by Matt K Photography | Aug 22, 2013 | Photography
Picture this. You wake up at 4am… head out to Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park for the first time to catch a sunrise photo shoot. You’ve seen the beautiful photos of Mesa Arch so you know what type of photo to expect (there’s many at...
by Matt K Photography | Aug 19, 2013 | Photography
Last week on our weekly talk show, The Grid, Scott and I (along with our guest Colby Brown) did an entire show on website portfolio critiques. It was a little bit different from the photo critiques we usually do because we didn’t talk about the photos, but...
by Matt K Photography | Aug 13, 2013 | Photography
On my last trip to Las Vegas I wanted to get out and shoot. I’ve been to many of the places around Vegas and I really wanted to shoot something cool. I knew that Zion National Park was about a 2.5 hour drive, so I made plans to spend a night there. I figured I...
by Matt K Photography | Aug 8, 2013 | Lightroom
Hey everyone. I posted this over on my Lightroom blog today, but it’s something that I really think can help some people out there so I decided to cross-post it here (not to mention that I’ve been really busy this week so it was a quick way to get both...
by Matt K Photography | Jul 31, 2013 | Photography
I gotta tell ya. One year ago I barely used Live View to manually focus on my camera. Today, I can’t live without it (Note: I’m mainly talking about photos taken while on a tripod). It’s one of those things that’s become so important when it...
by Matt K Photography | Jul 30, 2013 | Photography
I got some great feedback from the photo I posted the other week with the Nikon 18-35mm lens, so I thought I’d talk a little about the story behind the photo. On my last trip out west, I knew I’d be near Portland, OR. I love that area so I’m always...
by Matt K Photography | Jul 26, 2013 | Photography
On my recent landscape photography trip to Washington state (here’s my post and some photos) and the Palouse area, we made a stop along the side of the road to photograph some canola fields. If you’ve never seen these fields in person, it’s amazing....
by Matt K Photography | Jul 23, 2013 | Photography
A while back I wrote about the Nikon 16-35mm lens being my favorite landscape lens. But recently I’ve had the chance to try out a new wide-angle lens and I think I’ve found a new contender as the top wide landscape photography lens – the (recently...
by Matt K Photography | Jul 16, 2013 | Photography, Photoshop
I’m totally writing this against my better judgement. Seriously, I know the whole Creative Cloud fury has died down and I must be dumb for even bringing this up. But I’m truly curious to see your thoughts and I’m hoping/trusting that you can keep it...
by Matt K Photography | Jul 8, 2013 | Photography
I’ve never been a fan of watermarks on my photos. I did, at one point, suffer from UWS (Ugly Watermark Syndrome), but I’ve overcome it 😉 I’ve always felt that a watermark really interfered with the “look”, feeling, and overall...
by Matt K Photography | Jul 2, 2013 | Photography
First off, thanks so much for all of the great comments on the Norway photos from my post yesterday. I really appreciate it! Next, I saw a few questions about gear, here on the blog as well as on Twitter, social media, etc… so I wanted to cover it here....
by Matt K Photography | Jul 1, 2013 | Photography
It’s been a few weeks since I returned from Norway and I’ve still barely gone through all of the photos. But I wanted to get a post up with some of my favorite shots so far. I Love Norway! Norway is, hands-down, so far the most beautiful place that...
I love teaching and photography... In that order. I feel that enjoying photography, and photo editing can get WAY too complicated. So my personal mission (and favorite thing to do), is to create education that simplifies the process of taking great photos, and how to edit them to get the results you’ve always wanted.