creative techniques

‪”We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” ~Ray Bradbury One of the things I love about photography is traveling to new places, and trying out various creative techniques. I keep a few favorite tools in my camera bag which include neutral density filters, a beloved Singh-Ray Gold-N-Blue polarizer, and a funky fish-eye…

I like to subtly enhance photographs with the use of textures, filters and plug-ins. Sometimes it’s just a delicate touch that accentuates an image in a big way. For the long exposure of the image above, I used the new Topaz Labs Clarity to give more definition to the streaks of light from passing cars…

One of my favorite ways  to add drama, depth and definition to a photo is to add a texture layer to the original image. A texture layer can be as simple as another photograph that you have taken, clouds, aged peeling painted walls, flowers, granite, anything goes. I like to photograph textures everywhere I go…

We had beautiful weather last week in St. Augustine for Florida’s Birding & Fest. Lots of opportunities to photograph birds, landscapes, and cityscapes at twilight like the ones we did for my two night photography workshops. We worked through some rain issues the first night, however everything turned out great! Special thanks to my wingman…

Topaz Simplify offers the photographer an artist’s palette of creativity. With so many artistic filter effects available at your fingertips you can create beautiful imagery with a hand painted look. For example, this beach scene was given a watercolor look through one of the easy to use presets in Topaz Simplify. You can also give…