HDR Photography Hypocrisy
Are you an HDR Photography Hypocrite? It happens all the time. The conversation goes something like this: Fellow Photographer: So you Like HDR Photography, Blake? Me: why yes I do, I am an addict. Fellow Photographer: I don't like HDR, it looks horrible. Me: Why...
The Best Laid Plans…
Are of Field Mice and School Children (from the 1800's) The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas A few weeks ago I ventured out to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas to do some epic photography. Clearly we all go out in hopes of epic...
Topaz ReMask 5 What’s New?
Topaz ReMask 5 Not Just for Photoshop Anymore! Topaz ReMask 5 is the latest addition to the Topaz Labs line of programs. While it used to be a powerful Photoshop Plugin, it now acts as an impressive standalone program. This is not...
photofocus HDR Podcast
Getting Started with HDR - HDR PodCast I had the great opportunity of sitting in on a panel discussion about HDR Photography with Ron Pepper of HDRSoft (Photomatix) and Richard Harrington of Photofocus for their HDR month. It was a fabulous discussion about the in's...
Flashpoint Autostand Review
Flashpoint Autostand - A new Way to move! You usually don't see me on the scene in my studio doing portrait work with light stands and soft boxes. You usually see me editing photos in Photoshop and that's about it. However, I spend quite a bit of time in front of...
Color Matching in Photoshop
Color Matching - Color Grading I recently received an email from Wayne, an EverydayHDR subscriber, asking me about Color Matching the palette of one photo and applying it to another. Here is his inquiry: It has me wondering if there is some way to take a colour...
Custom Camera Buttons
I C1, I C2 ... what do I C those two doing?!?! Some cameras have these wonderful custom buttons on them and they are cleverly labelled... C1 and C2 for the Canon. Often times we overlook them and even sometimes fail to add anything to them for the fear of not...
Watermarks in Photoshop with Brushes
Non Obtrusive Brush Style Watermarks in Photoshop We have all seen those horribly gaudy watermarks on images that distract and most times destroy your viewing experience. Do a quick Google crawl on the Images tab for the words "watermark on photo". You will see...
Lytro Illum Review – Initial Impression
The Living Picture | A Lytro Illum First Glance Review I was intrigued by what Lytro was doing several years ago with their introductory camera. What photographer wouldn't be? A camera that does not capture focus data and can be refocused at a later time. A camera...
Spiral Flower Fun in Photoshop
The Spiral Flower Graphic EffectThis is something new to me, the Spiral Flower effect, but not totally new to the wonderful world of Photoshop. It was originally published on this site a few years back (December 2011) and that individual...
