GENERAL NOTES (Parking, etc.)
This shot was taken from the (at the time) newly-constructed overlook park that replaced a little house that was on top of the hill...I'm so glad the city made the decision to share this awesome view with everyone! If you haven't visited this spot, it's made of beautiful artificial wood-look deck material and it's big enough for the kids to run around (and still leave space for the photographers to stay out of the way, and still get some good shots)! This lens-sensor combination (see info above) was barely able to capture this high-contrast scene. The lens was a Panasonic 12-60 3.5-5.6, and the camera was a Panasonic LUMIX GX85. I say it was "barely" able to capture this scene because this lens starts out both too sharp and too contrasty (using DEFAULT -0-0-0-0 settings)...so I used my custom settings (see link above) to tone things down, then created a custom, lens-sensor specific LUT to perfect it.
*As A.I. (artificial intelligence) started sneaking into the photo & video production industries, I decided to go for 100% realism in my work. What this means for me, is to shoot for realistic-looking photos and video content. My approach includes using custom, lens-sensor specific CAMERA SETTINGS (and sometimes lens-sensor LUTs when needed). I never use A.I. to generate images, and I don't do tricks using Photoshop. There are adjustments I make to produce more accurate PRINTS but my goal is to limit editing as much as possible.