This week on The Stop Down Photography Podcast, a discussion of negative space, dead space, and how to tell the difference.

Even at an early hour, there is usually some activity at Scripps Pier. Not right now.

How To Test Your Filters For A Color Cast

Test your own filters for a color cast. All you need is a reference point and consistent lighting.

Living With A Photo f/29

This week on The Stop Down Photography Podcast, what artistic value does an extended relationship with an image have?

How To Add Custom Skies To Luminar

Luminar 4.3 added a new feature to make loading your custom skies easy and fast. I’ll show you how it works.

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What's New In Luminar 4.3

Skylum released Luminar 4.3 today. It’s a free update if you already own Luminar 4. In today’s video, I share 5 things that are new.

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How To Export Multiple Photos In Luminar

Can you export multiple photos from Luminar at once? Yes!

Removing Hot Pixels In Photoshop

Removing hot pixels in Photoshop is straightforward. A filter, a little tinkering, and a little light masking is all that’s needed.

Removing Hot Pixels In Lightroom (Almost)

Moire correction can help with hot pixels. At least the red and blue ones.

Haida 17-Stop ND5.0 Drop-In Filter Review

17-stops of light reduction!! I took this monster of an ND filter from Haida for a test drive.

Local Curves Adjustments In Luminar 4

There is one small trick to applying a localized curves adjustment in Luminar. I’ll show you how.

Filtering Virtual Copies In Lightroom

Tucked away in a corner of the filter bar in Lightroom is an option to show only Virtual Copies. It came in super-handy for me recently.

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