The Great Smoky Mountain Photo Summit 2017
For the past two years I've been fortunate to be a part of a truly unique photography conference - The Great Smoky Mountain Photography Summit. Originally started by the late Wilson Reynolds, and my good friend, Bill Fortney, it's become one of my favorite events to...
Video: Introduction to Photoshop Color Lookup Tables
I won't lie... I'm a Lightroom preset junkie. But I've been playing with Photoshop's Color Lookup Table adjustment for a while now, and I'm really diggin' the results. I think, as photographers, we all go through different changes and moods when it comes to our...
ON1 Photo Raw 2017.5 Released
If you're an ON1 user, then you'll want to download the new ".5" release. Traditionally the .5 releases are always really BIG for ON1 and this one has a bunch of new features. You can get the full list right from their website, but here's a quick rundown. Lens...
Finally! Lighting for Landscape, Outdoor and Nature Photographers
Well folks, if you follow my blog at all you may realize that every once in a while I find one of those products that totally changes things for me and I have to write about it. The LumeCube mini-light is one of them. Being mostly an outdoor, landscape and nature...
Interview: The Candid Frame with Ibarionex Perello
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the awesome Ibarionex Perello. I've followed Ibarionex for years and have always loved his work and the style of interviews that he does. This time was no different. We sat down (online) for a while and he...
Free ON1 Dramatic Black and White Presets
Over the weekend I released a new preset pack for ON1 Photo Raw - Dramatic Black and White Presets (Nature Photo Edition). It was based on looking through some photos and working on some ways to take some of the blah light I had, and really accentuating the subject...
What’s New In The Photomatix 6 Pro HDR App?
If you're an HDR lover, than there's some big news today. Photomatix Pro (which I've always held up as the father of all HDR software) just released a new version - Photomatix Pro 6. There's a video at the bottom of the post if you want to see it in action. Also, they...
Photo Makeover – Portrait with a Complex Selection (Episode 4)
Hi everyone. Here's the latest Photo Makeover video (Episode 4). This time around I worked on a cute portrait of a young child submitted by Bengt Cederman. I used the selection tools to select the background, and then jumped in to Photoshop to blur it a bit and add...
My Schedule For Creative Live’s Photoshop Week
On Monday (May 15th), I'll be teaching a full day at Creative Live's annual Photoshop Week. Think of Photoshop Week as an online conference of sorts. While it's held in Seattle, WA - you can watch online from anywhere all week long (yes, and it's free to watch the...
Photo Makeover – Landscape with Challenging Light (Episode 3)
It's been a while since I've done a Photo Makeover, but it's back! This time around there's only 1 photo, but I like to keep my videos on the short side. It's really fun for me to look through your photos and then creating the video so I hope you enjoy! This time...
Is Learning Photography Like Crossfit?
True story... last week, while in the middle of working out at my gym. This particular workout I was doing had a longer run involved in it. And sometimes, during these long runs, various things run through my head. Thoughts like "Why am I doing this?", "This is dumb",...
Are You Getting the Lightroom/Photoshop Compatibility Error?
I've been getting a TON of questions on the latest Lightroom and Photoshop updates. It seems there's a small bug where the "Compatibility" error dialog comes up if you jump from Lightroom to Photoshop. It looks something like this. The dialog usually pops up when your...