Posted on April 19, 2009 10:56 PM | Comments (0) | Send To A Friend
After re-scheduling *way* too many times due to snow, rain or hail, it was great to FINALLY meet your amazingly beautiful family!
Whether anyone would admit it or not, every family wishes they had pics like this ;)
Blessings on y'all.
dq
YY3 Workshop only SEVEN DAYS AWAY!!
Posted on April 19, 2009 10:47 PM | Comments (0) | Send To A Friend
We're totally AMPED to hang with some of the BEST photographers in the world next week at YY3!
For everyone attending: Huy's taken the time to put together the schedule which you can find here.
There's also lots of great testimonials from past YYer's on that link.
Yes: it all sounds too good to be true.
Yes: we've stoked to have so many of the industry's most respected photogs attending.
Yes: we're gonna rock their world ;)
Side-note to YY3er's: Homework is due this Wednesday!!! Also, please check the post on FWF regarding gear to bring so we can fun with some guerilla lighting techniques :)
Can't wait for the party to begin!
Posted on April 16, 2009 10:24 AM | Comments (1) | Send To A Friend
Thank you for the QuiKeys love!
It's been a bit crazy around here keeping up with QuiKeys orders and updates, but it was great to be able to take some time to hang with our boyz.
We spent Easter Weekend being tourists in our own city and scoping out new shoot locations. Fun!
Nikon D700, 35mm (f2), 720ISO, f8, 1/3200
Nice to take some time to fly kites :)
Posted on April 08, 2009 10:03 PM | Comments (5) | Send To A Friend
Phew! It's been a whirlwind of activity these past weeks getting the latest-greatest QuiKeys Mac update done. I'm happy to announce we're ready to ship!!
It's a HUGE release, including changes to QuiKeys' layers system and notable additions to the RAW Module. Changes include ....
NEW Dedicated Lightroom LIBRARY Module Layer.
This entirely new QuiKeys layer includes:
+ Culling and sorting: ergonomic flagging, starring and Quick Collection tagging in LR. Bonus: also includes basic tagging for Photo Mechanic users!
+ Industry-best ergonomics: one-key access to all Quick Develop tools including Temperature -/+, Tint -/+, Exposure -/+, Recovery -/+, Fill Light -/+, Black -/+, Brightness -/+, Contrast -/+, + Clarity -/+, Vibrance -/+, Sharpness -/+, and Saturation -/+
+ Dedicated Auto Tone and Auto WB keys.
+ Zoom tools for Thumbs and Loupe mode: zoom in to inspect images for sharpness and detail.
+ One-key access to Copy, Paste, Sync and Previous settings.
Updates to the QuiKeys LR Develop Module include:
+ New order of Basic Adjust Tools: by user request, we've put the tools in the order they appear on screen.
+ New Dedicated keys for Local Brightness -/+ presets: now you've got a choice of brushing in 4-stops of Exposure or Brightness; Choose Exposure when you need more dynamic range and Brightness when you don't want to clip your highlights!
+ New feature: QuiKeys now allows on-image adjustment of local changes AFTER they're applied.
+ New Targeted Adjustment Tool: Your eyes never have to leave your image with QuiKeys' new on-image curves adjustments.
+ Updated DQ Lightroom Presets: Tweaked for better B&W's and additive vignettes which work better over a larger range of images.
To harness the power of the all New QuiKeys, we've created a comprehensive suite of 17 HD tutorials covering installation and every feature for both the new LR Library Module and updated Develop Module layers.
We didn't stop there: We've also packed tutorials giving a complete overview of our RAW workflow including backup strategies, use of dual monitors, Camera Defaults and Quick Collections and how to best take advantage of LR's most powerful local enhancement tools to get your images to a level of finish fast ... without compromise.
If you've been looking for the ultimate workflow solution, I'd like you to meet the new QuiKeys.
Current QuiKeys Users: Just send me an email to (dave [at] dqstudios [dot] com) to see how easy it is to upgrade to the latest, greatest QuiKeys EVER.
RAW never looked this good ;)
More coming soon ...