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Optimal picture settings?
I've been taking 35mm photos with my F100 and FM2 for 20 years. I bought the D600 body less than a year ago, and I'm still trying to optimize my picture settings to get what I want. So far, it's been impossible to get a printed image anywhere close to the quality and look of my 35mm images. All my images look washed out and flat compared to the chemical reaction on paper. I've purchased and read all the Nikon books and guides, but I haven't found anything that outlines how I can set my picture settings to look as close to film as possible. I use Aperture on my Mac, and do not spend anytime on the computer trying to mimic the film look. I'm not a graphic designer and do not believe photography is about sitting at my computer for hours to get a useable image. Does anyone have any advice on how to set my D600 picture settings? Thanks very much.
#1. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 0Wed 05-Jun-13 03:18 AM
Take a deep breath and relax. Help is here on Nikonians. But, we're going to need some information. BTW, I'm a long-time film shooter who jumped into digital in a serious way just a little more than three years ago with my first DSLR. I was a little frustrated at first, too.
Given that you are an experienced photographer, I guarantee you stunning images *are* possible with your camera. But, you are probably going to have to spend some time at the computer. But nowhere near "hours" on an image. Maybe minutes.
Some questions, in no particular order:
Do you shoot RAW, JPEG, or both? Which do you import into Aperture? Are you using the most current version of Aperture?
Are you familiar with the advantages of RAW vs JPEG? Do you understand that importing JPEG into Aperture will show all the picture controls you've set in the camera--but will afford only limited tweaking of an image? Conversely, do you understand that importing RAW files into Aperture will *not* show any of the picture controls applied to the image--but will afford extensive development and editing of the image?
If you print your images, what printer are you using or what print service are you using? If printing, do the images look okay on the computer but less so on the print?
It would be helpful if you would post a couple of typical images that you feel were properly exposed, but in which you are disappointed. Be specific about the shortcomings you're seeing and how the image differs from the "film look" you are trying to achieve.
Others much more experienced than I will probably have other questions, but these should give a start.
You (we) can do this.
#2. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 1Wed 05-Jun-13 10:01 AM
Thanks for your positivity, Kent! You've given me hope!!
Here are some further details:
(1) I shoot jpeg (high rez, 6K x 4K), and I therefore import jpegs into the latest version of Aperture.
(2) Yes, I am familiar with the advantages/disadvantages of both RAW and jpeg files. I experimented with RAW files a number of months ago, but upon importing, they looked worse on screen, and even with taking some time to make the adjustments, the prints weren't any better than printing from jpeg files. Also, I don't need 24MB image files taking up space on my computer.
(3) I use the best photo printing company in my city. And the images look exactly like they look on my screen. I took their advice and calibrated my monitor with the Spyder calibration device. My wife says my prints look great, but again, once I get a roll of film printed, she's blown away by the difference in quality. And don't get me wrong, I would say the prints are "good enough", but from one film guy to another, I think you know what I mean when I say my prints are "flat" and "washed out".
A couple other things: I recognized (from the birth of digital photography) that film photography and digital photography are two different media. However, my overall goal is to use my D600 just like I use my F100 and my FM2 ... I understand how to expose, compose, etc etc., and I want optimal prints right out of the camera without mucking around with each image on the computer.
In Aperture, I spent the time to create a pre-loaded setting that makes all the minor adjustments to my images upon importing. I love this, but I seem to need a lot more advice on how to set the D600 picture settings ("standard" and "neutral" print flat, "vivid" looks way too garish for skin tones, etc), and advice on how to create optimal adjustments in Aperture. I've created my own custom picture settings, but this still falls way short of my film shots.
Now check out the attached photos. I did an experiment a couple weeks ago with my daughter. This is a perfect example of the differences I'm talking about. I didn't adjust anything in any image other than my minor adjustments upon import into Aperture. It's interesting to note as well that when I import my digital files from the D600, I can see a slight change in how the image looks with my settings applied as they import. When I import my film images taken with my F100 (scanned at the lab in high rez from the negative) there is absolutely no noticeable adjustment upon import as my film scans are optimal.
Attachment #1 and #3 are D600 jpegs, and attachment #2 and #4 are F100 35mm film (Kodak Ektar 100ASA). Both are shot with the same lenses -- either my 28-70 f/2.8 or my 50mm f/1.4. (Note the exposure differences in shot #1 and #2 as well -- I used 1/4,000 high-speed synced flash to get some of the background in shot #1; shot #2 background is a bit blown out due to the 1/250 sync speed on my F100). This is an accurate example of how these images look when printed as well. Shots #2 and #4 are a more accurate rendition of what the scene actually looked like -- vivid colours, but not garish, and not "vivid" in the way the D600 presents "vivid". I struggle with how to describe these differences, so I hope my pictures give you an accurate sense of what I'm talking about.
The film shots are so much better than my digital shots, I almost want to sell my D600 and forget about it forever.
Looking forward to your reply, Kent.
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#3. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 2Wed 05-Jun-13 10:34 AM
That's great information, Mark. I will get back to you a little later as I have some errands to run preparing for a trip.
In the meantime, I'm confident other Nikonians will be able to give helpful comments and advice. For now, don't sell the D600 yet!
#4. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 2Wed 05-Jun-13 11:27 AM
Your issues were a bit more common 5-10 years ago when many of us made the migration from film to digital. I think you've thought through some of the differences between film and digital, but there are some other things to consider:
- If you're using a high quality commercial printer for your film, it's not likely that "straight" shots are being used for your prints. That printer is either automatically or manually adjusting color (think white balance), contrast, and exposure for every image. In other words, you outsourced the post-processing of those images to that printer, and it sounds like they have done a nice job for you in general. With digital, you're now in charge of that. You have to get past the idea that there are settings in the camera that always produce the best results. It wasn't the case with film because of what printers always did in the background, and it's not the case with digital cameras. If you stay with digital, you'll need to figure out how to work with your images quickly and efficiently on the computer.
