Great Smoky Mountains Photo Summit Photography Recap
A few weeks ago I had the honor of teaching at the 2nd Annual Great Smoky Mountains Photography Summit. Last year was the first year and it was so amazing that I immediately signed up to teach the next year right on the spot. I equate this photo summit with going to...
A Quick Photography Update from Costa Rica
Happy Monday everyone! I wanted to give you a quick update on a project I'm working on, and share a photo from my current location - the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. This is an amazing area for photography with everything from rainforests, wildlife, beaches, gorgeous...
A Quick Look At Photoshop CC 2017
This week is Adobe's big conference - Adobe Max. It's always full of product announcements and news, and one of those happened to be some new features added to Photoshop CC. Note: To Update, you can go to the top menu Help > Updates in Photoshop or check your...
A Quick Fall Photography Lightroom Mobile Photo Edit
Below is a quick Fall Photography photo from the 2nd Annual Great Smoky Mountains Photo Summit I taught at last week (more photos and write up coming later this week). You probably remember me email blasting you over and over again about my Ultimate Lightroom Course...
No Tripods Allowed! New York Rooftop Photography
This past week I was teaching for Sony and Adobe at the PhotoPlus Expo in New York City. One evening I met a few friends (among them, my good buddy and great photographer Serge Ramelli) at a rooftop bar at the Ink 48 Hotel. As you can imagine with rooftop photography...
Teaching Update: Tampa and New York PhotoPlus Expo
Hey there everyone. Live in Tampa or New York? I've got a couple of classes coming up. First, my home town... Tampa. Tampa Area Professional Photographers Association (TAPPA) This group is always near and dear to my heart. They were one of my first speaking gigs many...
The Ultimate Lightroom Course Is Here!
After months of polling my readers and social media pages... after weeks and weeks of recording videos... and after not enough hours of sleep, my brand new Ultimate Lightroom Course is finally here. I wrote about the course a few times here on the blog, and thousands...
Coming Soon! The Ultimate Lightroom Course
Hey everyone! I'm really psyched to announce my upcoming "The Ultimate Lightroom Course". I've literally poured everything I know into this course, and I truly believe it is my best work in Lightroom yet. It really is the ultimate course on Lightroom and (while I may...
Photography Lessons For My Mom – Just Shoot
A couple of weeks ago, I was on the phone with my mom asking her how she was doing with the last exercise I'd given her (read more about it here). She said she had gone through the exercise a few times and she was doing ok. So I asked if she'd gone out shooting, and...
Lightroom and Photoshop Tutorial – Edit a Dock at Sunrise
It's exhilarating to wake up before dawn and be rewarded with a beautiful sunrise to shoot. In this Lightroom and Photoshop tutorial, follow along as I edit a beautiful dock at sunrise from start-to-finish. https://youtu.be/cpAW7erYL_M Here are the step-by-step...
Photoshop and Lightroom Tutorial – Editing a Fun Family Portrait
In this free Photoshop and Lightroom tutorial, follow along with me as I show you how to edit this fun family portrait from start to finish. https://youtu.be/b49EtcU993I I've also included step-by-step instructions to make it easier for you to follow along with this...
Update On My New Adventure
It's been a while since I gave you an update on what's going on these days, so I figured it was time. As most of you reading this know, I joined the ON1 team back in November of 2014. It's been an awesome time since, and I've probably learned more about education,...