Professional Photoshop Toolkit

Professional Photoshop Toolkit

A Few Power User Tools for Serious Image Enhancing I am usually not big on filters or commercially available “Action” sets for Photoshop—I prefer to “roll my own”—I spend most of my time showing people how to get the most out of Photoshop by...
Don’t Forget the Details

Don’t Forget the Details

Epic Imagery is not Everything in Photography! I am returning to my photos of Italy in this post but with a difference! I have been sorting through the thousands of photos captured during a magical two-week trip through Rome, Florence and most of Tuscany. There are...
B&W Tone Control for Rendering Success

B&W Tone Control for Rendering Success

Some More Thoughts on B&W I thought I would write a little bit about the decision process when creating B&W renderings from color images. The images that follow were all captured in and around Los Osos on the central coast of California. I have often said that...
The Pleasures of Black and White

The Pleasures of Black and White

The Upcoming Workshop in Los Osos Before I return to my photo adventure in Italy, and while I’m preparing for my B&W workshop at Light Photographic, I thought I’d share some thoughts and B&W images of the beautiful locations in and around Los Osos....
On Location in Italy – 2

On Location in Italy – 2

Lee Varis shares some panorama insights in Florence Well… the dust has settled, somewhat, from my trip to Italy, and now begins the long process of evaluating the thousands of images captured during my tour of Tuscany. Our first stop after Rome was the...