September 14th, 2010 → 10:29 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-marketing/google-top-10/how-to-reach-google-top-10-in-5-steps/.
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Today just a little challenge: how to grab quickly Google Top 10 Positions with “Vegetable Garden Design”, a tough but rewarding key word. I take the opportunity to demonstrate the power of Semiomantics by following step by step a typical niche blog set up using Semiomantics WordPress technology and scripts.
This post describes Step 1 of our 5 Step strategy
A keyword related domain is a clear advantage. “Vegetal Garden Design” being taken on TLDs I tried the next clsosest by using the plural: Vegetable Garden Designs as a .com.
I just got a cheap hosting for $35 per year with unlimited disk-space and bandwidth from ChiHosters.
Set up WordPress either by using Fantastico or manually.
This is what I consider the best publishing Framework … what else!
Look forward to the next step: I will now execute this one on the new site targeting Vegetable Garden Design
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September 14th, 2010 → 10:07 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
This site will focus Vegetable Garden Design as well as news, trends and Tips related to Vegetable Garden Designs. We will also review Vegetable Garden Designs and create informative media based content related to the design of vegetable gardens.
September 13th, 2010 → 12:32 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/vouliagmeni/vouliagmeni-back-to-school/.
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For once we start school in Vouliagmeni on a Monday. in fact, what elsewhere is called “starting school”, is just a sort of a “touch base with reality” issue in Greece.
On the first day of a new school year, you meet with your class mates, align in front of the school, get the popes blessing, some nice words from the major, and some organizational directives from the principal.
After that, which takes about 1 hour (of which the pope monopolizes 60%), you are free and off to the nearby park where parents have coffee and kids exchange their MSN addresses, facebook links and other really more important info than school can ever provide.
Coming back from far away and having been graduating from an American High School, this scene inspires for sure a lesson the Pope did not intend to teach :-).
Gregory Kasidokostas, the best mayor in Greece! In fact he is the only real mayor in this country as he has been here since Pericles, taking care of the nicest town in Greece, Vouliagmeni that is. Sure, Wikipedia will still stigmatize him as a Water-ski school teacher and throw him into the crowd of those who have some indirect links to affairs with Paris Hilton (’cause of his son, “Paris” called as well … try to get clear with this one). Fact is, Gregory has been the Mayor of Vouliagmeni for long (some may say too long) and yet, the place is still better than any other town in this country.
The guy to the left of Gregory is the School’s principal. I am not sure about his name since I have not heard anyone talking about him using a common name (Greeks use other expressions in stead of names … sometimes). Reminds me of my time in the USA, where nobody liked the principal. In any case, he is the man in charge of the show and you can only hope he does not throw his evil eye at your kiddo. And if he does, never mind, for as long as your son’s godfather is the Principal’s boss :-).
The best moment, after half an our of prayers, is when the pope dumps a bunch of Basil into sacred Water and waves it over the crowd of kids (and teachers).
Basil is a sacred herb. One more thing we have in common with Sikhs and Hindus. Beside the use in rituals we like it with tomato and Mozzarella for example.
These are the two teachers of the 6th grade classes of the Vouliagmeni Primary School, Michalis and Georgia. You see, as an intellectual parent you have to try to educate your children according to solid and true values; you sure cannot blame me for appreciating the fact that YorgoMan profits from the lucky choice (guess which one and if you cannot find out, ask Gene.).
After the ceremonial part and the handshake with the teacher, off we go to the nearby park for coffee.
The parents meet for coffee … takes at least 2 hours, while the kids play, discuss and more.
Finally everyone wishes a happy new school year and takes off for a Souvlaki.
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September 6th, 2010 → 10:37 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-media/how-to-take-sunset-photos/.[dropcap1]A[/dropcap1]gios is located in North Evia, just a few kilometers from the famous thermal sources of Edipsos. The below pictures from Agios have been shot in July 2010. The images from Astir Beach are from August 2010.
[frame_left]http://yorgonestoridis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/agios-sunset-L1020376-410.jpg[/frame_left]Evia located north of Attica; it’s the second largest Greek island after Crete. The best known place in North Evia is Edipsos. The curative thermal springs have been known for thousands of years; from the old Greeks to the Romans and more recently to Sir Winston Churchill, Onassis and many other well known personalities.
