Shooting at a busy location? With a little planning and a little work in post, you can still capture that beautiful landscape without the human element.
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Happy Halloween! Beyond the candy I "appropriate" from my kids, it's the time of year I like to "spookify" my architecture photos. Click through for a few tips for giving your architecture photos a cold, creepy feeling.
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Do you ever ask yourself this question? Or how can you get more keepers? I took a look at the keepers from some of my recent trips... the percentages might surprise you. I'll also share some tips for increasing your chances for more keepers.
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San Diego doesn't get a lot of cloudy days. It can be frustrating for a landscape photographer. When clouds do appear, the camera stays with me throughout the day. It's prime time to capture good backgrounds.
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Comparing your photographs to other photographers is fine. I do it all the time... or more accurately, I study other people's work and ask myself why I like it. And learn from the answers. However, to really see where you are on your photographic journey, look at your own past work.
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Love or hate HDR, it's here to stay. I view HDR as a style – a look – and not so much of explicitly running HDR software on an image. For a landscape shooter, increased tonal range can be a powerful ally. However, you need to keep your eyes on the clouds....
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Are your shots of water washed out and full of glare? You need a polarizer.
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[Cue ominous, dramatic music] In a stray laptop folder... lost to the world for almost 40 whole days... the final installments of the Tone Enhancer videos have been found...
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The onOne labs continue to tease with in-development features. This week, it's Noise Reduction.
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Like most things in photography, critique is a subjective matter. A conversation with a few other photographers last week prompted me to write down my "laws" of photo critique. Click through and learn how the Beatles' George Harrison fits in.
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I'm heading to the Portland, Oregon area in a little less than six weeks for a photo trip. Here's 4 tools I'm using to plan the trip.
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Two videos, less than 15 minutes, and you'll know everything about the Tone Enhancer filter in Perfect Effects 8.
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