The Digital Photo Experience

Art’s Top Ten Video Tips

Capturing video is a bit different than capturing stills. Although some of the same rules apply there are some key differences and some key techniques you can employ to make a compelling film. As more and more folks are entering the world of video with the new video capable DSLRs I thought I would share [...]

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4.6.10 Tuesday’s Talented Twitter Find: Keith Bennett

Hey Gang, We have a cool weekly feature here on DPE: Tuesday’s Talented Twitter Find. Each Tuesday I choose a photographer who I find on Twitter  who is . . . well, talented! I find ‘em by reading an interesting tweet and then by clicking on his or her web site. This week’s Talented Twitter [...]

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Blur For Sure!

As photographers, we are sometimes obsessed with sharp images — this includes getting rid of all blur. Right? Not so fast… I love blur! And now we have so many types of blur from which to choose! When heading out to capture a scenic landscape, we are often confronted with motion in the trees and [...]

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Serious Photography

For serious photography, photography that matters, you need a serious camera, right? Don’t think about using anything except the latest high-megapixel wonder, and full-35mm-frame, too. Anything less and you are doing a dis-service to yourself, photography and the American way! Okay, so I have overdone it a bit. But at times, haven’t you felt that [...]

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Lightroom Week: Sharpening Saturday

Welcome to Sharpening Saturday! Follow along as I describe Lightroom’s sharpening features and functionality. We will build a solid workflow to execute an effective and efficient input sharpening workflow. Hope to meet all of you at the California Photo Festival later this year! Check out the DPE gang who will be attending http://www.CaliforniaPhotoFest.com. Fiat Lux! [...]

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Lightroom Week: Filter Friday

I’ve already written about Lightroom’s Library filters (read the article HERE), so I’m going to talk about a different type of filter for Filter Friday. There is an adjustment in Photoshop called “Photo Filter”. It contains several preset colors that warm or cool your image, as well as presets for adding more dramatic colors. These [...]

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Lightroom Week: Tone Curve Thursday

The Tone Curve panel  is one of the most powerful features in Lightroom. It’s often my first stop when working on an image – when I have a good exposure that does not need any Recovery or Fill Light (creative controls  that you’ll f ind in the Basic panel). When you adjust the Tone Curve, [...]

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Hallmark Institute Instructors / DPE Podcast Episode #9 April 1, 2010

Rick recently gave a class at the Hallmark Institute of Photograpy and while he was there he took the opportunity to interview a few of the other instructors, including, Al Satterwhite, David Turner, Michael Zide, and John Nordell. We start off the podcast with all 4 interviews and then Rick and Juan answer your questions [...]

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