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In Defense of SOOC (Straight Out of the Camera) Images

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Straight. Out. Of. The. Camera. Pictures that have NOT been adjusted, converted, plugin-ized, scanned, processed, photoshopped, illustrated. That means no post-processing. The only allowable modification is resizing. Trust your camera. Trust yourself. The above is the description for a Flickr group by the same name. If you try to post an image that isn't SOOC, it'll be taken down. Why the … [Read more...]

Lightroom Preset and Photoshop Action Recipe for High Texture Photographs

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Alright serious and aspiring photographers, today we're getting down to the nitty gritty details of using Lightroom presets and Photoshop actions to create highly texturized images. After returning from WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) convention this year, I was struck again by how highly valued and esteemed the images were that were composites with muted colors, highly … [Read more...]