Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Lightroom Adventure in Iceland
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Dear Reader,
We've been quite interested in Lightroom, Adobe's beta photo management
application designed to complement Photoshop. Lightroom fascinates me
because it enables me to think like a photographer while working with my
images at the computer. Tasks that I used to do in the old days, such as
sort slides on a light box and mark the best ones with a felt tip pen, are
now achievable on a laptop.
We thought that the ultimate test for this software would be to see how it
performs in the field, under true location photography conditions. That
seed of an idea has blossomed into the "Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop
Adventure: Destination Iceland."
Later this month, I'll be joining a team of ambitious photographers
traveling to the pristine Icelandic landscape. We'll be working during 22
hour-long days bathed in horizontal light. Since each of us must work
around the clock, we thought this would be the perfect testing environment
for laptops running Lightroom. With this application, we can upload, sort,
keyword, adjust, and output our Raw images while still working in the
field.
O'Reilly has launched a new site dedicated to the preparation for, and
activities during, this experiment--The Adobe Lightroom Adventure Site:
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/adventure/>
I'll be posting blogs on the site as I prepare for Iceland, and will share
the images, conversations, and even some video from the great north during
the adventure itself. If you are interested in how professional
photographers prepare for and succeed at these types of assignments, I
encourage you to visit the site.
Until next week,
-Derrick
Derrick Story
O'Reilly Network Editorial Director
derrick@oreilly.com
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