Sunsets are a beautiful natural spectacle. The ever changing light conditions under the declining sun offer great photographic opportunities and challenges.
Everybody can take sunset pictures, it’s not all that difficult: just point your digital camera and shoot … the automatic settings will do the rest. If you want however take a more stunning sunset, the one that knocks even an ice-bear out of his socks, then you may consider some of the following aspects and try them out.
In order to take a smashing picture, you need dust and or clouds. The red and orange colors result from micro-particles in the air. [highlight2]Dust[/highlight2] can come from anywhere, pollution helps to break light, smoke, fog and so on. A second element for great effects are [highlight2]Clouds[/highlight2].
[frame_right]http://yorgonestoridis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/sunset-in-agios-L1020017-410.jpg[/frame_right]Clouds add structure, interesting light effects and in as much as I am concerned, I prefer the cloudy sky to the straight gradients resulting from a cloudless and dust-free atmosphere.
Look at your scenery and decide what’s more important to you: the sky of the foreground. The more beautiful your sky the more of it you want to ban on your photo. In general it’s of good advise to follow the rule of thirds.
The first image above features two horizons: one in the foreground and one in the back-ground. The foreground horizon is placed about on the lower third line, while the back-ground horizon is at the boring 50% level. The sun is on the first third line from the left.
The second photo focuses clearly on the sky. The horizon is just below the one third line from the bottom.[frame_left]http://yorgonestoridis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/susnset-agios-L1020014-cut-300.jpg[/frame_left]
Applying the rule of thirds will help to focus on the essential aspects of the sunset and adds tension to the image. Of course there are always exceptions and you may find yourself in a situation where the totally balanced and centered approach will reflect tranquility and desired harmony; as usual, it will depend on the story you want to tell.
The sunset is spectacular and usually it becomes more spectacular if it’s seen in an interesting context. The foreground is what often gives the special touch” a few palm trees, a jetty, a bridge, people or most any object which adds a scale to your picture.
For the purpose of this post I add a photo from Kavouri beach in Vouliagmeni, where the focus is on the busy foreground.[frame_right]http://yorgonestoridis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/vouliagmeni-beach-2.jpg[/frame_right]
Your creativity is the limit.
It seems to be a commonly accepted rule, that foregrounds are represented as dark silhouettes, herefore your flash should be set to “off”. In some cases however it may be interesting to capture some reflections from a foreground, such as the ones you can see on the cars parked at Kavouri Beach or the small reflections from the town in the foreground of the first image from Agios above. [highlight2]Context matters and adds expression[/highlight2].
This is part of your composition. Experiment with the frame; make it wider or narrower depending on the story you want to tell. It’s better to frame when you take the picture than to cut the image in Photoshop or any other image editor. If you use zoom, make sure to remain within the range of your optical zoom and don’t use the digital zoom to preserve a maximum of quality, data and image size.
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In Agios I thought there was an interesting frame focusing on the sea, separating the island of Evia from the main land (Attica).
The image is full of harmony, smooth gradients and tints around the golden reflection of the sunset in the sea. The sky is of no importance here; it’s all a matter of light and tints in for my taste, very nice proportions.
This is probably the most important and also most difficult issue, namely with digital cameras. In automatic settings, digital cameras most often use matrix metering which is reflected by an average exposure and results in under-exposed photos. The issue is due to the huge extremes between highlights and shadows. [frame_right]http://yorgonestoridis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/sunset-in-agios-410-L1020373.jpg[/frame_right]
For best results, it’s recommended to use a a metering device and meter the two extremes as well as the environmental light and average in function of the priority set by your composition and the story you want to tell.
The best advise is: just experiment! There is never just one right exposure as different exposures will produce great results, however the effects are different. Again, it’s a matter of what you wish to express with your picture.
Professionals use bracketing and so may you. Most digital cameras have a bracketing function; when you shoot,the cam will take 3 pictures: one as per automatic or manually set metering, one with one F-stop higher and one with a F-stop lower. Say you take the picture at 1/60 s at f/8, the cam will take a shot at these settings, then one at 1/60s at f/5.6 and one at 1/60 s at f/11. You will then be able to select the most expressive shot.
