On Saturday August 28th, the Bishop Kenny High School Class of 1960 celebrated their 50th Reunion. The reunion was held at the Quality Inn and Suites on Jacksonville Beach. Continue reading
The time has come for change. Like the image above, you never know where the road will lead you. The roads diverge. The roads converge. I believe in following the path and adapting to what happens around me.
My photography however, will remain. Just the site will change.
I hope to have my new site up and running in the next couple of weeks.
If I can be of assistance, please email me.
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Bright and early on Saturday morning I cranked up the old van and headed over to Bishop Kenny to shoot team and individual photos. By the weather you would not know it was time for The Boys of Fall to be out in full pads smacking each other around on the gridiron. But, we live in Florida – it’s hot. The temps were already in the mid 80′s and the humidity was swamp-like on this late August morning. Continue reading
This past Saturday I was finally able to shoot the FFST swim team individual and team photos. I say finally because the weather just did not want to cooperate earlier in the summer. Continue reading
Thursday, July 8th was Team and Individual photo day for the Pool Cats of San Jose Country Club.
The Pool Cats are in the River City Swim League and perennially contend for the league championship. Continue reading
Breakout session #4 – Photoshop Basics and Photo Management
The 3 C’s of Yearbook
CREATE
COMMUNICATE
COLLABORATE
FILE MANAGEMENT -
Backups
keep in 3 locations – both on and off site
media for storage = storage card, DVD, external hard drives, servers
Adobe CS Bridge
An introduction to Bridge
http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=47761
In Bridge you can -
1) create folders
2) rename files – unique file names are a must! Develop a file naming protocol and stick to it!
3) edit EXIF data
4) tag photos – people places photographer event spread section
5) move/copy images between folders
Storage
Folders organized – use a system that works for your staff – workflow, workflow, workflow
Suggestions -
1) year
2) month
3) day
4) event shot
5) intended section
6) intended spread
7) pages
Photoshop
Ya shot it, not whaddya do with it?
1) rough edit – delete the out of focus/poorly exposed shots – be collaborative – photographer, designer, adviser involved in rough edit process
2) ID’s – know the people in the shot
3) quotes – ties emotion to the photo and as a result, the reader
4) filename – UNIQUE – you are dealing with thousands of images – make sure you have no duplicate names on separate images
5) EXIF data – shutter speed, aperture, ISO, mode, focal length, camera,
6) tags – event, name, subjects, photographer, spread etc – bulk tag files using Metadata append tool
7) post production – journalism standard vs creative standard – tell the story accurately!
basic color correction – histogram, color space, auto levels = “BAD!”, monitor calibration, room lighting affect monitor color reproduction
10) crop to proper size and resolution
11) save in proper format
Practice Makes Perfect – The histogram and contrast/color cast correction with levels in Photoshop
If you get into the habit of using the levels command to correct minor color cast and exposure issues, you’ll find that you can do a pretty good job of getting accurate color on your images by following the tips in the tutorial below. Don’t try to eyeball color correction on an uncalibrated monitor – it is not accurate!
Let Deke show you how -
Recommended Tutorials -
Levels Tutorial Video with Deke McClelland
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/photoshop-blog/cs4-online-training-videos/levels-command-video.html
PhotoShop Top 40 with Deke McClelland
It’s that time again folks! The advisers and students have all gathered in St. Pete, Florida at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg for the Florida Yearbook Seminar put on by Taylor Publishing. Students and advisers willingly gather each year on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico to to hone their design, layout and photography skills in an effort to create another memorable yearbook for their school. It is at this seminar where themes are defined, color palettes are developed and the all important covers for the books are created. These four long days will get many books well underway for the 2011 school year. Continue reading
The River City Swim League summer swim season is underway and that means it is time for team and individual photos. The images are keepsakes of a summer built on training, competing and hanging out with friends old and new. Continue reading
Under the lights at Bishop Kenny.
Bishop Kenny hosted Ponte Vedra High in state baseball playoff action Friday, May 7. It was a regional semi-final game which saw two talented pitchers go head to head. It was Elliot Warford for PV and Blaine Foster for BK dueling on the bump.
Both teams went back and forth and were deadlocked 5-5 at the end of seven. In a huge eighth inning explosion, PV scored 12 runs off the Crusader relievers for which Kenny had no response in their half of the eighth. The final – Ponte Vedra 17 Bishop Kenny 5.
The Sharks face Wakulla in regional final action this coming week.
Went on a wee bit of a trip down memory lane through the archives tonight. I found this shot from a few years back from a trip we took to Biarritz, France. It was a lovely sunset. My wife and I had a great time. Continue reading
