3 Tips for More Exciting Portraits

3 Tips for More Exciting Portraits

I was asked to make a presentation for the Big Photo Show here in Los Angeles recently. The idea was to provide something very basic for an amateur photo-enthusiast audience. I usually do presentations, seminars, and workshops for more advanced or professional...
False Color Technique

False Color Technique

New Digital Photography Lighting Technique Hi all, Its been a very busy time for me & I haven’t had as much time to spend on the blog as I’d like. However, as we are entering the middle of Spring and really, in Los Angeles anyway, we are about to enter...
Color to B&W and Beyond

Color to B&W and Beyond

Here is a new video tutorial that examines various methods of B&W conversion in Photoshop using two images – first this very colorful shot of a sunflower: I examine a few different methods of converting this image and finally arrive at the following version using...
Professional Photo Workflow

Professional Photo Workflow

Managing the Image Lifecycle The introductory Keynote lecture from my workshop series – “Basic Photo 2, Professional Photo Workflow” – I provide an overview of digital capture workflow, image lifecycle, and archive strategies! I conduct an...
Evolution of a Glamour Photo

Evolution of a Glamour Photo

Great Glamour Starts with Light but Finishes with Luminosity One of the concepts I stress most with my students is that photography is all about the play of lights and darks; tonal value is more important than color! I find that, most of the time, the path to a great...