Comic-Con

 

Holy Shit!!! That is scary!!!

 

Haha, that was my personal favorite costume for comic con.

Here's the second pick

 

That Awesome!!! I want one now and Master Chief too! that suit remind me the Fan movie Batman vs Joker vs Alien vs predator.

 

Master Chief on the left

 

hahaha I mean from Halo!!! LoL

But that still awesome!

 

fine, "monochrome" .

I use, Image>Adjustments>Black & White. I like that I can control the influence of each color. Much better than desaturating, IMO.

 

Do you have CS4 or photoshop 7???

I would recommend using channel mixer and shooting rawr format.

 

Doh! I was still tired.

Wooo go pink!

 

this squirrel wanted more cheez-its. i was coming back to my apartment from checking the mailbox. i was eating cheez-its and i saw this squirrel, so i gave it some. i walk up to my front door and to my surprise, this rodent follows me to my door. i grab my camera that was on the couch and took a picture of it. i got up really close and it didn't move. this thing was fearless!

 

hahaha no worry man!!!

haha Very Pink!


Still awesome photos!

I'm planning to next year.

 

i have cs3.

i usually shoot jpeg cause i don't know much about raw. I don't really notice difference honestly. I'll try it though.

 

oh...yea use channel mixer.....
I think this best way to explain

RAW vs JPG

 

Wow, those Predator suits are incredible! That's like beyond a hobby at that point -- really well done.

These are some recent shots. One edit from a car show last month, and some beach sunset pics from vacation at Lake Erie last week.

 

You really need to look into some tutorials on how to make a GOOD black and white, it looks so much better. Not just ctrl+shift+U haha

RAW > *
It's also very easy to edit raw, and you can make HUGE non destructive exposure corrections and stuff.
Just drag the RAW file into photoshop and start moving those sliders!
You'll love it I promise.
Just don't go overboard.

 

i really like this guys site. anyone have any opinions on him. he doesn't seem as cocky as ken rockwell, haha.

Digital Black and White

 

Ahh, the Finnbounce and the Smelfin guy, yeah it's a decent site. His technique for B&W works well, but is a bit labor intensive, maybe more than is necessary. Pick up a copy of Alien Skin's Exposure2, very useful. In my case, I do my B&W's in Lightroom2 then run through Exposure in CS3 if I want to add grain or simulate a particular film stock. Exposure's really useful if you like doing antiquing of photos or restorations. Here's a before and after from a Gettysburg trip last year:



After, with some cloning work, lens simulation, and Exposure2 for film stock simulation



Very useful software. SilverFX is also supposed to be good for B&W, but never used it as I never had a need to go elsewhere using what I use now.

 

i noticed after messing around with the RAW image, that a .xmp file appeared in the folder. what is that? and do i need to keep it?

 

The .xmp file is the one that saves what you've edited on the RAW image. Notice if you close and open it back up, your old changes will be saved.
Sorry, it's a terrible explanation.

 

soo...i need to keep it?