If You Print Your Photos Then Read This
Today is my public service announcement day. It's a lesson I learned many years ago, but every once in a while it comes back to remind me that I've gotten a little too relaxed. It mostly rears it's head when printing your photos, and it's something that we can easily...
Free Lightroom Presets – The Ultimate Fighter Look
Being into the martial arts, I always enjoy watching the UFC Ultimate Fighter fights when I see them on TV. And since everything has its own reality TV show, you can imagine that the UFC isn't left out. They actually have one called the Ultimate Fighter. In the...
Inspiration: My 500px.com Favorite Photos
I was surfing through 500px.com the other night (like I do often) and I was thinking it'd be cool if I could share my favorites. See, 500px is where I go most for photography inspiration and whenever I find a photo I like I "favorite" it, so I can go back and look...
It’s Hard To Believe 10 Years Have Gone By
I'll start this off by saying this is a total personal blog post. Part of the reason I started this blog was so I could post personal things too. So if you're after Photoshop, Lightroom or photography stuff then skip this one 🙂 So…last week I had my yearly physical,...
Quick Squarespace Portfolio Q&A
Hey everyone. Yesterday, I posted about my favorite online photography portfolio (Squarespace.com). After reading through the comments here (and through social media), I thought I'd answer a some questions I got. Q. Is there a way to add a blurb about each photo? A....
I’ve Found My Favorite Photography Portfolio Website At Squarespace
A while back, one of the guy's in our office asks if I'd ever heard of Squarespace.com. I said no, but that I'd go check on it. Mind you, I'd been looking for a website portfolio for a while. I've tried a bunch of Wordpress templates and some other options, but I...
My Favorite Go-To Long Exposure Photography Trick
First off, a huge thanks to the 350 Lightroom fans that came out to my Arlington/Dallas Lightroom seminar yesterday. I'm very lucky to have such nice crowds in each city I go to. Now it's on to Atlanta, GA for the same seminar tomorrow. Anyway, I took the photo above...
Photography Website Inspirational Find Of The Week
This past week, while on our weekly talk show The Grid, Brad Moore pointed me to my photo website find of the week. It's called Nomadic Vision. The first word that came out of my mouth when I saw it was "WOW!". It's a website by Jon & Tina Reid, with photos and...
Photographing Other Photographers
As photographers, regardless of the level we're at, we always find ourselves the ones behind the camera. If you're like me, you probably have a ton of photos of other people, places or things. But very few of yourself right? Over time, I've found that taking photos of...
My First Thoughts/Review On The Tamron 24-70mm Lens
Last month I got a hold of a Tamron 24-70mm lens to try out. Whenever opportunities to try out gear like that come along I try to jump on them. Mainly because being out in front of audiences throughout the year, I hear so many thoughts/rumors/misnomers and old wives...
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...
Nikon 24mm f/1.4 Review (from a Landscape Photography view)
A few weeks ago I test drove the Nikon 24mm f/1.4 prime lens on my trip to Death Valley. I ended really liking it and wanted to give you some thoughts about why I did. A Surprise Test Drive It was weird because I had absolutely no interest in using this lens. But our...