General thoughts

Technology 1
(week 3)


Okay, so this class was a little dull to start with, but i have been reviewing what is coming up soon and it all sounds/looks exciting. I must admit i have already noted a number of things that will help me which is great!


I am especially interested in learning ways of become more efficient with handling, storing and delivering my images once they are off my camera. This is very important if you want to consider yourself a professional. 


In addition to this i look forward to gaining a deeper understanding of the more technical (geeky) ins and outs of all things digital, whether it be software or equipment and technology, because it's all valuable stuff.


Even the ergonomics handout of how to set up a desk and sit at a computer properly has been helpful to me. I purchased a desk, bookcase and side table thing from Officeworks last week - all for only $70  would you believe - so i can get stuck into my study and this blog. So things are good :)


Brian is pretty cool and it was interesting to learn a bit about him especially his transition into Graphic Design and photographic background - could prove a great help to get my GD skills and knowledge up to speed after being away from the industry for 7 years now.

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Lightroom
I am new to Lightroom - i am fortunate enough to have my own copy of Lightroom 3 and have a handful of video tutorials on my laptop that will certainly help me develop into a proficient user of this software - hear Lightroom 4 is not far away, something else to look forward to i guess.


Officially known as Adobe Photoshop Lightroom it is a step up from Adobe's other popular software applications like Bridge and Camera Raw. From the research i have done into this, professional photographers are likely to use Adobe's software as seen in the following image.

How much a pro photographer might use Lightroom in post.

This is good to know, because even though 2 years back, i was initially impressed and fascinated when i first used Bridge and Adobe Camera Raw as part of the CS5 suite i have since found it a little clunky and not as fluent as i'd like. Lightroom obviously helps to smooth out all these imperfections for photographers so they spend less time behind the computer and more time out n about shooting.


I look forward to researching and learning more about Lightroom.










D.