Is Lightroom Really Loosing Files? 

Submitted by Michael on Fri, 2012-08-10 13:47

Lightroom custom filter

I've been working with Lightroom since version 1 and to date it did not loose or screw up a single photo of mine. However, some times there are horror stories of users

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Creative Business Cards 

Submitted by Michael on Thu, 2012-08-09 22:46

This interesting little post of Michael the Maven got me thinking. Usually I am old school when it comes to business cards. I believe they have to look slick, clean and professional in order to do what I want them to do: lead a new prospect to contacting me in order to do business. But maybe I am just not creative enough and maybe Michael has the better approach:

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Should I go on and make a video... 

Submitted by Michael on Mon, 2012-06-11 00:50

 

Is it OK to show two models in a video, one of them female, the other one male (at least most probably)?

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Should I make a video... 

Submitted by Michael on Mon, 2012-06-11 00:39

Do you like curves? On models? In a video?

...a video for SmokingStrobes which features a really, really curvy model? Would that be interesting for you? Please let me know! Read more »

Setting new standards: Breathtaking...in 4K 

Submitted by Michael on Tue, 2012-06-05 15:56

 

Tom was pioneering several new techniques, and helping design motorized time-lapse dollies and motion-control systems.

Tom was pioneering several new techniques, and helping design motorized time-lapse dollies and motion-control systems.

Tom Lowe produced the most amazing timelapse video ever. Recorded on Canon DSLRs and on the Red Epic, the material for TimeScapes was captured in 5K and then later on edited to 4K. Read more »

Yuri Arcurs covering Stock, Microstock and "free" 

Submitted by Michael on Mon, 2012-05-21 18:35
Free images on Peopleimages.com

Cool free images on PeopleImages.com, the new ultimate microstock outlet of Yuri Arcurs.

First some rumors, then silence, a few years passing by and now the big bang: Yuri Arcurs launches his own microstock site PeopleImages.com. Right upfront: it is awesome.

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Lovely Fredau Hoekstra featured on SmokingStrobes 

Submitted by Michael on Mon, 2012-05-14 03:00

Shooting photos with model Fredau is sure fun

I can't tell you how glad I am that cousin Fredau Hoekstra came to visit us here in good ol' Germany. Of course we took some stunning photos (how could we not do it?) and filmed it for our beauty photography blog SmokingStrobes. Read more »

Happy Mother's Day! 

Submitted by Michael on Sun, 2012-05-13 02:44

Thanks a ton to modelina for this  funny baby belly shoot. Mommy, you rock!

What a wonderful day! Let's celebrate all moms, grandmothers and simply everybody else who give us love, support and cheer us on in our lives! You are awesome. Read more »

Now that’s how you adjust photos in Lightroom 4 

Submitted by Michael on Fri, 2012-05-11 23:12

Kubota demonstrates and compares mage adjustments in Lightroom 3 and Lightroom 4.

Thanks to the awesome ISO 1200 mag I just discovered a video about the new image adjustment tools, which I really like. In this video Kevin Kubota explains in a wonderful style how the new tools are different from the old ones and he shows how to use them. Read more »

Self-made woman 2.0: Bar Refaeli nude for under.me 

Submitted by Michael on Mon, 2012-05-07 15:28

 

Bar Refaeli poses nude in video for her underwear collection

Bar Refaeli awesomely demonstrates how to promote her underwear collection. But wait a second, where is the underwear in this scene?

It’s 2012 and major media platforms like YouTube provide the chance for everybody to promote themselves successfully. An extremely sexy example:
Supermodel and actress Bar Refaeli promoting her own fashion label. Read more »