How to Post Process your Star Trail Photographs in Lightroom
After hours outside photographing your star trails with your Olympus OM-D or other camera, your final image output by the camera probably looks something like this. This is due to light pollution and how dark of a location you were…
How to Create a 360 Degree Star Trail with an Olympus OM-D Camera
Olympus has created a Live Composite feature that greatly simplifies long exposure photography including star trails, street scenes, fireworks and light painting. How Does Live Composite Work? Live Composite mode takes an initial image as the base exposure and then…
Handheld Focus Stacking on the Olympus OM-D E-M1X
Olympus OM-D; and some Olympus PEN cameras have the ability to do in camera focus stacking. With its 7 stops of image stabilization the Olympus OM-D E-M1X, has the ability to make handheld focus stacking in camera a reality. First…
What to Photograph at Hocking Hills State Park
Hocking Hills is the most visited state park in Ohio and for good reason. There are numerous waterfalls, caves, miles of hiking trails, and other activities like canoeing and ziplining. So what’s in hocking hills for photographers? plenty! Below is a list…
Taking Amazing Handheld Internal HDR photos with the Olympus OM-D E-M1X
The Olympus OM-D E-M1X is the new flagship Micro Four Thirds camera from Olympus. While the OM-D E-M1X is pricey for a Micro Four Thirds camera ($2,999 USD), it does have some advanced features like: Built in battery grip with dual…
The New Sky Replacement Filter in Luminar 4 – WOW!
Skylum Software has released a new version of their popular Luminar photo editing and image library software and the top feature is their new AI Sky Replacement Filter. The Sky Replacement filter produces excellent results and is easy to use. The…
5 Reasons to Edit Your Photographs in Luminar
Luminar is a photo editing software and digital asset manager (new with Luminar 3) developed by Skylum Software. Luminar is available for Windows and MacOS and can be run as a stand alone application or used as a plug-in for…
My Favorite Luminar Photo Processing Filters
Luminar 3 comes with over 60 filters to process your photographs. These filters are grouped into Essential, Issue Fixers, Creative, Professional, and Utility filters. So how do you know which ones to use?
Photographing the Old Railroad Town of Thurmond, West Virginia
Thurmond is an old, mostly abandoned railroad town on the New River in West Virginia. The population of Thurmond was 5 in 2010. Surprisingly, Thurmond is an active Amtrak station. Some say that Thurmond is also a ghost town.
Yellowstone Winter Landscape Photography
Yellowstone National Park is well known for its winter wildlife photography and for good reason. On our January trip to Yellowstone, we photographed Moose, Big Horn Sheep rams and ewes, Snowy Bison, Elk bulls and cows, an Ermine, Coyotes, Pronghorn…
