New Jersey Photographer
B&W Effects is Topaz Lab’s newest Photoshop plugin which is a black and white converter and image enhancer. BW Effects gives you a variety of tools that make it easy to create stunning black and white compositions. More than your traditional black and white conversion tool, Topaz Labs B&W Effects features a simplified, yet intuitive, [...]
Topaz Labs has offered to donate three licenses of it’s new ReMask version, number three. Oh the fun! Here is the challenge Photograph something in three. It could be three items, rule of thirds, the third dimension, etc. Something in three. However, make it obvious that it is a play on three. If I can [...]
It’s the last day of this extremely fun 12 Days of Christmas Photography Gifts. Because it’s the last day I figured I would end with a bang. Today’s gift is from Topaz Labs. I am proud to give away a free copy of their entire Photoshop Bundle. That is every Photoshop plugin that they released [...]
During my week off in between leaving Mack and starting at Pivot Point, I spent a morning walking around part of Freehold, NJ. Unfortunately as soon as I got to my destination it started to rain. I managed to get in a bunch of brackets right before it started to really come down. I shot [...]
For this photo I was handholding the camera with an exposure of 1/8 so I have the motion blur from long exposure movement. I then brought the photo into Topaz Labs InFocus to bring the text back into focus.
You might have read about the new Topaz Labs plugin, InFocus. If you haven’t, you should! I wrote about it on Monday in a post called Topaz Labs release InFocus for photos that just out of focus. So here is the challenge. Download the demo version of Topaz Labs InFocus. It’s Thanksgiving, so photograph a [...]
Topaz Labs does it again. They have added another powerful plugin to their collection. This one is called InFocus. It may look like Adjust or Detail but it is quite different. Have a look. Topaz InFocus is a completely new sharpening solution designed to restore image clarity, recover lost detail and refine with micro-contrast detail [...]
What works for me One of the most often questions I get is, “What is the best HDR software to use?”. Simply put, each has their own use. I prefer Photomatix above them all due to its flexibility and controls which allow me to use its powerful sliders for majority of my brackets. However, I [...]
Long exposure with self portrait, edited in Photoshop and Topaz Adjust
Topaz Labs has done it again. In the previous release of DeNoise 4, they introduced a power tool called IntelliNoise. In DeNoise 5 they have introduced even more incredible features. Check it out for yourself. With the release of DeNoise 4, Topaz introduced Intellinoise, a new technology that made it easier to restore High ISO [...]
Rick Sammon is a very well-known photographer who loves to share his knowledge with the community. Rick not only gives many workshops each year but also started the website Digital Photo Experience where he and his colleagues share many photography tips. From what I understand many refer to Rick Sammon as the godfather of the [...]
