Atmospheric Backgrounds with Topaz Impression
Interesting Backgrounds Made Easy! One of the techniques I showed in the last webinar was how to make interesting backgrounds with Topaz Impression. During the webinar I used this in a very artistic workflow. This technique is also very effective in the following...
How to Prepare For Battle With a Photograph!
Which strategy will you choose? In this webinar I will be showing you a more playful approach to photo editing. The last few I have done have been pretty intense on the technical side. While this one will not be void of technique, it will be more focused on...
The HDR Master Class!
Coming To Kansas City in May! I have been blogging about HDR Photography for just about 4 and a half years. I have put in thousands of long hours and thought about exposure brackets for entirely too long. When I started this my number one goal was to become a...
9 Tips to Becoming a Better Landscape Photographer
I have a Confession to make... I have never filled a Memory Card In my entire Photography career I have never once filled a memory card. I don't even know what kind of error message my camera would give me if I did fill one. Beyond that, I really haven't taken that...
Top 6 Things I Love About Perfect Effects 9
Oh there are so many more than 6... A few days ago I reviewed Perfect Effects 9. I mentioned several things that Perfect Effects has going for it, but now I want to showcase them in a quick video tutorial. The funny thing is, when I set out and planned this tutorial...
onOne Perfect Effects 9 Review
About a year ago I reviewed onOne's Perfect Effects 8 after they ran a promotional giveaway for it. It quickly became an asset to my HDR endeavors and I have found myself jumping in and out of there more frequently in the last year. Not too long ago onOne released...
Topaz Impression Small Snaps to Large Works of Art
.17 Megapixels to 35 Megapixels... WHAT?!? My wife, kids and I went to Cannon Beach, OR a few weeks ago. We had a blast, it rained the entire time, but it was still very nice to be with the family on the West Coast (or the left coast as my East Coast roots would...
10,000 Subscribers on YouTube!!!
Let's Celebrate a Milestone Together! After a little over 4 years of having my YouTube channel live I hit 10,000 subscribers! Time to pop some bottles! Here is my way of saying thank you for all you have done for me through your sharing, commenting, emails, and...
Topaz Webinar | The Curve, The Histogram & Luminance Values
In this webinar I will place a strong focus on three areas that are the most critical to understand when you are editing photographs. They are the Curve, the Histogram, and the Luminance Values of pixels. In the beginning I will cover these topics briefly and then...
Blend If… Noise Reduction and Sharpening
The Saga of Blend If Continues... Just in case you missed the basic tutorial on this, here it is. I just couldn't leave well enough alone with the Blend If options in Photoshop. After playing with the Blend If options I came up with a way to make organic Noise...
