tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23114274568805749262024-03-12T16:49:37.267-07:00Eyes On PhotographySharing my photography to help others.Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-3323952277386635262017-01-08T21:11:00.001-08:002017-01-08T21:33:48.947-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do you have a lot of images to manage? Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC is the perfect tool for any digital photographer who needs to edit and sort images quickly. Whether you're an amateur or a seasoned professional, Lightroom CC will help you get the results you need in a lot less time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In series o classes you will learn how Lightroom CC can help you prepare, edit, and organize your photos quickly and effectively. Using Lightroom CC's non-destructive editing, you'll be able to control how to edit your images and make additional enhancements. You'll learn to apply changes to multiple images while developing an efficient image processing workflow. You'll also see how to organize, tag, and make collections with Lightroom's powerful organization tools; and how to fine-tune the overall color and lighting of your images. You can use Lightroom CC as a companion to Photoshop CC, Photoshop Elements, or other digital photo editors, and you can export or print your work in exactly the size or format you need.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We will also cover some new features found in Lightroom CC and will discuss the benefits of moving over to Lightroom CC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This class includes the following 4 Nights:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Class 1</b> - Lightroom Overview, Lightroom Catalog and Library Module</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Class 2</b> - Library Module Review, Develop Module</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Class 4</b> - Print Module & Export for Print, Mail and Archive</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Part 5 - Lightroom Intermediate</b> - </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Face Recognition, Slideshow, Print & Web Modules</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Part 6 - Lightroom Advanced</b> - </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Catalog Management, Archiving Images & Catalogs, Backups, working with an iPad, working with dual computers</span><span style="font-family: "verdana";">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So put some polish on your photos, save time, impress clients, and stay organized as you unlock the mysteries of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Creative Cloud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There will be time for Q&A in every class!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Francois Cleroux (MCAPA) is an award-winning artist photographer and International photography instructor. He has been teaching photography for many years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A professional film photographer in the 80’s and now a Technology Information Specialist he has easily adapted to digital photography and now teaches digital editing and photography skills to students from around the world including India, Europe and more recently in New York. Francois has recently partnered with the premiere Institute of Photography in India.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Francois continues his traditional B&W film based photography and is exploring alternative photographic processes and is currently a member of the tabulaRASA artists collective.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-89402435041537098812016-12-11T14:47:00.001-08:002016-12-11T23:17:11.421-08:002017 Trends to follow, or not follow...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Trends are so cliché in photography. There are usually a few Trend Setters that are usually some of the professionals that by the time it has become a trend will have made some really good money with a particular look or style. As the trend washes down to the average photography community it gets so overdone that the look no longer has any special value. We have seen it with HDR, Spot Color, Bleach Bypass and on and on. Don't be a follower, be a leader.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now I do not want to say there is no value in following Trends. You may have clients that want that 'trendy' look. So yes you can still make money from it. But more importantly, learning the new skills required to copy or replicate these trends is of great value. Learning to look at an image and to be able to recognize all the components that make it a specific style and then be able to map out a path to re-create that image or style is ultra valuable. Then, modifying it to blend in with your own style can make you a leader as opposed to a follower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Are you a Judge? If you are a judge, you should check out and learn these trends. And when presented with these images and styles, don't say "Wow, how innovative" but rather recognize how they have been copied. How do they compare to some good examples of some of these trendy images you have researched? Score accordingly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is an article on new upcoming trends. Watch how closely it will be copied in the next year. Whats interesting is that within 3 months these trends will already be passé and the originators of these trends will already have moved on....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-52889657696470402802016-03-29T23:05:00.001-07:002016-03-29T23:07:59.109-07:00Beginnings<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The very first show from the Artists Collective; <i>tabula</i>RASA starts April 1st. Please join us at the reception on April 7th, 2016 between 6:30 and 8:30pm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-32916626496987327122016-03-24T11:12:00.000-07:002016-03-24T11:12:28.181-07:00The Black Art of Photographic Judging - Introduction<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photography Judging is one of the arcane arts that always seems to baffle photographers and always raises questions about the validity of judging itself. I have seen incredible images get trashed by judges, simple boring images get praised by judges. I have seen judges trash an image one week and judges praise the same image the next week; ward winning images not even get any good comments and obviously soft images win honorable mentions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Judges and Critics will look at great images and decide it would look better one way or another without properly evaluating the image presented to them. They will criticize an image for not using the ‘rule of thirds’ totally ignoring the fact that divisions on the quarters or fifth are OK. They will cite rules that are not relevant and many seem to make the mistake that rules are absolutes when in reality they are not rules but rather ‘guidelines’. Some judges feel that they are ‘critics’ so therefore they need to ‘criticize’ an image no matter how good it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How is a photographer supposed to take in all the above information and make any sense of what is required of them to create a good image? Does the judge’s critiquing of images citing all the ‘rules’ crush creativity and cause photographers to create pre-boxed images? Should a photographer try to make sense of any of this and then try to created images that fit into the standards set by ‘judges’. Who are the judges and do they even know what they are talking about? Who are they to trash or praise your images?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This all gets confusing and having images critiqued should be a positive experience, not that the critique itself needs to be positive, but rather what you learn from the critique should be positive. Often it is not. Should you even have your images critiqued? Will it help you in your quest to becoming a better photographer?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this series of posts, I will try to make heads and tails of all this. I will discuss the who and what of judging and whether or not you should have your images judged. In clubs, there is always an assumption that your images should be judged, that you will become a better photographer because of it (or will you just be brought in line with the masses?) Should you change your photography to get better marks and critiques or perhaps to win a competition? As an artist, are you selling your soul when you do this?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At a presentation a few years ago with Freeman Patterson and a follow-up workshop with him I was able to discuss a lot of these issues with him. In doing so I found out that both he and Andre Gallant use to have their images judged but both quickly stopped doing so as they found that their images changed and became more mainstream. Their images also lost their personality that they had because of how their creativity was stifled. These discussions led me to review my last five years of having my images critiqued, taking the Canadian Association of Photographic Arts (CAPA) Judging Course, becoming a Certified CAPA Judge, doing a lot of Judging and Critiquing, studying art and photography, and then reviewing whether any of this is beneficial or not? The simple question is; Did any of this help out my photography?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this series started with the “Don’t Criticize the Critic”, I hope to answer all your questions. If you have any thoughts on the subject or any questions, please feel free to e-mail me. If you are against having your images critiqued or judged or for it, I would love to hear from you.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-83765662902980970222016-03-20T20:38:00.001-07:002016-03-20T20:45:07.841-07:00Red<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So this was a collaboration image for Suki's Hair Salon in Richmond. I had been asked to provide the lighting for the photographer along with a great team of Hair Colorist, Hair </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stylist</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, Fashion Stylist, MUA and Model (Taryne Allcroft). There were three different outfits and hair looks. After every segment, I got to shoot a few images to record the lighting for my notes. This is one of the images.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before you trash a photography judge, remember, judges have between 3 to 5
seconds to make several decisions when first presented with an image to be
judged. Sometimes even less. </span></div>
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First they need to have the image create a first impression. This is the impact
stage or the wow factor of the image that can garner extra points. More on
Impact later…. Then a general evaluation of the image is done where overall
qualities are noted including any emotional impact the image may have and then
the image is scanned for flaws or devices that impact the image in other
positive or negative ways. Finally, a score or mark must be given often in
changing scales from 1 to 5, 1 to 10, 5 to 10 and sometimes even with half
marks. I have even had to judge out of 30 and once out of 100.<br />
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Judges are even sometimes asked to judge based on Photographers Levels where
the maker’s skills are taken into consideration.<br />
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Judges also need to understand Judging Standards or Practices as used by their
federation or world photographic societies. Even something as simple as
understanding that extra points are NEVER given for the effort made to <s>get</s>
an image or for having spent a lot of money getting an image. It's not about
how far you travelled or how much it cost you, it's about the image!
