Nikon D4 – ISO 64...

A lot has been made of the high ISO / low noise capabilities of the Nikon D4. I can’t wait to shoot this beast during a concert and I will be getting that opportunity later this week. But in the meantime I wanted to see what the files shot at ISO 6400 actually look like. So I...

Post Production Workflo...

At this years Photoshop World in Washington DC, I presented Concert Photography: From Capture to Client and mentioned that part of my processing workflow had changed since the release of Lightroom 4. These changes were not in the workbook since the workbook was produced before Lightroom 4...

Black & White with...

I recently did a blog post for Nik Software on how I go about turning color concert images into Black & White images using Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 In the post I show how I go from this and change it to this The post is HERE, go check it out and remember, if you order any Nik Software,...

Photoshop World –...

  If you have never been to Photoshop World, then most of this post will seem really bizarre. What other conference puts on a keynote that changes themes every year, hires professional impersonators, produces fake commercials and gets Adobe to showcase its new technology...

Lukas Nelson concert sh...

I have had the privilege of photographing Lukas Nelson three times now. Each time was decidedly  different from the previous. The first time was with his dad back in 2007, the second was with his band at Stagecoach in 2011 and the third was on Wednesday night where he performed solo and...

Tears for Fears

This post is about two separate things. The first is shooting Tears for Fears, the second is using a pre release version of Nik Software Color Efex Pro 4 to add a natural border look to each image. I want to start with the Nik software Color Efex Pro 4. If you read this blog you know that...

Billy Morrison Signatur...

Last year I met Billy Morrison while shooting Billy Idol on tour in southern California. Not only did I really enjoy his playing but his stage presence was really fun to photograph. Since then I have photographed Billy Morrison with Billy Idol numerous times and got to go to NAMM with...

EW / SyFy Party Red Car...

Shooting red carpet arrivals at the Entertainment Weekly / SyFy party at the San Diego Comic Con was really interesting and boring all at the same time. Let me explain…. When you shoot red carpet arrivals, there is basically just a stream of subjects being placed in front of you...

Noise reduction in Ligh...

One of the new features in Lightroom 3 is Noise reduction. I had lots of questions regarding my post processing workflow and while I try to cover a lot of it during the Photoshop World classes, it used to come down to this: Import > Crop > Export Lightroom 3 changed all of that....

Lightroom 3 Released

Well, it’s here: Adobe photoshop Lightroom 3. I have been waiting for the official release for quite a while now and here it is. Instead of giving you my impressions of this new update, I am going to give you a set of resources where you can find out about all the new bells and...

Ocean Beach Dog Carniva...

I love my neighborhood. Today was the 4th annual Ocean Beach Dog Carnival, a day for crazy dog owners to dress up their dogs and bring them to the park for prizes and fun. I imported, sorted and output the image using Lightroom 3. While there are some bugs, nothing that stopped my from...

Lightroom 3 Beta releas...

Adobe has released the public beta of lightroom 3. You can download the Public Beta at: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom3/ I am running the new Beta and have a few thoughts on what is new and improved, what works and what doesn’t. The first thing is the new and...

Jackie Greene Black �...

I got a bunch of emails on the Black & White Jackie Greene image from the last post and since it only took about a minute to do, I thought i would write up a quick post showing the steps using Nik software Silver Efex Pro right from Lightroom. I have shown this before but since it is...

NIK Silver Efex for Lig...

Nik software (www.niksoftware.com) has announced a free upgrade for registered users of their Silver Efex software. The update allows you to edit your images directly from inside Lightroom. The following update is part of Nik Software’s plan to make all their programs compatible...

NIK Viveza for Lightroo...

Nik Software recently released a free upgrade to registered users of it’s Viveza software. The software now works with Lightroom, well, not quite in Lightroom, more like with Lightroom. Hey don’t get me wrong, I love that I can go directly into Viveza and back into Lightroom...

Adobe releases Lightroo...

Adobe released the final version of Lightroom 2.3 and Camera Raw 5.3 yesterday. The updates are here:  Lightroom 2.3 (Mac|Win) & Camera Raw 5.3 (Mac|Win) The update adds support for  Nikon D3X Olympus E-30 and fixes the following issues in lightroom: In the Windows 64-bit...

Lightroom 2 training

On Thursday, Dec 4th, I will be spending the day in Los Angeles attending the the Kelby Training Lightroom2 Tour. Check back here for a full report. TweetShare this:FacebookShareEmailDiggStumbleUponReddit

Horse racing at Del Mar

Every year I end up going to the Del Mar race track at least once during the season. Usually it is for some after race music event or another. This year was no different as I went to shoot Steel Pulse, but before the music I wonder around and photograph the horses, races and anything else...

Worldwide Photo Walk: S...

After getting back from the photo walk yesterday, I loaded my memory card into the reader and used Lightroom 2 to import the images onto my laptop. Since the walk was to promote the new Scott Kelby Lightroom 2 book, I decided that I would do all the post proccessing with only Lightroom...

Workflow overview

The most common question I get is: “What is your workflow like?” Thats a good question and I want to answer it in a series of Blog entries. This entry is a basic overview of what I do and the tools I use. The other entries will break the workflow into smaller pieces and go...