- If you accept that last sentence, you'll become successful with digital a lot more quickly than if you fight it. When I first got a digital body back in 2003, I had been shooting mostly slide film (primarily Velvia), along with some print film for portrait work. I went through some of the same reactions, although in my case I ended up not shelving the D100 I had bought for about six months. I took a few shots with it, wasn't really happy with the results, and went back to my F5. I finally decided that I needed to learn digital, so I forced myself to go "Cold Turkey". I took a trip to Death Valley with the D100 and no film body. It absolutely forced me to deal with the differences between the two and make the images I had taken work. In the process, I shed the idea that there were camera settings that always worked and improved my post-processing skills. Initially, the results weren't great, but I kept after it and things improved. At this point, I'm very happy with my prints from my digital cameras and when I work with older film images, I'm disappointed. You can get there with some investment in time, but you have to commit to it. Otherwise, you'll simply get more expensive versions of point and shoot photos, and sometimes they won't even be as good as point and shoot shots.
- When I look at the results above (which are nice photos), I have mixed thoughts. The digital images certainly need some work (there's perhaps too much reliance on auto white balance and not enough attention to exposure - both easily fixed if you shot raw), but the film images also have issues. They look too contrasty, with a little too much color saturation, and too much clipping. Really good versions of those images can definitely be made with digital, but you'll need to take control of the images and not fight it. You'll need to decide if they need to be warmer or cooler, more contrasty or less contrasty, what color saturation level is appropriate for the images and how to handle the other tones in them. Again, a lot of this was done for you by the printer; you need to decide if you're willing to take that on. In my case, I spend only seconds with routine images, and only a few minutes with more serious ones. It doesn't have to take long once you're through the learning curve. I use Lightroom rather than Aperture, but there's nothing unique about the tools in this area.
I realize that this probably isn't what you're looking for, but after the experiences I had a long time ago, I feel like I should pass them on. Realize that if you really don't want to do those things, film remains an option, at least for the time being. You ought to use what makes you happy. If film is it because of a strong desire to not work on images, so be it.
Rick Walker
My photos:
GeoVista Photography
#5. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 4Wed 05-Jun-13 11:48 AM
Thanks for your thoughtful reply, Rick. I appreciate the wisdom of your experience.
I think I'm in denial in thinking that I can still shoot the same way I've been exposing film these past 20 years. And you're quite right about my printer -- they are processing my prints according to their standards and making adjustments as such.
When I send my digital files to be printed, I always choose "no adjustments" which means my printer simply prints my jpeg files without touching them. It's a great option, but in a way, my digital files aren't being processed beyond the settings in my camera -- and I now think this lack of "post-processing" is why I'm not happy with my digital prints.
I've had my D600 for almost a year now, and I can see a significant improvement in my prints from six months ago. But based on my initial question, do you think my camera picture settings matter? If so, what are the optimal settings for portraits? Nature? If I start shooting RAW instead of jpeg, what are the basic adjustments I should focus on to optimize the image on my computer for printing? I'm a photographer and I don't want to take a course in graphic design ...
Again, I go back to the fact that 35mm film photography and digital photography are two different media that involve two different processes. I feel like I'm learning something new every week about something I've been developing over 20 years!
#6. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 5Wed 05-Jun-13 11:57 AM
If you're going to keep shooting jpegs, the in-camera settings definitely matter. You'll want to ideally set your white balance manually since color can fool the sensor, you'll want to be aggressive about changing the Picture Control settings to suit the image (Portrait for photos of people, etc.) D-Lighting would help, too, although like all automated processes, it can be good or bad. It ends up being a fair amount of fooling around with buttons on the back of the camera, which isn't my idea of fun. I'd much rather just shoot, and then spend a few seconds on images at the computer.
Keep in mind that learning a few basics about post-processing doesn't make you a graphics designer. It makes you a photographer. When you get past the initial learning curve, it's a lot of fun and it can be satisfying to have control of your image from start to finish.
Rick Walker
My photos:
GeoVista Photography
#8. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 5Wed 05-Jun-13 05:34 PM | edited Wed 05-Jun-13 05:40 PM by kentak
Mark, you got some great comments and advice from Rick and David. There's really nothing substantive for me to add. Rick's in-depth comments are really on the mark.
From someone who has been there not that long ago, I encourage you not to give up on digital prematurely. I think you have been "fighting" the post processing aspect of digital with the somewhat mistaken belief that it's not true photography. Each medium requires it's own form of processing for optimal results. That is no less true for film than it is with digital. A latent image on a frame of exposed film is no more a picture than is the data in a RAW file. Both require skillful development and massaging to result in a successful print. You've just been turning over that process to your print service, but have also turned over all creative control. Digital gives you that control, and that can be very satisfying.
A whole bunch of years ago I was doing color developing and printing in a home darkroom, both prints and transparencies. Trust me, the time I spend today tweaking a digital image on the computer is trivial to the time--and money--I spent trying to get a good color print in that darkroom. It was unsustainable, and I eventually gave it up. Like any new skill, there's a bit of a learning curve at the beginning, but it's not rocket science, really. Enjoy the learning phase as a fun and challenging experience. You'll quickly get to the point that normal edits will take you almost no time at all.
The only quibble I have with David's reply is the suggestion about getting Lightroom. Now, this is absolutely not to be construed as a Lightroom vs Aperture thing--both are powerful and capable of doing what you want to do. You already have Aperture and some experience with it. I have tried Lightroom trials twice and just don't like it compared to Aperture. I think it's a Mac thing. Aperture, as Apple software, just feels more familiar and "right" to my way of working. Aperture has presets, just as Lightroom does. It even has simulated Nikon picture controls, vivid, landscape, etc.
I really, really encourage you to try shooting and processing RAW files. Do you really want to have to set new pic controls every time you shoot a different kind of scene? That's essentially what you have to do if you're shooting jpeg only. Besides, you'll be amazed at how much more quality you can pull from a RAW file in terms of exposure, color, and detail.
Do NOT be surprised that when you import a RAW file into Aperture it appears flat and soft at first. And here's a little tip about sharpening. After you get your image adjusted and cropped to your liking, click the checkbox next to "edge sharpen." Then, in the "sharpen" brick, bump the radius slider very slightly to the right and pull the intensity slider back a bit. Now, say "Wow!"
I'll leave you for now with a sample image I took last year with my D7000. The first is what the RAW image showed upon import. The second is a rendition I did earlier today applying a plug-in and a little tweaking to give my interpretation of a "film look." The third is what I might do as a "normal" processing to optimize the image to my liking.
As imported. Flat and soft.
