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…

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…

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….

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…

It still amazes me how using a few Nik Software filters in Color Efex Pro 4 can transform my images.  Here is an example where I used several filters to help draw the viewer’s eye to the subject, which is the butterfly, while at the same time softening and darkening the background to create a nice vignette.   Here are the filters…