Developing Personal Projects

As a fine artist, I advance my career with personal projects. Personal projects also create a clearer direction for and develop greater meaning in my life. My life would be unfulfilled without them You don’t need to have a fine art career to benefit from...

Mastering the Mysterious Multi-Select in Lightroom

Julianne Kost offers excellent tips for navigating Lightroom efficiently. View more Lightroom 3 and CS5 Videos here. Learn more in my digital photography workshops.

Save 15% On Photomatix HDR Software

Get 15% off Photomatix with this code – johnpaulcaponigro. Beyond Photoshop, there are a number of HDR software options, both plug-ins and stand-alones. Some of the better-known programs include Artizen HDR, easyHDR, FDRTools, pfstools, HDR Efex Pro, and Photomatix. HDRsoft’s Photomatix is the longest standing...

New Image – Refraction LXXVII

I issue quantum editions of select images from my series Refraction; the viewer can choose how many and which versions they would like created for them. To date most of these editions offer variations in the number and position of the lights within them. In...

New Image – Refraction 56

My series Refraction has challenged the way I think in so many ways from the moment the first image appeared. The series is informed by modern physics and the nature of light. An observer influences what’s observed. The questions they ask and the way they...

Visible Dust Sensor Cleaning System

Let’s face it, dust happens. The first step is to use an ounce of prevention. Minimize your equipment’s exposure to dust during storage and use, as much as practical. (I store and transport all my gear in Ziploc plastic bags.) The second step is to...

Save Up To 20% On Chromix’s ColorThink Software

  They say “A picture is worth a thousand words.” In some cases, it’s worth far more. That’s certainly true of the images generated by CHROMiX’s ColorThink. The folks at CHROMiX say, “You can’t manage your color if you don’t understand it. Nothing gets the...

Viewing Light – SoLux

Good light makes your prints appear even more beautiful. Get good light. It’s one of the most essential elements in any photographic image, at the point of capture, during processing, and at the point of display. SoLux (www.solux.net) makes good light. SoLux bulbs’ Color Rendering...

New Image – Inhalation 29

I often find the same compositional strategies, patterns, subjects and themes resurface in our work. Sometimes the ideas from two different images merge into a new one. I pay close attention to these visual bridges as they help me understand the both the similarities and...

Review – Singh Ray Vari-ND Filter

This one filter performs the function of many.  Reduce the amount of light coming through your lens by 2 to 8 stops. Simply rotate the filter to increase or decrease the effect. Frame and focus with the filter on at minimum density. Rotate the filter...