National Geographic Magazine October Issue

[davidedric]

If anyone is interested, the October issue of NGM is a "photography special issue" with the subtitle "The Power of Photography". May be worth a few $'s if you are not a regular subscriber.

[Shadowman]

Thanks for the link Dave. I also noticed that the magazine has begun to use different style of photography advertising lately, some of the adverts are two or three pages or have fold outs.

[davidedric]

I also noticed that the magazine has begun to use different style of photography advertising lately, some of the adverts are two or three pages or have fold outs.

Yes, and not a development I welcome!

[Brownbear]

Thanks for sharing Dave... I purchased this issue.

Aside... Does anyone know what the standard editing/processing guidelines are for National Geographic photos? I know that the photographers shoot in raw, so that likely means they can use curves and levels, WB, saturation, clarity?, whites and blacks, shadows, exposure contrast and sharpening, but that is likely about all, I would think. And the photos are always (most) stunning.

[davidedric]

I don't know, Christina. A quick look at the NGM web site shows that ordinary members of the public can't submit photos. The exception is the "your shot" feature and I expect that if you create an account you'll be able to find what that says, but there's no reason to suppose that it would be the same as the professional guidelines.

[Brownbear]

Hi Dave,

Here are the guidelines for My Shot but I don't find them that specific, so I'm trying to figure out what normal basic edits would be considered in terms of the post processing tools in LR. I know that in LR I could change the colour of a photo unrealistically using the curves tool.

Also in that issue there are a couple of very high dynamic range photos, glacier, fox running over ice which have blue sky in them so I'm wondering if they are photographed like that using filters or edited. I suppose it is because I'm learning to post process I'm wondering what is considered the same as in-camera vs manipulation.

ie; I used to use jpegs processed by my camera but now that I am shooting raw photos I don't know what normal processing is which is standard for most nature photography.

Thank you.

http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.c...to-guidelines/

I don't know, Christina. A quick look at the NGM web site shows that ordinary members of the public can't submit photos. The exception is the "your shot" feature and I expect that if you create an account you'll be able to find what that says, but there's no reason to suppose that it would be the same as the professional guidelines.