A Key Step To Becoming A Better Photographer in 2014 (Update!)
Hey everyone. Today on our live talk show, The Grid, we're going to go back to a topic we covered last year - the key steps to becoming a better photographer in 2014. We have a special guest, one of my favorite photographer friends out there, Karen Hutton. I know...
My Random Holiday Accomplishments That Have Absolutely Nothing To Do With Anything
Happy New Year everyone! I'm getting back in to "work"-mode and thought I'd post an absolutely useless list of some random holiday accomplishments (or lack of) of mine. Number of Photography-related gifts I received: Zero (I think my family has finally realized that I...
Topaz New Star Effects Plug-in with Landscape Photos
Hey everyone. First off, if you've noticed me a bit absent lately, it's because I've totally been taking it easy over the holiday. I finished my last Lightroom seminar on Dec. 13th, and really pulled back on as much as I could, so I could enjoy some holiday time with...
Enhancing Landscape Photos Webcast with Lightroom and onOne Software
Hey everyone. I'm really psyched to be doing a FREE webcast today with onOne Software. They just released Photo Suite 8 and some of the effects in it are so good that I'm going back and re-editing old photos. So at 12pm ET today, I'm going to show my workflow between...
The Landscape Photography Holiday Gift List
Okay, I know there's a ton of holiday gear lists out there. But I haven't found a good one for landscape photographers specifically. So, I recently went through my camera bag/closet/gear and found the stuff I think has been essential for me over the last year for...
Pre-Sunrise At Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe
Over the years I've learned to never believe the weather forecast. I looked at my weather app the morning I was getting up to shoot Sand Harbor at Lake Tahoe and this what I saw. Clear skies forecasted for sunrise. Now, I would never let that stop me from going out...
Bonsai Rock in Lake Tahoe
I'm getting ready to teach my Lightroom seminar today in Sacramento. We have almost 400 photographers signed up so it looks like it's going to be a great day. I arrived earlier in the week, on Wednesday, and drove up to Lake Tahoe to do some shooting. Whenever I do a...
The Difference That F-Stops Can Make In Landscape Photography
I'll admit it, I've always said when it comes to landscape photography I rarely ever shoot at any f-stops other than smaller apertures (f/11, f/16). Those smaller apertures help to get more depth of field, from front to back in the photo, so that everything is in...
My Two Favorite Features on the New Sony A7R
Earlier this week I got the chance to use the newly announced Sony a7R. It's Sony's new 36 megapixel monster mirrorless full-frame camera, and it's definitely getting it's share of buzz. In fact, I couldn't get near it at Sony's booth at PhotoPlus the other week....
Behind the Scenes: New York City Long Exposure
I'm in New York this week for the annual PDN PhotoPlus Conference and brought my camera along in case I got the chance to shoot. Well, if you didn't know already, I'm a sucker for a good long exposure scene. For me, anything with a strong (and not moving) foreground...
A Few Free Videos To Check Out Today
Hey everyone. Just wanted to post a quick update on some free videos to check out this week. 1) My Lightroom Basics class is being aired for free. It actually ends today, but you can still see it over at Kelby Training online. 2) I'm co-hosting a webcast this evening...
5 Things To Look For When Photographing In The Fall
My Kelby Training online class on photographing fall colors is just about done and should be up any day. But if you're looking to go shoot early this week, I thought I'd give you 5 quick things to look for when you're out there. Here goes: 1. Backlit Trees - During...