Tech Tips

Topaz continues to roll out some great new software using AI technology for stunning results.  I have already been using both AI Gigapixel to enlarge images, and Denoise AI to reduce noise in images.  Both of these programs are excellent, and render stunning results.  With that in mind, I thought I might try out Topaz Read More

Since my return from spending a month in South America, mainly Patagonia, I’ve had a chance to really look at some of my bird images.  I was shooting Nikon D850s and both Z mirrorless cameras while I was there.  I have been experimenting with the Z system and still learning what it can do in Read More

Sensor cleaning has been a necessary part of shooting digital.  When we are on big assignments we clean sensors every night.  But let’s review a few things before I talk about sensor cleaning.  First, never say this “I don’t want to change lenses because I’m afraid of getting dust on my sensor.”  When you need Read More

A great thing about the new mirrorless Nikon Z cameras is they get regular updates to improve performance.  One aspect many photographers have been interested in seeing with the Z cameras was improved autofocus in low light.  With a recent update Nikon added eye auto focus, which automatically keeps the autofocus point on the human Read More

This topic is coming up a lot on workshops these days, so I thought I would explain some of the choices.  Historically we have had two color spaces to choose from in-camera, Adobe RGB and sRGB.  Adobe RGB has a wider color gamut than sRGB, meaning you can get a wider range of colors when Read More

As megapixel counts have risen in cameras, enlarging files hasn’t been as big a priority for many photographers.  But let’s face it, there are still times you photograph distant wildlife, crop down to the subject, and then want to enlarge the image.  Enlarging RAW files right out of the RAW editor gives fairly decent results. Read More

Focus stacking has been around for awhile, but now it is easier than ever to produce the images for the stack.  Cameras like the D850 have automated the entire capture process; you just have to seam the shots together in the computer. Why focus stack?  For starters, it allows you to maximize your depth of Read More

If you are like me, you probably have a ton of passwords for various websites.  One for your bank, one for your credit card, one for Amazon, one for accounting software…and the list just keeps getting longer and longer.  Yes, I was one of those people that wrote down all my passwords and had a Read More

Many photographers have a subscription to Adobe Lightroom that also includes Photoshop.  You can do a lot in Lightroom in the Develop module, and may never go into Photoshop.  Two reasons I frequently use Photoshop is to work in layers, and to remove objects that Lightroom can’t manage. The good news is Adobe just updated Read More

I did a training video a few years back for KelbyOne on creating time-lapse movies.  Time-lapse sequences can be very simple or much more complicated like day to night sequences.  But technology marches on, and cameras continue to advance with their time-lapse abilities.  Top Nikon bodies have two choices for creating TL, one where the Read More