60 Second Photoshop Tips: Visually Changing Your Selection
Not many people know that you can use Free Transform tool in Photoshop on Selections too. But the problem is that it doesn't really give you much feedback as you adjust your selection. But with this tip, you can actually see exactly what's happening to the selection...
An Update to My 60 Second Photoshop Tips (and Lightroom + more)
Last year I started a series called 60 Second Photoshop Tips. It's based on a series I used to do years ago where I did quick one-ish minute tips. I also added some 60 Second Lightroom Tips to it too (Just click the Photoshop link in the menu at the top and you can...
Blog Recap of 2016
Thanks so much for following my recaps this week. Today, we're going to take a look at the top blog posts of 2016, as well as some other stuff. But, first let's talk a little about a change in the blog over the last year. I consider my blog my workbench. I test out...
What I Learned In Our First Year of Business
A while back I wrote about how my wife and I both left our jobs and struck out on our own business adventure. It wasn't the best time for it, as we have two kids getting ready for college. But it was definitely the right time for it, so we pulled the trigger last...
The One Lightroom Setting You Need to Change for 2017
Breaking in today, between the 2016 Annual Report week stuff, for a quick tip on the one Lightroom setting that you need to change for 2017. And the best part is, it doesn't matter what version of Lightroom that you have. It's not a glamorous feature, it's not a fancy...
My Top Instagram Photos of 2016
This past year was finally the year of Instagram for me. I'd posted there once in a while before, but never really consistently over the years. I know everyone uses Instagram, but I guess I just didn't get it for a while. But I'm on board now, so I thought it would be...
My Top Landscape and Nature Photography From 2016
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. If you haven't already, I...
The 2016 Matt Kloskowski Website Annual Report
Happy New Year! Last week I had the idea to create a series of blog posts called “The Annual Report”. I don’t have shareholders, or a board, or anything fancy like that. So in the traditional sense of the term, there’s not much to report. But I thought it’d be cool to...
Photographing Oceans, Beaches, and Waterfalls
Back in October I spoke at the PhotoPlus Expo in New York at the Sony Booth. Luckily, Sony records these sessions and puts them up at AlphaUniverse.com so the content can be shared after (even if you couldn't attend). My latest class, Water is Everywhere, is now up on...
Are You Getting The Lightroom Catalog Size is More Than 4GB Message?
In the latest update of Lightroom CC, there's a message that pops up if you try to back up your catalog. The message tells you that your catalog is over 4GB and that it'll be zipped when backing up. The message box looks something like this. But My Catalog Isn't Over...
ON1 Photo Raw Is Here
If you've been following the photo editing news, you may have heard that ON1 announced it was working on a fast, streamlined raw photo editor earlier this year. Well, it's here! I've been part of designing this from the ground up and I'm really excited to see it. I...
Thank You Jim DiVitale – You Will Be Missed
Earlier this week I found out that we lost one of our industry's great artists - Jim DiVitale (aka. Jimmy D! - yes, you need the exclamation whenever you said it) 🙂 Jim was recognized by every aspect of the industry as one of the top photographers, artists and...