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Photographing the Hudson River in Winter-With Lightroom Workflow Video

February 20, 2011 Video Podcast

On a recent visit to one of my favorite locations in the Hudson Valley, I was fortunate to find some very unique weather conditions. Recent sub-zero temperatures and lots of snowfall created some really strong foreground elements, and I was able to “walk”  out on to the frozen Hudson to try and capture some interesting [...]

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Photo of the Day “Cold Sunrise”- with Bonus Lightroom Workflow

January 24, 2011 Craft

This was a very cold, early morning hike to a great sunrise location in the Adirondacks, and I really wanted to convey this feeling in the image “Cold Sunrise”. There are many cues that you can use to express how you feel when you’re at a particular location, and these involve all of our senses [...]

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A Great Year of Workshops – Looking Ahead to the Future

November 29, 2010 Workshops

I have finally completed all of the photo workshops in the 2010 schedule, and the final workshop was the Lightroom 3 Masterclass which I taught last weekend. We had a great group of students who asked lots of great questions and made me work extra hard to provide proper answers, but that’s what teaching is all [...]

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Exporting Images From Adobe Lightroom For The iPad

November 7, 2010 Photo Gear

I’ve had an iPad for some time now, and it has proven to be a great tool for showing my work, whether to potential customers at art shows, corporate presentations, or just sharing images with family and friends. The combination of the size, portability, and amazingly beautiful display seem to have been made for photographers [...]

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Controlling Exposures and blending in Photoshop- Video Tutorial

November 3, 2010 Technique

I recently received a few questions from a student on controlling exposures and using ND filters. Here are his questions and my responses – keep in mind these are very general answers and books have been written on these topics. I highly recommend “Understanding Exposure” by Bryan Peterson for anyone who wants to dive into [...]

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Acadia Autumn Adventure Photo Workshop

October 7, 2010 Workshops

I’m in Acadia National Park this week leading the 5 day Autumn Adventure workshop in beautiful Acadia National Park, and our first day got off to a great start. The weather forecast wasn’t promising at all, but you can never underestimate mother nature. At both sunrise and sunset, we were fortunate to get great light [...]

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