The Adobe Creative Clou...
As a photographer who deals with digital images, the two most important pieces of software I use are Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. From now on, I’ll just call them Lightroom and Photoshop. I spend most of my computer time using Lightroom while only jumping over to...
Lightroom tips – ...
There are some really cool things that you can set up in Lightroom that can drastically speed up your workflow. As an event photographer, I create a new catalog for each of the different events that I shoot. The first thing I do is set up Lightroom so that it asks me what Catalog I want...
Lightroom 5 – Ful...
One of the very cool new features in lightrooom 5 is the ability to show your images in full screen mode. It’s simple and fast. Just press the F key to get into full screen mode and press F to get back to your regular view. Here is a quick video showing it in action. Share...
Lightroom 5 Post Produc...
During Photoshop World last week, I photographed Scott Diussa during the After Hours party. Here is the quick step by step to get the final look using only Lightroom 5. STEP 1: Here is the Raw file exactly as it appears in the Lightroom Catalog. This was shot with a Nikon D4 at 1/320...
Lightroom 5 Beta
Last week, Adobe released the public beta of Lightroom 5. Since it was the same week as Photoshop World, I decided not to download the new software until I was done presenting my concert photography class. Knowing my luck, the new beta would have corrupted something important just when i...
Photoshop World –...
Last week was Photoshop World. Thousands of photographers, graphic designers, digital artists, students, teachers, animators, retouchers, and those that just like to experiment with Photoshop gathered in Orlando for four days of inspiration and education. This was my eighth Photoshop...
Barenaked Ladies –...
Yesterday I realized that I hadn’t posted the photos from the Last Summer on Earth Tour. It might have had something to do with the coming home to one of our dogs having been skunked. So here are the photos of the Barenaked Ladies from the Southern California tour stop. All...
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...
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