Sarah came to stay this weekend, and we had a lovely time! We went shopping, watched films, chilled, and we treated ourselves to some cookie dough ice cream, which was amazing! We also found a nice little Costa Coffee shop, with a downstairs which had some really comfy sofas, that you just sink into when you sit in them. I think I'm going to have to get books from the library and do some research there!
The weather over the weekend was very strange, it was sunny and clear blue skies on Saturday, which was beautiful, and on Sunday it was misty all day, and had that dusk/evening feel. I love shooting in these kind of misty conditions; it makes for some very mysterious photographs! On our walks, I took a couple of photos of Sarah that she liked, and we saw a coach parked in the middle of one of the parks near Woodhouse Moor. This is one of the more random things that I have seen since being here in Leeds I must say!
Today in my digital workshop, Paul (the tutor) shared some tips on how to create a digital workflow working with RAW files. This included; ensuring that you try and do as much as possible at the shooting stage, post production, saving and organising your files, getting the best results from your chosen output (printers) and backing up your files. Paul suggested, rather strongly, that we all get our computer screens colour calibrated, so that when we work on our images, the colours and tones appear how they should do. The devices that are used to do this calibrate screens to an international standard, so wherever you go to process digital files with calibrated screens, the colours will render the same within a very small tolerance. I'm going to look for a calibrator that works with OSX Lion, so I can calibrate my screen properly. I apologise to those of you that do have calibrated screens, as I know that the colours in my photos will probably look funny, and you might think I'm colour blind. This should hopefully change soon!
Anyway, I need to get on with some work, so I shall stop procrastinating, and get on!
Enjoy!
G
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