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James Brown @ Chumash, April 25th, 2005

published by DwightMcCann on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 6:19pm

Since Kalle says he's made improvements to posting here I am going to try it again with a few James Brown images. I shoot mostly at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, USA. Part of my agreement with the casino is to generate a "Collage Artwork" for each event ... how this requirement came about is odd, particularly since I am not particularly artistic and I spend half my post processing time beating myself up over these things. Anyway, this is by way of explanation for why I even have these pieces.

#1

#2 I know this crop is bad ... I didn't really see what was going on in the background ... these days I tend to use many more focus points and would likely not get this effect.

#3 The large black block onto which I have put my logo is a monitor not a PP'd area to make the logo stand out! :-)

I have linked to three images and checked the img tags so we'll see if I can now post! The preview worked properly ... finally! :-) The post appears to have posted correctly, too, so I hope this is a good omen.

#4 Here's a full stage shot that I am editing in after the above all seemed to work correctly.

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Comment & Critique - Live, Backstage, Promo, etc

Submitted by Rene Damkot on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 8:04am.

Fun to see some of your older work...

You have improved over the years!
Some nice images here, but some akward crops, blown highlights and blown channels as well. I see that a lot less in your recent work ;)
Also, your newer collages are better.

Submitted by DwightMcCann on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 11:52am.

Thanks, Rene, we all like to think we are improving but sometimes it is a puzzlement, and all my small improvement seems to be the result of others flogging me into submission. Converting from JPEG to RAW by you is a good example. Using "cut outs" in the collages was forced on me by Chris Fritchie of Texas and making them less cluttered has been a constant request. Getting ever better equipment also helps. I also expect that my venue has improved mightily ... I know that they spend continuously on new equipment and technology.

So, I will be posting in this forum with the intention of getting more honest criticism and suggestions and help in improving further. I am still not converted to Photoshop from PhotoImpact which is a goal.

Thank you, Kalle, for all your extensive effort in creating this place.

Dwight McCann