How to create those dramatic starbursts in your images.
Creating a starburst in your photos
Autumn in Oregon’s Silver Falls State Park
Oregon’s Silver Falls State Park near Salem, OR is a gem of a park that, acre for acre, rivals any national park I’ve visited. Everything is close and easily accessible and for waterfall lovers, hikers, and nature photographers, this combination is unbeatable. This park is spectacular any time of year, but autumn is something special. […]
Aurora photo tour 2018 report
Yet another great aurora photo tour under the belt. This year we actually saw auroras on all but one night of our stay in Yellowknife, and that night was completely overcast. The first night of shooting featured an aurora storm overhead. It either lasted about 15 minutes or forever. Not sure which. It was amazing […]
Backlight 1.2
If you’ve been following me for a while you may know how much I like and recommend the web site creation products from The Turning Gate (TTG). TTG started out creating Web Module plug-ins for Lightroom and their current platform is called Backlight. I wrote about it when it first came out, here and here. […]
Palouse photo tour report
I just returned from the first of two planned trips to the Palouse for this year. This one was a private Palouse photo tour, just three people, and we saw a lot of great stuff (alas, no Palouse Moose). The weather was just about perfect: puffy white clouds, dark grey scary clouds, a bit of […]
Olympic National Park May 2017 Workshop Report
I recently held my first May workshop in Olympic National Park. I usually go in July for the wildflowers, the deer up on Hurricane Ridge, and the lavender farms in Sequim. But this year I chose May. And May is a wonderful time to visit because the forests are looking great, the waterfalls and streams […]
Photo Guide to the Columbia River Gorge
A short site guide to one of the most photogenic locations in an already photogenic state.
Maven Filters
High quality magnetic photo filters that will change your photographic life!
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Topaz Labs
Awesome plug-ins to reduce noise, sharpen, and resize images. Affiliate link!
Think Tank
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Lightroom Classic The Missing FAQ
Highly recommended. This is my go-to Lightroom book. Click on the book image. Affiliate link!