With layer masks in Photoshop, any changes you make to the layer to which the mask is attached will be controlled by the mask: black will conceal and white will reveal. And gray? Well, shades of gray apply the mask at a percentage that corresponds to the level of gray. In other words, as black […]
When Disaster Strikes
In the field, things can happen that will leave you unable to photograph. Cameras dropped from a height. Cameras dipped in salt water. Bears. Or maybe you’re trying to protect your camera from a fall or a dipping (or bears) and end up breaking something on you instead. While these occurrences are rare, things can […]
The basics of using The Turning Gate website and gallery Lightroom plug ins
the basics of using Lightroom plug-ins by The Turning Gate
Using your signature as a watermark in Lightroom
Create your own custom watermark using your signature
Shading your lens
Do you know where your lens shades are? In the bottom of your camera pack perhaps? Or stuffed in the back of a closet? Lens shades are perhaps the most under rated and under used photo accessory you own. They can protect your lenses and any filters on the lens from accidentally bumping into things. […]
When to visit Olympic National Park

Thinking of visiting Olympic National Park? Want to know the best time of year?



