Wednesday, April 14, 2010

5th Day, Last Day of FPPF Basic

My notes:

The topic for the morning was Digital Darkroom.

Some tips:
Blur: most come from hand movement so don't go below 1/60. Aim for higher shutter speed. Thus, don't go below 1/focal length.

A review of exposure was done including some tips on histogram reading.

Find sweet spot of lens---------> avoid extremes.

Highlights indicate lost details on a photo.

Exposure adjustment

Before printing 8R, crop it first before going to the printing lab.

Work flow aka post processing:
-capture and import
-organize and archive
-global adjustments
-local adjustments
-cleanup, retouching
-creative edits and alternates
-output-print, slideshow, web

calibrate monitor
-software, hardware
-getty image test