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...
Lightroom Presets – Big Sky Landscapes
So, we're driving home last night, and I look west toward the beach to see this crazy-cool-cloudy sunset. We live in Florida and this time of year (with all of the thunderstorms out there), you can imagine some of the dramatic scenes we get. So it got me thinking...
Some Thoughts on Reviews and a Quick Follow Up to the Tiffen Dfx Review
Hey everyone. First, don't forget to scroll down to the next post. I'm giving away a ticket to my upcoming Lightroom seminars. Next... I wanted to post a quick follow up to the Tiffen review from yesterday. I realized from some questions I got on the social media...
Review: Tiffen Dfx V3 Lightroom/Photoshop Plug-In
I've been wanting to try out Tiffen's Dfx V3 Lightroom and Photoshop plug-in for a while now. So I installed it a few weeks ago and started diving in. I've gotta tell ya up front. I'm a total onOne Software and Nik Software snob. For a while, I've felt that all I...
If You Spend $15 on Photography This Week, Spend It On This
Okay, I did something today that I haven't done in years. I printed a bunch of 4x6's. The ones you see right at the top of this post (from a recent family vacation to New Jersey). Full disclosure though... my post today has two purposes. First, it's to help my friends...
The Story Behind the Photo (Week 3)
This photo probably goes down as one of my "not so smart" moments in photography stories. Now, I'm not saying what I was doing the evening I took this photo was the height of life-threatening by any means, and I'm sure there's many people reading this, that have done...
Lightroom Presets – Portrait Black & Whites
You'll see there are 4 presets in this download. One of them is an all-purpose B&W effect that I use most of the time. But there's a few others for outdoors, beaches (which is a little different than the general outdoors one, and indoor portraits). Remember,...
I’m Starting to Hip My House
I was running out of the house for work this morning and I snapped a photo of my new wall. I'm really embarrassed to say that I have many walls in my house with no photos on them. It's not for lack of having photos though - it's just a matter of me being lazy and not...
What Do Dave Black, Jackson Hole, and the Grand Tetons Have in Common?
What do they have in common? The fact that they'll all be together and I'll get to hang out with (and near) them for a few days. I'm thrilled because I just booked my trip to Jackson Hole, WY and Grand Teton National Park in late September. The Grand Tetons have been...