Lightroom Workflow for Editorial Photographers

Lightroom was created with the photographer's workflow in mind. Unlike Photoshop, it can manage all of the necessary tasks photographers need to deliver a final product — importing, organizing, developing, and exporting — all within one app. Mastering the workflow functions within Lightroom will ensure that you spend more time behind the camera and less time in front of your computer.

Editorial photographer Jake Hicks has created a 500px Class that will teach photographers how he uses Lightroom's tools to maximize his time. Below is a preview of the Class tutorial, "Lightroom Workflow for Editorial Photographers", in which Hicks demonstrates his process for adding contact information to all of his photos by using a metadata preset upon import.

Join Jake Hicks' "Lightroom Workflow for Editorial Photographers" Class to learn techniques for optimizing Lightroom's Library, Develop, and Export modules. This class is more than a basic Lightroom tutorial; it's a deep dive into the application from the perspective of an editorial photographer that will greatly improve your workflow. He will be participating in a live Lightroom demonstration on Friday, Oct. 6th, 3pm EST. This is your chance to ask Jake all your Lightroom questions and pick up some new tricks.

500px Classes are free for 500px members with an Awesome, Pro, or Pro+ membership.

About Jake HicksJake Hicks is an editorial and fashion photographer based in London UK, specialising in keeping the skill in the camera not just on the screen.

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Photographers, Beware These Fake Gig Scam Emails

Some of you are familiar with the "Family Reunion" scam email that floated around a couple of years ago. Well, I recently received an email and after some digging, I wasn't the only one to have received it. Many other photographers have received this same new email.

The first email went as follows:

Hello,I saw your photography portfolio online and would like to learn more about your services. I'm looking for an experienced photographer to work with on an ongoing blogging and articles.I'm compiling shots for hypebeast.com "fashion page" segment and the online fashion magazine is looking for professional and reliable photographers who want to create stunning images to feature on our website- Hypebeast is particularly looking for outdoor and urban looks.If you're interested this project, it is important to understand few details about the project. These are:

You will be required to work with 2 models.

There will be 3 outfits per model, 5 looks for each outfit, which totals 30 looks/images.

Outfits/Wardrobe will be supplied by us.

Location, date, and time will be fixed by you.

We want 30 professionally taken pictures in High Res Digital Copies.

Delivery date: Oct 30th.

Compensation: $2200 ($700 upfront and $1500 final payment).

You will hold full image right (Licensor)

As the photographer we want you to handle other aspect of the gig and dictate the creative direction. If you can handle this, please reply with your full name/Business name (to be written on your payment and contract), phone number, and address. Click of the link for a sample of my work: https://hypebeast.com/2017/9/stampd-website-relaunch-limited-edition-products-lookbook. I will forward a contract to be signed by both parties.

Regard,Patrick Montes

A couple of things caught me a little off guard on this email: grammar, spelling, and the fact that he saw my "portfolio" and yet does not know my name or my studio's name… So I sent him a few questions to see what the reply would be…

Hi Patrick,Studio's name is *****, I have a couple of questions for you just to clarify things.Do you want us to handle finding and hiring the models?Would you like the images digitally delivered through dropbox or similar.Will you ship the outfits to our studio for the models and do we ship them back at the end of the shoot.Our studio's mailing address is ********My direct number is listed below.Thanks

His reply was even worse than his first email….

Hello ***(Actually found my name),

Thanks for the reply and the interest to work with us on this project. Your works are really impressive and aesthetic; I would like to work with you on this gig. There are few details you need to know:

Wardrobe will be picked by our stylist based on urban trends for the fall season and delivered to you. We expect you to shoot in an urban gritty or/and natural outdoor look with clean product focused images; I'm attaching some pictures as samples.

You will have to do little retouching if pictures can be taken with natural lighting. Final images will be 300dpi or larger, mix of rectangular and verticals, to be delivered via file share or dropbox. Images will on be used as an editorial content on hypebeast.com for 12 months.

An agency will provide a male and a female fashion model, makeup and hair stylists. The budget for the project is $6800 (photographer gets $2200 and $4600 for the talents). You will be paid $700 upfront plus the talents budget while your balance payment will be paid after sending us proof that the job has been done; usually watermarked images.

Photographers we hire usually take on the responsibilities of coordinating the shoot, selecting location, and disbursing fees. An advance payment of $5300 will be issued prior to the shoot; this covers your upfront ($700) and fee for talents' fee payable to their manager

If you're comfortable with the above, please reply with your name (to be written on your payment and contract), phone number, and address.

Regards

After visiting with a few people about this, this email has been floating around with some variances — there are "different people from different publications" sending it out, but it seems like they are targeting more professionals with this one than with previous scams.

Always be wary and on the lookout for scams. If it seems too good to be true it probably is. Also, Nobody should be having YOU the photographer forwarding any money to anyone.

About the author: Jim Bunger is a director of Professional Photographers of Nebraska (PPofN). Bunger went to college for digital video production in 2007 in Arizona. After returning home to Kearney, he started his video production company in 2009 and after transitioning into DSLR's for video work, he added photography to his studio in 2012. Bunger specializes in commercial work and off the wall projects and enjoys challenging himself to learn techniques in lighting and post-production then breaking traditional rules that create unique works of art. He is a father to three great children, Marissa, Corey and Marrae.This article was also published here.

Source: Photographers, Beware These Fake Gig Scam Emails

Lightroom Workflow for Editorial Photographers

Lightroom was created with the photographer's workflow in mind. Unlike Photoshop, it can manage all of the necessary tasks photographers need to deliver a final product — importing, organizing, developing, and exporting — all within one app. Mastering the workflow functions within Lightroom will ensure that you spend more time behind the camera and less time in front of your computer.

