Wolfblog

Well, I am officially starting on a new website for myself and hopefully my future. What is this? Well, I am going to attempt to make a living (some sort of one) off of photography. So I am re-branding myself and moving forward with plans to make a portfolio/business website related to my work. Hopefully I don’t make this into another never ending project…

“I have no right to give an opinion on what makes a great brain surgery because – wait for it, I am not a brain surgeon. When you receive criticism from “The Internets” consider the source. If the person commenting on your photo, good or bad, has no standing, no experience, no credibility, no authority, a lousy portfolio and they hide behind a fake name, move on. You’re wasting your time. You’re not going to get anything of value in that situation so don’t subject yourself to the madness.”
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So, I just read some specs on the new Canon 550D (I don’t know what it will be called in the US). I almost wonder why I went to Nikon and a D300s… But when I think about it, I relly need to get into the “prosumer” market first, and worry about video later. The whole thing that bothers me is that I love how the Nikons are built, and especially with the weather sealing on the higher end models (more on why that was good for me later) but they have made (seemingly) no attempt to catch up with the rest of the market as far as video is concerned. I do love the video I get from my D300s, but the new Canon, consumer line has most of the features of the 7d or even 5d MkII in a small, cheap package.

My message to Nikon…

Get rid of Motion JPG as the video format, give me more control, and release something with 1080p/30fps…

please???!??!?!

(Link to specs)

Well, let’s break in this ‘new’ site with a post.

Today I am posting about simple fixes and how the little things can matter.

I recently received a pic of my sister that my mom wanted printed for a enlisted service members thing at the church my parents go to. At first glance, it appeared just as any other portrait, washed out and in need of some refinement.

After – Before image below:

Comparison of images.

I started with a simple healing brush to remove a wrinkle caused by how sharply the head is angled. Darkened the face a bit with one of the Nik software plugins, allowing me to have control over the brightness and contrast of just the face region. Then I proceeded to remove a few blemishes. Lastly I ran a filter ofer the entire picture to reduce some of the noise caused by the dark blue in the background and on the jacket.

The whole process only took a few minutes, thankfully I had my Wacom handy. I have to recommend Nik Software for their awesome and easy to use plug-ins for Photoshop.

Also, yay first real post.