Tips for Optimizing your Photography and Workflow
On Wednesday, May 15th, I presented a live online presentation on “Optimizing Detail in Photos” as part of my “GreyLearning Live!” webinar series.
During the presentation I shared tips for determining how much detail should be revealed in a photo, and demonstrated techniques for revealing just the right amount of detail and enhancing overall texture in photos.
You can view a recording of the full presentation on my “Tim Grey TV” channel on YouTube (be sure to subscribe and like!) here:
The May 2024 issue of Pixology magazine is now available, featuring the following articles:
Pixology magazine is included in the GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle, and is also available as a standalone subscription here:
In a live online presentation as part of the “GreyLearning Live!” webinar series I shared tips on avoiding noise in the original capture and reducing noise after the capture.
You can view a recording of the full presentation on my “Tim Grey TV” channel (be sure to subscribe and like!) on YouTube here:
I am happy to announce that I will be presenting three classes as part of the Lightroom Virtual Summit 2024, which is a free online event that will be held May 20th through the 24th.
I’ll be presenting on “Lightroom Classic and the Cloud”, “Managing Folders and Collections”, and “Advanced Color Adjustments”, all focused on Lightroom Classic. My classes are just three out of a total of 45 classes from a variety of instructors.
Best of all, you can attend all of the online classes for free from virtually anywhere with an internet connection.
In addition to the free registration there is also a VIP Pass option, which provides you with lifetime access to recordings of all presentations, and a variety of special VIP bonus content and benefits.
You can register for free and learn about the special VIP Pass, by following this link:
https://timgrey.krtra.com/t/JMyfdn7UBIlF
I hope you’ll join me for my three classes as part of the upcoming Lightroom Virtual Summit!
The results are in for my fun–and certainly not scientific–poll asking photographers whether a subject in a photo should point toward the left or toward the right.
This survey was inspired by a question featured in my Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter, which focused on the recommendation that in bird photography it is best to have the bird facing left rather than right.
My answer in part explained that I personally find that I prefer the subject facing right rather than left, so I was a little amused to find that those who think the subject should face left were in the minority (less than 18%!). Or maybe I influenced the responses by stating my preference in my answer?
In any event, without further ado, here are the survey results:
The April 2024 issue of Pixology magazine is now available, featuring the following articles:
Pixology magazine is included in the GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle, and is also available as a standalone subscription here:
There will be a total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024, visible to much of North America, and I have a free resource to help you prepare to observe and photograph this event.
The October 2023 issue of my Pixology magazine for photographers included an article with tips on preparing to photograph a total solar eclipse. I’m making that full issue of Pixology available free of charge, so that all photographers can make the most of the upcoming total solar eclipse if they’ll be in an area where it will be visible.
You can get the free issue of Pixology here:
https://www.greylearning.com/courses/solar-eclipse-preparation-free
The March 2024 issue of Pixology magazine is now available, featuring the following articles:
Pixology magazine is included in the GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle, and is also available as a standalone subscription here:
All lessons have been published for my “Adobe Bridge for Photographers” course, which is focused on helping photographers make the most of Adobe Bridge for organizing and sharing their photos.
The course covers the full workflow for organizing and sharing your photos using Adobe Bridge, including tips for creating and managing a folder structure, making use of collections and stacks, keywording photos efficiently, and much more.
You can get all the details about this new course on the GreyLearning website here:
https://www.greylearning.com/courses/adobe-bridge-for-photographers
One of the common issues photographers run into when printing their photos is a print that looks too dark. Sometimes the issue is simply a matter of not making use of proper color management techniques, such as calibrating the monitor display. However, another issue is a matter of compensating for the output behavior of your printer.
In particular, if your prints exhibit a lack of detail in shadow detail, a simple correction may help.
The first step is to test the behavior of your printer. Many printers are not able to reproduce the full range of tonal values, causing a loss of visible detail in dark areas of a photo. A similar issue can affect bright highlight areas, though that is less common.
I created a target image you can print in order to test the tonal range behavior of your printer. Print the image using your normal color-managed workflow, and then evaluate the print under a bright light source. You are looking for the darkest value of black where you can still see a difference between the next darker value.
More details about testing the black and white point capabilities for printing can be found in the article “Print Output Levels”, which is included in the February 2024 issue of Pixology magazine (https://www.greylearning.com/courses/pixology-magazine).
You can download the target image here:
