Nik Silver Efex Pro

Thank you to Gary Farber of Hunts Photo and Video for sponsoring me, and to Wade Aiken for the invitation to speak at the Niagara Frontier Regional Camera Club convention last week! I enjoyed catching up with old friends and meeting new friends! I’m impressed by the quality of imagery created by the club members,…

Have a Coke and smile! An actual Coke is hard to find in Cuba, Tu-cola is very popular and is a great alternative! I think this guy found the real thing. Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 is my favorite black and white conversion software because of how beautifully it works with both my color and…

Cuba is full of vintage cars aged to perfection. I feel like I’m in a time warp when in Cuba, seeing so many old American cars on the road. Recently Raul Castro announced that potential car ownership may change for Cubans, opening up the new ability to buy and sell cars, and obtain new ones.…

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…

I just returned from a two week visit to Cuba. one of my favorite places on the planet thus far! Cuba has several cemeteries with the most wonderful angel statues. I like the gentle waves of clouds in the background that seem to frame the angels. I photographed this scene in infrared which is one…