Interview with Photographer Brian Storey
Brian Storey, is not your average professional. As a young photographer with a creative mind, Brian is making some great progress in his career of taking pictures. He resides in Sebastian, Florida.
Brian was kind enough to sit down and answer a few questions for us to enjoy. Please feel free to check out some of his work below in the gallery and visit his links under the interview.
Interview with Designer and Photographer Jason Morrison
Jason Morrison, currently resides in McDonough, Georgia. Jason has had a successful career in photography and graphic design. Most recently, he has partnered with his brother-in-law and started the photography firm, JayMar Photography. Jason has this true passion for his work, and loves to share his knowledge with other creatives. He has been published in a number of magazines and has been awarded a few awards for his work.
Jason was kind enough to sit down and answer a few questions for us to enjoy.
Jason Morrison (dubtastic)
Interview with the Creative Josh Sommers
Let me introduce you to Josh Sommers, who currently resides in California. Josh is a photo illustrator, photographer, graphic designer, and software developer. I have personally been watching Josh’s work for 17 months from his flickr account, where he continually inspires individuals and has built up a hefty list of followers.
Josh was kind enough to sit down and answer a few questions for us to enjoy.
Canon 5dmk2 EG-S Focusing Screen Review
I recently bought the EG-S Super Precision Matte Focusing Screen for my 5dmk2. I love to shoot wide open on my lenses, and currently I own all primes that come in lower than recommended f/stop range for this screen. The 50mm f/1.4 and the 85L f/1.2 MK2. If this is your first time hearing of this focusing screen I will go through a brief description of it below.
What is the EG-S screen?
(as Ken Rockwell explains)
These precision surfaces simulate ground glass and greatly increase brightness for f/2.8 and slower zoom lenses so popular today. They are designed to be bright and contrasty with these slow lenses.
Oddly, these modern screens get no brighter when you're using a lens faster than f/2.8. Try it: put on an f/1.8 or other fast fixed lens and flick the depth of field button. You'll see no change in anything until you stop down to about f/2.5!
3 Free Lightroom Black and White Presets
I have decided to offer up 3 of my Lightroom presets that I often use when converting my images to black and white. These are my presets and are free to use as you please. No one is authorized to sell these. When I do black and white photos I pump the contrast and exposure up so that the scene is a little overexposed to create a more dramatic look to the image. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
The first one is a simple black and white conversion with a stop of exposure added and somewhat decreased shadows.
The second preset, pumps up the contrast and brightness significantly and nearly adds a full 2 stops of exposure to the frame.
The third preset is one that sort of sits between the first two. It adds to the exposure to about 1.5 stops, increases some fill light, little split toning, and adds a bit of vignetting. This one is probably the most used in my black in white photos.
These may or may not fit your images, but I often find that at least one of them fits most of my images at least. You can always apply them as a base to get started, and then tweak the settings to better enhance your image from the preset(s) if needed.
Use the download link to download them. Installation instructions are provided in the readme file.
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RoH Black and White Lightroom Presets
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