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 recently rested Adobe’s new Super Resolution in my “Four steps to Resolution in Camera Raw” article. Naturally, my initial curiosity was about enhancing detail on night photos. But how does it do for portraits? Enhancing portrait details Almost everyone values detail
Scattered about Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park are mysterious sliding or sailing stones, leaving snakelike trails behind them on the cracked dry lake bed, often for longer than 250 meters. How these stones — some weighing hundreds of kilograms — slid was
Black and white photos offer a nice dramatic mood Most of us love the look of film noir. Bold shadows, film grain and contrast adds mystery and drama. However, photographers often forget they can apply this unique look to night
Spring is coming. The weather is warming. We are more likely to go outside. And as a bonus, this means that Milky Way season is here! Are you interested in photographing the night sky, peering through a telescope, or laying
I had a chance to run out to Joshua Tree National Park in California. This is where I began learning night photography. I photograph a lot of abandoned sites. This came about in part because I have a multi-book deal
Sony has been on the cutting edge of camera technology for quite some time. However, I think they may have outdone themselves this time. Next-level artificial intelligence From their press release: “Using a positronic neural network, Sony AI will offer
RainGuard, a new player to the lens filter game, has just announced their automatic wiper blades. According to RainGuard Filters, “Most photographers struggle with rain droplets on their filters. We’ve addressed that by placing our patented RainSense Maxx Premium Triple-Blade
Many of us need to optimize photos for various social media by creating specific image and dimension sizes. Their specifications can be very specific pixel sizes: 180×180, 1080×1920, 1200×675 and so forth. Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Spotify, Snapchat, Twitter and
I was on vacation in Mammoth Lakes with my girlfriend. We had just eaten dinner. It was night. And now, it was time for me to drive off to continue the fun. When some guys want to get away for
Above us, only sky. And in that sky is a shimmering ring of stars that we call the Milky Way. But most of us cannot see it. An international team in Science Advances estimates that 83% of the world and
One of the most anticipated features lately in both Luminar and Photoshop are their AI-powered sky replacement tools. Many of us night photographers would love to blend hour “blue hour” photos with photos of the night sky taken later in
My friends Tim, Mike and I were on a trip, photographing abandoned areas at night. We met up with John, whom we had contacted via Flickr. Walking in underground tunnels Our “tour guide,” John, was friendly and chatty. We were
Black and white photos offer a nice dramatic mood Most of us love the look of film noir. Bold shadows, film grain and contrast adds mystery and drama. However, photographers often forget they can apply this unique look to night
Spring is coming. The weather is warming. We are more likely to go outside. And as a bonus, this means that Milky Way season is here! Are you interested in photographing the night sky, peering through a telescope, or laying
I had a chance to run out to Joshua Tree National Park in California. This is where I began learning night photography. I photograph a lot of abandoned sites. This came about in part because I have a multi-book deal
Sony has been on the cutting edge of camera technology for quite some time. However, I think they may have outdone themselves this time. Next-level artificial intelligence From their press release: “Using a positronic neural network, Sony AI will offer
RainGuard, a new player to the lens filter game, has just announced their automatic wiper blades. According to RainGuard Filters, “Most photographers struggle with rain droplets on their filters. We’ve addressed that by placing our patented RainSense Maxx Premium Triple-Blade
Many of us need to optimize photos for various social media by creating specific image and dimension sizes. Their specifications can be very specific pixel sizes: 180×180, 1080×1920, 1200×675 and so forth. Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Spotify, Snapchat, Twitter and
I was on vacation in Mammoth Lakes with my girlfriend. We had just eaten dinner. It was night. And now, it was time for me to drive off to continue the fun. When some guys want to get away for
Above us, only sky. And in that sky is a shimmering ring of stars that we call the Milky Way. But most of us cannot see it. An international team in Science Advances estimates that 83% of the world and
One of the most anticipated features lately in both Luminar and Photoshop are their AI-powered sky replacement tools. Many of us night photographers would love to blend hour “blue hour” photos with photos of the night sky taken later in
My friends Tim, Mike and I were on a trip, photographing abandoned areas at night. We met up with John, whom we had contacted via Flickr. Walking in underground tunnels Our “tour guide,” John, was friendly and chatty. We were
Adobe recently introduced Super Resolution. This is part of the new Camera Raw 13.2, although it will soon appear in Lightroom and Lightroom Classic. This continues a set of features including Raw Details which also produce greater detail while reducing
During the day, I saw this incredible barn. I knew I wanted it to glow from within, shining through the gaps in the wall. I also wanted a couple of the signs in the front-illuminated for good measure. I’ll tell
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