Archive for November, 2008

Playing in Photography

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Today I spent some time playing with photography. You see, I obtained a Canon MP-E 65mm 1X-5X macro lens for a week from BorrowLenses.com, and thought it would be fun to play with this lens since I haven’t shot with it for several years. I really don’t do very much macro photography, and to […]

We Have a Winner!

Monday, November 17th, 2008

I’m pleased to announce that Joe Becker of Seldom Seen Photography is the winner of the “wide angle” photography contest I announced about a week ago in the DDQ email. Joe’s winning shot, shown here, is of an old car at the James Cant Ranch, a historic sheep ranch, in the Sheep Rock Unit […]

Photoshop CS4 Workflow Released!

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

I’m thrilled to announce the availability of my latest book, Photoshop CS4 Workflow. This book has long been the “crown jewel” in my library, documenting my recommended approach to optimizing your photographic images using all the power Photoshop has to offer.
This book covers the full workflow from downloading and sorting your images, performing basic […]

Going for Eight…

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

It seems like just yesterday I was writing about starting my seventh year answering questions in my Digital Darkroom Questions email newsletter (if you’re still not receiving these emails, go to www.timgrey.com/ddq/ to sign up for free). And now here I am, with the seventh year behind me and the eighth year spread out before […]

Photoshop = Typing

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

I’ve finally completed work on a new book, which I’m co-authoring with Deke McClelland. It was an intense project, in part because it covers an intense subject. And also because Deke is so “particular” (which in this case is a euphemism for “demanding”) when it comes to how the images are prepared. The result […]