Comments on: Italy Photos, Part II (Portofino)

By: Jason D. Moore Photography » Blog Archive » P&P Weekly: #83

Jason D. Moore Photography » Blog Archive » P&P Weekly: #83 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:12:02 +0000

[...] of Photoshop InsiderÂ has some more great shots from hisÂ trip to Italy: II, [...]

By: Julien

Julien — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:40:40 +0000

Hi Osama,

Regarding the plug-in used to show the photos, I believe that it is the lightbox plugin:
http://www.4mj.it/lightbox-js-v20-wordpress/

If you have a Wordpress blog (http://wordpress.org/), its super easy to setup and it does look very cool (I have been using it on my blog after seeing it in action on Scott’s ).

Cheers,
Julien

By: Osama

Osama — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:20:44 +0000

Thanks scott for these lovely shot

but can u tell me what plugins u are using for posting your photos.. it is very COOOL

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:14:19 +0000

Scott,

I enjoyed your photos of Italy. We were in Italy on vacation last year and spent a few days around Portofino. I was surprised to see an image of the same rowboat “Gio” that I photographed last year. My image is on my web site in the travel section.

By: Photography And The Mac

Photography And The Mac — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:03:54 +0000

Eight Is Enough…

Photographer Scott Kelby uses the calender in iPhoto to display his photos on his post in a very creative way….

By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:05:31 +0000

Well Scott you have come up with the business again, splendid images. Question to you. From where tdo you obtain the calendar templates are they Mac specific?

From Derbyshire UK

By: Anton Puttemans

Anton Puttemans — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:28:46 +0000

I work in Portofino on a yacht. One of the reasons I settled down here after years of being a sea gypsy is the colors here in Italy. I just bought a D300 and learning about photography. You can check out my website which will be filled with photo’s from Portofino.
It’s funny, the shot from the wooden boat “Gio”, I took exactly the same shot a few days ago, here is the proof: http://antonputtemans.com/index.php?showimage=250

By: Sam Ludwig

Sam Ludwig — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:49:57 +0000

I find the distortion hilarious in the September image of the window frame. I was seriously considering the 18-200 for a very long time, but have decided to stay away. I’m opting for the Tamron 17-50 instead.

As an architecture student distortion would be seriously distracting, and a faster lens is always a plus Regardless the convenience, I’d find it better to have a faster, cheaper, less distortion prone lens with less range than one that necessitated work in photoshop.

Sure this is just me thinking about shooting orthogonal buildings, but it’s something worth noting.

By: Doug Miller

Doug Miller — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:28:15 +0000

I too love the food shots! Maybe it’s just close to dinner time and I’m hungry? Did you take those straight with the 18-200 or use the Canon 500D or some other closeup accessory? Related question: natural light, D300 pop-up, or SB800 used?

Your eye for photos inspires me to keep looking at things differently and is definitely helping me become a better photog in the process. Keep up the inspiration, your blog is a the top of my list everyday!

By: Mike Zupan

Mike Zupan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:48:54 +0000

I’m curious about the tripod too. Are there tripod police waiting in the shadows to pounce on you in Italy like they are here in the States?

By: Mike Zupan

Mike Zupan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:46:39 +0000

I make calendars each year for some of my relatives. They’ve been a hit so far and people look forward to them (at least I see them hanging on the wall when I visit!). I have tried a few services and my favorite so far is the Apple calendars created with iPhoto. They use a nice heavy paper and the pages flip up easy in the spiral. I used Kodak’s service one year and spiral was not big enough so the pages got bunched up in the spiral.

I really wish that Lightroom would add the ability to create media (calendars, books, etc.) like iPhoto and Aperture have.

By: Samantha Peers

Samantha Peers — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:34:56 +0000

Scott, did you take a tripod with you on this wonderful trip? I really can’t tell if any of your shots were hand-held or all of them first set up on a tripod?
We are going to Sweden this summer, and your answer would be so helpful to me in getting the types of shots you would like!