Occupy Providence

Lightroom  for Facebook

Kathy and I did a little walk about Providence yesterday. Shot 150+ images as we played tourist. Random… anything that caught my eye including a few Occupy Providence. When we got home I edited, rated, and processed them in Lightroom. What a program! I swear, every time I use Lightroom I am amazed at what I can do with it. For sure, it has changed my workflow and improved my photography. Here's the "3 star" shots I chose. (Ditched the one stars, saved the twos and wished for fives but found none.) Set images to some free music and created a very short movie (1 minute +) in Final Cut.  Take a look!

My Lightroom class at Newport Art Museum begins on Feb 16th… discount for early registration. Please spread the word. 

Happy New Year to all!

Jan Armor

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Sunset on the lake

December 30th, one day left of 2011-- very still, 55 degrees, surprise sunset.We had a nice day shooting around Providence and thought since it had clouded over we were not going to see much in the way of a display this evening… Surprise!!!! another gift from nature.  Happy New Year all. 

Jan Armor
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Dirty Pictures-- The Movie

The "Dirty" Pictures Movie
Here's a short (1 minute) video I put together in Final Cut that illustrates the power of blending layers, so called "Dirty Pictures." All of the visuals were done using Lightroom and Photoshop. The striking model is Eve. I love the way she projects and connects to the camera. Great shoot! The music is a creative commons track from ccMixter, a website where one can use high quality music tracks without the problem of copyright infringement as long as not used commercially. The vocal is Susan Joseph… great voice.

Jan Armor

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Mannequin

An easy transformation using just a simple grain effect over the mannequin and blending in Photoshop.

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Last Light, Christmas Night

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Looking for Christmas diner

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Thailand, soundtrack by Amadeus Armor

Check out the video:

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Once In A Blue Moon

When the cold weather sets in and I'm not teaching, it's time for some layer art in Photoshop. A sky from last January 15th, and an old black and white image from yesteryear, combined with a full moon from a few weeks ago. (May be able to use this in my class on "Transformational Texture Overlays" next March. A good example of stacking and blending.) 

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Another "Dirty Picture"

It's amazing what can be achieved by creating layers, and blending them artfully together.  I probably should really call my upcoming Dirty Picture Workshop at the Newport Art Museum "The Layers Workshop" because by learning about Photoshop's layers one can create an infinite variety of effects by overlaying and blending textures, type, or other pictures. Here's one I did last night -- "Untitled 2" (Just couldn't think of a title.) I blended 5 layers together over some antique bottles I shot yesterday afternoon.  Info here:  http://www.armorphoto.com/classes/classes.html

This shot with an old Canon prime lens at f/1.8. Love the shallow shallow depth of field.

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On their way south… black snowbirds.

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Beginning a new documentary

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Mendocino Sunset

A Close Encounter of the 4th Kind….this backlighted cloud hung heavy over Mendocino Headlands, an eerie exclamation to this spectacular end of earth. The whole town came out to watch sun do it's thing.

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The fall of the light

The fall of the light across Bristol Harbor, at just the right time, both hourly and seasonally, made this pretty little dory a nice photograph. I had shot the boat several times before but it all came together this one Sunday morning when the photo gods smiled down on me. Light, weather, time of day, wind, and flag were in concert as the dory swung on its anchor.  Back home,  in Adobe Lightroom, I edited the 15-20 images and processed the few I liked the best. Here's several from the shoot. Every time I use Lightroom, I wonder how I ever lived without it.  *My next class on Lightroom begins on February 16th at the Newport Art Museum.

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Death from above

I remarked to Kathy that the coots were still here on the lake, in spite of the chill. I'd have thought them flying south by now. They should have... About 2 minutes later who should appear but a beautiful eagle. He was not to be denied today, snatching up one little guy for breakfast. The coot had hoped to escape by diving deep but to no avail… the predator bird dove just as deep.

Jan Armor

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Glorious moon set

Gorgeous setting moon over a quiet Indian Lake, a far cry from the same one that had whitecaps and a howling wind just the day before. Indian Lake has many modes.  

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ripples in the pond

Like kind or angry words, a pebble ripples across to a distant shore.

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When the sky meets the water

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