Our Backyard Friend, Charlotte Perhaps?
I don't know what it is with the spiders out here, but they are huge! This one, Charlotte, likes to hang out on our patio. One afternoon she built a web, the following day it blew down, that evening she built a web, that night it rained and destroyed the web, and...
Fixing HDR Night Skies
So one thing I hate about long exposure photography is the noise that occurs in the black sky, even at ISO 100. Now take that noise frustration and multiply it times 5 when working with HDR long exposures. How do you fix it? Do you sacrifice the awesome look of the...
EverydayHDR Approved Flickr Group
I have recently started a Flickr group, EverydayHDR Approved. I highly encourage everyone who is a fan of EverydayHDR to upload their HDRs to the group. Lets critique each other, make tonemapping suggestions, give each other kudos, and most importantly socialize!...
The HDR Book Review
I recently read The HDR Book by RC Concepcion and boy am I glad I did. RC has written the best HDR book to date. I have read 6 HDR books now, while the others may have been decent and sometimes good, none of them have hit the mark like RC. You want to talk Post...
Vegas Baby, Vegas!
I had a blast at Photoshop World 2011, I met some awesome artists and learned a ton about flash photography. Last year I spent a lot of time in Photoshop specific classes, but this year I felt much more confident in my Photoshop skills but I really needed to learn...
Happy Birthday EverydayHDR!!!
One year ago today I started everydayHDR after going to Photoshop World 2010. This year I celebrate the 1 year anniversary of everydayHDR at Photoshop World 2011! It has been a great year with 168 posts, 53 of which were tutorials. I will continue to keep...
Kansas City
Last weekend we took a stroll through Kansas City to check out the Crown Center. On the way there we drove passed this awesome suspension cable sculpture. I love sculpture, it is actually an old past time of mine, I was once commissioned to do a sculpture on the...
20 Best Tutorials…EverydayHDR Made It!
EverydayHDR's Extreme Soft Light Tutorial made it to the 20 Best HDR Tutorials according to Ants Magazine! The fruits of my labor are starting to be seen! Stop by Ants Magazine, they have some pretty helpful content floating about. ...
Photoshop Tutorial: History!
There are 2 tools that are very powerful in Adobe Photoshop, yet very underrated and infrequently used: The History Brush and The History Palette. Many people have no idea that the history palette is more than just a list of what you have done, it is a built in...
Photoshop World
Next week I am off to Photoshop World 2011 in Las Vegas, NV. If any of you will be there let me know, we can meet up and talk HDR! I cannot stress enough how much Photoshop World will improve your photography, post processing, and overall artistic way of life. If...
