Ken’s Shoot Notes Blog

FIRST Robotics & Tiltviewer

Posted on March 19th, 2008 by HuthPhoto.
Categories: Shoots, Schools, Teaching, Internet, Aperture, PhotoJava, Rochester NY.

I just wrapped up editing the FIRST Robotics FInger Lakes Regional photos (it was a blast, BTW) and I thought that gang of cool geeky youth would dig this new gallery style from Airtight Interactive . It’s a 3D grid effect and can load photos from a folder, or grab them from your FlickR account by tags. Try it out, it’s sweet. I particularly like the ‘next gallery’ photos falling effect. Visit the gallery HERE

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Event Books

Posted on April 13th, 2007 by HuthPhoto.
Categories: Shoots, Apple, Skills, Teaching, Aperture, OSX, ApertureCast, Rochester NY, Colleges, Events, Medical.

I love doing these event books because they really show off the whole range of photos from an event and let me add the creative detail photos and ‘quiet/behind the scenes moments’ that I love to shoot.

If you hover over the example above, there are some captions here and there. Also, clicking on it will take you to a web page where you can see all of the photos. The first shots are from the Highland Hospital Gala and later are from RIT. I create the books in Apple’s Aperture software.

I’m doing 7 books for RIT Alumni from the even I shoot tonight, so you know what I’ll be doing Monday.

And the price I charge right now is just $100 to create the book (which honestly takes 2-3 hours or more), and then $100 per printed, hardcover 8.5×11″ book. I’m sure in time those prices will have to go up, but I’m thrilled clients are getting into the idea more and more.

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My Live Audioconference on Aperture & Lightroom…only $99

Posted on March 8th, 2007 by HuthPhoto.
Categories: Shoots, Apple, Teaching, Aperture, ApertureCast, Photoshop.

This is a great setup, you don’t even have to leave your office to attend!

You can listen in on an audio conference I’m teaching about getting started with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Apple’s Aperture. This kind of software is the first (and desperately needed) innovation since we got started with digital photography. Now you can be totally organized, totally backed up and edit and tweak your images at light speed.

I’ve never worked harder on a presentation, and you’ll walk away knowing the reasons you need this new type of software. You’ll also get all the facts so you can easily decide on buying Aperture or Lightroom. Finally, I’ve been all over the net and compiled the best resources on the topic, so you don’t have to spend days Googling and wading through junk.

And with Lightroom on a discount until late April, it’s the perfect time to learn about this software.

This class will save you money:
You’ll save the price of the conference by learning about it now, before the Adobe offer expires (Adobe is offering $100 offer, per LR package for a limited time). And you could really save $300 or more, since you’ll be choosing the right software for you, and then you’ll be ready to jump right in when you get it.

I’d love to have my clients attend and they’ve made the price fantastic. It’s even lower than when I teach for a client on-site… only $99 for as many folks as you want to listen in at your office!

Info and signup HERE

So please sign up and shoot me a message (or comment below) that you’ll be listening in!

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Aperture & Lightroom

Posted on March 6th, 2007 by HuthPhoto.
Categories: Apple, Teaching, Aperture, ApertureCast.

I’ve
been contracted by Eli Research to host an
audio conference on getting started using
digital photo management software
like
Apple’s Aperture and Adobe’s
Lightroom.
More info soon.

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Apple Opens the Aperture

Posted on June 28th, 2006 by HuthPhoto.
Categories: Shoots, Apple, Aperture.

Ok, maybe I’m just trying to escape the editing I’m supposed to be doing for the Flander’s Group (that’s their portrait session on the screen)… But I was so jazzed by how Aperture lets me edit that I wanted to write about it.
With my dual screen setup, I can devote one screen to the organization stuff and the other is then free for seeing images… what a great way to work.

I can open up a series of big thumbnails (10 is a good number) and rate them. If I need to see some detail, hitting the tilde key (~) opens the lupe, which works just like a real photo, glass lupe used to (not zooming the whole image like Adobe’s Lightroom beta does.)
Going through a series big is easy too. I just select a thumbnail on the left screen and then scroll through the series using the arrow keys.

Editing bliss

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