Mark Cleghorn Photography

Adobe Photoshop Express Public Beta Adds Flickr Support

Mark — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:09:30 +0000

Adobe Photoshop Express Public Beta Adds Flickr Support
“Save As” and Embeddable Player Now Available as Community Feedback Drives New Features
London— May 8, 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced a major update to Adobe® Photoshop® Express beta (www.photoshop.com/express), including integration with Flickr and a “Save As” functionality, two of the most requested features by early adopters. Additionally, a new embeddable player will allow users to post their Photoshop ® Express ® slideshows to sites such as Facebook, Myspace, blogs and more. Released as a public beta in March 2008, Photoshop Express is a free rich Internet application (RIA) available to anyone who wants to store, sort and show off digital photos with eye-catching effects. As the newest addition to the Photoshop family line, Photoshop Express has taken much of Adobe’s best image-editing technology and made it simple and accessible to a new online audience. Within the first week of launch, hundreds of thousands of people registered for an account and within the first month, over 60,000 public Web albums were created.
“We’re overwhelmed by the positive response to the Photoshop Express beta and all the people who are actively editing and showing off their photos,” said Doug Mack, vice president of Consumer and Hosted Solutions at Adobe. “Photoshop Express will continue to evolve over time as we listen to user feedback and build a complete hosted solution that gives people the right balance of performance, convenience and that ‘wow-factor’ that makes their photos stand out from the rest. We’re fortunate to have innovative technologies in our arsenal like Flex® and Adobe Flash® Player that guarantee the overall experience will always be engaging and dynamic.”
Enhancements Extend Community, Accessibility and Creativity
Photoshop Express provides convenient access from right within the application to photos posted on social networking sites like Facebook, Photobucket, Picasa and now Flickr. Photoshop Express serves as a complementary solution for people with Flickr albums who want to upload or download photos into Photoshop Express, add special effects and send them back into Flickr to share with the community. The experience is seamless, so users never have to leave their community environment.
The new “Save As” feature allows users to save multiple versions of an image in addition to the original version. Also new to the lineup is the embeddable player, which lets users post their slideshows to Facebook, MySpace, and other sites to share with friends and family.
A Convenient, Single Destination for Storing, Editing and Sharing
With Photoshop Express, users get 2 gigabytes of free storage, can upload and sort anytime and from anywhere, edit non-destructively to always preserve the original image, and share online in creative ways.
With just a few easy clicks, Photoshop Express empowers anyone to make standard edits, such as removing blemishes and red-eye, converting to black and white, cropping and resizing and much more. Photoshop Express features a collection of creative effects such as Pop Colour, which highlights a single colour in a photo; Distort, which distorts facial features or objects; and Sketch, which makes photos look like artistic drawings. Even users with limited photo editing knowledge can simply select what looks best from a line-up of sample photos with visual hints showing different variations of the added effect. Photoshop Express offers a variety of fun sharing options, including “My Gallery” that highlights collections of user photos called Albums. The unique slideshows feature interactive animation that make photos float and fly across the screen, allowing for an engaging sharing experience.
Free and Available Now
Adobe Photoshop Express public beta update is available for free via any Web browser, including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and others at http://www.photoshop.com/express. Photoshop Express was created with Flex, Adobe’s free, open source framework for building RIAs. Flex applications provide a consistent, rich user experience across operating systems and all major browsers. An Internet connection and an up-to-date Flash® Player 9 are all that are required to experience Adobe Photoshop Express. In its early phases, Photoshop Express is available to US residents-only in English. Users may experience slow performance if accessed outside of the US. Future updates will include availability in other languages and countries.

Protected: HOW TO CHOOSE A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - Magazine ARTICLE

Mark — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:32:09 +0000

Adobe Bridge & Camera RAW - Download Training Film Available May 2008

Mark — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:48:05 +0000

Adobe Bridge & Camera RAW Download Training Film Available May 22nd 2008

Cleghorn’s long awaited training film on how to fast edit images and correct image colour balance and exposure is in final stages of production and due for release in May from his website as a download.

The Training film is 55 minutes long and explains every step to his fast workflow.

Using a real client portrait shoot, Mark shows the techniques that have changed thousands of photographers lives around the world, by introducing simple to follow techniques that lead to speed in post production.

The same techniques demonstrated in this training film, he uses every day in his studio to edit weddings, the workflow that he demonstrates allows him to edit 700 -800 images on a wedding, re-name, colour balance, correct exposure as well as turn a controlled selection of images to mono using Adobe Bridge and Camera RAW in around 90 minutes.

The cost of the training film is £12.50 as a download.

If you want to be one of the first to download drop Debbie and email at
debbie@markcleghorn.com and as soon as the film is live in site you will get an email.

