotel in the background.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Need to pack it in for the night. Take care... <i>Doug</i></span></div>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-78404692193178095092011-08-27T00:53:00.000-04:002011-08-27T00:53:18.437-04:00What a month!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you ever had one of those times where you were so busy doing other things that you hardly got anything done that you might have done had you not been so busy. Yep, if you got that, you know what my August has been like.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier this year my youngest son Tom trekked down to Chattanooga TN to propose to his girlfriend of three and a half years. That was in May. Samantha was working as a signer in a school system and could not move until the end of the school year. It was announced that the 20th of August would be the day. This took all those wedding planning guides and threw them out the window. No more 18 months before, 12 months before, or even 6 months before. Not only was there going to be an aggressive planning schedule, two other dynamics of this joyous moment were present. First the day is my wife's birthday and second, they asked if I would want to do the photography. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tOp94H9dco0/Tlhu6P3SStI/AAAAAAAADOc/vMrWZsdk6g0/s1600/20110709_T%2526S+Engagement-56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tOp94H9dco0/Tlhu6P3SStI/AAAAAAAADOc/vMrWZsdk6g0/s320/20110709_T%2526S+Engagement-56.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Engagement photos.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7m6UdP9-Ov0/Tlhu6vhtscI/AAAAAAAADOg/L9WjFmQdlRU/s1600/20110709_T%2526S+Engagement-79.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7m6UdP9-Ov0/Tlhu6vhtscI/AAAAAAAADOg/L9WjFmQdlRU/s320/20110709_T%2526S+Engagement-79.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course I was honored to do the photography but also hesitant at the same time. I had to find out if it would be alright with my wife as I would miss sitting next to her experiencing the joy together. Did I want to work that hard on a day that I should be relaxed and enjoy the moment. After all, it would be my first solo wedding. All things considered, the answer was yes. Even though I knew I was jumping right into the middle of the fire.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the benefits of this decision was being able to work closely with Samantha though the summer and almost everyday of my vacation in August (so much for the Harley ride). She has really become my daughter, not just daughter-in-law. I did not realize that I would become one of the goto people on the day of the wedding but I had a lot of fun shooting all the preparation shots from nails to hair.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plan was to shoot the bride with the wedding party and then the groom with the wedding party while they would not see each other until the alter. This is where the schedule started going south. We had to shuttle between two different towns which took more time than expected. The timeline started to go long to the point that the chairs were not at the park thirty minutes before the service. The first thing that went was the pre-cerimony shoot and some of the decorations at the cerimony. The chairs showed up, people got seated and the party started relatively close to the appointed time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ajB479S_J8I/TlhyB1sLf-I/AAAAAAAADOo/NB_6DzWBNOk/s1600/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ajB479S_J8I/TlhyB1sLf-I/AAAAAAAADOo/NB_6DzWBNOk/s320/photo.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It had rained really hard in the morning and we did not know if we were going to have to shift to plan B. This was partly why the chairs were late. The clouds cleared and the grass was dry so the park turned out to be a wonderful location for the ceremony. We were able to shuffle though all the official shots and get the group off to the reception. I will talk about the ceremony next week when I get more images up. I will leave you with this one as i did not notice it until I was in post. The emotion Samantha expresses reflects the entire ceremony.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8DUgP51yuEM/TlhvIps0cvI/AAAAAAAADOk/9BzmZKeOv8E/s1600/BrideCry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8DUgP51yuEM/TlhvIps0cvI/AAAAAAAADOk/9BzmZKeOv8E/s320/BrideCry.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may need to zoom in, but you will see it.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take care... <i>Doug</i></span></div>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-19176257993027614362011-07-27T23:30:00.000-04:002011-07-27T23:30:14.653-04:00Don't Loose Hope<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you are shooting people, there are always going to be angles that might turn out to be less flattering than others. I am not going to show the original image because that would not be nice. On this engagement shoot we were at a lighted bridge that covered a creek and had Samantha climb up on the beam that represents the hand rail. I was shooting just slightly off her back and the six in with rail was not kind to her bottom side. With the camera angle and the rail doing unkindly things, her rump was not only not right, it did not represent her true figure. None of this was her fault and during the initial selection she rejected it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not content with here rejection, I later brought it back and worked on it to see if I could make lemonade from what she thought was a lemon.</span><br />
