Collin and Beccy Hatcher Wedding

Collin and Beccy Hatcher Wedding

At Oskars in Cheraw, SC

Lightroom 4 Public Beta is Out!

Adobe Just released the Lightroom 4 Public Beta!!!

Get it free HERE

NAPP has videos of the new features HERE

The ones that excite me or basic video editing - I always have to hunt for a outside tool for even the simplest task like rotating (also knowing aperture does have this already I've been a bit jealous).  You can also publish to facebook, flickr, ect.

There is also  Book module and map module that they have added; I've always wished the Print / Web Mods were most robust and allowed for book creation... if this gives me the ability to build a decent album i will be static

The Map module is for organizing your photos by location and handling GPS data; I'm surprised it has it's own tab, but it is beta so we will see how it ends up.

from the adobe blog:

If you’re curious about checking out this public preview, there are several opportunities for you to watch a live demo with Tom and ask questions.

Tuesday, January 10 (FREE)
WHAT: Kelbytraining.com day of live webcasts with Matt Kloskowski and Tom Hogarty
TIMES: 7 am PST, 9 am PST, 11 am PST, 1 pm PST
VISIT: http://kelbytraining.com/unveil

Friday, January 13 (FREE)
WHAT: Tom Hogarty lunch hour live demo and Q&A (online session)
TIMES: 9 am PST & 12 noon PST
DETAILS: Check the EVENTS tab on our Facebook page – to be posted Tuesday morning (1/10) – for detailed instructions.

There are also eight new Lightroom 4 beta videos, hosted by Julieanne Kost – senior Digital Imaging evangelist at Adobe – available on our YouTube channel. Become a subscriber to catch all the latest video tutorials and behind the scenes footage from the team and our own Lightroom community.

Lightroom has been my absolute favorite piece of software for managing my photography and the vast majority of my edits; I can't recommend it strongly enough.

P365 2012 Week 1

I'm going strong so far with P365; I've shot every day and been very happy with the images. :)

Nora the Red

Had a BLAST Sat morning with my gorgeous friend Nora at the rail trail to get some photos of her stunning new hair color.  I think it's def her color!  Everything turned out just right; excellent light, wonderful model, and I got to test out the sigma lens.  Wonderful!

Project 365 Day 3: The Small Things

The Small Things

It really is the tiniest little things that brighten up the world for us, this caught my eye today and I just had the take a photo of it.. I know the little artist and she is as adorable as this is cute.

I thought the little splash of colors on this sort of reflect color that our friends and families make on our life, as we move forward in life inch by inch by inch it's nice to have little dabs of color to keep our spirits up :)

Project 365 Day 2: Resolutions

Resolutions

Like alot of the world I was at the gym starting on my resolutions for the new year... I started most of the a few weeks ago; couch to 5K and stronglifts 5x5 + a reasonable diet.  Also a number of photographic ones.  I also did some hard core new years cleaning.  I for one am ready to take on 2012! 

Project 365 Day 1: Cheers!

Day 1:  Cheers!

First shot of the new year; ready to toast to 2012... heres hoping for a great one! :)

My Favorite Shots of 2011

I had alot of fun in 2011; I feel like I really started seeking out the things I wanted to shoot.
I had a chance to work with some real pros and visit some pretty cool places, looking back over what I shot this year i'm very pleased.

Here are some of the shots that really stood out to me.