Nuance of Light
Driving back from my latest photo workshop in the Palouse, I was reflecting upon the nuance of light and how it is so crucial to setting the mood and even times the whole reason for [ read more ... ]
Realistic Images
I recently gave a talk to the Riverwoods Photographic Society and our conversation after the presentation turned to the topic of realistic images. One of the audience commented how, even though my images were processed, [ read more ... ]
Lightroom Denoise
I'm excited to write you to about the new Lightroom Denoise functionality that was just released this week in both Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw. For many years I've not done the bulk of my [ read more ... ]
Viewfinder or LCD
Do you use your viewfinder or LCD screen when working in the field to compose your shots? If you put your eye up to the viewfinder to view your composition before pressing the shutter button, [ read more ... ]
High Contrast Scenes
Just a quick post for you today about shooting high contrast scenes like I recently experience in the Tetons in early December. High contrast scenes can occur almost anywhere from grand landscapes to wildlife and [ read more ... ]
Look Around
Look around you....there are fun and interesting photographs everywhere you look! We photographers often talk about how we "see the world differently" because we have trained our brains to look for interesting photographs, or even [ read more ... ]
Which One Works
I've started a new series on my YouTube channel called Which One Works. In these short videos I discuss my own photographs and walk you through which composition works, or doesn't work, and why I [ read more ... ]
Wide Angle
A wide angle lens is a staple for most landscape and nature photographers and is often one of the first lenses folks pick up and start using. On the surface it is a fairly easy [ read more ... ]
Processing Software
I want to touch on a couple of cool new processing software tools out there that you may or may not be aware of. I don't normally talk too much about processing software or gear [ read more ... ]
No Tripod
On my recent trip to Alaska to photograph the bears and landscape, I spent the majority of the workshop with no tripod. Don't mis-understand, I brought a tripod with me on the trip, but I [ read more ... ]