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Ken Milburn Unplugged
Publish Date: Nov. 1, 2006
Take a listen. The author of Digital Photography Expert Techniques, Second Edition knew Dan Rather in college, started his career taking publicity photos of Hollywood starlets, and shot album covers for Capitol Records. Ken talks to O'Reilly staffer Sara Peyton about his career, tips and tricks, and creating the wow factor.
Blog
$15 Lightroom 2.0 Plugin that Auto Corrects Lens Distortion
July 24 2008
I am writing about this program before I’ve had a chance to test it. But if you like what it promises, you can download a copy of PTLens at http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/index.html. There’s a free trial that will for for 10 shots.... read moreAutoTone the Whole Shoot in Lightroom
July 17 2008
The AutoTone command in the Library Module and the Develop Module are much improved in Lightroom 2…to the extent that I’ve gotten in the habit of selecting everything in a shoot that I’ve just downloaded, de-selecting anything that I very... read moreImporting into Lightroom Category Folders
July 10 2008
I love to just sling a camera around my neck and go for a walk whenever I need a little exercise and some time to think. I have a list of “categories” of things to shoot that I always like... read moreJuly 03 2008
I’m not advocating violence here. In tradespeak, creating a knockout means removing the subject of a photo from its background…hopefully with all the transitional edges, such as flying hair, semi transparent areas, and surface reflections intact. The idea is to... read moreJune 26 2008
Lightroom’s Print Module, believe it or not, is a great vehicle for putting together a photo collection for a quick email. All you do is make rows and columns and space them so that when you capture the screen, they’re... read moreThoughts and Advice on Text for Slideshows and Web Galleries
June 19 2008
I really started realizing how important it was to do keywording, titles, and captions as soon as possible, and with a plan in mind, when I started writing classes on using Lightroom’s Slideshow and Web modules. These are both incredibly... read moreChecking out the Before and After
June 12 2008
Lightroom does some things that are very useful in a processing routine, even if you do a lot of your processing (such as retouching, using filters, making composites, or correcting perspective) in another image editing program. First of all, you... read moreJune 05 2008
Ever since I started working with image management programs I’ve been trying to find the system by which I could consistently use a specific rating to mean specific things. I still am not so sure I’ve done that, so I... read moreEditing a Shoot in a Lightroom 2.0 Slideshow
May 29 2008
Slideshows are a great way to study a shoot/folder. You can then edit the slideshow by either putting your "picks" into a collection or by selecting your picks from a rating or color label. When you're done, there are now... read moreChanging your Background Color in Lightroom 2.0
May 22 2008
I was doing the processing for a business portrait shoot that I did last night when it dawned on me that there's an outstanding benefit to having the Localized Color Brush in combination with the Auto Mask option in Lightroom... read moreLightroom 2.0 Smart Collections for Composite Components
May 15 2008
You've probably heard of the Smart Collections feature in Lightroom 2.0? Well, I've discovered a truly wonderful use for them: making a set of collections that are there for the purpose of quickly finding various categories of components that I... read moreMaking Basic Develop Adjustments Fast and Precise
May 08 2008
In the Lightroom 2.0 Develop module, there are some very useful shortcut keys you can used for the Treatment panels sliders. You can rotate through the use of the different sliders by pressing . When you do, the slider you’ve... read moreMay 01 2008
The Print Module in Lightroom 2.0 has added one of the most time and money-saving features I’ve yet seen in an image editing package. Seldom is there a time in a portrait or product shoot when either the subject, the... read moreMaking efficient collections in Lightroom 2.0
April 23 2008
One of the many things that Lightroom 2.0 does to revolutionize the efficiency of your workflow is to make it much easier to keyword your images. It then goes another big step further by making it much easier to instantly... read moreInstant Turnaround in Lightroom 2.0 Beta
April 17 2008
When the Lightroom 2.0 beta came out, there was much mention of the improved auto-adjust setting. It seems a small thing, but when it comes to being able to deliver quick proofs of a big shoot, could turn out to... read more
