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Japan Airport

Fukuoka Airport HDR Photo

This was from my last moments in Japan at the Fukuoka Airport. The photography gods finally appeared at the end there and gave me one last blessing. We ate dinner in a restaurant when the sun lit the sky. Luckily, my Sony A7r wasn't packed away with the rest of my gear.

Zotac Graphics Card Installed

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How To Upgrade Your Mac Pro Graphics Card

I've recently had to make the switch over to Premiere CC on my home Mac Pro, but my old 2009 tower didn't cut it. You need a Nvidea GPU with at least 1GB of video ram to use its Mercury Playback Engine. So in order to get more life out of my old Mac Pro I upgraded its graphics card. Not only will a new graphics card give you support for the Mercury Playback Engine and CUDA, but it will also enhance many tools in Photoshop.

El Matador Beach Sample Landscape Photo using the Highpass Filter

How To Sharpen Your Photos With The High Pass Filter

This is a great Photoshop technique I picked up a few years ago. I'm always trying new things, new plugins, and new software, but I always seem to come back to the High Pass filter as my favorite sharpening trick. It works well on Landscape and HDR Photography.

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Batteries You Should Buy For The Sony A7, A7r, A7s

After shooting with the A7r for the last 6 months I've decided to do a write-up on batteries and what batteries you should buy for your Sony mirrorless camera.

Golden Terrace

The Golden Rice Terraces

After my fourth visit to Japan, I finally got the landscape photo I always wanted. It encompasses everything I love about Japan in a single shot: the golden sunset over…

Above Tokyo

How I Got The Shot – Above Tokyo

My most popular posts often include a breakdown of how I get some of these shots and my different photography techniques. So, with this night-building shot in Tokyo, I’ve decided…

Tokyo Sakrua Explosion

Sakura Explosion – Tokyo Japan

I posted this photo on Google+ earlier today, letting people zoom in 100%. With the Zeiss Sonnar 35mm and Sony A7r, with its 36-megapixel sensor and no High Pass filter,…

Yufuin Onsen, Yamashiroya

The Onsens Of Yufuin

We spent a day in Yufuin and a night at the Onsen in Yamashiroya. I wish I had taken more pictures of Yamashiroya because it was super cool. It felt like it…

Yumiko and Steve

Last Days Of Kyoto

The last day in Kyoto was probably the most fun day. However, it’s very crowded this time of year with busloads of tour buses and tourists wherever possible. It didn’t…

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Nara Japan And The Toji Temple

It took me a while to process all the photos from Nara Japan. I shot more landscape stuff despite it being the middle of the day. Everything here is also shot on the Sony A7r.

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