Why You Need A Strong Tripod
Why you need a strong tripod and my experience with the Really Right Stuff TVC-33
Lightroom 4 Presets – Vignettes and Edge Darkening
Hi everyone. One of the things that just about all of my photos get is a vignette to darken the edges. It really helps bring in focus on your photos, and makes a great finishing touch. It's also perfect for a preset because it's something that's very repeatable, and...
San Diego Sunset Cliffs Photo
Earlier this week I taught my Lightroom seminar in San Diego. I arrived fairly early in the afternoon (the day before) so I knew I'd have some time to kill during the day. Well, whenever I go to a city and have some extra time I always do some quick web searches on...
Big Sur Pfiefer Beach At Sunset (In Color This Time)
Today I visited the same beach from yesterday's post (Pfiefer Beach). I didn't stay right until sunset, because I had another location I wanted to hit, but I did grab a few shots of the sea arch with the sun behind it (and without the foggy cloudy weather). Yesterday...
Big Sur Photo In Black and White
After teaching my seminar in Sacramento, I decided to stay an extra couple of days and take a drive to San Francisco and eventually made my way down the coast. For the past 3 years I've been trying to photograph the Big Sur coast and have had absolutely no luck. Every...
Night Photography With The Milky Way (and what I learned)
A few weeks ago I posted about what I learned on my first night star photography shoot. Well, the day after I did that shoot, I got the chance to do another one. Getting In To Bryce Canyon Late I was meeting the group I was with at Bryce Canyon, Utah. They had already...
Free Effects for Photoshop and Lightroom Users
Hi everyone. I usually post presets on Monday but I'm traveling to Sacramento today for my Lightroom seminar tomorrow, and things have been pretty crazy around work, so I haven't had much time to work on some new ones. But I didn't want to leave you hanging so I'm...
Photoshop and Lightroom Before/After Video – Toronto Skyline Photo
The other day, during my seminar in Toronto, I showed the skyline photo I took the night before. Well, after the seminar some one came up and said they wished I showed how I processed the photo during the day. See, I showed them the photo but didn't go over what I...
Tamrac Velocity Sling Bag – My New Favorite Photography Gear Bag
A few weeks ago I posted about how I was looking for a new "in the field" photography gear bag. Well, I'm happy to say that thanks to all of you, I found one... actually two. Why Two Bags? I realized that I had some pretty specific requirements. After looking, I found...
Toronto Skyline Photo
I'm teaching my Lightroom seminar today to an almost sold-out crowd of close to 600, here in Toronto (thanks Toronto!), but I did manage to get out and take some touristy photos after I arrived on Sunday. Whenever I go to a city, I try to make it a point to take a...
Lightroom Presets – Sharpening for Portrait Photos
A few weeks ago I posted some landscape and outdoor sharpening presets for Lightroom. This time around I have some presets that tend to work best for portraits. The main difference is the masking feature. With landscape and outdoor photos we typically want to sharpen...
Is There Money In Photography?
This past week on our weekly talk show The Grid, I had two guests (Glyn Dewis and Serge Ramelli). Over lunch (before the show) we were discussing our topic and they had some really good insights on making money in photography. But not just "quit your current job and...