http://diamantephoto.com/blog by David Diamante Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:37:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Connecting with people and networking is so important. Every day there are opportunities that people pass by because they didn't know they exist or didn't know the right person at the right time. While taking Brian Lucier's web design class at MassArt I saw an opportunity present itself to connect ... http://diamantephoto.com/blog/2010/07/15/the-value-of-connecting/ I know I'm a slacker about updating my page. But I've been on a roll lately. If you haven't seen the new design and the 4 galleries I've added then you should definitely reload my page and see some of the awesome weddings I've been shooting lately. The gallery navigation ... http://diamantephoto.com/blog/2010/07/03/wow-wow/ Version 3 of the site is under progressive updates. I will be moving the gallery bar to the right hand side. I've already resized the background image spaces and added social media icons. I also plan on adding new galleries of the weddings now featured in my default background slideshow ... http://diamantephoto.com/blog/2010/06/26/updates-underway/ Hey fans, just wanted to point to my most recent album design. Kimberly Frattasio's wedding was exciting to photograph. As much enjoyment as I get out of taking pictures at the event, I get really psyched when I get to produce an album for the happy couple. This album was ... http://diamantephoto.com/blog/2010/06/22/finished-work-on-kims-album-design/ Long time since I;ve updated my blog, it's awful I know. I've been busy doing a lot of work, learning new ways to do things. Anyhow, to the point. I had the wonderful opportunity to shoot these three gals yesterday. They get their pictures taken every year for their mother's ... http://diamantephoto.com/blog/2009/04/11/new-portrait-session/ Well, it's new to me at least. The site is called Seim Effects. This site has a bunch of free actions that includes a little bit of everything: skin toners, time savers, glow effects, black and white conversions, water marking tools, etc. The lightroom section has brush presets which I ... http://diamantephoto.com/blog/2008/11/15/more-free-photoshop-and-lightroom-goodies/ So I was asked by a friend the other day to help revive the old color slide film look for some of his father's photographs. I rooted around the web for a while and found a great site: http://lifeindigitalfilm.blogspot.com/. His presets bring back the lovely films I used back when ... http://diamantephoto.com/blog/2008/11/06/fun-new-lightroom-presets/ It certainly was a happy Halloween for Billy and Jillian, congratulations you two! I met them through Cake Connections in Abington. I love it when I get to go to the rehearsal / dinner and meet everyone in a casual environment. They had a short rehearsal at the church and headed ... http://diamantephoto.com/blog/2008/11/02/jillian-and-billy-marcia-enchanting-halloween-wedding/ Welcome to my new blog. Still working on making it pretty and usable. Bear with me while I learn how to use this [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="332" caption="Evelina waiting for Ted to come outside before the wedding..."][/caption] Evelina and Ted's wedding last weekend was great. After going to the rehearsal party the ... http://diamantephoto.com/blog/2008/10/29/hello-world/