Processed for film effect.
Processed normally to my liking.
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#10. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 8Wed 05-Jun-13 05:52 PM
Phenomenal improvement, Kent! You took something relatively banal and made it into a useful image.
Can you share with me the Aperture plug-ins you use? And when you refer to "tweaking" what exactly did you do, step-by-step, to get both results? As a post-processing newbie, I'd very much appreciate your technical direction and advice.
And beyond your "tips" here, can you recommend how I can best refine my post-processing skills? Any good books I can buy? Online courses, useful youtube videos, etc?
I'll be changing my camera settings back to RAW as soon as I get home from work.
#13. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 10Wed 05-Jun-13 08:17 PM | edited Wed 05-Jun-13 08:58 PM by kentak
I have onOne Software's "Perfect Photo Suite 7." Many Nikonians here like Nik Software. Go to niksoftware.com to see the products. Looks like they're having a tempting sale right now. Anyway, for the second image, I used the "Effects" module plugin, and used the "ColorChrome" adjustment in the "True Film" set. Back in Aperture, I then just sharpened and adjusted the brightness a little. Nothing extensive.
For the third version, I believe the following describes the settings.
I bought the Apple Pro Training Series "Aperture 3" by Dion Scoppettuolo when Ap 3 came out. Honestly, I haven't studied it vigorously, mostly using it as a quick reference. As you may know, the last Aperture tweak had some pretty extensive interface and feature tweaks, not to mention the integration with the iPhoto library, and I'm not sure an updated edition has come out yet.
(Edited to add) Just checked. There is an updated edition of the Scoppettuolo book.
I will plug something I have found helpful. Lynda.com is a training/educational site that works by subscription. I think a membership is $25/mo, or thereabouts. You can quit anytime. Once a member, you can access all their training videos on more photo and software topics than you can shake a stick at. You'll want to check out "Aperture 3 Essential Training (2012)" by Derrick Story. If you go this route, take your time and savor and integrate every subtopic.
"I'll be changing my camera settings back to RAW as soon as I get home from work."
Attaboy. My work here is done.
Edited to add: Just saw a good example. Compare the striped shirt in image 1 to image 3. Notice how the washed out stripes were recovered? Had the original image been jpeg, that might not have been as easily done, if at all. If shot with a D600, even more detail could have been brought out in the shadows under the shrubbery.
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#14. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 13Wed 05-Jun-13 08:30 PM
Actually, you might want to not go too crazy with plugins at this point. Put your efforts into learning the extensive adjustments available in Aperture, how to create and save your own presets, etc. Just a thought.
#7. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 0
Two things to consider:
1) There is no specific reason that you "have to" shoot digital. If film makes you happy, and gets the results that you want, then there is no reason that you "have to" switch.
2) Post-processing is pretty much required for either film or digital. With film, you are working with a darkroom, and it sounds in your case, that you have outsourced that work to your printer - and he is getting the results that you like/want.
For digital, you could learn to do this yourself, as some have suggested, or you could find someone that will post-process your images for you - you upload the photos, and they do the PP work, then send you the proofs for review.
Another option is that you practice/experiment with your Picture Control settings in your D600. Start with Standard, up the Contrast and Sharpness slightly, and save it as a C-1 new setting. Try and experiment, and treat each shot as though it was a film shot.
Still another option - if you are willing to do your own PP'ing - is to get Lightroom, and use presets when importing photos - do a Standard Import that gets the photos close, then apply a "film look" preset for your favorite films. There are quite a lot of presets available, as well as add-on plug-in applications.
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#9. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 0
I don't think the film shots are any better than the digital. They're "different" but not better. The film shots were printed with more contrast and a little more saturation. Nothing you couldn't match or exceed in processing your own digital files. You let the film/print processor make all the decisions on your film prints who did nothing special to them. Now you have to do that.
#11. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 0
If you are going to switch back to RAW, please keep in mind that only Nikon's software (Capture NX2 and View/NX) can read any of the picture control settings other than white balance. You might want to use the trial version of Capture/NX2 to see if it can help you get the results you want in converting from RAW to jpg. If you process your RAW files with CNX2, it will use all of the Picture Control info in the file and generate a jpg that looks exactly like one directly from the camera. If you don't like the look of the jpg generated, CNX2 makes it really easy to modify contrast, brightness, color etc. until you get close to where you want to be and can then generate a jpg with exactly that look. Then you could import your jpg's into Aperture if you wanted.
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#12. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 11Wed 05-Jun-13 07:38 PM
In my very humble and personal opinion, this is totally a non-issue. A minor convenience at best.
If the picture controls are not optimized for the image, you will have to tweak the adjustments anyway. To me, one of the advantages of shooting RAW is exactly the ability not to have to worry about pic controls from situation to situation, shot to shot.
I would rather leave my pic controls on neutral (irrelevant, anyway) and import a "naked" RAW file into Aperture, evaluate it individually, and adjust as needed. It takes no more effort to move a slider a lot than it does to move it a little.
The OP already has Aperture and should, IMO, stick to learning that, for the time being.
#15. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 12Wed 05-Jun-13 09:01 PM
I agree, but I wanted to be sure he understood that the only PC value Aperture could interpret was WB.
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#16. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 15Wed 05-Jun-13 10:53 PM
#17. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 0
You are certainly on the right track by bringing your concerns forward here on Nikonians.
I think Rick has made the most useful suggestions about what you ought to be expecting from your DSLR. While I made the conversion to digital back in 2005, I am still shooting film, developing my own B&W negatives, scanning them and post processing the results in Lightroom. If I shoot color film, I have the negatives developed at a local lab and then post process for printing myself as above.
All that said, digital provides control over your images that you can only imagine achieving with film. It takes practice, but you might find yourself really questioning why bother with film when you see spectacular results.
It took me five years to return to film shooting as I became absorbed in digital - it was a fun 5 years of learning and progressing. In fact, I became a much better film shooter, as a result, and learned immensely about exposure issues. For me, digital was the best classroom possible for an old film shooter.
I would make a suggestion. Quit trying to get the camera to do it for you. Your film images are not being processed by your camera, it is happening in a chain of events from the moment you expose until you receive back a print. So why think your DSLR is going to do it all, optimally, all the time?
