On 1/30/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott Loveless wrote: > > >I guess I need to actually learn how to use Photoshop efficiently. > >Could you recommend any particular books that approach > >Photoshop from a photographer's point of view? > > Real World Camera Raw by Bruce Fraser. > Short version: Your main tool is Adobe Bridge - you treat Photoshop and > Camera Raw as "plug-ins" for Bridge. > Workflow is everything with wedding photography, or any photography > involving a large volume of shooting.
That book comes up in a lot of discussions around here. Everyone seems to love it. I'll pick up a copy soon. > >Any other advice for a wedding newbie would be greatly appreciated. > > Get a legal pad and draw a vertical line down the center of one page. > At the top of one column goes the groom's name and cell phone number > and at the top of the other the bride's name and phone. Make sure they > have their phones on 100% of the time for 48 hours leading up to the > ceremony (at which point they can shut them off <g>) and make sure they > have *your* cell phone number. > > Continue in each column listing names of the bride's family in her > column and the groom's in his. Start making mental notes of getting > these people in photographs. > > Under the family section of each column, list people in the wedding > party, bridesmaids, etc. in the appropriate column. > > Finally, write down the time and location for both the ceremony and the > reception. Get an address *and* directions and confirm the accuracy of > both for yourself before the big day. Get the name of whoever is > performing the ceremony and any rules he/she has for photography. > > I'll let others provide equipment ahd shooting tips... Thanks, Mark. That's a wonderful idea. I'll start working on that once the wedding is bit closer. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net