Tips for Optimizing your Photography and Workflow
The theme for the GreyLearning Photo Contest for May is “Reaching Out”, meaning capturing photos that involve reaching out with a long lens to draw in a distant subject. The Grand Prize for this contest is a Tamron 70-210mm f/4 lens valued at US$799, thanks to a sponsorship from Tamron USA. Please note that for this contest the winner must reside in the United States.
UPDATE: You can view the winning image and get details about how it was captured here:
We are pleased to announce that photographer Doug Haight has won the April 2018 GreyLearning Photo Contest with his image of a boat wake at sunset. The theme for this photo contest was “Water”, and as the winning photographer Doug will receive one year of free access to the full GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle.
Doug shared the following details about his winning photo:
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It’s from a series I have been working on for some years now shooting water using slow shutter speeds. Looking back at the metadata I was surprised to see that this one dates back to 2009 when I was still shooting JPEG files with a Canon 40D, which is a far cry from the Raw files from my Canon Mark II with much better glass these days.
This shot was taken at 1/4 second, f/2.8 and 800 ISO. On this particularly calm evening I was trying to capture the way the setting sunlight caught the very crest of the small wake of my boat while retaining that smooth flow of the lake that you can only get with a slow shutter speed. For me this shot perfectly captures the last light of that warm still night summer night on the lake.
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Congratulations to Doug on a beautiful winning image!
The theme for the GreyLearning Photo Contest for April is “Water”. This is intentionally a very broad topic, so feel free to think creatively about this photo contest!
The photographer of the winning image will receive one year of free access to the GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle (a US$149 value).
UPDATE: You can view the winning image and get details about how it was captured here:
We are pleased to announce that photographer Bruce O’Donnell has won the March 2018 GreyLearning Photo Contest with his image “Garden Guest”. As the winning photographer, Bruce will receive the Grand Prize of a Tamron SP 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD lens with a value of US$599.
The theme for the March 2018 photo contest was “Narrow Depth of Field”. Bruce shared the following details about the capture of his image:
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This green anole was photographed in Savannah, Georgia, in my garden. They are quite common in the southeast, and anything that eats bugs is most welcomed in my yard.
To get this shot, I had to approach slowly and even then the anole would jump from one ginger leaf to the other. Finally I was able to get close enough (1.3m) and lay on my back and wait until he peaked over the edge.
With the natural vibrant color of green anoles, the ginger leaf and the sky over head, it made for a rich blend of greens and blues.
The exposure was 1/250th at f/6.7, ISO 400. I used a Canon 5D Mark II with a 70-200 f2.8 L IS II lens at 200mm.
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Congratulations to Bruce O’Donnell for this beautiful winning image. And thank you to Tamron USA for sponsoring the March 2018 edition of the GreyLearning Photo Contest.
The theme for the GreyLearning Photo Contest for March is “Narrow Depth of Field”. This month the contest is sponsored by Tamron USA, and the Grand Prize is a Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens valued at US$599. Please note that for this contest the winner must reside in the United States.
UPDATE: You can view the winning image and get details about how it was captured here:
We are pleased to present the winning image from the February GreyLearning Photo Contest, which had a theme of “Motion in a Still”. Here is the winning photo by photographer Sharlott Hasty:
Here is what Sharlott had to say about capturing this beautiful photo:
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This photo of the horses was taken in February 2017 at a ranch in Northern Wyoming. What an exciting morning when we woke up to eighteen
inches of new snow on the ground.
The wranglers were moving 86 horses across the new snow from one pasture to another. This was quite a sight as the horses were
stirring up clouds of snow as they ran. The sky was overcast, creating a giant soft box.
It was a very cold but photo-filled morning. I took many pictures of the string of running horses then looked for an image with a group of horses that were without merges.
Details: Nikon D500, Nikkor 18-300 at 52 mm, 1/1250, f8, +1EV because of the snow, ISO 900. Edited in Lightroom CC.
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Congratulations to Sharlott on her great image. As the winner of the February 2018 GreyLearning Photo Contest, Sharlott will receive one year of free access to the full GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle. Stay tuned for future contests and winners!
We have published a new course in the GreyLearning library focused on showing you the many ways you can share your photos using both the Photoshop Elements Organizer and the Photoshop Elements Editor.
The course is called “Photoshop Elements: Sharing Photos”, and it includes lessons that guide you through the process of exporting copies of your photos, sending images easily via email, creating a calendar featuring your photos, and much more.
The “Photoshop Elements: Sharing Photos” course is included in the “Mastering Photoshop Elements” bundle of courses available through GreyLearning. In addition, you can purchase “Sharing Photos” as a standalone course here:
https://www.greylearning.com/courses/pse-sharing-photos
We have published a new course in the GreyLearning library focused on helping you truly understand the various organizational features in the Photoshop Elements Organizer. The course, called “Photoshop Elements: Organizing Photos”, will enable you to define (and follow) a workflow that helps you manage your photos with confidence.
The “Photoshop Elements: Organizing Photos” course is included in the “Mastering Photoshop Elements” course, which you can find on the GreyLearning website here:
https://www.greylearning.com/bundles/photoshop-elements
In addition, “Organizing Photos” is available as a standalone course here:
We have published a new “Photoshop Quick Tips” course in the GreyLearning library, featuring a new episode every week with quick tips to help you make the most of Adobe Photoshop.
Every Friday we will add a new lesson, with tips aimed at helping you discover “hidden” features in Photoshop, techniques for leveraging various tools and features, and more. This course is included in the “GreyLearning Ultimate” Bundle as well as the “Photoshop for Photographers” Bundle. You can also purchase this course individually, at a low initial price of just $9.
If you’d like to get a new quick tip on Photoshop every week, you can get all of the details on the GreyLearning website here:
We are kicking off a monthly GreyLearning Photo Contest for 2018, and the first contest theme is “Shoot for the Moon”.
For this contest theme photographers are invited to submit their favorite image featuring the moon. The photographer whose image is selected as the winner will receive one year of free access to the GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle.
Images for this photo contest must be submitted no later than February 5, 2018.
UPDATE: You can see the winning image for the “Shoot for the Moon” photo contest here:
https://greylearningblog.com/contest-winners-shoot-for-the-moon/