by Matt K Photography | Sep 11, 2012 | Photography
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...
by Matt K Photography | Sep 10, 2012 | Lightroom
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....
by Matt K Photography | Aug 29, 2012 | Reviews
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...
by Matt K Photography | Aug 28, 2012 | Photography
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...
by Matt K Photography | Aug 27, 2012 | Lightroom
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...
by Matt K Photography | Aug 24, 2012 | Reviews
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....
by Matt K Photography | Aug 23, 2012 | Photography
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...
by Matt K Photography | Aug 21, 2012 | Photography
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,...
by Matt K Photography | Aug 20, 2012 | Lightroom
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...
by Matt K Photography | Aug 16, 2012 | Photoshop
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...
by Matt K Photography | Aug 15, 2012 | Lightroom
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...
by Matt K Photography | Aug 14, 2012 | Photography
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...
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.