I Am Diggin’ Fall
I am always diggin' Fall, it is probably my favorite season, no wait it is my favorite season. I guess you could say the Fall Tri-Fecta happened here this weekend, we had our first freeze, we went to the pumpkin patch, and I made 5 pounds of chili! Yes, it was a...
HDR Photography and the Ten Step Program
I have read a lot of articles on HDR photography, many of them good, some of them just bashing it, but never have I read one that so accurately portrayed me. My friend Paul Ciura sent me this article recently about the Ten Steps Every HDR Photographer Goes Through....
HDR Efex Pro 2.0 Review
I know I know, I am a bit behind the curve on this one, but I got my hands on it and put it to the EverydayHDR test. I ran HDR Efex Pro 2 through the ringer over the last few days to see if it had the stones everyone was talking it up to have. I pitted Nik's new...
Pelicans in Kansas?
I think even Dorothy would be lost at the sight I saw last week. I was leaving work and happened to look over my shoulder as I was crossing the lake from the Kansas to the Missouri side, there were hundreds of Pelicans just hanging out in the water. Normally these...
Black and White Video Tutorial
Download the RGBCMYWK Color Wheel I know you have converted an image to black and white before, we all have, but did you know what happened to your color specifically? Black and White is more than just that, Black or White, in photography it is how a color translates...
HDR Concert #7 is Live!!!
Head on over to the Concert page and check out all of the awesome entries for the latest HDR Concert.
Shooting Into The Sun
Some people say you shouldn't shoot into the sun, however, I think you can get interesting results sometimes. The sun flare provided by the sun can be a cool effect. I really like it on the image below. I could have easily avoided the sun flare by adjusting my...
The Bridge To Camera Raw
I have been an avid Photoshopper for about 12 years now and just now realized the power of Adobe Bridge, I know I know, I am a day late and a dollar short right? Let me start this by asking you a couple questions, if you answer yes to any of them, then you need to...
Diamonds in the Rough
I was going through Adobe Bridge the other day and noticed some hidden gems in my vast collection of HDR images. It is very easy to lose site of your work when shooting for HDR, sometimes gems get lost among the brackets and tone mapped save file chaos! The perfect...
3 HDR Tone Mapping Pet Peeves!
I have three huge pet peeves with HDR, some may say I hate these three things. I stayed up countless hours for several months thinking about how much I hated these three things in my HDR process and racked my brain thinking about how I could fix them. It is one...
