Recent content by justyn

Hi One of my contacts is looking to rent out a studio in Chinatown to a photographer: Details: Top floor of a shophouse - so nice high ceilings and a door at the bottom of the stairs 1000 sq ft of space (includes a separate room for an office and a toilet) 3 studio flash units, softboxes...

Hi I've been approached by a hair salon in KL to do some promo pics for them. Does anyone know any freelance models (female) in KL? Please drop me a line: justyno@yahoo.com Tks Justyn

Hi Unfortunately, pushing the sharpness will mean that you lose a lot of detail and end up with ugly halos around things. If you are using Photoshop then there is a filter called "Add Noise" that will do a nice job. You can find it under Filters > Noise > Add Noise Experiment to see...

Hi All The Bigger Tiles plug-in mentioned in the support link from the previous post is extremely useful. It only takes a few seconds to do and will make any computer with more that 1Gb of RAM work better with PS CS2. DO NOT do this if you have 1Gb or less - it will cause crashes. J

Hi If you shot on RAW, then you can adjust the shadows, which darkens the areas around the brighter fireworks and helps reduce the amount of visible smoke. Cheers Justyn

Hi CS2 has got a collection of new features including useful tools such as the red eye brush (see above), the spot healing brush, smart sharpen, and the vanishing point tool. All of these are great, but perhaps the most useful tool is the ability to work directly with RAW files. Some of these...

Hi Now that I have had a chance to have some fun with the camera: I can highly recommend the camera, but only if you think that the trade-off of performance for weight is worth it. I don't mind the extra weight, and since I tend to be a bit rough on my cameras (I do quite a lot of travel...

I haven't noticed any greenish tint to the LCD, but I will have another look at it when I shoot next. Justyn

Hi I had a similar problem with 1d MkIIN's RAW files. You can try the Camera RAW 3.3 update from Adobe (Windows version here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3271 (this doesn't have the 30D listed, but it might work anyway), but if that doesn't help then you will have to...

Hi A couple of points... In Vegas you should definitely catch the Bellagio fountain show. You can get good pictures, but you will need to stake out a place between shows, before the crowd shows up. I would also highly reccommend "O" by Cirque Du Soleil, but no pics, of course. As far as...

Hi I read through the sportsshooter posts, and I think that in the first one they were referring to the MKII, not the MKIIN. The second set of posts seems to indicate that the problem has been resolved in the N. I have just had a chance to try out the N in a multiple-shot scenario and I am...

Hi Just a note of thanks for a very useful tip. Justyn

Hi I have heard about Lightroom... I have a couple of questions about it: Is it worth downloading? What exactly does it do? Thanks Justyn

Hi I had a very similar problem when I upgraded to CS2. The way that I fixed it was to uninstall CS2 completely and re-install. That fixed my problem and it is worth giving it a try... J

Hi I dunno if anyone mentioned this technique (I looked, but didn't find it) but what I do is: 1. create an adjustment layer and desaturate the image 2. Use the paint brush with black to paint onto the adjustment layer - this removes the effect of the adjustment layer so the areas that are...