Photographers are not to be rewarded because they climbed a certain mountain or
paid $10,000 dollars to get somewhere remote. A bad or even an average photo of
a rare animal should not score more than average marks. Unfortunately, bad
photos of rare animals often score way too high.<br />
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These are the easy parts! These decisions must be made in a fair, educated, and
most importantly in an unbiased way no matter what the image is or what genre
it is.<br />
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How does a judge do all this in such a short amount of time?<br />
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First and foremost a judge that is capable of doing it in general must be
somewhat accomplished as a photographer themselves. Or at the very least have a
lifetimes knowledge of photography. This often entails years of
photography work, often learning many new and varied skills along the way, and
always includes having seen thousands of images in clubs, galleries, the
Internet, magazines and books. For print competitions a judge should understand
what a ‘good’ silver gelatin print is and what a good digital print is.<br />
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At some point in their career these photographers have learned that they have
had to start judging and critiquing their own images. This is usually the point
where these same photographers realize that they need to evaluate most images
they see. The question, “Why do I like this image?” creeps in. Why are my
images not this good? What do I need to do differently to make my images
better? When they see an image they do not like, answering 'Why' they do like
it becomes a powerful learning experience.<br />
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When discussing these things during casual critique, experienced photographers
learn not only how to use a vast array of photographic elements and devices and
skills but more importantly how to communicate what they see within an image.
Properly understanding advanced composition elements that are beyond the basic
and dysfunctional “Rules of Composition” while using the appropriate vocabulary
to describe an image without being given much (if any) time is no easy task.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This process needs to be entrenched into the photographer so that the process
of giving the critique becomes natural and requires little effort. Once
the judge struggles with any of these elements, problems ensue. Pauses in
speech, stutter steps, using the wrong vocabulary or incorrect words can cause
the judges skills to be questioned. Worse, errors like guessing incorrectly on
a technique used can be disastrous.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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During those learning years accomplished photographers have received critique
and criticism, words of praise and disappointment and then usually at some
point have most likely been asked to give feedback and critique to someone
else's image by friends, family, colleagues and peers. This natural progression
from receiving to giving criticism is usually a long slow.<br />
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At this stage in the photographers’ life they may not be ready to judge, but
the foundation for good photographic critique has been laid. <br />
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Pushing this long progressive step into a shortened timeline with an
in-experienced photographer that lacks the skills and understanding cannot
possibly result in good, valid, fair, nor consistent results.<br />
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What skill might these photographer/potential judges be missing?<br />
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First and foremost the actual process of giving formal critique. This process
can be taught and learned and even developed and fine tuned with proper
training and study. A part of this process should include some sort of
etiquette training so that judges are fair and complimentary. Judges should
never bash an image or the photographer no matter how blatant the faults are.
Learning to give tactful positive feedback (called critique) is an art.
Personal people skills are important. The judges critique should be honest but
not brutally honest. It should be fair and encouraging while pointing out any
flaws in a tactful manner.<br />
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An excellent understanding of composition (and NO not the 12 basic rules of
photography) is required. It needs to be based on the arts and numerous genres
of photography and even some ethnic art devices. Think Notan, Wabi Sabi,
Gestalt Theory, Art History, Anthropology, Balance, Tension, Minimalism,
Abstract, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The photographic schooling of the judge also plays a factor and becomes evident
when they do not have a more global understanding of photography. Photographers
in clubs, groups and organizations are often guided (or misguided) by what
these organizations decide makes a beautiful or a perfect image. These photographers
and judges from these “schools” often do not understand why images have won 1st
place in National or International competitions. If they lack the basic
understanding of why those images are worthy, how can they be ready to judge
other peoples’ images?<br /><br />
It is very important that the photographer/judges’ basic photographic skills be
perfect. Done. If someone has no understanding of how to create a well
exposed and tack sharp image, how can they judge and understand the virtues of
such images? How can they be tactful and use critique to help a photographer whose
image is not perfect? <br />
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Along with a great understanding of the basics a vast knowledge of a lot of the
obscure photographic skills should be available to these potential judges.
Again, how can a judge critique or help a photographer, when they have no
understanding of how an image was created? Without this technical
understanding, how can a judge understand why (and if appropriate) a specific
technique used was helpful (or a detriment) in the creation of the image? Think
Highspeed, HDR, Ultra Long, Stacked Focus, Compositing, etc.<br />
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Worse yet, by not understanding new techniques (and new trends), the judge can
make glaring mistakes in the judging process and the judge can also be wowed by
a new and way overused “single button” creative filter that often leads to
mediocre images gaining higher scores that they deserve because the judge “has
never seen anything like it." Again, this is something that happens way
too often in judging circles. Judges need to be up to date on techniques,
styles, genres and trends. Remember that creating a new unique image is art,
copying one is not.<span style="color: red;"> </span><br />
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In this day of digital photography editing skills and specifically knowledge of
proper editing and knowledge of what can be done with good editing skills is
paramount. This isn't so important for when photographers exhibit beautifully
edited images but rather when badly edited images are presented. There is
little worse than a judge giving high marks for an image that has blatantly and
badly been edited. (Sample below)<br />
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Some of the problems come from old time photographers only having in depth
knowledge of the classic darkroom/film techniques. Some of these judges blatantly
disregard edited images. They are staunch supporters of in-image perfection
that should never be altered in any way. Remember, they are supposed to be
un-biased. I have seen first hand, judges in action that have stated as much
while breaking ties suggesting to the other judges that because an image had
been edited, it should not score as high as a un-edited image. Really? How
about judging an image simply based on the values of the image itself?<br />
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Note however this is not exclusive to old timers. There is a large group of
young digital purists that think along these lines also always citing editing
should be limited to what could be done in the darkroom without the actual
knowledge of the wizardry that was done in the darkroom. Think, compositing (yes,
compositing), Dodge & Burn, localized bleaching, toning, multi light
sources, double exposures, filters and other techniques. Think ‘TREE HOUSE’ by
Jerry Uelsmann.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Image shot with film and created in the darkroom by Thomas Barbèy.</span></td></tr>
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Judges need to look beyond the beauty. This goes with the "schooling”
component in that judges should not be guided by specific or classic notions of
beauty. Often, this results in Classically Beautiful images winning over the
most spectacular Journalistic or Street or Abstract Photography. Should the
best ever most perfect Journalistic Image not score higher than an average
beautiful photo? Should the image not be selected because it is not beautiful
even if it has the most poignant and beautiful story to tell?<br />
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The last component is emotion. Many judges are not trained or are not even
comfortable talking about emotion. Yet, some of the most powerful images are
very emotional in nature and tell very emotional messages. Should an image not
win or score high because it's not “uplifting?” What about a perfectly
depressing image or an image that makes you angry? Remember, photography is not
about happy or beauty.<br />
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So, as easy as it may be to criticize a judge because you do not understand
their decisions, can you say that you put this much thought and process in your
photography when creating your images. Have you laid your biases and schooling
aside? Do you know enough to sit in judgement?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-8929558450260742632015-11-25T14:07:00.000-08:002015-11-25T14:10:04.740-08:00New Photography Website Development<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Eiffel Tower shot from Trocadero Square</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My new Photography Art website is coming along but it is a very long and daunting process. Besides the physical design of the site which takes a lot of tweaking and the required content there are a whole lot of other things to consider. SEO Information is required and I have started this process. Google Analytics has been set up. I still need to add Bing and others search site information. I need to add social content sites like Facebook and Pinterest links but before doing that I need to create the Social Media Site accounts on the respective pages. Facebook done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a photographer/artist I want to separate my artists photography website from my work and my other sites. In essence I want to create a whole new identity for me and my art. Domain name, check. Domain Host 1&1, check. New E-mail address, check. Website platform, WordPress, check. New Google account, check. New Facebook account, check. On and on it goes, where it will stop, nobody knows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A lot of this technical and social media information and set up can be done or added as I go along. Especially as it will require more research and leaning. I have mostly finished the design aspects and have figured out how I want pages and portfolios to appear. The next big push will be content. I need to create all the Project Information Pages and have the project data for each project reviewed by peers at tabulaRASA. I then need to gather, collect, organize images for Portfolio Pages. Each image will need to be key-worded and descriptions added along with tags, no simple task. OK, perhaps simple but a long task sorting out through 8 years of images and in the process deciding which images should be included on this site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not sure what part of the setting up a whole web site takes the longest but doing all of it, properly, sure does take time. Onward and Upward!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-30725668296742371542015-11-19T17:38:00.000-08:002015-11-20T10:50:23.028-08:00Introduction to Lightroom - New Class Added and Scheduled - Exporting & The Print Module<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Exporting & The Print Module</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Many Lightroom users want to learn to make fine art prints, but don’t want to learn Photoshop to do so. This class will teach you how to use Lightroom’s Print Module to create high quality art images that are suitable for the gallery wall. Topics covered will include: crafting fine art images, using plug-ins, image layout options, colour management, soft proofing, a discussion on printer and monitor profiling and calibration, working with special paper profiles and package printing. More info and class information below . . .</span><br />
