Using Special Effects f...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace In my recent trip to Albuquerque, I accompanied my wife as she called on clients, which entailed visits to some of the office and industrial parks in the area where it was a challenge to make images, at least ones interesting to me. I’ve always believed that...

Summer is the Best Time...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal About five years ago I was really into shooting multiple images and processing them into dramatic HDR photos. I loved working Photomatix Pro and Nik HDR Efex Pro software. Then Adobe released Lightroom 4 with much better highlight and shadow control, especially...

Mirrorless Travels with...

“There are two kinds of people in the world, observers and non-observers…”―Travels with Charley: In Search of America”— John Steinbeck Today’s Post by Joe Farace In Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck describes a 1960 road trip that he made around the United States. Recently I...

Take a Backyard Macro S...

Today’s Post by Jamie MacDonald One of the things I struggle with as a nature photographer is the desire to travel to foreign lands and photograph exotic animals. The struggle is that currently I can neither afford the cost or the time to embark on such an expedition. Being the...

Shooting Summer Rodeos

Today’s post by Mark Toal Summer is rodeo time in the West so last week I headed to the St. Paul, Oregon 4th of July Rodeo. Rodeo’s can be tough to shoot because they usually take place in the afternoon when the sun is the brightest and the shadows are the worst. Try getting detail...

How I Shot & Proce...

Joe’s automotive photography posts have really inspired me to start going to car shows again. Somebody told me about a Hot Rod event and parade taking place in Centralia, Washington. I happened to be driving back to Portland that night and had to stop and take a few photos. This car...