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I have been thinking of changing the way I do things with the photos on the site and I wanted to get some feedback from you all.  I am wanting to make things smoother and easier to see on the website with the photos I post on the blog.  I have a bunch of different Presets in Adobe Lightroom that I use but which one do you like the most?  I wanted them all to start looking more uniform but I wanted to get your valued opinion.  Please let me know what you think.

Thanks for reading!

Semper Fidelis,

Manuel Perez

This is a photo of Catal which is a restaurant and bar that is right in the middle of Downtown Disney.  I thought that Downtown Disney was amazing.  It has lots of different atmospheres for all types of people.  We actually saw the Fireworks from within Downtown Disney.

The photo above, I used Adobe Lightroom and some presets to touch it up and give it that look.

The photo below was all natural and taken with a 1 second lapse using my Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

If you have some photos that you would like to share with us from Downtown Disney, please feel free to share.

Also, if you have not heard, I am giving away prizes to the first 10 people that comment on this post!  I want to get some feedback from the viewers and I am watching as the numbers go up and down.  I recently made some changes to the way the site operates and have seen a big jump in the hits but a decrease in the actual readers and subscribers.

I really want to get some feedback as to what other might think.  Remember this site was not intended just for me to share my work, but for others to share theirs as well.

Thanks for reading!

Semper Fidelis,

Manuel Perez

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Adobe released Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 recently and I must say I was looking forward to some of the improvements in the new version.  Some of the new features are:

• Superior noise reduction
• Accelerated performance
• Lens correction
• Support for DSLR video files
• Flickr integration
• Image watermarking
• Easy-to-share slide show videos with music
• Easy image importing
• Tethered shooting
• Perspective correction
• Film grain simulation
• More flexible print packages

To see an introduction video on how to use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 you can watch it on Adobe TV.

Thanks for reading!

Sincerely,

Manuel Perez

While doing some research on the web on Adobe Lightroom, I came across a site from Adobe that is called Adobe TV.  The site actually has videos that show you how to use the Adobe programs.  I was amazed at all the helpful information that they have for viewers and what is even better is that it is all free.  I studied up on Adobe Lightroom and have been playing with the program to familiarize myself with the program.  I was amazed how Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop work hand in hand together to automate photos.  I even learned how catalogs work.  If you want to learn more or share your experience with Adobe TV then please do so.

I have been wondering where do you professional photographers store your photos after so many years?  I have a 1.5TB drive as my Main drive and another 1.5TB drive as my backup which I use Storage Craft’s Shadow Protect to backup but what do the pros use?  I use Adobe Lightroom 2.0 to keep track of all my photos but as I begin to run at about 300GB left on the 1.5TB Main Drive I am wondering should I archive them onto DVD and keep them in a safe or what? 

Anyone with any ideas I would appreciate the help!

I recently began using Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom and I must say that I am impressed.  It is a very powerful tool that allows you to import and manage your photo library.  I like the way it will allow you to customize the import options so that you are in control.  It also lets you keep control of your photos’ location by keeping them where they are.  This can be bad because if you move or rename any file or folders then you will have lost the connection from Lightroom and it will delete the file.  I haven’t got too far into the nitty gritty but I am running out of space on my machine and cant have all of my photos on the same drive so I will try to experiment with importing files from CD/DVD and see how that works. 

I do love one feature and that is the ability to write meta data to the photos.  You can add keywords and tags straight from the program or the import.  It all depends on you. 

If anyone hasn’t had a chance to play with Lightroom yet, I highly suggest it.  It might make your photography career move a lot smoother.  If anyone is already using Lightroom and would love to share their feedback on it, then please let us hear about it.

I was checking out The Digital Photography School site and found this post by Helen Bradley which shows you how to create a Triptych in Adobe Lightroom.  I recall wanting to be able to print out my work side by side and what an easy and excellent way to take Adobe Lightroom and make it so easy for you as a photographer to do it.

To read more of the article click here! 

If you are using some other type or method for printing your work out then please share it with us and let us experience the way you might do things.  Who knows, it might be easier or cooler than some.