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</strong></span> <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>About the Introduction to Lightroom Series of Courses</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do you have a lot of images to manage? Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC is the perfect tool for any digital photographer who needs to edit and sort images quickly. Whether you're an amateur or a seasoned professional, Lightroom CC will help you get the results you need in a lot less time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In these courses, you'll learn how Lightroom CC can help you prepare, edit, and organize your photos quickly and effectively. Using Lightroom CC's non-destructive editing, you'll be able to control how to edit your images and make additional enhancements later. You'll learn to apply changes to multiple images while developing an efficient image processing workflow. You'll also see how to organize, tag, and make collections with Lightroom's powerful organization tools; create customized slideshows and presentations; and fine-tune the overall color and lighting of your images. You can use Lightroom CC as a companion to Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or other digital photo editors, and you can export or print your work in exactly the size or format you need.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We will also cover some new features found in Lightroom CC and will discuss the benefits of moving over to Lightroom CC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Intermediate and Advanced classes will delve further into the inner workings of Lightroom and its modules. They will introduce you to Templates and Plug-ins and will introduce you to advanced printing techniques including ICC profiles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lightroom CC Extras will show you step by step how to create books and get an on-line presence, easily, all from within Lightroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So put some polish on your photos, save time, impress clients, and stay organized as you unlock the mysteries of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Creative Cloud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Part 1 - The Library Module<br />
Part 2 - The Develop Module<br />
Part 3 - Exporting & the Print Module<br />
Part 4 - Face Recognition, Slideshow, Print & Web Modules (Intermediate)<br />
Part 5 - Catalog Management, Archiving Images & Catalogs, Backups (Advanced)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Part 3 - Exporting & the Print Module<span style="color: purple;"> (New Class!)</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tuesday December 8th, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm in Ladner BC - Limited to 10 people<br />
Limited Time Pricing at 50% Off - $20.00 | DPC Members $15.00<br />
Contact Francois Cleroux to book a class or for further information.<br />
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Part 3 of “Introduction to Lightroom CC” will continue where Part 2 Left off with an emphasis on Exporting Images for Archive, Print, Web or E-mail and a Look at Printing and the Print Module including how to use ICC Profiles.<br />
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Including a closer look at:<br />
• Exporting<br />
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Print Module<br />
• Paper Types<br />
• Settings<br />
• Plug-ins<br />
• Layout Options<br />
• B&W and Color<br />
• Colour & ICC Profiles<br />
• Pakages<br />
• Saving Print Files<br />
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There will be time for Q&A throughout the class.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Francois Cleroux (MCAPA) is an award-winning photographer and International photography instructor. He has been teaching photography for more than 7 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A professional film photographer in the 80’s and now a Technology Information Specialist he has easily adapted to digital photography and now teaches digital editing and photography skills to students from around the world including India, Europe and more recently in New York.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Francois continues his traditional B&W film based photography and is exploring alternative photographic processes and is currently a member of the tabulaRASA artists collective.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-58366758688999630992015-10-28T19:30:00.000-07:002015-10-28T19:30:00.404-07:00Todays Desk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In this ever changing world of ours with the Internet making working from anywhere a reality I find that what acts as my desk and my office changes often. I will work from home at one of my two desks but on occasion I find I will work from the boardroom (photo above) or from the Living Room. I have even worked outside a few mornings in the summer months to enjoy the sun and eagles that inhabit a tree nearby while enjoying that first cup of coffee.<br />
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As I travel my desk and office become my space, what little there is of it, on the plane, or in the hotel. More often however when at home or travelling I make a local Restaurant or Coffee shop my desk for a few hours. I did post on Facebook my desk one day when I was at Starbucks in Kerrisdale for a summer afternoon and I realised I loved my job partly because my desk IS ever changing.<br />
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My desk looks tidy today, but often it is a little more ruffled and sometimes just a disaster. Either way, its my desk, my office. My coffee. I have decided to document my workspace as I travel and move about the city and will document it here. I will see if anything come of the collection of images that will be created. What does your workspace look like? Does it move around or are you always at the same desk? How have you personalized your desk to make it your'space'? I'd love to hear from you!<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-85982762951554174722015-10-25T19:33:00.000-07:002015-11-19T21:01:56.274-08:00Looking at Images by Brooks Jensen<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I'm always on the lookout for books that will help my judging and critiquing skills. I have found a few good ones in the past year that I will be posting here soon. However, just the other day I was with the Darkroom Group and someone showed this great new book titled "Looking at Images" by Brooks Jensen. I was so enamoured by the few pages I read I bought the book when I got home.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Brooks is the owner, editor and publisher of LensWork Magazine and an excellent photographer and instructor. He has been publishing his Magazine for over 20 years now and his years of experience selecting top quality B&W images shows. There are some excellent color images in this book also.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">In this book Brooks hand selected top images from his years with LensWork Magazine and he dedicates a page or so of Notes and Commentary on each image. This commentary is amongst the most insightful, descriptive, well thought out and well spoken commentary I have ever read. As a judge, I can only aspire to be as thoughtful and well versed as he his. His language selection and photographic vocabulary is impeccable and a pleasure to read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The Commentary is not only a great learning tool for Judges but even as a photographer striving to get better as an artist, his teachings are invaluable. One of the best books in some time! Currently only available from the LensWork web site at <a href="http://www.lenswork.com/"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>www.LensWork.com</strong></span></a> </span><br />
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Author: Brooks Jensen<br />
Publisher: LensWork Publishing</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Book Link: <a href="http://www.lenswork.com/lai.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>Looking at Images</strong></span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Retail: $34.95 US</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This book and others can be found in the <a href="http://www.eyesonphoto.com/p/library.html"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>Library Section</strong></span></a>. Thanks Judy for introducing me to this great book!</span><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-4995684478229206122015-10-23T18:35:00.001-07:002015-11-19T17:33:43.759-08:00New Series of Lightroom Courses<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>About These Courses</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do you have a lot of images to manage? Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC is the perfect tool for any digital photographer who needs to edit and sort images quickly. Whether you're an amateur or a seasoned professional, Lightroom CC will help you get the results you need in a lot less time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In these courses, you'll learn how Lightroom CC can help you prepare, edit, and organize your photos quickly and effectively. Using Lightroom CC's non-destructive editing, you'll be able to control how to edit your images and make additional enhancements later. You'll learn to apply changes to multiple images while developing an efficient image processing workflow. You'll also see how to organize, tag, and make collections with Lightroom's powerful organization tools; create customized slideshows and presentations; and fine-tune the overall color and lighting of your images. You can use Lightroom CC as a companion to Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or other digital photo editors, and you can export or print your work in exactly the size or format you need.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We will also cover some new features found in Lightroom CC and will discuss the benefits of moving over to Lightroom CC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Intermediate and Advanced classes will delve further into the inner workings of Lightroom and its modules. They will introduce you to Templates and Plug-ins and will introduce you to advanced printing techniques including ICC profiles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lightroom CC Extras will show you step by step how to create books and get an on-line presence, easily, all from within Lightroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So put some polish on your photos, save time, impress clients, and stay organized as you unlock the mysteries of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Creative Cloud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Part 1 - The Library Module<br />
Part 2 - The Develop Module<br />
Part 3 - Exporting & the Print Module<br />
Part 4 - Face Recognition, Slideshow, Print & Web Modules<br />
Part 5 - Catalog Management, Archiving Images & Catalogs, Backups</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Part 1 - The Library Module <span style="color: red;">(Sold Out)</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tuesday November 10th, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm in Ladner BC - Limited to 8 people</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Limited Time Pricing at 50% Off - $20.00 for Part 1 | $35.00 for Part 1 & 2 | DPC Members $25.00 for Part 1 & 2<br />
Contact <a href="http://www.eyesonphoto.com/p/contact.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Francois Cleroux</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> to book a class or for further information</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lightroom CC is the most popular photo file management, enhancement, and publishing program for Windows and Macintosh which is now part of the Creative Cloud, offering integration with the rest of the Adobe apps as well as access to Lightroom Mobile and Photoshop. There are more features to cover than ever before. This “Introduction to Lightroom CC” Part 1 will introduce you to Lightroom, what it is, how it works and all the Lightroom Modules; Library, Develop, Map, Book, Slideshow, Print and Web modules.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Including a closer look at:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">• What is Lightroom<br />
• Why use Lightroom</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Library Module</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">• Importing photographs from your computer or camera<br />