Think RAW - it is a digital negative. I can't speak to Aperture, but Lightroom is a wonderful post processing environment and you can get lots of advice on optimizing your images on this forum.
At any rate, you have gotten a lot of advice here already. I close with a couple of pictures, unprocessed and then processed, side by side, to demonstrate the power of controlling your own post processing and printing.
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#19. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 17Thu 06-Jun-13 08:36 AM
Beautiful shots, David. Thanks for the feedback. My biggest beef with digital is that I have to shoot RAW, then go to my computer and tinker with every image before I send to print. This is an irritating inconvenience for me as I work as I writer so I'm tapping away at work on my computer most of the day.
However, I recognize that DSLRs are made to create images that must be processed on the computer after shooting. So now I have to figure out how to learn computer post-processing so my images still look real after I make the adjustments. Again, this annoys me because it's going to take a long time to figure out how to do this. Why are there so many variables I can adjust? What are the 4-5 things I need to adjust to quickly optimize my images? I could program this setting into Aperture (similar to Lightroom), make all my changes at once, export to jpeg then send to print. I hope this style of post-processing is possible.
#21. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 19Thu 06-Jun-13 09:44 AM | edited Thu 06-Jun-13 09:57 AM by dagoldst
>I recognize that DSLRs are made to create images that
>must be processed on the computer after shooting. So now I
>have to figure out how to learn computer post-processing so my
>images still look real after I make the adjustments.
My experience with 4 decades of film shooting is images never come out of the camera ready to print. Labs do a lot for you behind the scenes Slide film is the closest, when it comes to color work anyway, and when exposed correctly, which is challenging in high contrast lighting, and still, it is never perfect from my perspective - again, labs make tweaks of their own as I am sure you know. So I am really not following your position in that regard.
Like I said earlier, I develop my own B&W film, and man, there is a lot of work to just clean up a negative, let alone get a print. Same with color print film - scratches, dust, etc. That's before even a contrast or saturation or white balance adjustment.
What I really hear in your comments is that dealing with an image after you shoot it is simply not what you want to do. Period. I also am hearing that you flat are not satisfied with in-camera processing. So perhaps as long as your lab gives you the results you want, that might be the best way for you to go. You're at a decision point, no doubt about it.
I do have to say, out of the four pictures you posted, the D600 gave the best exposures. Highlights are still there, shadows are detailed white balance is fine. Both slide pictures are over-contrasted and the highlights are heavily blown out.
Just a perspective,
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#22. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 21Thu 06-Jun-13 10:13 AM
Right, David. It's more my impatience with having to learn another computer process to do something, when my wish would be to get optimal images right out the camera. It feels like many more complicated hoops to jump through when all I want to do is take pictures and have them look the way I expect them to look.
I'll keep researching post-processing in Aperture, and hopefully get adept enough fast enough that I actually come to like doing it!
#26. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 22Thu 06-Jun-13 11:57 AM | edited Thu 06-Jun-13 12:07 PM by dagoldst
Just enjoy yourself with it all, however you go at it. I can understand if it is annoying or burdensome. I personally get a lot of enjoyment out of the post processing work, film or digital.
I find I can get a very slide film look out of any of my DSLRs, but it took me a while to figure out how. Now it takes just minutes to process the vast majority of my pictures.
Here's a pretty saturated, high contrast scene I took with my venerable D200 and processed through LR 4.4. It took me about 10 minutes to to apply my settings because I am pretty fluent with the software now, (10 minutes is a long time for me now on any image). BTW, you can do this in spades with the D600.
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#27. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 26Thu 06-Jun-13 12:19 PM
Amazing image, David.
So how can I be most efficient with my post-processing? Do I have to scrutinize and tinker with every single RAW file? I'd like to get to a point where I can adjust and optimize every image in one batch (10,20,30 images at a time) with one pre-set click.
Is this possible?
#28. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 27Thu 06-Jun-13 12:55 PM | edited Thu 06-Jun-13 02:03 PM by walkerr
Yes, you can do that with Aperture, Lightroom, and many other tools. It can even be a thousand images. Just adjust one image and then copy the settings to the others. You can always fine tune an individual image afterwards if you want. This is part of learning how to work with images efficiently. Another important part of it is to only work with images that you'll actually do something with. Don't mess with ones that aren't going to end up being "keepers".
Rick Walker
My photos:
GeoVista Photography
#29. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 28Thu 06-Jun-13 01:00 PM
> Don't mess with ones that aren't going to end up being "keepers".
I think that is a pretty key point, especially with the D600 - the RAW files eat up room on your storage as well.
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#23. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 19
>figure out how to do this. Why are there so many variables I
>can adjust? What are the 4-5 things I need to adjust to
>quickly optimize my images?
For Aperture, start with these settings:
1. White balance (warmer vs. cooler, can also select something neutrally in color like grey or bright grey)
2. Exposure (governs the brightest parts of the image)
3. Brightness (does the same, but for mid-tones)
4. Contrast (just what you'd think)
5. Vibrancy (enhances saturation for the less saturated colors, while not turning faces into pumpkins)
Do them in that order. You don't necessarily need to do all of them - you might like an image just fine after the first two steps alone. If you do those, and you have some blown highlights, add a 6th step:
6. Recovery (this will recover details in the highlights)
Ignore everything else for the time being until you get comfortable with those settings. If you want one more slider to play with because you've gotten used to those far faster than you expected, add the Black Point slider.
7. Black Point slider (adjusts the dark parts of the image, so that what you want to be black is truly black - will boost or lower contrast when used)
Hope this helps.
Rick Walker
My photos:
GeoVista Photography
#24. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 23Thu 06-Jun-13 11:18 AM
This helps a great deal, Rick! Thank you.
#25. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 24Thu 06-Jun-13 11:21 AM
Great. Have fun with it!
Rick Walker
My photos:
GeoVista Photography
#18. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 0
You have gotten good advice and encouragement about the process of getting digital to look more like film which you prefer.
One thing that has to be mentioned is that film or any medium is a habit, a learned esthetic that is not like the scene actually was, any more than a painting is, or a recording of a song is.
You have learned to like the particular characteristics of film prints but even a 2 year old would instantly know one was not real and the other was an abstraction of elements one recognizes as representing the scene. It is a learned preference, not an intrinsic quality.