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</div>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-69956820586686902152011-07-16T12:31:00.000-04:002011-07-16T12:31:16.182-04:00Should you shoot your children?<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shocking, just shocking I tell you! What kind of post title is that? Shooting your children!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok it might be a little title shock but the topic is real. Many of today's photographers got their start by taking images of their children and that is a fine way to hone your craft. This usually works great until the kids hit pre-teen and then it is revolution and uncooperative time. Give it a few more years and they are ok with it. When photography starts to hit the pocketbook then they are really ok with it. When it comes to wedding photography I would imagine it could get a little dicey. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is where I am. My youngest son and his fiancé asked if I wanted to shoot their wedding. I had to think about it and then asked them one question. Did they want me to shoot it because they liked my images or did they ask because they did not want to hurt my feeling as a photographer.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the images I have taken of them they really like what they see. This was a good answer. Now I had to ask myself a question. Did I want to do that much work at their wedding or just sit back and enjoy the time. Was it going to be to weird photographing my son's wedding? Finally would it interfere with my participation in the wedding. The answers were yes, no, and no. What does the father of the groom do anyhow other than walk down the isle behind his wife being ushered to her seat. As far as weirdness, it will be different but a great honor to do. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So the next thing to do was get some engagement photos as their wedding is this August. This seems like an aggressive timetable but they are both of the mindset that wedding planning is dragged out too long and they don't want to delay the inevitable. They have been in a close relationship for over three years so there is no issue there. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So last Saturday we went driving around to a couple of different location and got some nice images.</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two were actually take last and the sun was already gone so the use of a tripod was in order. I was using the 5D Mk II with an EF 24-70 f/2.8 L mounted. Exposure was 1/13 second at f/5.6 and an ISPO of 1600 while the focal length was dialed in at 35 mm. I did use a flash to expose the coupe and the 1/13th second was definitely dragging the shutter.</span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll keep you posted, take care... <i>Doug</i></span>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915892555476209307.post-36791688063363002332011-07-14T20:39:00.003-04:002011-07-16T12:23:54.919-04:00Leaving Paradise<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Tuesday I had to extend my hotel room in West Palm Beach FL and when I did the gentleman at the counter made the statement that I got to spend another day in paradise. This is what my dad used to call it from their porch in Fort Myers FL. It is amazing how many people migrate back and forth to the South Florida environment. Way too many people for me. While I enjoy visiting Florida now and again, I'm sorry, I would not want to live here. So to me leaving paradise is a good thing, especially after three days of hanging around then same hotel. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok it wasn't that bad. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We did have a car for most of Tuesday so we drove around some and I was able to get a little photo walk in. One of the other pilots is a huge "dido head" so we had to hunt down Rush Limbaugh' Southern Command. It was a gate of course on the northern end of the the island that is Palm Beach.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The photo walk was a pleasure and here are som images from that experience.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two images above are of Palm Beach City Hall. Knew the relatively clear sky's with a circular polarizer would provide some really nice blues.</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we were walking down the sidewalk I saw this mirror and stopped surprising the two others guys that were with me. One of the guys was into photography many years ago and asked what I saw. I told him the mirror but he had no idea what was really going on in my head. The mirror had no appearance of support and I just found it so interesting. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It started to become an educational photo walk which I enjoy. Explaining what my thought process was enabled the other two to get into it a little bit rather than just accompanying me. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was a door on the side of city hall that I just found beautiful.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hopefully I will be able to find a use for this image other than just here on the blog. Here is a shot looking down Worth Avenue which is appropriately named as this is the Rodeo Drive of Palm Beach.</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we were driving back from the norther part of the island we pawed this church with amazing architecture. This time I left the guys in the cool car and went up and grabbed some shots.</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is an open hallway that completes the street side of the church. You can see the rail on the left side which faces the street. The arches are mirrored on the right and opens to a really nice courtyard shown ithe panoramic below. Click on the image for a larger view.</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is July and out of season in South Florida so the snow birds are gone but the heat and humidity is way too much for this Michigan boy. Nice place to visit but still nicer to leave.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take care for now... <i>Doug</i></span>Doug Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329196103395728733noreply@blogger.com0