Featured Stories
Join Me and Pete Collins for a Special Photowalk in Downtown Orlando
This isn't the first time I have held a photowalk in Orlando, but it's the first time that it has been… [more]
Exporting Print Layouts in Lightroom
This weekend I received an email from a blog reader who was having difficulty exporting images in Lightroom.… [more]
Virtual Comparison Shopping With Photoshop
I recently bought a used Telecaster guitar in a sweet butterscotch blonde color. It's a Squier Classic… [more]
Don’t Sell Yourself Short with Bad Photos
Writing a lot of camera books means I am often buying equipment that I don't intend to keep for very… [more]
Happy Martin Luther King Day
Today is Martin Luther King day here in the USA. It's a day to celebrate the life and accomplishments… [more]
Today’s Featured Story
Join Me and Pete Collins for a Special Photowalk in Downtown Orlando
This isn't the first time I have held a photowalk in Orlando, but it's the first time that it has been an Official Photoshop World Event. That's right, this isn't just your run of the mill photo walk. This is a private (free) photowalk on April 16th for anyone who signs up now for Photoshop World. That's right, sign up for Photoshop World and you can join me and my buddy, Pete - The Photoshop Guy - Collins for a private photowalk around Lake Eola and then hang out and grab a bite afterwards and chill with us as we do some chimping and story swapping. For all the information and to sign up … [Read More...]
Image Processing
Virtual Comparison Shopping With Photoshop
I recently bought a used Telecaster guitar in a sweet butterscotch blonde color. It's a Squier Classic Vibe by Fender and it sounds awesome. The body is in immaculate shape but for some reason the previous owner treated the pick guard like a scratching post. In fact I can't recall ever seeing a pick guard with that much scratch abuse (see picture below), which inspired me to look for a replacement … [Read More...]
Camera Gear
Don’t Fear the Megapixels
The other day my buddy Scott Kelby posted a little infographic about the size of his D800 images in relation to other cameras that he uses/has used. He originally posted it on Google Plus and then again on his blog yesterday. I was looking at some of the comments on Google Plus and I found it interesting that there were some who were really put off by the idea of a large megapixel camera. … [Read More...]
My Knockoff MB-D12 Battery Grip for the D800
When I purchased my D800 I had fully intended on buying the grip for it, just like I had done with my D700 and D7000. I have pretty big hands and just like the feel of a grip when I shoot. It just feels more natural and allows me to get a better hold on the camera. Of course there are those who buy the grip for the added battery capacity, which I have to admit is an added bonus. I also like having … [Read More...]
Photography
Join Me and Pete Collins for a Special Photowalk in Downtown Orlando
This isn't the first time I have held a photowalk in Orlando, but it's the first time that it has been an Official Photoshop World Event. That's right, this isn't just your run of the mill photo walk. This is a private (free) photowalk on April 16th for anyone who signs up now for Photoshop World. That's right, sign up for Photoshop World and you can join me and my buddy, Pete - The Photoshop … [Read More...]
Don’t Sell Yourself Short with Bad Photos
Writing a lot of camera books means I am often buying equipment that I don't intend to keep for very long. Sometimes I can sell back to the camera store but most times, I end up posting my gear on sites like ebay and CraigsList. I also do a lot of browsing on these sites to compare prices on used equipment and to shop for goodies that catch my eye. After years of doing this, I can tell you one … [Read More...]
HDR
Creating Faux HDR in Lightroom – the New and the Old
I was working on one of my Lightroom chapters and I got to the section where I described how to do a faux HDR look using the sliders in the Basic panel when it hit me, the sliders I normally use for creating the effect are not there anymore. In LR3 there is a Recovery, Fill Light and Brightness sliders but those are gone, having been replaced by a Highlights, Shadows, and Whites sliders. I then … [Read More...]
Single Image Tonemapping in Photoshop CS5
The other day I was processing some bracketed HDR images that I had recently shot. My typical workflow is to take the images from Lightroom into HDR Pro in Photoshop. I don't typically tonemap in Photoshop, just create the HDR file and save it as a 32-bit radiance file. Then I open the newly created file in Photomatix Pro for tonemapping and then save it back into Lightroom. There's an option in … [Read More...]
Exporting Print Layouts in Lightroom
This weekend I received an email from a blog reader who was having difficulty exporting images in Lightroom. She had created a multi-image template with a watermark and she wanted to export it to use in her blog. The problem is that every time she went to export them, she would end up with separate images instead of the layout that she wanted when she looked at it in the Print module (see photo … [Read More...]