I’m On a Mission To Change Photo Editing (yes… still!)
Last year, I wrote about how I was on a mission to change people's approach to photo editing. Well, I've learned a lot in this process and I wanted to share it with you. It relates a lot to things I've learned while looking at thousands of photos (that you've...
Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom and macOS Catalina
Whenever a new operating system comes out, the same statements and questions always come up about upgrading. First... people I run in to, always wonder if Adobe's applications are compatible. And next, if it's a Mac OS update, PC people always say "Just buy a PC". If...
Presets vs. Profiles (Which one should you use?)
Let's take a look at what the difference between Lightroom (and Camera Raw) Presets and Profiles are. They each have their place for your photography workflow. While, on the surface, it can seem like they do the same things, they actually work very different - and we...
What’s New in ON1 Photo Raw 2020
Well, it's that time of year again. Every fall, ON1 updates their software with a bunch of new features and enhancements, and this year they're releasing a beta version to let you try it out early as well. Below is a video that recaps some of the new features in ON1...
Amazing Skies and Clouds in Photoshop
A sky is one of the most important parts of an outdoor and landscape photo. Sometimes we get really lucky with a magical sky filling the entire width of the photo. And sometimes we don't. In this tutorial, we're going to take a look at how we can use Photoshop to take...
ON1 Announces New Versions and New Products
I was away at Photoshop World last week and it's almost impossible to keep up on news, let alone write about it. But as I catch up, I wanted to let all of you ON1 users out there know that they recently announced their new 2020 version (coming soon) as well as some...
Live Events Are Super Important
Here’s a random Wednesday thought on attending live events. I just got back from Photoshop World in Las Vegas. The conferences ended Friday, but wifey and I love Vegas, so we stayed a little extra for some play time 🙂 Anyway, I had a friend that was attending. We’ll...
Landscape Photography Is Easy!
I've always noticed that most people that were in to Landscape photography, tended to be in to nature / wildlife photography as well. For years, though, that wasn't me. I would actually sit in the car or put my camera away if I was on a landscape shoot and saw...
What’s New in Lightroom 8.4 (August 2019 Update)
https://youtu.be/UPZ38MC3WDo In this video we'll look at what's new in Lightroom Classic 8.4 (the August 2019 update). Lightroom has added features such as GPU Acceleration and performance updates when editing your photos or viewing on a 4K screen. You can Batch...
Cool ON1 Tips If You Switched From Lightroom
If you were a Lightroom user who switched to ON1, you'll be happy to know that many of the same tips you could use in Lightroom also work in ON1. In fact, you'd be surprised to see just how many similarities in tools, shortcuts, tips and tricks carry across between...
Little Known Lightroom Alt / Option Tips
Anyone that has used Lightroom knows there are a ton of secret handshakes in tips in there. It's impossible to cover them in one video, and honestly... I still learn new ones all of the time. While we can't cover them all, I'll give you a look at 5 (well 7 actually)...
Two Ways to Content Aware Fill in Photoshop
https://youtu.be/m9Fjf8kc6-I Content Aware Fill in Photoshop has to be one of its most powerful features - especially for removing distractions. But a lot of people don't know there's actually 2 ways that you can use it. Each of them has a place, and we'll take a...