California Photo Festival Sessions

California Photo Festival Sessions

It time to start thinking about the California Photo Festival coming this October 10-14th! There are over 170 sessions with 15 industry leading photographers and digital imaging gurus in an all-inclusive price. Classes are starting to fill up so you should register...
What I Learned Shooting DSLR Video

What I Learned Shooting DSLR Video

Video Adventures at Lark Camp I went to Lark Camp—a world music camp nestled in the coastal rainforest of the Mendocino Woodlands—this past July/August, as part of my annual pilgrimage, but also to begin a project to produce a documentary about this unique musical...
My creativeLIVE Experience

My creativeLIVE Experience

Hi all, I just got back from a wonderful 3 days of creativeLIVE workshop in Seattle and now I’m diving into preparations for my next series of classes and workshops! The fall season is very busy with local classes at Calumet Photo in Santa Ana and Los Angeles,...
The Ultimate Skin Retouching Technique

The Ultimate Skin Retouching Technique

Frequency Separation Retouching by Alessandro Bernardi while I was in Italy, I had the good fortune to hang out with some amazing Photoshop experts. One of these was Alessandro Bernardi, who very kindly shared his version of advanced Frequency Separation retouching...
Low Cost Photo Hanging Solution

Low Cost Photo Hanging Solution

Minimalist Gallery Print Installation Some time ago I had a show of my Tarot images hanging in the Calumet Photo Los Angeles store—22, 16×20 prints were displayed in a separate gallery room, in the back of the store.   This was not a traditional gallery...