Another group of photographs from our trip to Italy a couple of months ago. Enjoy!
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Here are some freshly processed photos from an engagement shoot we photographed last weekend in New Haven, CT. Jeanne-Marie and James were such a blast to work with. We got a tour of the city and they now have a collection of photographs of themselves in the places most important to them. We can’t wait to photography their wedding next May!
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Siena, Italy
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This month’s client photo gallery features work from Michael Paxton of Basking Ridge, New Jersey. These are photographs from Michael’s two recent trips to Dominica – enjoy! All images copyright Michael Paxton 2009.
Dominica styles itself as ‘The Nature Island of the Caribbean’. A rugged, volcanic island to the north of Martinique, it’s known more for its rain-forest, rivers and waterfalls than its beaches. These photos were taken on Dominica’s windward side and give some indication of the beautiful light available to the photographer as the day progresses from dawn through to a moonlit night. As always a huge thanks to Eric for his guidance on the use of Vari-ND filters and all of the cumulative advice that continues to improve my photography.
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Monk - Spello, Italy
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Abbey of San Galgano
I couldn’t resist posting another recently finished photo.
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Stroncone, Umbria, Italia
This was the view from my bedroom balcony for close to two weeks. Majestic.
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Because a JPEG is ‘cooked’, the camera locks in all image parameters when the file is processed and modifying the image later on is well, less than optimal. I lent one of my camera’s to a friend and upon receiving it back, I forgot to make sure the camera was set back for RAW (as I am assuming he would have shot JPG). Anyway, I did a semi-important shoot with the D700 as a back-up body, switching over to it occasionally instead of changing lenses on the D3.
Upon reviewing the photographs, I then saw that photographs from the D700 were JPGs – oh no! So, the image parameter that I am complaining about in this regard is the image ‘clarity’ which is one of the most important RAW controls. Clarity controls mid-tone contrast which, when tuned in the RAW process, allows one to tighten up the image and make it appear sharper and conversely to produce a soft-focus glow effect on highlight regions of the image. This is only possible however, if the RAW image data is still accessible by the software. In a JPG, moving the clarity control is an absolute train wreck. Positive clarity will muddy-up the mid-tones and a negative adjustment just makes the image flat and drab-looking. A complete disaster. Reason # 782 for hating JPEGs.
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