Creative photography not only involves the work you do in the field, but also how you approach the processing stage. Your goal should be to let your vision for the image serve as a creative guide from beginning to end, whether that's a finished file or a fine art print. It's an approach that I believe yields better results, gives you a…
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…
"And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?" (Critic) "The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light." (Claude Monet) I often talk about light as being a subject, not because it’s my orignal idea, but because once I began to look at light in that way, it changed my photography. Many others have influenced me in…
Highlands Dawn Canon 1DS Mk III, 1/6 sec @f/16, ISO 100, 19mm It's been a while since I've made a Lightroom video tutorial, and I do plan on creating these more regularly based on feedback from many of you. So here's one of a recent image I made right here in the Hudson Valley - "Highlands Dawn." A big part…
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 this head to toe. Now for the questions…