Photoshop webinar for PPC
I did a webinar for the Professional Photographers of California (PPC) last week. The subject was Photoshop including some ideas on creating art. Check out the Photoshop Party where I shared some ideas...
View Articlebutoh posing time lapse
A couple days ago I shared some images from working with Pash Galbavy when she was doing a model posing for a life drawing class. She was posing in the Butoh style, something I had never heard of...
View Articlelumix g7 macro
Just got my hands on the new Panasonic Lumix G7 – Lumix G7 w 14-140mm lens ($1098) or G7 w 14-42 ($798) – and have been putting it through some paces. There are some beautiful desert plants that my...
View Articlelumix g7 macro art
You know me. I gotta play. Here’s the image from yesterday that started with multiple exposures captured with the Lumix G7 and Layer Stacking in Photoshop. Adding a little artwork using blend modes in...
View Articleottmar liebert sound bites grill photo art part two
Photoshop Tutorial Creating Photo Art Let’s go into a little more detail on the creation of the photo art for the Sound Bites Grill ‘Wall of Fame’ with guitarist Ottmar Liebert as the subject. The...
View Articlepost focus
Choose your focus later. The photography world is changing around you as I write this post! At least it feels that way as new cameras and features are introduced in short order. I’ve never been on the...
View Articleself portrait – under the hood
Anatomy of a self portrait Sometimes it’s good to push yourself. I had an assignment from a game of Survivor we are playing in the Arcanum (a place of growing your photography skills at your own pace...
View Articlehummingbird photo – lumix
Hummingbird Photo – Lumix GX8 Hanging out this morning and thought I’d do some camera testing with my Lumix GX8 and the 100-300mm G Vario f4-5.6 (200-600mm equivalent) lens. I made these images...
View Articleextraction tutorial
Photoshop Extraction Tutorial – Ray While out to dinner with my wife I was studying, as I always seem to do, the light as it played across the room. I also watch the shadows on faces as people step...
View Articleppa mir presentation tips
When you enter images into the Merit Image Review at Professional Photographers of America (PPA) to earn photography degrees there are 12 elements which are looked for. One of those 12 elements is...
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