Photoshop CC – Sneak Peek – Focus Masks

Check out this new feature about to be released in Photshop CC. Now you can easily select all in or out of focus areas in an image. Imagine how many ways we’ll be able to use this! See the first announcement/demo of all the upcoming features here. View...

4 Reasons You Should Use Photoshop's Smart Objects

Smart Objects are smart layers, and they have been in Photoshop for years. They have been evolving, but few people truly understand them and fewer still take full advantage of them. There are major benefits to learning what Smart Objects offer you and how they can...

Images Of Amalfi, Italy

We made many memories during our recent boutique (limited to 6) workshop in Amalfi, Italy. The coastal towns of Amalfi and Positano (famous for making world class ceramics, paper and limoncello), the international concert series in Ravello, the sunny Isle of Capri, the Greek ruins...

Contact Sheet – Iceland 2014

Click here to enlarge. Click here to enlarge. Click here to enlarge. Click here to enlarge. There were many surprises on our recent DPD workshop in Iceland. Anticipating auroras we encountered heavy weather, which we expertly dodged with resourcefulness of our hosts at Focus On...

Contact Sheet – Morocco 2014

Click here to enlarge. Click here to enlarge. Click here to enlarge. Click here to enlarge. Click here to enlarge. Click here to enlarge. I anticipated being out of my comfort zone for the majority of my recent DPD adventure to Morocco. As a surreal...

Free PDF – The Art Of Arranging Images

How you present your work may be almost as important as what work you present. It’s the art of sequencing or arranging. And it is an art, which involves specific techniques that can be learned. What are some of the guiding principles involved? Here are...

Free PDF – The Aesthetics Of Photographic Prints

Half of the battle is knowing how to do something. The other half is knowing what to do. When it comes to making fine photographic prints, the road has been well mapped by our predecessors. One of the best ways to educate yourself about great...

Free PDF – All About Limited Editions

Edition structures disclose the number of prints that will be made of an image. Edition structures vary widely – some are open (without limit) and some are limited. There are no standards for limited edition sizes. Practices change at least once a decade – sometimes...

Contact Sheet – Antarctica 2014

Click here to enlarge. Click here to enlarge. It took me some time to get a clearer sense for the images I made during my sixth voyage to Antarctica with Seth Resnick during our Digital Photo Destinations workshop. Lacking the big moments that immediately stood...

Using Adobe Camera Raw As A Filter

Photoshop CC introduced a long-awaited feature that will change how you adjust your images, when you adjust your images and what you adjust your images with—the ability to use Camera Raw as a filter. Since it was introduced, Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) has been the industry-standard...