My New Mt. Rainier Landscape Photography Class is Live!
Hey everyone! I'm really excited to announce that my latest Landscape Photography class just went live. Last August, we went out to Mt. Rainier National Park to record the class. Mt. Rainier has just about everything from waterfalls, lakes, streams, mountains,...
Landscapes From Above
Hey everyone! I thought I'd share a few photos from a really cool experience last week. Sony had a small event in San Diego and invited me out to give the Sony A7 line of cameras a try. Part of the event was a hot air balloon ride pretty close to sunset. While I've...
Photoshop Experts Test Their Skills at Photoshop 1.0
Okay, this video has nothing to do with landscape photography (which I usually try to keep the topic to here), but it's just funny to watch. When I was at Creative Live the other week, Craig Swanson (the co-founder of CL) asked if I'd participate in this experiment he...
Should You Go To A Landscape Photography Workshop?
Whenever I announce or talk about a landscape photography workshop I'm doing, I inevitably see messages that knock workshops like that. They talk about how they're just a bunch of people lined up to take the same exact photo. They go on to say there's no creativity,...
How I Print and Frame My Landscape Photos
I wrote a post over the holidays about some projects you could do as a landscape photographer when you had an extra few moments of down time. One of the projects was to buy some frames and hang some photos. In the post I linked to my favorite frames (sold from IKEA),...
Matt’s Photography, Lightroom and Photoshop Training Update
Hey everyone. It's been a crazy month so far and a lot has happened in my training world, so I figured I'd give you a quick update in case you're interested in any of it. Please Excuse My Moment of Sappiness Before I start, I just wanted to get sappy for a minute and...
LATEST WORK: Elowah Falls
Last week I was out in Portland visiting the on1 office and had a chance to get out and do some shooting. One of the places I've wanted to get to for a while was Elowah Falls. It's pretty close to Portland so it's an easy trip out in the morning, so my buddy and...
What I’ve Learned in My First Week as Guest Editor at 500px
Over the holiday break, Evgeny Tchebotarev (founder and Chief Photography Officer at 500px.com) asked a small group of people to be "guest" editors at 500px for the month of January. Being a HUGE fan of 500px for many years (here's a link to my portfolio there), I was...
My Top 14 Landscape Photos of 2014
I was going through my photos the other day, doing a little organizing. So I figured I'd join in on the "Top 2014" posts and post my favorite landscape/outdoor photos of 2014. How Did 2014 and Photography Go For Me? Overall I think 2014 was a good photography year for...
5 Landscape Photography Projects You Can Work on Over the Holidays
Hey everyone. I know everyone likes to take some time off during the holidays. If you're one of them, then here's a few ideas for some landscape/outdoor photo-related projects (well, they could work for almost all types of photography) to try to get done. 1. Your 14...
Recent Interviews with Photofocus and Creators Cast
Hey everyone. If you've got some time this week (and want to bore yourself to death listening to me), I've done a couple of interviews recently. And, I'm totally just teasing. The interviews are actually very good, mainly because I was interviewed by two really cool...
My New Favorite Long Exposure Photography App
A while back I had written about my favorite long exposure photography app. Well, I have a new one. It's called Slower Shutter and it was actually written by a friend of mine, Mike Wong who works over at Lynda.com. Note: The app is for the iPhone only. Why you ask?...