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Dehaze Filter

May 31, 2017 • Tech Tips

If you are not familiar with the Dehaze filter in LR or Photoshop, you should be.  This slider can be the silver bullet to improving images…or making them totally over processed.  Some situations you can just grab the slider and do a global adjustment.  Try it out on Northern Lights images or hazy scenes (thus Read More

SB5000 Remote Direct Mode

March 27, 2017 • Tech Tips

Just returned from teaching a great lighting class with the Mentor Series in Austin Texas.  Cowboys, barbecues and retro were the themes.  I literally walked into my hotel room, saw the retro refrigerator, and started setting up my speed lights (see my instagram account for the final shot…’tombolphoto’).  Also had a great time teaching with Read More

DNP, Alaska. Denali from plane.

Landscape Pro

February 3, 2017 • Blog, Tech Tips

I’m always up for new software that opens up some new possibilities. But when I saw Landscape Pro being used on a recent workshop to Cuba, I was a little unsettled. This program just seemed to go over the top in what it could do, and things looked a little overdone in the final shot. Read More

Portraits in the snow

November 18, 2016 • Blog, Tech Tips

The last thing most photographers want to do is go out in the snow in a howling snowstorm. Not only are you going to be frozen, but your gear is going to get wet, and if you are photographing models, they probably aren’t going to have a great time. If you are shooting adventure sports, Read More

Alien Skin Exposure X2

September 20, 2016 • Blog, Tech Tips

There is some terrific software being introduced that will give photographers some new editing options, including non-destructive editing similar to Lightroom. I’ve long been a user of Exposure, and they have really added some great new features in recent updates including Exposure X2. Exposure is best known for its brilliant analog film action presets. If Read More

D500 quick selection of flash control screen

September 8, 2016 • Blog, Tech Tips

Last spring I wrote on this blog about how to set a control button on your D810 to bring up the flash control window with one click. If you were using the popup flash as a commander, this gave you one click access to the flash control window to adjust your flash setting. Recently I Read More

Figuring out the best light on your trip

August 29, 2016 • Blog, Tech Tips

Most photographers travel to get their images, sometimes to a nearby town, other times to the other side of the globe. But how do you know when that Barvarian castle is going to be in the best light? I use an app called Light Trac. Basically you punch in the name or address, the date, Read More

A good reason to use multiple exposure.

June 20, 2016 • Blog, Tech Tips

I love multiple exposures. I used to figure out equations and exposure times back in the day with film cameras, but now all you do with a Nikon body is go to the shooting menu, choose multiple exposure, set the number of frames and shoot away. The camera figures out the exposure and seamlessly puts Read More

ND exposure calculations

May 26, 2016 • Blog, Tech Tips

Here is a quick note about an item that will make your long exposures go smoothly. Download Long Exposure Calculator to your phone (it’s free) and you can figure out those super long shots. Here is how it works. You set your camera to the correct exposure with the setting you want to use. Then Read More

PortraitPro version 15

March 2, 2016 • Blog, Tech Tips

I’ve talked about Portrait Pro in the past. If you want a quick retouch to a portrait, this software did a nice job. Some photographers thought the default was a little too much. But you still got good results in minutes. With version 15, you get even better results in a few seconds. This version Read More

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