Photoshop World West 2011…
...Who is coming with me? This is the last week to save $100 on a ticket to Photoshop World in Las Vegas, NV. It runs from September 5-9, yep that is next month. I went to Photoshop World last year and could not have learned more about everything I never knew...
Blogging With A Baby…
Every once in a while I get the question, How do you work 40 hours a week, process all those HDR images and maintain a blog with a 3 month old baby? Well, it can be difficult at times, but I found he actually enjoys blogging with me. Put the baby in the lap and hop...
Photoshop Tutorial: Chromatic Abberations & Color Noise Reduction
Wow, I am really surprised I have gone 150 blog posts without covering a tutorial on how to rid your life of pesky Chromatic Abberations and Color Noise. So here you are, your free advice on how to crush two of the most painful aspects of digital photography....
Photomatix Pro 4.1.1 Review
HDR Soft has made another update to Photomatix Pro, it is now in version 4.1.1. There are many awesome improvements in the new version: Selective De-Ghosting now allows you to select the exposure you would like to replace it with. They have finally added descriptions...
National Park Quarters?
I hate doing laundry in apartments. There always seems to be an issue with quarters, never having any, finding a place to get them, and finally when you have them, you never have enough! After thinking about all the reasons I hate doing laundry in apartments, I...
Photoshop Tutorial: Extreme Soft Light
I was playing around with this picture one day, I added a vignette, I did my noise reduction, and then I duplicated it, and set the blend mode to soft light. I would normally do that anyway before I High Pass sharpened it, but then I fell in love with the results of...
Monitor Calibration
There are many reasons why you should have your monitors calibrated when working with digital photography. One main reason is to ensure that the colors you are editing are truly the colors in the picture and not what you are seeing on your un-calibrated monitor....
Photoshop Tutorial: Dreamscape Effect
Today's tutorial is a Dreamlike effect, similar to the flashback effect you see in movies. It usually occurs where someone travels into the past or lays down for a nap and starts seeing things all blurred and sepia toned. I wish I dreamed that way, but fortunately...
Topaz Adjust
Topaz Adjust is a pretty cool Photoshop plug-in used to "spice" up your photos whether they are HDR's that need a little push or normal images that could use some help. Topaz Labs has several programs in their arsenal, but the first on my list was Topaz Adjust. Take...
Weston Missouri
The Wife, her Uncle Scott, Uncle's Wife, Ginger, and I all took a trip over to Weston for the 2nd Annual BBQ Fest. We were expecting BBQ everywhere with samples and stuff, but instead there were only 3 vendors serving up BBQ. It was rather delectable but it wasn't...
