Cree and I, like many others right now, have been doing a ton of macro photography. We are rediscovering our yard. After starting with obvious subjects like flowers and insects, we have moved to water droplets and lichen. I have to say I forgot just how much fun macro photography can be. We have been Read More
The Dandelion Challenge
Name one flower that almost everyone has in their yard, or in a nearby park, and a good answer is the notorious dandelion. This ‘weed’ keeps many people busy in their yards all year. Cree goes to war all summer trying to keep these ‘flowers’ out of our yard. But since we have been focusing Read More
Complimentary color borders with flowers
Cree and I spend a big part of our day looking for new flowers in our yard to photograph. Lately I have been working with a red tulip, which looks great right now. After exhausting techniques like focus stacking, double exposure, zoomies…I went back to an old technique. Is there a way to get lots Read More
Macro bubbles
Here is another fun at home macro photography project. And this is best done inside, so weather is not a factor. Similar to macro oil and water, macro bubble photography is as much fun. You will need a few things…dish soap, water, small container and ideally glycerine (find it at your local supermarket). Mix 3 Read More
Snow and Shutter Speeds
Colorado will just not transition into spring. Right now we have a full on blizzard outside the office window, 12 inches of snow and still falling heavy. But I always look at bad weather as good weather when it comes to photography. Unique images are often created in unusual weather. We teach a lot of Read More
Nikon Creator’s Hour
With so many of us at home and looking for things to do, companies are taking notice. Nikon first offered their online classes for free this month, and now they are live-streaming events. The creator’s hour will highlight a Nikon ambassador discussing their work online. Folks like Joe McNally, Dave Black and Ami Vitale are Read More
Macro indoors; Oil and Water
We woke this morning to 6 inches of fresh snow on the ground outside, so we had to hold off on more macro flower photography in our yard. But that is not to say you can’t keep shooting some macro images, just move indoors. And one of the easiest, and most interesting, macro subjects indoors Read More
Replace white sky using Lightroom
Earlier this year we were in Texas photographing birds from blinds on a workshop…you can see the trip report here. One day we had overcast skies, and the question came up can you replace gray skies using Lightroom. The short answer is yes. I know some photographers are cringing at the though of swapping out Read More
Lightroom; Snapshots versus Virtual Copies
One of the advantages of developing images in Lightroom is the ability to quickly and easily monitor your develop steps. Many of us are familiar with the History palette in the Develop module of LR. Just look on the right side and you can see all your develop steps. If you want to go back Read More
Sparkling macro backgrounds
As we are all watching the flowers come up this spring, hopefully some of this time at home can be spent on macro photography. Cree and I have daily macro sessions in our yard, and each day new flowers seems to appear. This is a great time to try focus stacking, selective focus and Read More