November 29, 2016

America just lost it’s finest photographer. Ken was 86, my mentor and the man who taught today’s Americas finest photographers. I want to tell a you a little about him.

Rest in peace, Ken Whitmire. — Gav

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October 21, 2016

I love black and white and I love a video that get’s me inspired to take my tones deeper. Check it out — Gav

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September 30, 2016

In this week’s free photo craft video, Lets talk about how to take that wonderful image you made and put it on a wall!

 

High-res version here.

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August 25, 2016

This week we’re going to take a look at skin detail in Lightroom and how to make the most of it for beautiful skin details that makes your portraits hot!

Also here’s links to some of the resources mention in this weeks video, including the Sliders Workshop as well as Photo Kit where you’ll find the final versions of this months study in the August Download.

Enjoy — Seim

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August 3, 2016

Your life’s work exists on drives. Most of us don’t have a room full of negatives anymore, or filing cabinets full of information. It’s all on drives.

Backups aren’t a particularly exciting topic for many, but they are critical. I see people treat backups as an afterthought with disturbing regularity. “Yea, I got an external drive I copied to last year around here somewhere…”

I hope that’s not you. If we don’t do better than that, there’s going to be a day where we regret it. So to make sure we’re not missing the boat, lets talk about backing up and I’ll share a few tips to help you stay safe.

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