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The trouble is in the highlights. Digital cameras’ sensors are very sensitive to light. The danger consists thus in overexposure of highlights which boils down to a reduced dynamic range in the light areas of your picture (lack of gradients, texture and structure).Your digital camera may have a iHighlight function,which may remedy or different presets for the white balance.
Sunset pictures as well as night photos are interesting subjects for HDR photography: shoot multiple shots from your tripod at different settings and mash them up in Photoshop with the HDR feature. The trick may help as the extreme light zones and the extreme darks may your camera cause to think for you (and that you definitely don’t want …) and select either priority. The camera’s choice will most often result in a loss of dynamic range throughout the spectrum, namely if you are shooting with a lower end point and shoot cam.
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This month’s Ycademy calls will deal with digital photography and on improving our quality as photographers and photo editors
Also we are working on Digital Photography with the purpose of building a high quality Stock Photo and Media Portfolio which will serve the needs of many a website developer as well as graphic designers in the need of new, fresh, unique and exclusive media content.
Our daily calls start at 8 pm London time (GMT +1) and they take place at our easy to use online live conferencing center.
For more info and joining Ycademy, contact [highlight1]Bianca Gubalke[/highlight1] directly from here:
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September 4th, 2010 → 8:37 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-media/photo-editing-exercise/.Editing a Photo has basically two aspects:
This post will deal only with the first aspect using a Photo ©2010 Laetitia Paris.
Tree ©2010 Laetitia Paris Original
What comes out of the camera is fundamentally good however the bright sky representing about 40% of the frame has it’s negative influence on the metering. The sky looks over exposed. The question is whether the camera sensor has captured color data which can be exploited.
Tree ©2010 Laetitia Paris Recovered Sky
The difference may appear small here in this down-sized image, however on the full size image it is substantial. The increase of blue tones in the sky impacts on the perception of the greens.
Of course Lightroom allows to intervene on selected areas; you can paint and tint your sky as you like (or use the Dark Skies Plug-in).
Tree ©2010 Laetitia Paris Painted in Sky
Tree ©2010 Laetitia Paris - desaturated
Lord of the Rings
Firenza
Autumn Glow
The above exaggerated examples show how the mood and expression changes depending on how we deal with the photo in the post editing process. The important question remains: what’s the story you want to tell and how can the photo best express the essence of the story, mood or atmosphere.
We will talk about the expression at the Monday call.
September 3rd, 2010 → 12:10 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-media/phot-editing-exercise/.To make things more transparent we will edit a photo step by step during tonight’s call. In fact we will all edit the same photo. Zo has sent in a Picture, the kind you just shoot out of your window towards the neighbor’s house, which is perfect for the purpose. As you will see the photo bears all the strong and weak points a ‘normal’ photo can have.
Photo by Zo
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We will spend one hour editing this picture using Lightroom. As the case may be we will find the time to do some post editing for various purposes.
Zo Color Image
Zo Old Timer
September 3rd, 2010 → 9:56 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
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At our recent calls we have been trying to crystallize a smart way to quickly edit digital photos. This post will resume the 3 steps we are following.
The camera calibration serves to correct systematic deviations inherent to the type and model of the camera. If you camera returns images which are too yellow or green, this can be corrected; the same applies to other lens corrections, like sharpness or distortions as the case may be. The corrections are saved as a Calibration Preset in Lightroom.
All photos you import from your camera can be automatically filtered with this calibration preset.
Astir Beach Snorkelers on September 2, 2010
This steps purpose is to recover a maximum of available data from your image. The image is brought down to a balanced close to ‘what you saw’ state whereas we try to recover data namely in the over exposed areas as well as in the shadow areas.
Most of the corrections are standard corrections by type of image (low-light, bright-light, sun-set and so on). These corrections can be saved as personal presets in Lightroom and you may then apply them to the corresponding type of calibrated image imported.
The corrections under this step do not yet tell the story or max-out the expression of the picture. They prepare the picture for best post-editing.
