What’s New in Lightroom 9.2? (February 2020)
If you follow the Adobe world you'll know that Adobe releases what they call a "dot" update to Lightroom every 2-3 months or so. These updates are usually meant to take care of new camera and lens profile updates that come in to the market between those months, but...
Do You Really Need To Use Photoshop?
I received this comment on one of my videos the other day and I thought it was pretty timely considering I just finished a big update to my Photoshop System Course. It was a video where I had edited a bunch of photos all at once and did the edits rather quickly: This...
Start to Finish Edit of My 2019 Favorite Photos
Earlier this week I shared two different posts. The first was my top favorite landscape/travel photos of 2019. And the second was my top favorite wildlife photos I took in 2019. I do this every year but I figured I'd change it up a bit and also share the editing and...
My Favorite Wildlife Photos of 2019
Yesterday I posted my favorite landscape/travel photos of 2019 (click here to see them). Today I'm posting my wildlife shots, since I felt the page would have gotten too long if I included both. My Outlook This Past Year I changed up my shooting philosophy this year a...
My Favorite Photos of 2019
At the end of every year, I always enjoy going through my photos and picking some of my favorites. It’s a fun exercise. And I inevitably end up finding some photos that I may not have thought much of at the time, but I really like now. Or sometimes, photos that I...
Photoshop Texture and Winter Effects
Hi everyone. I have a bird feeder in my backyard and managed to grab a nice photo of a cardinal sitting on a branch nearby (a branch that may have been artificially set there by me) 😉 Anyway, while I was editing the photo, some how I ended up doing something...
Lightroom Calendar Ideas for 2020
A couple of weeks ago I released my 2020 Calendar Templates. Well, this week I decided to do a video that digs a little deeper in to some layout ideas and how you can use those calendar templates to get creative with your photography. Honestly, when it comes to how to...
Why Is No One Mad at Capture One?
Here's a random thought on this Wednesday as I opened up my email and saw a full version upgrade for Capture One. Their last update was one year ago (Capture One 12). Now they're at Capture One 20. Most likely following the industry by numbering the software based on...
What Photoshop Auto Selection Tool to Use
Adobe recently (November 2019) released some new selection technology in the form of the Object Selection Tool as well as the Remove Background option. Combine that with the Select Subject tool that was already there, and you've got several tools that all seem to do...
My First 2 Months with the Sony a7R IV
Back in July, Sony announced the a7R iv and it caught everyone by surprise. Nobody expected a 61 megapixel camera, including me. Truth be told, at first I wasn’t sure I needed it. But then I used one and the reasons (for me at least) became clear. So I thought I’d...
2020 Calendar Templates for Lightroom and ON1 Photo
Well, it's that time of year again. Each year I've shared some calendar templates for Lightroom. This year, those of you that use ON1 Photo will be excited to know that ON1 has enabled a feature in the past year that will allow them to work with ON1 as well. The...
Photoshop and Lightroom 2020 Update FAQ
You may or may not know that Adobe released some new updates this past week. They've updated just about every app they have, but I'm specially going to be covering the photography related questions for Lightroom and Photoshop here. Q. What version of Photoshop should...