If you spent 20 years with digital and went to film your comments would be the same, "why does film not look as good as digital?".
So you are dealing with two problems, the technical problems of doing the digital darkroom tasks now done by your film processor, and becoming used to the appearance of digital images. Of the two mediums, digital is far more flexible in adjusting to a preference than film is. Take a look as the galleries of some members and you can see really good uses of digital, but you will also see some that are not very appealing, just like when looking through someone's film print photo albums.
Seeing your prints, amplifies my first point, these photos are not anything like the scene and in fact have many flaws in color, clipping, focus, exposure etc. I dare say that once you get into controlling the darkroom yourself and seeing what goes into turn raw data(or raw emulsion) into a pleasing image, things will improve rapidly and it will also show you options you never had before.
You have a camera that is capable of capturing a tremendous range of data faithfully, but it is still your task to turn that data into a pleasing image. Along the way you will discover that there is a lot more detail data held in those files with the D600 than what you saw in prints before.
When first making the change from film to digital, there is a tradition of users to say the colors are not saturated enough. That what the Picture Control "Vivid" is designed for, to simulate the exaggerated contrast and colors of film. Point and Shoot cameras have that sort of JPG profile as their default setting so the same comments are made by first time DSLR users complain about bland of flat colors when moving up from Point and shoot. After a few months they usually start appreciating the more neutral tones of their DSLR and eventually stop using Vivid. What you are going through is very common, most of us went through it.
One thing you will find with post processing and looking at images with more scrutiny, is the technical flaws are easier to see since they can be seen with great magnification. That will cause you to start shooting with steadier tripods, faster shutters, and more deliberate control of conditions, mostly because you will see errors more readily. Digging deep into images will improve both digital and film technique. For example clipping will be obvious when doing post but when shooting film that is often ignored because there is not the direct reading of the over exposure points that are right in your face when looking as the histogram on the screen.
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#20. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 18Thu 06-Jun-13 08:44 AM
Hi Stan:
It's quite true that film is a learned aesthetic, but there is no sensor out there (and never will be) that can create an image that looks as rich as a chemical reaction on plastic. It might be what I'm used to, but with everything moving to high-definition, there's a bizarre coldness to digital images that I think is a step in the wrong direction.
Sony just came out with a new HD TV that's four times the resolution of 1080p blu-ray. How "high-def" do our images need to be? My D600 is so clear, it looks surreal to me even at the most neutral setting.
I'm up to the challenge of learning post-processing, but it's going to take me months (and maybe years) to get up to speed with this. In the end, I just want to be able to know what I'm getting from my D600 in the same way that I know what I'm getting from my 35mm Nikons.
It's a work in progress ...
#30. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 20William Rounds Nikonian since 25th Mar 2011Thu 06-Jun-13 01:59 PM | edited Thu 06-Jun-13 02:15 PM by William Rounds
I consider myself as a beginner when it comes to post-processing but my job, which involves extensive travel, has never allowed my to follow any courses in post-processing. So, I learn as I go and it probably means I'm taking a lot longer to learn than if I had simply started with some formal instruction in the software I use (which are CNX2 and DxO) and build on that.
My point is, if there is anyone in your area offering instruction in the software you use, take the time to follow some formal training. It will get you off on the right track and probably allow you to start "tweaking" with some knowledge of how and why you are doing it.
At some point you'll get to the "Aha, now I get it!" stage and it starts to get fun, not a chore in front of the computer.
There is not a single in-camera setting of a Nikon DSLR that you cannot reproduce with Capture NX2. Once you get a handle on that, you will probably start shooting in RAW and then creating JPEG images with more options than the limited in-camera options. For instance, I have created four basic "presets" in Capture NX2 which emulate the four in-camera settings that seemed to work best for my photos. Now I just shoot RAW and apply a preset in CNX2. When I find a "preset" which works right, I then "batch" process all the photos taken in the same setting. If one is not optimal I try one of the others. One always gets me very close to what I want, then I "tweak". This will gain a lot of time in front of the computer and you won't have to set each and every slider for each and every photo.
The software is in fact very powerful once you get to know it.
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#31. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 20RABaker Registered since 30th Sep 2003Thu 06-Jun-13 03:17 PM
"I think I'm in denial in thinking that I can still shoot the same way I've been exposing film these past 20 years. And you're quite right about my printer -- they are processing my prints according to their standards and making adjustments as such.
"When I send my digital files to be printed, I always choose "no adjustments" which means my printer simply prints my jpeg files without touching them. It's a great option, but in a way, my digital files aren't being processed beyond the settings in my camera -- and I now think this lack of "post-processing" is why I'm not happy with my digital prints."
Since you prefer not to spend time postprocessing your digital images, have you considered allowing your printer to process the files "according to their standards and making adjustments as such?" I happen to enjoy the direct control of the digital "darkroom" on my computer, but not everybody does. Nor does everybody need to. Since your printer will likely process your digital files to their own standards if you don't choose "no adjustments," why not give them a try and see if you like the results better. ...and if you don't care for the results they give when they process digital files, you can try other printing services - they will not all process the files in the same way nor to the same standards. If you decide to have your printer process your digital images, it would probably be worthwhile to have a brief conversation with them about what, if any, preprocessing should be applied to the files. They may want JPEG files but with most in-camera settings to neutral or minimum so that they do not have to try to reverse something that was applied by the camera; or they may prefer to receive TIFF files with no preprocessing done; or they may prefer to receive raw files; or ...... (you get the idea). Give it a try and see if you like what they can do for you. If it works, you will then be back to exactly where you were with film images - you do the capture and they do the processing.
Good luck,
#32. "RE: Optimal picture settings?" | In response to Reply # 0
One thing you might want to experiment with is shooting jpg and adjusting the Picture Controls you use. Each of the PC's have several adjustment sliders, so you can play around with them in a series of experiments. You may find a setup you like in a relatively short period of time. If you get to an adjusted set of PC's you like, you can avoid RAW processing and do very little post-processing in Aperture. That being said, I am with most of the other commenters in preferring RAW, with all processing done on my computer. I make this suggestion only because it might let you get to a film-like methodology with your digital shooting.
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Roma kept up their unbeaten run in Serie A this season but missed the chance to really pressure league leaders Juventus after being held to a 2-2 draw by AC Milan at the San Siro.