A good photo tells a story. If you shoot a landscape just before a thunderstorm, you may emphasize the the dramatic clouds with your editing tools for example. It’s about making the photo more expressive. When you shot the photo, you took it because nature was telling you a story; you ban that story in a photo and you try to express what triggered in you the emotion when looking at nature. If your picture can trigger that kind of emotion in a third person, then you have probably a good picture.
Seagull at Astir Beach
Don’t forget: the picture works only with visuals while in nature you are also experiencing sounds, temperature, humidity, smells and so on. Your visual image must therefore compensate for the absence of these additional sensations. Visual enhancements help to trigger a maximum degree of emotion or impression without exaggerating the effects. If you overdo effects, your image loses in credibility and you shift from photography to “art”, or “illustration” or what ever people often call their messed up production.
Also: keep in mind that editing for printing requires good density and saturation levels. The use online at 72 dpi means automatically a loss of 50% to 75% of points per inch; therefore, if you start out with a “thin” picture, it will only get thinner and flatter when publishing for the web.
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September 2nd, 2010 → 1:37 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/greece/the-best-beach-in-greece/.From my previous posts you guessed it: Astir Beach is my number one beach. And every day the dedicated staff and management confirm this statement… since 1960.
No reason to stay at home to watch the basketball World Championship at a vulgar boob tube; Astir’s mega screen with exceptional luminosity and resolution is simply the best.
SIpping your Mojito, connecting with the world through the Wi-Fi net, watching the Greek team winning and all this while doing maintenance on your sun tan … Is that what crises means in Greece?
All photos live by iPhone.
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September 2nd, 2010 → 1:04 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Smashing weather today again at Astir Beach in Vouliagmeni. Even an iPhone can take nice pics under these conditions.
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September 2nd, 2010 → 12:55 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Some clouds over Astir Beach in Vouliagmeni and great light create ideal photo conditions for the iPhone 4.
Posted from Vari, Attica, Greece.
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September 2nd, 2010 → 8:07 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-media/photo-editing-2/.[ hide ]
The purpose of this exercise is not to reach a final result but to prepare the image for editing and post-editing. When calibrating, we try to correct systematic shortcomings of our camera. When we edit, we try to drive a maximum of data out of our image, namely because the camera delivers jpeg files which compress away quite some data of which some can be recovered.
Once we have the best possible set of data, we can apply filters and presets with a foreseeable result.
The Original
Photo © 2010 Ute Schaedler original
Edited Version
Photo © 2010 Ute Schaedler edited
BW Version
Photo © 2010 Ute Schaedler edited bw
Post-edited Version
Photo © 2010 Ute Schaedler post-edited
Enjoy!
A somewhat more difficult sample in the sense that this image is not ideal for calibrating because of the color range and because it’s zoomed (114 mm in 35 mm equivalent). The image is therefore not at maximum sharpness or detail.
However, it’s a nice bird, worthwhile to spend some time on :-).
The Original
Photo © 2010 Bianca Gubalke as shot
Edited Version
Photo © 2010 Bianca Gubalke edited
Edited Version 2
Photo © 2010 Bianca Gubalke edited 2
Edited Version 3
Photo © 2010 Bianca Gubalke edited 3
Post-edited Version
Photo © 2010 Bianca Gubalke post-edited
No comment, let the yellow bird tweet!
More later.
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September 1st, 2010 → 1:46 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-media/digital-photography/image-editing-and-post-editing/.[ hide ]
Tomorrow, our call we will focused on Image Editing. For this exercise we need one photograph in original format as shot.
I order to be able to advise call participants individually, I would like to ask you to select your image (can be most anything, landscape, monument, animal, flower, portrait) from your collection and attach it to an email and send it to my email at yorgo(at)yorgo.net. Please make sure you send a photo as shot without any editing, cropping or clipping or filtering. Don’t even add Lightroom camera calibration filters.
Please send a shot which has been taken without zooming. In the worst case just set your cam on automatic and take a shot out of your next window without zooming and send that one.
The earlier you send your picture, the bigger the chance that we will have time to edit it and to help you with presets or filters which may serve your camera calibration and ’standard filtering’ for quickly develop and edit your pictures.
