Winter Stay at Home Photography Project – Try Black and White Macro Photography
Winter makes me think about black and white photography. It could be the gray and cloudy skies here in the Midwest, United States. Since I’m spending a lot more time at home this winter, why not try a Black and…
How to use Olympus’ Pro Capture Mode to Photograph Birds in Flight
One of the best ways to get birds in flight photographs is to take the image right after the bird takes off. This is especially true for smaller birds that are extremely difficult to photograph in flight. Olympus’ Pro Capture…
Testing Olympus Bird Detection Autofocus on Birds in Flight
Olympus released firmware update version 2.0 for the E-M1X several weeks ago. This firmware update included Bird Detection Autofocus. The E-M1X is the only Olympus camera that has the Bird Detection AF feature. For this blog, I wanted to mainly…
Top Olympus OM-D Tips and Settings for Macro Photography
Olympus OM-D cameras are terrific for macro photography as the Micro Four Thirds sensor gives you more depth of field. Olympus also has two prime macro lenses ( 60mm f/2.8 and 30mm f/3.5) and a 100mm macro lens on their…
How to Create a Holiday eCard with a Christmas Light Bokeh for Your Friends and Family
Why not use your photography and holiday decorations to wish your friends and family a Happy Holiday Season. In this blog, I’ll show you how to create a festive holiday eCard using your Christmas tree lights and ornaments on the…
Stay at Home Photography Project – Create a Screw City Skyline
Sometimes we are forced to stay in the house to pursue our photography hobby. It’s a good idea to have a list of photography projects we can work on while staying at home. Building and photographing a Screw City Skyline…
Build an Easy and Inexpensive DIY Light Box for Macro and Product Photography
Instead of ordering an expensive light box from Amazon or another online photography store, you can easily make one at home just using a cardboard box and materials you likely already have at home. A light box or light tent…
Use Topaz Studio 2 to Add an Artistic Look to your Nature Photographs
Topaz Labs has combined several of their legacy photography processing plugins (Impression, Texture Effects, and Clarity) into one plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom – Topaz Studio 2. Topaz has also added some new, powerful editing filters in Topaz Studio…
How to Blur the Background of your Bird Photographs using Photoshop
Sometimes you get really sharp photograph of a bird but the background is distracting because it’s not blurred enough. A blurred background (also called Bokeh) can bring more attention to your subject (the bird) and really make your bird photographs…
Add the Photoshop Select Subject tool to Your Nature Photography Workflow to Make Your Images Stand Out
Adobe added a “Select Subject” tool to Photoshop in Photoshop CC 2018 and has continued to improve the tool in future versions of Photoshop. The Select Subject tool in Photoshop isn’t only for Portrait and Model photographs? Turns out that…
