How to Clean up the Backgrounds of your Nature Photographs – Part 2
Trillium Wildflower Background Replaced (Above Photo) This is part 2 of a 2 part blog series on techniques to clean up the backgrounds of your nature photographs. In part 1, I discussed darkening and blurring the background to hide the distractions…
How to Clean up the Backgrounds of your Nature Photographs – Part 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Background Replaced (Above Photo) In order to create appealing nature photographs, the background of the photograph needs to be clean and free of distractions that can lead the viewer’s eye away from the subject. This includes all types of nature…
Using Pinterist for Planning your Travel Photography Trips
Pinterest is a terrific tool for travel photography inspiration allowing the photographer to create a bucket list of places to visit. Pinterest is also a great tool for travel photography planning as well. On Pinterest, you can create boards specific…
Using Pixoto to Gauge the Popularity of your Photos
Pixoto is a lot of fun. On Pixoto you can post your photos and see how they rank, vote on other people’s photos, enter in challenges, and win awards. Pixoto feeds the competitive nature in photographers, trying to win awards…
Where Did the Oil Paint Filter go in Adobe Photoshop CC 2014?
Port Sanilac Lighthouse using the Oil Paint Filter in Photoshop In April 2014, Adobe announced that they would no longer support the Oil Paint Filter and it would no longer be available starting with Photoshop CC 2014. Adobe based the removal…
Setting Goals to Improve Your Photography
Now that Christmas is over its time to think about setting goals for the new year. Setting goals for photography is no different than goal setting for other areas of your life like work, self improvement, or improved health. …
AKVIS OilPaint Photo Processing Software Review
AKVIS software has released a new Photoshop plugin and stand alone application called OilPaint that turns photographs into oil paintings. OilPaint features a new brush stroke algorithm that more closely imitates real brush strokes. Photographers familiar with AKVIS plugins will…
PhotoPills vs The Photographer’s Ephemeris for Planning a Nature Photo Trip
Information like sunset and sunrise times, moon set and rise times, direction of the sunrise and sunset can be extremely valuable for nature and landscape photographers. Two apps that can help to plan your landscape photography trip are The Photographer’s Ephemeris…
PhotoPills – An All Purpose App for Nature and Travel Photographers?
The PhotoPills App for iOS is bundled with many useful features for landscape and travel photographers. The PhotoPills App has a planning feature for landscape photographers that shows the direction of the sunrise and sunset as well as the moonrise…
Two Looks for an Old Prison Chair in the Mansfield Reformatory
This photo is of an old recliner located in the Mansfield Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. The Mansfield reformatory, also called the Ohio State Reformatory is an old decaying prison that is also rumored to be haunted. The owners of the…
