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Lightroom Workshop

Lightroom Workshop This workshop is for beginers and intermediate user who usually shy away from shooting RAW and using Post Processing tools, the workshops aims at enhancing your knowledge of RAW processing using the Develop Module in Lightroom 4. LR4 powerful process engine improves your images straight from the camera to a more professional feel and sharp image.

Topics covered

Day 01 (31st May, 2013)

* Importing & Organizing Image

* Learning the Menu, Shortcuts, Toolbar feautres

* Developing and Editing Image

– White Balance – Exposure – Tones – Sharpening – B/W Conversions – Image correction –

* Slideshow & Printing

Day 02 (07th June, 2013)

* In-depth on Library Module

* In-depth on Developing & Editing Image

* Using Presets

* External Editing using Plugins (Potraiture, Color Efex, Photo Ninja, Photoshop)

* In-depth Exporting

What to bring:

* Your own Laptop (fully charged for the session)

* Make sure you have installed LR 4 (demo can be downloaded via http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index … oshop_li...)

This course doesn’t cover in-depth knowledge on any of the above mentioned plugin, however steps to export to different plugin application and basic steps of tweaking in different filter shall be covered.

Venue: Better Books Library, Hall 1 – Basement. Near to Gulf Mart (earlier Sanbouk Supermarket), Salmiya

Time: 09:30 am – 12:00 noon

Workshop Fee (both session inclusive): Members (Kd. 15), Non-Members (Kd. 20)

How to Register:

* Shutterxpose members can confirm their attendance in Flickr Group. Payement to be done on or before 31st May, 2013

* Non-Members can Register by sending a confirmation email to admin@shutterxpose.com. Payement to be done on or before 24th May, 2013

* No Refund on No show

Enquires

* For any further enquires, Please send an email to admin@shutterxpose.com

Photo Shoots & Workshop 2

Camera Lens Abbreviations Explained

Camera-Lenses Every Camera lens manufacturers use general acronyms, abbreviations and terminology to best identify lens characteristics and its overall performance. At times they are confusing and as an amateur photographer you would have a daunting task to choose from.

I’ve listed below few lens brands with their native abbreviations and a short description. Hope this helps.

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Earth Hour 2013 – Kuwait

Kuwait Team 4 Global Warning over the last few years have successfully organized Earth Hour event in the State of Kuwait. Earth Hour has grown from a one-city initiative in 2007 to the world’s largest campaign for the planet, uniting hundreds of millions of people across 7001 cities and towns in 152 countries and territories and is still growing.

Earth Hour is held on 23rd March, 2013 at the Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmed International Stadium. This would be a full day event with the organizers going in for the countdown with the preparation and other activities to make the event success, although the focus of attention would be at 8:30 pm, when the event would be marked, encouraging households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for 1 hour to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change.

ShutterXpose team were part of the event last year and will be participating this year too as a part of our self commitment to Earth Hour.

Here’s the Official Video of Earth Hour 2013

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Nikon D7100 DX Camera Announced

Nikon has just announced the Nikon D7100, an update to the existing Nikon D7000 DSLR camera. Many DX users were anticipating for the high-end line up in the form of a D400 which was quite actively rumored to be on the horizon, but now seems to be just a rumor.

The new D7100 boost of 24.1 MP DX-format CMOS sensor without an OLPF (AA) filter, better ISO Range, EXPEED 3 image processor same as on the D4, D800 and D600 Full Frame Camera, High speed 6 frames per second, 2,016-pixel RGB (3D Color Matrix) metering sensor, 3.2-inch LCD display that is accompanied by an OLED display within the viewfinder itself and the Twin SD, SDHC, SDXC memory card compatibility.

If you intend to continue using DX body or if you are a new photographer looking for a DX camera, the D7100 is worth a buy in terms of specs, also note the earlier Pro-DX body has never had any updates in the last 4-5 years and the chances for a Pro-DX body release (if there has to be one) looks quite in the distant. The D7100 is available for Pre-order with Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR DX Lens for $1599 and the body alone for $1199.

