Front Burner

While I've posted 2 videos on Lightroom News recently, I've been mildly, and unintentionally, neglectful here.
I've a number of projects on the go taking my time. Along with tech editing a book, I'm also rewriting my own current project for all the changes since Lightroom 2 Beta came out. This stuff takes time, especially the screen captures, which I really want to have nice photos for! I was in Portumna Forest today shooting bluebells, so hopefully they'll feature in something soon! I've also got an upcoming Develop article for the Professional Imagemaker (the SWPP society magazine) to write.

The new Flash based gallery is almost complete, actually it's more than complete enough to release, but I want to add another feature first, which means learning a little more Actionscript first!

Now a few quickies:

One of my favourite photographers is Mark Tucker. For years he provided insight and wisdom on the old Rob Galbraith forums, but left before the changeover. Now those were great forums and I loved them deeply for the wealth of talent, information and community there, but I couldn't see myself paying for them with so many free forums. Anyhow I see Mark has recently added a new gallery to his people portfolio: Mark Tucker / Little House on the Prairie. The expressions/moments he has captured are nothing short of stunning and inspirational, not to mention the sumptuous colour in his post processing (no, I don't know what he's using, but I know PS is involved in his texture based stuff). Enjoy.


Videos: What would you like to see next? Local corrections? Basic Beauty retouch? More short tips and tricks?

Visiting the west of Ireland? Drop me a line, I'll be happy to give you locations to shoot, and if I'm free/out and about, I'm happy to help.

Starting Young: Joey Lawrence

Eiffel Tower by Joey Lawrence (Used with permission)

A long time ago I came across a photoblog called G8. A lot of people thought it was just one photographer, but in fact it was a collective. The images varied quite a lot in theme, but one of the things that caught my eye were the superbly thought out and processed images of people. The key instigator of these images, as it turned out, was 16 year old Joey Lawrence. He's 17 now and doing a lot of commercial stuff, not to mention traveling about a lot. You can see all of his G8 images here and check out his website: http://www.joeyl.com. Recently he's been shooting a lot of promo stuff for bands. Along with his great eye and lighting skills, Joey is a fantastic post processor. He easily gives plenty of the old boys a run for their money. Well worth a look!

I believe Strobist.com will also be posting about him shortly.