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...
My Nikon D800 vs D800E Comparison
Last week I got a D800E from LensProToGo.com for my photo trip out west. I wanted to put it up against a Nikon D800 to see if I'd really notice the extra sharpness you get because the 800E doesn't have the anti-aliasing filter. Now, going into the test I have to say I...
Lightroom Presets – Fairytale Wedding Glow
Hey everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. I just got back from from shooting the Grand Tetons in Jackson Hole, WY (photos and report to follow this week) and had an absolute great time. For the most part the weather was awesome and I'm really happy with the photos I...
Photo Update From Jackson Hole and the Grand Tetons
Hey everyone. I wanted to give you a quick photo update from Jackson Hole and the Grand Tetons. So far though, it's fairly underwhelming. It's kinda funny how mother nature works. On Monday, before I left to come out there, I was worried that smoke from the fires...
Lightroom Presets – Focal Point with Blurry Backgrounds
A few weeks ago I released some Focal Point Lightroom presets that basically help you draw focus to one part of a photo by darkening other areas. Well, I was messing around with the presets the other day and realized that you could also do the same thing by blurring...
Follow Up To How People See Photos Differently
Yesterday I posted about a photo I'd seen recently in which I absolutely fell in love with. I mentioned how my wife had the most opposite reaction to the photo that I could have ever predicted and the crazy reason why. So if you haven't read the post, go back and read...
How People See Photos Differently
I was in the studio yesterday and today (and probably tomorrow too) recording some new classes for Kelby Training. So it's been hard to carve away time to post. But an interesting topic came up the other night while I was looking through 500px. I came across the photo...
5 Random Thoughts About Google Buying Nik Software
NOTE: This is an old blog post. I was obviously very wrong about some of my thoughts in it, as it looks like Nik is officially dead according to the Google/Nik website and the message (at the very top in orange) that they have no plans of updating the plug-ins again....
Lightroom Presets – Desaturated Sports Photo Presets
Not a great sports weekend here in Tampa. The Giants beat the Bucs. Even though I'm from New Jersey, I've been in Florida long enough (over 20 years) that I consider the Tampa Bay Bucs my home team. Sadly, my USF Bulls lost to Rutgers the other night too (yes, another...