Animate Your Still Photos: A First Look at Plotagraph Pro
A couple of weeks ago I got to see a sneak peak at at a new app that looked really cool. It's called Plotagraph Pro (link) and it's basically an animated still image. It's a really interesting way to display a photo, illustration or painting and the first thought I...
The Sony A7R II – High Megapixel Cameras and Why I Love Them
A popular question I get when someone sees me shooting with the Sony A7R II, is why I shoot with such a high megapixel camera (42 megapixels). Also, I used to shoot with the Nikon D800/810, so the huge megapixel thing isn't a new thing for me. I've shot with a 36...
Video: Using Photoshop to Add Your Signature or Logo to Your Photography
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about a new way to add your signature to your photography. Here's a link if you want to check it out. I was really surprised about two things though: 1) How many people liked the logo that I had and said they went out and got their...
Installing and Organizing Lightroom Presets
It seems every time I post about Lightroom presets, I see a bunch of questions on how to install them. There's actually several ways that you can get presets in to Lightroom. I think every person has a way that they like, but this is the method I've found that works...
Chicago Photography (Latest Work)
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at the Out of Chicago Conference in... you guessed it... Chicago, IL. I've always loved Chicago. I've never had the chance to spend a lot of time there. But every time I go, I absolutely love that city! Out of Chicago 2016...
Lightroom and Photoshop: 3 Tips To Help Avoid Over-Processing Photos
Over the year I do a lot of photo coaching/mentoring and I get to review a ton of photos. One of the common things I'll mention to people is that some photos look over-processed (sometimes I like to use the term radioactive) 🙂 Whether you're using Photoshop,...
A New Way to Add Your Signature to a Photo
I've always wrestled with adding a watermark or signature (or whatever branding) to my photos that I post online. First off, my name is so long that it's always been difficult to make a watermark that looked good. And I hate cheesy copyright symbol watermarks. It's...
Lightroom Video: New Guided Upright Feature Just Released
Hi all. Last week Adobe snuck a new feature in to Lightroom and Photoshop called Guided Upright. The Upright feature has been there for a while. It's mainly used to straighten perspective in photos that's off from wide angle lenses. The problem was that 1) It was...
A Quick Basic Pano Workflow with Lightroom and Photoshop
A few weeks ago a friend of mine's daughter wanted a photo of her school printed on canvas. Because of schedules and such, I couldn't shoot it and all she had was her iPhone. So I gave her a few tips to take the photos, including taking several photos that she could...
Free Lightroom Presets – Wedding Glow
A while back I used to release a lot of presets. I realized those presets are scattered among the web, so I'm going to start to consolidate them here in the one place that's mine (this website). One of the presets that was really popular was this Wedding Glow preset....
Adding Artificial Lighting in Lightroom
Lightroom has a really cool filter to get some enhanced lighting on certain areas of your photos. By using the Radial filter, you can make it look like light is hitting parts of your photo and really draw attention to the areas you want. https://youtu.be/i2e_lKaS0E0
Lightroom Tip: Relighting a Scene with the Radial Filter
The Radial Filter in Lightroom has been one of the main adjustments I use on my landscape photography. From adding a vignette to showcase a part of the photo, to totally relighting a scene - the radial filter is always at the top of my list when I edit. In the video...