The visitors, who have yet to lose this season, twice led thanks to goals from Mattia Destro and a Kevin Strootman penalty but Milan showed great character to respond with strikes from Cristian Zapata and Sulley Muntari.
The result means that Roma are five points behind Juventus and have now only won one in their last six whilst Milan move up a place to 11th above Cagliari despite winning only once in their last eight.
Many expected the returning Francesco Totti to start the match but it was Destro who was preferred up front.
And Rudi Garcia's decision to rest the talismanic striker, who has notched five goals against Milan in the San Siro appeared justified when Destro opened the scoring.
A tidy sequence of Roma passing led to the goal as the excellent Strootman crossed for Destro to slot past Christian Abbiati from a yard out for his second of the season.
Roma continued to dominate possession but were rocked when Milan drew level courtesy of Zapata, the left back ghosting to the back post to knock in Muntari's flick-on direct from the corner.
Michael Bradley looked to have restored Roma's lead as he flicked the ball goalwards on the back post, only for Daniele Bonera to hook the ball off the line.
The visitors continued to press forward and Gervinho squandered an excellent chance when set through on goal down the left but his second touch let him down, allowing Zapata to get back and make the challenge with Destro screaming for the ball in the centre.
Massimiliano Allegri made a change in goal at the break, bringing on Gabriel for Christian Abbiati. But the change backfired almost immediately as the substitute keeper rushed off his line to bring down Gervinho for a penalty and a yellow card.
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SCIENTIST AT WORK: NANCY FRICK; A First-Person Study of Polio's Painful Legacy
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Dr. Nancy Frick, one of the world's foremost experts on the long-term psychological effects of childhood polio, says she has a classic Type-A personality: driven to succeed, often to the point of exhaustion, and unduly afraid of failure.
And it is precisely these characteristics that have made her, in a sense, the laboratory for her research into post-polio syndrome -- a late effect of poliomyelitis. The public knows little about the centuries-old illness and its painful and fatiguing effects.
Post-polio syndrome remains obscure largely because so many who suffer from it are reluctant to look back at such a dark part of their past, and, unlike Dr. Frick, 55, are unwilling to talk about it.
Dr. Frick, who is the director of Harvest Center, a health and disabilities research group in Hackensack, N.J., was one of 1.63 million Americans struck by polio during the epidemics of the late 1940's, 50's and early 60's. She is also one of the estimated 440,000 who have experienced severe effects of the disease decades after they thought they had conquered it.
The acute form of polio was virtually eradicated in the United States in the 60's with the development of the Sabin and Salk vaccines, though there are still some new cases in countries where vaccinations are not widespread.
Dr. Frick's experiences with the harshness of the disease and the brutality of some of the treatments, and her long-term psychological reaction to both, are central to a new understanding of polio and its consequences.
Her most vivid memory of having polio is of being carried off a bus, a very sick 6-year-old, after visiting relatives in Michigan in the summer of 1949. She was placed on the living-room sofa at her family's farm in Geneva, Ohio, and then could not move.
What followed is a blur, she said. Dr. Frick's next clear memory is of 13 terrifying months at a medical catchment center, a kind of warehouse of the day for children with infectious poliomyelitis. She recalls:
''A doctor regularly arrived on my ward and moved down the row of beds, stopping at each, and then he would proceed up my side. The minute I saw him I'd start crying hysterically. When he got to me he would literally wind up and punch me hard in the stomach -- the pain was unbelievable.
''My mother, who was allowed to visit me once a week, learned that he was testing to see whether any response was returning to my stomach muscles, though gently pushing on them would have accomplished as much. I would wake up in the the night crying with nightmares. Once, because of the crying, a night nurse rolled me, bed and all, into a dark closet and left me there until morning.''
Like most with polio, Nancy Frick eventually recovered, as the effects of the virus, which attacked the motor neurons, the cells in the spine that control movement, wore off. The pain and almost total debilitation were gone, but she lost substantial use of her left arm and right leg and has had to use a wheelchair ever since.
Nancy Frick eventually left the farm and graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, earning a doctorate in psychology and pursuing a counseling career. She believes the psychological effects of the polio lingered, but physically, she felt fine.
Then in 1982, 33 years after the initial attack, spasms of pain shot through her left leg as she drove to work. The pain, along with increasing fatigue and weakness, grew worse, but her doctors failed to find the cause.
Dr. Frick did not make the connection between the attack and her childhood polio until two years later, when she sought treatment from Dr. Richard L. Bruno, and they began talking about her past. Dr. Bruno was studying the effects of disease on the autonomic nervous system at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York.
As more and more former polio patients around the world started experiencing the late symptoms in the 80's, Dr. Frick began a research collaboration with Dr. Bruno, now director of the Post-Polio Institute at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey and chairman of the International Post-Polio Task Force.
An important piece of the puzzle of physiology behind post-polio syndrome was supplied last year in a report by a Canadian scientist. Dr. Alan J. McComas, a neurologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, found that polio survivors lost motor neurons in the spine at a higher rate because of early damage caused by the polio virus. To make up for the loss, the remaining healthy neurons send out sprouts to reconnect the muscle fibers orphaned when their motor neurons were killed. Those neurons may have been carrying 500 times their normal workload, causing the muscle weakness and pain.
In understanding the psychological factors, Dr. Frick's personal experiences proved a valuable starting point.
Dr. Frick organized and directed, with Dr. Bruno's collaboration, a recently completed study showing that a surprising number of polio survivors had been abused. In a survey of 1,185 polio survivors, 34 percent more of them reported having been physically abused -- beaten to motivate them to walk or exercise through excruciating pain -- than nondisabled control subjects. Ninety-four percent more reported emotional abuse -- having been torn away from families for months or years, ridiculed as ''freaks'' or berated by parents screaming that they would never marry as ''cripples.''


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Campbell and new Washington Redskins coach Jim Zorn's West Coast offense succeeded in Week 2 as spectacularly as it failed in Week 1. Campbell went from uncomfortable to prolific, completing 24 of 36 passes for 321 yards in a 29-24 victory over the New Orleans Saints.
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Isn't that what we all WERE called two years ago when we tried to tell people how dangerous this rabble rousing demagogue was? Yes we were.
