Adding Color to Infrare...

Creating the “Blue Sky Effect” in Infrared Photography is not difficult. You start by having a cameras converted for IR capture using the “Enhanced Color” filter and then follow this up with some rather basic Photoshop techniques (shown below.) PS: I’m not saying this is the...

Working with Lighting R...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace If you’re new to studio lighting (although the concept applies to available light portraiture as well) you may have heard the term “lighting ratio.” In photography, the term lighting ratio refers to a comparison of the main light (from which shadows fall) to...

Up, Up High and Away: P...

Today’s Post by Jamie Zartman I love photographing balloons whenever I have an opportunity to do so. The balloon’s colors are rich, at these altitudes the early morning launch temperatures are cool, and the combination of silence and the occasional blasts of burners make for quite the...

Both the Journey and th...

Today’s Post by Jamie Zartman I have always wanted to return to the Bisti/De-na-zin wilderness in northern New Mexico. The first time I was there, I didn’t do enough research and got little more than blisters wondering around the wrong area. This time, I invited a fellow...

Photo Tip of the Day: L...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal It’s easy to get so focused on what you set out to photograph that you forget to look around for other more interesting subjects. I recently went to a fly-in air show in Hood River, Oregon. Approximately 200 planes filled the field behind the Western Antique...

Shooting Infrared with ...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace If you read my First Look at Panasonic’s Lumix GX8 you may be left with an impression that I don’t like the camera. That’s not entirely true: I may not like its size, weight and ergonomics but the GX8 is an awesome picture-taking machine and is technically...