Color changes a story

Color changes a story

As storytellers, we have a lot of options for telling the story. When telling a story the color of the image can really change the mood and experience of the photo. When you look at these three image, they are all the same settings except for the white balance has...

10 Tips for Lightroom Develop Module

Tips about using the Adobe Lightroom develop module. Vignettes Radial Filter Targeted Adjustment Tool Power of the Alt/Option key changing the end panel graphic spot healing split toning for black and white as well as color images using grain for effect seeing RGB...
Image Editing Preflight Workflow Checklist

Image Editing Preflight Workflow Checklist

I sometimes get asked about how I get started in the editing of a image. So over the past weekend, I created a quick video that talks about how I think about an image and some of the concepts that I think about when working on a new image. While each image is unique,...
Lightroom Video Channel

Lightroom Video Channel

  Over the weekend, I created a Lightroom Channel on Vimeo. In the first couple of videos, I talk about the Development Module and some of my pre-workflow thinking before I start editing an image. Over the next several weeks, I will be adding in more an more...
Colors at sunset

Colors at sunset

Last weekend, I hosted a workshop out on Whidbey Island. After the workshop was over, everyone stuck around for one more sunset shoot. We headed down for a quick stop at Ebey’s National Reserve and then headed over to sunset at Ebey’s Landing. It was a...
Practice, Practice, Practice

Practice, Practice, Practice

I recently broke down and purchased longer telephoto lens. I had rented a couple for a trip to Yellowstone last fall to try out, but I wasn’t really shooting that much in Seattle that required a longer lens. However, with the recent move out to the Island, I...