Lumecube Releases Strobe Anti-Collision Light
If you're a drone user then you need to be aware of FAA regulations and rules. One of those being that flying a drone at night will require a strobe light on the drone itself that can be seen from 3 miles away. Anyway, the team over at Lumecube recently released a...
Testing out the new Sony 35mm f/1.8 with Landscape Photography
On July 9th, Sony released a new full frame 35mm f/1.8 lens. Well... a week before Sony had given me a preview copy of the lens and asked if I'd shoot with it to develop some thoughts and images to share. I did just that, and the result was a reminder of some...
Photoshop Shift Key Tips You Need to Know
https://youtu.be/_9uXfrNkytA Photoshop is full of tips and tricks and secret handshakes. Here's 5 tips for using the Shift key that you may not have known.
5 Lightroom Preset Tips You Need to Know
To celebrate the release of my brand new preset bundle, I created a free video called "5 Lightroom Preset Tips You Need to Know". While you may know a few of them, I bet there's a couple in there that you didn't know about, so make sure you give the video a watch....
Making the Switch From Adobe?
Hi there! In light of some recent Adobe news (and WAY to many click bait titles with false information), I’ve been getting bombarded with questions about switching from Adobe. I can’t answer them all so I realized it was time to do something. So I created a mini...
Lightroom’s New Texture Slider Deep Dive
In a recent update to Lightroom, they added a new slider called Texture. This slider was originally for skin smoothing, and was actually called Smoothing, but they realized it worked great the other way too. So instead of smoothing skin, it can also be used to add...
What’s New in ON1 2019.5 (May 2019 Update)
ON1 just released what they call a "dot 5" update to Photo Raw 2019. It's traditionally the biggest update between their normal yearly releases (2018, 2019, etc...). I did a quick video on what's new so you can get up to speed. Also, if you'd like to download a free...
What’s New in Lightroom Classic (May 2019 Update)
Every couple of months or so, Adobe releases small updates to Lightroom. Basically, when new features are ready, they add them. Rather than wait 12-24 months and release them all at once. This week Lightroom received a few changes, namely the Texture slider. It's...
Did Adobe Just Double the Price of Lightroom and Photoshop?
Last week the internet was buzzing with stories and posts about people talking, chatting, and otherwise up in arms about Adobe changing the price of the monthly Lightroom/Photoshop plan from $9.99 to $19.99 per month. So I thought I'd shed some light on some things...
Taste or Skill?
For me, Vision is the main idea that separates a technically proficient photographer from someone who can truly visually communicate with their photos. And I don't mean only photographers who have their photos in magazines or in galleries. I mean photographers that...
Channel Masks and Spring Color
https://youtu.be/nEgWjcUHUs0 I thought I'd share my workflow on a photo from a recent trip I took to Charleston, SC to photograph the spring flowers and birds. In this tutorial we'll start in Lightroom with basic adjustments, then jump to Photoshop where we'll do some...
Brushing In Light with Lightroom
Learn a fun way to brush with Light in Lightroom and some tips about how the brush works along the way. https://youtu.be/3brfb3Ta3aA