Last week I heard about this Tedx talk given past lensman Kevin Gilbert on the importance of protecting your photographic memories (I don't desire share too much more than that, because I really desire you to hear information technology from him).

His talk, titled "The Lost Generation," is around 16-minutes long but it flies by considering of the wonderful images, the funny and often touching stories, and his engaging, fun presentation manner.

I promise y'all, this information technology volition be worth your while. Not merely will it make you think, it will probably put some swell things in motion for you, and information technology's sure to start your Monday with a smile.

Hither's wishing you all a fantastic Mon (if, ya know, in that location is such a affair. It'south kind of like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster).

Best,

-Scott

In the most contempo update to Artistic Cloud users, Adobe did something I merely did not encounter coming, and it'due south designed to allay the concerns of some Lightroom Creative Cloud subscribers (or potential subscribers). Spotter the video to a higher place start (it'southward really brusk) which explains what they did, and so I did a short Q&A below, which volition merely make sense subsequently you watch the video:

Q. Does this affect me if I bought Lightroom outright, rather than subscribed?
A. Nope. Not at all. This only affects folks who are using Lightroom through a Artistic Cloud subscription (either the full subscription or the Photographers Parcel).

Q. Then, if the scenario plays out like you said in the video, tin I all the same import photos into Lightroom?
A. Yup. You lot tin import and export (so, if yous're working with Raw files, you lot can still export out JPEGs or Tiffs. you tin can even print your images!).

Q. Why do you think they disabled the Map module?
A. That one had me stumped at first, just my guess is â" they would owe royalties to Google for part of the Map integration and if they're not collecting subscriptions they probably don't want to pay royalties. I haven't confirmed that with Adobe, but that'due south my guess.

Q. Practice you recall they'll exercise something similar for Photoshop CC?
A. If y'all had asked me Monday, I would accept said no. Today, I'm thinking they might do something similar. Makes sense to me, but again â" that's only my judge (accept non asked Adobe if this is in their plans).

Q. Does this mean that every time that I've opened either LR or Photoshop 2014 that its checking with Adobe to see if I'm paid up? (This question from Dave Cooley over on my Facebook folio).
A. No. Information technology checks merely once a calendar month.

Q. Hey Scott, I but bought your Photoshop for Lightroom users book! Information technology's peachy thank you! (that's another comment from my Facebook folio, this fourth dimension from Monika Rohfeld).
A. Monika, that'southward non a question, but I'm going to permit that slide considering any annotate that refers to my "Photoshop Volume for Lightroom Users" should exist highlighted hither every bit an example of "the perfect Facebook annotate," then thank you Monika. My Publisher thanks you. My children'southward college fund thanks yous. I thanks.

Q. If I already have Lightroom, can I still subscribe and get PS also? And if I cancel, the merely gone for me would be PS? (some other from my Facebook page. this one from Kellie Durbin Carey).
A. OK, that'south a toughie. Yous tin can subscribe to just Photoshop, but I believe information technology's actually more than expensive (like double) the cost of the Photographer'southward Bundle of Lightroom & Photoshop and Lightroom Mobile for $9.99 a calendar month, so hither's what I'd practice: Go with the Bundle bargain for $9.99, merely keep using your current Lightroom for now (don't update it to the Creative Cloud version of 5.5). That way, if yous cancel, y'all'll still take a fully functioning Lightroom. Yet, when Lightroom half dozen comes out (whenever that is), and so yous'll pay the total upgrade price.

Q. Tin can you nevertheless write xmp data to file? Then yous can use Bridge/ACR with settings that were applied in Lightroom? (Facebook comment from Susan Koppel)
A. I haven't tested it myself yet, only you can all the same write XMP files (that's a Library module role) so theoretically you could do only what you lot're maxim. Over again, oasis't tested it, but information technology makes sense. Good thinking by the way, Susan.

Q. This has nix to do with Lightroom, but I heard Joe McNally's new online class came out yesterday. Is it as good as everybody says?
A. It's better. This is a comment on Joe'due south form I saw on Google+ from Martin Gleixner "Hands downward – the best class ever I've seen on #kelbyone. Joe is unbelievable. Thank y'all so much for this great evening with Joe McNally." Saw this i on Twitter from @irishmikenyc: "Wow! Thank you so much scott & joe, this kind of info is just as or more valuable than settings n' gear." This i from Facebook from Jill Martin, "I didn't want to take my hopes up when y'all talked about it on the grid a week agone, but no worries, it was everything yous claimed it would be. Very good class. The unabridged year's subscription would take been worth it merely for this one form." Yes, it'due south that good. Here's the link: http://kel.past/TV6fFV

Q. You are so incredibly lucky that someone asked that question near Joe's class, right?
A. Ummmmmm, yeah. That was lucky, correct? (cough, cough).

