Putting the Nik Collection to Work
Here’s an image that exploits much of the Nik Collection of plug-ins. I started with a 5-shot bracketed exposure sequence that I processed in HDR Efex Pro 2. Then, I brought the image into Photoshop...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Baby, you can drive my car
I’m still going through my images from last weekend’s HDR Workshop in Denver. This image was tone-mapped with HDR Efex Pro 2 and then finished in Color Efex Pro 4. Both plug-ins are available as part...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Big Boy Locomotive
This is the Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4005 at the Forney Museum of Transportation in Denver. The shooting conditions in the museum, especially of this train, are extremely difficult. First, you have...
View ArticleA Storybook Ending
I just finished up teaching a four-day photography workshop in Williamsburg, Virginia with Deborah Sandidge. We got lucky and had amazing light on each of our photo shoots. On our last day, we returned...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Capturing the Sun
I loved this old tree in Colonial Williamsburg. The problem was that the morning sun was in my face. Had I shot this tree from the other side, I would have had a distracting background. Therefore, I...
View ArticleWindow to Your Soul
Here’s another image from my recent trip to Colonial Williamsburg. On our first morning at the historical area, this house immediately caught the attention of our group. We probably spent 15-20 minutes...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Folded Flyer
Colorado Springs is home to the United States Air Force Academy, and this week is graduation. To celebrate the event, a group of WWII aircraft from the Commemorative Air Force arrived in town on...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Look to the East (with free Color Efex Pro Preset)
This is a sunrise image from my recent trip to the South Dakota Badlands. It’s a typical scenario at sunrise: pretty clouds and a back-lit foreground. I captured a standard ±2EV bracketed exposure...
View ArticleUsing Glamour Glow on Skies and Clouds
If you thought the Glamour Glow filter in Color Efex Pro 4 was just for portraits, think again. It works great on skies, too! Continue reading →
View ArticleNew lower pricing on Nik Collection PDF guides
Create Stunning Color, HDR and Monochrome Images Just in time for the holidays, enjoy discounted pricing on my three complete guides to the Nik Collection plug-ins for Photoshop/Lightroom/Aperture....
View ArticleGoogle Makes Nik Collection Free
Today, Google announced that it is offering the complete set of Nik Software plug-ins for free. That’s right, the suite that used to cost over $400 is now freeware. That’s excellent news for anyone...
View ArticleJust Released! Cooking With Color Efex Pro Video Workshop
I’m pleased to announce the immediate availability of my latest video workshop, Cooking with Color Efex Pro. If you missed the live class, here’s your chance to sit down and learn the fundamentals of...
View ArticleFinish Strong.
The “Secret Sauce” for Fine-Art Image Processing Photography, like any other medium, is a craft. In woodworking, you produce a finished product through a serial application of sandpaper, working from...
View ArticleDownload My Nik Collection Books for Free in June
FREE Through July 1st: My PDF Guides to the Nik Collection I offer the most comprehensive set of guides to the “big three” Nik Collection plug-ins available, including: Color Efex Pro 4 HDR Efex Pro 2...
View ArticleNik Collection Training Videos 50% off in July
I’m pleased to offer my Nik Collection instructional videos for 50% off through July 31, 2017. That means you can get the full set of tutorials for Color Efex Pro 4, HDR Efex Pro 2, and Silver Efex Pro...
View ArticleMoving to Macphun: Tips for Nik Users
With the recent announcement that Google will no longer support the Nik Collection, I’ve started using Macphun’s suite of editing tools more and more frequently. Most specifically, I’ve jumped...
View ArticlePOTD: Monochrome with Luminar
Replacing Silver Efex Pro 2 with Luminar I’ve recently been adopting Skylum Software’s Luminar as a Photoshop plug-in to replace my aging Nik Collection. Don’t get me wrong, I still love Nik, but it’s...
View ArticleThe Nik Collection Returns!
DXO Releases Nik Collection Update DXO Software recently acquired the Nik Collection from Google. Yesterday, they released the first new update to the Nik Collection in several years. The seven...
View ArticlePutting the Nik Collection to Work
Here’s an image that exploits much of the Nik Collection of plug-ins. I started with a 5-shot bracketed exposure sequence that I processed in HDR Efex Pro 2. Then, I brought the image into Photoshop...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Baby, you can drive my car
I’m still going through my images from last weekend’s HDR Workshop in Denver. This image was tone-mapped with HDR Efex Pro 2 and then finished in Color Efex Pro 4. Both plug-ins are available as part...
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