FUN WITH PHOTOELASTICITY Photoelasticity is a fascinating effect that reveals the stress contained in plastics in a beautiful and surprising way. We can see this by using a polarizing filter while photographing under polarized light. With a little imagination, trial and error and lots of plastic stuff you can create some spectacular images both realistic…
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REFLECTIVE PERSPECTIVES
By turning this world upside down, what was expected now becomes a surreal and an artistic echo of the original scene. Taking a simple idea and creating a compelling image.

Lightroom Black Panel Bug fix for MAC OS Sierra and El Cap
Issue The panels at the top, bottom, left, and right in the Lightroom user interface become ‘black’ intermittently when you perform actions such as switching between Lightroom modules, or minimizing and maximizing the Lightroom window. Issue: Panels appearing black in Lightroom Product versions affected Lightroom CC 2015.8/Lightroom 6.8 and earlier Operating system macOS 10.12 (Sierra),…

PUBLISH IMAGES DIRECTLY TO INSTAGRAM WITH LIGHTROOM
ProGetting photos from your computer directly to Instagram has always been a little cumbersome to say the least, It’s designed as a mobile platform and posting pictures that have been taken with a non-connected camera and edited on a computer typically involves some third-party uploading tool or image transfer fiasco and one of the reasons…
Lightroom CC 2015.5.1 now available
Lightroom CC 2015.5.1 now available Lightroom CC 2015.5.1 and Lightroom 6.5.1 are now available. The focus with this release was to add support for new cameras and also fix reported customer issues. Please note that on first launch of Lightroom CC 2015.5.1 / 6.5.1, you will need to log in to continue syncing images and metadata between…

I’m finally dumping Lightroom for iPhoto
Time to break some old habits and try something new! I will no longer be using Lightroom, instead, I will switch my entire workflow over to the amazing and awesome iPhoto program! I no longer to use a tripod all the time. I can up my ISO, turn on image stabilization and everything will be…

LIGHTROOM CC 2015.4/6.4 released- New Pano Feature
Lightroom CC 2015.4 and Lightroom 6.4 are now available on Adobe.com. This release provides additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom. This release also includes a new Boundary Warp feature for Creative Cloud members. Introducing Boundary Warp Stitched panoramas often have non-rectangular boundaries. There…

New Website Done! 2016 Workshops posted
New updated, streamlined website completed! First New Years resolution completed – Updated my website!2016 workshop schedule published – It’s going to be another great year!Galleries are gradually moving over from Pbase to the new site but will be accessible there as well till the end of the year. New images will be featured on the…

“CAPTURE YOUR MOMENT” SYMPOSIUM
Looking forward to seeing many friends, students, clients and colleagues at this weekends Symposium. http://www.ahpw.org/…/Capture-Your-Moment-Symposium-Expo-2…/I have been asked when I am giving my presentations and portfolio reviews. Here is my schedule Presentation 1 : Put the Focus in Hyper-Focal DistanceDate: Saturday, November 7, 2015 Time: 9:30 – 10:30 amLocation: Arizona Room Presentation 2: Essentials of Adobe Lightroom Date:…

ADOBE RELASES A QUICK FIX – LR CC2015.2.1 and 6.2.1
Don’t get too excited but Adobe did release a quick fix for the stability issues in the new releases You can download them directly here – or they will show up in the Help>updates Windows Mac It seems to fix the issue with LR crashing and closing that some people reported. This is all it…