I’m happy to announce that Craig Ingram of Craig Ingram Nature Photography in Australia (www.craigingramphoto.com.au) has won my most recent photo contest. For this particular contest the only requirement was that the photo submitted be a portrait of a person.Craig specializes in nature and adventure sports photography, and this particular image was captured with a […]
I love applying targeted adjustments to my images via layer masks and adjustment layers, and quite often those targeted adjustments start with a selection. That’s why I often spend about a full day out of a typical five-day workshop teaching a variety of ways to create selections.
Of course, quite often photographers find selections […]
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 […]
I was checking out the latest news from Photokina (which I opted not to go to in order to finish up the latest book — you’re welcome, Deke), and ran across an item that gave me some hope.
You see, not too long ago I was testing some things out in Adobe Bridge and Adobe […]
I just got back from a cycling trip in Spain. I was there for 11 days, rode 412 miles through the mountains and plains (they’re wrong about the rain in Spain falling mainly on the plain, by the way), stayed in 5 cities or towns (and passed through many more), climbed many thousands of […]
I was teaching a workshop at the Lepp Institute last weekend, and I found myself (yet again) reminding those attending the workshop just how valuable the “magic” Alt key (Option key on Macintosh) really is when it comes to Photoshop. I often joke about how cool it is that this “secret” keystroke provides so many […]
I’m feeling a little weird right now. I was just reading about the latest (beta) version of Apple’s Safari web browser, which is now available for Windows. Before I go on, it is important that I provide a little background here. For those of you who aren’t aware, my “day job” is at Microsoft (yes, […]