• Viewing and comparing images<br />
• Renaming photos and folders<br />
• Rating and organizing photos<br />
• Grouping photos into collections<br />
• Adding keywords and face tags<br />
• Backup</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Develop Module</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">• Quick intro to editing images</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There will be time for Q&A throughout the class.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Part 2 - The Develop Module <span style="color: red;">(Sold Out)</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tuesday November 24th, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm in Ladner BC - Limited to 8 people</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Limited Time Pricing at 50% Off -</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">$20.00 for Part 2 | DPC Members $15.00 for Part 2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Contact <a href="http://www.eyesonphoto.com/p/contact.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Francois Cleroux</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> to book a class or for further information</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Part 2 of “Introduction to Lightroom CC” will continue where Part 1 Left off with an emphasis on the Develop and Print Modules.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Including a closer look at:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">• Image Editing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Develop Module</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">• Editing JPEG and RAW images in Photoshop<br />
• Exporting and emailing photos<br />
• Enhancing photos in the Develop module<br />
• Fixing issues with the retouching tools<br />
• Making localized corrections<br />
• Reducing noise and sharpening<br />
• Correcting lens distortion<br />
• Combining images with Photo Merge</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Map Module</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">• How the Map Module works and benefits</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Book, Slideshow and Web Modules</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">• An overview of Creating a book, web gallery, or slideshow</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Print Module</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">• Printing photos<br />
• Export files for Lab use</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There will be time for Q&A throughout the class.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Part 3 - Exporting & the Print Module<span style="color: purple;"> (New Class!)</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tuesday December 8th, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm in Ladner BC - Limited to 8 people</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Limited Time Pricing at 50% Off -</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">$20.00 for Part 3 | DPC Members $15.00 for Part 3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Contact <a href="http://www.eyesonphoto.com/p/contact.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Francois Cleroux</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> to book a class or for further information</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Part 3 of “Introduction to Lightroom CC” will continue where Part 2 Left off with an emphasis on Exporting Images for Archive, Print, Web or E-mail and a Look at Printing and the Print Module including how to use ICC Profiles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Including a closer look at:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">• Exporting</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Print Module</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">• Paper Types<br />
• Settings<br />
• B&W and Color<br />
• </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ICC Profiles</span><br />
• <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Saving Print Files</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There will be time for Q&A throughout the class.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>About The Instructor</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Francois Cleroux (MCAPA) is an award-winning photographer and International photography instructor. He has been teaching photography for more than 7 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A professional film photographer in the 80’s and now a Technology Information Specialist he has easily adapted to digital photography and now teaches digital editing and photography skills to students from around the world including India, Europe and more recently in New York.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Francois continues his traditional B&W film based photography and is exploring alternative photographic processes and is currently a member of the tabulaRASA artists collective.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-45581320447891063562015-08-30T14:36:00.001-07:002015-10-24T10:19:12.642-07:00Pre Windows 10 Upgrade Recommendation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Backup, Backup, Backup</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before you even think about upgrading to Windows 10 make sure you have a good valid backup. The two important parts here are BACKUP, make sure you have one, and VALID, make sure its works, its current, and actually has all the data you want and need including new stuff you may have installed since you last ran your backup. Often, new programs place new data in directories other than MY DOCUMENTS and that data may not be backed up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always recommend having two (2) complete backups and so before doing an upgrade it may be a good time to purchase an external Hard Drive to do a brand new backup. You may opt for a full system backup so you can recover your system to its current state if the Windows 10 upgrade goes completely awry. You should also do a manual second backup copying all you data; MY DOCUMENTS, PICS, VIDS, FAVORITES, MAIL, SIGNATURES, CONTACTS and anything else you have including any folders that may have data files like the usual special folders people create in the root of C: Drive including files on your DESKTOP.</span><a href="http://eotmedia.blogspot.ca/2015/08/pre-windows-10-upgrade-recommendations.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Read the rest of the article here....</span></a><br />
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</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-73825600801238250372015-05-18T16:29:00.000-07:002015-05-18T16:30:37.714-07:00Vivek High School, Chandigarh, India to Travel to New York, NY, USA<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Students from Vivek High School in Chandigarh India will travel to New York for a Photo Tour/Workshop traveling the East Coast of the United States. This is a great opportunity for students as there will be tremendous opportunities for excellent photography and numerous learning opportunities as they will once again be instructed by Francois Cleroux.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Vivek High School has already worked with Mr. Cleroux in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 2012 and also in Europe in 2013. They will be joined by their Vivek Photography Instructor Mr. Navneet Saxena, their coordinator <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ms.
Tejinder Sarao and Assistant Teacher <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ms.
Deepika Arora.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This years trip will see the class start in New York city as follows:</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">June 14 to June 17: Overnights in New York. Photo Tour of New York City including visits to Chinatown, Wall Street, Ground Zero, with the option to take a harbour cruise), </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">United Nations, Times Square, 5th Avenue, and Empire State Building. A half a day will be spent at North America's largest photography retail store, B&H photography. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Afterwards </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the group will depart for Philadelphia.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">June 18: A morning photo tour of Philadelphia including Independence Hall and Liberty Bell then off to Washington DC, where, upon arrival, they will take a tour including the </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, Capitol Hill, and White House.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">June 19: Early morning photography and then departure from Washington to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with a stop at Hershey's Chocolate World. Continue to Corning, New York for </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">visit to the Corning Museum of Glass. Evening arrival at Niagara Falls for night photography of the falls.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">June 20: Morning photo tour of Niagara Falls including view of the Horseshoe Falls (US side), the American Falls, Goat Island, Bridal Veil Falls, and Maid of the Mist. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Afternoon departure for Boston.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">June 21: Morning visit to Harvard University, MIT, Charles River, Harbour Cruise, and Quincy Market. Afternoon transfer back to New York City.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">June 22 to June 25: Photography Workshops with overnights in New York.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Photography instruction will confirm Camera and Photography Basics and will introduce students to B&W Photography, Street Photography, Architectural Photography, Travel </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Photography, Landscape Photography, Long Exposure Photography and Night Photography.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Torre pendent di Pisa" Pisa, Italy. 2013 Europe Tour.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students will learn techniques such as Long Exposures, Panoramic Photography and Stitching Concepts. During these sessions student will also master Shutter, Aperture and </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Exposure concepts and will have opportunities for 1 on 1 tutoring with Mr. Cleroux.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students will receive Certificates at the end of the tour.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This should be another excellent trip!</span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-26745554356162500402015-04-26T16:43:00.001-07:002015-04-26T16:43:04.661-07:00<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span><strong>Introduction to Digital Photography</strong></span><span style="color: #99ff99;"><br />Instructor – Francois
Cleroux</span><br /><span style="color: #ffff99;">Starts May 07, 2015 - 6
Weeks - Thursdays 7:00 - 9:00 PM - </span><br />Cost - $79.00 + taxes<br />
<br />
Just in time for summer holidays!<br />
<br />
Learn more about your digital camera and how to use it effectively. This
course will introduce basic camera terminology, demonstrate how to use 'all
those buttons', and how to take better pictures through the understanding of the
art of photography, exposure, composition and lighting. You will also learn what
factors to consider when purchasing a new digital camera and have opportunities
to ask questions about photos you bring to class with a view to improving your
own artistic efforts.<br /><br />A DSLR is recommended but a Point and Shoot will
do. Also a great class to take before buying a new DSLR Camera. (Beginners to
Intermediate)<br /><br /><strong>Workshop Outline</strong><br />- History of
Photography<br />- Light and Colour<br />- Apertures, Shutter Speeds,<br />- ISOs<br />-
Depth of Field<br />- Exposure<br />- Art & Composition<br />- Creative
Consequences<br />- The Camera<br />- Sensors and Mega Pixels<br />- File Formats (RAW
vs. JPG)<br />- Camera Types<br />- Lenses & Accessories<br />- Hands On with Your
Camera<br /><br />This course does not cover any aspects of Digital Workflow or File
Management on the computer. You can benefit greatly by having your camera’s user
manual. Please bring it along to the third class. Lost it? Most manuals can be
