Beginning Deep Sky Astrophotography – Planning Your Photo Shoot (DSO Targets)
Planning for a Deep Sky Astrophotography photo shoot is much different than planning for other types of photography. First the targets are seasonal, targets only appear in the night sky at certain times of the year. The targets also rise…
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…
Handheld Focus Stacking on the Olympus OM-D E-M1X and E-M1 Mark III
Many of the newer Olympus OM-D cameras have the ability to do focus stacking in camera. Focus stacking will take up to 15 images at different focus points and stack them into a single JPEG image in camera. The Olympus…
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? My favorite Photo Editing Filters in Luminar…
Re-finding Your Photographic Inspiration
I had not published a blog in over six months. In fact, I had not taken or processed a photo in months. We were building a house which took way too much of my time – selections to make, checking…
Photography – Creative Post Processing Idea for Winter Berries
Bright red berries may be the most photographed subject for nature photographers in the cold winter months. Berries might be the one colorful subject in an otherwise dull, gray landscape. So how do you make your berries stand out from…
How to Save a Layer Mask as a Separate File in Photoshop for use in the Future
Have you ever wanted to process a photo several times using different techniques that required creating a time consuming layer mask. You ended up not processing the photo again due to the time it takes to create the mask. Or…
What To Do When Your Nature Photos Aren’t Quite Sharp?
I’ve always like the composition of this photo. The swans taking off, the Mallard ducks in the background, the fall colors all lead to a pleasing photo. I’ve kept this unprocessed photo around for 7 years because I didn’t know…
