Macro photographer Mike Moats takes you through his workflow using Color Efex Pro 4 and Viveza 2 to enhance the color and bring out the detail in his image in this tutorial video.  Mike’s techniques show you how bring your images to life and make them pop! Click here to watch this video

I’m one of those people who usually hates “grunge” HDR shots and when I use HDR I normally try for as realistic an interpretation as possible. In fact, one of the reasons that I particularly like HDR Efex Pro 2 (HEP) is because it’s easy to get realistic looking results. I admit that I fall into the trap of thinking…

Photographer and photographic writer, Peter Tellone, shares some quick tips on how to create better HDR images in these 5 simple steps. He was inspired to write this article after looking through various Communities on Google+ and, “…seeing so many images that were almost there but missing these small yet magical elements.” See how these steps can help take your…

Ever wonder how to make a watermark on your own images to help prevent someone from stealing them and to help brand your logo? Here is one way to do this. Follow along as professional Wildlife Photographer and workshop instructor, Charles Glatzer, shows you how he makes his own custom watermarks.   Watch video  

Here is another ‘creative’ Macro video by Mike Moats. Taking the Bi-Color User Defined filter in Color Efex Pro 4, he was able to transform a Macro photo into something special. Get outside the box this week and try something new. You might be pleasantly surprised!   Watch video  

Michigan area photographer and instructor, Mike Moats, shows off his special technique on using the Solarization Filter in Color Efex Pro 4. Mike’s video will open your eyes to the possibility of using this creative filter effect on your own images.   Watch video  

This place has long been on my bucket list to visit at least once, but, like the light we seek it remained elusive until Thanksgiving of 2012. Finally, there was enough free time on the calendar and enough free space in the heart and mind to encounter a new and longed for landscape openly, freely, and without the tentacles of…

I’m an early riser so the thought of hopping out of bed at o’dark thirty for sunrise shooting is not a problem, and when the weather is fowl, I’m even more motivated. So when I awoke to the sound of rain on the roof of our condo in Kauai, I got out of bed, had my morning cup of coffee,…

One of my favorite in-camera techniques is making vertical pans with long shutter speeds. I often want to create more of the impression of a scene than a documentary view of it, and vertical pans are a great way to do that. My favorite subjects for pans are tall trees. Youʼll want to make your pans with shutter speeds generally…

For those of you that have read my articles on shooting the natural looking HDR landscape, forget everything you read…well almost everything… when it comes to Night Cityscapes. They are a totally different animal in shooting and processing. Setting up to Shoot Before we get to exposures and processing, first, let’s look at how we should shoot a night cityscape…