found on the Internet for free!<br /><br />Very Limited Space. Please RSVP.</span><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-31477096777844449332014-10-21T23:25:00.006-07:002014-10-22T07:57:45.250-07:00The RESIZING conundrum!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">One would think that resizing an image would be easy. I've always had a grasp on this and never thought about it much until last night's workshop that I taught. I wanted to show examples on both the MAC and the PC.</span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"></span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">On the PC I showed how to use Paint, How to Right Click in File Explorer and use the Send by Mail and I showed how to do it using Lightroom. Now I've always used Lightroom since version 1 and its so easy now with the Custom Export jobs you can save. I have custom jobs for 1024x768 at 72 dpi JPG, 1920x1080 at 72 dpi JPG and 2048-by-1536 (yes an odd size but its what my iPad uses (at 264 ppi)). Because I use these save Export jobs or presets, I never give it much thought. But after some questions yesterday and some e-mails that followed, I released perhaps it's a little tougher that I thought, specially for people new to photography and DPI, Resolution, Sizes, Colorspace and so on.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">At club (Delta Photo Club) we use a full HD capable projector and display images at 1920x1080. CAPA used to have an old archaic standard for years at 1024x768 which many clubs still use today because they never updated their projectors because CAPA never demanded more. But, thankfully CAPA changed their standard to 1400x1050. Note that I could not find mention of this on their website and under their 2014 Digital Competition guidelines it still stated as 1024x768. But I have been told its 1400x1050. This is an odd size for digital display as most projectors are capable of much higher resolution. Of note is that this size is a 4:3 aspect ratio which is in keeping with older standards for photography and one that is till used today in Micro 4/3 cameras and most pocket cameras. Why they would choose to support those standards as opposed to most photography enthusiasts 3:2 aspect ratios found in most DSLRs, I do not understand. Note also that OLD monitors were also 4:3 aspect ratios but you cannot even buy those anymore. Most monitors now use a much wider aspect ratio.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">A challenge of course is that Vertical images must always display smaller that horizontal images because of the vertical pixel limitations. An actual 1400x1050 horizontal image would become 787x1050. No fair for those entering Vertical images. In print the images can be 16"x20" Vertical or Horizontal. Perhaps a better option would have been to use the full height of an HD projector as limits, thus making images 1080x1080 as the max size. A 1:1 aspect ratio.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Another thought would be to limit the total number of pixels or total number of square inches. This could add a fairness to those submitting panoramic images. But I digress...</span><br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span class="font-size-3" data-mce-style="font-family: verdana,geneva;" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">So for Digital Image Submission here is what is required</span></strong></span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>SIZE</strong> (In Pixels): <strong>1024x768</strong> or <strong>1400x1050</strong> or <strong>1920x1080</strong></span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>Dots Per Inch</strong> (DPI): <strong>72</strong> (more on this below)</span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>Colorspace</strong>: <strong>sRGB</strong></span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>File Type</strong>: <strong>JPG</strong></span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Delta Photo Club is 1920x1080</span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">CAPA is 1400x1050</span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Some competitions (read the rules) are 1024x768</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">So you can quickly see what problems lie ahead here. When clubs ask for image sizes they want the size in pixels but they also require 72 dpi using the sRGB colorspace. Most beginners do not know this and worse they do not even know or understand what it is. Most digital cameras now shoot RAW and so conversions are required. Also, most beginners quickly learn that using AdobeRGB or ProRGB are better color spaces for photographers that print images. Lastly most digital cameras do not shoot at 72 dpi as a standard and most printers want 240 or 300 dpi images.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">So, most of these settings all need to be changed when resizing images for club or competition.</span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"></span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Programs like Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop easily handle these changes when exporting images. Doing this on a MAC or PC using built in tools is either more complicated or not doable at all.</span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I remembered that Microsoft had a great FREE app just for doing this that was part of the Windows XP Power Toys package. I grabbed a copy and found that this program will not run* (perhaps it runs but it does not install) in a Windows 7 or 8 machine. So I downloaded several apps to do this. I found they were all lacking and many were trouble navigating to a ?safe? download area. I encountered several threat/virus issues along the way. So I would NOT recommend blindly looking for and installing several apps to do this.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I do on occasion use FaststoneViewer on my laptop and it has a separate Resize tool. This tool will handle it all but it is fairly complex to use and most beginners would have a very hard time getting the correct results.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">So I turn back to Lightroom. Besides being one of the best and easiest to use tools for editing and organizing images, it?s also a great deal at $159.99 cdn (often on sale for less). Or you can opt for a subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Edition where you get Adobe Lightroom and ALL updates and Adobe Photoshop and ALL updates for only 9.99 per month. A great deal.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I never did have the time to do the conversion on the MAC and so I will explore it further. The MAC will change settings when emailing depending what mail program you use, but again, the results may be different. Again, Lightroom is a great MAC solution also specially since Apple has laid Aperture to rest.</span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">So watch and check your images once you have resized them or exported them. Look at the Metadata in the image to see if its correct. Some of the utilities change sizes but do not change colorspace unless you specify JPG. Also, many will not change the DPI settings.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">So perhaps someone out there knows of a great free utility that will do this for a PC and for a MAC. If you do, please let me know.</span><br />
<br /><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Why 72 is significant</strong></span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">(This section is from somewhere on the web and was part of my archives. The link no longer worked. I will try to find the original source.)</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Many file formats, including JPG, TIF and PSD, store an image's pixel density setting. If you save a JPG at 200 pixels/inch, it will remain at 200.</span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"></span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Other formats, including GIF and PNG, discard pixel density. If you save a 200 DPI image as a PNG, it won't save that DPI at all. Many image editors, including Adobe Photoshop, assume that an image is 72 DPI if the information is not stored. (Note: Photoshop's "Save for Web" feature discards unnecessary print information, including pixels/inch from its Image Size dialog box.)</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Seventy-two is a magic number in printing and typography. In 1737 Pierre Fournier used units called cicero's to measure type. Six cicero's were 0.998 inches.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Around 1770, Francois-Ambroise Didot used slightly larger cicero's to fit the standard French "foot." Didot's pica was 0.1776 inches long and divided evenly into 12 increments. Today we call them points.</span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">In 1886, the American Point System established a "pica" as being 0.166 inches. Six of these are 0.996 inches.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">None of the units ever strayed far from 12 points per pica: 6 picas per inch = 72 points per inch. It was an important standard by 1984, when Apple prepared to introduce the first Macintosh computer. The Mac's interface was designed to help people relate the computer to the physical world. Software engineers used the metaphor of a desk to describe the arcane workings of a computer, right down to "paper", "folder" and "trash" icons.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Each pixel on the original Mac's 9-inch (diagonal) and 512 x 342 pixel screen measured exactly 1 x 1 point. Hold a ruler to the glass, and you'd see that 72 pixels would actually fill 1 inch. This way, if you printed an image or piece of text and held it next to the screen, both the image and hard copy would be the same size.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">But early digital pictures were clunky and jagged. As screen technology and memory improved, computers were able to display more pixels on the same size monitor. Matching a print-out to the screen became even less certain when raster and vector apps allowed users to zoom in and examine pixels closely. By the mid-1990s, Microsoft Windows could switch between 72 and 96 pixels per inch on screen. This made smaller font sizes more legible because more pixels were available per point size.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Today, designers and clients alike understand that the sizes of items on the screen are not absolute. Differences in screen size and zoom functionality are commonplace. But 72 is still the default.</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;">The Reason for 72 dpi</span></strong></span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong><span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></strong></span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Besides being "the" standard, clubs and organizations also want to make their own lives easier. Some programs will display relative sizes versus actual sizes. So a 1" by 1" image at 72 dpi and a 1" by 1" image at 144 dpi should both display and print the same size but this is not always the case. By specifying a standard there is less chance for problems with sizing to occur. 99 percent of the time having the wrong dpi setting will be ok but note that many competition boards will not accept images that have not been correctly formatted!</span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br data-mce-bogus="1" /></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span class="font-size-3" data-mce-style="font-family: verdana,geneva;" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Now What?</span></strong></span><br />
<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I will continue to work on a document that explains all this as clearly as possible and will look for good simple solutions for both the PC and the MAC. Will keep you posted.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">© 2014 Francois
Cleroux</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Version 1.00 - October
2014</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-29093521762933073792014-09-09T08:06:00.001-07:002014-09-09T08:07:41.596-07:00A New Personal Edict<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I need my first flashlight since moving to the new house and it didn't work. Nothing! No light. This is an LED flashlight that is new and barely used. I do use it at my desk but not often and not for long. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">But, no problems. The batteries are dead. This happens. I unscrew the cap off the flashlight and there it is!! Another leaked battery. And, lo and behold, its a Duracell battery. Not only is it a Duracell but obviously its not very old its good till 2023.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This flashlight came with this battery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This flashlight is a fairly high end CREE light that is very bright. But having said that it led me to thinking that perhaps there may be fake Duracell's out there. So I did a little research and found out that there are a TON of fake Duracell's out there. So much so that there are many warnings posted on the web:</span><br />
