Comments on: My Workflow: The Magic of Presets http://www.ascenicworld.com/2009/08/13/my-workflow-the-magic-of-presets/ Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:21:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: João http://www.ascenicworld.com/2009/08/13/my-workflow-the-magic-of-presets/comment-page-1/#comment-2004 João Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:33:19 +0000 http://www.ascenicworld.com/?p=1050#comment-2004 Hi, I am replying to a post you've made a few weeks back. You asked if your pictures touched anyone the way music does or books do? The answer is yes. Your pictures do touch me. Here what I posted in my Portuguese blog, the other day: http://fisterra.blogspot.com/2009/08/amadores.html Very rough (and funny) Google translation from portuguese of the text: "The addiction to attend discussions on the forums of photography and anything else leads me to see pictures of many anonymous ... that very popular site for sharing photos is done over 3000 uploads per minute, is easy to find much good. And also very bad thing ... What is more rare, is to establish an emotional link to the photos of someone. But it happens. One case is Keith McCall, whose photos tripped one of those forums. That site of photographs is a popular nickname of "aravis121" and maintains a site / blog with the excellent name ascenicworld.com. If they see the pictures it will say to me that are just natural. She does not hide, sharing their techniques of manipulation in software, on her blog. What interests me is that I set such a emotional relationship with the photos / her work. The name "aravis121" set itself in my brain in the midst of so many omissions. Most of the photos you share are 365 projects, or projects in which people share a daily photo. Many of these are self-portraits, more or less subtle. In time, I think I fell in love with her face. After 365 +365 +43 days I have not tired, I think she is getting better. It seems that we are witnessing a development of an artist in real time. Now I would not have discipline / skills to maintain a 365 and much less like myself enough to do self-portraits." I have posted here once a while ago. But it is time to show my apreciation of your work again. Best Wishes, João from Portugal My humble photoblog: www.codaque.blogspot.com PS: Jan, one of the reasons I stick with Aperture is exactly because of the way presets are handled, I like to have small presets for sharpening, highlights and shadows, etc. But I am test driving LR because I don't want to buy a new computer just to run Aperture. Still I do love the Aperture interface. I didn't like how Adobe treated my Olympus (E500/E3) files, but then this guy (www.huelight.com) developed a camera profile that emulates oly's Raw engine almost perfectly, so I am looking at Lightroom again. Hi,

I am replying to a post you’ve made a few weeks back. You asked if your pictures touched anyone the way music does or books do?

The answer is yes. Your pictures do touch me. Here what I posted in my Portuguese blog, the other day:
http://fisterra.blogspot.com/2009/08/amadores.html

Very rough (and funny) Google translation from portuguese of the text:
“The addiction to attend discussions on the forums of photography and anything else leads me to see pictures of many anonymous … that very popular site for sharing photos is done over 3000 uploads per minute, is easy to find much good. And also very bad thing …

What is more rare, is to establish an emotional link to the photos of someone. But it happens.

One case is Keith McCall, whose photos tripped one of those forums. That site of photographs is a popular nickname of “aravis121″ and maintains a site / blog with the excellent name ascenicworld.com.

If they see the pictures it will say to me that are just natural. She does not hide, sharing their techniques of manipulation in software, on her blog.

What interests me is that I set such a emotional relationship with the photos / her work. The name “aravis121″ set itself in my brain in the midst of so many omissions.

Most of the photos you share are 365 projects, or projects in which people share a daily photo. Many of these are self-portraits, more or less subtle. In time, I think I fell in love with her face.

After 365 +365 +43 days I have not tired, I think she is getting better. It seems that we are witnessing a development of an artist in real time.

Now I would not have discipline / skills to maintain a 365 and much less like myself enough to do self-portraits.”

I have posted here once a while ago. But it is time to show my apreciation of your work again.

Best Wishes,
João from Portugal

My humble photoblog: http://www.codaque.blogspot.com

PS: Jan, one of the reasons I stick with Aperture is exactly because of the way presets are handled, I like to have small presets for sharpening, highlights and shadows, etc. But I am test driving LR because I don’t want to buy a new computer just to run Aperture. Still I do love the Aperture interface. I didn’t like how Adobe treated my Olympus (E500/E3) files, but then this guy (www.huelight.com) developed a camera profile that emulates oly’s Raw engine almost perfectly, so I am looking at Lightroom again.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.ascenicworld.com/2009/08/13/my-workflow-the-magic-of-presets/comment-page-1/#comment-2002 Michelle Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:27:13 +0000 http://www.ascenicworld.com/?p=1050#comment-2002 Well I see why you procrastinated. That must have taken forever to get it all done! Thanks for doing that. It was useful. :) Well I see why you procrastinated. That must have taken forever to get it all done! Thanks for doing that. It was useful. :)

]]> By: Jan http://www.ascenicworld.com/2009/08/13/my-workflow-the-magic-of-presets/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Jan Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:02:48 +0000 http://www.ascenicworld.com/?p=1050#comment-1992 This is one of the two things I wished Apple would incorporate in Aperture: presets that work on all pp aspects - in Aperture you can use presets, too, but you have to dial them in for each single aspect of the pp, say, contrat, WB, color saturation etc. Of course, I could (and do so) copy the entire settings from one photo to another, but that's not ideal. BTW, the other thing that is much better in LR are the color tools. Jan This is one of the two things I wished Apple would incorporate in Aperture: presets that work on all pp aspects – in Aperture you can use presets, too, but you have to dial them in for each single aspect of the pp, say, contrat, WB, color saturation etc. Of course, I could (and do so) copy the entire settings from one photo to another, but that’s not ideal.
BTW, the other thing that is much better in LR are the color tools.

Jan

]]> By: Keitha http://www.ascenicworld.com/2009/08/13/my-workflow-the-magic-of-presets/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 Keitha Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:57:52 +0000 http://www.ascenicworld.com/?p=1050#comment-1991 Yay! I was just about to email you when I saw you'd commented. I've been meaning to do this since you emailed me, and you see how long's it taken me....I'm telling you, I'm the ultimate procrastinator. I just hope it was useful! Yay! I was just about to email you when I saw you’d commented. I’ve been meaning to do this since you emailed me, and you see how long’s it taken me….I’m telling you, I’m the ultimate procrastinator. I just hope it was useful!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.ascenicworld.com/2009/08/13/my-workflow-the-magic-of-presets/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 Michelle Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:35:07 +0000 http://www.ascenicworld.com/?p=1050#comment-1990 Thank you! I was trying to understand it and was kind of not getting it, so I totally understand now. Thanks for doing that. Seems a lot easier! Thank you! I was trying to understand it and was kind of not getting it, so I totally understand now. Thanks for doing that. Seems a lot easier!

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