In the days leading up to WPPI, I was lucky enough, to go along with the rest of the Photofocus team, to check out some of the sights around Las Vegas. Way before dawn on Saturday, we drove out to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and photographed the sunrise
Macphun maker of great software for Mac computers now works on Windows. With that addition, the company has changed its name to Skylum. Skylum featured Luminar 2018 at WPPI’s Launch Pad event for new products, at a private party for influencers at KISS Miniature Golf and at a very busy
In December, I went through some of the most popular social networks and wrote about how to make your images pixel-perfect when exporting. There continues to be one social network that reigns supreme — Facebook. While it’s fairly easy to crop and export for Facebook through Lightroom, it’s even easier
I’ve lived in my condo for four years now, and have one piece of artwork on the wall. One. And it’s not even a photograph — it’s a typographical print. I finally decided it was time to make a change. Having been to Ireland this past summer, I decided to
Digging into Skylum’s newest version of Luminar, the first question I had to answer is, “what can it do that will save me time, make my images look better, and not take forever to learn?” Once you open the program up, you find a tremendous amount options for processing. But,
For this composite, my goal was to produce a version of my galloping wild horses image that looks like it’s been drawn and woodburned onto an old board. Not sure why, I just thought it would look cool, the inspiration behind many my composites. Having an idea of what you
In the digital darkroom, we can take two paths with our images. The first is to use your photo processing software to get your image looking as close to what you saw when you took it. This is your standard digital darkroom workflow, adjusting your exposure, getting rid of spots,
Macphun (Skylum Software) just dropped their latest version of their editing tool, Luminar 2018 and I decided to check it out. I’m not typically one to edit my work with tons of filters and actions, and those that I do use, I tend to use sparingly, so I wanted to
I’m always looking for ways to more easily enhance the photographs I take. With Luminar 2018, you can use the Accent AI and Polarizing Filters to further boost your image quality. Boosting Skies I started off by testing this on a shot I took at the Out of Chicago Conference
Believe it or not, I’m still editing photos from my June trip to Ireland. I recently was able to bring some of them into Aurora HDR 2018, to help bring out some of the shadows, tone down the highlights and overall create a much more appealing image. There’s a couple of problems
We offer a complete look at what’s great about Luminar 2018 for Mac and Windows. Master both the new and most essential features in this exciting new application. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqXryZtd0w?rel=0 Luminar 2018 starts shipping November 16. But you can save on software here –get the lowest price and special bundle deal.
Tens of thousands of photographers are descending on New York City from around the world to attend Photo Plus Expo, the largest photography conference, and trade show in the Western Hemisphere. Several of our authors and editors will be there and we’d love to see you for a photowalk Friday
