Getting Started with HDR Shooting

I head out to Great Fall National Parks to walk you through HDR shooting. Have you tried to photograph the beauty of a scene but just can’t capture its intensity or range? In this episode, I’m joined by special guest, Abba Shapiro explore the world of HDR photography. You will learn the benefits for using High Dynamic […]

Offbeat with Clemens Vanderwerf

It is not often one finds someone willing to traipse around the chilly Alaskan countryside, looking for moose. But, that is precisely what I found when I met Clemens Vanderwerf last spring. We had already spent a week on the Kachemak Bay photographing eagles, sea otters, Stellar’s Sea Lions and a host of pelagic seabirds. […]

Auto-Stack Images in Lightroom for Easier HDR Processing

The other day I was showing a friend how to send images to be merged into an HDR in Photomatix Pro by exporting from Lightroom. When we were going through his image library, it was difficult for him to remember which images were in each sequence. He couldn’t remember if his camera was set to […]

Photo of the Day: Alien Goddess

Category: Fashion Photograph: “Alien Goddess” by Tuesday Fashion is makeup too. Tuesday has portrayed her model as an outworlder whose pastel rectangles of blue, magenta, orange and purple float against ultra white skin. Is this the fashion of her species? Her almost-white face is punctuated by severe eyebrows, penetrating eyes and perfect red orange lips. Her […]

Time to Vote: Innovation

It’s time to raise your voice…  which camera manufacturer is the most innovative?  Who’s impressed you with the pace of their improvements and adding features that really help your photography? This Post Sponsored by: Perfectly Clear for Photoshop or Lightroom is all about saving you time so you can focus on doing what you love best. […]

Cucoloris for Shadowed Texture

So often someone will take the time to light the talent to look great but forget to light the background and give the image some depth: One method is to use a Cucoloris. Some will refer to it a s a cookie cutter:The Cucoloris will create a shadowed texture onto your background depending on the […]

Cleverly composed photograph could get an Australian real estate agent $22K in fines

Real estate photography might seem straightforward, but the reality is it’s just as challenging as any other genre. After all, it’s about what you should keep in the image and what you should take out. How far is too far though? That’s what a few would-be home buyers are asking in regards to the photo […]

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How Photographers Can Use Canva

Canva has become my new favorite go-to website for design resources and inspiration. They have an excellent blog for designers, with plenty of content that I have found to be very educational. But their most impressive feature is the design tool, where you can create digital image designs from templates, and they even have both free and premium backgrounds, photos, and illustrations you can […]

Wedding photographer gets accidental baptism by falling into a fountain

When the world says one needs to get immersed in their craft to become the best, I don’t think this is what they’re talking about. While we don’t have any details on the couple or photographer in this video, what we do know is that a photographer managed to give himself and his camera gear […]

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Photo Of The Day: Weddings

Category: Wedding Photographer: Andreas Schroeder I chose this image for Wedding Photo of The Day because of the the simple joyful moment it represents. It’s a beautifully captured, quintessential wedding moment that any couple around the world would want to have! Photo originally shared on our Photofocus Flickr group here. To learn how your work […]