Q. Hey, wait a minuteâ¦yous didn't ask that last one yourself did you?
A. Would I practice something like that? (don't reply that â" you lot're already out of questions).

Q. So does the LR news also mean any PSD files aren't orphaned & can exist seen/exported via LR if you loose PS west/o a subscription? (On my Twitter page from Steve Brazill – @razz2)
A. Yes, only your PDS files weren't orphaned even before this news considering you can open PSDs and view and print them in a dozen different programs. LR does like you lot resave as a JPEG, but at that place are probably others that practise, too.

Q. I'll stay with my non subscription version on my Mac. (David Hays from my Facebook page).
A. Thank you for letting me know. That'due south really helpful?

Q. Adobe listened when a lot of us were annoyed when CC was released. Kudos to them.  Not bad company! (from Kevin Graham over on my Google+ page).
A. Not a question Kevin, but I'one thousand still running it here because I'thou happy to see someone acknowledging that Adobe made a big positive pace by doing this. This is a good thing â" it adds a safety internet for subscribers â" many of whom I felt had a valid business organisation and I'm glad Adobe addressed it the way they did. A footling amazed, but glad. However surprised they left the Spider web, Slideshow and Print modules intact.

OK, that's the large news from yesterday â" (well, that and Joe's class which I think was pretty big news). Hope you all have a fantastic weekend, and we'll see yous back here on Monday. :)

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I recently had the opportunity to embrace a sold out loonshit bear witness for the band 3rd Mean solar day, who gave me full access to do pretty much anything I wanted. Today I want to share some of those shots with y'all, equally well equally my experience covering the show. I likewise recently shot some band portraits for another creative person that I'll share after the concert stuff.

Equally presently as I got the telephone call asking if I was bachelor to come to Atlanta and cover the Third 24-hour interval evidence, and being told I would accept total access, I knew I wanted to set up a remote camera on phase to capture the view of the band performing with the sold-out audience as well. I set information technology up during the band's sound check (every bit you tin can see in the examination shot above) using two Manfrotto Magic artillery (i to hold the camera and some other attached to the rails and arm property the camera for added security/back up).

The camera itself is a Canon 5D Mark III with a 8-15mm fisheye lens at 15mm, and I put the biggest retentivity card I had in it to make sure I didn't run out of card infinite during the show as I wouldn't have admission to it to swap out cards. Since this was my beginning time setting upwardly a remote camera on stage, I just took a guess at the settings and hoped information technology would piece of work. I went with Spot Metering, Car ISO with 1/250 every bit the minimum shutter and 12,800 as the max ISO, and f/v.6 only to exist safe on depth of field.

To trigger the camera, there's a PocketWizard Plus Iii in the hot shoe and connected to the remote port with the appropriate cablevision, and I had some other PocketWizard Plus III in my front shirt pocket that I used to trigger it during the bear witness. I could have put the PocketWizard I had on me on 1 of the cameras I was conveying if I wanted the on-stage camera to shoot at the same fourth dimension I was shooting, but I opted not to.

This immune me to capture some key moments during the show from a unique perspective, also as show the size of the crowd. These guys aren't doing too badly for a band that's both been effectually for over xx years, and information technology'south still 4 of the founding members!

It'southward e'er a privilege to shoot soundcheck, then hither are a couple of my favorites from that:

The ring invited some friends to join them for the show, including one of my other favorite bands, Needtobreathe, who were also in town for their own shows at The Tabernacle that weekend and stopped past for a couple of songs:

And here are a few more of my favorites from the evening:

And at the stop of the show, I went on stage to become a shot of them facing me with the crowd behind them:

It's a absurd experience existence able to shoot for a band that you grew upwards listening to and can now call friends, so I'm hoping to have the privilege of shooting for these guys more in the future!

Speaking of friends in a band, my buds in Preson Phillips recently released a new album and needed some shots to help promote it. They wanted a shut up, kinda harsh and gritty expect, then here's what I wound up doing for them:


Preson Phillips (aka Tommy), singer, acoustic guitar


Nate Murray, bass


Mickey Holm, drums


Tim McTague, i of a few dudes who play rotate on electric guitar

I mainly used all constant lights for these shots; 2 Westcott TD6s with strip banks on either side and a fluorescent band light (mainly for the catchlight in the eyes). The groundwork light was an Elinchrom BRX 500 with a reflector aimed at the white wall behind them:

So there you take it, a expect into a couple of my recent shoots. Hopefully some of this was helpful and will inspire some creativity in yous too. If yous have any questions, exit a comment and I'll do my best to respond every bit soon as I tin can!

