Alaska Bear Photography Trip Recap
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to go on a bear photography trip to Alaska. I had never photographed (or seen really) a bear in the wild. So that was exciting. Plus, I don't get to go on many photo trips where I'm just there to shoot so that made it even better....
Combining Lightroom with Bridge
Recently I did a video on Adobe Bridge and some features it has that Lightroom doesn't. I got a lot of feedback on it and realized that there are a lot of Bridge and Lightroom users out there so I thought I'd follow it up with a video on some ways that Bridge and LR...
5 Features Adobe Bridge Has That Lightroom Doesn’t
Please let me know in the comments... do you use Adobe Bridge? I'll admit it... years ago I used to make fun of Adobe Bridge. It was all in good fun, and I actually believe your final photo doesn't care about your workflow so forget what everyone says. Make a great...
Curves Update – New Refine Saturation Adjustment in Lightroom and Photoshop
Adobe released a pretty small update this past week, but it includes a big adjustment for those of you that like to use Curves in Lightroom or Camera Raw. One of the common problems we have with curves is that it can over saturate the photo. But with this new...
Bear Photography Trip Coming Up
Hey there... I'm heading to Alaska on Sunday for a bear photography trip! I'm so excited. I've never taken a photo of a bear before (well, other than a cell phone snap while vacationing in Tennessee). So I want to make this a useful trip for both me and you. How the...
Test Your Skills with My Photoshop Quiz
Hi all. Who doesn't love a quiz right? Just for fun I thought I'd make a little Photoshop Quiz to test some of your skills. This one is 15 questions. Personally, I think it's pretty hard so it'll be interesting to see how everyone does (Update after 30 minutes: Okay,...
Are Your Questions Hurting Your Progress?
I'd love to see a lively discussion on this one so please leave a comment below. This has been a topic I've been wanting to write about for a while because I see it all the time. Rather than write a long post though, I thought I could talk about it better. So please...
What’s New in Photoshop (May 2023 Update)
Adobe released a small but really powerful new tool in Photoshop this week. It's called the "Remove Tool" and has a really simple task - to remove things. It's like Content Aware Fill, but better in just about every way. In this video we'll take a look at that along...
How to Mask Adobe’s AI Noise Reduction
Hi all. I've gotten a lot of questions on whether or not you can use the masking tools in Lightroom and Camera Raw with the new AI Noise Reduction. While there is a Noise adjustment in the masking tools, it doesn't work the way you think, so we'll talk about a...
FAQ on Lightroom’s New Noise Reduction Feature
Updated August 2023 I've gotten a lot of questions about Adobe's new Noise Reduction feature (referred to the rest of this article as NR) in Lightroom and Camera Raw. It's a great feature and one of those much needed ones since this is a pretty common 3rd party...
A Deeper Look at Lightroom’s New Noise Reduction
In this video we'll take a deeper look at just the Noise Reduction that has been added to Lightroom Classic in the April 2023 update. Click Here to Watch My Full "What's New in Lightroom (April 2023 Update) video Click Here to Find Out More about my Wildlife Editing...
What’s New in Lightroom (April 2023 Update)
Adobe just released a pretty substantial "dot" update to Lightroom Classic bringing it to version 12.3. And the same updates are also included in Adobe Camera Raw. In this video we'll take a look at what's new including brand new (and really good) Noise Reduction as...