Occupy Providence

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Lightroom  for Facebook

Kathy and I did a little walk about Providence yesterday. Shot 150+ images as we played tourist. Random… anything that caught my eye including a few Occupy Providence. When we got home I edited, rated, and processed them in Lightroom. What a program! I swear, every time I use Lightroom I am amazed at what I can do with it. For sure, it has changed my workflow and improved my photography. Here's the "3 star" shots I chose. (Ditched the one stars, saved the twos and wished for fives but found none.) Set images to some free music and created a very short movie (1 minute +) in Final Cut.  Take a look!

My Lightroom class at Newport Art Museum begins on Feb 16th… discount for early registration. Please spread the word. 

Happy New Year to all!
Jan Armor

Sunset on the lake

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December 30th, one day left of 2011-- very still, 55 degrees, surprise sunset.We had a nice day shooting around Providence and thought since it had clouded over we were not going to see much in the way of a display this evening… Surprise!!!! another gift from nature.  Happy New Year all. 
Jan Armor
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Dirty Pictures-- The Movie

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The "Dirty" Pictures Movie
Here's a short (1 minute) video I put together in Final Cut that illustrates the power of blending layers, so called "Dirty Pictures." All of the visuals were done using Lightroom and Photoshop. The striking model is Eve. I love the way she projects and connects to the camera. Great shoot! The music is a creative commons track from ccMixter, a website where one can use high quality music tracks without the problem of copyright infringement as long as not used commercially. The vocal is Susan Joseph… great voice.

Jan Armor


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Once In A Blue Moon

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When the cold weather sets in and I'm not teaching, it's time for some layer art in Photoshop. A sky from last January 15th, and an old black and white image from yesteryear, combined with a full moon from a few weeks ago. (May be able to use this in my class on "Transformational Texture Overlays" next March. A good example of stacking and blending.) 

Jan Armor
A Picture (almost) every day on my blog: http://janthephotoman.posterous.com/

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Another "Dirty Picture"

It's amazing what can be achieved by creating layers, and blending them artfully together.  I probably should really call my upcoming Dirty Picture Workshop at the Newport Art Museum "The Layers Workshop" because by learning about Photoshop's layers one can create an infinite variety of effects by overlaying and blending textures, type, or other pictures. Here's one I did last night -- "Untitled 2" (Just couldn't think of a title.) I blended 5 layers together over some antique bottles I shot yesterday afternoon.  Info here:  http://www.armorphoto.com/classes/classes.html

This shot with an old Canon prime lens at f/1.8. Love the shallow shallow depth of field.

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Jan Armor
A Picture (almost) every day on my blog: http://janthephotoman.posterous.com/

Classes and workshops 
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