You can see more of Brad's work at BMOOREVISUALS.com, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

A few years ago, Matt and I started a project to answer a question we've been asked again and again: "I already have the Bridge & Camera Raw â" w hy should I switch to Lightroom? " or"I idea Lightroom was but the same equally the Bridge and Camera Raw."Uggh! It kind of like saying "I already have a kit lens â" why would I want anything else?"

Information technology'south particularly frustrating because Lightroom has so many advantages over the Bridge & Photographic camera Raw â" it's a whole different earth, but Matt and I know there'due south merely no fashion to explain that in just a few words, and that'south why way back in Lightroom 3, we created this side-past-side comparison called "100 Ways Lightroom Kicks The Bridge (and Camera Raw'southward) A$$!" where we created 100 short, straight-to-the-point videos (30 to 60-seconds each) that make it all crystal clear.

That way, people could go directly to the topics that interested them near (since I incertitude anyone would watch all 100, or would be willing to sit through 100 when they but needed a few to change their mind).Note:There is a piffling forward button at the top right corner of each video, which you can click to take you to the next video, in instance you want to lookout all 100.

> Hither's the link.

Why Now?
Because it came up once again on last calendar week's episode of "The Grid" (the aforementioned old questions and misconceptions) and with Adobe's Creative Deject Photographer's Bundle now a permanent function of Adobe's product line (You get Photoshop CC, Lightroom v and Lightroom Mobile for $nine.99 a month), I thought it was fourth dimension to revisit that list, even though Lightroom has added tons of new features since we created that original site (at the very least, spotter the brusque intro that Matt and I put together to go you started).

By the way, you tin download acomplimentary thirty-day fully-working trial version of Lightroom 5 from Adobe, and requite it a whirl yourself (download link for Mac & Windows) â" yous'll super-dig it ( I cannot tell you lot how many emails nosotros've gotten from people effectually the world who have thanked u.s.a. for turning them on to Lightroom over the years). Hope yous discover it helpful.

Have a bang-up Tuesday everybody! :)

Best,

-Scott

DISCLAIMER: This story has nothing to practise with photography, or Photoshop or Lightroom or anything like that. It's merely almost my altogether, which was crawly because I have an awesome wifey, which is what the story is about. Only and then you know.

It really started Saturday nightâ¦
So, the wifey and I are sitting around the kitchen tabular array Saturday evening when I see an email come up in with those words from Delta I long to hearâ¦"Your upgrade is at present confirmed." I causeless it was for a business organisation trip I have coming upward to New York in the adjacent calendar week or so, but then I wait at the dates and it says Sunday, July 6th.

I'thousand  looking at information technology,  and I say out loud to Kalebra, "Could I take accidentally booked a meeting on my birthday?" She doesn't respond but when I look over at her she has this big smile on her face. She says "Tomorrow forenoon I'm taking you and our son up to New York Urban center to gloat your birthday!!!"

Well, I was psyched!!! First, I love birthday surprises (especially the kind Kalebra plans!!!) and I honey to travel, and I love New York, and I just about to burst! Now, just to give you lot an thought how perfect this day is about to become, all 3 of usa got the gratis upgrade, and my son is only Silver Medallion (Delta's everyman loyalty ranking for frequent flyers), merely he still got the upgrade. That rarely happens! This mean solar day is so gonna rock! :)

I didn't bring a cameraâ¦
It was a birthday trip, so I left all my camera gear at home and took these shots with my iPhone (that's looking up at Rockefeller Center. Also known equally xxx Stone, or the GE Building, and it'southward also abode to NBC).

Get-go stop â" Acme of the Rock!
My son hadn't been to New York since he was a little boy, so our first stop was to visit the rooftop observatory on the top of Rockefeller Centre then he could see the magnificent skyline.

Above: I have to acknowledge I was a petty stunned when I picked up the tickets for the lift ride to the summit and saw it was $87 for the three of u.s.. Ack! Apparently that deterred no one â" it was packed up at that place and there were long lines  but to go upwards and once more to come back down. It made me desire to get in the observatory business concern. ;-)

Merely what a view upwards at that place!
I've ever gone upward to the height of the Empire Country Building in years by, but then yous don't get a view of the coolest building in the skyline, because yous're continuing on it. At xxx Rock, you run into the whole shebang (Notation: Shabang is a registered trademark of Peter Hurley Industries and is used under a written agreement signed in blood during a ritualistic conclave for the Purple Club of the Sacred Squinch).

