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Light Adjustment Layer in Photoshop – Should You Use It?

There's been a good amount of confusion around the Light adjustment layer in Photoshop. If you're an Adobe user for your photography, it can be odd...

An Easier Way to Add the Orton Soft Glow Effect

The soft glow or Orton effect has been a popular one for landscape photographers for years. But it was always a pain to add. You needed layers,...

Your Raw Isn’t Always Raw

This question has come up a lot over time. It can get confusing when working on a raw photo to know that the photo isn't really a raw photo anymore....
Workshops and Live Training

Workshops and Live Training

[custom_headline type="left" level="h2" looks_like="h3" accent="true"]Upcoming Speaking Events[/custom_headline] Below is a list of any speaking events I have coming up. If you've got any questions, feel free to send us a message. Either my wife or I will get back to...

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Lightroom Presets

Lightroom Presets

Here's links to a few of my favorite and most popular free Lightroom presets (and a video on how to install them): The Ultimate Fighter Look (Click Here to Download) Wedding Glow (Click Here to Download) Regular Tonal Contrast Effect (Click Here to Download) Black and...

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My Photography Portfolio

My Photography Portfolio

Squarespace.com I use Squarespace.com to host my portfolio. This website (the one you're reading now) uses Wordpress, which is great for running a website like this one. But, I love how Squarespace shows off only my photos, and I haven't found any plug-ins for...

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Recent Videos

Recent Videos

Here's a list of some of the most recent videos I've done so you don't have to go poking around the entire website to find them. Thanks! • Lightroom Video: The New Guided Upright Feature Released in June 2016 (Click Here to View) • Lightroom/Photoshop Video: A Basic...

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My First 60 Days with the Sony A7R II

My First 60 Days with the Sony A7R II

Well, I’ve been shooting and posting photos with the Sony Alpha camera for just over a month now. I’ve gotten a ton of questions about it, so I figured a blog post was due. It seems you find a new “Why I Switched to Sony” review and blog post every other day. Best I...

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Why I Love Lightroom’s New Import Dialog!

Why I Love Lightroom’s New Import Dialog!

UPDATE: I'm very sad to say that the latest Lightroom update has rendered this post useless. If you haven't tried the new (and better in my opinion) Import dialog, you never will. My "New Import Lovers" club that I speak of below is now closed and not accepting new...

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Great Smoky Mountain Fall Photos and Conference Recap

Great Smoky Mountain Fall Photos and Conference Recap

I just got back last week from teaching at the Great Smoky Mountain Photo Summit and all I can say is WOW! This was a sold out event within days of being announced and now I know why. It'll go down as one of my favorite photography events that I’ve ever been to. From...

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Woo Hoo! ON1 Photo 10 Is Out!

Woo Hoo! ON1 Photo 10 Is Out!

Hey everyone, I'm out at the Great Smoky Mountains Photo Summit this week, but I wanted to let you in on the big news. ON1 Photo 10 has officially been released and if you pre-ordered you should be getting your emails with download instructions today. Everyone here at...

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