Food Photography: From Snapshots To Great Shots Review
Last year at Photoshop World 2011 in Vegas I met an amazing photographer, Nicole Young. She and I talked briefly about her book, new at the time, Food Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots. Ironically the following night I won a raffle for the book we...
Grandpa’s Garage
I snuck into my grandfather's garage while on my trip to Scranton a couple weeks ago. I used to do this as a kid to look at my grandfather's awesome Ford cars. This time was a bit different, I just needed a screwdriver to tighten all the loose door knobs in the...
Dynamic Brushes In Photoshop CS 5
I recently posted HDR Concert #3. If you look at the image you will see paratroopers littering the sky. If you look long enough you will see they are all relatively the same, however, their size and angle are different. Before you say it, I didn't copy and paste...
HDR Concert #3: Long Term Solution Is Up!
Stroll over to the HDR Concert Page and take a look at all of the amazing entries into this month's HDR Concert. While you are there you can download the brackets and experiment with them yourself!
To Grandmother’s House I Went
I recently traveled back to, what I like to call my home town, Scranton Pennsylvania. The circumstances were less than ideal as a death in the family never finds anyone well. However, the family came together and celebrated the life of the most amazing woman I have...
A Few More From Union Station
Last weeks Union Station trip has provided me with many brackets to process and as I have been working with them I have been trying new things. Well, I wouldn't necessarily say new, but revisiting an old friend. I started my photography journey at 17 in the darkroom...
Topaz DeNoise For HDR
Have you ever noticed that there is a blaring difference between a regular photos noise and an HDR photos noise? The tone mapping process compounds the noise in all of the original exposures in such a way that the noise starts to become a part of the detail in the...
Topaz DeNoise 5 Review
When it comes to HDR tone mapping, noise can be your worst enemy and many times can separate a good shot from a great shot. However, there are a plethora of options on the market for noise reduction. If you are anything like me, you like to attack the noise after...
When All Else Fails… Redeem Yourself!
I recently signed up for a meetup to go on a Photo walk in the West Bottoms of Kansas City. That place is awesome and I was stoked to attend. The buildings in the area are run down warehouses, factories and all kinds of HDR friendly. The West Bottoms are almost...
Photoshop CS 5: Selective Focusing
Last week I showed how to Selectively Blur an area of your photo using Adobe Photoshop CS 6 Beta, but did you know you can do this in past versions of Photoshop very easily, and with even more control? It is pretty simple actually and uses many...
