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[W]ith the first three parts of this series behind us, I hope that you have a solid understanding of what...
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The Basics of Digital Black and White Processing Last week, I decided to make a video clip with a few...
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In Part 1 of this series, I explained the basics of how to read a black and white histogram. “But...
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Stonerose, The Palouse, and Idaho

After visiting the Oregon coast and returning to the Seattle area briefly, I decided to head out across Eastern Washington....
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To Make More Money Save your money for new lenses and more pocket wizards – building a good photography website...
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Last week, I had the opportunity to take some photos of a beautiful reef tank down in Kirkland.  I’ve taken...
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Photoshop Basics : Retouching Tools – Part 1

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Watermarking images in Lighroom is pretty simple, but I’ve had enough questions about how to do it that there are...
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Simulating Shallow Depth of Field In Adobe Lightroom 4

I made this video this morning in response to a question that I’d received on another video, about the ability...
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As a general rule, I use two flash units for outdoor portraits… sometimes three. When the situation demands it, though,...
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Following the demise of Flash/.SWF format, this article has become obsolete. Someday, I may create these animations in a modern...
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Since posting my original Quick Reef Tank Photography Guide, I’ve received quite a few questions about how people can improve...
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Reef Tank Photography : An Update to the Quick Guide

Since writing the original Quick Guide to Reef Tank Photography (which is a good place to start if you’ve never...
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Photoshop Basics: The Gradient Tool for Graphics

In this video, I show a couple of different techniques for using the gradient tool to create more interesting graphics....
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Sharpening Photos in Adobe Photoshop CS4 : Part Two

Application and Techniques Rather than attempting to type everything out, I’ve created a video tutorial which I hope will be...
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