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<a href="https://thecounterfeitreport.com/product/106/"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">https://thecounterfeitreport.com/product/106/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">In the link above you can see many various fake Duracell's. Doing more research you find that many of the fakes are 'identical' and they cannot be differentiated from the real Duracell's. There is talk of fake Duracell's being sold in common large brand department stores.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, with no way of knowing real from fake, and with even real one's seeming to have leaking problems; I've decided to not only never purchase Duracell's again, but if I get Duracell Batteries with a product I purchase, I will replace them with Energizer batteries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Another issue I have is this; here on Amazon there appears to be some fake Duracell's:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Duracell-Coppertop-Duralock-Batteries-Count/product-reviews/B0096MHJU2"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.amazon.com/Duracell-Coppertop-Duralock-Batteries-Count/product-reviews/B0096MHJU2</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">If these were actually fake, one phone call from an on staff Lawyer at Duracell would have those removed from the Amazon store. So either, they are real, or Duracell doesn't care in protecting consumers from these crappy batteries. Perhaps they are thinking as long as people are buying "Duracell's", any Duracell, real or fake, it is better than having them purchase the competitions batteries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">A Note on fakes and other Languages: If you look on the battery in the photo you'll see some Chinese writing on it. Some people think anything with Arabic, Chinese, Japanese (there must be other languages) must be fake. Duracell makes batteries for sale in all these different countries including Belgium and thus has those languages on it. I could not find a source stating what are all the countries that make real Duracell's ie where are all the Duracell Factories but I did find this about American Made Duracell's.</span><br />
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<a href="http://americanmanufacturing.org/blog/duracell-batteries-made-usa"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://americanmanufacturing.org/blog/duracell-batteries-made-usa</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I also found that the made in China Duracell's apparently get into the U.S. market via way of Canada. Apparently these batteries also have the French on them. I'm thinking perhaps those are for the African market but that's just a guess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">For now what I will do is this;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">1) I will no longer buy Duracell's except in the event of an Emergency where no other brands are available. And even then I may not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">2) I will further investigate Canadian Duracell's and will try to find the source of Canadian Duracell's. I will purchase several packs from large retail stores and see if I can find differences and will report further.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">3) I will write a letter to Procter & Gamble (parent company) and will ask for clarification on Fake Batteries, where they have factories (other countries) and why they do not put an end to fakes on Amazon.com and other Retailers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">If I get a response I will post it here also.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">© 2014 Francois Cleroux</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Version 1.00 - September 2014</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-44901634234345899382014-08-01T23:13:00.002-07:002014-08-03T08:07:19.386-07:00Not All Batteries are Created Equal!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been using Energizer Batteries. and nothing but Energizer Batteries for so many years now I had forgotten why I only used that brand. Until recently that is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Years ago (mid to late 80's) before I retired from photography I used portable flashes all the time. Although the cost of the batteries was a concern, having batteries that lasted a long time was ultimately more important. I ran many tests on many batteries back then and decided that the best bang for the buck was the Energizer Batteries. Later, something else confirmed that those were the batteries I should be using.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know battery technology has come a long way since then, but I've never changed from my "stick with Energizer" mantra I have always spoken. Some of you may know that I have just moved in the last week. a week before the move however, a clock on the wall had stopped working. So I decided to change the batteries. I took the clock off the wall and it contained two Duracell batteries. They had leaked!! I haven't had a set of batteries leak in over 25 years. I didn't think much about it and cleaned the contacts and put some new Energizer Batteries in and the clock started again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While packing my photography gear getting ready for the move, I grabbed my LED Video Light which uses 6 AA batteries. Some of the batteries had leaked. They were Duracell batteries. This annoyed me and remembering the clock batteries I wondered why I even had Duracell batteries. Then I remembered we need some when we were in the U.S. and all they had at Costco was Duracell and their own house brand batteries. So I had opted for the better ones. I carefully cleaned it all up and used some water and then let it dry properly. Again I replaced the batteries with Energizer Batteries. I remembered however other than a quick ON and OFF I had never used the batteries at all. The clock batteries had been drained, these should of been brand new. I also noted the dates on them, they should have been good for many more years. I wondered if that "batch" of batteries were bad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The very next day I delivered a high end Logitech cordless mouse to a clients office. When I opened up the package it contained two Duracell Batteries. They were in a plastic wrapped two pack. They had leaked!! And not only had they leaked but when I picked up the still sealed package, some fairly wet liquid got onto my hands?? Not sure what is was, but I disposed of them and washed my hands. Obviously not a bad batch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I remembered! That was why I stopped using Duracell batteries in the 80's. They used to always leak. Well, nothing has changed. If you find you have had batteries leak on you, please tell me. What brand were they? Duracell, Energizer or some cheap brand? Let me know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the meantime I do recommend the Energizer Batteries. If you need longer lasting and lightweight, try the Energizer Lithium Batteries!<span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">© 2014 Francois
Cleroux</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Version 1.10 - August
2014</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-88896915392215055042014-03-08T16:00:00.000-08:002014-03-08T16:00:01.598-08:00Noise vs. Grain<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the same forum
(Fine Art Photographers) someone said they liked Noise as it gave them that grainy look of film. My
reply.</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the grainy look….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OK lets get this clear, digital noise is NOT grain. It
doesn’t even approximate grain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In traditional B&W film grain is caused by the size of
the silver crystals in the film itself. It is what creates the image in the
form of black on the negative. These almost invisibly small crystals take on
the look of grain when enlarged. This ‘grain’ is prized by many photographers
even to this day and it still plays a large role in the Fine Art photography
world of collectors.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">B&W grain is uniform based on the film type. Different
films had different grains, some finer, some larger but generally always
uniform throughout the entire picture in the whites, mid tones and blacks (but
not in the blown out areas).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photographers usually likes a specific film for the grain
(or lack thereof) and often shot all their work (or sometime specific projects)
with a specific film. The reason for this is because of consistency. They could
get very consistent repetitive results if they used the same film and the same
processes. This is important when creating a project or body of work.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Digital noise on the other hand varies greatly from picture
to picture based on not just the ISO setting used but on the scene itself, the amount
of light and dark areas, whether the scene is back lit or not and even on if
the exposure is perfect or not. Add to the fact the longer exposures change the
whole equation as does temperature. The hotter it is you usually end up with
more noise.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another issue with noise is that it varies not just from
picture to picture but within a picture itself. Each area light/dark will have
differing amounts of noise. And this noise is not shaped and randomized like
‘silver crystals’ but takes on blotchy areas and worse (or better if that’s
what you want) takes on colours.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is this lack of consistency that can make your image not
work well together as a unified body of work. Typically fine art photographers
work hard at capturing the perfect images they require with the least amount of
noise possible. Then, they will remove any noise present and finally they will
add grain either in programs like Photoshop or they will use a program or
plugin like NIK Silver Efex Pro. Using this process, you can have complete
control (and repeatable control) over the look, feel and size of the grain and
you can make it consistent within all your images.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the other hand if you like the look of ‘noise’
then by all means go for it! It has its own unique qualities that may work with
your images. Just remember that’s it not grain.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong>© 2014 Francois
Cleroux</strong></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Version 1.00 - February
2014</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-68676759358095739712014-03-07T11:34:00.001-08:002014-03-07T11:43:59.807-08:00Whats the Best Gear<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">From several on-going
web forum discussions. People were arguing what the best camera is but never
layed out any guidelines. Here is what my reply was “On the best gear….”. Note
that the forum is "Fine Art Photographers" and the question was “Are you a photographer or an Artist?” and in it someone asked about the best gear to use.</b><br />
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People are missing the point on “the best gear” and again
goes to the question “Are you a photographer or an artist?” I’m often thinking
many people are neither. When someone blankly asks what the best gear is, it's obvious they have no understanding of what photography is, what a camera is and what its for or how to use it! My question is "What's the best gear for what?"<br />
<br />
As photographers (people who make realistic copies of the
world around them) we need the best meaning gear that will give the best
results based on what we are doing. A Hasselblad sucks at Bird Photography and
so a Canon 70D or a Nikon D800 with a 500mm or 600mm lens is required. If we
are doing corporate head shots and we never print very large, a full frame
camera like a 5D is perfect combined with a good piece of glass. If on the
other hand you are shooting head shoots that need to be printed very large, the
5D sucks and a Hasselblad or Leaf would be better. But, even these cameras may
not do what you need if shooting high end large scaled landscapes or
architectural images and so you may need to go to 8x10 or an ALP or something
like that as you may require more perspective correction than what a TS Lens
will offer. Photographers generally (note the word generally here as the trolls
on this site will skip this word) require way more quality than a Diana camera
and often more than a good cell phone camera. But even these may be good enough
for Web based work and such.<br />
<br />
As artists on the other hand we require other elements. And
the camera or the gear should not be deciding your art or hindering your art.
