Adobe Lightroom 2 Tutorial - Pt 3

this video cont to show how to edit the lighting to get that perfect finish. i havnt got lightroom but use a programe called roxio but works nearly the same. this will help bring out the colours in my photos and enhance them out.

Adobe Lightroom 2 Tutorial - Pt 4: Color

this video cont to show how to edit the lighting to get that perfect finish. i havnt got lightroom but use a programe called roxio but works nearly the same. this will help bring out the colours in my photos and enhance them out.

Adobe Lightroom Tutorial - Pt 2

this video cont to show how to edit the lighting to get that perfect finish. i havnt got lightroom but use a programe called roxio but works nearly the same. this will help bring out the colours in my photos and enhance them out.

Adobe Lightroom 2 Tutorial Pt1

this video shows how to edit the lighting to get that perfect finish. i havnt got lightroom but use a programe called roxio but works nearly the same. this will help bring out the colours in my photos and enhance them out.

comparing and trying to get the same work as eric hamlinton

eric's work

with eric wok i wanted to capture using low light areas with out drowning it out with using any flash  and capture all the colours, patterns and texure. 

my work!!

with my work i have gotten this with two different events and two different lighting as the 1st ones are in a much brighter area with the djs desks has been lighten up and easy to take the image of the dj showing all the texure and detail of her. now the 2nd one, there is no light at all and i didnt want to drown it out with my flash as i till need a flash and diffures to help with this but he has the light that he uses to see what he doing on his desks so i use this to give this effect and illumate the areas i wanted which help quite alot.

part 2 Eric's work

Eric photos have inspired me with colour, lights, the mood and to capture people out in there true colours. seeing people that just let there hair down, being different and very creative in them selves is what i like taking photos of. these are the few photos that Eric has done and would like to bring this into my own design of photography, i be explaining what i like and what i think of what captures my eye in these photos and will explain in detail of shape, colour and depths of these.

with all these photos i have notice how he captures all colours and definition of shapes and detail with all his pictures. i notices that he angles them lower or above his target to get his effect of depth and making his picture more bigger and more more of a impact to them. he capture the fun and expression of joy of the pictures, he makes the background much darker to give a more detail of the people he takes and bring them brighter to get them to be the focal point. capturing the shapes and patterns was a great way of showing the lights from the night life which was great way to show of the theme he wanted in his photos. his main thing he wanted to show was fun, joy of people and seeing there true colours of nature and he capture this in all of his photos. to do this he explains how he uses no flash and uses the lights around getting the right angle he needs to capture this. he has use and back light on some of his photos to get the right lighting when he has no other light to help but doesn't drown the background with the flash which ruins the effect on the photo. with some of his photos he does blur the lights to give off sense of movement and base hump from the music, this even helps with making the target the main focus to in the photo. Eric has given me and glance of how to take great photos within in a dark and active place and i love to take photos like this, it will be a difficult task to take photos in these condition but with Eric work, this has shown me it can be done and be alot of fun.

Light control technique:how to create black background part 1 eric's work

Drown out ambient light!!

Eric explains about setting your shutter speed to at least 1/250, for most indoor lighting. 1/250 will do the trick, who ever he suggested to shoot faster if the light is bright, or there is sunlight coming through the windows. most flashes will finish firing before your shutter closes, so you can use your shutter speed to control the ambient exposure without interfering too much with your flash exposure settings. he has suggested to set the settings to:

shutter speed:1/250

aperture f/13.0

ISO 100

my first intentions/purpose of my photos is to take night life photography so trying this method will help with the details of lights and colours within the photo, to capture the mood of fun and  inspiration of the atmosphere of the event.

my reason of the selection of the theme is night life is always my thing of passion. i love capturing fun, Adrenalin rush and joy of people faces that give me that kick to do this theme. including i already take photos for a local bar so plenty of space to try these new skills.

i will be taking photos at blush on saturday 9th for there hollywood night and see how this new way will come out for me 

photographer Eric Hamlinton

BIO OF ERIC

Eric Hamlinton is a full time professional photographer in salt lake city utah. He has been doing photography and using SLR camreas for 15 years.
The Cameras and lenses he uses are:

Nikon D80 10.2 Digital SLR

Nikkor 18mm-155mm f/1.5-56 len
Nikkor 50mm F/1.8D portrait lens
Nikon SB-600 speedlight flash unit

including he has been working on digital images for 8 years.

He has built the first digital photo lab on Oahu and co-founded the sparks arts: digital arts festivals- an annual event held in salt lake city Utah. He has managed the photography and music competitions for the event. He has been the driving force behind the vision and goals of the sparks arts organizations. he has specialize commercial and editorial fashion, glamor and night life.