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Lightroom 3.0 BETA is released

StoryByPhoto — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:48:15 +0000

For our Shutterbug friends out there. The latest edition of Lightroom is now available in Beta form. I will be playing with this over the next couple of weeks and will post my feedback here.

Here are some quick tidbits of things that have been added thusfar: Flickr plugin, Vignette enhancements, Logo import, Photo packages tweaks, Catalog tweaks, Much improved Slideshow functionality, FASTer engine.

Take a peek at these vids for the latest in what is to come provided by Adobe and Julianne Kost. Download links and Release notes posted under the videos for your convenience.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Release Notes:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom3/releasenotes.pdf

Download and Install Adobe Lightroom 3.0 here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_lightroom3

2009 Destination Wedding Photographers Couples Getaway!

StoryByPhoto — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:37:37 +0000

Whether your a Destination Wedding Photographer or a Wedding Photographer working in your own hometown, this is a grat opportunity to get away with peers that you might not know yet, network, learn and make some awesome new couples, who are in the same business!

Pocket Wizard Flexx TT5 and Mini TT1 test findings by Gino Lucadamo

StoryByPhoto — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:20:50 +0000

Carried over from previous review on www.digitalweddingchat.com

“A tad frustrated as ive not gotten the range on these that I got since I first turned them on, since I turned them on!

Used these for the first time on a shoot. Dependable as hell up to about 30ft and around 1 wall (drywall) at the same time. 40ft in high sun and no obstructions about 52ft at night with no obstrutions. Put a average sized truck between you and the reciever and you can cut those numbers in half.

They have some things you have to learn, these wizards are not much like the ones of old. You need to connect with at least 1 shot to “connect” to them. Then your assistant can walk way with the slave flash and it works fine.

The thing im not liking is if your assitant happens to be 30ft away and you decide you want to use that flash, it often times will not connect. They need to walk back to within 3-5ft of you and then it connects. Then its all good.

A tad frustrating indeed.

I have done extensive testing with 3 different sets with friends here locally and have come to the conclusion im 80% happy with them.

The thing is, I will ONLY really be using these on beaches and in bright sunlight when the St-e2 does not work. Keeping that in mind, 30ft is plenty of range for most Wedding Photographers. Commercial guys might want to wait until version 2.

Ratios work well on them simply by placing the St-e2 on top of the transmitter. We did a bunch of testing for accuracy until 1am and concluded they are good to go with the exposures.

We mixed them with the original wizards to find out if the much shorter viable range of these had to do more with the SENDING of a signal or the RETURNING of the ETTL, indeed it was the return. When using the Mini TT1 with a previous generation Plus II we got about 110ft. Switching the Plus II back to the TT5 we got back down to 50ft.

So the “short” is definately in the units processing of the Ettl and sending data back to the camera.

These are like a new relationship, you have to learn what they do and do not like and it might take a bit of time to learn all the the ways it likes to be touched. Im going to do some more tests when we get back into the Country next week and put up some more pics and also my test video which I hope you will all find very thorough and unbiased.

Pocketwizard has a great product on their hand here that will be even better with soem firmware updates no doubt. If they could increase the range im sure the commercial shooter nerds would be appreciative as well.

Pros: Hotshoe placement (Ease of use, plug and play), USB updatability (FIRMWARE updates on the way), Build Quality, No need for brackets, velcro, tape etc, functions flawlessly with previous Pocket Wizards.

Cons: Not 100% dependable over 30-50ft, Channel buttons could have had better placement.”

The set:

Whats in the box:

Mini TT1 profile:

TT5 Profile:

Set together:

Max Distance for 10 consectutive shots 46ft in Bright sunlight 52 @ Night :

New Pocket Wizard Mini TT1 and Flex TT5

StoryByPhoto — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:39:20 +0000

Have not had much time to play with these yet but lets just say my confidence is high and I have a feeling my work is about to hit a new level of creativity this year.

CANT WAIT!

Photog nerdness:

Issues currently at 1/350-1/500 ss. Sync fix for this yet? Easy enough to stay out of that range but still need to get it dialed in. Will play with it more when we get back to town.

gFUNK Photoshop Lightroom Presets

StoryByPhoto — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:24:17 +0000

For the Wedding and Portrait Photographers.

