by Matt | Oct 14, 2021 | Birds, Photography
Over the last three weeks I was fortunate enough to get to try out a pre-release copy of the new Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM II lens. Sony gave the lens to a few different photographers with various genres and they asked me to photograph some wildlife with it to I could...
by Matt | Oct 8, 2021 | Photoshop, Tutorials
Here’s a quick idea for removing a distracting background or just simplifying it a bit so it looks more uniform. And the key to this is that we’re able to simplify it without cropping some necessary area out of the...
by Matt | Oct 7, 2021 | Birds, Photography
Let me start this out by saying I don’t want this to simply be another “gear doesn’t matter… just practice” post. I want to, more specifically, answer a question about why the pros always say “Gear doesn’t matter”, yet...
by Matt | Oct 6, 2021 | Birds
Thought I’d have a little fun today. I captured this photo a month or so ago when I was at Ft. Desoto making some videos for my Bird Photography Guide. Not only was it interesting to watch, but I got some great action stills and video, so you can actually see...
by Matt | Sep 30, 2021 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
Adobe just released a sneak peek of some MAJOR changes coming to Lightroom and Photoshop Camera Raw. Up until this point, I’ve always thought that the introduction of the brush and gradient tools in LR 2 were big. After that, there was the radial filter which...
I love teaching and photography... In that order. I feel that enjoying photography, and photo editing can get WAY too complicated. So my personal mission (and favorite thing to do), is to create education that simplifies the process of taking great photos, and how to edit them to get the results you’ve always wanted.