Recco Italy Photo © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis
Recco Italy Photo © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis
Recco Italy Image Black and White © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis
Recco Italy Image © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis
Image 1: as shot and delivered by the camera.
Image 2: basic editing – rotate the picture as the horizon was not horizontal and the verticals bend to the left side; a global vitamin pack gets the pic up to speed. As this is a heavily zoomed image, the sharpness and details cannot be recovered as should. That’s why we would like to get a image without zoom.
Image 3: Black and white version of version 2.
Image 4: Some post-editing to remove crane and construction works. This post editing job can be done much better: in this case I just blew in 3 strokes with the content aware healing brush from Photoshop CS5 – this takes exactly 3 seconds!
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September 1st, 2010 → 7:04 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-development/photo-media-stock-yorgo-nestoridis-development/photo-media-stock-pre-launc/.[ hide ]
Today as planned we will start populating the Photo Media stock platform. The pre-launch is reserved for Ycademy August Seminar Participants. Those concerned will receive a personal invitation by mail from Bianca later today.
Vouliagmeni from the Marina
During the next few days we will beta test the site extensively with the help of all venture partners. Today we focus on the sign-up procedure as well as on the identity verification. Also we will test upload capability as well as the resizing engine.
During the testing, the site will not yet be officially accessible from the home page link; please use the link contained in your invitation email.
Today’s task: Register with the site from the “Become a Seller” link on top right of the site and submit 10 Pictures for evaluation.
Bianca Gubalke and Zo Nicholas are the site admins whereas Bianca is focused on the Commercial end while Zo looks after Technical issues and Maintenance.
Join tonight’s Ycademy call where we will analyze the site’s behavior and give support where needed. Also we will set up your Venture Partner’s accounts based on your registration.
I am looking forward to a great venture!
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August 31st, 2010 → 3:45 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Today we start publishing the Photo Media Stock User Manual for Photographers. The Manual will lay down the rules and standards for photographers who wish to aubmit their application to the platform.
Ermoupoli Syros Greece. Photo © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis
Your personal information must be full and accurate. Make sure your First and Last name are printed correctly, as well as your Street Address, City and Zip. Fill in all required fields. At the end of the application process you will be asked to provide a state issued ID which must include a photo of you. (Pass, ID, Drivers License). This proof of identity must be in .jpg format. If you don’t have a scanner, take a shot with your digital camera and show us how good your Macro shots are.
If and when your personal information changes, please contact support to modify or adapt your file with us.
You will find the full size user manual on the platform at Photo Media Stock as well as on static pages on this website.
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August 30th, 2010 → 6:53 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/media-marketing-publishing/hdr-imaging-with-lightroom-3/.[ hide ]
High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDR) is a ” set of techniques that allow a greater dynamic range of luminances between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than standard digital imaging techniques or photographic methods” (Wikipedia).
The below exercise is a simple test, using only two images with different exposures.
Balux Glyfada 1
The image has been taken inside a room exposing it to feature the colors of the interior. As you can see, the consequence of properly exposing the interior leads to over exposed areas, namely on the table and then all over the background where we basically see only white.
Balux Glyfada 2
The interior is underexposed, however the background or the exterior area shows colors and details as the metering is set to render a clear image in the background.
Glyfada Balux HDR
After the merger we end up with a nice compromise which can be adjusted in post editing. Lightroom did a good job on the background as wel as on the table where we get now some of the blueish shine as a reflection from the external tones.
Balux Glyfada edited
For the purpose of this test I have just darkened the tonal range of the highlights a bit to see a real contrast to the previous image.
HDR imaging has become an easy task with Lightroom 3, even for beginners. The difference between the first and the last photo is simply smashing. The ability to edit HDR in Lightroom with just a few mouse-clicks will help many amateurs to get a more professional look to pictures featuring interiors.
Of course it’s also a great feature for night photography or anywhere where improved dynamic range cannot be reached with just one shot.
This and more we will demonstrate live and exercise with the participants at this week’s Ycademy calls as an add on to the Ycademy Seminar which took place during the past week-end.
