Por Amor / For Love – Chandler Hispanic Heritage Festival

Photos are available for the Por Amor / For Love show, performed by New Carpa Theater at the Chandler Hispanic Heritage Festival on September 19, 2009.

For actors and staff, you may access your photo gallery here (password required).  If you have not received a password, please contact me.

A gallery of sample images may be found by selecting the photo to the right of this post.

Lightroom 2.5 and ACR 5.5 released

lightroom-logo-300x300Adobe update page

Lightroom 2.5 – Windows / Mac

ACR 5.5 – Windows / Mac

Highlights from release notes:

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Known issues:
Burning exported images to disc is not available for the Lightroom 64-bit Windows application. 
* Upgrading a Lightroom 1 catalog during a catalog import can create multiple temporary copies of the catalog while upgrading 
* Lightroom performance can be impacted when the Window’s Recycle Bin contains thousands of files 
* Lightroom may not automatically launch an import dialog when a memory card is attached to a Windows Vista computer. Please select the Import button in the Library and select the attached card reader to begin the import. 
* Lightroom 2.5 will not automatically migrate plug-ins located in the following directory: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2\Modules\. Any plug-ins in this folder should be moved to:
  XP: C:/Documents and Settings/{your_username}/Application Data/Adobe/Lightroom/Modules/
  Vista: C:/Users/{your_username}/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Lightroom/Modules/

Bugs fixed:
* Lightroom 2.4 on Windows continued to display the import dialog when a memory card was detected regardless of the preference setting “Show import dialog when a memory card is detected.” 
* Lightroom 2.5 includes a correction to the demosaic algorithms for Bayer sensor cameras with unequal green response.

ACR

New Cameras:
Nikon D300s
Nikon D3000
Olympus E-P1
Panasonic DMC-FZ35
Panasonic DMC-GF1

FREE 10-Week Lightroom Course

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The folks at creativetechs (who also put together the free 4-week and 10-week photography courses, as well as the free 6-month (yes, 6 MONTH) Photoshop Course)… have put together a free 10-week Lightroom class.

Webinar: Free 10-week Lightroom Course!

Preliminary schedule:

Week 1, Sep 14 – Overview.
Week 2, Sep 21 – Importing
Week 3, Sep 28 – Library Module pt1
Week 4, Oct 5 – Library Module pt2
Week 5, Oct 12 – Develop Module pt1
Week 6, Oct 19 – Develop Module pt2
Week 7, Oct 26 – Exporting
Week 8, Nov 2 – Juggling Catalogs
Week 9, Nov 9 – Output Module
Week 10, Nov 16 – Editing in Photoshop

FREE 6-Month Photoshop Course

6mth-photoshop-courseThe folks at creativetechs (who also put together the free 4-week and 10-week photography courses) have a free 6-month (yes, 6 MONTH) Photoshop Course, starting next week.

Webinar: Free 6-Month Photoshop Course!

Preliminary schedule:

Course I – Photoshop Fundamentals
Sep 3 – Basics
Sep 10 – Layers
Sep 17 – Selections
Sep 24 – Masks
Oct 1 – Pen Tool

Course 2 – Color Correction
Oct 8 – Advanced Selections
Oct 15 – Color Correction pt1
Oct 22 – Color Correction pt2
Oct 24 – Cloning Basics
Nov 5 – Final Touches

Course 3 – Photoshop Fun
Nov 12 – Scrapbooking Techniques
Nov 19 – Brushes
Dec 3 – Layer Effects
Dec 10 – To Be Announced
Dec 17 – To Be Announced

Course 4 – Advanced Retouching
Jan 7 – Advanced Cloning Techniques
Jan 14 – Retouching Skin
Jan 21 – Retouching Hair
Feb 4 – Retouching Landscapes
Feb 11 – Repairing Digital Anomalies

Course 5 – To Be Announced!
Feb 25 – TBA
Mar 4 – TBA
Mar 11 – TBA
Mar 18 – TBA
Mar 25 – TBA

FREE 10-Week Digitial Photography Course

10wk-photo-courseOn the heels of the free 4-week photography course taught by John Greengo from the PBS series Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge, Creativetechs has confirmed John will return in September to teach an expanded 10-week class.

It has been scheduled on the online calendar, and will continue in the existing 4-week classes’ time slot — Each Wednesday at 1800 GMT (11am PT) — Starting on Sept 2.

So, share and enjoy!

The 4-week class was a lot of fun, but was very basic from a technical standpoint. I expect the 10-week version will have you break out your thinking cap, and take some notes.

Webinar: Free 10-Week Digital Photography Course!

Schedule:

Week 1, Sep 2 – Introduction & Gear Review
Week 2, Sep 9 – Cameras
Week 3, Sep 16 – Lenses
Week 4, Sep 23 – Exposure
Week 5, Sep 30 – Focus
Week 6, Oct 7 – Aesthetics I
Week 7, Oct 14 – Aesthetics II
Week 8, Oct 21 – The Gadget Bag
Week 9, Oct 28 – Full Exposure
Week 10, Nov 4 – Art Wolfe Interview & Slideshow