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The Joy Is In the Improvement

I play a lot of golf and you’ll often hear me equate that hobby with photography because there's a lot of learning overlap for those of us that...

Photoshop Custom Adjustment Presets (New Feature)

Adjustment Layers in Photoshop are one of the most useful features we have. Well, recently. Adobe added a new setting which lets you create your own...

Spray and Pray Wildlife Photography (Episode 12)

In this episode Matt is joined by renowned wildlife photographer and photo educator expert, Steve Perry (Back Country Gallery). Steve and Matt...

The Story Behind My New Headshot Photo By Peter Hurley

I'm extremely psyched to have had my headshot photo taken this past week by none other than the headshot-king himself, Peter Hurley. Now, keep in mind that you will rarely EVER see a full size headshot image of me at the top of a post again. But I thought it'd be cool...

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I Got Nothin’

Hey everyone. I was going to try to give you a quick update from Day 1 at PhotoPlus in New York but, well, it ain't happening. So basically, I got nothin'. It was a busier day than I thought and I have a photo shoot in the morning (my first portrait shoot with the...

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The Story Behind The Photo (Panther Creek)

Hey everyone! This week's "Story Behind the Photo" post actually has a video to go along with it. A good friend of mine, Brian Matiash, works with onOne Software and produces a great weekly series called Perfect Inspiration. Well, Brian was in town a couple of weeks...

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Lightroom Presets – Matt’s Auto-Enhance Preset

Hi everyone. I've had a bunch of requests to update my Auto Enhance preset. A while back, I found myself making the same adjustments over and over again. So I figured the Auto Tone settings in Lightroom, along with some of the Vibrance, Clarity and Vignetting settings...

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My “In the Field” Photography Gear Bag

I had a few people ask me yesterday (after the Story Behind the Photo post) about which bag I carry when I'm out in the field. That's easy! I've had the same bag for years now and, no matter how many other bags I try, I find myself going back to this one. It's called...

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The Story Behind The Photo (Falls Creek Falls)

It's time for another Story Behind the Photo post. This week is from a place called Lower Falls Creek in the South Cascades just across the border into Washington state. Here's the shot: (You Definitely Have To Click To See The Photo Larger) The Story Back in August I...

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Lightroom Presets – Fall Colors

This week I'm updating my Fall Color presets. I was talking to my brother yesterday (who lives in the Northeast US) and he was saying how a lot of the leaves are changing color. Now, when I grew up, my dad was absolutely meticulous about our backyard, so the fall...

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Suggest A Lightroom Preset Day

I'm teaching my Lightroom seminar in Orlando today, so I'm bailing out on the blogginess for the day. That said, I thought I'd take your Lightroom preset ideas (I'm posting this here and on my Lightroom site too). I'm pretty close to being out of preset ideas for...

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When A Landscape Shoot Goes Bad

Yesterday I posted some of my favorites from my Grand Teton National Park trip. First off, thank you - there were a lot of really nice comments. So today, 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...

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