May. 18, 2013
If you use your wide-screen monitor in the standard landscape orientation and take portrait orientation photos that’s a problem. It’s a problem because you’re using only about one-third of your monitor’s pixels.
read more...May. 15, 2013
I consider the possibility of using Lightroom V5 together with Photoshop CC but run into a problem. What's the best workaround? Read this first post in a series documenting my process of incorporating Lightroom into my workflow with Photoshop.
read more...May. 11, 2013
Exciting new features for photographers are coming to Photoshop in June 2013. In this post I provide links to videos demonstrating the new features and free tutorials to help you get started with the new Photoshop CC. Also included are links to detailed information on pricing and options for upgrading to the Creative Cloud.
read more...May. 4, 2013
After a month of working on it during the evenings and weekends the new blog design is live. I’m going over the site page by page, checking all the images, links, etc. but if you find any problems I’d appreciate it if you’d let me know on my Contact page.
read more...May. 4, 2013
My two Amaryllis plants are blooming so I took advantage of the opportunity to capture some images of their large, showy flowers. I’ve had these plants for several years and they just keep getting bigger and better every year. Each year I shoot some photos but the image quality has often left me somewhat disappointed. So, this year I decided to pay close attention to detail and it paid off as I was pretty happy with the above shot.
read more...May. 11, 2013
I had a great time at a Composition and Light workshop at Santa Fe Photography Workshops in New Mexico. The workshop is about "seeing, and seeing deeply. It’s about developing your awareness to composition and to light." In this post, I describe my experience of the class, the locations we visited and the instruction given.
read more...Apr. 20, 2013
Notes on building a new WordPress theme from the {wrap}bootstrap Creative Folio design for photographers
read more...May. 11, 2013
Spring is in the air and with it comes the reawakening of this blog. I've just returned from a four-day workshop with Santa Fe Photography Workshops in New Mexico. My next post will be a trip/workshop write-up but right now I'd just like to mention that I'm working on a redesign of this blog and will be relaunching soon. I'll have some posts about that process as well as posts on a variety of photo topics.
One of the things I'll be doing is taking a second look at Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
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