Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
Book Review by David Cobb “Unless you photograph what you love, you are not going to make good art.” Sally Mann Sally Mann photographed what she loved: her land, her husband, her children, herself; but where does her creativity come from? In her new memoir...
How To Use The Radial Tool In Post Processing To Maximize Impact
One of the my favorite tools to use when post processing is the Radial Tool which can be found in either Adobe Camera Raw 7.0 and higher or Adobe Lightroom 6. The purpose of the Radial tool is direct attention to a certain focal point or subject by using a vignette...
Advice for the Coffee Nerd Photographer
I have to admit, I am a bit of a coffee nerd. I am pretty picky about my morning coffee. Also, if you don’t know me, I get really into the things that I love 🙂 I have tried pretty much all of the options for the outdoor coffee enthusiast so I thought I would...
Easter Island: Photographing The Last Place On Earth
Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui or Isla de Pascua, might be considered the last place on Earth for a number of reasons. For example, it is one of the points of land on the planet furthest from any other point of land. Other than New Zealand and Antarctica, it...
The Two Essential Strategies of Effective Post-Processing
Knowing how to use post-processing software is important for any creative photographer, but it is equally important to know what to do with that knowledge. No matter how proficient we are with our development tools, we still need to decide which direction to take an...
Needle In The Haystack – Finding Imperfections On Large Prints
Note: Don’t scroll down right away if you want to “test” yourself on this post with the first set of images before looking over the second set. Recently I had over a dozen different photos printed for a project I am working on, many of them what I would...
Wildlife as Part of the Landscape
I don’t pretend to be a wildlife photographer; I do enjoy photographing wildlife and observing the behavior of animals in their habitat. If wildlife wanders into my landscape image I enjoy including it, and when I photograph wildlife I prefer to include it as part of...
Renewing Your Passion In Photography by Kevin McNeal
Ever since I began my photography interest in 2006, I fell in love with the notion of capturing incredible scenes with all the right conditions. As photographers have come to know, this is not easy. It means that you have to return to the same location several times...
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