Camera’s View

I have been a subscriber to Mental Floss Magazine for a number of years. I’m a knowledge junkie and Mental Floss is the magazine for knowledge junkies.

What I didn’t realize until today was that there are some interesting Photography related articles both in the magazine and also posted on their blog.

Take for example this blog posting about Amazing 70-year-old color photos.

From this article I found the The Library of Congress’ Photostream on Flickr where there are over 3500 images from the archives of the Library of Congress.

Check it out !

Lightroom presently allows you to add a stroke border to any image before printing.

(click on image for larger size)

However, in order to put a rounded corner the only option was to apply the effect within Photoshop.

I have created a Lightroom Template that will allow you to apply rounded corners to every image in your Lightroom catalog without leaving Lightroom.

The template presented here is presently designed for 5×7 output. When time permits I plan on creating different sizes options.

You can download the template here -> Lightroom Print Module Rounded Corner Template

Note !

• Please follow the procedures provide by Adobe for installing presets within the specific Lightroom modules.
• Need installation help - check out Matt Kloskowski’s video
• It is highly recommended, whether you are installing these presets, others that you have found on the web or may have purchased elsewhere, to backup your database before proceeding with the installation.

Look forward to your comments.

If you haven’t done so already, check out the new Adobe Media Player.

Once you download the player find Adobe TV from within the player or by clicking the link.

Once in Adobe TV, you will find many free tutorials for Photographers and Photoshop users. There are many of the familiar shows and tutorials such as those from the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and Kelby Training. In addition to these fine tutorials there are also exclusive video tutorials from Adobe Photoshop Evangelists.

I just finished viewing The Complete Picture with Julieanne Kost.

This is one of the most thorough introductions to various Photoshop and Lightroom techniques that I have found on the web.

Ever wonder how to change the panel end markers in Lightroom. It is actually pretty simple.

Here is an example of my new panel end marker -

Here is the procedure that I used to make the change.

Unzip Example file and insert into the Panels End Mark Folder.

This folder can be found by

• selecting Preferences under the Edit Menu.
• In the Preferences Panel (click for larger view) select Interface
  

• In Panel End Mark drop down click on Go to Panel End Markers Folder
• Open Folder and place unzipped sample png file into this folder
• Close Lightroom and restart

To use the new End Panel Marker - Select … Edit…Preferences…Interface… Panel End Mark: drop down and then Select “theend.png” file that was just installed.

You can create your own End Panel markers by using Photoshop to create an image and by saving as a png file. Then follow the procedure outlined above to install. Keep in mind the size of the output image. The example image used in this example is 38 pixels x119 pixels in size.

Motif #1 is located in Rockport Massachusetts. It is one of the most photographed buildings in the area. Of all the images I have taken of Motif #1, I realized the other day that I never captured one from the right side of the building. So I decided that since it was a really nice spring day, I would head over to Rockport and get that image.

Perfect Day, good light, few people, sea gull in place……

What ? Toto it doesn’t look like we are in Rockport anymore ! We’re in Sitka Alaska ?

Disney is filming a movie called “the Proposal” with Sandra Bullock and they are using Cape Ann (Rockport and Gloucester) as Sitka Alaska Well I got several shots of the side of the building that I wanted, but now I will have to Photoshop out the sign or wait till they are done shooting.