What’s New in Lightroom 9.2? (February 2020)
If you follow the Adobe world you'll know that Adobe releases what they call a "dot" update to Lightroom every 2-3 months or so. These updates are usually meant to take care of new camera and lens profile updates that come in to the market between those months, but...
Do You Really Need To Use Photoshop?
I received this comment on one of my videos the other day and I thought it was pretty timely considering I just finished a big update to my Photoshop System Course. It was a video where I had edited a bunch of photos all at once and did the edits rather quickly: This...
Start to Finish Edit of My 2019 Favorite Photos
Earlier this week I shared two different posts. The first was my top favorite landscape/travel photos of 2019. And the second was my top favorite wildlife photos I took in 2019. I do this every year but I figured I'd change it up a bit and also share the editing and...
Photoshop Texture and Winter Effects
Hi everyone. I have a bird feeder in my backyard and managed to grab a nice photo of a cardinal sitting on a branch nearby (a branch that may have been artificially set there by me) 😉 Anyway, while I was editing the photo, some how I ended up doing something...
Lightroom Calendar Ideas for 2020
A couple of weeks ago I released my 2020 Calendar Templates. Well, this week I decided to do a video that digs a little deeper in to some layout ideas and how you can use those calendar templates to get creative with your photography. Honestly, when it comes to how to...
What Photoshop Auto Selection Tool to Use
Adobe recently (November 2019) released some new selection technology in the form of the Object Selection Tool as well as the Remove Background option. Combine that with the Select Subject tool that was already there, and you've got several tools that all seem to do...
2020 Calendar Templates for Lightroom and ON1 Photo
Well, it's that time of year again. Each year I've shared some calendar templates for Lightroom. This year, those of you that use ON1 Photo will be excited to know that ON1 has enabled a feature in the past year that will allow them to work with ON1 as well. The...
What’s New in Photoshop 2020 (for photographers)
Each year at Adobe Max (this week), they introduce a new version of Photoshop with brand new updates. This week was no different. We're now at Photoshop 2020, and Adobe released some new features like the Object Selection tool, better Select Subject, and lot's of...
What’s New in Lightroom (November 2019 Update)
Every few months Adobe releases a new update to Lightroom. These updates usually included various camera and lens profiles, performance increases, as well as some new features. In this video, I'll share the new features like the Edge Fill option in the Panorama...
Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom and macOS Catalina
Whenever a new operating system comes out, the same statements and questions always come up about upgrading. First... people I run in to, always wonder if Adobe's applications are compatible. And next, if it's a Mac OS update, PC people always say "Just buy a PC". If...
Presets vs. Profiles (Which one should you use?)
Let's take a look at what the difference between Lightroom (and Camera Raw) Presets and Profiles are. They each have their place for your photography workflow. While, on the surface, it can seem like they do the same things, they actually work very different - and we...
What’s New in ON1 Photo Raw 2020
Well, it's that time of year again. Every fall, ON1 updates their software with a bunch of new features and enhancements, and this year they're releasing a beta version to let you try it out early as well. Below is a video that recaps some of the new features in ON1...