News about StudioFD, Frank Doorhof, and more.

Oh yes. Alien skin 4 is coming ;)

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I’ve had some sneak peaks ofcourse and this is so awesome. It’s a huge update.

You can find more and order here.

But let’s see :

RAW Processing Enhancements

Improved shadow and highlight recovery enables you to extract the maximum amount of detail from your RAW images, and faster photo processing times speed up your editing.

Fully Adjustable Light Effects

Exposure’s high-quality light effects are now fully adjustable, so you can freely move and rotate them to place them precisely where you want in your image, enabling gorgeous new creative looks. (Been waiting for this a long time)

Transform Tools

The new transform tools enable you to easily correct tilted or skewed perspective, such as keystoning of buildings in architectural photography.

Smart Collections

Exposure now helps you organize your photo library by automatically populating collections based on camera data and criteria you apply to your photos. Keywords, ratings, color labels, flags, and camera metadata like ISO and shutter speed are just some of the information that Exposure can query to build a smart collection. It’s a really useful way of speeding up your photo library organization, making it super easy to find specific images.

Monitored Folders for Tethered Shooting

You can now edit, cull, and share your images in Exposure with a client or subject during a tethered shoot thanks to Exposure’s new monitored folders. This includes being able to have Exposure automatically apply one or more of Exposure’s gorgeous presets to your images as they appear on screen during the shoot. Also a HUGE upgrade. Just run the software from your camera and voila instant looks that you want.

This is a big thing because now your client (and you) can literally see the end results and you can much easier fine tune everything.

Speed Enhancements

File export times are now up to 60% faster, launch times have been reduced by a third, and your photos will load up to 30% faster.

Additional Features

  • Support for new cameras and lenses
  • Print presets for easy printing straight from Exposure
  • Lightroom migration tool helps you move your workflow from Lightroom to Exposure
  • Expanded workflow options for image copying and exporting

Now is the Perfect Time to Purchase Exposure

If you don’t yet own Exposure, now is the perfect time to purchase it. You dont need to wait until Exposure X4 is out to enjoy the many benefits of editing and organizing your photos with Exposure.

That’s because they’ll be sending out free upgrades to Exposure X4 when it’s released to anyone who purchased Exposure X3 on or after July 1st, 2018.

And for those who purchased any version of Exposure before July 1st, the current license code qualifies them for an upgrade price of $99.

I’m super super phsyched about this update and can’t wait for you guys to also work with it.

Alien skin has been my favorite tinting program for years and 4 makes it so so much better. And finally we can share the news with you guys.

Get a free 30 day trial here

New Nikon mirrorless cameras

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So what do you guys think ?
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/8/23/17768890/nikon-z7-z6-cameras-announced-pricing-features-release-date

Is Nikon doing it right or …..?
I think personally it looks pretty interesting. But I’m a huge fan of mirrorless and let’s be honest, the more competition the better.

Also the larger lens mount is good for Nikon because they were always limited due to the small f mount for lens design .

They do need that convertor to mount their old lenses. And with the new mount radical new lens designs and super fast glass is possible

No second card slot can be a problem for some shooters as is the buffer. But for others it wouldn’t matter.

Price however I feel is maybe a bit too high. I feel a switch to the Sony system is now an option that Nikon created without probably realizing it .

If they would have released it below the a7rIII price point including in the package a lens adaptor that would fully support the old lenses I think they would be back in the game. Now it’s pretty limited and at a high pricing point.

I do love the bigger grip and formfactor. My a7rIII is the first a camera I really like grip wise but I still need the extra grip to make it comfortable. That said I love larger cameras. But not too large and I think with grip the a7rIII is pretty much perfect.

Also I just love the display on top. This is something I do miss sometimes. On the other hand….. The evf works just fine.

Another thing I do worry a bit about is the limiting battery life. Although I always said that I just carried around more batteries I am very happy with the new batteries. We recently did 2 weeks norway with loads of filming and shooting and only recharged the batteries (2) twice. With the z6 and z7 it seems that 20 minutes video will drain the battery or 330 shots. And that’s very fast.

So what’s your opinion?
To little too late?
Just enough but too expensive?

I just would love to see Canon also move this way so we have all three brands evolving and pushing each other.

On the other hand at the speed sony is evolving and improving cameras it almost feels like they already have a competitor breathing down their necks. They are going really fast.

New high megapixel sensor for your phone

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Very cool news https://mashable.com/2018/07/23/sony-48-megapixel-image-sensor/

I bought my Huawei p20pro for the camera and haven’t been dissapointed for a second.

Now Sony has released the best generation sensor. For people that didn’t know yet… The p20 pro uses 600 version chip from Sony.

Now one could say that high mp on a smartphone won’t work but do realize that these sensors are a lot bigger than let’s say a Samsung or iPhone (over twice the size) and in all honesty I also don’t expect the quality I do get.

I was just worried that there wouldn’t be a new version out. Seeing Nokia also never released a new version of their High mp count smartphone. But as it seems there is now a future for beter cameras in smartphones.

Seeing I use my phone more for photography and video than anything else I’m very interested in seeing what happens next.

What’s your take on this ?

21 Years……Oh my

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7-7-1997
That date is incredibly important for us.
You probably already guessed it due to the title… it’s our wedding day.
So today, no workshops, no behind the closed DOORs, some social media, but limited… but today it’s our anniversary.

So Annewiek…….
What does she actually do in my life….

She’s always with me when we travel.
We always say, “If you hire Frank, you get Annewiek as well”

She’s great in carrying my gear during workshops or travels
Now that sounds more bad than it is. Because Annewiek knows how everything works (although she always claims to know nothing about the gear, she actually does) she can help out perfectly during workshops and travel while I focus on the attendees and on filming or shooting. When we get new gear I always let Annewiek decide when it’s something we have to carry. Now again… it might sound bad but in essence I also lug around a lot of gear, but during workshops I really want to focus on you guys.

She’s always setting things up.
When I teach workshops I love it that everyone wants to talk with me, get their selfies etc. But I also have to setup my laptop (or break it down), check lighting, see if the camera works, start up the software etc. Luckily this is where Annewiek helps out. The only thing I have to do…. well is show up and do my thing. She arranges everything.

She’s doesn’t know anything about video and photography.
But she filmed (and edited) most of our instructional videos, when she films for the vlog she often is more creative than the interns that studio video, and she…..

She’s a great photobomber (video bomber)
How many times did she appear in my frame behind me when I’m explaining something and I later during editing see her big smile behind me…… oh she did it again. It also drew the attention from the viewers because they kept asking her to do it more…. DON’T ENCOURAGE HER

She’s there.
Whenever I need something done, have a problem, need anything. Annewiek is someone that will do it, that will take care of it or just listens.

In short…..
She just Rocks.

 

Annewiek….. congrats on our 21st anniversary.
And let’s go for another (at least 50).