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iPhotographs by Robert Lachman © 2010
Even a quick walk in the park with a cell phone camera can produce some stunning resulst as you can see from the before (bottom) photo and the after (top) photograph. I did use Photoshop CS4 with a boost from the Topaz Labs Simplify to get it the painterly look. Considering I can’t paint, it seemed like the best option. Look like it’s almost time for work for me. Have a great week! -RL
iPhone Photographs by Robert Lachman © 2010
Here are a few arty iPhone photographs with the Hipstamatic app of downtown Los Angeles from last week. I’ve been sick the past few days so haven’t had much time to work on the blog. Have a great week. The weekend is almost here.
iPhone Photographs by Robert Lachman © 2010
iPhone Photograph by Robert Lachman © 2010
iPhone Photograph by Robert Lachman © 2010
I’m not sure where the time went today. Tonight is art walk night in LA so I should have some nice photographs tomorrow. It’s time for the commute and work, have a great day. -RL
iPhone Photograph by Robert Lachman © 2010
iPhone Photographs by Robert Lachman © 2010 – Newport Beach, CA
Photograph by Robert Lachman © 2010 – Newport Beach, California It seems like I am getting into the “I need to find a sunset, time for 3-exposures, what’s my next HDR photo mode?” Could it be an addiction? It’s not a surprise when you see the results. Lets face it, one single image just doesn’t reflect what your eyes see. When you take a close you look at this image of the Doryman’s Inn in Newport Beach (above) at sunset, the ability to meld three different image exposures into one starts to close that gap. Of course, you need a tripod, so it really isn’t going to work for your kid’s soccer or party photographs. It’s pretty much the same settings from my last HDR (High Dynamic Range) post, which included combining three image exposures taken with my Canon G10 camera and a tripod. The photo was first processed with Photomatix software. Next, I imported the photograph into Photoshop to make a few levels adjustments and then moved on to the FocalPoint plug-in by onOne Software to add a dark vignette and soften the focus around the hotel. FocalPoint is on my short list of favorite Photoshop plug-ins and is on sale at onOne software website until April 30, 2010. The price is down to $100. You can read my review of the software by clicking here. A great resource for learning HDR is photographer Trey Ratcliff’s website Stuck in Customs. Below is a photograph from a single correct exposure of the scene without any adjustments. Let me know what you think. -RL
(BEFORE) A single correct exposure of the scene without any adjustments.
Photograph with Canon G10 by Robert Lachman © 2010 – Newport Beach, California
iPhone Photograph by Robert Lachman © 2010 – Newport Beach, California It was a quick trip by the Newport Beach Pier on our way to the Crab Cooker Restaurant last night. For the top photograph, I used my Canon G10 with a tripod from the south side of the pier recording three exposures (+2, 0, -2) of the scene. Next, it was post processing with Photomatix to combine the photos for the (HDR) High Dynamic effect. This bring the best of each exposure to the final image. The final touch was the artistic edgy touch added with the Adjust 4 plug-in for Photoshop from Topaz Labs. The bottom photograph was taken with my iPhone 3GS with the Hipstamatic app. I’m sure you already figured that out already. The best part of the evening was dinner out with my wife Lorelei. Have a great day! Is it time for coffee?
iPhone Photograph by Robert Lachman © 2010
iPhone Photograph by Robert Lachman © 2010
iPhone Photograph by Robert Lachman © 2010 A quick snap of the 21st Annual Fiesta Broadway taken with my iPhone on my way to work yesterday as I walked from the parking structure to the LA Times building at 2nd and Broadway Streets. I did use the Photoshop CS4 and the Topaz Labs’ Adjust 4 plug-in at the artistic effect. Already time for work. Have a great day. -RL
Photograph by Robert Lachman © 2010 – Canon G10 – Los Angeles It’s a quick self portrait taken with my Canon G10 in a mirror down an alley near 4th and Hill Streets in downtown Los Angeles. I use the Topaz Labs plug-in Adjust 4 with Photoshop CS4 to stylize it. Have a great weekend. Get out there and take some photographs. -RL
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 Photograph by Robert Lachman © 2010 - Huntington Beach, CA
By Robert Lachman This is my first attempt at HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography. The result was pretty good considering I have no idea what I was doing. I shot three images on a tripod with a Canon EOS Rebel T2i with the exposure on auto bracketing set at at: +2, 0, and -2. That’s 2-stops over-exposed, one right on and the other 2-stops under-exposed. I used Photomatix, the HDR software from HDRsoft for the the first time to combine the 3 images into one. I saved the image as a .JPEG file, opened it in Photoshop CS4 and made a few final adjustments with the levels adjustment. I was a little confused trying out the HDR settings. Ok, I was very confused, so many setting and not enough documentation or instruction for me. I need a simple tutorial video to spell it out for me. There were setting for “Generate HDR image and Fuse exposures” for example, and I know there’s a difference, but I’m not sure what. I like the result so I am going to dig in and give it a few more tries.  My three exposures which combined to make the image above.
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