Quick Tip: Selective Desaturation
Here’s a quick tip. A really easy Selective Deaturation technique for taking away the sky in an image. Open up a Saturation Adjustment Layer, use the drop down box that says Master as the Default. Switch it to Blues and drop the saturation to Zero. Like...
Cupcakes Look So Much Cooler In HDR!
My wife has mastered the art of not only beautiful cupcakes, but the worlds most amazing butter cream frosting! How in the world can you top a Girardehli chocolate cake topped with Peanut Butter Butter Cream Frosting? The answer is… You Don’t!! You can...
HDR Humor
Last night I checked my Google analytics for keywords that have led viewers to EverydayHDR. The usuals are HDR blog, Photomatix Help, or HDR Photography. Last nights was a whole new can o worms! I don’t know what you are doing wrong bro, but I hope my blog...
Kelby Training, How Do I love Thee…Let Me Count The Ways!
I do not know if you are familiar with Kelby Training, if you aren’t one of the best pieces of advice I can give you is… get acquainted! The guys at Kelby Training are amazing trainers and give up millions of excellent secrets. What you can learn from...
Palm Tower and Water Tree
The wife and I went to downtown Los Gatos yesterday after meeting with a future client. It was a another beautiful day in the Bay Area, I hate to rub it in, but it was just shy of 70 degrees! I snagged a shot that described the day in pretty great detail. Earlier...
Beginner’s Guide: F/Stops, EV’s and ISO’s
One thing that took me forever to understand and use appropriately were f/stops. I couldn’t wrap my head around how f/stops affected my images. After years of shooting in Auto mode (go ahead throw tomatoes at me) I decided to figure out this whole f/stop...
HDR Efex Pro is PRO!
Nik Software has put out a killer HDR program, HDR Efex Pro. It runs as an add-on to Photoshop, Aperture and Lightroom making your workflow seem less from tone mapping to post-processing. I was impressed from installation to the completion of my first HDR image...
Cataloging Tutorial Update
My buddy Matt over at Redbubble pointed out a flaw in my cataloging post processing tutorial. I forgot to mention the program I use to see my raw images as a viewable picture thumbnail. This is actually a huge flaw in my tutorial and Matt was kind enough to point it...
Picnic On The Beach
You got it! The wife and I decided to have a picnic on the beach yesterday. It is January, but it definitely does not feel like it in the bay area! It was about 60 degrees and sunny, while a bit chilly, it still made for a great outing. Over the last 14 days I...
