Upcoming Classes
Introduction to Food Photography
- September 10, 2019
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- September 10, 2019
Creative Portraiture: Using Water, Smoke and Color
- September 14, 2019
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- September 14, 2019
Basic Real Estate Photography
- September 15, 2019
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- September 15, 2019
Advanced Food Photography
- September 24, 2019
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- September 24, 2019
Color & Light Portrait Photography
- September 27, 2019
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
- September 27, 2019
High Quality Photo Printing
- September 28, 2019
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- September 28, 2019
Star Trails and Astro Photography
- September 28, 2019
6:00 pm - 11:55 pm
- September 28, 2019
Advanced Real Estate Photography
- September 29, 2019
1:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- September 29, 2019
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The Blog
Workflow: Setting up a Project Based Workflow
I use a project based workflow. Every single photo shoot ends up in its own catalog. I use Capture One’s
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Capture One imports are highly flexible. Like many things in Capture One, it doesn’t require you to adopt any particular
Read more.Capture One: Changing Background Colors Using Adjustment Layers
How do I change the background color in capture one? Sometimes I can’t control the color of the background during
Read more.Affinity Photo: Clone, Heal, Patch and In-Paint
There are a couple different Affinity Photo image repair tools: clone, healing, blemish, patch and in-paint. Each of these tools
Read more.Workflow: Taming the Beast by Splitting Your Photo Catalogs
In my previous post about high level workflow design and breaking vendor lock-in, I referenced different types of workflows: the
Read more.Workflow: High Level Design and Breaking Lock-In
Once upon a time, there was Lightroom, and only one catalog. All photos went into this catalog for editing and
Read more.Workflow: Backup Strategies for Photographers
Backups should be a key part of any photographers workflow. It isn’t a matter of if you will have a
Read more.Volunteering? 7 Questions to Ask Yourself First
If you’ve been a photographer for more than a week, regardless of your pro or amateur status, you probably been
Read more.Capture One: Catalogs vs Sessions
One of the most frequent questions I get asked at my Capture One classes is the difference between Sessions and
Read more.Picking a Beginner Milky Way Lens
Night photography, especially star trails and milky way photography are becoming much more accessible. Once upon a time you needed
Read more.Corporate Event Photography – Part 2
You arrive at a corporate event. There are 100s or maybe 1000s of participants, panel discussions, round tables, luncheons, and
Read more.Capture One: Histograms, Levels and Black & White Points
Capture One Histograms are a powerful tool to judge your image edits. Paired with the Levels Tool, you can accomplish
Read more.Corporate Event Photography – Part 1
Corporate event photography isn’t the most glamours job a photographer can have, but it is a staple of many photographers
Read more.Capture One – 4 Step Editing
Capture One Pro has been my go-to editing software for a long while now (since version 6). Over that time,
Read more.Travel & Packing as a Photographer
I’m gearing up for my Caddo Lake workshop with Precision Camera. With that come the inevitable emails from students about
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