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Hello ,
The more I've worked with and spoken to educators, business leaders and practicing photographers around the country,
the more I've realized the need for photographers to look beyond the camera and Photoshop to learn from, and be inspired by other creative
disciplines.
Multimedia presents photographers with both a business opportunity and a creative platform you can use to expand your ideas, share your vision and
diversify your offerings to clients.
Below are three great examples of news organizations blending video, text, audio and photography to tell deeper, more engaging stories than is
possible with a still photograph. Right now, newspapers are pioneering the multimedia effort, however, these multimedia tools can be easily applied
for advertising, architecture, product, nature, landscape, wedding and portrait photography.
As Peter Drucker, once wrote: "The best way to predict the future is to create it." In that spirit I'll be bringing you inspiring examples of
photographers and organizations harnessing the power of the web to tell compelling stories and tutorials to help you create your future.
Jay Kinghorn
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Free and Uneasy: The First Year Out
This multi-dimensional multimedia package leverages the Web's ability to showcase deeper, richer stories than can be told through print alone. This
project tracks the stories of prisoners who were freed through DNA evidence, chronicling their adaptation to life after prison.
Audio Slideshow
Text
Multimedia/Statistical
Comparison
The Stumping Grounds
A visual blog, updated daily from six freelance photographers on the campaign trail.
http://www.thestumpinggrounds.com/
Mara Salvatrucha: Multimedia Package
The impact of incarciration and deportation on the spread of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) , a violent gang based in El Salvador that is gaining traction
in the United States. This
package interviews those affected by gang violence, interviews gang members and visits a prison in El Salvador devoted to MS-13 gang members.
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December Sale for Subscribers Only
Buy one Training DVD and Get the Second one 50% off. You can purchase the Photoshop CS3 New Feature Training
and
Beginning Photoshop For Digital Photographers as a set, or buy one DVD and get a second for a friend for colleague. www.prorgb.com/specials.html
News on Leopard Compatibility With CS3 & Lightroom
http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/
http://www.adobe.com/support/products/pdfs/leopardsupport.pdf
Photoshop, Camera Raw & Lightroom Updates
In November, Adobe released an important update to Photoshop CS3 that fixes the "Include XMP" bug outlined in the August issue of Professional
Digital Workflow. With this update, selecting Include XMP when using Save For Web and Devices will preserve all the metadata contained within an
image.
Adobe Camera Raw 4.3 and Lightroom 1.3 Updates add Camera Raw support for a number of new cameras including the Olympus
E-3, Nikon D300 and Canon 1Ds Mark III.
All three updates can be accessed from the Updates link within the application or on the Adobe site.
UPDIG Version 3.0
The UPDIG working group has released the third version of the Universal Photographic
Digital Image Guidelines (UPDIG) for content creators and content receivers. These best practices guidelines are endorsed by over twenty
professional photography trade associations around the world including ASMP, PPA, APA and EP. The UPDIG guidelines can simplify the creation of an
efficient workflow and facilitate the transfer of images between photographers and clients.
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UPDIG Workflow Tutorials
The adoption of digital tools has made creating and delivering photos to clients easier. Unfortunately, it has also made other aspects more difficult
and prone to error. Photographers are now delivering files to clients electronically with mixed success. The Universal Photographic Digital Imaging
Guidelines is a series of best practices recommendations aimed at simplifying the process of managing, archiving, transmitting and sharing digital
photographs between individuals, companies and organizations.
This creates a more efficient, more effective workflow for both photographer and client. To help you incorporate
the UPDIG guidelines into your workflow I've prepared a series of tutorials addressing the four key stages of every digital photography
workflow:
1) Color
Management
2) Importing & Downloads
3) File Correction & Preparation
4) File Delivery to Clients
One tutorial will be released per month, beginning with this month's tutorial on Color Management.
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In the next issue, we'll have part two of the UPDIG workflow series with tips on
streamlining the file import process. You'll learn ways to quickly add metatdata while downloading, strategies for creating a file naming structure
and techniques for backing up a shoot in the field.
Until the, have a happy holiday season and I wish you the very best in the coming year!
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