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NIK: Silver Efex Pro Most of the world's greatest photographs were made with just two colors—black and white. Converting digital color images to fine quality grayscale can require complicated selections, layer masks and more. Not with the Silver Efex Pro plugin. Using Nik's U Point® technology, it takes just a few clicks to control tonality, contrast, eliminate artifacts, and add traditional toning effects for 18 different black and white films. Best of all, unlike other methods that just lay noise filters over the image for grain effects, Silver Efex Pro breaks the actual image down into the same kind of grain pattern you'd expect to find if it had been taken with a specific type of film. Remarkable! NIK Software |
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Visible Dust: SensorLoupe™ Dust on the filter that fronts your DSLR sensor can cause countless hours of clean-up work that can be better spent shooting pictures. Even mechanical dust removers built in to some cameras don't shake all the particles loose. So it 's best to spot those little buggers in advance and remove them. The SensorLoupe, with its high optical magnification and six super-bright LEDs, provides a high resolution, crystal-clear image of even the tiniest dust pieces lurking about. Then, you can easily blow or swab them away so you won't waste time erasing them on every single picture youve shot. Visible Dust |
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onOne: FocalPoint Removing distracting backgrounds is a cinch with the FocalPoint plugin, especially since you can experiment to achieve exactly the result you want—something you can't always do when you shoot the picture. You can quickly control just how much and what kind of blurring effect you'd like after you take the image. You can lighten or darken areas outside the plane of focus easily to add dramatic effects and can also save all your settings to bring them up again for other images. FocalPoint offers an advantage over auxiliary lenses and filters because your original image always stays untouched allowing you try different possibilities until you find the one that's just right. onOne Software |
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Gary Fong: WhaleTail Reporter Basic Aptly named, it indeed looks like there's a miniature whale tail attached to your external flash. What's it supposed to do? Give you just about the greatest flash pictures you've ever taken, that's what. Instead of those pasty faces and deep black shadows, your images will look as if they were shot with professional studio lighting. And all with a single flash! It doesn't get much better—or easier—than that. You can also add some gels or flaps if you want special effects. Requires an external flash that both tilts and swivels. Gary Fong |
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Datacolor: Spyder3Pro This technological marvel (a colorimeter) automatically calibrates your monitor to accurately display the colors in your image files. Since your printer gets its color information from your image files (not your monitor) it's important that monitor and image files stay in 'synch'. That way, the color adjustments you make to a picture on your monitor will be matched, color-for-color, to those in your image file. Which means the colors your printer outputs from your image files will be the same as those you see on your monitor. This eliminates gnashing of teeth and growls of frustration and saves you a fortune on ink and paper. Datacolor |
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Trek-Tech: T'Pod There are table-top tripods and then there's T'Pod, the mighty mini that will support up to nine pounds of camera and lenses at more than a foot high without a quiver. Its innovative MagMount!™—made of rare earth Neodymium—makes it literally a snap to instantly mount cameras, spotting scopes, laser rangefinders and even rifles and pistols (with an optional ShotRest mount). It's a hefty little fella (13 ounces) made of the right stuff—aircraft grade aluminum alloys, high strength polymers and stainless steel. You'll also want to take a look at the world's most unique monopod, the TrekPod. Trek-Tech |
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Tiffen: Dfx Version 2.0 Imagine being able to apply more than a hundred different optical filter effects to your images after they’ve been shot. Sound impossible? Not with Tiffen’s award-winning Dfx version 2.0 software that offers an expanded range of filters, more special effects and enhanced precision adjustments. This new stand-alone version allows any filter to be applied to exactly the image area you want. You can simulate Tiffen glass camera filters, specialized lenses, optical lab processes, film grain, as well as natural light and photographic effects. And applying multiple filter effects to the same image is quick and easy. Dfx also comes in plug-in versions for popular imaging programs. Tiffen |
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Superlite: 6' x 7' Painted Backdrop Unlike heavy, unwieldy canvas and muslin backdrops, this space-age fabric is featherweight, easy-to-hang and strong. The patented creation of Dianne Fleming, a New York fashion designer, Superlite comes in many sizes and is used by famous pros to create stunning portraits on location. Crushable into a small sack and weighing only 8-ounces, the 6'x7' requires no heavy support system—just tack, clamp or tape it up and you're set to shoot. Best of all, it can be pulled flat (without requiring steaming) or softly draped—your choice. When you've finished your session, just crush, stuff and go. Backdrops will be supplied in colors and patterns chosen by Ms. Fleming. A dynamite backdrop concept! Superlite |
