by Matt K Photography | Feb 21, 2013 | Photoshop
First off, a huge thanks to the 350 Lightroom fans that came out to my Arlington/Dallas Lightroom seminar yesterday. I’m very lucky to have such nice crowds in each city I go to. Now it’s on to Atlanta, GA for the same seminar tomorrow. Anyway, I took the...
by Matt K Photography | Feb 15, 2013 | Photography
This past week, while on our weekly talk show The Grid, Brad Moore pointed me to my photo website find of the week. It’s called Nomadic Vision. The first word that came out of my mouth when I saw it was “WOW!”. It’s a website by Jon & Tina...
by Matt K Photography | Feb 14, 2013 | Photography
As photographers, regardless of the level we’re at, we always find ourselves the ones behind the camera. If you’re like me, you probably have a ton of photos of other people, places or things. But very few of yourself right? Over time, I’ve found...
by Matt K Photography | Feb 12, 2013 | Gear, Photography, Reviews
Last month I got a hold of a Tamron 24-70mm lens to try out. Whenever opportunities to try out gear like that come along I try to jump on them. Mainly because being out in front of audiences throughout the year, I hear so many thoughts/rumors/misnomers and old wives...
by Matt K Photography | Feb 11, 2013 | Tips
Hi everyone. Here’s my public service announcement for the week. I had a trip out to Portland, OR last week so I decided to extend it by a couple of days and head down to Bandon Beach, OR with my buddy Brian Matiash. I’ll make sure I post some photos this...
by Matt K Photography | Feb 7, 2013 | Gear, Photography, Reviews
A few weeks ago I test drove the Nikon 24mm f/1.4 prime lens on my trip to Death Valley. I ended really liking it and wanted to give you some thoughts about why I did. A Surprise Test Drive It was weird because I had absolutely no interest in using this lens. But our...
by Matt K Photography | Feb 5, 2013 | Lightroom, Photoshop
Last week I was extremely honored to be featured in another episode of onOne Software’s Perfect Inspiration series, hosted by Brian Matiash (and I’m totally stealing it at my blog post for the day) 😉 Basically, it’s like a Before/After video where...
by Matt K Photography | Feb 4, 2013 | Lightroom
One of my favorite effects in Photoshop plug-ins is the Tonal Contrast effect. onOne Software’s Perfect Effects has it, and Nik has it as well. But I know that lots of people still don’t use 3rd party plug-ins, so I set out to try to recreate the effect in...
by Matt K Photography | Jan 29, 2013 | Photography
This past weekend some of my close family (uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews) were in town for a family event. Being the only photographer in the family, I try to bring my camera with me when we get together. Not just for big group photos, but I know how hard it is for...
by Matt K Photography | Jan 28, 2013 | Lightroom
Some of the most popular presets I have are the HDR presets I created for Lightroom 4. As I looked through my website stats, I also realized that some of the other most popular presets were the black and white presets for both landscapes and portraits. Then it hit me...
by Matt K Photography | Jan 23, 2013 | Photography
I was thinking this morning about yesterday’s post, where I showed some of my not-so-good photos from my recent trip. I figured I’d share some thoughts with you. 1. It was one of my most popular blog posts since I’ve started the blog. It’s...
by Matt K Photography | Jan 22, 2013 | Photography
Yesterday I posted some of my favorite photos from my Death Valley trip. First off, thanks so much for the nice comments. Well, today, once again 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 the...
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.