Death Valley Adventure – Part 1

Death Valley Adventure – Part 1

Sampling the Visual Pleasures of the Lowest Point in the US Every year, if I can, I spend and extended weekend in Death Valley with a small group of friends—we’ve been going to Death Valley to photograph for that last 30+ years. In the past I’ve been known...
A Hidden Gem in Joshua Tree

A Hidden Gem in Joshua Tree

Exploring Photo Gold at Noah Purifoy’s Outdoor Museum I drove out to Joshua Tree to visit a friends art studio,  part of the Hwy 62 Art Tours, where I stumbled upon a goldmine of photo opportunities—Noah Purifoy’s Outdoor Museum is an incredible 7.5 acres...

The Top Ten Digital Photography Books

and why you should read them… 1. Professional Photoshop: The Classic Guide to Color Correction (5th Edition) by Dan Margulis The best book on color correction, period… Color is often the most difficult issue for photographers. Dan has been the authority on...

Luminosity Blending – 1

Color to B&W and back This is a video step-by-step that corresponds to an earlier blog post on the same subject which you can find here. I go through the same steps in this video so you can see exactly what I’m doing… LuminosityBlending-1 from Lee...

Color, Channels and Bits

So… I know I’ve horrified some readers with my choice of colorspace for my images. We’ve heard all of the admonishments from the “experts” and they have made a compelling argument for wide gamut colorspaces for photography. I am not...