Gnarbox 2.0 – Lack of RAW Support for Olympus Cameras
I really like my Gnarbox 2.0 SSD for backing up my photographs while I’m traveling. It’s rugged and dependable, and I feel better having my photos backed up. I typically travel with an iPad Pro instead of a laptop so…
Testing the Photoshop 2022 Object Selection Tool on a Variety of Nature Photographs
Adobe has released an exciting new Object Selection Feature with their Photoshop CC 2022 release. This feature will automatically create selections on different objects in your photographs making it easy to individually edit these objects. There is also a new…
How to Create a Custom Shaped Vignette in Adobe Photoshop
Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw and almost every photo processing plug-in has a vignette filter. So, why would you want to create a vignette in Photoshop? Creating a custom shaped vignette allows you to highlight subjects don’t have a circular…
How to Create Clean, Non Distracting Backgrounds for your Macro Photographs
A clean, non distracting background is one of the most important compositional elements for macro photography. In fact, next to sharp subject, it is probably the most important. A distracting background can have stray objects such as unwanted leaves and…
Photographers – how to Easily Post your Photographs to Instagram using your Mac
Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms for sharing your photographs and short video clips. The problem is that you can only post your content from a mobile device. When you log in from a browser on…
Keyboard Short Cuts to Speed Up Culling Your Bird and Wildlife Photographs in Lightroom
Culling your photographs can be one of the most dreaded tasks for photographers. This is especially true for Bird and Wildlife photographers who may have thousands of photographs to go thru to pick out which ones to edit and which…
Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts that Will Save you Time Editing your Nature Photographs
Keyboard short cuts can save you a lot of time editing your images in Adobe Photoshop CC. But there are hundreds of keyboard short cuts in Photoshop. There are single keystrokes, keystrokes with the Shift key, Alt key, Control key,…
How to Post Process Your Bird Photographs in Lightroom and Photoshop
It is difficult to develop a detailed, step by step recipe for post processing bird photographs as every image is different. But in this blog, I’ll describe my processing steps at a higher level and my decision process for how…
Improve the Backgrounds of Your Nature Photographs by Adding Textures in Topaz Studio 2
Topaz Studio 2 is a terrific plug-in for Photoshop and Lightroom Classic to add creative looks to your nature photographs. One of my favorite filters in Topaz Studio is the Texture Filter. Adding textures can give an artistic look to…
How to Add Your Own Textures to Topaz Studio 2
Topaz Studio 2 gives you a lot of power and flexibility in customizing textures for your photographs. Topaz Studio 2 comes with dozens of textures that are accessed through the Texture filter. But, you can also add your own textures…