Editorial photographer Jake Hicks has created a 500px Class that will teach photographers how he uses Lightroom's tools to maximize his time. Below is a preview of the Class tutorial, "Lightroom Workflow for Editorial Photographers", in which Hicks demonstrates his process for adding contact information to all of his photos by using a metadata preset upon import.

Join Jake Hicks' "Lightroom Workflow for Editorial Photographers" Class to learn techniques for optimizing Lightroom's Library, Develop, and Export modules. This class is more than a basic Lightroom tutorial; it's a deep dive into the application from the perspective of an editorial photographer that will greatly improve your workflow. He will be participating in a live Lightroom demonstration on Friday, Oct. 6th, 3pm EST. This is your chance to ask Jake all your Lightroom questions and pick up some new tricks.

500px Classes are free for 500px members with an Awesome, Pro, or Pro+ membership.

About Jake HicksJake Hicks is an editorial and fashion photographer based in London UK, specialising in keeping the skill in the camera not just on the screen.

500px: 500px.com/jakehicksphotographyFacebook: Facebook.com/jake.hicks.photographyWebsite: Jakehicksphotography.com

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Twelve Photographers Come Together to Create a Heart Warming Fantasy Book For Sick Children

The Get Well Tree is the latest touching project from the talented collaboration The heART Project. Many of the previous projects have been featured here. Each one brings amazing artists and sponsors together to help bring love and smiles to a family that has experienced some form of hardship. This time the project follows two childhood cancer survivors on a fantasy journey through a dream-like world. 12 photographers came together to create a 14-page photo storybook staring these two heroic little girls.

The two young girls met while both undergoing treatment for childhood cancer, becoming close friends during the two and a half year process.  Evie Gleeson age five and Indy Dawes age four are both now cancer free having fought off the illness. Wanting to use their story to inspire hope in other children, they posed for each photo in front of a green screen working with each photographer to bring that story to life. 

The heART Project is a collaboration between award-winning photographer Karen Alsop and Creative Producer Adam Cubito. Coming together, the team set out to create a magical fantasy land for the girls in the form of a beautifully illustrated photo storybook. Each photo a story that Evie and Indy would act out in a green screen studio while digital artists skillfully illustrated the fantasy realm using stock images from Adobe Stock. The team of artists headed by Karen Alsop brought together a passion to change lives, bring the story to life. 

The final book, The Get Well Tree, was created in hopes that it would be a comfort for other children who are unwell as well as their parents in what is often a stressful time. The book was officially launched October 2nd at an event at Monash Children's Hospital where 50 books were printed by ZNO.com and gifted to children in the cancer ward. Seldex Artistic Albums donated beautiful fine art boutique versions of the book to Evie and Indy's family. 

"This book means so much to Evie and Indy and their family.Their joy when they saw it for the first time was so moving," Alsop said, adding, "We now have an opportunity to share that hope with other sick children all over the world with the public release of The Get Well Tree."

Credits

The heART Project: Lead photographer Karen Alsop, Producer Adam Cubito

The launch event was supported by Adobe Australia, Moo Australia, True Fairies, Casey Radio, and Small Print Design.

The Get Well Tree was created in conjunction with The heART Project Team of Brian Bird, Brittany Long, Jacqui Griffin, Joanne Manariti, Karley and Nikki Miller, Mandy Smith, Victoria McKay, Yvette Martinette, Sharee Alchin, and Rosie Appleton.

Background images were proudly provided by supporting partner, Adobe Stock.

There is now a Kickstarter for The Get Well Tree book to help spread and continue printing. If you want to help support the project or get your own copy check it out.  

To donate or order your own copy, visit: http://kck.st/2xwGfbb

Images used with permission from Karen Alsop.

Source: Twelve Photographers Come Together to Create a Heart Warming Fantasy Book For Sick Children

Pro Photographers Share Their Secrets for Taking Perfect Travel Shots

Near Le Grand-Bornand, Haute-Savoie, France

Gear: Linhof Master Technika, Schneider 135 mm lens, Gitzo carbon tripod

Settings: 160 ISO, f/8, 7-minute exposure

"This was shot in the French Alps as part of a series I did called "Full Moon," which features moonlit landscapes. I was staying at a ski resort and decided to go shoot by a nearby frozen lake. I wanted to get very sharp details and capture a lot of different tonalities despite the dark, so I shot this series on a large-format camera, and I used a low-ISO film so the photo wouldn't appear grainy. When you're doing a very long exposure like this, you need a tripod and a night with no wind — even a little tremble will cause a blurred image." —Roberto Frankenberg

Source: Pro Photographers Share Their Secrets for Taking Perfect Travel Shots

Photographers Show Us What Not to Do in This Funny Fail Compilation

As slick as we may think we look, the truth is there are times when we simply fail as photographers. Thankfully, another photographer is typically nearby to capture your failure in all of its glory.

Professional photographers are beacons of astute timing, precise judgment, and creative decision making. We're often well-dressed and cool like the breeze. We're certainly not the type to be caught with our hand down our pants or with a finger up our nose. Right?

If you've been in the photography business for long enough, chances are that you've bumped into someone while shooting, tripped over curb while walking backwards, or perhaps you've made the ill-advised decision to scratch that pesky itch at an inopportune time. It's all part of the game when you're grinding it out as professional photographer. How you deal with your slip-up is ultimately what determines whether it was a happy little accident or an utter failure that will take years to live down. 

If you're unable to laugh at yourself, or simply need a reason to chuckle, take the next five or six minutes to observe what not to do, brought to you by photographers that learned the hard way.

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LaGrange photographers featured in exhibit in Greenville

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