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Autodesk: Stitcher Unlimited 2009 One of the most powerful and versatile panorama applications, Autodesk Stitcher will quickly and automatically assemble a series of overlapped digital images, even those shot hand-held from different angles. Unlike basic panorama stitching integrated into imaging programs, Autodesk Stitcher is an industrial strength, professional tool that can produce high dynamic range panorama prints as well as 360-degree virtual reality output to the web. Where objects or subjects have moved between frames, it can remove ghost images. It works with all lenses—including fisheyes—and when stitching together several images of a single subject, it can produce photos of much higher resolution than the camera's rated megapixel value giving you images with unprecedented detail. Autodesk Stitcher |
| NOTE: The numbers of gifts above are limited. If you choose a gift that is no longer available, you will be asked to make an alternative selection. Plus ALL workshop attendees (Check back from time to time to see if any new gifts have been added.) |
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powerHouse Books: The Face of Forgiveness by Steven Katzman The Face of Forgiveness: Salvation and Redemption by Steven Katzman is a photographer's coup, beautifully and daringly photographed at evangelical revival meetings where emotion and love pours from the eyes and mouths of the faithful as they pray and thank the Lord. Katzman chose the subject as a personal photographic project and will share his experiences with workshop attendees as he reveals the elements required to do similar projects of your own that will gain recognition. He will also discuss a new project that documents Newtown, an African American community in Florida. Katzman'work is in the permanent collections of prestigious museums and archives throughout the world. There will be a book-signing event during the workshop. powerHouse Books |
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Red River: Best Inkjet Paper Sellers This 100-sheet paper collection has been specially created for the workshop cruise. There are 25, 8.5 x 11 sheets each of Red River's four most popular papers. Included are UltraPro Gloss, UltraPro Satin 2.0, Polar Matte, and Aurora White Fine Art papers. Red River's papers are known for being able to yield bright colors and ultra sharp details from virtually any inkjet printer. They also produce superb black and white prints. Best of all, their papers are reasonably priced and their customer service is excellent. Red River also has extra-long panorama-sized papers and an extensive selection of greeting card papers. What makes this special workshop sample package unique is that there is enough paper of each type so that you can experiment freely. Red River Paper |
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JoeSoft: Klix Image Recovery Software Developed by the innovative Prosoft Engineering team, this is one of the best image recovery applications. When you get that dreaded "Memory Card Error" message and can't access any of your photos, don't despair. Klix will search for and recover all pictures on your camera or media card even when the pictures have been deleted, lost or even (in most cases) if the media card has been reformatted! Just take a deep breath, remove the card and copy it to your computer. Then, at any convenient time, let Klix recover your images. Because Klix makes no attempt to repair a damaged media card it cannot cause additional damage or picture loss. Amazing! JoeSoft |
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American Frame: Professional Frame-Set If you're still shuffling prints around you'd be surprised at how much better they'll look—and be protected and preserved—when matted under acrylic and framed. Bring your frame-set to the workshop where you'll learn how to cut a custom-sized mat and then put it all together ending up with your own beautifully framed photograph. At the American Frame site you can upload your image to see how it will look in different styles and sizes of frames and with a variety of mat and wall colors. American Frame has a huge inventory at deeply discounted prices and also offers other services such as fine art printing. American Frame |
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Blurb: Publish Your Own Photography Book Use Blurb to create your own professional-quality hardcover or softcover photo book in a choice of four sizes (7x7", 8x10", 10x8" and 13x11"). Prices start at $12.95 for a 7x7" softcover book up to 40 pages. A 160-page, hardcover 10x8" landscape book is just $49.95. Start by downloading Blurb's free Booksmart!™ software and then drag and drop images and text into hundreds of professionally designed layouts—or create your own. Use this $50 credit to cover your costs when you upload and order your book. About a week later your book will arrive. There's no order minimum, and additional copies may be ordered at any time. You can even sell your book in the Blurb Bookstore and keep 100% of your profits. Blurb |
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Web Photo School: One Free Year Photoflex, one of the oldest names in photographic lighting equipment, has a great learning center that takes you step-by-step through over 200 photo subjects such as portrait, product, outdoor, small-object photography and more. You'll get a free, members-only, one-year enrollment in this fabulous resource. This is a perfect follow-up to your workshop cruise and will bring you up to speed on many different types of photography. WebPhotoSchool |
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