You camera should be your ‘tool’ and the old adage of make sure you “use the
right tool for the right job”. A painter will know his tools and will not use a
palate knife when a fine delicate brush is required. As artists why is your
camera (the palate knife) forcing you to create art in a specific way? As
artists ‘WE’, the artists decide on a project. We decide on the ‘language’ our
photographs will use and we will decide on the project as a whole and will
define what technical specs are required. Often these technical specs are not
“quality” (the Hasselblad)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but rather a
“look” or a “feeling”. So then the question is what is the “Best” camera turns
into “What is the Best Camera for My Artistic Project”. It may be a Pinhole
Camera, a Diana for doing Lomography type images, a Cell Phone for quick and
easy, it may be a Leica type compact for high quality Street Photography, a
DSLR for on location artistic Portraiture, a Medium Format Digital or perhaps
Film (remember the project and the look) for on location Fine Art Nudes or
perhaps 8x10 or 20x24 film camera for incredible grand landscapes.<br />
<br />
Note that these can all me mixed up also as a Fine Art
photographer could use a Diana if he chooses to for creating Fine Art Nudes.
That’s the beauty of ART! But the point here is “What is the look you want?”
and “What tools will get you those results?”<br />
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If you want to become a better artist you should learn to
visualize and conceptualize a project. You should define its photographic
language (what Camera, what Lens and what Focal Length if using a Zoom), what
Viewpoint, what Aperture, what Film, what Look, what grain or other outputs
(perhaps Cyanotypes as an example (Yes this much detail and others) and then
based on what you need to create “the Vision” you should then choose the best
tool! And it may be a Pinhole Camera! NOT a Hasselblad.<br />
<br />
It’s all about control of the project and what photographic
language and vision you want in your final images. As an artist you should know
your equipment inside and out and be personal with it. You should know its
strengths and weaknesses. <br />
<br />
<span style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So is a camera better than another? Yes most
definitely. What’s the best camera. The one that does what you want or need
perfectly!</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>© 2014 Francois
Cleroux</strong> <br />Version 1.00 - March
2014</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-31916832630439261682014-01-30T18:06:00.000-08:002015-10-26T18:44:57.785-07:00My Drive is full! Now what?<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>CAUTION: When dealing with adding, removing or replacing hard drives you should make sure that you have proper complete backup copies of all your files including the Operating System, Program Files, Your Data, Your Photo Library and your Photo Database.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As photography gains popularity and as photographers continue to shoot with ever increasing sizes of sensors creating larger and larger files, there is a point at which all hell breaks loose. At some point, if it hasn't already it will soon, your computer will run out of hard drive space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What do you do when this happens? There are several basic options that most photographers turn to. But are these options the best choices? Let's look at some of these options, their strengths and weaknesses and lets then investigate yet another solution. Some of these options are better than others depending on your system, whether its expandable or perhaps a laptop. Note I will give some cautions along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>1 - The External Drive</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first and most obvious option is to simply add an external drive. At first thought this may be the easiest solution. Head to your local store, buy a cheap external USB drive, plug it in. done!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, not so fast. How does this solve your problem? Your main drive is full. All your images are on your main drive. Your photo editing software, let’s say Adobe Lightroom, is installed on your main drive but more importantly its pointing or is configured to look at your main drive. If you import new files from a memory card they will be copied to your main drive by default. It’s full. One can change the defaults so that new images are copied to the new drive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This causes several problems. The first is that you will end up with images on your main drive AND on your external drive. This not only gets cumbersome but how do you then backup both of these drives? This make the whole process much more complex. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The bigger problem comes from the fact that your Database (yes the Lightroom Library is a Database) is a large file and along with created previews it will continue to grow as you add more images. Your main drive is full, so your Lightroom Library will not be able to grow.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Of course you can create more room on the main drive by moving all your images from your main drive to the new larger external drive. Not too difficult and not too messy to deal with in Lightroom as synchronizing images and folders is an easy task.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, moving everything to an external drive has its own problems. External drives tend to be slow. Even USB 3 drives are slow in comparison to internal SATA drives. Other external drive options like FireWire400/800 or eSATA are also slow compared to full internal speeds. The new Thunderbolt connectors on Apple computers are screaming fast and work well. Thunderbolt connectors are now available on the newest high-end PC motherboards if you want a new custom PC built. However, Thunderbolt enabled external drives tend to cost a lot more than USB3 external drives. A new USB standard is on the way that will make NEW USB devices as fast if not faster than Thunderbolt but it is not available yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another issue with external drives is backup. Backing up a slow external drive to another slow external drive is excruciatingly slow when you have a full Terabyte drive. Also, some laptops may only have one external USB connector and so copying will require an external USB hub which will further reduce speeds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lastly, most external drives are not very good. Many external drives fail because of cheap external power supplies, cheap internal electronics and worse, very cheap drives within the drive enclosures. I have even seen companies use cheaper drives from other manufacturers in their external drives! Some of us would consider this fraud and the manufacturers see this as a way of making more money. Another issue is that external drive enclosures capture the heat generated from the drive. This heat, is bad for the drive and thus reduces its expected life span.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every year I have several club members and clients that have dead external hard drives. Often, they are relatively new as in just over 1 year to 2 years old, just out of warranty!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>2 - Replace Your Main Hard Drive</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Replacing your existing drive may be a good option. Not only will it give you more space if you upgrade to a much larger drive capacity like a 2 Terabyte drive or a 3 or 4 Terabyte drive. (Note not all older systems are capable of accepting 3 or 4 TB drives.) So doubling or quadrupling your drive space could potentially give you two to four years of extra photo capacity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Replacing your main internal drive gives you a great added benefit. Most drives have a limited life span. Most manufacturers warranty their drives for only 1 year and a few specific more expensive models may have up to 3 years warranty. Manufacturers do this knowing that drives often start to fail in the 4th year. By replacing your main drive 'before' it fails, not only will it extend the life of your computer, but it will save you a ton of headaches if your drive had crashed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By replacing your main drive and merely imaging your existing drive onto the new one (your OS, programs and data) it’s a quick and simple process. Once complete, if done correctly, you have nothing to change. No new drive letters, nothing to move, no settings to change. You just end up with a bigger drive.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A note on hard drives: most manufactures including the two largest (and best) manufactures Western Digital and Seagate, make consumer grade drives, mid-grade drives and enterprise grade drives. Obviously all at increasing costs. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These better quality drives are worth every extra penny. Some of these more expensive drives also give you the longer extended warranties. Note these same manufacturers also make 'green' energy efficient drives that consume much less power. These green drives also tend to be much slower and are not suited to main drives in a photographer’s computer. However they do make great in-expensive backup drives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its worth mentioning that these warranties only cover the cost of replacing the drive and not the cost of ANY data loss. Nothing beats having good backups!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Note with laptops that laptop drives are not available in large 2, 3 and 4 TB versions. Currently HGST (Hitachi) makes the largest drive in the TravelStar 1.5 TB. But changing from a 250 MB or 500 MB drive to a full 1 TB drive is a great option. Cease this opportunity to upgrade to a faster AND larger drive. Seagate makes a great 1 TB Hybrid drive that is part Hard Drive and part Solid State Drive that is an excellent fast option. The Seagate SSHD drive is available in both 2.5" Laptop and 3.5" workstation models.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A more recent problem re larger drives is that many of the newer ultra-portable ultra-slim laptops have SSD Drives (Solid State Drives) soldered directly on to the motherboard. These drives cannot be replace or upgraded.