My Camera Gear
I updated My Gear page to be more helpful for those curious as to what I shoot with and how I like it. I have linked all of the items to Amazon and even wrote my #1 Pro, #1 Con, and Bottom Line opinion about each piece of equipment. Click on the navigation menu and...
Vanguard GH-100 Pistol Grip Ball Head Review
A tripod is an essential piece of equipment for HDR photography. More important than the legs that hold up the camera is the ball head upon which you rest it. For many months I have been using the Induro ball head (SA-0) that came with my tripod, but after many...
Captured By The Light
Well, I got to page 88 in Lights, Camera, Capture before I threw in the towel, I apologize to anyone who may have bought it after my post. I could not take the horrible grammatical errors, misspellings, horrible story telling, and inaccurate picture to caption...
Essential HDR
This week I downloaded the free trial of Essential HDR by Imaging Luminary. I am hoping the results I received are from the fact that regardless of your initial image sizes, the free trial version dumbs your result down to 1 megabyte. While this is a great strategy...
Kelby Training Live!
Last Friday I went over to the San Jose Convention Center and caught Kelby Training Live: From Focus to Finished with Ben Willmore. If you ever find a Kelby Training Live course near your home, GO! I learned more than my brain could gather in 7 hours, but its okay!...
Lights, Camera, Capture
This Post has been updated for accuracy, you may read on for historical purposes... I have recently jumped into the world of lighting photography. While I have done some of this in the past, a series of recent photography events has forced me in the direction...
HDR Photo Pro
Another great program by the makers of last week's HDR Darkroom, Everimage LTD. These guys nailed it with HDR Photo Pro. It has a pretty self explanatory interface with a lot to offer. You can get any range of HDR styles with the well engineered slider bars found...
HDR Darkroom!
The search continues for greener HDR pastures. This week I downloaded the free trial for HDR Darkroom by Everimaging LTD. Of the many HDR programs that claim to create great HDR images at lightening speed, I would have to throw my hat off to HDR Darkroom. I am a...
Kelby Training, How Do I love Thee…Let Me Count The Ways!
I do not know if you are familiar with Kelby Training, if you aren't one of the best pieces of advice I can give you is... get acquainted! The guys at Kelby Training are amazing trainers and give up millions of excellent secrets. What you can learn from them for the...
HDR Efex Pro is PRO!
Nik Software has put out a killer HDR program, HDR Efex Pro. It runs as an add-on to Photoshop, Aperture and Lightroom making your workflow seem less from tone mapping to post-processing. I was impressed from installation to the completion of my first HDR image...