One thing that I love about Snapseed is the ability to quickly and easily give an image a wide range of different looks.  It helps me to expand my creativity by giving my options I might not have thought of trying on a particular image on my own.   In this instance, I will show you how I used Snapseed to…

I’m very excited to be able to share this week’s Filter Friday which I created with Snapseed for Android.  As an Android user without an iPhone, I’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of Snapseed for Android.  Now that it’s here, I’ve been going back through my mobile photos and having a blast quickly and easily enhancing them with Snapseed.  Here…

I love shooting at sunset, and even more so now that I have HDR Efex Pro 2 to allow me to so easily merge my bracketed exposures to capture the full dynamic range of sunset in one image. For this particular image, I shot 5 exposures bracketed at a stop apart.  I shot on a tripod and told my model…

I believe we do our best work when we shoot what we are passionate about.  My passion in life, besides photography, is horses.  I specialize in equine photography, and this month, one of my images was published as the cover of Equine & Canine News. I captured this image during a portrait session.   I enjoy shooting portrait sessions with animals…

In this month’s focus tip, we will take a look at the “Brush” feature available in the Nik Software plug-ins within Photoshop. When accessing all of your Nik Software plug ins from either Photoshop, or Photoshop Elements, you will notice a “Brush” button in the lower right hand corner of the interface.  In this instance, we will look at using…

I love how quick and easy the Nik Software tools make it for me to quickly adjust and enhance my photos. I took this image mid day, in a combination of shade and bright sunlight, and Viveza 2 allowed me to quickly and easily correct the harsh lighting and dark shadows in the image.  Color Efex Pro 4 let me…

In today’s Filter Friday, I’ll show you how I used multiple applications of the same Color Efex Pro 4 Filter to create different effects within my image. I love the moment of joy captured in this image.  Here is the before image – while I was happy with the initial capture, I knew I could use Color Efex Pro 4…

I’m so excited about our new HDR Efex Pro 2 that I had to use it for my Filter Friday image this week, along with Color Efex Pro 4 to create this long exposure image of sunset at the beach. I started with a 3 exposure image series, shot at sunset with a 10 stop Neutral Density filter to allow…

It’s Filter Friday!  This week I used Color Efex Pro 4 to enhance a portrait shot on a slightly overcast evening at the beach.  I used a lot of the different filters within Color Efex Pro 4 to achieve some subtle changes that really made the image stand out. Here is the original: I liked what I had to start…

This week I chose to share an image where I used not one, but two of my favorite filters, Color Efex Pro 4 and Silver Efex Pro 2.  Silver Efex Pro 2 is my go-to filter for black and white conversions, and usually has everything I need to make my black and white conversions look exactly how I want.  However, occasionally I…