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Replacing a single main drive requires you to 'image' your existing drive onto the new drive. Basically this entails making an exact copy of your existing drive and copying all the information on it to a new larger drive. This can be done using specialized hardware or via software. Again, consult with your computer professional for help with this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>3 - Add a Second Drive</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So another option and frankly a better option is to add another, a second, 'internal' drive. A word of caution here, adding another drive requires more power and some workstation computers have barely adequate power supplies in them to begin with, even if it’s a new computer. Make sure your power supply is capable of supplying good clean power to all your devices including your new added hard drive. Bad, and underpowered power supplies are the leading cause of computer lockups and system crashes! Adding a hard drive could create more problems and cause the power supply to fail completely. Consult with your computer professional before adding a second drive.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having said that, a new high end higher powered power supply is not that expensive and could prolong the life of your computer. Adding a new Internal hard drive will add a ton of fast access space to your computer. But like in option one, you will need to deal with consolidating all your images into this new drive and then pointing Lightroom to the new location of your images.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The benefit here is that it gives you all the added space of the new drive and clears up all the space on your main drive that was previously taken up by images. Cleaning up your main drive and running a defrag utility could help speed up your system. Having dual drives, one for the OS and Programs and one for Data or Images will speed up your editing as both drives can run at the same time. Many good benefits here including the fact that you would not need to 'image' your main drive. The downside is that your older main drive would still be older and depending on how much it has been used and how old it is, it could fail soon if your system is 4 years or older.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Note that very few laptops are dual drive capable. Some of the larger 17" models and some of the business class 15" models have space for 2 drives. Check with your computer professional to see if your laptop is dual drive capable or check your laptop manufacturer’s website.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>4 - Replace Your Computer</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No matter which option you choose there will be some costs and some headaches. Again, no matter which option you use you will still have an older slower computer even if it does have more drive space. Perhaps this may be the time to replace your computer. If you are OK with the speed of your existing computer, and if it’s not too old, say no more than 4 years, then replacing or adding a second drive may be a good option that will see you through a few more years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>5 – Other Options</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two other options include using an external NAS (Network Attached Storage) device or using Cloud Based storage. But of these solutions have speed limitations that make working with images very cumbersome. These options are best suited for Backups.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my next post we will look at what are the best options in the way of system configurations for creating value priced systems that work very well for photographers. So if your building or ordering a new computer, how should it be configured!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">What's your take on this? Have you had internal or external drives fail? Have you gone through adding or replacing a drive? Did you run into problems? Please share with us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong>© 2014 Francois Cleroux</strong></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-59263484766495370952013-12-01T20:49:00.000-08:002013-12-02T07:36:34.272-08:00Un-Loved Eggs and a Simplified Life!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So its been a very long while since I have posted a Blog. After my return from Europe being away over 6 weeks I was thrown right into life. Work. I have been so busy I have not had time to do ANY photography related work. I have been helping out with CAPA stuff but even that has suffered as I have been working evenings and weekends!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I did manage to get out to shoot last week one day and it was so very exciting. I do love being out shooting birds and wildlife. I managed to get out to Harrison Mills to Photograph Bald Eagles (with little luck), but it was still great being out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The time out though, has motivated me and effective Tuesday I will be a part of a new artists group. I am excited about that. I do have some work to finish and a few loose ends to tidy up but I am sooo looking forward to being back at photography.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Because of all the work I have put things in place that will help me get back to a more normal life, some hard decisions were made and I have simplified my life. Sometimes I wonder if being a poor starving artist would be better?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I was inspired by a site I ran across. I don't necessarily agree with everything, but its a great list and it can make you think about things. A nice read.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://zenhabits.net/simple-living-manifesto-72-ideas-to-simplify-your-life/" target="_blank">Simple Living Manifesto: 72 Ideas to Simplify Your Life</a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'll keep people updated about the Artists group. In the mean time I have started a new project "Un-loved Eggs". More on this later...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>© 2013 Francois Cleroux</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Dec 2013 - Version 1.01</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-1716349915534341902013-12-01T20:26:00.000-08:002013-12-01T20:27:34.408-08:00Euro Tour - Monaco<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So enjoying my last few days away and We are now in Monaco at the Fairmont. Nice place. I return back to the work of reality soon after being away for a month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been a great adventure, two great adventures actually, and I have met some wonderful people along the way and made some new friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will soon be back to shooting for the Cyanotype Project and will need to sort through and edit the thousands of Europe and France images from both Tours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">(This was posted at the end of my trip to Europe but for some reason it never showed up, here it is now.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Version 1.00 - July 2013</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-34807273181532136762013-07-07T15:20:00.000-07:002013-07-07T15:20:13.827-07:00Euro Tour - Saint Germain Region<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So even when not traveling on tour, blogging is difficult as we still are up early and still come home late. Today we toured Paris by bus and then did a 1 hour cruise of the Seine River. A quick break this afternoon was followed by trips to the beautiful Eglise Saint-Sulpice (famous from the DaVinci Code specially the Gnomon) and Saint-Germain-des-Pres. Two incredible churches. It was Sunday and Mass was on in both churches.</span><br />
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We walked around and found our way to the famous cafe, <i>The Deux Magots</i>. No, not the two "maggots" but the <i>Ma Go</i>, French for loot or treasures that were two statues that were part of the premises before the cafe was built in 1884.<br />
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It once had a reputation as the rendezvous of the literary and intellectual élite of the city. It is now a popular tourist destination. Its historical reputation is derived from the patronage of Surrealist artists, intellectuals such as Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, and young writers such as Ernest Hemingway. Other famous patrons included Albert Camus, Pablo Picasso, James Joyce, Bertold Brecht and the American writer Charles Sutherland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today it is still very much a thriving cafe. The food (my wife had Chicken Oysters with Truffle Risotto and I had Steak Tartar) was exceptional. The surroundings, the day, the weather, the ambiance oh, and the wine all made it a spectacular meal. Highly recommended. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From there we sauntered towards the Louvre and checked out the Jardin de Tuileries before hitting the Metro to get back to our Hotel. A wonderful evening in Paris.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b>July 2013 - Version 1.00</b></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-26556751209785646152013-06-29T00:33:00.000-07:002013-06-29T00:40:19.960-07:00Euro Tour - Eiffel Tower<div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So wow, these travel tours are very tiring. We have wake up calls at 6:00 am and we often don't get in to our hotels till 10:00 pm and often we head out to walk and see some local stuff or shoot at night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm being rude and using the computer at breakfast here. Here is my fist posted pic. I am blogging about the trip and making notes and will post more blogs when the opportunity arrives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kind of funny. Not more than 10 minutes after this picture was taken my wife texted me:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I just spoke to someone that was in Paris 2 months ago, he says we have to see the Eiffel Tower at night!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She joins me in 5 days.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2013 Francois Cleroux</div>Jean-Francois Clerouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05211848629538074321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311427456880574926.post-83731225450716066612013-06-23T21:56:00.001-07:002013-06-23T21:56:49.677-07:00Europe Internet Access<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So Internet Access at Hotels is very spotty. So far its always for sale. From 2.50 Euros to 12.00 Euros. But even when you can connect (not always) it is most often extremely slow and often un-useable. Internet now was not working at all from my room and so I am typing this from the Lobby.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hopefully tonight I can catch up on posting my notes. For now were off to Venice.</span></div>
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