The building that I work at in East Williamsburg is being repaired and painted right now. They have already filled cracks with cement and now primed the exterior with a blinding white coat of paint. I wish the landlords would allow graffiti artists to come in and fill the canvas with some great pieces. It would be pretty cool to work in the building if that happened. Somehow, I don't think that will happen.

Last night, I went to the New York Photobloggers 2 at the Apple Store. Just like the first photoblogger event, there was an impressive roster of people (all of which people should check out). Unfortunately, unlike the last post-event gathering, there was no grinding, make out action at MercBar.

The most interesting thing to me was Keith's presentation. Coming into the photoblogger event, the thing that I wanted to see the most was shots of how photos looked before and after the Photoshop process. Now, everybody says they just use curves, but if you've used Photoshop, you know that curves can really do a lot. (Not that you care, but for the record, I just use curves and unsharp mask.) In his presentation, he showed everyone the before and after of his photos, which was very eye-opening. Keith flat out stated that his photos at Overshadowed do undergo manipulation, sometimes through a lot of editing, but he's not necessarily looking for a realistic representation of what he took, but more of a "movie" view. With the work that he does, he wants to recreate the New York that he sees in movies.

To be fair, just because someone does post-photo work, it doesn't detract from the talent of the photographer. I'm just curious as to how the photos we see compare to what actually came out of the camera.

Update:
- Rion has all the information on who was there and links to photos from the night in her entry on pastries. (I say she's evil).
- Keith's presentation from last night, including his "post process" stuff.

Posted by tien mao in Blog-ing, Photos at 7:48 AM