Check Nikon Press Release [link]

Download Nikon D7100 Brochure in PDF format [here]

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Nikon Lens Rebate Until 02 March, 2013

If you have been waiting to buy Nikon lens, this is right time to purchase and take advantage of the offer. Nikon has been promoting its rebate program for a while now, they have recently launched a new rebate program starting from 17th Febrauary, 2013 with savings upto $350 on selected Nikon lenses. This recent program was heavily rumored by Nikon Rumors couple of weeks back. Well, Nikon has done it wisely this time since earlier if you need to classify for the Nikon rebate program, a purchase of DSLR camera was mandatory. Check on the discounted price [here], there is a wide range of choice to choose from Normal to Wide angle to Telephoto lenses. The rebate program ends on 02 March, 2013.

The offers are available at B&H Photo Video, Adorama, Amazon, Cameta Camera and Best Buy

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Is This The Greatest Image on Earth?

Dubai-360_panorama_view — Click on the image to view the Dubai 360° Panaroma View

A 2.5 Gigapixel 360 degree Panorma gives “Cruise-eye view” from the pinnacle of the world’s tallest building.

It is arguably the greatest image on earth – a 360 degree panoramic view from the very top of the tallest building on earth, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. The giddying image shows the view across the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from 828 metres above sea level captured in high resolution using some of the most advanced techniques in digital photography. It’s the view actor Tom Cruise made famous as he sat at the tower’s peak during the filming of Mission Impossible Four, ‘Ghost Protocol’.

The image has been released to celebrate the second Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Photography Award (HIPA), which will take place in Dubai in March. The award, the world’s richest photography award, will see prizes totalling $389,000 and attracts entrants from 99 countries. The grand prize awarded by HIPA is $120,000.

“This is an extraordinary image taken from an extraordinary location. It reflects the goals of HIPA, to extend the boundaries of photography and celebrate images of unusual beauty and quality that are truly outstanding,” said His Excellency Ali bin Thalith, the General Secretary of the award. The panorama takes in Dubai’s many landmarks, including the iconic Burj Al Arab hotel, the world’s biggest mall, the Dubai Mall and the Meydan Racecourse and shows the remarkable growth of a city still on a fast track to developing as a business hub and tourist destination.

The image is composed from over 70 individual photos. Dubai based photographer Gerald Donovan created the shot using a mechanised panoramic tripod head to take a series of 48 panoramic images, each shot at a resolution of 80 megapixels. These were then stitched together with manually shot images to ‘fill-in’ gaps caused by equipment installed at the top of the tower such as the lightning conductor and aircraft beacons. The result is an image that can be zoomed, tilted and rotated, giving viewers a sense of how it must feel to sit atop the world’s highest building.

The top of the Burj Khalifa, developed by global property developer Emaar Properties, is over 200 metres above the highest point reached by the building’s elevators, which reach the 160th floor at speeds of some 10 metres per second. The tower’s celebrated public observation deck, At the top, Burj Khalifa is on the 124th floor. The journey to the pinnacle involves a steep ladder climb within the 200-meter spire that crowns the building.

Check the video

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Nikon Celebrate Its 80th Anniversary

Nikon_80 Years Nikon Corporation celebrates the 80th anniversary of the launch of its NIKKOR photographic lenses this year.

In commemoration of NIKKOR’s 80th anniversary, Nikon hopes to strengthen and increase awareness of the historic and reliable NIKKOR brand with various promotions in 2013. The first step toward achieving this objective is the creation of a NIKKOR 80th anniversary logo that will be used in Nikon product brochures, advertisements, and various other forms of communication. The anniversary logo will embody NIKKOR’s image of taking the lead in every age based on optical technologies developed over its long history.

NIKKOR’s history began in 1932 with Nikon’s (then Nippon Kogaku K.K.) registration of the NIKKOR trademark, soon followed in 1933 with the first shipment of Aero-Nikkor aerial photographic lenses. Since then, Nikon has continued to develop lenses for both film and digital cameras. Always loaded with cutting edge optical technologies of the times, NIKKOR has grown to be a brand known for high-performance lenses.

In celebration of its 80th Anniversary, Nikon has released a special video to show behind-the-scenes look on its lens manufacturing process. The video follows the process from creating the glass through to the final assembly. To read more on the brand history, click [here]

NIKKOR 80th Anniversary Special Movie

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