Lightroom 3.4 and Professional Imaging Update
Had a great time teaching here in the Netherlands at Professional Imaging 2011. You can see a behind the scenes video from Frank Doorhof here (link). I’ll post a bit more in depth next week and some shots from a live Compositing and Selections class that I did but overall I had a wonderful 3 days.
In other news, Adobe announced a release candidate of Lightroom 3.4 on the Adobe labs website. It basically includes support and profiles for new cameras and lenses and a few bug fixes. Since it’s a “release candidate” it’s not totally ready for prime time yet but they say it’s very well tested at this point so the full release isn’t far away. Simply put, if you have a camera or lens that you need support for right away (that’s included in the release candidate) then I’d probably download it. If not, I’d just wait for the full version.
That’s it from Amsterdam. Heading out to Paris for a quick vacation with the wife for a few days and then back home. If you have any shooting suggestions please leave a comment and let me know. Thanks!
Matt, The simplest things are high time savers! Thank you so much for the gr8 tip. Used it today and it worked like a champ.
I’ve done quite a few photo trips to Paris over the last few years. I’d recommend a trip out to La Defense for some contemporary architecture but really the Louvre courtyard for an hour either said of sunset can’t be beaten. Here’s a link to my ‘Best of Paris’ set on Flickr, I always try to give useful tips in the comments : http://www.flickr.com/darrellg/sets/72157624233357900/
hi mat,
thx for the info! what i don’t understand is why there is still no support for the T2i live capturing?!
cheers
claudio
You should visit “les passages”, typical 1850s places with glass roofs, it’s amazingly beautiful and a bit off the beaten tracks (at least for 1st comers).
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/457237/exploring_the_shopping_passages_of.html
Amazing pics to make there…
tom
Still trying to learn as much as possible and I love the tips you pass along. I’m a long time follower and hopefully someday i’ll be able to catch your in person!!
Hey Matt, just wanted to give you a heads up and tell you that I did a review of your Photoshop cs5 crash course app for Terry’s Best App Site the other day. If you want to check it out it’s here: http://www.bestappsite.com/2011/03/15/photoshop-cs5-crash-course-by-kelby-media-group/ . See you at Photoshop World. Jason
Thanks for the nice workshop @ Professional Imaging.
Best regards,
Schanske
Shooting suggestion in Paris — Eiffel Tower. Heh.
j/k
It’s a fascinating exercise to try to get a crowd free shot of the sacre coer I spent 50 mins with my tripod in the same spot with a TS-24 lens just waiting for folks to move enough so that I could get a clean composite. Then I really enjoyed myself and went round the corner to the Salvador Dali exhibition.
That whole area is rather fun, even if a bit of a tourist trap.
Dear Matt,
Im a huge fan of you and scott since years, I do a lot of HDR photos in Paris, I would love to show you around, secret places too, (I came the whole way to Vegas for the last photoshop wold and got to say hi to the whole gang expect you – I missed that)
you can email me on sergeramelli@gmail.com
check out some of this paris photos for inspiration :
http://photoserge.com/portfolio/
http://www.sergeramelli.com
Hoi Matt,
pity you do not stay in Belgium – loved to have you 1 hour at our photoclub meeting
on sunday march 20th – and showed you some belgium good beers and chocolate.
enjoy your stay in Europe
patrick
http://www.memoriesforever.be
Hi Matt,
if in Paris, have dinner at Restaurant Chartier at Faubourg Montmartre. Nice, traditional restaurant with true Paris feeling. It is often crowded but easy to find. And they have a nice website. Enjoy it and say hello to my beloved Paris!
Chris
In Paris, check out the roof of the Pompidou Modern Art Center. You’ll need to pay admission I assume, but it’s a fantastic museum anyway. There’s great city-wide views from the roof. Wide and tele shots work here.
Luxembourg Gardens, the interior architecture at Musee D’orsay, and shots of La Conciergerie from the bridges over the river are good opportunities
Some examples (unforuntately none are mine):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vargapeti/3298966596/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/5321553117/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irenekoyama/2292524180/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanvos/2495788116/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tripax/4860203157/
Hi Matt – was just in Paris 2 weeks ago. Definitely recommend you visit Sainte-Chapelle. It’s a chapel very near Notre-Dame, on the same island. It has the most spectacular stained glass, great to see and good for HDR too. You have to wait a bit to get through security but we thought it was worth it. Here’s a shot: http://bit.ly/g6STr7
Also recommend Eiffel Tower of course (best seen by going to Trocadero metro station where’s there’s a big elevated place to see it from). Have fun!
Nice ‘meeting’ you at Professional Imaging, Matt!
I enjoyed your workshops and wrote a bit about it on my blog:
http://www.photofacts.net/photography/topic/personal/professional_imaging_and_matt_kloskowski.asp
Thanks for coming over to us in Europe!
Enjoy Paris!
With regards,
Green shirt guy..
Pere Lachaise cemetery early on a sunny morning to catch the shadows. Say hello to Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison.
http://thelightcavalry.com/gallery/#num=content-3367272&id=album-180785
Hey!
Depending on what you like in Paris, I would recommend going away from the big tourist attractions… And even once there, if you just go a few streets away you can find some pretty amazing places. For example near Montmartre, there would be some more quiet areas like these http://www.francoissechet.com/blog/2010/11/un-apres-midi-a-montmartre/ if you walk towards the West a bit, and also you can actually walk around (again, not just right around, you may also want to go a few streets away), once you are behind it, you can go back down and have some nice moods and not so famous sights of Paris.
There are also some cool places along the rue de Rivoli (between the Town Hall and the Vosges Square) in blue on this map http://www.francoissechet.com/divers-truc/mapkloskowski.png. And of course Boulevard Beaumarchais in green is the street where all the photography shops are (Nikon Pro Services among them…).
A nice walk to do with you wife if the weather is nice, and given that you will arrive from Gare du Nord which is not far from there would be walking along the “Canal Saint-Martin”.
If you’re looking for a totally cool grunge location I would suggest “les Frigos” http://les-frigos.com/ which is near the Bibliothèque Nationale (National Library), also very nice.
And in case you want to go out and shoot some stuff, drop me an email and I’ll be able to walk you to some nice and not really expected places!
Cheers,
F.
HI matt,
Long time follower ..I am london based photographer heading to paris this weekend also with my wife ..natuarally bringing the camera with and in my paris research I found a french photograher that has some great images and has given me some great photo ideas so maybe it will help you also …included a link to his flickr collections …enjoy your trip ..and when are you coming to london again missed the last trip ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anto13/collections/72157622706967552/
cheers
Richard
Nice collection. The picture are awesome. Thanks for sharing.