Happy New Year + How to Stay Motivated
Hi all and Happy 2025. I hope all of you had a great Christmas, holiday season and New year. I took some time off to spend with my family, play some golf and just enjoy some great weather that we've had here in sunny Tampa, Florida. As we get back in to the swing of...
Podcast Episode 19: How to Stay Motivated with Your Photography
Staying motivated with any activity can be hard sometimes, especially when it's not going as well as you wanted. In this episode, Blake Rudis and Matt Kloskowski talk about a few simple ways to build positive habits and stay motivated with your photography and photo...
Discussing the Adobe Pricing Changes
Hi all. I've got a couple of videos to share if you want to learn more about the Adobe Pricing Changes. Before you dive in to them, let me reiterate something that seems to get missed... DO NOT CALL ADOBE TODAY AND CHANGE YOUR PLAN!!! Please read my FAQ here and/or...
Photoshop One-Click Reflection Remove
This week we'll take a look at a new feature in Photoshop (Camera Raw to be specific) on how to remove reflections from your photos. It's super easy to use and can be hit or miss - but when it works, it can really help save a photo. Enjoy!...
Adobe 2025 Pricing Update FAQ
I guess the day had to finally come. Adobe first came out with their Photography Plan that included Lightroom and Photoshop for $9.99 a month back in 2013. Since then, the price hasn’t changed. What we've gotten as part of that plan has increased, but the price never...
New Edit in Photoshop Features for Lightroom
Lightroom users (Not LR Classic) have wanted more "Edit In Photoshop" features for a while now, and now we've got them. In the latest December update to Lightroom, Adobe added some more features to how we can move one (or multiple) images in to Photoshop. Enjoy!...
3 Reasons I Use Topaz Photo AI for Sharpening Photos
Recently I received a lot of questions about my choice to sharpen photos in Topaz Photo Ai. So I thought I'd share a video on 3 reasons why I choose it for most of my sharpening needs, whether it's a wildlife photo, or even landscape and travel photos too. Don't...
Plug-in Workflow for Lightroom and Adobe
Hi all. I recently shared a video about my noise and sharpening workflow which happened to use a plug-in (Click Here to see it). Well, I got a lot of questions about overall plug-in workflow because both Lightroom Classic and Lightroom have a couple of different ways...
BIG Changes to my Noise and Sharpening Workflow
I've made some big changes to my Noise Reduction and Sharpening workflow recently, so I thought I'd share. While I've always had a good noise reduction workflow overall, I have seen opportunities to make it better. As for sharpening... well... it's NEVER really been...
First Hands On Thoughts with the Sony a1 ii
It's hard to believe that it's been almost 4 years since the original Sony a1 was announced. That camera has been, hands down, the best camera I've ever used. But this week Sony just announced the successor, the a1 ii (Side Note: It's not called the a2, but the a1...
Can (and should) you Hack DeNoise in Lightroom and Camera Raw?
After sending out my new features videos for Photoshop and Lightroom, I received a lot of questions. One of those common questions led me to create a video on the Adobe DeNoise feature that's in Camera Raw (but not in Lightroom). I had a lot of people asking how to...
Adobe 2024 Fall Update Photoshop and Lightroom FAQs
Hi all. I've gotten a lot of questions on the recent Photoshop and Lightroom updates from Adobe so I put together an FAQ. Enjoy! Q. I'm having trouble updating Photoshop or Lightroom. I can't update, or I'm not seeing the features you mentioned. Or I'm having trouble...