TTL Flash Tips
I recently hosted some local photographers for a visit to Atlanta’s Dragon-Con Science-Fiction and Fantasy convention. Besides vendors and celebrity guests, DragonCon is home to hundreds of attendees in elaborate, often homemade costumes. It was a great opportunity...
DPE Atlanta, 2010
Rick Sammon and I just wrapped up the first Digital Photo Experience Weekend in Atlanta. The 20+ attendees were treated to Rick's presentation of photo and HDR tips Saturday morning, and (hopefully) enthralled by my Lightroom presentation on Saturday afternoon 🙂 We...
Atlanta Photo Workshop w/ Rick Sammon
Rick Sammon and I are leading a photo workshop in Atlanta, GA this August 13-15. Here's a quick video with the details... Click HERE for more information Online event registration for DPE Learning Weekends: Atlanta - August 13-15, 2010 powered by Eventbrite
Photoshop World: Orlando, FL 2010
I spent last week in Orlando, FL for the Photoshop World conference at the Orange County Convention Center. This was my fourth Photoshop World and they just keep getting better. The only difficult thing about attending Photoshop World is deciding which classes to take. I tend to focus on Lightroom and photography classes, and this time was no exception.
Think Tank Photo Airport TakeOff Review
I have an old Samsonite roll-aboard suitcase that I put a padded divider set in to hold camera gear. The wheels are terrible, the handle is rickety and it tips over when it’s loaded. I was preparing to lead a workshop in Costa Rica recently and I figured it was time for a new rolling camera bag.
My experience with Think Tank Photo products made their rolling bags my first choice.
Lightroom bits and pieces
I wanted to do a post to address the Lightroom info that people are searching for lately. There are a few questions that seem to come up regularly. Here are a few of those questions, and some things I've helped my friends with lately. This is a simple thing, but it...
My take on “the Grip”
It's funny how much energy photographers have expended debating this topic. I will admit that when I see someone holding their SLR camera like this... I assume that person is a novice. Mainly because most "pro" photographers have figured out how to hold their camera...
My Lightroom Workflow- Sorting and Smart Collections
I had planned to write this post today BEFORE I read Scott Kelby's post this morning about collections in Lightroom. It was interesting to read his post because we pretty much end up at the same place, but we take a different route to get there... As you know from my...
My Lightroom Workflow- file management ideas (Updated)
When I started posting Adobe Photoshop Lightroom tutorials a few weeks ago I started with the adjustment brush. It occurred to me that the adjust brush is a weird place to START a series about Lightroom, so I decided to go back to the beginning and talk about my...
Lightroom Adjustment Brush tips part-3. Color
I'm going to start this week with a quick tip that I just learned. Say you're working with a brush to lighten part of your image, and you have painted over a section with your density at 100. Now say you decide that you would rather not have that section quite so...
Lightroom Adjustment Brush tips part-2. easy re-touch
I wanted to begin this post with a word about the "flow" and "density" sliders inside the Adjustment Brush panel. These are very important for controlling how your adjustments are applied, but they are fairly simple to figure out. Think of the density slider as the...
Think Tank Photo Rotation 360º backpack review
I get a lot of questions about my Think Tank Photo Rotation 360º backpack from other photographers. "Is that that crazy backpack that spins around?", "does that thing really work?", etc. I also read a "review" recently of the "new" Rotation 360º backpack that was...