Street Art, side of a building

Protecting Your Photos Online

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Let me start by saying there’s no way to really protect your photos online. If you post them to a website where they can be viewed then a knowledgeable person can download them. Period. Having said that, there are some things you can do to provide a measure of protection and I’ll discuss those here.

Photoshop CC for Photographers

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Exciting new features for photographers are coming to Photoshop in June 2013. In this post I provide links to videos demonstrating the new features and free tutorials to help you get started with the new Photoshop CC. Also included are links to detailed information on pricing and options for upgrading to the Creative Cloud.

Stream Bank Erosion

Composition and Light Workshop

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I had a great time at a Composition and Light workshop at Santa Fe Photography Workshops in New Mexico. The workshop is about “seeing, and seeing deeply. It’s about developing your awareness to composition and to light.” In this post, I describe my experience of the class, the locations we visited and the instruction given.

Spring Awakening

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Spring is in the air and with it comes the reawakening of this blog. I’ve just returned from a four-day workshop with Santa Fe Photography Workshops in New Mexico. My next post will be a trip/workshop write-up but right now I’d just like to mention that I’m working on a redesign of this blog and will be relaunching soon. I’ll have some posts about that process as well as posts on a variety of photo topics.

One of the things I’ll be doing is taking a second look at Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Adobe Creative Cloud for Photographers, Part 1

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In this video, the first of a two three-part series, I take a look at Adobe’s Creative Cloud and what it has to offer photographers. In addition to both Photoshop CS6 Extended and Lightroom 4 the Creative Cloud also includes cloud storage with features to simplify the photographer’s workflow and image sharing with clients and colleagues. In part 1 I …

Book Review: HDR Efex Pro After the Shoot

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HDR Efex Pro After the Shoot by Stan Sholik is the third book I’ve read about Nik Software’s HDR Efex Pro and it’s the best of the bunch.It’s packed with great information on how to use this software. The in-depth coverage provided explains the various presets and controls better than anything else I’ve seen. Nik Software doesn’t really provide a …