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August 29th, 2010 → 3:42 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/greece/lightroom-3-presets/.Just 4 samples using some of my Lightroom presets for the purpose of the Ycademy Seminar.
Enjoy.
Ermoupoli Syros, Greece - Original
Ermoupoli Syros, Greece - Preset 1
Ermoupoli Syros, Greece -Preset 2
Ermoupoli Syros, Greece - Preset 3
Ermoupoli Syros, Greece - Preset 4
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August 28th, 2010 → 5:58 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoris-publishing/lightroom-3-quick-slideshow/.Smashing the new Lightroom 3 from Adobe. While many features useful for the professional photographer have been improved, Adobe has also thought of hobby photographers and laymen. The new edition of Lightroom makes online publishing a Sunday walk.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3
Smashing namely the new slide-show function which provides a quick solution for people who have little time and great ambitions.
Here is my test run, loaded to YouTube
Lightroom 3 lets you export slide-shows in different formats; unfortunately there is not much flexibility there and the presets are 3:2 formated. However you can get 720p and 1080p as well, producing thus a YouTube HD movie as per above.
You can also export your slides in PDF format.
The images used are 4000 x 3000 pixels. Lightroom crops and compresses and in as much as I am concerned, much of the actual quality and detail is lost. here is an excerpt of one of the pictures as it came out of the camera:
Original Excerpt
When looking through the pdf or the YouTube clip, you will easily notice the difference. The images are not crisp, nor sharp and color gradients are washed away. The pdf is better than the YouTube version which is due to the YouTube compression.
Note also the Copyright mark in the slide-show frame on YouTube: I should have used a bolder face type.
In spite of the above, I am convinced that with Lightroom 3 will be a great help in publishing for many people and save a lot of time in the work-flow related to basic web publishing.
We will experiment with Lightroom 3 at the Ycademy Online Seminar which will start in just about 3 hours.
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August 28th, 2010 → 5:38 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoris-publishing/clacton-airshow-2010-image/.[ hide ]
The Clacton Airshow 2010 attracts again loads of spectators and hobby as well as professional photographers. Taking a picture is one thing, getting it to the top of Google is yet another story.
Zo Nicholas has beaten them all with the publication of her images, using a Semiomantics XO Publishing Framework.
The topic is still hot and there are a lot of changes on the Google Top 10 on Clacton Airshow 2010 Images.
Here the first hot screen-shot I took last night:
Zo comes in right after the BBC and ahead of YORGOO on Google rank 2. Note at the bottom Ycademy.com on rank 10!
Zo Nicholas site is hooked to the YORGOO Publishing Network and she contributes to various publications. The effect is evident: the publishing power of the network assures rapid deployment and high visibility of content.
As you saw above, 3 top 10 entries in just a few hours. However the deployment was not over at this stage.
When I looked at the issue early this morning, the face had changed:
A second wave shows still 3 top 10 positions with Garden Route Publishing on the number 2 spot (Garden Route Publishing has just been upgraded to the brand new Semiomantics XO Media Framework which will be released later this year).
Surprise, surprise, there comes a good old YORGOO Blaster in as well on rank 2! and finally Ycademy, this time on rank 9.
Just an hour later, this is what I get right now:
Zo Nicholas on rank 5 and YORGOO Publishing on rank 10; and I am sure it will change again during the day as the deployment is not finished yet. Also I would expect this post to become visible soon, as well as another post I loaded the Destinations Expo :-).
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August 28th, 2010 → 4:59 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
The Clacton Airshow 2010 attracts as every year loads of visitors and as so often the Red Arrows are the absolute stars. The below images have been contributed by Zo Nicholas.
Clacton Airshow 2010 Image Copyright Zo Nicholas
Clacton Airshow 2010 Red Arrows Image Copyright Zo Nicholas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWiTM5A0ilY
Nice shot!
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August 26th, 2010 → 3:54 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/greece/syros-ermoupoli-by-night/.Not easy to take pictures in the busy streets of Ermoupoli. The great atmosphere and the pulsing life in Ermoupoli, the main town of Syros and at the same time the main town of all Cycladic Islands give you the impression of being far, far of from the stressed day to day life.
Best viewed in Full-screen mode and HD. Enjoy.
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