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#TogTalk with ALM Photo: Working for Free, Pricing Your Photography & Muddy Cameras

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In this video, I sit down with Allan and Lisa Mueller of ALM Photo to talk about their work (both free and paid). We also dig into to:

  • When, why and how much free work you should or shouldn’t take on
  • How to price your photography services
  • Mirrorless cameras in professional work
  • The desire for better low light performance in cameras

Here some links to help you connect with Allan, Lisa and ALM Photo:

Show Notes

Let me know what you think about this format and content in the comments. If you are sharing this on social media, use the hashtag #TogTalk so we can all join in on the conversation.

 

Red Giant Trapcode Suite 13 Includes Major Updates and New Trapcode Tao

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Red Giant recently released its updated Trapcode Suite 13, which includes major updates to Trapcode Particular, Shine and Mir, as well as Trapcode Tao – a new plugin for generating 3D geometries along a path. Trapcode Form, Sound Keys and Starglow also get new features.

Check out the overview of Trapcode Suite 13 in the video below.

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More details in the press release below. [Read more…]

How to Do Milky Way Exposure Stacking When Auto-Alignment Fails in Photoshop

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Photoshop’s automated alignment tools are quite impressive; however, they aren’t perfect. When auto-alignment fails to work the way you need it to, sometimes it just means you have to do the work yourself.

In this video from Ian Norman, he walks us through the process of processing Milky Way astrophotography images by manually aligning them in Photoshop in order to reduce noise and bring out more detail in the images.

If you are looking to improve your astrophotography images, Ian’s videos are worth a watch. Even if you are doing other types of image stacking, you can probably learn a thing or two from Ian’s workflow.

Lightroom 6.3 & CC 2015.3 Update Brings Back Old Import Dialog & More

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Adobe Lightroom 6.3 and Lightroom CC 2015.3 are now available for download. One of the major gripes with the previous update was the a new import dialog. Those gripes have now been rectified with a rollback the old import dialog we all know and love.

The new updates also add camera support for a number of cameras, including: [Read more…]

Spyder5ELITE Monitor Calibration Tool Review

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Monitor calibration is one of the necessary evils that photographers must learn to cope with now that every image we create must pass through our computer in this digital age. Fortunately, there are some pretty handy tools to take on that challenge.

Datacolor is one of the industry leaders in the monitor calibration market and the new Spyder5 tool makes it painless for the most part.

There are actually three different iterations of the Spyder5 monitor calibration tools – Spyder5EXPRESS, Spyder5PRO and Spyder5ELITE, which cover the most basic calibrations to the most advanced, respectively. This review covers my experience with the Spyder5ELITE. [Read more…]