The Story Behind The Photo (Week 7: Mesa Arch)
This week's story is about a photo that'll go down as one of the coldest photos I've ever taken. It's a sunrise photo and it looks much warmer then it really was when I took it (especially for this Florida guy). But First...The Story Behind, The Story Behind the Photo...
Lightroom Presets – Game Day Presets for Sports Photography
I was watching the Pittsburgh Steelers/Broncos game yesterday (I'm a Bucs fan, but my son loves the Steelers) and I thought of a preset idea. See, I went to the University of South Florida and when I got a chance to shoot a home game for them I jumped at it. Now, the...
Follow Up To My “Favorite Wacom Tablet For Photographers” Post
Last week, I wrote a post about the Wacom tablet that I swear by. I get asked a lot about which tablet I use, so I wrote about which one I recommend for photographers. I saw a few questions come up both on the road and in some comments so here's a little follow up...
Thanks Seattle – The Story Behind The Photo (week 6)
I got back over the weekend from my Seattle Lightroom seminar and I thought I'd share a photo I took while there. First off, a big thanks to everyone who came out. Like always, I had a great crowd and met lots of people who follow the blog. The Backstory and Why I...
Lightroom Presets – Focal Point Background Effects
A while back I had an idea about using the adjustment brush to create a focal point in certain parts of the photo (by darkening the rest of the photo). The vignetting controls (in the Effects panel) are great for doing this but if your subject isn’t in the middle of...
The Wacom Pen/Tablet That I Swear By
I'm gearing up for my Lightroom seminar in Seattle tomorrow, and I was thinking of just skipping the blog post for today because I'm freakin' beat. I've been shooting sunset and sunrise all week, and busy days of driving or meetings in between. But as I unpacked my...
Photo Update From Portland
I'm teaching my Lightroom seminar in Seattle on Friday, so I decided to visit some friends in Portland and shoot for a couple of days. Well, last night, my buddy Brian Matiash and I drove to the Oregon Coast to a place near Cape Perpetua called Thor's Well (a 3+ hour...
My First “Official” Black & White Photo (and the story behind it)
This week's story is a little different. A few weeks ago I posted about a class I was involved in for Kelby Training. It was called The Art of the Black and White Print. You kind of have to read the post to know where I'm coming from, but to sum it up, I've never been...
Free Lightroom Presets – The Dark City Night
People love to shoot skylines and cities while traveling so I thought these would make a good recipe to try out on those photos. Like many of my presets, there are 3 flavors to this one (Light, Medium, Strong). They all have a slightly dark theme to them so if you...
Photoshop Myth Busters (And The Problem With Web Content That Never Dies)
I've been tossing around a series of posts called "Photoshop Myth Busters" for a while now and I thought I'd start one today. Basically, the idea came to me at a seminar a few months back when some one came up and asked a question about resizing. He said that...
Video Tutorial: Before and After with Lightroom and Photoshop (and a black & white conversion)
Hey everyone. I've got another Before/After video for you where I start from scratch in Lightroom, jump into Photoshop and back to Lightroom (but don't forget to scroll down because there's another post today). I'm even throwing in a black & white conversion in...
The Story Behind the Photo (Week 4)
This week you're getting one of my photography learning moments that luckily resorted in a photo I could "fix" enough to show off. It was my first time shooting a Superbike race and boy did a learn a lot. But First...The Story Behind, The Story Behind the Photo...