Yet another great trip to photograph auroras near Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories. We saw a couple of nice aurora storms, three foxes, and ate really well.
Auroras 2016
Crossroads Sitka 2016
I just returned from a great week in Sitka helping out David Middleton and Brenda Berry with another Crossroads workshop. If you’re not familiar with Crossroads, the idea is blending photography and philanthropy. These workshops are for people who’ve already done the other kinds of workshops and are looking for something meaningful to do with […]
Palouse photo Workshop 2016 Report
The Palouse looked great this year! Take a look.
Creating your own website with Backlight
Regular readers know how much I love the Lightroom Web Module plugins made by The Turning Gate. My entire website, other than the Newsletter archives, has been constructed using tools from The Turning Gate. I really like the ability to control my entire photographic workflow, from ingestion to web publishing, all in Lightroom. But I […]
Backlight!
A preview of the new Backlight web application by The Turning Gate
Combine images to show and stop motion blur
Situation: Photographing a scene with ferns in the foreground and a waterfall in the background. Slight breeze causes ferns to move. Needs: Depth of field from the foreground to the background. Silky waterfall. Sharp foreground. Problem: Silky waterfall requires long shutter speed ( 1/4 second or longer). Moving ferns require a fast shutter speed (1/30, […]
Photo guide to Newport on the Oregon Coast
A photo guide to the areas in and surrounding Newport, Oregon, on the Oregon coast.
Maven Filters
High quality magnetic photo filters that will change your photographic life!
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Topaz Labs
Awesome plug-ins to reduce noise, sharpen, and resize images. Affiliate link!
Think Tank
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Lightroom Classic The Missing FAQ
Highly recommended. This is my go-to Lightroom book. Click on the book image. Affiliate link!