Hudson Valley Snow / 8 images from Olympus E-M1, f/5.6@1/1250 sec / ISO 400, 20mm, no filters I get lots of questions about stitching and editing panoramas, and since I just made one last week here in the Hudson Valley after our first snow of the year, it seemed like an opportune time to make this video. I used Adobe…
The November 2013 Free Desktop Wallpaper is now available for download. Kaatterskill Creek is located in the Catskill Mountains of New York, and always looks and sounds spectacular during the fall season. This is a 3 image panorama stitched carefully together in Photoshop. As always, come closer to nature in the Hudson Valley. 1920 x 1200 1920 x 1080 1680…
With the launch of the 2014 “Nature of Inspiration” Wall Calendar, I wanted to share the process of creating and publishing the calendar for all those who are thinking of doing the same, or are just curious. I’ll cover the design and layout, as well as the financial and marketing aspects of self-publishing a photo calendar. I use a commercial…
My hometown of Beacon, NY celebrates it’s centennial this year, and as part of an exhibition, I was asked by the organizers if I had any photos of the region from the top of Mt Beacon. I have plenty of course, but they wanted something that could be printed farily large, around 8 feet wide. I knew that for the…
One question I get repeatedly when giving presentations to photographers is whether you should abandon Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or some other photo processing software in favor of Adobe Lightroom. The short answer is most definitely. Now let me tell you why. Comparing Lightroom to Photoshop (or Elements) is really comparing apples to oranges. Photoshop was designed as a general purpose…