Canon 580EX II change in operation with Quantum Turbo Batteries

Mark — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:31:16 +0000

Owners of Canon 580EX II( TYPE II ONLY) and Turbo 2×2, Turbo SC, Turbo C

Important Operating Notice

Solution: Set Flash Custom Function #01 Auto power off to Disable(1)

Problem
The custom function on the Canon 580EX II is set to (0)enabled when shipped. This function enables the flash go to sleep after a predetermined time of idling.If custom function 01 is not turned off the flash will go to sleep and the Turbo Batteries will shut down.

If C.Fn 01 is not disabled you must turn the Turbo OFF and then ON otherwise it will not wake-up when the flash awakes.

Disabling this function will prevent the above Turbos from shutting down.

Connecting Procedure for Canon System / Canon 580EX II with above Turbos

If the procedure below is not followed the Turbo with not operate.

Mount flash to camera.

Connect Turbo long CZ/short CCZ flash cable between 580EX II and Turbo 2×2, Turbo SC or Turbo C

Turn on camera and flash.

Turn on the Turbo last.

In addition, if C.Fn 12 is turned on ES2 should not be used

SWPP - Fashion & Glamour 2008 Convention Images - No Restriction Now

Mark — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:20:48 +0000

Wow what a convention, it was the best and thanks to all the photographers that attended my Extra Plus Master classes. I was sorry we had to disappoints so many of you but we were restricted to 10 per class as they were hands on in the studio with me, but I tried to make up for it at my Shooting Fashion & Glamour open seminar.

Even though over 200 of you, of the 250+ that attended that night have had downloads from us, I have decided to make the images now open so every one can see what we shot in such a short space of time.

Sorry for picking on the tall guy in the front row with the baldhead all the time, but every time he bent forward to write notes, it was like having another reflector at hand.

So What Did We Do?

The whole point of the demonstration was to show much variety could be achieved in a limited location with a massive audience and in a limited time frame.

With only 2 minutes before start time I got electricity to were I needed it so all the photographers got to see the set up as we went along.

I only met Katie, the model a few minutes before getting going so it really was a Live Seminar.

Thanks to the SWPP team for running around for me after the sudden room move due to numbers, they worked their arses off to get running and me up. My seminar was sponsored again by Loxley Colour so many thanks to Ian and his team for putting up the cash as well as to Hardy at Flaghead Photographic for supply me with a ring flash adapter at the last minute and to Bowens for supplying all the studio flash equipment.

Equipment Used

Lastolite Hilite Background
RingFlash Adapter

Bowens Ring Flash Lighting & Accessories

Tri Grip Silver Reflectorfashion-glamour-session.pdf

The Pink Cast to these images has been applied during the RAW processing with a preset cast we apply to some of our Fashion & Glamour Images

All images were shot in RAW, 100iso and colour balance was set to flash

In case you are wondering why in most of these larger Hi key images using the Lastolite HiLite background I have a muddy background is that we had the light in side the Hilite switched off from time to time to show the effect of the ring flash shadow.

All the images were shot on a Canon 5D with a 24-105 lens, with Motor drive pack.
I was using a Canon 580EX speedlite powered by a Quantum 2×2 battery when I was using the Ring Flash adapter.

To View the 200 Images in full that I shot in the SWPP Fashion & Glamour Seminar that I presented, just click on the link below.

fashion-glamour-session.pdf

All Images and Text are Copyright Mark Cleghorn
©markcleghorn

Check out Flaghead Photographic site for more info on the Quantum and ExpoDisc as well as Green Clean, all products that I use.

New Bigger Lastolite HiLite Background

Mark — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:52:17 +0000

Just when I thought things could not get any better Lastolite launches the new Bigger & Better 8×7 Hilite Background.

I was lucky enough to test out the New HiLite Background 8 x 7 background on whilst shooting a new series of training videos, its awesome, just make sure you have a big enough room for it.

Due to the increased size I do recommend that you now light it with 2 studio flash heads and not just the one as you could with the smaller models. Speaking of smaller models they have introduced a size small enough to hang on a door, which makes it a perfect choice for security and I.D. photography

New Website Launched

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:30:00 +0000

New website launched April 15th. A Fully interactive site for clients and photographers alike, Wedding & Portrait clients can now book vouchers on line as well as order and photographers can now even book the seminars online as well as buy the studio photokit that Mark recommends from our very own shop PHOTOKIT4U at discount rates.

Protected: Weddings From Hell - Course Notes Now Available

Mark — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:21:27 +0000

Protected: Fashion Lighting

Mark — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:41:48 +0000

Protected: Basic Wedding Digital Work Flow

Mark — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:46:22 +0000