Sep
8
I just recently started using a lot of Photoshop actions. I’m working on a set to give out for free on Photoluminary and my brand new personal blog at the moment, but in the meantime, I want to share my absolute favorite free Photoshop actions as of late. Enjoy! Here is the image I am […]
Sep
3
Since this week’s Moody Monday falls on Labor Day, this seems like a fitting subject for the theme. Especially when one considers what people went through back in the day before labor laws went into effect in the USA. However, I’m not going to focus on vintage photos of Americans at work in factories, or […]
Sep
2
Our first official Sunday Muse. Recently I have been thinking a lot about the concept of “never give up”. Sometimes it seems that no matter how hard I work, progress is made only very incrementally. I suppose this is when my mind is leaning a bit too far into glass half-empty territory. The antidote seems […]
Sep
2
I just downloaded the trial version of Topaz Labs photoFXlab. I’ve been a big fan of the Topaz plug-ins in general for the last few years, so I really loved the idea of a standalone application that could house all of the plug-ins in one interface. Here is a screen-shot of my photo upon first […]
Sep
1
Aug
31
I just discovered Manuel Guerzoni fairly recently. He’s definitely a photographer that I now greatly admire and plan to follow his work closely. I admire most types of photography in some way or another, even if I have no interest in pursuing all of it myself. For example, I have no interest in sports but […]
Aug
29
Our first Whatever Wednesday photo collection! Now for the sad part however. This first collection of photos will be about the homeless. They are on my mind a lot right now for a number of reasons both humanitarian and political.
Aug
28
Velvia slide film became very popular among landscape photographers in the 90s, due to its super saturated and high-contrast look. Digital sensors will usually render a scene dull in comparison. So, in this digital photography age we have the ability to closely replicate the Velvia look in Photoshop. Some photographers will tell you to simply […]
Aug
27
I’m excited to post the very first Moody Monday collection. I may have mentioned this in some past post, but I am far from being a “photo snob”. Those photographers who denounce all HDR, camera phones, or obviously processed images make me mad! I feel equally irritated when I hear them boasting about all of […]
Aug
25
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and showing those photos off is going to help people get to know your family that much better. There is nothing more comforting than coming home after a hard day of work and seeing your family and loved ones surrounding you, even if they cannot physically […]
