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Cleaning Up in Chinatown

Shooting in Black and White when Shooting RAW

I’ve written about this before, but this is one tip that even seasoned digital photographers don’t usually know. When shooting for black and white images, I shoot a regular RAW file with all color information. But t...
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Sunset at the Rail Yards

Lightroom 5 Beta Preview: Part 1

If you haven’t downloaded the new Lightroom 5 Beta preview, try it out this weekend if you have a chance. You can get it from http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom5/. It’s free and open to the public. I’...
by Chris Smith
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Kinzie Street Bridge in the Cars

The Advantage of Plugins Vs. Photoshop

Most of the time, I like to do my basic editing in Lightroom and anything more I do in Photoshop. But there are times when I’ll go to a plugin, which is when I default to the Nik complete collection. An argue I often hear...
by Chris Smith
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Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge

Taking Time to Remove Noise in a Photograph

I was hoping to get an idea of how much time people put into removing noise in their images. I’ve got a confession to make. I use Lightroom 4 for my noise reduction. I remember watching a video where Moose Peterson said t...
by Chris Smith
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Under the Flamingo

Four Steps to an HDR Image in Lightroom 4

I have been making many of my “HDR” images lately using one RAW file processed in Lightroom 4. Here is what I do. Lower the highlights Raise the shadows Increase clarity Add vibrance And that’s about it. Of co...
by Chris Smith
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Spring Night at Rockefeller Chapel

Painting with HDR on HDROne.com

I am excited about my latest article on HDR One. I learned early on that it’s difficult to take an HDR image and get rid of the parts that look bad. So I turned the entire process around. Using this technique, I start wit...
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