Lightroom Presets – Sharpening for Landscape and Outdoor Photos
I always get a lot of questions about sharpening in Lightroom and what settings to use. Well, if there's ever a place where presets work great, sharpening is one of them. For the first round of sharpening presets, I figured I'd create a set specifically for landscape...
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...
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...
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...
The New MPIX Tap To Print App (It’s Not What I Thought It Would Be)
My friends over at MPIX just released a new app. But it's totally not what I thought it was going to be. It's geared toward exactly what I always find myself telling people to do - print your cell phone photos. I downloaded it last night. In about 1 minute I had an...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Some Photos From My Jackson Hole And Grand Teton National Park Trip
Before we get started, I'll let you know now that you have to click the photos to see them larger to really appreciate them (some are cropped differently too, but you won't see it in the small version). Okay... onward! A couple weeks ago I spent 4 days in Jackson...
Do Your Photos Ever Not Live Up To Your Expectations?
So I'm sitting in my office yesterday talking with my buddy Brian Matiash from onOne Software. I showed him a photo that I took last week and asked what he thought. He was like "Hey, that's nice.". Not "great", not "awesome". Just... "nice". Here's the thing. It was...