Category: Blog

Learn photography tips, tricks, and techniques from a professional photographer. Explore inspiring photos, tutorials, reviews, and more on this photography blog.

Classic Chrome – Raw vs Jpeg FujiX100T

Out of curiosity I wanted to see how the FujiX100T manipulated images between JPEG and RAW when using the new Classic Chrome color profile. At first I would have thought that they would be almost indistinguishable or at least extremely close. After all, why would a JPEG image look any different than the RAW with Classic Chrome? The…
Going Handheld – Antelope Canyon

This was my second visit to the Antelope Canyon in northern Arizona. It’s a great place to stop for a few hours if you’re ever driving through. This time I did things a little different. I had with me a Sony A7r instead of my Canon 5Dmkii and decided to just go in with the…
Shooting The Wave With The Sony A7r & Zeiss 35mm

I finally had a chance to go to The Wave this month. We actually did the lottery and won on our second try. Lucky us, I guess. Some people have tried 9 times with no luck. I never really thought The Wave was all that cool from pictures I’ve seen, but really, once I was…
10 Reasons Why Your HDR Photos Suck

Have you noticed that HDR photography is often criticized on the web? That’s because it’s hard. From shooting to processing, a lot can go wrong, and it usually does. The sad reality is that photography critics seem to be on the hunt for HDR photographers. Believe me, I’ve been their victim many times. They are like the…
Splash – Oahu Wave Photography

When I was in Oahu a few weeks ago, I shot some photography like this: super close to the water as it splashes against the sand or surrounding rocks. It’s actually not the smartest thing to do with an expensive Sony A7r, but after a few very close encounters, I decided it was enough. But…
Between Worlds – Oahu Hawaii

I’ve always loved shots of clean tropical water on a white sand beach. There is even a good one that comes as a desktop background if you’re an OSX user. Well, guess what, I finally got one. Except the sand is not exactly white, close enough.
Winds Edge – Oahu Hawaii

After driving around the Island a few times, my wife and I found this cool spot. It was near China man’s hat and was one of the few places in Oahu that’s pretty vacant of people. I thought it would be a rainy day, but in Hawaii, all you have to do is drive fifteen…
Mahai’ula Bay – Big Island Hawaii

This Mahai’ula Bay was something else. I ended up coming here a few times. Once for snorkeling and again at night when looking for a place to take photos. I discovered that shooting sunset photography on the Big Island of Hawaii can be tricky. Some of the beaches close off their gates at six o’clock,…
Manini’owali Sunset – Big Island Hawai’i

On my first few days on the Big Island of Hawai’i, we had some incredible sunsets—some of the best I’ve seen. The Big Island has some of the nicest beaches in the world and some of the clearest waters. This beach, Manini’owali, is one of my favorites on a quiet evening like the night I…
Save Your Skies With Luminosity Masks

Often times when shooting sunsets you’ll find the area just around the sun gets blown out by the intense light. It’s important to bring down those highlights to help avoid lost colors and pixels in your images which will also help give you a much deeper rendering of both colors in the highlights.