Jan. 22, 2009

White Balance Lens Cap


Have you guys seen this nifty new toy?  I'm hoping to get one for my birthday in March, until then I just have to drool!!  This photo was taken from the Photojojo website.  Here's what else they have to say!  Priced between $45-$65 it's a great addition to any camera bag!!!

You may think automatic white balance is good enough. But if you've ever had to fix dozens (or even 100s) of photos with just slightly different colors, one-by-one, you know the true meaning of pain.

The White Balance Lens Cap leaves you no excuse for not properly white-balancing every situation you encounter.

Simply flip your camera into custom White Balance mode, snap a photo with your White Balance Lens Cap on, and your camera creates a perfect profile of the actual lighting in front of you.

Best of all, unlike a gray card, the White Balance Cap takes no extra room in your gear bag. Just replace your existing lens cap with this one and you'll always be able to white balance with no additional equipment.

Squeeze the White Balance Lens Cap's side tabs for easy attachment or removal, even with a lens hood in place. The center pinch-release mechanism prevents it from accidentally being bumped off, while in your bag or shooting in a crowd.

Each White Balance Lens Cap comes with both a neutral and a warm color dome. Pick whichever you prefer and give all your photos perfectly consistent white balance.

Available for lens thread sizes 52mm, 55mm, 58mm, 62mm, 67mm, 72mm and 77mm. (Don't know your thread size? Just check the outer rim or bottom of your lens for one of these numbers.)

Note: You may look a little silly setting your white balance by taking a photo with your lens cap still on, but the results are worth it. We promise.


You can use this link to purchase your very own!
White Balance has never been so easy!!
Have fun!


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Dec. 15, 2008

Clone Tool....How I love thee.

Image number one
Nice shot by a friend of mine but what's up with that ugly silver flag pole???
YUCK.

Image number two
A quick but effective job in Photoshop Elements using my clone tool.
There, that's much better!!

Be creative today!
IN HIM,


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May. 3, 2008

Oh cloning tool how I enjoy you!

Yep, the cloning tool is one of my favorites! 
Here's a shot from this week's football game.
Here's my SOOC shot.....very dark and Mr. Shane is in the background of all the action!  I think he's a little distracting, don't you?



And here is my first attempt with Mr. Shane taken out of the background, lighting corrected and a little cropping.

Shane's a really good friend and all but he was in the wrong place at the wrong time!
Sorry buddy!!!

Oh, oops, I missed his toe...do you see it?  And in between Keeshawn's legs I see some jeans I missed.  Let's try this again and add a little saturation and some more sharpening.
Here we go...........




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Apr. 17, 2008

Photoshop Elements 6.0 Tip 2 - Making a Smile

The liquify tool....making a smile

Ok, so let me show you the photo first.  I didn't retouch these at all except for the tool I'm showing you so know they could have been a little brighter and sharper but no time!!!!  So, onward.......

Here's NO SMILE....



and here's a SMILE........

Pretty cool huh?

Ok, here's the steps.
Open the Editing part of Elements 6.0
Choose Filter, then Distort, then Liquify
In the Tool Options on the right hand side of the page choose a brush size that is about the size of the person's cheek.
Place the brush at the base of the cheek, click and hold your mouse down while you drag slightly up.
If necessary (which it wasn't in this photo) do the other side. 
And as the wonderful book indicates be careful how far you tug or you'll turn your cute little one into Joker from Batman Returns
Click OK to apply the change adn save as a copy!

Have fun!!!
(taken from The Photoshop Elements 6.0 Book which can be purchased here.)


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Apr. 10, 2008

Photoshop Cool Stuff (Elements 6.0) Tip 1

I recently upgraded to Photoshop Elements 6.0 and have been waiting to order the book to go along with it.  I love others tutorials.  In it I found this cool trick. 

Photo ONE (posted just a day or so ago)

Photo TWO (with a little tweaking)

Can you spot the difference? 
There is this cool tool called Liquify......
Before I tell you what I did I'm going to show you how to use it.
From the editing section of Photoshop Elements 6.0:
1.  Click on the Filter menu
2.  Choose Liquify
3.  When that dialog box appears pick the 5th tool down from the top.  It's on the left hand side of the screen.  It looks like a square with it's sides pinched in a little.  Click on that little guy.
4.  It's the Pucker Tool.  And it puckers anywhere you click it.  I made the circle that indicates the size of the tool I'm using a size that my nose fit inside perfectly.  Then I clicked.  After one click I centered the right side of my nose inside the circle and clicked.  Then the left side of my nose.  Click.
5.  And voila! ... a smaller nose. 
Go back and look....yep, it's tinier!
Cool huh?
Wonder what else I can shrink?  Maybe my muffin top (better know as a fat roll)
Have fun! 

note:  this info. was taken from the book mentioned above
The Photoshop Elements 6 book for digital photographers by Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski


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