Multiple Layers for Building Contrast and Image Enhancement

December 22, 2010

I recently read a guest blog post on the Chase Jarvis blog that talked about using multiple layers in Photoshop to build contrast and enhance an image. I realized that I did this sometimes, but didn’t really talk about it much, and also didn’t always see all of the possibilities for an edit. So, I [...]

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Pittsburgh Engagement Photography: Katie and Brendan’s Slideshow!

December 6, 2010

As you may have been expecting by now, I made a slideshow of Katie and Brendan’s photos! I hope you enjoy it!

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Window Shopping

December 5, 2010

While Jenny and I were staying at Shawnee over Thanksgiving, we took a little trip into Bedford to take a look at the city decorated for the holidays. New Kensington could look like this, someday. I call this set, “Window Shopping.”

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Pittsburgh Engagement Photography: Shoot at Shawnee with Katie and Brendan

November 30, 2010
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Jenny and I spent the Thanksgiving holiday with most of her family at the “Lakeside Lodge” at Shawnee State Park out near Bedford, PA. While there, we had the chance to take her sister Katie and newly-minted fiance’ out around the area to shoot some engagement portraits. Fortunately for us, we were blessed with beautiful [...]

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Black and White Month Continues…

November 17, 2010
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The photo for this post is an image of a bridge in a park near Allegheny Commons. I took this tonight without the benefit of my tripod, as I couldn’t get it out of the car! It had some light stands and stuff on top of it, and I didn’t have a place to unload [...]

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There are some online gadgets that simply rule…

November 9, 2010

And CoolIris is one of them! Just playing with a few things here. If you’re looking for a useful way to display sets of photos from an online gallery on your blog or other website, this might help. All you need is an RSS feed of your media, and you’re good to go!

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Gear Review: X-Rite i1Display 2

November 7, 2010

(auto-posted entry–while you are reading this, I’m probably cleaning-up from pump operator training at the fire department) About two months ago, I went to do a monitor calibration on my laptop. I never had a device to do this, so I always used the Apple built-in manual calibration utility. It usually works pretty well. It [...]

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November is Black and White Month for Me!

November 7, 2010
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Sometimes, I feel drawn back to my photographic roots, with my Dad teaching me how to shoot, develop, and print black and white film. I have, therefore, declared November to be my personal “black and white” month. My goal is to shoot the majority of my personal work this month with black and white intent. [...]

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Dryrose Lightroom Presets

October 27, 2010

I have decided to release a set of presets that I use a lot while I’m working on developing some of my photographs. After seeing a few other photographers organizing their presets using this sort of structure, I decided that I wanted to do the same thing. These are all typically basic presets that I’ve [...]

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Wedding PhotoBooth!

October 25, 2010
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Several months ago, my sister Sarah asked if we could do a photo booth for her wedding reception. I’ve read about a few other people doing this, and thought it would be fun to do. The goal for this incarnation of the photo booth was to make it automated, so that the people in the [...]

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