Over the years we’ve worked to make the Nik blog a great source of educational and inspirational content. Today we’re starting a new chapter and moving the conversation to Google+. We’ll keep bringing you awesome tips, inspiring stories, helpful videos and much more. Follow +Nik Photography (google.com/+NikPhotography) to get the latest. We’ll see you there!

From start to finish, the step-by-step process Sean Arbabi goes through to product beautiful realistic high dynamic range outdoor and travel scenes using HDR Efex Pro 2 in combination with Photoshop CS6. Sean is a world-traveled commercial photographer and author specializing in adventure, lifestyle, nature, and travel; for ad, corporate, and editorial clients. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area,…

Learn more from Victor Ha at this year’s Photo Video West taking place April 27-28 in Del Mar, CA. Victor leads a seminar on how to transition from photography into HDSLR Video during the two-day photography educational event and expo. For more details, visit www.photovideowest.com. It’s 2013 and the landscape of the photography industry has completely changed. We now live in an era…

Hosted by Scott Sheppard Matt Armendariz is a photographer, writer, avid traveler and blogger that specializes in food, drink and tasty spots all over the world. His food blog, www.mattbites.com, was voted as one of the Top 10 Food Blogs in the World by London’s Times Online and was recently selected by GOOP’s Gwyneth Paltrow as one of her 10…

Join John Batdorff, professional photographer and author of “Plug In with Nik: A Photographer’s Guide to Creating Dynamic Images with Nik Software,” as he shares with you his vision and straight forward techniques for creating stylized images using Nik Software. John demonstrates his workflow, explains best practices when using Nik Software, and provides tips for solving common image problems. He…

Now that the Nik Collection by Google has been released, we also have some new videos to help you learn how to use your new software. Click on any of the links below to view videos by product. Start with Dfine 2 to learn how to reduce noise or skip ahead to any of the other products. Basic – Dfine…

Here on the Google+ Photos team, we’re busy building tools for all kinds of photographers. Today, and for all the professionals out there, we’re bundling the complete set of Nik plug-ins as the Nik Collection by Google. Our 6 plugs-in are now more affordable than ever and available for a 15-day free trial. If you’ve already purchased one or more…

(Google+ Hangout on Air with Host Scott Sheppard) Tim Grey has been answering questions from photographers for over a decade, and in that time he has found that certain questions just won’t go away. Those tend to be the questions that confound and confuse photographers, and in this Hangout On Air with Tim Grey will address those questions. You’ll gain…

(Google+ Hangout On Air with Scott Sheppard) Jon Cornforth will be discussing his evolving work as a marine wildlife photography specialist. He will be sharing images, stories, and techniques from his recent work above and below water, from Antarctic to the South Pacific. Jon has been a full-time nature photographer since 2001. His images regularly appear in magazines and calendars….

(Google+ Hangout On Air with Scott Sheppard) Join this informative and fun Hangout on Air, talking with +Matt Kloskowski with Host Scott Sheppard as Matt shares his workflow process with his Landscape and Nature Photography. Matt is a full time Education Director for the NAPP and Kelby Training. He’s a best-selling author of various books on Photoshop and Photography co-hosts…