Photography Computer and Monitor Recommendations

Hi everyone! It's Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2023 weekend here. I always get a lot of questions from people on which computer, laptop, monitor and...

Please Take a Breath on This Whole Lightroom Thing

A couple of weeks ago, Brian Matiash and I recorded a podcast where we talked about the future of Lightroom Classic. In that podcast, Brian said he...

Is Photography Art or Not? (Frame of Mind Episode 8)

Hey there! I just released Episode 8 of my Frame of Mind Photography Podcast. Episode 8 Topic – Is Photography an Art or Not? In Episode 8, Blake...

Long Exposure Light Leak With My Lee Big Stopper

Hi everyone. Here's my public service announcement for the week. I had a trip out to Portland, OR last week so I decided to extend it by a couple of days and head down to Bandon Beach, OR with my buddy Brian Matiash. I'll make sure I post some photos this week, but...

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Video: Photo Workflow From Start to Finish

Last week I was extremely honored to be featured in another episode of onOne Software's Perfect Inspiration series, hosted by Brian Matiash (and I'm totally stealing it at my blog post for the day) 😉 Basically, it's like a Before/After video where you take a photo...

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Free Lightroom Presets – Tonal Contrast Effect

Free Lightroom Presets – Tonal Contrast Effect

One of my favorite effects in Photoshop plug-ins is the Tonal Contrast effect. onOne Software's Perfect Effects has it, and Nik has it as well. But I know that lots of people still don't use 3rd party plug-ins, so I set out to try to recreate the effect in Lightroom....

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Some Quick Thoughts About Showing My Throw-Away Photos

I was thinking this morning about yesterday's post, where I showed some of my not-so-good photos from my recent trip. I figured I'd share some thoughts with you. 1. It was one of my most popular blog posts since I've started the blog. It's really interesting because...

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When A Death Valley Landscape Photography Shoot Goes Bad

Yesterday I posted some of my favorite photos from my Death Valley trip. First off, thanks so much for the nice comments. Well, today, once again figuring why should I end it on a high note, I thought I'd follow it up with some of the not-so-good photos from the trip....

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Photographing Death Valley (My Trip Recap)

Before we get going, if you're into Lightroom I have a few seminars coming up. This week I'll be in Oklahoma City, and next week is Austin. In February I'll be in Arlington, TX and Atlanta, GA. Then in March I'll be in Phoenix. Here's the link to the seminar page if...

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The Benefits Of Re-Processing Your Photos

I was going through my photo library the other day and came across the photo here. It's a photo I took about 5 years ago in Moab. I thought, "huh... that could be pretty cool if I re-processed it". I mean, the sliders and effects and filters that we have today are far...

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Photographing Death Valley (Day 1)

My buddy Brian Matiash and I arrived in Las Vegas yesterday, rented our car and started our way toward Death Valley (after an In And Out Burger stop of course). It was already getting late in the afternoon and we didn't think we'd make it in time for a sunset shoot so...

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