I am a night photographer. I drive long hours in a dusty car listening to weird music, stay out all night creating photos, get dirty, hang out with other creative sleep-deprived weirdos, see the stars drift across the sky and always find the best taco stands while photographing forgotten abandoned locales and amazing nightscapes. I have one book published with two more on the way, and my images have appeared in National Geographic Books, Omni magazine, Los Angeles Times, Westways magazine and numerous other publications.
I had just driven to the front of the post-apocalyptic looking abandoned water park. This was a high-profile abandoned location. After all, you could easily see it while traveling between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Sure enough, there were several
It’s a question many photographers, including myself, have been asking for years. Why don’t mirrorless and DSLR cameras utilize smartphone technology and apps? My friend Mary Wade, using a co-worker’s ring light, had photographed portraits of her fellow employees using
s night photographers love to explore remote, secret locations. These hidden locations can be everywhere. But they are especially interesting when they are hidden as one of the wide open lands that exist in our national park preservation system. They’re okay for you to explore, provided that you take the appropriate precautions.
Creative night photography light painting of mining equipment, re-imagining it as a “giant robot dog monster”.
Dew on your lens can ruin an evening of night photography. No one wants to get home to find that their photos are completely fogged up. I photograph in mostly arid regions, so condensation on lens is typically not a
With Adobe Photoshop, there’s numerous ways to do any one thing. And so it is with sharpening. High Pass filter When I’m sharpening, I often use the High Pass filter in Photoshop. This is not found with the other sharpening
Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park offers an opportunity to photograph unique animals and plants close to Los Angeles in California.
Previously, I had had used Topaz Labs DeNoise AI with a high ISO Milky Way image, which I wrote about here. Its ability to reduce noise while keeping the stars sharp and intact was impressive. I decided to really challenge
I love old signs, especially if they are located along the Mother Road, Route 66. I had two locations to get to for night photography. I thought I would photograph some historic signs in Yucca, AZ, and then drive west
Did you know that your iPhone, using iOS 15, creates videos for you? This feature can be found in your Photos app. And you can tweak the ready-made videos more to your liking by telling it to “lessen a subject”
Started by students, Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA has staged the Waves of Flags display for Patriot Day since 2008. Each flag represents one of the lives lost in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The sight of nearly
Using the Photos app on your iPhone, you may now apply additional music and moods to your Memory videos, courtesy of iOS 15. This is called Memory Mixes. With Memory Mixes, you can easily change the music and filters with
s night photographers love to explore remote, secret locations. These hidden locations can be everywhere. But they are especially interesting when they are hidden as one of the wide open lands that exist in our national park preservation system. They’re okay for you to explore, provided that you take the appropriate precautions.
Creative night photography light painting of mining equipment, re-imagining it as a “giant robot dog monster”.
Dew on your lens can ruin an evening of night photography. No one wants to get home to find that their photos are completely fogged up. I photograph in mostly arid regions, so condensation on lens is typically not a
With Adobe Photoshop, there’s numerous ways to do any one thing. And so it is with sharpening. High Pass filter When I’m sharpening, I often use the High Pass filter in Photoshop. This is not found with the other sharpening
Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park offers an opportunity to photograph unique animals and plants close to Los Angeles in California.
Previously, I had had used Topaz Labs DeNoise AI with a high ISO Milky Way image, which I wrote about here. Its ability to reduce noise while keeping the stars sharp and intact was impressive. I decided to really challenge
I love old signs, especially if they are located along the Mother Road, Route 66. I had two locations to get to for night photography. I thought I would photograph some historic signs in Yucca, AZ, and then drive west
Did you know that your iPhone, using iOS 15, creates videos for you? This feature can be found in your Photos app. And you can tweak the ready-made videos more to your liking by telling it to “lessen a subject”
Started by students, Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA has staged the Waves of Flags display for Patriot Day since 2008. Each flag represents one of the lives lost in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The sight of nearly
Using the Photos app on your iPhone, you may now apply additional music and moods to your Memory videos, courtesy of iOS 15. This is called Memory Mixes. With Memory Mixes, you can easily change the music and filters with
Photoshop has been the most powerful, dominant photo editor for over well over two decades. However, we always wish for more, don’t we? Here’s five features that I would love to see come to Photoshop. 1. More accurate Sky Replacement
Over the next week, we’ll be bringing you a preview of what’s new in Apple’s upcoming iOS 15, for photographers. Stay tuned for more installments! With iOS 15, you can search for photos on your iPhone by simply typing in
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