New Lightroom Presets that are sure to improve your workflow and image quality in a heartbeat. The great thing about these (other than the fact I designed most of the effects myself) is that they create a simple to follow file string for your workflow which so many presets are missing.

Lightroom is very easy to turn into a MESSY program with the addition of presets. This is a solid and comprehensive selection of workflow tools such as contrast, clipping and general adjustments with a single click. All the way through thigns such as the Sexy Porno and Hot Sex presets which are sure to spice up your images.

Over Lightroom 75 Presets for only $45??!?!?!?!?!? Uh….yes please!

For our Shutterbug friends….DVD Discounts Galore!!!

StoryByPhoto — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:42:45 +0000

Many thanks to the thousands of Photographers who have supported the Digital Wedding Pro series since its inception in 2006. Thanks to you all it has been one of the top selling instructional DVD series available for Wedding Photographers today.

As our way and www.digitalweddingpro.com way of saying thank you, we are offering this special for those who have yet to hop on board and are new to the industry. $299 blowout special gets you ALL 5 DVDs in the series! Thats a savings of over $200!!

Simply click the image of DVD #3 below to take advantage of this special promotion. Remember you are getting all 5 DVDs!

Destination Wedding Photographers Cruise with Gino Lucadamo

StoryByPhoto — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:36:15 +0000

Come along with us on a 1 week extravaganza of shooting and education with Gino Lucadamo. This workshop will be an excercise in creative lighting and Beach funk. Wander the back streets of San Juan Puerto Rico and St. Thomas US Virgin Islands with a couple and a whole lot of time to build some killer Portfolio shots.

Spend classroom time of 4-5hrs a day learning the latest in marketing, package building, search engine optimization for photographers, relationship building, and all in all round table discussion with Gino.

This workshop is limited to a handful of Wedding Photographers and is not open to just anyone. Please email a bit about yourself and email for info to accounting####@storybyphoto.com (remove the ####) for more info.

Schedule: Sept 21-28th (San Juan Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Maarten)

Cost: $765 (Cruise only) $995 (workshop/optional includes Action Pack and www.digitalweddingpro.com DVD )

This workshop is also open to BYOB-Bring your Own Bride!

This is a perfect opportunity to offer a former client of yours who was unable to get the beach photos he/she wanted, to do it all over again!

Article for Destination Wedding Photographers: by Gino Lucadamo

Gino — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:43:00 +0000

Enjoy!

Destination Wedding Photography Article

Painting with Light

Gino — Tue, 29 May 2007 16:03:00 +0000

These are some shots from our Flash instructional DVD which will be out next week.

You photographers who follow our work can now follow us through creating every one of these shots so you can learn the ins and outs of Wireless and Creative Flash photography…and of course how you can apply it in your own work.
The DVDs will only be available at this time through www.digitalweddingpro.com

We do primarily Destination Weddings, so obviously, we must travel light.
Everything you see in our work was created using the Canon Speelite system. Our instruction is based solely on that system.

Hope you enjoy and thank you guys so much for the hundreds of emails we get about our previous DVDs! You guys are awesome!

FLASH DVD is complete!!

Gino — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:11:00 +0000

(For Photographers)
Its on its way gang. Keep watching for details on its release. Story by Photo has just finished a 24hr Video Instructional DVD series for www.digitalweddingpro.com.

This series will include Flash techniques using small Mobile flashes, mostly the Canon 580ex and various forums of artificial lighting mixed with exsiting lighting.
If you want the Master text for lighting, this is it! This will be a must have for all aspiring and professional Photographers
Release date will be April 24th.

Off to LA for Partnercon

Gino — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:00:00 +0000

The good people at PICTAGE have asked us out to speak at their Bi-Annual convention for Photographers Nationwide.

For those Photographers who follow our Blog and are not able to make it out we would love to share our Slideshow that we will be presenting at the conference.

Our Brides and Potential clients are also encouraged to download this and enjoy it as well.

CLICK HERE to view the show.

DVD Instructionals are Finally READY!

Gino — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:27:00 +0000

Due to an overwhelming need for some really solid and real Wedding Photography instructional training we decided to put out one of the most real life training video series ever.

Volume #1 and #2 have gotten over 400 rave reviews already. Volume #3 just came out this week and Volume #4 which comes out in a couple weeks is sure to be the best yet! Its all about using Mobile Flashes!

Feel free to check it out at www.DigitalWeddingPro.com!