Bob Korn Shares His Top Five Photographic Influences
Bob Korn shares his top five photographic influences.
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Adobe Added A Great New Masking Tool To Camera Raw (Soon Lightroom) — Here’s The Missing Part
I’ve been waiting for these features for some time. They’re
“Adobe just added a new mask edge refinement tool to Camera Raw, and at first glance it looks like it solves a long-standing masking problem. But there’s a catch. In this tutorial, Colin Smith shows how the new edge control works, where it succeeds, where it fails, and the techniques you can use to get clean, professional mask edges when working with architecture, trees, foliage, and other difficult selections. You’ll learn: How the new Edge control works Why some masks still produce rough edges How to refine AI masks for better results A powerful trick for fixing tree and foliage selections How to get cleaner, more natural-looking adjustments If you’ve already seen this new feature, there’s a good chance you missed the most important part.”
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Camera Raw Just Got Better: Masking Refinements, Local Color Grading & Extended White Balance
“In this tutorial, Julieanne Kost walks through three updates in Camera Raw: New Edge and Feather Refinement sliders for AI masks (including Sky, Subject, Background, Landscape, and People masks), Color Grading controls now available within local masking for targeted creative adjustments, and an extended Temperature Range for White Balance. Follow along to see how these enhancements give you more precision and creative control over your edits.”
For more check out Julieanne’s blog.
Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops.
Photoshop’s New Rotate Object Feature Places Anything In Any Scene
“Photoshop can now rotate any object in a photo and fill in what the camera never captured! You have to see this!”
“Rotate object allows us to turn a photo into a posable 3D object within Photoshop beta. Colin Smith shows you how to use one of the most powerful compositing tools to ever come to Photoshop.”
Find more on Jesus Ramirez’s Photoshop Training Channel.
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In Search Of The Sacred – A Conversation With Chris Rainier @ Santa Fe Workshops
Creativity Continues at Santa Fe Workshops with a conversation between two photographic masters, Chris Rainier and John Paul Caponigro.
Our hour of inspiration will begin with a short presentation of images by both artists – one focused on land and the other on culture.
Then, Chris and John Paul will share their journeys and insights. What is sacred? What does it mean to approach the sacred with photography? What does a sacred image look and feel like? Can one actually photograph what is sacred? What is a sacred journey? How can other cultures inspire our own sacred journeys?
We’ll finish with a lively question-and-answer session open to all participants.
Join Santa Fe Workshops’ worldwide community of photographers and writers as Creativity Continues.
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Chris Rainier began his career as Ansel Adams’ last photographic assistant. Then he began a journey to explore the world’s most sacred places and cultures. That journey continues some thirty-five years later. Rainier is a National Geographic Fellow and photographic Explorer. From 2000 to 2015, he directed a number of Initiatives at the NGS focused on documenting Traditional cultures. He is now the Director of Cultures Sanctuaries Foundation that helps traditional societies maintain and amplify their traditional knowledge. His photography and books are a part of the Permanent collections of the George Eastman House, International Center of Photography in New York, The Australian Museum in Sydney, The Royal Geographic Society in London, and the Explorers Club in New York.
View 12 Great Photographs by Chris Rainier
Read 24 Great Quotes By Chris Rainier
Read Our Extended Conversation here.
View Chris’ National Geographic Video Cultures On The Edge
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New Depth Maps In Adobe Camera Raw Let You Go Deeper Into Your Photographs
“Matt Kloskowski explores the newly introduced depth range masking feature within Adobe Camera Raw.”
Watch more from Matt Kloskowski here.
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10 Photoshop Updates That You May Have Missed
“Photoshop’s most recent release brings a mix of powerful AI upgrades and practical workflow improvements to help you work faster and smarter. In this video, Julieanne presents a clear walkthrough of updates like Distraction Removal, Dynamic Text, Rotate Object, and Layer Clean-Up. She also covers the latest generative AI enhancements, including Instruct Edit, third-party model reference image support, Firefly Boards integration, and how to track and view Generative Credits. All of these features are available now in the current release of Photoshop 27.6, and are also included in the Photoshop Beta.”
For more check out Julieanne’s blog.
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Enjoy The 2026 Camden Festival Of Poetry
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Keynote
The 2026 Camden Festival Of Poetry Is Coming!
It’s free and open to the public.
Enjoy all the pre-festival events!
Tuesday, March 7 – 2:00 PM – 4:00 pm
World of Wonders with Kristen Lindquist
Tuesday, March 7 – 2:00 PM – 4:00 pm
World of Wonders with Ann van Buren
Tuesday, March 28 – 1:00 PM – 3:00 pm
World of Wonders with Brandon Keim
Tuesday, April 4 – 1:00 PM – 3:00 pm
World of Wonders with Mihku Paul
Festival Week
Tuesday, May 12 > 6:00 – 7:15 pm
Public Reading
Camden Public Library 55 Main St.
Limited seating, get there early!
Thursday, May 14 > 7:00 – 9:00
The Sonic Cafe
Singer-Songwriter Open Mic hosted by John and Rachel Nicholas
Pascal Hall, 86 Pascal Ave in Rockport • FREE and Open to the Public.
See the line-up here.
Friday, May 15 > 2:00 – 4:00 pm
“How to Fall Down Into the Grass: Writing from the Natural World”, a Craft Talk with Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Camden Public Library 55 Main St. Reserve your tickets!
Poetry Open Mic
Sign up in person the night of the event, first-come, first-served.
7:00 – 9:00 pm Pascal Hall 86 Pascal Ave in Rockport
Main Event
May 16 – Saturday
The Poetry Walk 10:00 – 11:00 am Meet at the Town Hall at 29 Elm Street at 10 am.
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All other events on Saturday will take place at the Congregational Church at 55 Elm Street.
10:00 – 12:00 Workshops Sign up ONLINE.
1:30 Welcome by Festival Chairs
1:40 Maine Poets & Musicians Find out more here.
2:40 Stretch Break
2:45 Two Ponds Press Presentation: Words & Images. Details here.
3:15 Book Fair
3:45 Award Presentations for Zimpritch Poet of Promise and 2026 Chapbook winner
4:00 Notes from a Night Owl Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Keynote Live also available over Zoom.
5:00 Book signing
It’s free and open to the public!
12 Big New Photoshop Features Just Released
Colin Smith shows you all the new features in the April 2026 release of Photoshop.
00:00 How to FULLY update Photoshop
00:44 Firefly 5 Edit
01:04 Prompt box improvements and new modes
05:00 Generative Credits usage
05:20 Layer Cleanup
06:13 Rotate Object
09:10 New Actions Panel
10:15 General Distraction Removal Tool
13:28 Reflection Removal in Photoshop
14:51 Dynamic Text Arch and Circle
15:38 Color Swatches in Filter Gallery
Find more at Colin Smith at Photoshop Cafe.
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Yorgos Efthymiadis Shares The Stories Behind THREE Of His Photographs
Photographer / Curator Yorgos Efthymiadis shares the stories behind three of his images.