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stockstudios · Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 227 Location: Florida, USA

Looks like Mike and Fifi have some competition here.

coletteplanken · Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 21

Hello Elaine,
Did you find the answers to your questions?
If not: I have a few suggestions for you. Find out if your camera can shoot in raw instead of jpg. If so: the programs that came with your camera can handle that too. Some cameras can shoot a jpg and a raw file at the same time.
You won't believe how big the difference can be between jpg and raw. Try to make your images a little bit too light and make them a bit darker with your software.
That will reduce the noise a bit. Avoid high iso.
Avoid too much sharpening: you get noisy images.
Noise reduction programs can be very useful when used carefully. Noise Ninja and Neat image are the best ones, but there is also freeware or perhaps it is in your software too. Handle with care.
If you have never heard of these things: try to google things first. After reading something about it, you can ask questions about things you still don't umderstand. Don't be angry. You are a photographer, you upload to stock and then you are asking: what is tiff? So they are making a little joke! You can expect that... And so what: better a fool for a minute than a fool for the rest of your life, right? :-)
It is unbelievable how many information you can find on the internet. And if English is your native language it is sooo much easier for you then it is for me!
My answer to you was ment to be positive, I hope my english is good enough to make that clear?

coletteplanken · Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 21

Hello again,
Sorry, but I missed the second page of this topic. So I saw you got lots of help already. My mistake!

coletteplanken · Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 21

Stockstudios: Yes, my first thinking! But they are funny...

rinder99 · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:04 pm

I believe we told you this before. A home depot Light is no where near strong enough to do what you want. remember these things.

#1 always use lowest ISO. If you can see it, you can shoot it.

#2 turn Off all silly things in your camera that does things for you.

#3 Learn to shoot in manual mode.You will Thank Me later.

#4 Raw is a better format But For Now, Shoot Jpg "FINE" Only. save that technology for later, I want you to get correct Images out of the camera.

#5 After you shoot, load the images into your machine and look at them, Write down the number ID's and immediately save your keepers as Tiff's , when you click "Save as" it will give you a dropdown menu as to how you want to save it, choose "TIFF" and click No compression. Then save your tiff copy in another folder and rename it DOG 1 or whatever. Those become your masters and those are the ones you want work on, you can work on it as many times as you want and resave it or you can resave different versions as "Dog 1 B" or C Or D. Once you get a good finished Image then you save it again the same way...This time as a Jpg at best quality thats 12 in Photoshop. thats what you submit.

#6 Please invest in your hobby with good quality lighting, them most of these problems will go away. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LIGHT!! Period and nothing else.

#7 Your original Jpgs are clean, Never , ever save a Jpg, Everytime you do, you wipe off 4% of the image and it compress's down and down causing Lots of problems.I save all my original Jpgs on CD and I also save all my Tiff masters On GOLD DVD's and External Hard drives. As this is my business.

#8 CA "Chromatic abberations" or fringing is mostly caused By Cheap Glass and can be caused By Improper Exposure, Noise is 90% an exposure problem or shooting at higher ISO's and always hidden in the shadows "Proper Lighting" stops this or it can be caused by Not very good sensors or cheap P&S cameras or Heat. Artifacts [ The blotchy stuff] are mainly induced with bad exposure,Bad or over processing or again poor equipment.

#9 If you want this, Please , Please take a Basic Photography Class somewhere also a basic Photoshop Class, It will be very beneficial to you. We want you to succeed we really do but ya have to do the work Im afraid and a complete understanding of the basics of DOF is the best Place to start, The interplay of aperture and shutter IS Photography the rest is just tech crap and has nothing to do with your eye.Read your manual, I MEAN READ IT AND READ IT 20 times and then 20 more times. After taking Pictures for 50 years I read mine still everyday because of digital. Back in film days the manual was 3 pages. Shutter and aperture and how they work will make you or break you. It's that simple.The rest is Just the rest and way to many go right past it.The True art of photography is just that Then theres the art of processing. Once you have a working knowledge of both, a whole new world opens up But......Lets get the Photography down first.

Good Luck, Laurin

stockstudios · Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 227 Location: Florida, USA

This one is cute.

http://thumb15.shutterstock.com.edgesuite.net/display_pic_with_logo/312580/312580,1258397170,1/stock-photo-sheltie-under-umbrella-41036917.jpg

rinder99 · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:26 am