I’m happy to share photography and travel tips for my favorite location to take landscape photographs, Yosemite National Park. In the September 2015 issue of Outdoor Photographer I have an article titled “3 Days in Yosemite” that is a guide to getting the most out of a long weekend in Yosemite. In this piece I share tips on how to avoid paralysis by analysis in deciding what to photograph, how to ad
What happens when you move? In my case you rediscover old tech that was put away and forgotten in the deep dark recesses of my home. The past couple of months I’ve been focused on moving my family for the first time in 15 years from San Francisco. While my nuclear family isn’t even 15 years old, I’ve been married 10 years and my oldest child is 5, I did surface some very old tech dating back nearly
My latest interview with Rick Sammon on the DPExperience podcast talking about landscape trophy shots & finding your own vision is now online. If you’re looking for some ideas on how to improve your photography I recommend listening. My discussion starts around the 41 minute mark. Enjoy and feel free to ask me any additional questions in the comments of this post. Have great day! http://dpexperience.com/pod
I never thought I’d say it, but it’s been fun dabbling with film again. While I still haven’t resorted to 35mm film in my old SLR I have been enjoying my time with an ONDU pinhole camera. I bought this camera via a Kickstarter campaign in 2013. Turns out ONDU is running a Kickstarter campaign for their 2nd generation pinhole cameras. If this type of photography interests you I highly recommend their
It is with pain in my heart and tears in my eyes that I write this memoriam of my friend Rebecca Jackrel who recently lost her battle with cancer this week. Rebecca was a driven and dedicated wildlife photographer who prided herself in recent years raising awareness to the plight of the Ethiopian Wolf via the Ethiopian Wolf Project with Will Burrard-Lucas . Quite the world traveler her trips always centered around co
The long awaited next version of Lightroom is out and below is my list of favorite features and improvements: Note before you upgrade I recommend reviewing Steps to Save Your Ass With Lightroom Catalog Changes 1. Graduated Filters – Brush function A new Brush function has been added to Graduated Filters so that you can create custom edges versus a linear edge. 2. Performance: Optimized Multi-Processor and Mult
Avoid downtime with these 6 steps to keep your Lightroom Catalog in tip top shape: 1. Know Where Your Catalog Resides Lightroom saves catalogs in the following folders: Windows: \Users\[user name]\Pictures\Lightroom Mac OS: /Users/[user name]/Pictures/Lightroom When in doubt check here: (Mac OS) Lightroom > Catalog Settings (Windows) Edit > Catalog Settings 2. Save Metadata to Your Files To save metadata
Whether you find yourself in a creative rut or you’re looking to improve your creative mojo I highly recommend viewing this presentation on Creativity by John Cleese. I guarantee devoting 36 minutes to view this will be worth your while. Enjoy! Can’t watch videos where you are? Here is the transcription of his presentation