Kim Weston Celebrates Black & White Printing

Kim Weston celebrates black and white printing. Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops. Read more with my online Printing Resources. View more with my Printing DVD.

Creative Image Sharpening With HDR Software

Unsharpened / Hybrid / Strong HDR HDR software is most typically used to render shadow and highlight detail, but it can also be used to enhance tonal separation and detail in any range of tones, even in images with extremely low contrast. The very same tools that...

David DuChemin's New Mentor Class The Compelling Frame

David DuChemin recommends, “If you want sharper photographs, buy a new lens. If you want more compelling photographs, start here.” So do I. If you love David’s books (including Within The Frame and The Soul Of The Camera), like I do – his new online class The Compelling Frame...

Alumni Beal & Hartford Collaborate On Big Successes

This summer, two of John Paul Caponigro’s Next Step Alumni, Kathy Beal  and April Hartford completed cornerstone projects in Santa Fe, and their success was enhanced by their support of each other. – The second week in June, Kathy Beal debuted her new active wear line,...

The Best Books On Color Theory

What is color theory? It’s a language and set of concepts that’s useful for describing and creating color relationships. Color management helps you get consistent colors. Color adjustment helps you change colors. Color theory helps you choose colors. I’ve studied color all of my life...

The Temperature Of Color – Warm Or Cool ?

An essential quality of color is temperature. Temperature can be used to attain a color balance. Temperature can be used to enhance spatial relationships within an image. Temperature can be used to elicit psychological responses within the viewer. Understanding and exploring the dynamics of temperature...

Discover Overlooked Dimensions In Your Images With Color Analysis

To better see color within an image it can help to abstract it. By de-emphasizing an image’s representational qualities you can more easily direct your attention to the color relationships within it. In short, you can see them better because you’re not distracted by other...

The Many Benefits Of Graphing Color

Graphing color can help you identify colors more specifically and understand relationships between color better. One way to graph color is to use the Color Sampler Tool in Photoshop in combination with the Apple color picker. Using The Apple Color Picker To access the Apple...

Saturation – The Essential Key To Color Palettes

One of the most distinctive features of a visual artist’s use of color is their use of saturation. Many photographers are often asked, “Are you a black and white or color photographer?” (Curiously other visual artists are rarely asked this question.) While many people who...

Some Of My Feelings On Photography & Thoughts On Color

In this video, I share some of my feelings about photography and thoughts on color. Find out more about X-Rite here. Read more about color management here. Learn more in my photography and printing workshops. Get my free Gear Guide here.