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...
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...
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,...
Lightroom Presets – Black & White for Landscape Photos
You'll see there's 4 presets in this download. I went through my photos and realized that most of my landscape photography falls into several categories (canyons, beaches, photos with lots of green in them, and photos with a lot of sky in them). So I created the...
The Art of the Black and White Print
A while back Dan Steinhardt from Epson and Josh Haftel from Nik Software proposed a class for Kelby Training on Black and White printing. Of course we jumped at it because this is always a hot topic. Plus, you really can't get two people more knowledgable and relevant...
Tips For Getting Smooth Long-Exposure Water If You Don’t Have An ND Filter
Last week, I co-hosted DTown TV with RC Concepcion and I mentioned a little trick that I used on the photo above (click on the photo to see it larger). It has to do with getting that smooth silky water effect (or anything in motion for that matter) when you don't have...
Lightroom Presets – Adding a Sunflare Effect With a Brush
There's some pretty cool possibilities for creating presets with the Adjustment Brush in Lightroom. This week I have 3 presets that create a sunflare effect that you can brush on to your photos. It's a little different from the normal Develop module presets, but I...
A Quick Tutorial On the Changes to My Boston Photo
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a photo I took while in Boston. It got a lot of great feedback, but there was one thing that I didn't like in the photo (and it was confirmed by some comments here on the blog). At first, I was kinda lazy and thought it would be a pain...