From the category archives:

Photography

A Photographers Interview with Michael James

March 10, 2010

Please tell us about yourself as a person and as a photographer. Where did you grow up and what sparked your desire to photograph? Were you active with the photography department in high school? Where are you living now?
I grew up in South Jersey. Medford, NJ to be exact. I [...]

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One Day Challenge Topaz Adjust 4 Winner

March 9, 2010

My challenges just keep getting harder each time to pick a winner. This challenge was a fun one since so many people love plugins and Topaz Labs makes some really powerful ones. With the release of the new Topaz Adjust 4 I knew I had to get people to give [...]

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Austin makes a friend

March 9, 2010

I photographed Austin using the new Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VR II lens. I am so pleased with the results. It is fast and sharp. No contrast loss using an FX camera. I’m so glad I made that choice.
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

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A Photographers Challenge: Photograph your name

March 9, 2010

Sounds easy doesn’t it? I will be the bearer of bad news… it is not easy. Almost a year ago I was asked to put this collage together for my brother and his girlfriend. I started on a mission to photograph from A to Z. Many [...]

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Favorite HDR Challenge Winner!

March 8, 2010

On February 8, 2010 when I announced the HDR challenge I was hoping for a lot entries but only received a few. That is ok though because each entry was awesome! That made this challenge was extremely difficult to pick a winner. But as all challenges go, [...]

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A Photographers One Day Challenge: Topaz Adjust 4

March 8, 2010

Today Only!
Topaz Labs has generously donated a free license of Topaz Adjust 4 for me to give away on my blog. Anyone could win it. All you need to do is download Topaz Adjust 4 by clicking the following link: http://imgry.net/ir
After you install Topaz Adjust 4, have fun [...]

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It’s about the clothes

March 5, 2010

I was hired to photograph a clothing line. The photos don’t need to be crazy and the models don’t need to go nuts with the posing. ”It’s all about the clothes” is what the owner keeps saying. So what that is what I did. I used my Triflash (SB800’s) setup [...]

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Video of Lightroom integration using Topaz Fusion Express & Topaz Adjust 4

March 5, 2010

I’m on a Topaz kick this week. But that is ok because I’m trying to share a lot of cool things with my reader. Enjoy this video of how Topaz Fusion works to merge Topaz Photoshop plugins into Lightroom. Download the trials for free. Don’t forget [...]

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More Spot Removing in Lightroom

March 4, 2010

Michael Rather has created a great video tutorial on the Spot Removal tool in Lightroom which I wrote about on the Outdoor Photo Gear blog.
Give it a look and you will see for yourself how useful the tool is. Michael even shows you the flaws that the tool has. [...]

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Bare

March 4, 2010

Does your house look like this? This wall and light switch was taken at the same Newark foreclosed home as Nonna’s Wall.
I photographed this with a D700 and the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 lens.
Post processing in Topaz Adjust. Download it for free to give it a try. Use [...]

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My first Topaz Adjust 4 test

March 3, 2010

Topaz Adjust 4…All I can say is wow. So far, so perfect. I love the new interface. I love how great it works all around. Please give it a try, you will not regret it. It is free to try so why not, right?
So here it, my initial Topaz Adjust [...]

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