How to Make a Matte in Photoshop
Have you ever made an odd sized crop to a photograph, like 8 x 18, and wondered "How in the world am I going to print this without paying a fortune in custom framing fees?" The answer, as usual, is Photoshop! I recently made a crop to several photographs and wanted...
Baltimore HDR Photography Club Awards Banquet
I often get requests in my inbox due to the nature of the blogs. Some requests are very odd, while others are simply friendly words of encouragement or a quick thank you for a tutorial. I accept them all with open arms and respond to every one of them! A few months...
7 Tips For Photographing Lightning
Last Saturday I received a notification on my phone that a severe thunderstorm was on the way. I initially thought, "Sweet! I can try and get some pictures of it!" However, the storms usually come so fast without me being prepared that by the time the lightning gets...
Use a Black and White Layer to Make Better Color Images
I was going through my tutorials and realized I have not shown one of my favorite go-to tricks to punch up the contrast in my color images. Surprisingly enough it requires the use of a Black and White Layer! One of the best ways to tell if your image could use a bit...
The Megapixel
I have heard many times in the past that the megapixel count of your camera is not necessarily important and that a 12 megapixel camera is perfect for most situations due to the common print sizes. I can certainly agree to an extent because for several years I owned a...
Topaz Black and White Effects 2
Are you a fan of Black and White photography? I know I am, that is where I started in 1999, with a Canon AE-1 film camera that I ran hundreds of rolls of black and white film through. I love the look of a true BLACK and WHITE photograph. These days, in the digital...
EverydayHDR Insider
I am very excited to announce the launch of my newest endeavor for EverydayHDR, HDR Insider! This is your online resource for even more awesome HDR content. I will not be holding back anything on this site. Here is a brief explanation of what you will receive when...
HDR Concert #15 is Live!
Happy Halloween! HDR Concert #15 is up and running on the Concert page! This will be the last Concert hosted on EverydayHDR. But don't fret! I have another venue for something similar and I will be announcing it very soon!
Long Exposure eBook
I recently had the pleasure of reading Scott Wyden Kivowitz' Long Exposure Photography eBook "Time Is On Your Side". Long before I became and HDR Photographer I spent many nights on the beaches of California shooting long exposure photographs of the ocean sweeping up...
The 4 Step Creative HDR Process Revealed!
Last Tuesday, October 15th 2013, I conducted a Webinar for Topaz Labs, "The 4 Step Creative HDR Process" . In this Webinar I showed my 4 Step process for creating HDR images all without using Photoshop! I did the whole tutorial using Topaz Labs products to include,...
