Before & After: The Pier at Ballast Point
This is the first full edit that I have gotten the chance to do with a photo from my D800. This particular Pier is the Ballast Point Pier which is at Ballast Point Park in Tampa. Pretty cool place that I didn’t even know existed till about a week or so ago. Really helped create ...
Sequence
This is a three minute exposure of some old pilings on Clearwater Beach. It’s actually a reprocess of an older image. I’ve found that I have been going back and reprocessing old images a lot recently. Not because there’s a lack of new work coming in. (I have actually been shooting a decent amount recently) ...
Quick Tip: Keeping Your Vision in the Midst of Plugins & Presets
I am a huge fan of using photoshop/aperture plugins and presets. I think they allow you to work much faster, provide repeatable approaches to certain looks (for unified portfolio’s) and they’re just plain fun to use. My only reservation with plugins (I’m probably weird for feeling this way) is that I don’t want to ever ...
Before & After: Steady
I wanted to give ya’ll another look into my post production with a before and after of my new image, ‘Steady.’ It is another black and white long exposure image of that boat ramp which is just off of the Clearwater Causeway in Florida. I (obviously) removed the signs, did some sharpening, local contrast and ...
The Best Image Editor $20 Can Buy
By far, the Nik Filter plugins for Photoshop are the best plugins that I have ever worked with. They are well designed, do what they promise to and they do it fast. Needless to say, I was extremely excited to see Nik make their appearance in the iOS market (on iPad & iPhone) with Snapseed. ...
Steady
This is a 25 second long exposure which was converted to Black and White using Silver Efex Pro. It was taken at the boat ramp which is on the Clearwater Causeway between Clearwater and Tampa. I’ll do a behind the photo on this photo at some point, but until then, you should know that ...
Where the Path Leads
This is one of my favorite little parks to go to when there’s good skies to shoot. I love the leading lines and how well the sea oats lend themselves to gorgeous contrasts especially with the little yellow flowers that are sometimes present. This photo was lightly tonemapped and then masked together with the original ...
Behind the Photo: At Wave’s Break
Ever since I first started playing around with long exposure black and white photography, I knew that the coast of Oregon was a place I needed to go. There’s something epic-feeling in the way the huge waves crash on the big blacks rock which appear almost prehistoric. I’ve lived in Florida my entire life and ...
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