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Totally Rad Photoshop Actions and Lightroom Presets

Creating many different looks from one image.

Sometimes I get a very strong feeling about an image, that it should be cropped just so, it should be color/b&w/sepia, it should have a border effect etc. In those instances I am brave, strong, courageous and decisive. Other times I can’t make up my mind to save my life, with endless fields of possibility streaming out. Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t…..oooh, that was lame. Anyway, those are the times I am content to play around with all the various and sundry toys in my box.

Some of my favorite toys are Photoshop Actions and Lightroom Presets. They’re quick and easy ways to manipulate images, and if you don’t like something, just drag and drop a layer into the trash or hit the ‘undo’ button. You can also use them as a foundation and then make small adjustments to your liking.[…]

How a Good Book REALLY Can Save the Day

I received Window Seat, The Art of Digital Photography & Creative Thinking by Julieanne Kost, as a gift a couple of years ago. Periodically I’ll pull it off the shelf and browse, think, dream and ruminate my way through it. Ms. Kost is a trainer for Adobe Photoshop software and brings a unique perspective to photography. Basically she spends over 200 days a year flying. When she’s not flying, she’s teaching. Doesn’t leave a lot of time for creating. Yet she found a way to indulge her creativity as she soars through the air. It is her view from….the window seat.

Rowboat Media, the website design firm I co-founded and am a partner in, has been going full steam ahead for quite some time now and I haven’t really been shooting much. As a matter of fact it has seemed to me that my photography muse has been on extended holiday. But that doesn’t mean I don’t file visual ideas away in the deep, dark recesses of my mind.[…]

Another FANTASTIC offer from B&H!

B & H is currently offering a really sweet deal. If you’ve been fence sitting about ordering a new camera AND Lightroom 3, now’s the time to do it. If you order ANY camera over $300 you automatically get $100 off Lightroom 3.

Fourth and final in a series of reviews about Totally Rad Lightroom Presets

THE USUAL RECAP:

This is the fourth and final in a series of reviews about the new Totally Rad Lightroom Presets offered by Doug Boutwell over at Totally Rad. The first three reviews focused on the Basics, Black & White and Effects. This review will focus on the Vignettes and Toning presets.

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A Review of Doug Boutwell’s Totally Rad Lightroom Presets ‘Effects’ – Number 3 in a Series of 4 Reviews

A BRIEF RECAP:

In my previous two reviews about the new Totally Rad Lightroom Presets, I discussed the Basics and Black & White presets. This review will focus on the Effects presets. As mentioned in those earlier posts, these presets are offered by Doug Boutwell through Totally Rad in four sections; the Basics, Black & White, Effects and Vignettes and Toning.

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A Review of Doug Boutwell’s Totally Rad Black & White Lightroom Presets – Number 2 in a Series of 4 Reviews.

FIRST A BRIEF RECAP:

As I mentioned in my last post/review, New Lightroom Presets From Totally Rad Really Deliver, I recently received the new Totally Rad Lightroom Presets. These presets are offered by Doug Boutwell over at Totally Rad with four different categories – Basics, Black & White, Effects, and Vignettes & Toning.

My first review covered the Basics portion and this review will focus on the Black & White section.

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A Review of Doug Boutwell’s Totally Rad Lightroom Presets the ‘Basics’ – Number 1 in a Series of 4 Reviews

I just received my copy of Doug Boutwell’s Totally Rad Lightroom Presets and excitedly set right to work with them. This is some pretty dreamy stuff.[…]