What I consider to be artistic photography has changed over the years – both my perception of what I enjoy viewing as art photographs and what I am motivated to create myself. There are of course hundreds of other examples I could include, and you may not find any of the image examples in this article to be artistic. Learning …
Photo Fails Crunchy Skies
When elements have large and hard edges that’s a sign you’ve overdone the clarity, sharpness, dehaze, contrast, or some combination of those. The giveaway is when you see angry “crunchy” skies in a photo. That treatment can be okay in some areas of the photo when applied properly – so how do we do that properly?
Photo Fails poor tree masking
For this photo fail I’m pretty new at doing high contrast black and white edits and using heavy gradients. I hate how the front treeline turned out and had to clean it up before I could send it off to print.
Wacom Tablet for Photo Editing
Originally posted January 2016 // Updated December 2020A Wacom to solve my problem? I believe encountering new problems means that you are growing and stretching yourself into new places. By taking on new challenges you are introduced to new problems that you haven’t solved before. Approaching and overcoming those problems means that you grow. So that’s all well and good …
Ride and Photograph Interview With Jussi Lyons – Photography Talk
Jussi Lyons hails from Scotland but now lives in Shanghai, China. As an avid traveler he can be found taking pictures around the world. Photographer, pilot and entrepreneur – this bicycle riding chat has many caps and many talents. He is a founding member of Clean Republic which is an e-bike manufacturer in Seattle. His passion for photography started while …
Basic Photo Editing
This is for anyone who is learning to edit their digital photosIf you’re ready to move past filters and presets to take more creative control over editing your images then this is for you. I created this series of videos to demystify the components of an image and give you the ability to jump into any photo editing software and …
Tripods and Heads to Mount Your Camera – focus on travel photography
Are you new to photography or perhaps just new to travel photography? Maybe you have only used a camera hand held and now you’re ready to add a tripod to your photography gear. We all ask these questions at one point. The tripods and heads that I used for studio and architecture were less than ideal for travel photography. This …
What Camera Should I Buy
Buying your first or next serious cameraYou want to start thinking creatively and taking control over your photos. You’re ready to buy a serious camera. I would encourage you to make this purchase decision based on what you want to do with the camera and ignore the tech and hype around what’s popular today. When you read an article that …
Planning a Photography Trip – A Journey to Namibia
Bob Wild is an award winning international landscape photographer. Armed with exceptional photography skills and a touch of wanderlust he traveled to Namibia to scout an African Safari photography workshop. In this interview we talk about planning a photography trip as a workshop, how to introduce a new location in the world to eager photography tour guests, and how to …
Crystal Mill Photography
Crystal Mill is one of the most iconic photography locations in Colorado. Photographing this historic site used to be as easy as getting there. It is privately owned and as of 2018 the owners have steps to protect the site and also to collect some funds to maintain it. The owners changed the access fees in 2021 – look at …
Photo Versions for Designers
How I think about creating different photo versions for designers when I’m editing an image for different uses from editorial to creative designers.
Morocco Travel Photography – preparing your shot list for a photography tour
Are you getting ready for a Morocco travel photography tour? Planning a shot list before any photography tour is something I believe every photographer of any skill level should do. Professional photographers do it because they have to fulfill a set of content needs for a client contract. Even an amateur or hobbyist photographer shooting for fun will have a …