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6th February 2010

Walking Capitol Hill – Day 156 of 365

written by dav.d

This morning I finished a super fun photo shoot in Ogden with ladies from the Roller Derby – those photos will be edited and posted at a later date. However, I decided I would take a break from digital photography and go photograph with film. So I grabbed my medium format camera and went hiking around Utah’s Capitol Hill. I would use my digital camera to meter and use those settings to photograph with the film camera.

This photograph is one of the digital shots – edited in Nik Software’s Viveza 2. Using their controls I am able to at least fake an HDR tonemapped image and take the original photograph from bland to a level I find much more cool and edgy.

Monument on Utah Capitol Hill

Monument on Utah Capitol Hill

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12th January 2010

Provo Streets at Noon – Day 130 of 365

written by dav.d

I captured the foundation for this photograph while crossing the street at lunch – and no it didn’t look this overcast and evil. That was Photoshop. More specifically I edited the photo in Nik Software’s Viveza 2 – to darken the sky and punch up the contrast and then I took those results into Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro.

I added more doom and gloom to make an empty street much more ominous. There is a little bit of halo around the street lamp – but I am fine with it. It helps the lamp stand out from a pure dark sky.

Provo at Noon

Provo streets at noon

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As always the best camera you have is the one you have with you. And I had my iPhone right as the sun was setting – the iPhone doesn’t recognize the white balance very well and the dynamic range isn’t the best – but my wonderful Nikon D300 wasn’t with me. And even if I had my wonderful Nikon with me – security at the Gateway would frown about me whipping out my big camera.

The Gateway edited with Nik Software Viveza 2

The Gateway edited with Nik Software Viveza 2

Fortunately I edited this photograph in Nik Software’s Viveza 2. The software is pretty new and I am still toying around with it. But version 2 is leaps and bound better than version 1. I wish Adobe Lightroom would adopt the technology – the U Point method for selections is incredibly easy. I don’t have to worry about masking – and it saves me time.

The Gateway straight out of the iPhone

The Gateway straight out of the iPhone

And being able to edit brightness, contrast, saturation, structure, warm, color, and more with just a few control points it easy and fast. Common Adobe – buy Nik Software and integrate the technology into Lightroom and Photoshop.

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26th December 2009

Sundance Landscape in B&W – Day 114 of 365

written by dav.d

It’s been a busy day – portrait session in Sundance – those photos will be posted later after I edit them. As I was waiting I took a few snapshots of the landscape. I then turned this into black and white using Silver Efex Pro. Although I did some more edits first in Viveza 2 before going into Silver Efex Pro to turn it into a black and white.

Sundance Landscape

Sundance Landscape

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24th December 2009

Christmas Tree through a Lensbaby

written by dav.d

The Lensbaby is a lot of fun – and sometimes you stumble on a happy accident like this photograph. People think the stars were done in Photoshop. Nope, this photograph is pretty much what it looked like right out of the camera. I did edit the color and contrast using Nik Software’s brand new Viveza 2. But other than that it is unedited. I used a star shaped aperture ring to create the star effects.

Christmas Tree with Lensbaby

This Christmas tree looks like it is about to blast off!

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