You have done nothing but invent a fiction that presents an "apples and oranges" wide distinction between the case at hand and your fictional case. The conditions, the applicable laws and the types of actions taken are not similar at all, nor germane (relevant) to each other.
January 05, 2008: Taken directly from Anorak news: Tony Bennett Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 8:54 pm I have been asked to represent Paul (Lionheart).
For the public record, here is a full copy of the e-mail sent by Ian Holden of Bedfordshire Police to Llionheart yesterday, Thursday 3 January 2008:
The offence that I need to arrest you for is Stir up Racial Hatred by displaying written material contrary to sections 18(1) and 27(3) of the Public Order Act 1986.
You will be arrested on SUSPICION of the offence. You would only be charged following a full investigation based on all the relevant facts and CPS consent.
Unease over US role on net control Australian IT
MORE than 1000 internet experts have gathered in Athens for the first UN-sponsored internet governance forum, amid grumbling over the dominant position of the US.
This is a renewed effort of a failed attempt last year to silence truth tellers, wrestle control of the internet away from a free speech America (where there is no control, thank Gd) and shut down the last vestige of free, unfettered opinion worldwide. The internet is the worst thing that ever happened to despots and dictators everywhere.
From the story, it appears that there are quite a few different services that offer wordpress-based blogs. The shutdown only affected one of them, albeit apparently a rather large one.
Supposedly it's a crackdown on copyright infringement, but come on. I can't believe that every one of those 73,000 blogs had material posted on them that infringes on someone's copyright.
And, as I said upthread, what on earth does Joe F'n Biden care about copyright infringement activity? Why is the Vice President of the United States all of a sudden so damned interested in cracking down on abuse of intellectual property on the internet?
Let that thought sink in for a moment.
Oh, got it.
I don't know, but we probably won't get results like this out of it...
I thought I drew an apt analogy. I see you didn't get it.
You said it, MD. It smells like despotism to me, too.
It's blogs clearly violating copyright laws.
Thing is, that should take a warrant to suspend them and a court verdict to shut them down.
The veneer looks good, but it's fast moving dry rot underneath.
It is important to understand that there are two different flavors of Wordpress.
1 - the free hosted service (like Blogger) based on the Wordpress platform.
2 - the full-featured Wordpress open source software.
The first piece is directly managed and affiliated with Wordpress. The latter is freely distributed and may be installed on any server or website address.
This story relates to one incidence of the latter version - not an action against Wordpress. This is an action against a major Wordpress user/account reseller/host.
Here we go.... Alex Jones was right all along !
Ok. How does that relate to whether or not this is a despotic overreach by government?
It's hard not to think that, but we still need to keep our cool until we see some corroborating reports, and more details.
I'll agree that it's hair-raising, though.
I cannot get too worked up about that.
The title freaked me out though. =:^o
The story is also found here:
U.S. Authorities Shut Down WordPress Host With 73,000 Blogs
"After the U.S. Government took action against several sites connected to movie streaming recently, nerves are jangling over the possibility that this is just the beginning of a wider crackdown. Now it appears that a free blogging platform has been taken down by its hosting provider on orders from the U.S. authorities on grounds of a history of abuse. More than 73,000 blogs are out of action as a result."
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Authorities Force 73,000 Blogs Offline?
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TorrentFreak is reporting that a company, Blogetery, that hosted about 73,000 blogs, has been shut down by US authorities. Details are, admittedly, sketchy at this point, but the entire site has been taken down, and the company's ISP claims that they had to terminate the account immediately due to the "request of law enforcement officials, due to material hosted on the server." The ISP also claimed:
"this was not a typical case, in which suspension and notification would be the norm. This was a critical matter brought to our attention by law enforcement officials. We had to immediately remove the server."
I read the article too, but I haven't yet seen confirmation that 73,000 blogs, all routed to the same server, were all distributing movies (etc.) illegally.
That sounds very unlikely to me.
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Internet Censorship Beginning???
Lieberman Purging The Internet of Dissent
US Cyber Command...Perfect Citizen Or Big Brother?
Glenn Beck Is Warning Us To Grab Everything We Can Off The Internet Because They Are About To Shut It Down!
Free Republic could disappear for the same reason. We need a P2P version of Free Republic with encryption and anonymous relay servers.
Excerpt from: http://www.helium.com/items/1893892-why-73000-wordpress-blogs-were-shut-down-by-the-us-government
by Bruce Tyson
Recently targeted by federal action, the free WordPress blogging site Blogetery abruptly came offline after hosting provider BurstNet complied with undisclosed demands from authorities. A message viewable upon visiting the Blogetery site gives this message from its owner: "After being BurstNet customer for 7 months our server was terminated without any notification or explanation. A link on the site leads to a forum called Web Hosting Talk, where the site operator has posted correspondence with BurstNet, that suggests feederal involvement in the incident.
Those first to learn about the Blogetery shutdown seemed to think that the move was due to intellectual property concerns. The online discussion supposedly with the Blogetery owner suggests that users of his site prompted frequent cease and desist demands from copyright holders to which he responded with appropriate action against users of his site.
Original speculation seemed to be misguided upon the release of comments from BurstNet that disclosed that the action against Blogetery was not typical and required instant compliance with federal demands to close the entire Web site. Some reports seem to suggest that intellectual property rights actions typically target specific users of a service rather than the entire operation. Now, some fear that the suffering of the innocent together with the guilty as the free speech of many appears to have been infringed by government action. Such fear supposes, of course, that not all 73,000 blogs on Blogetery were lawbreakers. Some consider the magnitude of the federal action as an indication that the Blogetery site itself and its owner may have been involved in some type of wrongdoing.
BurstNet and authorities have been mum on specific details of the case, saying only that they have refunded the payments from the Web site owner owner.
I understood the attempt, but your fictional situation was not analogous to the case at hand, and thus did not make the case you intended for it.
You seen this?
I notice the link for that story is 404.
Thanks for finding those related articles. Have you posted any of them as threads here?
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and...(surprising (read all)....
I copied your blog post about Facebook's censoring of the Gadsden flag and other Tea Party references and sent it to my email list.
You should post that here, if you haven't already.
For instance, what if Tea Party members all started changing their Facebook profile "face" picture to the Gadsden flag? Would they cancel all the memberships? Would they ban the flag outright and face the repercussions?