Above: I did some iPhone panos, likewise but I liked this regular ol' shot best. The iPhone is great in dainty daylight.

Higher up: Next finish â" Scarlet's on Due west 44th (Mmmmmmmm, Carmine'due south!). Information technology'southward my favorite restaurant anywhere! (I know, I know, there are amend Italian Restaurants in NYC, apathetic, blah, blah, so at that place's no need to tell me [once again] that it'southward just  for tourists and and then tell me where I should go next time instead and all that, because I just love that place! The wifey and my son beloved it, too. Their Chicken Scaloppine is insane!).  Anyway, they just opened i in Vegas (in the Caesar'due south Palace Forum Shops) then I might get to eat in that location again in September. Whoo Hoo!

In a higher place: The wifey got this shot of me in Ruby-red's basking in the glow that is Ruddy's!

Lunch was but incredibly delicious, simply subsequently lunchâ¦
Information technology was off the Sam Ash â" the amazing musical instrument store. Past the way; nosotros have a number of Sam Ash stores right in my hometown, simply not like the original one in New York. Information technology was guitar heaven!

To a higher place: iPhone pano of the fancy room with guitars that I never buy. The guitars I purchase are out in the main showroom â" this is where they keep the "expert stuff."

Above: That's me with my birthday present â" a brand new, 120th Anniversary Edition, Gibson Les Paul Classic! I was pretty blown away (to say the least).

Above: Here'south a closer await. If yous're coming to Photoshop World Vegas, you'll see me playing information technology on stage at the attendee party where I'll be playing with my ring, "Big Electric True cat."

That's right â" "Kalebra for President!"
She takes me in the room with "The skillful stuff" then I can pick out a guitar as my altogether present. How awesomely insane is that!!!!

I had been looking at this very same Les Paul online (I've always wanted a black Les Paul ever since I saw Peter Frampton playing ane during his original "Frampton Comes Alive!" tour which I caught in Lakeland, Florida back in similar 1976, though his actually has three pickups â" there's an extra 1 in-between the two you see hither). Anyway, it's being shipped to me today â" should be here by Wednesday. Mega-psyched!

Above: the cast of "Motown: The Musical." I took this iPhone shot (I didn't use a flash or anything) and an usher ran over to me and near took my head off, and while she's yelling at me, flashes are going off throughout the audience. I didn't contend or anything (especially since the iPhone isn't slap-up under these types of lighting situations) I just put my telephone away, but merely so you know, I did stick my tongue out once she was gone and made a grumpy face. That'll teach her! ;-)

Time for a Broadway Show!
After Sam Ash, the wifey takes us to see "Motown: The Musical." It was awesome and she got us just dandy seats â" six rows dorsum from the stage, center, on the aisle! Fantastic music (of form), good story (learned lots of things I didn't know about Barry Gordy and Diana Ross and the Motown family). Plus, actually not bad dancing and staging. Really a fun show all the way around (my son really loved it)!!!!

One more thing! A quick end at Junior's for Cheescake!
The conditions was beautiful (about 82° with a nice breeze and low humidity), so we sat outside at Junior's and it was a perfect stop to the day (and I split an awesome slice of cheesecake with my son).

Having my son come along (our girl stayed home with Grandma â" she'due south still a little too young for a whirlwind day similar this, and a long Broadway prove of songs she's never heard), really fabricated this day so special for me (and he totally loved the trip; especially the show, and the drum department at Sam Ash, and Carmine's andâ¦heck, he liked it all. He'due south a lot of fun to travel with).

Even a perfect day comes to an stop
Afterward Junior's we headed correct back to the airport where we had landed but nine hours before. Before you knew it, nosotros were back domicile (where I'k sitting on the couch writing this now).

Although we definitely celebrated yesterdayâ¦
â¦today's my actual birthday, so I'm taking the day off today to recoup. LOL! Hey, you simply turn 38 once, right? ;-)

Thanks for letting me share this story with y'all today
â¦the story of my mega-awesome wife surprising me with a perfect day â" and one I'll never forget!

Hope your day today is every bit equally adept! (but without the whole getting older part, which we can probably do without, though Kalebra says getting older sure beats the alternative). :)

Best,

-Scott