I really enjoyed spending the last few days with Catherine. I find it so refreshing that two people from different parts of the world, with different backgrounds and different lives can come together and be joined together so seamlessly by a mutual love of photography. It was a pleasure getting to know her and her beautiful family, and it was fun to talk shop, trade lenses, share knowledge and be able to hand my camera over to someone else without having to check and change a bunch of settings before doing so (we both shoot with Canon 7d's). Catherine was so generous with her time and talent, and I'm looking forward to putting some of her suggestions into practice.
I'm cheating a little today and using a picture that Catherine's husband took of us with her camera that I downloaded to my computer, but it's the only time we thought to take a picture together, so I figured it's OK because I was telling him what to do, and so was Catherine, so poor John was doomed from the start but never let it rattle him. Plus, if Catherine uses the same or similar photo, it'll be fun to see how she processes it.
I hope you enjoyed your trip to Texas my friend, and until we meet again, may the light be with you.
Here are some of the things I learned from Catherine:
- not to fear RAW (I'd never shot in RAW ever until the first day Catherine was here and she challenged me to turn my settings to RAW... and I haven't turned it back to JPG since.)
- how to use my speed light (metering and bouncing light)
- some fun tips on processing in LR (I'd never used curves or tone adjustments, so that was fun...and oh the endless possibilities there are now with using RAW files)
- I need to break out my 70-200mm and use it rather than letting it just sit in my camera bag
- And I need to take some photos and post about my "Wild" neighbors (and believe me when I say they're wild!)
- not to fear RAW (I'd never shot in RAW ever until the first day Catherine was here and she challenged me to turn my settings to RAW... and I haven't turned it back to JPG since.)
- how to use my speed light (metering and bouncing light)
- some fun tips on processing in LR (I'd never used curves or tone adjustments, so that was fun...and oh the endless possibilities there are now with using RAW files)
- I need to break out my 70-200mm and use it rather than letting it just sit in my camera bag
- And I need to take some photos and post about my "Wild" neighbors (and believe me when I say they're wild!)
I'm cheating a little today and using a picture that Catherine's husband took of us with her camera that I downloaded to my computer, but it's the only time we thought to take a picture together, so I figured it's OK because I was telling him what to do, and so was Catherine, so poor John was doomed from the start but never let it rattle him. Plus, if Catherine uses the same or similar photo, it'll be fun to see how she processes it.
I hope you enjoyed your trip to Texas my friend, and until we meet again, may the light be with you.
11 comments:
I am so glad you two got to meet and spend time together. Sounds like y'all had a great time! Yay for switching over to RAW! Can't wait to see what you do with what you've learned. And hear about/see the "wild neighbors ;-) Love this of the 2 of you!
How neat that you two got to meet!!... what a treasure. This is a great picture.
Oh what fun! I would love to meet a fellow photog blogger in real life. I think you and I would have a blast together! RAW really is the best!
That's wonderful. It's great you found a photog friend to expand your horizons. You're both beautiful.
What fun to see two of my favorite bloggers here together! It looks like you had a wonderful time together. That's extra special that you have the same camera. You are both so beautiful here!
what a beautiful shot of the two of you! it sounds like it was a great time for the both of you!
So fun - what a joy to meet and learn from each other! Lovely pic of both of you.
Thank you my new friend! We had a great time -- so glad to have met you and your lovely family. More later--hoping to catch up on blogging soon!
Awwww, you guys got to meet! That is so wonderful and I'm so jealous. ;) So glad you two were able to do that. I hope to be able to do that with you ladies at some point and time. :) Love this photo of you two and so glad you two could bounce ideas and knowledge off one another. Such a wonderful experience.
I love this! No pressure for Catherine's husband getting advice from the pros. ;)
Thanks for sharing what you learned, I really enjoyed reading that. I hope to try RAW soon as well. I've heard such wonderful things about it.
Such a special photo to have! Yay for RAW!!! I love it as well and haven't turned back. My husband is now looking into additional storage options ;) You mentioned you were talking about me while editing with Catherine....I'm a bit nervous as to what you were talking about ;) Seeing all the fun places in TX makes me want to visit even more!
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