I'd like to see them try to shut the Tea Partiers up... Yep, I'd sure like to see that.
no, thank you, but feel free to do so if you like...
After reading mor stories today, I believe the authorities physically removed the physical server containing the bn.Blogetery.com hosted blogs.
To protect the copyright claims of major RIAA donors, the Obama administration just stole, blackholed and civil forfeiture confiscated the intellectual property of about 72,000 websites.
War is Peace. DMCA IP law is liberty.
Well then they are being consistent. Some years ago, I had an employee who was involved with a group of people providing movies via Bit Torrent. The movie industry and the feds got concerned when these guys got their hands on the latest Star Wars movie, before release in theaters.
The FBI raided his apartment. He was not there, as he was out of town on a training course. However, they seized his computer which was being used as a server. The problem was that the server was government property. Without permission, he had taken the server home to configure it for Linux. Before he did that, he decided to transfer all of his home computer files to the government machine and clean up his own drive. We fired the employee, and bought the government a new server. We weren't happy.
Our now former employee was convicted along with his fellow conspirators and spent time in federal prison. He was just a kid, and had no idea what he was getting into. He learned a hard lesson.
Over a year later, the FBI called and told us that we could pick up the server. The guy I sent to pick it up asked the agent if he had wiped the drive. He got a nasty response but was assured that all illegal materials had been removed. When we got the server back to the office, we found all the movies still intact.
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Gunny, I've thought of starting a blog. Anyone who notices me around this place knows that I can dump thousands of words on any topic that cranks me up.
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There is speculation on some of the industry forums that is wasn't a cut and dry case of "copyright infringement" it was more likely kiddie porn that was being served up.
More than likely the owner nor the hosting company was aware that this was going on.
The servers have been taken as evidence and we all know that it could take a long time before they get their forensic studies done on the servers. Until then, the (potentially)poor cat that owned that site will not know what is going on until they press charges on him or give the hosting company back their servers months from now.
So, I guess what I am saying, unless someone can authoritatively tell us different, this was not a hit job by Obama's minions.
I don't look forward to the changes we will have to live with in the near future and longer term future brought on buy the FRAUD in the Whitehouse, but I also don't like to jump to knee jerk assumptions.
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SNIPPET: "A popular website that hosted more than 70,000 bloggers was shut down suddenly last week after the FBI informed its chief technology officer that the site contained hit lists, bomb-making documents and links to Al Qaeda materials, it was reported on Monday.
When the WordPress platform Blogetery.com went dead, the initial explanation from the site's host, Burst.net, was that a law-enforcement agency had ordered it to shut down, citing a history of abuse. The explanation caused a wave of conspiracy theories in the blogosphere.
But according to a report on CNET Monday, Burst.net shut down Blogetery.com when it became spooked by a letter from the FBI, in which the bureau detailed the presence of terrorist materials among the blog posts."
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John J. Callahan - Lawyer - Thief5101 Wisconsin Ave, NW Washington, D.C., District of Columbia United States of America
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The toxic and illegal business practices of this lawyer, impacts individuals like myself, all across Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
He Hires, violent Thugs and process servers agencies falsifying proofs of service, and pays others to sign blank proofs, while others in the office apply digital signatures, some who rewrite proofs to suit their needs, or often, forge server's signatures.
Attorney John J Callahan, from my experience, will do anything for money. The people that he has hired so far has stalked intimidated and harassed family members, people that I am acquainted with, and many others, in Washington DC and Maryland. And this has been going on for over one year.
Attorney John J Callahan, is very dangerous. And he's very violent.
One of my male family members, was physically attacked by attorney John J. Callahan, recently in a car at a busy intersection, in Maryland. My other friends and family members were also stalked and harassed for a period of over one year, by the thugs, attorney John J. Callahan hired.
I am not quite sure what makes this guy so dangerous. Maybe it's the over usage of psychotic drugs and medication or not enough. Either way he's a very sick person. If you hire this guy, be forewarned, that as your agent you can be held responsible for his very dangerous and reckless actions, towards others. He has no respect for human life. Only Money !
We have video footage, of some of the behavior of John J. Callahan and the thugs that he has hired in the past, in action.
In my opinion, and from experience, this bad apple is ruining the lives of hundreds of people through acts of terror, harassment, intimidation, vehicle destruction, property destruction, theft of land, perjury and forgery of real property deeds.
John J Callahan, is the attorney of record for real estate that was stolen, through trickery, forgery, deception and deceit. The address of that property is; 6919 6th Street,NW, Washington DC. 20011.
The book; The Nightmare on 6th Street, documents and describes perfectly the behavior of John J. Callahan, his thugs and co-conspirators and their illegal tactics. But, people like that can get away with murder. It's a very sad fact, but true.
John J. Callahan, will ruin what should be a respected profession. People and the courts should be able to trust without question a professional process server or attorneys proof of service. But, not if John J. Callahan, has a hand in it.
After providing service to the intended recipient, process servers would print an affidavit of service to prove that they had indeed provided the legal documents to the defendant. Not forged signatures, a dummied up or faked affidavit or forged documents, put together by political cronies.
He is also a big coward that gives you the impression that he is receiving big political money and accepts payoffs to bribe and fix cases for and from the Washington D.C. local Government.
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Back when I lived in New York, I found explore talent online about 7 years ago at first it said it was free when I signed up but then they called my dad and told him if I wanted to get booked faster I would have to upgrade my membership and pay $30 or so a month and get professional photos taken by their photographers, my dad paid for the membership and we scheduled an appointment to go take the pictures, when we got there it was in one of the rooms in a building in Manhattan but there was about 20 people who were there to get their pictures taken so we waited about 4 hours to get my pictures taken, by the end after I took the pictures one of the guys my dad spoke to said that we had 3 choice of photo packages and it would be smart to get the one with the most pictures for full exposure so we got the $1,000 photoshoot package,
after we received the pictures we didn't know what we were supposed to do with them so we called and they said we would send them to agencies who contacted us but no one ever contacted us for about 6 months and my dad was still paying the $30 a month subscription so he called to cancel it and they refused to do it and said they would send him to collection if he refused to pay he cancelled it anyway...
to this day I have the pictures I took that day saved somewhere and haven't gotten rid of them cause they were pretty expensive, never got contacted by anyone.
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