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Just a quick comment about Lightroom- very powerful and a lot imo a lot easier to use than learning Photoshop -intuitively developed for photographers as opposed to graphics folks. The best free place to learn Lightroom would be right here http://www.slrlounge.com/ A free course that starts at the beginning using excellent vidieos and going to great depth. I have taken several photoshop (elements) classes over the years and got nowhere. LR is the way to go. Thanks, Irv Mortenen
Does Equipment Matter? (Indigestion)
This morning, B&H announced some rebates on Canon Rebels. And I found myself composing a sardonic little notice to the effect that 96% of photographers could probably do everything they needed or wanted to do just fine with a Rebel, a 3100, or a K-r—and 96% of the other 4% could get by with one ...
My sympathy - I restored (as best I could with little money and lots of creativity) a family bungelow in Wallingford (then an affordable neighborhood in Seattle). With care I poisoned myself taking off years of failing paint with scrapers and heat guns(Lead in the 80's wasn't so scary) and repainted in 3 colors of white, grey, and charcol (approved in the Northwest). After I sold it, the new owner painted the house in 5 primary colors. Twenty years later it has the same paint job and I rarely drive by without wincing!
OT: The Worst Remuddling Job in the History of the Universe
- Remuddle, v. (portmanteau from "remodel" and "muddle"), to remodel a building or room in a way that obscures or destroys key aspects of the original design. - A person can approach the world and the experience of life in innumerable ways. Approaching experience from an essentially aesthetic st...
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