Thank you Pamela. I use Photoshop only. I've never learned Lightroom but as far as I know I have similar options in Camera Raw which opens for raw files and can be used on jpegs as built in Photoshop plug-in. The advantage of Photoshop is layers which allows me to drop the watermark where I want and change the opacity as needed.
John, I primarily use Lightroom, I rarely ever take a photo into Photoshop and more. Lightroom does so much. The watermarks in Lightroom are when you export the image, but you can switch around to different saved watermarks.
I have my watermark saved as a quite large transparent png file. I got it from photologo.co and then customized it further to my liking. I keep a version in black and another in white. In addition to opacity, I can scale the watermark and placed it specifically where I want it so placement is managed according to specific image content. I can also invert the layer if I place it and decide it isn't working in black or white. When I was selling advertising for a local community newspaper, I often did mockups for production staff who used AdBuilder, but never learnt Adobe InDesign either, so Photoshop became my jack of all trades. I sometimes think I should give Lightroom a go as I could probably benefit from the cataloguing feature. As an Adobe subscriber with a photography plan, both programs are available to me, it's just another tech hill to climb.
For design work, Photoshop was always my go to as well, though I did know enough to get around in Illustrator and took a class a few years back for InDesign. I highly recommend checking out Lightroom. The ease of it is what I love. It makes editing images so much easier and I think quicker.
I am actually looking forward to a cold snowy winter. One of the things I love about Canada is the four seasons. Or the way I remember the seasons in Montreal.
I can never live in a place with no transitions, no change of seasons. In addition, winter photography can be stunning, notably in b&w.
Wonderful images all!!!! I too started early into the mirrorless with my Sony Alpha 6300 and have never looked back. When it finally failed and I had to repair it I bought a canon T7i as a back up for about $500 new and love that thing too, as well as my iPhone. The older I get the more I realize that equipment has very little to do with image quality. JOHN, you are an artist and it wouldn’t matter what you were holding in your hands you would create magic. 💗
Thank you very much Baird. I am just dipping my toes into macro work so it is gratifying to hear that you enjoyed them. I do seek out and find spiritual elements in my photography. In recent years I have been heavily influenced by John O'Donohue, especially his work, 'Beauty, The Invisible Embrace'. Macro photography is particularly adept at making the invisible, visible. It focuses our attention upon commonplace things we might otherwise take for granted.
Wonderful photos, John, and I am glad you found the emotive video and song "The Past and Pending" useful in wrapping up the week. I'm sorry to hear it has been difficult; hopefully next week will be better.
Thank you for your well wishes Steve. I think I am at the bottom of a big hill which I must now climb. I am ready for that climb, and will continue to lean on photography and music to draw strength from.
Beautiful images, enjoying them all.
Thank you very much S.
I loved the experience of this post. Beautiful photos!
Thank You Nessa.
Beautiful photos John! The sunrise and the maple leaves are absolutely gorgeous. I am curious, do you use Lightroom on your phone for your watermark?
Thank you Pamela. I use Photoshop only. I've never learned Lightroom but as far as I know I have similar options in Camera Raw which opens for raw files and can be used on jpegs as built in Photoshop plug-in. The advantage of Photoshop is layers which allows me to drop the watermark where I want and change the opacity as needed.
John, I primarily use Lightroom, I rarely ever take a photo into Photoshop and more. Lightroom does so much. The watermarks in Lightroom are when you export the image, but you can switch around to different saved watermarks.
I have my watermark saved as a quite large transparent png file. I got it from photologo.co and then customized it further to my liking. I keep a version in black and another in white. In addition to opacity, I can scale the watermark and placed it specifically where I want it so placement is managed according to specific image content. I can also invert the layer if I place it and decide it isn't working in black or white. When I was selling advertising for a local community newspaper, I often did mockups for production staff who used AdBuilder, but never learnt Adobe InDesign either, so Photoshop became my jack of all trades. I sometimes think I should give Lightroom a go as I could probably benefit from the cataloguing feature. As an Adobe subscriber with a photography plan, both programs are available to me, it's just another tech hill to climb.
For design work, Photoshop was always my go to as well, though I did know enough to get around in Illustrator and took a class a few years back for InDesign. I highly recommend checking out Lightroom. The ease of it is what I love. It makes editing images so much easier and I think quicker.
I am actually looking forward to a cold snowy winter. One of the things I love about Canada is the four seasons. Or the way I remember the seasons in Montreal.
I can never live in a place with no transitions, no change of seasons. In addition, winter photography can be stunning, notably in b&w.
Me too. There are two things I need. Seasons and at least a touch of vertical geography. Here's to the changing seasons.
Wonderful images all!!!! I too started early into the mirrorless with my Sony Alpha 6300 and have never looked back. When it finally failed and I had to repair it I bought a canon T7i as a back up for about $500 new and love that thing too, as well as my iPhone. The older I get the more I realize that equipment has very little to do with image quality. JOHN, you are an artist and it wouldn’t matter what you were holding in your hands you would create magic. 💗
Thank You Carol Anne.
Brilliant portfolio John! 👏👏 I'm a big fan of macro work, so thanks for those beauties.
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour."
-- William Blake
Thank you very much Baird. I am just dipping my toes into macro work so it is gratifying to hear that you enjoyed them. I do seek out and find spiritual elements in my photography. In recent years I have been heavily influenced by John O'Donohue, especially his work, 'Beauty, The Invisible Embrace'. Macro photography is particularly adept at making the invisible, visible. It focuses our attention upon commonplace things we might otherwise take for granted.
Wonderful photos, John, and I am glad you found the emotive video and song "The Past and Pending" useful in wrapping up the week. I'm sorry to hear it has been difficult; hopefully next week will be better.
Thank you for your well wishes Steve. I think I am at the bottom of a big hill which I must now climb. I am ready for that climb, and will continue to lean on photography and music to draw strength from.
May the climb be gentle and purposeful, John. Take care.