(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…

Looking back over the last year, there have been a lot of changes for all of us. We have enjoyed being able to continue to share these Education Blog posts with you, as well as Webinars, Videos and of course, our wonderful line-up of products for you, our friends. Going forward, we will be adding Hangouts On Air, more Master…

Several months ago, when I was at Scripps Pier in San Diego, I was waiting for the evening to reveal a sunset so that I could capture it with my DSLR camera. I had my iPhone with me, so I captured a few shots before hand to help me decide where to set up my camera and tripod. This is one…

The magic of Control Points… how can I explain it other than showing you how using Control Points have given me so much selective editing capabilities. It still amazes me every time I use them to either add or remove an effect from my image. Let me demonstrate with this image of a Zebra that I recently took at the…

One of my favorite tips to share in my landscape webinars is how to effectively use the Graduated Neutral Density Filter in Color Efex Pro 4. This digital filter emulates the traditional glass filter that you would put in front of your lens to help properly expose an image, and it is often used to darken skies. The problem that…

When Rick Sammon (http://ricksammon.com/) asked me to be a Guest Blogger for his ‘National Black and White Friday’, I was in! Not only am I a big fan of Rick’s, I am also a big fan of black and white photography. My software of choice to easily convert color into dramatic black and white images, is Silver Efex Pro 2….

Discover how using vignettes on images can magically draw the viewer’s eye to your subject. Award winning photographer Laurie Rubin will be taking a closer look at several different vignette filters found in Color Efex Pro 4, Silver Efex Pro 2, HDR Efex Pro 2 and how to create custom vignettes in Viveza 2. Join us for a fun and…

When photographing landscapes, one of the most challenging issues we have to deal with is shooting in non-ideal situations such as harsh midday sunlight, when the shadows are very dark and the highlights blow out all of the details.   One way to deal with this challenge is to bracket and fire off several shots at different exposure values, then…

“The best camera is the one you have with you,” said photographer Chase Jarvis. Having good software to help enhance and polish those images is also very important. Below is an example of an image that I took from my camera phone and then added a few filters using Snapseed to give it that old style look. I began by using the Drama…

Sometimes, it doesn’t take much to enhance a flat, monotone image and give it more depth and artistic flair. By using a filter in Color Efex Pro 4, we can transform an image quickly and easily.  The Film Efex: Nostalgic filter creates effects based on imagined film types and gives the feeling of having been captured by a toy camera….