On The Road with Thorsten Overgaard · July 2014
By: Thorsten Overgaard
This is the ongoing journal of my travels, photography, experience with people, places and equipment.
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"I am only pages into the Lightroom Survival Kit course, I am VERY excited about it! There are many years of digital experience in the first 10 pages - years that I can bypass! Having a clear understanding of color space and color profile is fantastic."
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The New Leica Store San Francisco
463 Bush Street, San Francisco, USA, July 1, 2014
I arrived one day too late to be there for the soft opening of the new Leica Store San Francisco on Monday, but got to see the store that is getting finished.
Leica Store San Francisco. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.
The Leica Store SF has the potential to be one of the best Leica Stores around. The feel and the size will invite to become a place to hangout, to meet up and share photos and show off old film cameras. That's how the best Leica Stores work, such as LA, Tokyo and London.
Note that there is the Akiko's Restaurant Japanese restaurant just down the street that is a great place for lunch or dinner after having visited the Leica Store.
San Francisco
San Francisco, USA, July 2-5, 2014
San Francisco in the fog.
Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.
My daughter Robin Isabella von Overgaard photographed by Ben Smukler
Robin Isabella von Overgaard and Joy acting as my models, July 2014.
San Francisco.
San Francisco. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.
San Francisco. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.
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"I had an extraordinary time attending your workshop. You have a very natural way of teaching and the things I learned from you about photography, techniques and workflow are invaluable."
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- J. L. (Canada) |
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A short trip to Los Angeles
Los Angeles, USA, July 6-8, 2014
We have a secret place in LA where we hang out, and we planned to do so. Sleep for long hours and do nothing. But as it is often the case with us, we ended up working a lot. Some of it you can read about in The Story Behind That Picture "The Hollywood Murder", my photo session with actor Terence Hines:
© 2014 Thorsten Overgaard. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0. This photo is with available soft light from the windows covered with white curtails.
We also got to play around with the Leica M 240 and Leica 90mm THambar f/2.2, my lens from 1938 that is a special lens to create "sunny images".
A GUCCI camera bag in Los Angeles. Read more in the article Sexy Stuff for the Worlds Most Sexy Camera.
Robin met Anna in LA, a friend from Denmark who moved to LA. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.
Robin hanging out in LA. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.
Winner announced in the I SHOT IT competition
San Francisco, USA, July 9, 2014
The result of the Prestigious I shot it Black & White Photo Competition #2/2014 has been announced. The first price is a Leica M Monochrom and $10,000 cash award. See this and the Mark of Excellence awards here. Judged by Thorsten von Overgaard and Birgit Krippner. You can already now enter to participate in the #3/2014 competition to win a Leica M Monochrom and cash award. Enjoy!
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"Thank you very much for your info. I managed to get my Leica set at the downtown Leica Frankfurt store. But would love to visit the Wetzlar store someday just to see the production line. It's been my dream to own a Leica for years and I am so so very ecstatic to be able to achieve it today. Am very excited to get started!"
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- A. K. (Singapore) |
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Writing holiday in Florida
Clearwater, USA, July 9, 2014
We arrived in Florida to hang out here with writing stuff and hang out with my kids for the next five weeks before we have some concerts and events in LA. Then we have another two weeks where we will have to decide where to hang out.
Hanging out in Clearwater
with my sons wedding and writing holiday. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.
My son got married!
Florida, USA, July 11., 2014
My son Oliver got married today in Florida. The lucky bride is Brittany who is from LA and is half Irish, half Italian.
Oliver and his 14 minutes older sister Caroline have been living in Clearwater since September 2012, and it was quite a surprise for Caroline that her 14 minutes younger twin brother would get married before her!
My son Oliver with his new wife, Brittany. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.
My youngest daughter Robin Isabella sneaking in on a photo. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95.
My oldest daughter Caroline. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.
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"Your work has deeply encouraged me to progress in my photographic journey after having been burned out working in the wedding photography field for many years. You have encouraged me to tap in once again to my creative side and my photography is much better in part due to your influence. Keep up the good work!"
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How to set Photoshop CC2014 to 100% preview
July 17, 2014
Since I upgraded to Photoshop CC 2014 I have been bothered by Photoshop showing 100% previews that was much smaller than what the images actually looked in browswer.
After having looked in the Photoshop Preferences again and again for a way to set this to actual preview, I finally found out that the way to do it is to go to the Application folder on the Macbook Pro Retina and take info (press command + i) and then check the box Open in Low Resolution.
That solves the issue.
The thinking behind that 100% preview is much smaller in PS than in real applications is that one pixel on the screen (a Retina screen in particular) is not the same as in a web browser. A retina screen has 220 'points' per inch whereas a traditional screen had/has 100 'points per inch. Hence PS shows the actual pixels - which is 220 points now vs. 100 before, making your 100% image roughly 40% the sieze of what it is in actual use in a web browser. It is not very applicable when you edit images and want to see how they will look in a web brower, hence I had to find a way to change it. And I did!
Photoshop CC 2014 tip: The way to get your 100% preview back to 100% so Photoshop and web browser 100% previews look the same on your Retina screen is to go to the Application folder on the Macbook Pro Retina and take info (press command + i) and then check the box Open in Low Resolution.
Meeting Dick Zimmerman
Clearwater, USA, July 20, 2014
I met with Dick Zimmermann who have had a great career as a photographer in New York, Los Angeles and London photographing a lot of fashion and celebrities, the Michael Jackson album cover for Thriller" probably being the most iconic with a place as the no 7 album on the Rolling Stones top 100.
Zimmerman originally went into photography to become better painter, and one day he put down the camera and returned to painting, which is what he does now.
We had a long talk and a cigaret on the balcony with a view to the water whilst we fondled the Hasselblad that he used for the Thriller album some of my Leica's and the Thambar lens that I though might be just him. Read more in my upcoming The Story Behind That Picture.
Dick Zimmermann. Read more in my upcoming The Story Behind That Picture. © 2014 Thorsten Overgaard. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.
The Singer
Florida, USA, July 25, 2014
We have met a few times and we're sort of warming up to a photo shoot that I am sure I will get back to. Here's a photo of Stacy Francis from her performance today.
Stacy Francis doing Purple Rain that used to be available on iTunes. © 2014 Thorsten Overgaard. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.
Florida, July 26, 2014
One has to take into planning that it takes 10-15 minutes for the camera and lenses to adjust when they go from air condition to outside in Florida.
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