9. March 2011 by Tom Adamczyk.

My Isabella will be 4 years old next month.  After watching the “Spectacular Spider-man: cartoon for few months now she has decided that she will become Spider-man be swings high in the air and takes pictures.  Most of the days she grabs our little point and shoot but in this particular instance she got hold of my DSLR and started snapping…I can totally see a potential for an assistant wedding photographer in the near future.

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6. March 2011 by Tom Adamczyk.

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4. March 2011 by Tom Adamczyk.

Photoshop tends to be very challenging for beginners.   One way to speed up your workflow is to use its Actions panel, to apply certain styling to your images.  This is very easy to do, and Photoshop comes with some default actions out of the gate.  To apply action you should always duplicate the layer your are working on, then go to Actions panel, select the action you want and press the “play” button.  Most actions do not require your interaction and the end result can be seen in just few seconds.  In the future post I will be post some of my own actions that I have created, but today I will show you couple examples of an image processed using actions.This model was shot in natural light.First image is the unprocessed version, second is processed using my own action called SIMPLE SHARP, and third is processed using SIMPLE SHARP and a default Photoshop action called SEPIA TONING.  As you can see you definitely get creative and fast with Photoshop.

As always I invite you to come and check out my work at http://tomadamczyk.com

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3. March 2011 by Tom Adamczyk.

Besides the obvious pictures of the bride groom and the family and friends, wedding photographer of today must pay attention to, what I like to call “little” details.  Unity candles or pouring of the sand is a short and fast part of any wedding but it is one of the most important parts of the ceremony.  A good photographer will try to capture this from few different angles.  Here is my attempt at the last wedding I photographed.

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2. March 2011 by Tom Adamczyk.

What is macro photography.  It simply means taking very small objects and making them appear bigger.  There are several ways to do this.  Get a true macro lens, get extension tubes, or lens magnifiers.  The first option is usually the easiest but probably least economical as these lenses can cost upward of $600.  Lens magnifiers tend to be of lesser quality (with some exceptions) and thus you can loose some fine detail.  Extension tubes are my choice of the macro photography, as they are somewhere in the middle of pricing between the other two options and can be attached to virtually any lens you have for your particular system.  I use Canon gear and glass and all my lenses mount to the extension tube with ease.  There are few photos attached here that were done with the 36mm auto focus extension tube from E-bay.  At about $100 you can see that results are pretty good, and could be better if I have used a tripod and did not have to compress the photos for this post.  If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at info@tomadamczyk.com and please check out my website at http://tomadamczyk.com .P.S My little sis has a birthday today.  Happy birthday Jola, hope you have a great one.

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1. March 2011 by Tom Adamczyk.

A simple sunflower can be turned into a work of art with the use of Photoshop.  Taking a bit of color out or swapping it for a a totally different tone, can give you very dramatic look.  Here is one of my first images of this particular flower taken several years ago, only now I have taken such liberty with post processing.  The last version is my personal favorite.As always please see more work at http://tomadamczyk.com  and http://blog.tomadamczyk.com

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28. February 2011 by Tom Adamczyk.

Here are 3 versions of the same photo that I worked on in Photoshop Lightroom.I can’t decide which version I like better, I am leaning to the first (color) photo.I think the the colors themselves make this a great image.As always please visit http://tomadamczyk.com to check out my main site.

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27. February 2011 by Tom Adamczyk.

Hello, I am Tom and would like to welcome you to my new blog that is dedicated to photography.  Lots of people start their 365 day blogs to do whatever, some to show off their photography skills.  Everyday I will upload a new photo, perhaps one form a shoot I did that day or an older photo of mine that has been edited in Photoshop or Photoshop Lightroom.  My goal is to see my growth in the up coming year.

Please check out my main website at http://tomadamczyk.com and my other blog at http://blog.tomadamczyk.com for more examples of my work and to book my photography services.

 Thanks and I hope you enjoy this as much as I will.  Please do leave comments and ask questions, I will do my best to answer them all.

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